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January 24, 2019
Brian Robson, from Homes England + one of our emerging leaders on responding to their self-selected challenge.
In this post one of our emerging leaders, Brian Robson, reflects on his teams journey through their self-selected challenge so far. They have chosen to look at allocation of existing housing stock.
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January 15, 2019
The Centre welcomes Andrew Hudson as the new Chair of its Board
In this post discover more about our new Chair, his extensive background, what he brings to the Centre, and his commitment to accelerating progress towards ending homelessness with better use of evidence.
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December 12, 2018
17 change-makers — their journey so far
In this post discover what the emerging leaders have been up to on the first two installments of the programme. Gain an insight into their challenges, design research and problem solving journey.
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November 27, 2018
Don't design a system for people, without people
To inform the options appraisal for a new Scottish data and monitoring system for rough sleeping, we spoke to people with lived experiences of homelessness in Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness.
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November 26, 2018
Evidence standards in web based research portals
Today we release a report by leading experts Prof. David Gough (UCL) and Dr Howard White (Campbell Collaboration) that will help inform the evidence standards and evidence claims in the Centres Intervention Tool. Our director Dr Ligia Teixeira explains why.
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October 24, 2018
The beginning: systematic reviews in homelessness
The Centre for Homelessness Impact is working with the Campbell Collaboration, Campbell UK and Ireland, Heriot-Watt and Cardiff University and others to develop the tools necessary for evidence-informed practice targeting or preventing homelessness.
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October 15, 2018
Better use of evidence in policy-making: a local authority perspective
In this guest blog we hear from Glyn Halksworth, Head of Housing + Social Inclusion at Southend-On-Sea Borough Council on some key challenges that he sees to better use of evidence in policy-making – and what can be done about it.
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October 11, 2018
Releasing the new Implementation Issues Evidence and Gap Map
Today we release a new Evidence and Gap Map (EGM) focusing on what factors influence the successful implementation of homelessness interventions. Our Director Dr Ligia Teixeira explains why this matters and how the EGMs provide a robust foundation we’re using to build a new infrastructure for learning.
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