Stronger Together

Strengthening Support for Women Facing Multiple Disadvantage: Leicester Women’s Network Meets at City Hall Last week, organisations from across Leicester came together with a shared purpose: to strengthen support for women experiencing multiple disadvantage. Hosted at City Hall and led by Action Homeless and other core partners, the latest Leicester Women’s Network meeting brought together …

Both Alison and I discussed the importance and ongoing success of partnership working across the homeless sector in Leicester and the vital role the Dawn Centre continues to play in this. Below are a few statements from partners   Dr Nigel Hewett I am really sorry that I can’t be here with you to celebrate …

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.   …

We are  again calling a collaborative gathering of Leicester’s services supporting the homeless community in work skills, pre-employment readiness, and employment support. Together, we will review current offerings, identify service gaps, recognise barriers and discuss how to better engage with employers for successful and sustained outcomes. The focus of this session will be on: The gaps …

As many of you should be aware, following discussions with the Lord Lieutenant, Mike Kapur OBE and Kevin Buchanan, CEO of Pall-Ex, we have been working on a bringing together the Leicester Homelessness Charter (LHC) and the  Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland Homelessness Alliance (LLRHA)   In light of proposed local authority changes and forthcoming boundary …