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Help with your mental health when life gets difficult
An important message for Mental Health Awareness Week

12 May, 2025

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Save supported housing: 70,000 homes at risk of closure
More than 150 organisations, including Porchlight, are calling for action

25 April, 2025

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Supreme Court rules on whether trans people can be excluded from women-only spaces and services
Our response

17 April, 2025

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There’s a rural homelessness crisis – but we have plans to tackle it
We’re working in partnership with English Rural and Commonweal Housing to address this hidden issue

09 April, 2025

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Adolescence: how toxic online spaces are influencing men in the real world

07 April, 2025

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April's Rising Bills: pushing people towards poverty and homelessness

04 April, 2025

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Family who faced homelessness mark Mother's Day in a new home
They were supported by our service for mothers and children

30 March, 2025

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Vulnerable people will feel the brunt of government welfare cuts
Our reaction to the Spring Budget

27 March, 2025

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International Women’s Day: addressing homelessness, poverty and mental ill health inequalities
Women experiencing these issues face bigger barriers to accessing support, and to finding safety and stability, than their male counterparts.

07 March, 2025

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