Our new Finance Coordinator, Yetty Ejere, on social injustice and Angelina Jolie
Are governments, universities and celebrities waking up to the growing problem of homelessness?
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Housing First – what's not to like?
Housing First is a fantastic model with a proven record of tackling homelessness. But can it work in the UK, where housing is in such desperately short supply?
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Cold, wet, and homeless in January
Our new Policy & Communications coordinator reflects on the hardships faced by rough sleepers in this most unforgiving of months
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Rough Justice: social policies creating homelessness
The origins of the word ‘Democracy’ stem from the Ancient Greek words dēmos meaning ‘the people’ and kratia – ‘power, rule’. So it stands to reason that government policy should be designed in a way that values and aids these very ‘people’. Whilst we should live in a society where all people matter, where everyone is treated…
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What we do, why we do it and what's the problem with getting it wrong now and then?
Helping expert partners realise and deliver the new projects they wish to test is what Commonweal does. Providing the housing and trying to test models that otherwise may not see the light of day. We don’t support guaranteed successes – if something has already been tried and tested then we encourage others to support the…
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