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We support staff and volunteers in a range of ways including training, practical workshops, networking and shared learning opportunities.
We support the sector with events where members can come together and learn from others’ experience, as well as hosting events designed to educate more people about the issues surrounding homelessness in Northern Ireland.
This is targeted at senior leaders and managers in the voluntary and statutory sectors and will combine a mix of inputs, questions, and group discussion. Homelessness is difficult to solve. This is, not least, because it is often the outcome of a confluence of many other inter-related and complex problems. Adding to this complexity, the […]
Two practical workshops delivered by Rejig consultancy will introduce participants to design thinking methodology and mindset. If services no longer meet or could be changed to better meet the needs of people experiencing homelessness, how can new and/or better services be designed and delivered? These practical workshops delivered by Rejig consultancy will introduce participants to […]
Join us for the second Northern Ireland Frontline Network event as we discuss the impact of the rising cost of living on homelessness. In the last few months prices have risen significantly faster that wages, with notable impacts on the rising cost of energy and food prices. As a consequence many people are struggling pay […]
Join us for the second Northern Ireland Frontline Network event as we discuss the impact of the rising cost of living on homelessness. In the last few months prices have risen significantly faster that wages, with notable impacts on the rising cost of energy and food prices. As a consequence many people are struggling pay […]
The Northern Ireland Frontline Network are hosting an online interactive training session for frontline workers that will provide a structured step by step process to tackle all types of hoarding. Aim This course will provide a good understanding of the difference between hoarding and extreme clutter (both can look the same) and the reasons why […]
On Monday 24 April, the Northern Ireland Frontline Network will be holding a meetup for frontline staff in the homelessness sector in Belfast City Centre. We are delighted to be welcoming Rachel Marshall, the Policy and Best Practice Manager for the Frontline Network, to Belfast. She will give a short presentation on the results of […]
People experiencing homelessness often have face challenges around mental and psychological wellbeing. Services take a wide range of approaches to support people struggling with these challenges. One approach which services have adopted is to seek to make their service a ‘Psychologically Informed Environment’ (PIE). A PIE service considers the psychological make-up – the thinking, emotions, personalities […]
A challenging aspect of working in homelessness can be knowing how to handle conversations with people who are facing major difficulties in their lives, including with those facing the end of life. Talking with others helps to ease feelings of being overwhelmed, social isolation and loneliness. However, these conversations can take a toll on the […]
A challenging aspect of working in homelessness can be knowing how to handle conversations with people who are facing major difficulties in their lives, including with those facing the end of life. Talking with others helps to ease feelings of being overwhelmed, social isolation and loneliness. However, these conversations can take a toll on the […]
The Advance Care Planning workshop provides an introduction to the Advance Care Planning Policy for Northern Ireland. It provides practical guidance on how to ensure care preferences are known in the event that a person loses their capacity to communicate for themselves. With clinical input from Foyle Hospice expertise, this session will help support professionals to hold members of their community in a sacred place that enables tender conversations about advanced illness and end of life care.
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