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You're Home project update
Project lead Tom Dinnen shares initial insights from the You're Home project and outlines plans for scaling it up.
Jul 10


Bridging the gap between prison and the community
Ahead of the project, Gaynor Brooke, Director of Services at Servol, discusses the significance of stable housing for this group and the support that the project will offer.
Jul 10


Supporting refugees through the Retreat Housing model
We spoke with Suleiman Abdulahi, Founder and Director of HAPANI, to understand the challenges that refugees face and how their project aims to improve these outcomes.Â
Jul 10


Belfast-based Housing First project for women leaving prison
Ahead of commencing this project in late 2025, Deirdre Canavan, Senior Services Manager at Depaul NI, highlights the challenges faced by women prison leavers and how their new project aims to address these issues.
Jul 10


Commonweal launches first project outside England with East Belfast Mission Â
New property-based pilot project, ‘You’re Home’, provides affordable housing and tenancy support to homeless people across east Belfast.
Sep 25, 2023


Young adult carers housing project draws to a close
After piloting supportive housing for young adult carers for six years, the Move On Up project housing young adult carers has reached its...
Jul 11, 2023


Housing needs of young adult carers must be recognised or risk homelessness, report warns
Unpaid carers aged 16-25 face potential homelessness unless their housing needs are urgently met in policy, a new report has warned....
Jun 5, 2023


A united sector must fight the hardwired immigration injustice
Sue Lukes from MigrationWork was in the team that evaluated our NRPF Project, and wrote this call to action on migrant destitution based...
Feb 1, 2023


Millions saved to public purse by project supporting homeless people to work and save
A new project is helping people at risk of homelessness into stable housing and employment, saving over £2m in costs to society, a new study has shown.
Aug 4, 2020


Unique project is addressing previously unmet housing need for young adult carers
An innovative new project from Commonweal and Quaker Social Action is providing crucial support to young adult carers, according to an independent evaluation, published today.
Jun 10, 2020


Commonweal Pods highly beneficial for night shelter guests – report
A new report has found that an innovative flat-pack accommodation project developed by Commonweal Housing and ReedWatts Architects has...
May 26, 2020


Innovative domestic abuse partnership gives women chance to stabilise, recover and ‘hope and dream’ for the future
A new pilot partnership between Solace Women’s Aid , Commonweal Housing and Southwark Council reports major benefits for vulnerable...
Mar 4, 2020


Housing project for young adult carers is addressing a gap in provision
Commonweal Housing, Learning and Work Institute and Quaker Social Action have today published interim findings of an evaluation of the Move On Up project.
Feb 27, 2020
"The catalyst for everything positive in my life"
05/09/2019 - Sam Pannell, Support Worker at Elmbridge Rentstart, tells us what his clients have to say about the wrap-around support provided in Freedom2Work.
Sep 5, 2019


The Amari project is a lifeline for survivors of human trafficking
A blog by Zoe Dexter, Welfare and Housing Manager at the Helen Bamber Foundation which refers women to the Amari project.
Jul 5, 2019


Housing service for destitute migrants wins national award for innovation
A housing service run by Praxis Community Projects , developed alongside Commonweal Housing has won the Innovation in Housing award at...
Jul 3, 2019


Looking to Re-unite; Lord Farmer’s Review places renewed faith in the importance of family
Our Chief Executive reflects on Lord Farmer's Review and how it echoes recommendations from our Re-Unite pilot project.
Jun 19, 2019


Housing project providing crucial support for women exiting sexual exploitation
A London-based housing project is providing crucial support for women who have been victims of sexual exploitation, helping them to...
Apr 9, 2019


International Women's Day - No Recourse to Public Funds
In celebration of International Women’s Day, we hear from Maria, who was housed by Praxis, on the impact the project has had on her life.
Mar 7, 2019


Pioneering housing project helping asylum seekers out of destitution
After three years in development, our No Recourse to Public Funds project has received its final evaluation, after helping over 100 people.
Feb 18, 2019


Lewisham Mayor launches innovative homeless sleeping pods
London’s first temporary indoor sleeping pods for people who are homeless were officially opened today (Friday 25 January) by Damien...
Jan 25, 2019


Report shows impact of project on preventing homelessness in young adult carers
An interim report for Move On Up has shown how the project is helping to halt homelessness for young adult carers.Â
Dec 18, 2018


Interim report shows housing project is helping to combat unemployment
The second interim report for Freedom2Work, a project dedicated to helping homeless people out of unemployment has demonstrated the success of the scheme.
Nov 27, 2018


LivShare: Co-Living without the expensive add-ons
LivShare creator Andy Redfearn shares his views on the concept and what he hopes to achieve with the model
Jul 6, 2018
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