Digital inclusion
Resources
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Delivering Digital Support in Homelessness Services - Summary of The Reboot UK Project 2016-2020
Homeless Link worked with national digital inclusion charity, The Good Things Foundation, as part of a four-year project from 2016 to 2020 to explore how digital support is offered in the homelessness sector and how it could be improved.
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Ensuring digital inclusion for those experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 crisis and beyond
This webinar will explore digital support the Homelessness sector, discussing the challenges in accessing digital for those experiencing homelessness, possible solutions and what resources are available to support this.
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Mental health and homelessness: an inextricable link?
This Mental Health Awareness week take a few minutes to read about the links between mental health and homelessness. And unpack a treasure chest of useful practical resources.
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Free online training from Homeless Link
Checkout our free online bitesize e-learning packages for people working in frontline homelessness services. Also including fundraising training.
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Sasha Foundation, grants for charities working on mental health issues
The Sasha Foundation makes grants up to £10,000 for charities helping individuals who are suffering from depression and mental health issues or who are confronting drug abuse issues.
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Housing First research highlights huge cross-sector impact
New research into the holistic long-term outcomes of Housing First strengthens the case for a national cross-departmental programme for people experiencing complex needs.
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Housing First needs greater cross-sector working to fulfil potential
Experts at the national Housing First Conference agreed that the approach should be recognised for what it is - a successful intervention for people experiencing complex disadvantage that goes far beyond simply addressing rough sleeping.
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Literacy & Homelessness: A new charter
Challenges with literacy can be both a cause of homelessness and can prevent people from escaping homelessness. In this guest blog, Julia Olisa, Founder of Literacy 100 explains what services can do, and introduces a new charter for best practice
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Hoarding awareness workshop
Develop an understanding of the reasons a person may hoard and how to support a person to overcome barriers to disposing of their hoard.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Hoarding awareness workshop
Develop an understanding of the reasons a person may hoard and how to support a person to overcome barriers to disposing of their hoard.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Mental Health and homelessness
Mental health issues and homelessness are closely linked, you may regularly support vulnerable individuals experiencing a range of mental health issues. This practical course will give you the skills needed to support individuals experiencing mental health issues.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Complex Needs, Dual Diagnosis and Personality Disorder
This course will provide an introduction to the these topics and will explore ways of supporting people and maintaining staff wellbeing.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Navigating Mental Health Services
This course is designed to help you understand how mental health problems can present, and how mental health services work, so that you can more easily ensure that you get the right help for your client.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp -
Understanding Self-Harm
This course will explore how trauma can create self-harming behaviour in a person as a way of managing emotional distress, and look at how to support people away from self-harming to alternative ways of managing their emotions.
Online Members £125pp, Non-Members £165pp