Breakout session

Delegates will be able to unmute themselves and see one another on camera.

Meet our Speakers

We've gathered some of the top experts in the field to discuss this topic. With years of experience between them, they're well-equipped to offer invaluable insights and perspectives.

Niall Read

Niall Read

Head of Operations, Turning-Tides

Tom Preest

Tom Preest

Head of Rough Sleeping Adviser Team, Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Jane Cook

Jane Cook

Complex Needs Manager, Groundswell

Gill Taylor

Gill Taylor

Strategic Lead - Dying Homeless Project and

Rory Weal

Rory Weal

Strategic Policy Lead - Rural Homelessness, English Rural

Will Neville

Will Neville

Rough Sleeper Outreach Team Lead, Herefordshire Council

Sophie Price

Sophie Price

Consultancy Manager, Homeless Link

Partnership Team

Partnership Team

Homeless Link

Harpal Bath

Harpal Bath

Head of Multiple Disadvantage, Birmingham Voluntary Service Council

Elle Warrener-Davis

Elle Warrener-Davis

Managing Director, Derby City Mission

Tom Neumark

Tom Neumark

999 Club, CEO

Zisca Burton

Zisca Burton

Volunteer Coordinator, 999 Club

Eleanor Watts

Eleanor Watts

Area Manager, Riverside care and support

Lucy Campbell

Lucy Campbell

Head of Multiple Disadvantage Service Transformation, Single Homeless Project

Robert Fenwick

Robert Fenwick

Navigator Project Lead, Exeter City Council

Ailish Whitehouse

Ailish Whitehouse

Rough Sleeper Initiative Project Lead, Birmingham Voluntary Service Council

Neal Mcardle

Neal Mcardle

Head of Learning and Training, Providence Row

Sarah Duckett

Sarah Duckett

Anti-Social Behaviour Service Lead, Manchester City Council

Dee Cunniffe

Dee Cunniffe

Policy Lead, London Joint Working Group on Substance Use and Hepatitis C

Peter Piercy

Peter Piercy

Supported Accommodation Referrals Coordinator (Rough Sleeping Pathway), Islington Council

Damian Taylor

Damian Taylor

Member, Greater Manchester Homelessness Action Network

David Fisher

David Fisher

Police Officer on the Street Engagement Team, Greater Manchester Police

Kerry Owen

Kerry Owen

Programme Lead, CGL

Lauren Beazer

Lauren Beazer

Pre-treatment Navigator - Senior Mental Health Practitioner (Social Worker), Exeter Colab - The Navigator Project

Jacob Dimitriou

Jacob Dimitriou

Director of England, Housing Justice

Talks

Adult safeguarding: Preventing and learning from rough sleeping deaths

Gill Taylor

Harpal Bath

Ailish Whitehouse

Empowering recovery: Navigating severe and multiple disadvantage through non-conditional support

Robert Fenwick

Lauren Beazer

Ensuring easy access: Homelessness and inclusion health

Jane Cook

Neal Mcardle

Night shelter transformation: Building back stronger

Elle Warrener-Davis

Tom Neumark

Zisca Burton

Jacob Dimitriou

Rural rough sleeping: An underestimated challenge

Rory Weal

Will Neville

Harm reduction: Holistic approaches to supporting those using substances

Niall Read

Dee Cunniffe

Providing gender-informed outreach

Lucy Campbell

Peter Piercy

Stronger together: Homeless Links Partnership Self-Assessment Launch

Tom Preest

Sophie Price

Partnership Team

Damian Taylor

Support not punishment: Working with the police to prevent criminalisation of those sleeping rough

Eleanor Watts

Sarah Duckett

David Fisher

Kerry Owen