Commonweal Housing is recruiting three exciting positions
We’re delighted to be recruiting for three roles in our friendly and professional London team. We’re dedicated to investigating, testing, and sharing housing solutions to social injustice. We also support early stage research and feasibility studies to scratch beneath the surface of an issue and see if housing might be able to help. Administration Officer…
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LGBTQ+ people must no longer be the “invisible minorities” of the housing sector
The “invisible minorities” of the UK housing system, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) people have for too long been sat at the margins of homelessness support, with “limited awareness, funding and research on understanding and solving LGBTQ+ housing issues”, according to World Habitat Foundation. LGBTQ+ people are overrepresented in the homeless population, with…
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Commonweal launches its Call for New Ideas 2022 to support organisations with original housing projects
Commonweal Housing has reopened its partnership programme, Call for New Ideas 2022, inviting not-for-profit organisations working with marginalised groups to submit imaginative and original ideas for housing solutions to social injustices. Commonweal is offering frontline organisations funding, support measures and bespoke property in an effort to work with sector experts to design and deliver housing…
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Commonweal and Rentstart win Homelessness Partnership of the Year
Commonweal Housing and Elmbridge-based homelessness charity Rentstart have won the Homelessness Partnership of the Year at UK Housing Awards.
Read MoreHousing is the heart of recovery for survivors of violence against women
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. It’s one of the most pervasive social injustices we face, in the UK and around the world. Domestic violence affects almost one in three women aged 16-59 in England and Wales and sweeps away the safety and security normally associated with home. This…
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Commonweal’s up for four top industry awards
Commonweal Housing is proud to announce that it has been shortlisted for four industry-leading awards at: UK Housing Awards, RESI Awards, and two Homeless Link awards. The Rhea project, run with London domestic abuse charity Solace Women’s Aid, has been nominated for Homeless Link’s ‘Home Safe’ award. The category recognises accommodation that gives individuals ‘the…
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