It’s about time young adult carers get rights to ensure they have secure housing
Alicia Jones, who has experience as a young adult carer, shares her view on the housing issues facing young adult carers this Carers Rights Day 2023. Adolescence is meant to be a time to enjoy yourself and do all those stereotypical things people do between 16 and 25; like the first holiday with your friends,…
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Scattered housing options leaving survivors of modern slavery at risk of homelessness and re-trafficking, new research shows
Survivors of modern slavery are at risk of homelessness, destitution or being re-trafficked as a result of an uncoordinated framework and scattered housing options, a new report shows. The research, which was conducted by anti-trafficking charity Human Trafficking Foundation and funded by social justice charity Commonweal Housing, explores the housing options for survivors of human…
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Call for New Ideas centered around criminal justice now CLOSED
The deadline for Commonweal Housing’s 2023 Call for New Ideas programme, focusing on the criminal justice system, has now passed. Applications will now be reviewed by a Selection Panel made up of sector experts, Commonweal staff and Commonweal Trustees, and successful applicants will be announced in November. This year marked the fourth year the charity…
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Fiona Mactaggart steps down from Commonweal after 17 years, with legacy in place
Long-standing member of Commonweal Housing, the Rt Honorable Fiona Mactaggart, has become an Honorary Patron of the charity, stepping down from the Board of Trustees after 17 years. Mactaggart, who served as a Member of Parliament for Slough from 1997 to 2017, leaves a lasting legacy at Commonweal, having shaped the vision and trajectory of…
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Commonweal Housing searching for new Trustee
At Commonweal Housing we are driven by a desire to address injustice. We understand the role housing plays in bringing stability and promoting aspiration. Working in partnership with expert support providers we facilitate, enable, pilot and test bespoke housing-based solutions designed to support vulnerable and disadvantaged people. However, we don’t stop at just providing resources…
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Commonweal launches first project outside England with East Belfast Mission
‘You’re Home’, a new property-based pilot project providing affordable housing and tenancy support to homeless people across east Belfast officially launched last week. The new project, running in partnership between the Northern Irish homeless charity East Belfast Mission (EBM) and social justice charity Commonweal Housing, marks the first time Commonweal has launched a project outside of England.…
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