London Housing Foundation

Blog Posts

Let us know what you think by contacting us

GP practice helping hundreds of rough sleepers shortlisted for the London Homelessness Awards
GP practice helping hundreds of rough sleepers shortlisted for the London Homelessness AwardsSeptember 15, 2021 11:58 amAfter six years of saving lives, a GP practice helping hundreds of rough sleepers has been shortlisted for the London Homelessness Awards. Located at The Margarete Centre near Euston station, the GP Outreach Programme at Camden Health Improvement Practice has over 600 registered homeless patients, a number which fluctuates up to 800 at points throughout […]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
Single Homeless Project: Insight into the Sport & Health Project with Sam Sainsbury
Single Homeless Project: Insight into the Sport & Health Project with Sam SainsburyJune 21, 2021 1:26 pmLondon Housing Foundation is very proud to be able to support Single Homeless Projects Sports and health Project. We asked Sam Sainsbury, Sports Lead for the project, to tell us more about the scheme and his role. Single Homeless Project (SHP) launched the Sport and Health Project in 2017 through a grant from the National […]Read More
What’s it like to be Catering Manager at Margins?
What’s it like to be Catering Manager at Margins?June 17, 2021 8:37 amIraj Validazeh is the Catering Manager at Margins, a project that LHF has been supporting for a number of years.  We asked him about his role, and how he ended up with Margins. I started here as a trainee in 2014.  I have always enjoyed cooking and used to run my own business, but things […]Read More
Preparing for management; securing that first role
Preparing for management; securing that first roleJune 14, 2021 8:38 amLHF is committed to developing existing managers in the homelessness sector through our LSBU sponsored course, professional development programme and travel bursaries.  But what about the steps before that? We asked Becky Rice, LHF Course Director for the LHF/ LSBU  Post Graduate Certificate in Leadership and Management (homelessness and housing), what advice she would give […]Read More
Hope Worldwide
Hope WorldwideJune 9, 2021 8:53 amLHF has awarded HOPE Worldwide £25,000 for their Two Step programme, helping people without priority status to access accommodation in the private sector and supported housing.  We asked their Director of Homeless Services, Rob Payne, to give us some examples of the people they have worked with. The Two Step scheme creates additional housing capacity […]Read More
A conversation with…
A conversation with…March 24, 2021 11:29 amLondon Housing Foundation has launched a series of webinars exploring the views and experiences of leaders and influencers in the housing and homelessness world in London. “A conversation with…” is an informal setting for emerging leaders in the homelessness sector who have graduated from the leadership and management programme developed by LHF with the LSBU […]Read More
Homelessness services in 2020: what’s the story (part two)? Accommodation
Homelessness services in 2020: what’s the story (part two)? AccommodationMarch 15, 2021 10:24 amVisit the Atlas and explore the data: www.lhfatlas.org.uk Introduction The homelessness sector in London has had a year like no other. From acute anxiety and concern about those sleeping outside or in communal spaces as Covid-19 took hold, to the extraordinary efforts to support the ‘Everyone In’ directive, followed by the challenges of move on, and […]Read More