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London Housing Foundation supports PACTApril 24, 2017 2:08 pmThe London Housing Foundation has awarded £88,000 to the Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) to help expand their peer support scheme. Pact supports prisoners and their families to make a fresh start, to minimise the harm that can be caused by imprisonment on people who have committed offences, on families and on communities. The […]Read More
LHF funded project to expandApril 18, 2017 10:21 amNetwork Homes signs further agreement to house homeless young people in London Network Homes and New Horizon Youth Centre have announced an expansion to their joint Project Vista offering two further shared accommodation flats to homeless young people. This follows two already established flats and brings the total number of young people who can benefit […]Read More
London Homelessness Awards Press ReleaseApril 5, 2017 8:51 amPrestigious London Homelessness Awards Open The prestigious London Homelessness Awards 2017 open on Monday 10th April. The winners of the award will be announced in October and receive £30,000. There are further prizes of £15,000 and £10,000. The London Homelessness Awards are the country’s leading homelessness awards and look to recognise and highlight innovative practice […]Read More
PRESS RELEASE: Integrating Services for Inclusive HealthcareFebruary 27, 2017 8:47 amMonday 27th February, 2017 Specialist Conference announced for health workers in homelessness. The London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group has announced the fourth annual conference aimed at health workers in the homelessness sector. Sponsored by the London Housing Foundation, the conference will look at how everyone in the sector needs to work towards […]Read More
GOOD HOMES MAKE EVERYTHING POSSIBLE: Working together to tackle youth homelessnessDecember 19, 2016 8:42 amThe London Housing Foundation supports local organisations working with homeless people and helping people to avoid becoming homeless in the first place. The Board agree earlier this year to fund Project Vista, a partnership of New Horizon Youth Centre and Network Homes. Here, Network Homes’ Chief Executive Helen Evans explains what the project is all […]Read More
Croydon People’s Gateway wins £15000 in the London Homelessness Awards 2016December 16, 2016 2:21 pmCroydon’s team working to support families and prevent homelessness has won second prize in the prestigious London Homelessness Awards sponsored by the London Housing Foundation, Crisis, Shelter and the London Housing Directors Mark Fowler, Director of Gateway & Welfare in the People Department at the London borough of Croydon said: “This is very good news […]Read More
The London Homelessness Awards Winners AnnouncedOctober 21, 2016 9:55 amHouse of St Barnabas wins Prestigious London Homelessness Award and £30,000 The House of St Barnabas’ Employment Academy has won the London Homelessness Awards 2016. The Soho based project works to break the cycle of homelessness and social exclusion in London by providing homeless and ex homeless people with employability skills and support them into […]Read More
How safe is the Safety Net?March 7, 2016 12:00 pmSpecialist Conference announced for health workers in homelessness
The London Network of Nurses and Midwives in Homelessness has announced the third annual conference aimed at health workers in the homelessness sector
Sponsored by the London Housing Foundation, the conference will look at groups of homeless people who are in danger of falling through the net: vulnerable women; migrants and people with complex needs.
The London Network of Nurses and Midwives Homelessness Group said “We all know what a fantastic job staff are doing across London in trying to help people negotiate the system and get back on their feet. But we are all finding that for some groups of people this is becoming increasingly difficult. To be blunt, the safRead More
