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Annual Conference 2010 - Keynote Speeches

6-7 July 2010 University of Reading.
This year our annual conference looked to inform how we can future proof the homelessness sector so that we can continue to work towards our goal of ending homelessness. We recorded the keynote speeches from this years conference and made them available on our YouTube channel.

Changing Places

Welcome to Changing Places, Homeless Links guide to making your homelessness service a Place of Change.

Want ideas on building design? Thinking about new activities and services? Interested in ways to recruit and train staff? Striking visuals, visionary managers and inspiring service users give you guidance. This is your chance to hear from leading providers, many funded by the Communities and Local Government (CLG) Hostels Capital Improvement Programme.

Please contact us if you wish to be sent a free copy of our full interactive DVD.

http://www.homeless.org.uk/developyourservice/moving/places/­dvd

Good practice in reducing rough sleeping

Some local authority areas have been particularly successful in tackling rough sleeping. Local authorities, voluntary sector services and other statutory services are working together to reduce the numbers of people sleeping rough. This has been done by developing a range of initiatives and improving access to and configuration of support services.
In summer 2010, Homeless Link talked to key staff in agencies in three local authority areas to find out what is working locally in tackling rough sleeping. Watch the videos of what is happening in Liverpool, Newcastle and Reading.

Election Podcast - Homelessness & Housing

Welcome to the Homeless Link podcast which highlights how each of the main political parties will deal with homelessness and housing related issues if they form part of the new government.

Homeless Link is the national umbrella organisation for approximately 500 frontline homelessness agencies and their service users and clients. Our vision is a country free from homelessness and we work closely with Government and the shadow cabinet, local authorities and our members to make this vision a reality

We asked our members and their service users to provide questions that they would like to ask the party spokespeople which we then collated.

Ian Austin, homelessness minister and Grant Shapps, the Conservative party spokesperson on housing agreed to be recorded for the podcast, while the Liberal Democrats and Green Party chose to provide written answers which have been read out by staff members of Homeless Link and the Salvation Army.