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Atlas Borough Spotlight: Lewisham
Atlas Borough Spotlight: LewishamJuly 20, 2022 12:14 pmFor our latest Atlas blog, Atlas project manager Becky Rice, and Jon Scarth, Commissioning Manager at the London Borough of Lewisham (LB Lewisham) explored the Atlas borough map for Lewisham to look in depth at some of the local services provided for people experiencing rough sleeping. You can access the borough map here. For more […]Read More
Atlas 2022 Launch Blog Series: Street Outreach Services
Atlas 2022 Launch Blog Series: Street Outreach ServicesMay 11, 2022 2:31 pmThe Atlas 2022 refresh went live on the 8th March. We began the Atlas blogs for the new season looking at accommodation services. In this second blog, Project Lead Becky Rice explores the very first response to rough sleeping – outreach services.     Street outreach – connecting with those rough sleeping  In the Atlas, street […]Read More
Atlas 2022 Launch Blog Series: accommodation services
Atlas 2022 Launch Blog Series: accommodation servicesMarch 22, 2022 2:14 pmThe Atlas 2022 refresh went live on the 8th March. This is the first in a series of blogs looking at some of the key data – firstly looking at supported housing and hostel accommodation. Core to the response to rough sleeping  The Atlas is unique in providing an overview of the volume of accommodation […]Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Atlas of Homelessness Services in London Launched
PRESS RELEASE: Atlas of Homelessness Services in London LaunchedMarch 10, 2022 10:42 amUnique website showing services for homeless people across London is updated for 2022 by London Housing Foundation in partnership with Homeless Link LHF’s Atlas was launched four years ago. On average over 150 people visit the site each month.   The Atlas is an interactive website that allows people to view service information, and statistics […]Read More
Atlas refresh 2022 coming soon
Atlas refresh 2022 coming soonMarch 3, 2022 9:25 amIt’s that time of year again when we launch the LHF Atlas with refreshed data and statistics. The 2022 release will go live next week. Becky Rice, LHF Atlas Manager, explains how data collection has been progressing and what we can look forward to this year. Full annual data refresh We start the Atlas refresh […]Read More
Atlas Borough spotlight: Hackney
Atlas Borough spotlight: HackneyJanuary 25, 2022 1:44 pmFor our latest Atlas blog, Atlas project manager Becky Rice, and Sabrina Pathan, Housing Needs Manager from the London Borough of Hackney, explored the Borough Focus map for Hackney.  For more information about the borough focus please see the introductory blog in this series.    Outreach   People currently experiencing rough sleeping are served by LB Hackney’s […]Read More
Atlas – new blog series, borough spotlights
Atlas – new blog series, borough spotlightsJanuary 17, 2022 4:40 pmIn our latest blog, Becky Rice, LHF project manager, provides an overview of the Borough Focus part of LHF’s Atlas of London’s Homelessness Services. The most well used part of the Atlas is the London Map, and my personal favourite is the infographic. Recently though we have been digging into the ‘Borough Focus’ tab a […]Read More
LHF Atlas 2021 – the Story Behind the Data (Part Three) Winter Shelters
LHF Atlas 2021 – the Story Behind the Data (Part Three) Winter SheltersJuly 27, 2021 12:12 pm  For this third part of our blog series following the Atlas release in February 2021 we are taking a look at Winter Shelters, services impacted hugely by the pandemic. We explore data from the Atlas and draw on a report recently published by Housing Justice.   Defining shelters Shelters are diverse, from very small, […]Read More
Sam SainsburyGP practice helping hundreds of rough sleepers shortlisted for the London Homelessness Awards