You can read the full version of the July 2025 e-bulletin here.

Good News
Manchester Homelessness Partnership were successful in applying for Reaching Communities England funding to support the Network and Communication Worker role and activities for the next three years. Thank you to everyone who supported our application. 

Our Action Groups and ongoing work Mental Health Action Group The next Mental Health Action Group meeting will take place on Tuesday 29 July from 1pm to 2pm online. If you are interested in attending, please email val@macc.org.uk Women’s Homelessness Involvement Action Group The next meeting is taking place on Thursday 31 July from 2pm to 3pm in person at the Booth Centre. You can ask for further information by emailing womencochairs@gmail.com  Real Change MCR Action Group This action group is focusing on raising awareness of the Real Change MCR fund and encouraging donations. From April 2024 to March 2025, the funding panel approved 52 funding applications totaling £43,827.33. The fund helps people pay for rent deposits and practical items that they need to build lives away from the streets.  We are looking for people to join the action group that can help with communications and fundraising activities to help build the fund so we can continue to support people experiencing homelessness. If you are interested in joining the group, or would like a chat about what you could offer, please contact Val at val@macc.org.uk Physical Health Action Group The next Physical Health Action Group meeting will be taking place on Monday 11 August from 2.30pm to 3.30pm at Cornerstone. The main focus will be planning for the Homelessness Health Event due to take place on Wednesday 8 October at the West Indian Sports and Social Club, Westwood Street, Moss Side. This event is to tie in with World Homeless Day which is on the 10 October 2025. If you are interested in having an information stall at the event, contact Bronte by email on b.simpson@caritassalford.org.uk before the 1 October 2025. Prevention Action Group The Prevention Action Group meets every six weeks.  If you are interested in attending please email Sareena who is chairing this action group – sareena@boothcentre.org.uk and you can be added to the mailing list. Accommodation Action Group The next quarterly insight lived experience session from the Accommodation Action Group will focus on families experiences of living in temporary accommodation in north Manchester. This action group is led by Barnabus, Booth Centre and Justlife.  The structure of the session will revolve around asking the participants questions about their experience and recording what they share to then write up a report to share with Manchester City Council. When: Wednesday 6 August from 12.30pm Location: Manchester Communications Academy, Silchester Drive, Harpurhey, Manchester, M40 8NT.  Please feel free to share this information with any other people, beneficiaries or organisations who may find this relevant.

Health and Homelessness Report: Integrated Health Care for the Homeless in Manchester: A Collaborative Approach – Urban Village Medical Practice Homeless Health Service This report covers a period which has seen a continued and significant increase in households facing homelessness and increasing numbers of people experiencing all forms of homelessness. At the Urban Village Medical Practice they are clear that they consider homelessness as a health problem. People who experience homelessness die on average 30 years younger than the general population (Crisis, 2012) and they die of untreated medical problems, not of homelessness, highlighting the stark health inequalities experienced in this population. Research: Self-discharge of people experiencing homelessness from Accident and Emergency departments – Pathway The self-discharge of patients from Accident and Emergency is a serious concern. It is an indicator that patients are not receiving the care that they need, despite being more unwell than people in the general population. Pathway have collated data from several sources (including Pathway hospital teams data) to produce this paper on the high rate of self-discharge which suggests that the average self-discharge rate from Accident and Emergency department settings is 16.2 per cent.   Children, Young People and Homelessness Report: Homelessness and children’s social care in England – Centre for Homelessness Impact The past decade or so has seen rising levels of state intervention in family life, prominently through the rising number of young people who are the subject of a Child in Need or Child Protection Plan, or who have been, either temporarily or permanently, taken into care. Opinions differ as to whether or not this reflects a change in risk preferences on the part of social workers and other professionals making decisions about family life, or rising need for support. There is of course, no reason why both cannot be true. Click here to read the report in full. Sam’s story: Moving towards independence from Centrepoint Following a family breakdown and struggling to find suitable accommodation, Sam called the Centrepoint Helpline who then encouraged him to come to Centrepoint in Manchester. Since then, he has been supported by the team to begin living a more independent life and rebuild his relationship with his family. He’s looking forward to the future and excited to have his own place one day. Read Sam’s full story here.  Migration and Homelessness Greater Manchester Immigration Aid Unit (GMIAU) Referral Guide GMIAU has published a new referral guide for professionals who are referring someone to GMIAU’s services. The guide explains how to make a referral, what the process looks like for the person being referred, and includes alternative support options. GMIAU is running training sessions throughout the year on supporting people who have no recourse to pubic funds or restricted eligibility to access mainstream accommodation and services. All sessions are 1 hour long except the Routes out of Destitution training which is 2.5 hours. Click here to read further information on the training sessions.  Report: From surviving to thriving: Preventing homelessness in Greater Manchester among people recently granted refugee status – Boaz Trust A new report published by Boaz Trust reveals the findings of a one-year pilot project (funded by Greater Manchester Combined Authority) to reduce homelessness in Greater Manchester among people recently granted refugee status. You can read the policy briefing here.  Housing Guide – Boaz Trust  A guide to help you find a place to live after you’ve been granted refugee status. Positive Decision Guidance and Signposting – Boaz Trust Advice on what to do after a positive decision on an asylum claim from our Refugee Homelessness Prevention Project (RHPP). Click here to access the advice and translated resources. Negative Decision Guidance and Signposting – Boaz Trust Advice on what to do after a negative decision on an asylum claim from GMCA’s Refugee Welcome Programme. Click here to access the advice and translated resources. Report:  “This system destroys you”: Children trapped in adult asylum hotels by the Home Office – GMIAU GMIAU published a new report which shares the experiences of children from the All4One youth group who were wrongly treated as adults by the Home Office. These children arrived in the UK alone seeking asylum, were declared “significantly over 18” at the border, and sent alone to adult asylum hotels – a safeguarding crisis. This report reveals what life is like for children alone in these hotels, the interrogations at the border that cause them to be sent there, and the urgent support they need to escape harm. LGBTQ+ and Homelessness Report: Sexuality, gender identity and homelessness – Centre for Homelessness Impact This report by the Centre for Homelessness Impact discusses LGBTQ+ individuals and their experience of homelessness. They are an an increased risk of homelessness, often due to family rejection, discrimination, mental health issues, and inadequate support. The report calls for better data collection, targeted interventions (like LGBTQ+-specific services) and rigorous trials to better evaluate effective prevention and support strategies.

Blogs, Guidance, Policies, Polls, Reports and Videos
Number of people in temporary accommodation continues to break records – Homeless Link
Homeless Link responded to the Statutory Homelessness statistics for January to March 2025, released by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government on 22 July 2025. Key statistics include:
– On 31 March 2025, 131,140 households were in temporary accommodation. This is the highest number on record and an increase of 12 per cent from 31 March 2024. This includes 169,050 children, a 12 per cent increase since 31 March 2024.
– In January to March 2025, 83,450 households were assessed as owed a duty to prevent or relieve homelessness, a 6 per cent decrease from the same period last year, but up 7 per cent from the previous quarter.
– 37,610 households were assessed as being threatened with homelessness and therefore owed a prevention duty which is down 4 per cent since the peak in the same quarter last year, but up 8 per cent from the previous quarter.
– This includes 6,640 households threatened with homelessness due to service of a Section 21 notice to end an Assured Shorthold Tenancy – 2 per cent less than in the same quarter last year, but a 13 per cent increase on the previous quarter.
– 45,840 households were accepted as already homeless and owed a relief duty, down 7 per cent from the same period last year, but up 5 per cent since last quarter.
Implementation Issues Evidence and Gap Map – Centre for Homelessness Impact
The Centre for Homelessness Impact has published the fifth edition of their Implementation Issues Evidence and Gap Map, in partnership with The Campbell Collaboration, that examines the factors which help or hinder the successful implementation of homelessness interventions. They created Evidence and Gap Maps (EGMs) to address the lack of reliable evidence tools to help them identify what they know when it comes to homelessness interventions. The EGMs are powerful systems thinking tools, empowering us to learn from every intervention, adapt our approaches, and work together.
Report: Homelessness and the Language of Stigma – Centre for Homelessness Impact
The Centre for Homelessness Impact supported work from academics from King’s College London to understand how language and its context can create and reinforce stigma associated with homelessness. This project looked at thousands of social media posts which expressed views about homelessness. People with experience of homelessness identified a minority they judged to be stigmatising. The authors analysed these to create a typology of how the use of language can contribute to and entrench stigma. The researchers used this to create a checklist with prompts and advice on how we can better report on and discuss homelessness in a non-stigmatising way.

Resources, Services and Training
Psychologically informed management training series
This training series from Homeless Link will equip managers, team leaders and emerging supervisors in the homelessness and supported housing sector with the skills, confidence and mindset to lead with compassion and clarity. You will connect with peers, share good practice, and reflect on what psychologically informed management looks like day to day.
Please note there is a cost to this training series. 
Manchester Community Central – Training News – June 2025

What are the barriers to attending free workshops and training?
Thank you for taking the time to fill out this anonymous survey. All training delivered via Macc/Manchester Community Central is free to VCSE organisations and we’re looking to understand why some people may not attend free training and workshops (regardless of whether facilitated by Macc or not), in order to improve our future offerings.  
FREE – Beat the Bugs Study Day 
This free study day is taking place on Thursday 20 November 2025 from 9.15am to 3pm. Click here to express an interest in attending. 

Are you a tenant in the Private Rented Sector in Greater Manchester?
Do you want to help landlords improve standards for tenants? The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter aims to raise renting standards across Greater Manchester by supporting landlords to achieve higher standards than the minimum they are required to meet by law. It is open to all residential landlords, raising expectations of what renting can be like across Greater Manchester. It will help tenants find a landlord who is committed to setting an example to show that renting can be better. The Greater Manchester Good Landlord Charter is setting up a Tenant Advisory Group. They are looking for people who rent in the private sector to take part and have their voice heard. You can read further information here. 

Podcast: Invisible Cities – Coffee4Craig: Building Hope Through Community and hear how a simple idea has become a life-changing force for so many

#DepFest25 from the Shared Health Foundation celebrates best practice and brings together practitioners, academics, politicians and those with lived experience. Come and share stories, best practice or challenges when working in areas of deprivation as a GP, Secondary Care clinician, NHS manager or Temporary Accommodation for families. We would like to invite those with lived experience of temporary accommodation to be part of shaping this festival. If you would like to speak at our event, or want further information, please get in touch.

Opera Pioneers – Streetwise Opera Streetwise Opera has launched Opera Pioneers, a short, paid programme for people with lived experience of homelessness who are curious about behind-the-scenes careers in the performing arts. The opportunity includes mentorship and placements in Producing, Marketing, Fundraising, Front of House, Arts Leadership and Administration. The programme runs from October 2025 to March 2026 and includes online sessions as well as in-person activity. Participants are paid the London Living Wage (£13.85/hour) for all sessions, and they cover travel and accommodation where needed. They estimate that the total fee each participant will receive for taking part will be just over £500. Applications close on 1 September.

Homeless in Manchester Here you can find advice, information and support if you are homeless in Manchester. Here is a list of voluntary and community organisations working across the city to help and support people and families experiencing homelessness. You can report a person sleeping rough via Streetlink and connect them with local support services. You can also visit Street Support Network for advice, information and support.