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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 providing strategic and operational support to a network of over 40 member organisations that serve homeless and vulnerably housed people across Northern Ireland. We provide training, information, research, representation, communication, sector networks and technical assistance to improve service

quality and consistency. We facilitate collaboration across the voluntary, community and statutory sectors, share best practice with UK homelessness agencies, and respond to welfare reform and poverty through advocacy, representation and sector events. In 2024-25, our frontline network grew to 270 members and delivered 7 free professional development events. Through the CRISPP partnership, we secured the Supporting People Programme’s first above-inflation increase in over a decade—6.4%—strengthening financial stability across the service network. We help members meet accreditation and quality standards through staff and volunteer training, and evaluate its impact on services and organisational practice. Through FareShare NI, we redirect surplus food from landfill to organisations supporting people experiencing food poverty. In 2024-25, 55 volunteers contributed 10,126 hours to the operation of this programme. We also provide accredited training in Basic Food Hygiene, Health and Safety, and forklift operation to support safe, efficient food distribution. We organise the procurement and distribution of Home Starter Packs and crisis support packs for people experiencing homelessness and those transitioning into social housing. In 2024-25, we distributed over 1,900 Home Starter Packs to social housing tenants, with 94% of tenancies sustained for more than six months following our intervention. We also provided over 2,785 essential packs, including food and hygiene items to tenants in financial hardship; and launched a furniture pilot that issued 53 vouchers to help tenants establish stable, dignified homes.

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

  • 10 Trustees
  • 23 Employees
  • 55 Volunteers

Trustee board

  • Mr Mal Byrne
  • Mr Simon Geddis
  • Ms Maria Jennings
  • Mr Eddie Magowan
  • Mr Dermot Murphy
  • Brenda Parker
  • Mrs Lee Maria Hughes
  • Mr Liam Hagan
  • Mrs Nicola Gregg
  • Mrs Sinead Mcfadden

Contact details

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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