Sharing the future
Five years into our Peer Landlord project, we’ve reached a crucial point; the commencement of the second phase of delivery, up until April 2018. There are thirteen properties up and running, leased to and managed by our partners Catch 22 & Thames Reach, with the first Phase having been evaluated by a team from the…
Read MoreUnattractive, unsympathetic and controversial ….it’s what we do
As part of Commonweal Housing’s 10th Anniversary celebration this year – we launched a new competition Starter for 10 with the prize being £10,000 to fund research or a feasibility study in to new and under-reported areas of social injustice. We wanted to help organisations explore new problems and new injustices that they believe are…
Read MoreBuilding safe choices
When Stonewall Housing approached us last year with a social injustice and a dream of how they wanted to help solve it, we were all ears. They told us that for too many of their older LGBT clients, housing and community was a big problem as many of them remained in the closet for fear…
Read MoreLGBT Housing in older age
In 2015 Commonweal Housing joined forces with Stonewall Housing and the Big Lottery Fund to fund a study into the current provision of housing and related care and support for the older LGBT population in the UK. Stonewall Housing a specialist Lesibian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT )housing charity in England, they provide Housing support and…
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Migrant encampment project wins Commonweal competition
Commonweal Housing are delighted to announce Thames Reach as the winners of our Starter for 10 Competition. Starter for 10 was launched by Commonweal Housing offering £10,000 to fund a feasibility study into an area of social injustice with housing being part of the solution. Entries opened on 24th March and closed on…
Read MoreAnnual Review 2015/16
Every year we publish a review of our projects, finances and activities in the previous year. In 2016 we celebrate a special milestone, our 10th anniversary. To mark the occasion we produced a special annual review this year, looking back not only at 2015/16 but at the previous 10 years. In this year’s review we…
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