News and Updates
June 19, 2025
Beyond good intentions: Learning from what doesn’t work to improve support for frontline workers
A big part of finding out ‘What Works’ is finding what doesn’t work. Luke Arundel, Evidence and Data Lead at CHI, writes about the big opportunities this provides for learning and improvement.
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June 16, 2025
Five lessons from the inside: My time on CHI’s Test and Learn programme
Becky Rice, a Programme Lead on secondment at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, reflects on her time working on the Test and Learn programme. She highlights how the experience deepened her appreciation for collaboration, rigorous evaluation, and the behind-the-scenes work driving meaningful change to end homelessness.
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June 12, 2025
Continuing efforts to find what works to improve frontline homelessness staff wellbeing
Find out more about the findings from our recent report, 'Can a low-cost social support intervention improve wellbeing of frontline workers in the homelessness sector?'
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June 5, 2025
Collaboration, innovation, and adaptation: Early lessons from Individual Placement and Support
Laura Dunbar, Senior Research Executive at IFF Research, shares their early lessons from the IPS project which is part of the Test & Learn programme.
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June 2, 2025
The role of relational systems to prevent homelessness in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Ben Tomlin from Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council, writes about the impact of relational services and behaviour change which can improve outcomes in people’s lives more broadly to avert the flow of people who experience homelessness.
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May 23, 2025
Learning from Giants: Towards Pan-Approaches to Tackling Homelessness in London and Other Megacities
Ligia Teixeira delves into the critical question of how London, a global hub grappling with a profound homelessness crisis, can draw invaluable lessons from the diverse experiences of its counterparts.
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May 22, 2025
From Jet Engines to Homelessness: Using Virtual Labs to Rethink Homelessness Interventions
Professor Patrick Fowler is using a virtual laboratory, originally inspired by jet engine testing, to model England’s homelessness system, helping policymakers understand how different interventions could improve outcomes and prevent rough sleeping.
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May 16, 2025
Reimagining the future: catalysing a prevention turn
The old ways of working, which are reactive, fragmented, crisis-driven, are proving even less sufficient than before, argues Ligia Teixeira. Our next chapter must be to catalyse a decisive shift away from responding to homelessness and towards prevention
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