I have been a volunteer with Crisis UK in Birmingham since February 2017. I am very impressed with their research and campaigning to end homelessness in the UK. They have a fantastic learning programme to help 'members' (our term for homeless individuals) get off the street, out of hostels, B&B's, sofa surfing, stop sleeping in cars and other places and back into employment and a decent house to live in.

I am creating this blog post with a series of links to reports and resources to assist anyone to understand homelessness better. This way I can just share this link and you can learn more by downloading the reports or listen to the radio programmes, watch the videos etc.

I hope the resources will prove useful for you and your friends and family to better understand the plight of the homeless and maybe you can share a few minutes to create awareness in your network and community, donate a few pennies, spend a few hours per month donating your time for the many charities that exist across the UK.  I appreciate your interest and curiosity to learn more. I will continue to add further resources as I become aware of them, so make sure to bookmark this page.

1. Join the #everybodyin campaign and pledge your support.

2. 10 year plan to end homelessness in the UK executive summary

3. 10 year plan to end homelessness full report

4. Rough sleepers’ experiences of violence and abuse on the streets of England and Wales

5. An examination of the scale and impact of enforcement interventions on street homeless people in England and Wales

6. The creation and use of better evidence for a world without homelessness - Centre for Homelessness Impact

7. Understanding the models of Housing First in England

8. The picture of Housing First in England

9. About Housing First England (website)

10. Homelessness and Addiction: Getting Clean & Off the Streets

11. A home for as long as someone needs it, as well as meaningful work in our social enterprises, by Emmaus.

12. The big idea that can help end homelessness.

13. The Stingray, a model and platform to utilise and repurpose unused and derelict public houses.

14. The Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 - All you need to know.

15. Counting the deaths of homeless people around the UK

16. No Second Night Out (NSNO) was launched on 1 April 2011 as a pilot project aimed at ensuring those who find themselves sleeping rough in central London for the first time need not spend a second night on the streets.

    In 2018-19 there were 8,855 people seen sleeping rough in London. Of these, 5,529 people slept rough for the first time in 2018-19. Our aim is to ensure there is a rapid response to new rough sleepers, and that they are provided an offer that means they do not have to sleep out for a second night. Other projects exist to support those already rough sleeping and living on the streets.