Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant Regional Training Programme 2025-26

The West Midlands Combined Authority Rough Sleeping Prevention and Recovery Grant seeks to add value and complementary outcomes to the work of our Local Authority and wider partners.

To build upon the good work established in recent years, we are pleased to share details about our new regional training programme for 2025-26 via this webpage.

This exciting training offer has been developed for staff, volunteers and trustees working across three key service areas:

Preventing homelessness and rough sleeping
Supporting people on the street and in temporary accommodation
Move on and recovery service

A wide range of training courses will be taking place in June and July 2025 as below. The training courses are open to anyone working or volunteering within the WMCA area.

When booking a training course, ensure you have your line manager's approval and mark the course time as protected in your calendar. Additionally, check that no more than two colleagues from your organisation are already attending, as we allow up to three participants from one organisation per course.

We maintain substantial waiting lists for each course, and non-attendance or last-minute cancellations are both inconvenient and costly, as they prevent others from utilising the available space. If you need to cancel your training spot, please notify us in writing at the Homelessness inbox (homelessness@wmca.org.uk) at least two working days before the training date to allow us time to fill the vacant space.

For those who do not provide enough notice, a valid reason for non-attendance or simply do not attend, this will affect your ability to attend additional WMCA RSPARG regional training courses that you may be signed up to and any future courses that you might want to attend.

June:

July:

Each training course is designed to be accessible for individuals working with those experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Information for each course can be found by clicking on the link to the associated course.

All courses will be delivered online and free of charge with further details and links provided on registration. Availability is on a first come first served basis with up to 3 people from one organisation being able to register for each course. If the course is fully booked and you want to be added to the waiting list or if you do have any questions regarding any aspect of the training programme, please contact homelessness@wmca.org.uk