Commonweal backed projects nominated for Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards
We are delighted to announce that two of Commonweal’s charity partners – Thames Reach and Praxis – have been shortlisted for the country’s leading homelessness awards – the Andy Ludlow Awards. These recognise projects that make a positive difference to homeless people and are awarded to organisations that use innovative and creative solutions to tackling…
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Read our newly launched Rough Justice report here
Our new report ‘Rough Justice: uncovering social policies that create homelessness’ brings to light the public policies that are unnecessarily increasing homelessness and the simple steps that could stop these costly mistakes. Download your copy here. Homelessness and the threat of becoming homeless is a much wider problem than government figures of 2,414 rough sleepers…
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Impact Review 2013-14
Find out what Commonweal has achieved over the last year, read about the projects we support and facilitate. Download you copy of our newly published annual Impact Review here : Commonweal Housing Impact Review
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Educate young men to end violence against women
Last week I went along to the Global Summit to ‘End Sexual Violence in Conflict.’ Whilst there I attended a discussion around the importance of engaging boys and young men at an early stage, the discussion focused on teaching them that violence against women and girls is simply not acceptable. Whilst the Summit’s talks centred…
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Systemic enforced destitution gets my goat
Systemic enforced destitution gets my goat! At Commonweal we have a track record of working with partners on projects and new housing solutions to social injustice where the injustice frequently arises from a systemic nonsense; something that when you spell it out just does not make sense to the proverbial person on the top deck…
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#RoughJusticeCH – Report Launch Event
Event: #RoughJusticeCH Launch of a new report by Commonweal Housing, bringing together the influential voices of partner charities and experts working to end homelessness. Date: Wed 9 July Location: Central Hall Westminster, SW1H 9NH Time: 3 – 5pm The Report: Rough Justice: uncovering social policies that create homelessness. The report draws attention to the many…
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