by Policy | Dec 16, 2022 | News
Homeless Connect has made a submission to the Housing Executive’s consultation on their Draft Corporate Plan for 2022 to 2025. The Corporate Plan is an important strategic document for the Housing Executive, outlining what they plan to do as an organisation over...
by Niall Bakewell | Sep 27, 2022 | News
A report released on Tuesday 27th September 2022 explores staffing issues in the homelessness sector in Northern Ireland and gives voice to frontline workers who support some of the most vulnerable people in our society. The report, which is 133 pages long, was...
by Niall Bakewell | Sep 15, 2022 | News
This morning the Department for Communities published the latest edition of the homelessness bulletin for January to June 2022. The statistics make for grim reading. Here are the headlines: During this period 8120 households presented as homeless. This was an increase...
by Niall Bakewell | Sep 6, 2022 | News, Uncategorized
On 5 September 2022 a group of MLAs focused on homelessness policy and legislation visited two specialist hostels in Belfast to witness first-hand the work done by those working on the frontline of the homelessness sector in Northern Ireland. The All-Party Group on...
by Niall Bakewell | Aug 31, 2022 | Homeless Connect Visits to Frontline Service Providers, News
On 27 July 2022 Nicola, Mark and I visited Centenary House and Calder Fountain Lifehouse, right in the heart of Belfast city centre. Centenary House is a hostel owned and run by the Salvation Army, while the adjoining Calder Fountain includes self-contained flats run...
