These resources come from our Annual Conference held in November 2025, bringing together night shelters, emergency accommodation projects, and sector experts from across the country. It was a brilliant day of learning, sharing, and connection, with community at the heart. Sessions covered health, social eating, NRPF, faith-based practice, VCFS futures planning, and reflective practice.
You can download the presentation slides from the event below.
If you attended the Conference we’d love to hear about your experience of the day and appreciate any feedback you might have.
A Home for Hope
Christian Prayer Session
A collective prayer led by Kate Doran-Smith from Hope Into Action.
Download session slides: Making a Home for Hope – Christian Prayer Session
The Power of Community
with Maff from Camerados
Maff Potts with his wealth of experience in the sector teaches us a (musical) lesson on giving the people we support more good days and less bad days.
Download session slides: The power of community with Maff from Camerados
On the Horizon
The Future of Faith and Community Responses to Homelessness
Revd. Canon Ian Rutherford and Jacob Dimitriou in conversation on the growing recognition the importance of faith and community in ending homelessness, and what shelters can expect from MHCLG in the coming months.
Download session slides:On the Horizon – The Future of Faith and Community Responses to Homelessness with Ian Rutherford and Jacob Dimitriou
Health Starts in Community
How Night Shelters and Day Centres can increase access to healthcare
We heard from Firm Foundation, Bromley Homeless & Light Project Peterborough on how they have developed their incredible health provisions, and learn some quick wins and long-term partnership-centred strategies to take home with us.
Download the slides: Health Starts in Community – How Night Shelters and Day Centres can increase access to healthcare
Reflective Practice
Why is it important in our sector and how to get started with Matt Hatton
In the homelessness sector we care deeply about the wellbeing of our clients… but sometimes we are not so good at applying this same approach to the people who are getting the work done: ourselves. Matt shared with us the importance of reflective practice and how to get started.
Breaking Bread & Feeling Found
The role of social spaces in tackling homelessness
Dr Marsha Smith of Nottingham University and DISHED shared with us a chopped history of community food spaces in Britain, and the role they played, and could play in preventing people from falling through the gaps. Joined by Maff Potts and Tom Preest, we heard how to monitor and share the impact of social spaces and how the tides may be changing on how the sector values this community-centred early-intervention work.
Download session slides: Breaking Bread and Feeling Found
Faith as a Shelter
what does it mean to create communities shaped by faith
Kirstie Cook from Hope Works will share with us their experience of delivering a faith-forward shelter, before we split into groups to discuss how faith shapes the experiences clients, colleagues, volunteers and funders that we build community with.
Download session slides: Faith as a Shelter – what does it mean to create communities shaped by faith
Supporting people with no recourse
Learning from early interventions and partnership working in emergency accommodation
Anna Yassin from Glassdoor will lead a conversation with Donna Ferber (Dover Outreach Centre), Malcolm Dabbs (Enfield Council) and George Dunstall (All People All Places) sharing best practice examples of casework and strategic partnerships.
Download session slides: Supporting people with no recourse – Learning from early interventions and partnership working in emergency accommodation
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