Supporting vulnerable people before and during hot weather: people experiencing homelessness and sleeping rough
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This page advises those with responsibilities for people currently sleeping rough. This includes local authority teams for emergency preparedness, public health and rough sleeping, as well as non-governmental organisations, including those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support.
Adapted edition
- Document type
- Reference Guide
- Format
- DOCX
- Pages
- 8
- Language
- English
- Version
- 1.0
- Updated
- 2026-09-17
- Category
- Safety & operations
- Licence
- Open Government Licence v3.0
Description
This page advises those with responsibilities for people currently sleeping rough. This includes local authority teams for emergency preparedness, public health and rough sleeping, as well as non-governmental organisations, including those providing temporary accommodation or street-based support. Consult the original guidance for current legal and operational details.
Contents
- Who this guidance is for
- Main messages
- Why people experiencing homelessness are at risk in hot weather
- Exposure to heat
- Increased vulnerability
- Decreased ability to adapt
- Risk assessment
- Health impacts of hot weather
- Preparation for hot weather
- Actions to take during summer
- Services and facilities
- Resources
- Capacity and training
- Responding to hot weather
- Consider other at-risk groups
- Protection of staff
Source and licence
UK Health Security Agency
AttributionUK Health Security Agency, ‘Supporting vulnerable people before and during hot weather: people experiencing homelessness and sleeping rough’ (updated 19 December 2024), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
ChangesNeutral text-only adaptation from the official GOV.UK Content API body: headings, paragraphs, ordered and unordered list items and clickable source-link destinations in an appendix preserved. Images, logos, page design, accessible-format request widgets and linked attachments excluded; normalised whitespace, invisible format marks and typography.
Version history
- v1.017/09/2026