News and Updates
September 17, 2021
Ending homelessness must be central to 'levelling up'
Dame Julia Unwin says economic recovery and investing in 'disadvantaged' communities is doomed to fail unless it addresses homelessness
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September 14, 2021
Common barriers to innovative and experimental policymaking in Local Authorities
As we wrap up the second round of our What Works Community programme, we reflect on three problems that crop up time and again.
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September 13, 2021
Centre For Homelessness Impact joins forces with Comic Relief
The Centre For Homelessness Impact (CHI) has forged a new partnership with Comic Relief to accelerate its work to bring a ‘what works’ approach to ending homelessness in more communities across the United Kingdom.
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September 13, 2021
Building a ‘what works’ movement to end homelessness for good
New partnership between Comic Relief and CHI will scale up capacity for evidence-led change.
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August 31, 2021
Time for homelessness services to listen to the individual
MHCLG’s latest evaluation is significant for its rigorous evaluation of a promising model of homelessness prevention. Ligia Teixeira, CEO of The Centre for Homelessness Impact, explains why we should pay attention.
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August 9, 2021
Using evidence to analyse and improve impact
How the homelessness charity Reconnect UK rethought its strategy thanks to one of our evidence surgeries
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August 5, 2021
Radical collaboration to achieve lasting change
Consultant and strategist Lizzie Hodgson offered some inspiration to our What Works Community cohort as we wrapped up the first full year of the programme
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August 3, 2021
Using data and young people's lived experiences to 'design out' homelessness
The chief executive of St Basils describes how weaving data on performance with evidence from our young people’s lived experiences provides a richer, truer picture
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