What is the C20 Toolkit
The Commitment to Collaborate (C2C) to Prevent and Relieve Homelessness Toolkit will provide you with an overview of homelessness in its widest sense, and introduce some new ways of thinking in terms of how to tackle it.
The toolkit has been designed to help organisations and partnerships work through possible changes that they can make to prevent homelessness at the earliest opportunity, including when the issue is not identified as having a link to homelessness. There is also an opportunity within the toolkit to consider who else you will need to collaborate with in order to make this happen.
You do not have to be a specialist housing or homelessness organisation to make a contribution to preventing homelessness.
Contributions will vary; for some organisations not directly involved in homelessness prevention and relief, it could mean changing the way you support your staff and volunteers for example, ensuring information and support is available for anyone at risk of homelessness.
The toolkit is aimed at non- homelessness services as well as those directly involved in homelessness provision, and therefore provides only the necessary basic information to allow you to go on to complete the practical elements. We have included some links to further reading on page 8 should you find this beneficial.
In order to use this toolkit, you should spend some time familiarising yourself with the materials, to help you get a basic grasp of the issues and focus your thinking. You can then move
on to articulating what you and your organisation or partnership does on a daily basis that could be changed, increased or modified to contribute to homelessness prevention and relief.
By going through the toolkit and completing the exercises, you will start the process of making a difference to those at risk of, or experiencing homelessness. Taking the time to stop and reflect on what you do through a homelessness lens will be worthwhile. If you can, getting to the point of creating and then implementing an action plan will have a significant impact. You will join a host of others in being awarded the C2C logo to demonstrate your commitment.