On 25th February 2025, the Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network hosted a powerful training session led by Amber Wilson from Basis Yorkshire: “Introduction to Working with Women Who Sex Work” as we know sex workers are over-represented in hidden homelessness and experience stigma in all systems including housing and health.

The Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network brings together frontline workers providing intensive support to women in Leeds. It is a much-needed forum given the lack of gendered focus and initiatives on homelessness and includes increased attention on hidden homelessness, Domestic and Sexual Abuse and other traumatic experiences more often experienced by women. In addition to homelessness charities, it ensures specialist agencies such as those supporting sex workers, migrant women (particularly those with no recourse to public funds), harm reduction agencies, criminal justice, are invited to contribute, given the strong link between these issues and homelessness.

You can read the full blog post on the Frontline Network website.

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