Resources for practitioners

Find the evidence you need to make a greater impact in your work to end homelessness.
Take a look at the Evidence in Practice resources which will walk you through how to deep-dive on key evidence areas. Designed and tested with people managing or commissioning homelessness services, they should help you come up with ideas of how to apply the evidence to your local context.

Browse our Evidence Notes to get at-a-glance summaries of the latest research into various aspects of homelessness. Designed for leaders at all levels, our Evidence Notes are concise and accessible, putting what works in areas at your fingertips.

If you have any feedback about any of our resources, please get in touch.
Evidence in Practice
Preventing homelessness amongst people leaving prison
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The resources below will help you learn about the evidence base on what works in terms of preventing homelessness amongst people leaving institutions, think about how you can apply that to your local context, and come up with a plan of action.

You can work through this on your own, or with a small group. There are activities you can pick out to do as a team, or to kick off a workshop.

Evidence Note on Institutional Discharge

Slides
Speaker notes

Worksheet part one
Worksheet part two
Worksheet part three
Action plan

Problematic substance use

This Evidence in Practice resource draws on our Evidence Note on Drugs and Alcohol. These resources are designed to help you better understand the evidence about what works, think about how it applies to your own area and practice, identify gaps in information and prepare an action plan.

You can approach this on your own or, even better, with your team. Work through at the pace that works for you.If you have any feedback about this or any of our other resources, please get in touch.

Evidence Note on Drugs and Alcohol

Slides
Speaker notes

Worksheet part one
Worksheet part two
Worksheet part three
Data sheet
Action plan

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Evidence Notes
Insights into latest research

Concise summaries for practitioners and policy-makers setting out what we know about what works to prevent and relieve and prevent homelessness on the following topics:

Drugs and alcohol - Get an overview of the evidence on the relationship
between homelessness and substance and alcohol use.

Homelessness Prevention - View the evidence on the success of interventions for preventing homelessness.

Welfare and Single Homelessness - Explore key trends about homelessness and how it relates to changes in benefit entitlements.

Immigration - Gain insight into the evidence around the relationship between homelessness and immigration status.

Employment - Look at the evidence around the relationship between homelessness and employment.

Mental Health - Explore the evidence around the relationship between homelessness and mental health.

Institutional Discharge - An overview of the evidence for interventions designed for individuals being discharged from institutional settings.

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Explore the data and evidence
Data and evidence tools

Our Evidence Tools for homelessness put evidence at people's fingertips, making the available evidence easier to use and highlighting where more and better evidence is needed. Our tools show what the evidence says about homelessness interventions and help you make smarter decisions about how to best serve those experiencing homelessness in the future.

How to use our tools
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