Covid-19 Guidance series for homelessness providers

Together with colleagues from SHP and Homeless Link, St Mungo’s and Standing Together published brief guidance on recognising and responding to domestic abuse and sexual violence during COVID-19, published in April 2020. The guidance provides a simple framework for asking and responding to disclosures of domestic abuse, as well as addressing specific concerns for staff working in homeless hostels and emergency hotels during the Everyone In initiative. Two further pieces of guidance followed, one on responding to wider forms of violence against women and girls (VAWG), and one focusing on the response to couples in homelessness settings during the pandemic.