The quickest and easiest way to confirm your eligibility is adding and verifying your work email address during the application. If this doesn't work, we'll need to see one of the below matching the name on your Blue Light Card account:
Your employer must fall under one of the following organisations to be eligible:
- Homeless Connect (Northern Ireland)
- Cymorth Cymru
- Homeless Network Scotland
- Homeless Link (England)
To find out if your employer is eligible, please register under the 'Social Care- Homelessness' service, and take a look at the organisations listed on the drop down menu under 'Your Employer'.
Note- You can start typing to search the drop down menu and if you are employed within a Local Authority/ Council, please select 'Council (Direct affiliation to Homelessness)'
Accepted forms of ID:
Work ID card showing:
- Name
- Eligible employer affiliation*
Payslip showing:
- Name
- Eligible employer affiliation*
- Dated within the last 3 months
*Please note, for some organisations who's work is multifaceted, we may need to see further information such as your job role and department to verify your work within Homelessness. You can show us this by uploading a copy of your ID card or Payslip alongside your Contract of Employment.
Currently, Volunteers are not eligible within the Homelessness sector, but this will remain under review.
Reasons why your ID might be declined:
- The name on your ID card/payslip doesn't match your account
- Your payslip did not show a date from within the last 3 months
- The team were unable to verify your work within Homelessness from your ID card/payslip