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Homeless Connect

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £2.1M

  • Spending

    £2.0M

  • Charity no. 103325
  • Date registered. 09/12/2015

Public benefits

To relieve poverty, distress and sickness and to improve the conditions of homeless people within Northern Ireland. The direct benefits arising from this purpose include improved health, wellbeing and nutrition among vulnerable people, and the alleviation of food poverty through the operation of our FareShare NI project. In 2024-25, FareShare NI

distributed 656 tonnes of surplus food - equivalent to 1.56 million meals - to 172 charities, schools and community groups across Northern Ireland, directly improving the nutritional outcomes of 26,881 individuals. Homeless Connect works to ensure that vulnerable individuals and families have access to essential food, warmth and practical support, contributing to a healthier and more resilient population across Northern Ireland.

What your organisation does

Homeless Connect is an umbrella organisation. We aim to support our membership in delivering good quality services to homeless people through providing training, information, research, collective representation, communication, networks and technical support. We do this by encouraging sectors and organisations to work together for the benefit of the

client group and establish links with national homelessness agencies to follow best practice and innovation throughout UK. We work both strategically and operationally to develop and help implement ways in which to mitigate the impact of welfare reform on vulnerable people through provision of conferences, seminars and representation. Homeless Connect supports organisations to meet relevant accreditation standards by training staff and volunteers and evaluates the impact of training on service development and organisational practice. We organise the procurement and distribution of Keep Warm packs and Starter packs for homeless people and rough sleepers. Through our FareShare project, we divert surplus food from landfill to help vulnerable people who are in food poverty. We assist new volunteers in receiving accredited Basic Food Hygiene training, Health and Safety training, and accredited fork lift training.

The charity’s classifications

  • The prevention or relief of poverty
  • The advancement of education
  • The relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship or other disadvantage

Who the charity helps

  • Addictions (drug/solvent/alcohol abuse)
  • Adult training
  • Asylum seekers/refugees
  • Children (5-13 year olds)
  • Ethnic minorities
  • Homelessness
  • Men
  • Older people
  • Parents
  • Preschool (0-5 year olds)
  • Specific areas of deprivation
  • Tenants
  • Unemployed/low income
  • Voluntary and community sector
  • Volunteers
  • Women
  • Youth (14-25 year olds)

How the charity works

  • Accommodation/housing
  • Advice/advocacy/information
  • Education/training
  • Environment/sustainable development/conservation
  • General charitable purposes
  • Human rights/equality
  • Relief of poverty
  • Research/evaluation
  • Volunteer development

This display is a broad summary of the charity’s financial information. For a full understanding of the charity’s finances, the reader should view the PDF accounts and reports under the Documents tab above.

  • Status

    Received: on time

  • Income

    £2.1M

  • Spending

    £2.0M

Income

£2.1M

Spending

£2.0M

Charitable purposes

The company's objects ("Objects") are specifically restricted to the following: to relieve poverty, distress and sickness and improve the conditions of life for people within Northern Ireland who are homeless or vulnerable to becoming homeless, who are in necessitous circumstances; and to advance education on issues associated with homelessness for the public benefit. In furtherance of these Objects: (a) to promote and improve the effectiveness of charities, voluntary and community groups, and other agencies in their provision of services to people who are homeless or vulnerable to becoming homeless, by the provision of conferences, training, information, advice and other facilities, services or support; (b) to act as a representative body for those engaged in work with people who are homeless, in relation to government policies and legislation; and to bring together in council, conference or otherwise, representatives of voluntary agencies, statutory authorities and other agencies involved with people who are homeless, providing a focus for mutual contact and co-operation amongst organisations working in this field; (c) to prevent and relieve poverty amongst people in need, in particular through the provision of supplies of goods and services.

Governing document

Memorandum and Articles

Other name

  • 9 Trustees
  • 23 Employees
  • 55 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Mal Byrne
  • Mr Simon Geddis
  • Ms Maria Jennings
  • Mr Eddie Magowan
  • Mr Cormac Mcart
  • Mr Dermot Murphy
  • Brenda Parker
  • Mrs Lee Maria Hughes
  • Mr Liam Hagan

Public Address

Homeless Connect, Homeless Connect, Building 14, Units 2-4, Central Park, Mallusk, BT36 4FS

List of regions

  • In Northern Ireland

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