Rick Henderson

CEO of Homeless Link @homelesslink. Trustee of @MWPProjects and of @AuroraFoundUK. All views mine obvs. Maker of own luck.

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

⚠️Together with 110 of our members, we have written urgently to @RachelReevesMP highlighting the severe threat of the NI hike to crucial homelessness services.

Read the coverage in @Independent ⬇️

https://t.co/Icd4UlIVcL

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

Homeless Link's reaction to the budget is here: https://t.co/q2zGK36lUm some good news but we are looking carefully at the detail of implementation.

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

The briefing is supported by over 70 organisations working in the fields of homelessness and migrants' rights, including @RefugeeAction, @refugeecouncil, @Shelter & @Crisis.

It sumamarises the drivers of homelessness among migrants and outlines solutions to prevent it.

2/3

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

For too long homelessness among non-UK nationals has been ignored by government.

In partnership with @NACCOMnetwork we have today published a new policy breifing outlinging vital solutions to ending migrant homelessness.

🧵 1/3

https://t.co/6hXmL7We93

[Commonweal Housing @CommonwealTweet]

Research into the key drivers of youth homelessness, which Commonweal recently commissioned @HomelessLink to undertake, identified young people who faced serial exclusion at greater risk of homelessness.

Read key insights from this report here: https://t.co/2yT7cg6zeS

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

The #KingsSpeech is an opportunity to get us on track to ending homelessness. Govt can end the criminalisation of homelessness by finally scrapping the Vagrancy Act.

After 200 years, its time for change. We've written to Govt with @crisis_uk and 28 others https://t.co/vZPxASHHBJ

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

Great to hear from our award winners about what winning means to them!

Congratulations to @BCPCouncil winners of our Workforce Development award for their housing apprenticeships scheme.

#ExcellenceAwards24

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

We’re proud to be working with @HomewardsUK, who are marking one year of progress today. #Homewards aims to show its possible to end homelessness- making it rare, brief & unrepeated. See this video including our own @Rickviews https://t.co/hhonTv4DFu

[St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity @SMITFCharity]

Our Head of Development, Natalie King, was part of judging @HomelessLink's Excellence Awards, for which 5 services have won!

They will be awarded £3,000 to invest in staff wellbeing and professional development, provided by @SMITFCharity.

Congratulations to all winners!

[Cranstoun @Cranstoun_org]

We were delighted to attend #HomelessLinkConf today, huge congrats to speakers and contributors 👏

The team (and wider sector) are excited to see what a change of government can do for people who are sleeping rough, and what the detail of the cross-party strategy contains.

[Duncan Shrubsole @duncanshrubsole]

Great final panel @HomelessLink Conference bursting with ideas & solutions to reduce homelessness: more social housing, lower rents in hostels to support working, reformed & reintroduced Supporting People programme, end to Shared Accommodation Rate, clear Govt leadership & more!

[New Horizon Youth Centre @NHyouthcentre]

Excited to be at the #HomelessLinkConf today to discuss the enormous challenges our sector is facing, the opportunities we may see under a new government and how we can better collaborate to end homelessness.

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

Ending today with a panel presentation to speak about the opportunities for change! #HomelessLinkConf

[Rick Henderson @Rickviews]

Next up at #HomelessLinkConf is Dr Jan Sheldon from St Martins in Norwich giving us a local perspective on the #Homelessness situation

[Rick Henderson @Rickviews]

The awesome @pollyn1 telling the audience at @HomelessLink #HomelessLinkConf that we can’t let the new government off the hook when it comes to housing and homelessness

[Polly Neate @pollyn1]

It’s ⁦@Rickviews⁩ introducing the day at #HomelessLinkConf - and yes he’s opening with “hard times but we’re still here”. Are we heading for a time when we don’t all start with those words or similar? He’s excited so that’s a good omen

[Duncan Shrubsole @duncanshrubsole]

Day 1 week 3 @SMITFCharity & great to be joining colleagues across the homelessness sector @HomelessLink Conference. Looking forward to discussing how together we can tackle the challenges of rising homelessness & respond to the opportunities of a new Government #HomelessLinkConf

[Homeless Link @HomelessLink]

Congratulations David. Great to see a friend of @HomelessLink in Parliament. Good luck!

[Jane St. Pier @stpierjane]

Great to represent #AtHomeInGuernsey at a UK conference with the major homelessness charities today.

Networking and stealing ideas galore at #HomelessLinkConf with CEO ⁦@CharlieCoxYC⁩!