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Support for Care-Experienced Young People Facing Homelessness: What Works?
Care-experienced young people are at greater risk of homelessness. Learn why, explore the barriers they face, and discover how organisations are stepping in to support them.
St Martin’s Charity Joins Sector Call for Urgent Action on Local Housing Allowance
The Local Housing Allowance (LHA) determines the maximum amount of housing benefit people can claim to help cover rent in the private rented sector. It is designed to make renting more affordable for families and individuals on low incomes across the UK, ensuring that people claiming benefits can access suitable housing. Years of freezes to…
Listening to the Frontline: Our CEO on What Needs to Change
Our CEO, Duncan Shrubsole, reflects on what frontline workers are telling us, and why turning their insights into action is key to ending homelessness.
Access to Accommodation Fund: Grants for Local Housing Solutions
We are excited to share details of a funding opportunity, designed to enable smaller and grassroots organisations to unlock and create housing solutions they have identified within their local communities.
Not All Homelessness is Visible: How the System Overlooks Women
Learn how women experiencing homelessness are often left out of official figures, why the system fails to meet their needs, and how we can change this.
How the Frontline Fund supported LSA to disrupt cycles of homelessness in prison
With support from the Frontline Fund, LSA is bringing vital housing advice into prisons across Scotland.
Frontline Worker Survey Findings 2025
For many young people living in the UK without legal immigration status, homelessness is not just a risk, but a reality. These young people, often undocumented or forced to navigate long and costly immigration processes, face significant barriers to education, employment, housing, and public support.
In memory of Viki Fox
We are greatly saddened by the death of Viki Fox, our Trustee. As our Trustee at St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity for nearly 5 years, Viki contributed greatly to developing our work, strategy and approach to tackling homelessness. Her involvement with the Charity was deeper – she worked closely with the Scottish Frontline Network and All in…
Trustees’ Statement on Fraud Incident
At St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity we are proud of our work to tackle homelessness. For many years as one part of our work we have provided small emergency grants via frontline workers across the UK to help tens of thousands of individuals move into accommodation and away from homelessness. A key challenge in tackling homelessness is…
Young, Undocumented and Unseen: The Hidden Struggles of Young Migrants Facing Homelessness
For many young people living in the UK without legal immigration status, homelessness is not just a risk, but a reality. These young people, often undocumented or forced to navigate long and costly immigration processes, face significant barriers to education, employment, housing, and public support.