| Name: | Homeless Connect |
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| About: | Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprise organisation |
| Address: | Central Park Building, 14 Mallusk Rd,, Newtownabbey, Antrim, BT36 4FS |
| Primary Contact | Declan McKillop |
| Email: | declan.mckillop@homelessconnect.org |
| Telephone: | 028 9024 6440 |
| Mobile: | 07554 994 579 |
| Location(s): | Antrim, Greater Belfast, North Belfast, South Belfast, West Belfast |
| Clause(s): | Environmental initiatives, Health & wellbeing strategy for staff, Health and wellbeing initiatives, In-work progression and skills development for staff, Initiatives to Enhance the Employability of Young People, Initiatives to reduce or prevent Health Related inequalities, Reduce Carbon Emissions, Support for the VCSE sector, Unpaid work placements, Use of social enterprises in the supply chain, Waste and resource efficiencies |
| Priorities: | Children and young people, Looked after children / care leavers, People experiencing homelessness, People from a minority ethnic background, People from deprived areas, People who are considered to be disadvantaged in the labour market, Refugees and asylum seekers |
| Profile: |
Registered charity (NIC103325) & Co Ltd by guarantee (NI027577) working to prevent & alleviate homelessness in Northern Ireland since 1983. We have 40 members in the independent homelessness sector and work in all communities. 26 staff are supported by 70+ volunteers & a 9-member Board of Directors We support people with lived experience of homelessness and provide services that directly benefit people and communities; helping to sustain tenancies with Home Starter Packs & diverting surplus food to charities through FareShare. We work with members to identify issues affecting their services and clients and advocate more widely on policy and practice matters relating to homelessness and its prevention. We also work with people with lived experience supporting them to articulate their views to statutory and other services. Provide training and support to staff in the sector including through the Frontline Network, which we run here. It operates across the UK supporting frontline staff, amplifying their voices and highlighting best practice in the sector. We distributed 3588 Home Starter Packs to people/households moving from homelessness into social housing in 23/24 and 2188 Getting Started Boxes – including food and hygiene items. We redistributed 700 tonnes of surplus food to 172 not for profit groups and charities in NI in 23/24, enabling more than 1.7million meals to be provided to 20,000 people and making a positive contribution to the environment. |
Central Park Building, 14 Mallusk Rd,, Newtownabbey, Antrim, BT36 4FS