The Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network is relaunching, and we want you to be a part of it. GMHAN Together: Innovation, Inclusion, Action. We're building a stronger, more transparent and more connected network, shaped by our members and driven by our shared goal: to end homelessness across Greater Manchester. Join us to connect, get involved and help shape what's next. Book your place here. Agenda 10.00 Coffee & Registration 10.30 Welcome from Revd Ian Rutherford 1

Join the Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network for our next full network event focusing on children and families' experiences of homelessness. This event will bring in a range of different stories and perspectives, as well as things we can do together to better understand the experiences of families living in temporary accommodation. If you are working to support families and children experiencing homelessness and want to contribute to the event, then we would love t

Join the GMHAN for our next full network event focusing on women’s experiences of homelessness. We know that women experience homelessness differently to men, they are less likely to be ‘visibly’ homeless and their experiences can often be overlooked. You can sign up on eventbrite here. This event will bring in a range of different stories and perspectives, as well as things we can do together to better understand the experiences of women facing homelessness. This will includ

Join the Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network task groups on Wednesday 5th July to Learn, Lobby & Deliver! Over the past year since the task groups were established they have been working together to deepen partnership working across the city, improve standards of homelessness response & prevention, and improve the quality and transparency of information available. Join them to find out more about what they have been working on and help to push past the challenges t

The GMHAN Learning Group launched their new ‘learning cycle’ on Tuesday 18th April, with an online Open Space, open to GMHAN partners. This workshop was developed and facilitated as a collaboration between the Learning Group and the GM Jokers, aiming to explore how we could bring action learning to life, and do meetings differently! The focus of this new learning cycle is to explore the question ‘What does good support look like for lived experience involvement and coproducti

How can Greater Manchester do better to prevent people being discharged from hospital without secure accommodation? How can we use this point of transition to make a positive change in someone’s journey into or out of homelessness? An opportunity has arisen to work with the GM Integrated Care Partnership, and the Home from Hospital Investment Fund to achieve exactly this. This subject has long been on the radar of the Network, and a key part of the Targeted Prevention mission

Thanks again to everyone who attended the GMHAN & GMCA full Network Event: How do we improve Employment, Training & Education support for people who have experienced Homelessness? It was great to see so many of you there. The day started with presentations on The Cost of Living Crisis- The Impact on Employment, Training & Education from GMPA and Employment, Training & Education as Homelessness Prevention from GMCA. You can check out the slides from all presentations here We a

The Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network, in partnership with the GMCA, is hosting an in-person event on Wednesday 2nd November 10am-1pm at Methodist Central Hall This event will look at how we can improve Employment, Education and Training for people who have experience of homelessness in Greater Manchester. It will bring people together to look at how this can be both a pathway out of homelessness, but also can help prevent homelessness. We will explore the barrie