Temple of Peace, Cardiff GM Housing First Programme Lead Emily Cole will be a key speaker at the Housing Cymru Conference 2026 next month. Emily will feature in a session called Learning from across the border: Housing First in the Liverpool and Greater Manchester city regions alongside her counterpart from the Liverpool City Region Sarah Goodwin. The session will feature how Housing First in GM has developed over the last few years including the importance of political buy-i

GM Housing First colleagues and a co-production panel member took centre stage at a homelessness forum recently. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Salford Homeless Forum event featured a number sector professionals to discuss the issue across the city. The GMHF team delivered a powerful showcase of co-production through their song, “Embrace, No Disgrace,” which was very well received. Then Team Leader Zoe Brooks spoke about co-production within service delivery and the core prin

One of our Housing First workers, Nicola Wilson, joined peer s from across Europe in a ‘Train the Trainer’ programme to help spread the expertise. Earlier in March, Housing First leaders from across Europe met in Brussels, beginning the eighth cohort of Housing First Europe Hub’s prestigious ‘Train the Trainer’ programme. Among the successful applicants was Nicola, who works for Rochdale-based homelessness charity Petrus as the GM Housing First Team Leader for Bolton, Bury an