Manchester Homelessness Partnership E-bulletin: December 2025

Click here to read the full edition of the December 2025 e-bulletin.

Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government – National Plan to End Homelessness 
The National Plan to End Homelessness was launched on 11 December 2025, and will support the most vulnerable people in our society.The National Plan can be read in full here. Here are two responses to the national plan from the Centre for Homelessness Impact and Pathway: 

Centre for Homelessness Impact
The release of the government’s new Plan to End Homelessness is an important milestone. While not perfect, the focus on working across government, the recognition of homelessness as a systemic issue, and the continued commitment to data and research is crucial. Their Chief Executive, Lígia Teixeira, discusses some of the key takeaways from the strategy and makes the case for a clear and meaningful focus on prevention, backed up by the funding to help local areas understand what works to better prevent crisis.

Pathway – Homeless and Inclusion Health
They were delighted to see a firm commitment to ending the unacceptable practice of discharging people from hospital to the street. Pathway – Homeless and Inclusion Health has long called for this vital and overdue change, and we welcome the Government’s clear recognition that street discharge is a ‘’deeply harmful outcome’’.
They also welcomed several ambitions set out in the plan:
✅ Improving existing funding streams to support specialist intermediate care.
✅ Embedding housing officers in hospital discharge teams.
✅ Improving access to care and challenging the stigma people facing homelessness often experience.
Our Action Groups
Physical Health and Mental Ill Health Action Group 
We will be holding the next meeting face to face at Cornerstone on Thursday 22 January from 2pm to 3.30pm. This will be the first meeting since joining the physical and mental health action groups, so we will be focusing on adjusting the terms of reference if necessary and discussing what both groups have been working on and deciding what to focus on for future sessions. If you are interested in attending, please email Sophie at s.garforth@caritassalford.org.uk .

Women’s Homelessness Involvement Group (WHIG)
The next meeting will be taking place on Thursday 29 January from 2pm to 3pm at the Booth Centre. During this session, they will be:
– Continuing to explore the different options for the WHIG poster and logo- Begin creating the WHIG homelessness booklet- Sharing ideas, gathering feedback, and planning next steps for the project
Please bring along any drafts, sketches, or ideas you’ve been working on.

Real Change MCR Funding Panel 
Thanks to Gabe Erinle, Game Facilities Management who volunteers on the funding panel and kindly stepped in to do a BBC Radio Manchester interview about Real Change MCR. He was able to talk about the various Christmas fund raisers including our partnership working with Street Smart and the Manchester markets team.   Thank you to Jack Dorney, Encore who raised £1400 for Real Change MCR from the sale of raffle tickets at their Christmas party.