Volunteers
Resources
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Involving and recruiting people with lived experience
This briefing outlines the key findings and learning from discussions held across Homeless Link's 'involving and recruiting people with lived experience' Community of Practice series.
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Managing volunteers in homelessness services
How can services get the best from volunteers?
News
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Ending Veteran Homelessness in the U.K.
Lee Buss-Blair, Director of Operations and Group Veteran Lead – Riverside introduces Op Fortitude, a new government initiative aimed at ending veteran homelessness.
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World Refugee Day: Hope amongst chaos
Homelessness services are well aware that refugees often struggle with accessing decent housing. Every year on 20th June, we mark World Refugee Day. An international day when we celebrate the strength and courage of people who have fled their home country due to violence or persecution. This day gives us the opportunity to focus on how we should build empathy and understanding for those who have made the difficult decision to seek sanctuary in the UK.
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New research reveals how Local Authorities can, and should, do more for migrants with no recourse to public funds.
NACCOM’s Community Research volunteer group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. Following the publication of the project report, the Community Researchers share their thoughts on its findings and recommendations.
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Co-Production in Action
This National Co-production Week we’d like to take the opportunity to tip our caps to the many Homeless Link members leading the way in co-producing services.
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Experiences of homelessness support for people with No Recourse to Public Funds
NACCOM’s Community Researcher group has been working with Homeless Link to explore experiences of accessing support from local authorities throughout the pandemic. In this blog, we discuss early reflections from our research and calls for change from the Community Researcher group.
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Black women experiencing homelessness are invisible
In the next blog of our Black History Month series, we hear from Dionne Williams about her lived experience of, and perspectives on, homelessness.