Leeds Women’s Homelessness and Housing Frontline Network | July 2025 Cuckooing — where someone’s home is taken over by others to carry out criminal activity — is a growing concern across Leeds. While it can affect anyone, our recent reflective session focused on the particular risks faced by women experiencing homelessness, housing instability, and multiple … Continue reading Cuckooing and Exploitation: What Frontline Workers Need to Know »

For Pride Month 2025, we are looking at various groups of people we support at Basis Yorkshire who are within the LGBTQ+ community and examine how stigma and discrimination affects them, as well as what we do to empower them and promote safety. As Leeds celebrates Pride Month, we must also face a harder reality: for … Continue reading Pride Month 2025 – Pride Without Shelter: LGBTQIA+ Homelessness in Leeds »

CW: This post contains discussion of violence against trans people and people of colour, including healthcare discrimination, systemic disadvantages and murder. Please take care if these issues cause you distress. For Pride Month 2025, we will be looking at various groups of people we support at Basis Yorkshire who are within the LGBTQ+ community and … Continue reading Pride Month 2025 – Intersectionality and Healthcare (Trans sex workers of colour) »

For Pride Month 2025, we will be looking at various groups of people we support at Basis Yorkshire who are within the LGBTQ+ society and examine how stigma and discrimination affects them, and what we do to empower them and promote safety. At Basis Yorkshire, we support young people (up to 25 years old, all … Continue reading Pride Month 2025 – LGBTQ+ Young People and Isolation »