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     <title><![CDATA[Sponsored Sleep Out to Raise Funds for St Peter's Drop In, Nottingham]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The sponsored sleep out is being done by a group of workers from Drug Support Team, the Homeless Health Team and the Health Shop. The team will be sleeping out in St Peters church graveyard on the 17th]]></description>
     <pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:49:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[NEW HLG Linked Key Skills Training Courses]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[HLGs new Linked Key Skills training courses have been designed to be delivered in house, are facilitated by top quality trainers and will equip your staff with the knowledge, skills and competencies t]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:05:49 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Thames Reach Publishes Guide on Helping Eastern European Homeless]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Thames Reach has teamed up with the Mayor of London to produce an online guide for services that want to help Central and Eastern Europeans sleeping rough on the capital&rsquo;s streets.

The Route]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:24:24 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA['Legal High' Naphyrone Becomes Class B Drug]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Naphyrone (often called &lsquo;NRG1&rsquo;) and its related compounds  became a Class B drug on Friday July 23 2010.

The drug, which has no known legitimate use has been banned under the Misuse of]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 22:03:52 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Landmark Judgement On Evicting Tenant With History of Domestic Violence]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[A social landlord has taken its fight to evict a tenant with a history of domestic violence to the Court of Appeal. 

MHT London has successfully appealed against an earlier ruling in Croydon Count]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:52:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Support for Victims of Hate Crime Across Nottinghamshire]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Victims suffering the torment of hate crime in Nottinghamshire now have access to confidential help and support through the new &lsquo;Grassroots Equalities&rsquo; Project at the Council for Equality a]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 21:39:27 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[21st Century Welfare: A Consultation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) published a consultation document on 30th July to seek views to inform the department's thinking on reforms to the benefits and tax credits system, includin]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 20:40:13 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Proposed Changes to Guidance On Evaluating The Extent of Rough Sleeping: Consultation]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This document describes a set of proposed changes to the existing rough sleeping guidance. It also gives users of the rough sleeping figures and those involved in evaluating the scale of rough sleeping]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:46:26 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Vetting and Barring Scheme Halted]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Coalition Government has announced a delay to the introduction of the new Vetting and Barring Scheme in its current format. Registrations for new employees were expected to start from July 2010. Fo]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:55:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Concern Over Budget Impact On Homelessness]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The national umbrella organisation for frontline homelessness services Homeless Link and the National Housing Federation have both expressed concern about the potential impact of the budget on hom]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 01 Jul 2010 14:42:18 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Equality Act  2010 Briefing]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Equality Act 2010 in the East Midlands

Date and Time: 10 June 2010 
Time:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 10.00 - 16.00
Venue:]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Nottingham Winter Shelter Report 2009-2010]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[The Nottingham Winter Shelter Report - Season Three - 2009-2010
A collaboration of Faith, Community and the Voluntary Homelessness Sector

The Nottingham Winter Shelter began over four years ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 14:15:07 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Equality Bill Receives Royal Assent]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Equality Act 2010

The Equality Bill received Royal Assent on the 8th of April and formally became The Equality Act 2010. The Equality Act 2010 brings together 9 significant equality laws and]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 08 Apr 2010 15:30:35 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Social Fund Reform: Debt, Credit and Low Income Households]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[New Consultation: Social Fund Reform

This consultation sets out the package of reforms designed to create a scheme which:

    is active rather than passive
    makes it more straightforw]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 10:45:02 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Rights Guide For Rough Sleepers]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Liberty and Housing Justice are among the charities that have become so alarmed about the ways in which the human rights of rough sleepers are increasingly being threatened by the authorities that they]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 11:29:47 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Brokerage Training Available]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[National Brokerage Network (NBN) East Midlands Independent Brokerage Training 2010

What is a broker?

If being a broker is something that interests you, training is available from the Nati]]></description>
     <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:19:10 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Down and Out Report - St Mungo's Inquiry into Mental Health and Homelessness]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Rough sleeping should be tackled as a public health issue, with the Department of Health taking a lead on improving mental health services for vulnerable people, concludes a new report published recent]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:06:53 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Shelter Briefing on 16/17 yr old Homelessness]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[Shelter Children's Legal Service Briefing: Responding to youth homelessness following the G v LB Southwark Judgement

A House of Lords ruling earlier this year reinforced the duty on councils to ]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:16:25 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Homeless Code Of Guidance]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[In response to the current economic climate, and the framework of financial support the Government has put in place to help homeowners in financial difficulty, this note provides guidance on how loca]]></description>
     <pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:29:28 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Voluntary Homelessness Forum]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is an open meeting for people working within City based voluntary organisations providing services to homeless and vulnerable people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Voluntary Homelessness Forum]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is an open meeting for people working within City based voluntary organisations providing services to homeless and vulnerable people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 14 Sep 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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     <title><![CDATA[Voluntary Homelessness Forum]]></title>
     <description><![CDATA[This is an open meeting for people working within City based voluntary organisations providing services to homeless and vulnerable people.]]></description>
     <pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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