LSE CASE report: How homelessness charity service delivery changed throughout COVID-19
LSE CASE report: How homelessness charity service delivery changed throughout COVID-19
Small, locally based housing associations and charities provide invaluable services to people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.
Oasis Community Housing undertakes this work in Gateshead, Sunderland and South Tyneside, providing day centres, Housing First, supported housing and wider domestic abuse and employment-related support for vulnerable people facing homelessness. It also provides specialist supported housing for pregnant women and women with young children – this is also provided in London, alongside supported housing for vulnerable young adults.
This report looks at the services provided by the charity before and during the COVID-19 pandemic, and how this period changed the way services were delivered.
From being a relatively small, predominantly North East focused organisation, Oasis Community Housing is planning to provide similar services in other cities where the wider Oasis Charitable Trust already has a community hub presence. The report explores the opportunities and threats of these proposals, in the context of an analysis of current operations and performance.
A full copy of the report is available via the LSE Housing and Communities resource centre.
