Stronger Together

The months ahead bring a busy period for the sector, not least with the first phase of the Renters’ Rights Act coming into force in May. Our March to June schedule covers the topics that matter most, from housing law fundamentals to homelessness support, domestic abuse awareness and more. Whether you’re preparing for legislative change, …

Homeless Mental Health Team: We are continuing with our rolling programme of psychologically informed training to support you in your work with people who are experiencing homelessness.  At the moment these are at reduced frequency due to the reduction in psychology capacity at present.  Please find attached the Winter prospectus for our upcoming training sessions, based …

Leicester’s Homelessness Charter was founded on the principle that we can achieve much more together than we can in isolation. Efforts to tackle homelessness in Leicester are much more effective when we work in partnership. With this in mind, we’ve established some regular events which bring people together to share learning, expertise and information. Monthly …

Just want to update you on some slight changes that we will be trialling regarding how we deliver our services within the cl which we believe will bring improvements to how the service is delivered to anyone who is experiencing homelessness within our city. From the week commencing 26th January 2026 we will be slightly …

What is SWEP (Severe Weather Emergency Protocol)? SWEP is a locally agreed procedure and offer, followed to minimise harm or death to anyone who might be sleeping rough in severe weather, through the provision of emergency accommodation. Local Authorities aren’t legally required to provide SWEP, but it’s seen as a humanitarian duty. Local Authorities commission …