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Chantelle experienced significant challenges during her early life which contributed to experiences of homelessness, involvement with criminal justice and periods in prison. It was following release from prison in 2021 that she was referred on to the Greater Manchester Housing First programme. Chantelle. 48, is being supported by MASH (Manchester Action on Street Health) a specialist charity supporting women in Manchester city centre as a delivery partner of the GMHF partners

Our fantastic Team Leader Nicola Wilson, recently did the second leg of her European Hub course when she travelled to Rome to take part. Click HERE to watch a short film about Nicola's trip to Italy.

One of our Co-production panel stalwarts Lisa has graduated from the service after six years advocating for the model. Many will know Lisa from her work promoting the Housing First model. She has been an active part of the co-production panel as well as been keen to get involved in projects promoting the service to politicians and policymakers over the years. She has also been front and centre in helping to break the stigma around homelessness, taking part in numerous Legisla

Team Leader Nicola Wilson talks about the value of the Housing First model

Programme Lead Emily Cole looks blogs about the programme entering the eighth year of delivery

Inside Europe radio The GMHF partnership was featured on the Inside Europe radio station as they covered the region as part of the World...

One of our brilliant Housing First workers, Dom, recently ran a cooking session for people supported by the Housing First programme. It...

The new funding will take the partnership until 2029

Discovering the benefits of gardening

Quality and Assurance Manager Dan Allman blogs about how people on the programme are aided to transition away from support

Programme Lead Mike Hughes reflects on the last 12 months and takes a look forward to what's coming up this year.

Join with us as we acknowledge World Homeless Day

Click on the link to watch the podcast as RSAP Team Leader Rhiannon Fieldson talks about the impact the programme is having. Fighting...

The support of our partners makes the partnership what it is

The GM Housing first partnership is successful because of its flexibility – and managed moves is one way we can help people

Project Manager Mike Hughes blogs on the different ways the partnership helps people to make maintain and sustain their tenancies

Now we’re into 2024, it’s been a nice time to reflect on the year that was 2023. The only place to start is with a big THANK YOU to all...

Over the past few weeks, we have run a series of articles to highlight the great work of each team and allow them to talk about their...

Over the past few weeks, we’ve been running a series of articles to highlight the great work in each of our zones - a series we are...

The GM Housing First partnership draws its strength from the incredible organisations that help to support the programme. In this blog,...