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Trade Secrets

By Amy Doyle / August 18, 2014

What springs to mind when you think of the saying ‘trade secrets’? Is it of someone jealously guarding their skill or the secret to their success?

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What's in a name?

By Rebecca Dillon / July 31, 2014

What’s in a name? There is currently much debate amongst the housing chattering classes, blog writers and internet comment leavers about whether social housing is a failing brand? For some, such discussion is proof enough that housing associations and others have moved way too far from their roots – talk of brand implies commercial interest…..…

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Domestic violence is much more than physical

By Rebecca Dillon / July 22, 2014

When two women stand up and tell a room full of people that they have experienced domestic violence, the audience, myself included, begin to understand – perhaps really for the first time, what it can feel like. This reality was brought home to me at a recent talk by Solace Women’s Aid, a London based…

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Commonweal backed projects nominated for Andy Ludlow Homelessness Awards

By Rebecca Dillon / July 15, 2014

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

By Rebecca Dillon / July 10, 2014

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

By Rebecca Dillon / July 7, 2014

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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