Children on the Edge, the evolution of the Re-Unite project
2017 will mark the 10th anniversary of the publication of the Corston Report, the seminal review of vulnerable women in the criminal justice system that followed the tragic death of six women at Styal Prison. Baroness Corston’s review, outlining the need for a distinct, radically different, visibly-led, strategic, proportionate, holistic, woman-centred, integrated approach was published…
Read MoreSharing the future
Five years into our Peer Landlord project, we’ve reached a crucial point; the commencement of the second phase of delivery, up until April 2018. There are thirteen properties up and running, leased to and managed by our partners Catch 22 & Thames Reach, with the first Phase having been evaluated by a team from the…
Read MoreUnattractive, unsympathetic and controversial ….it’s what we do
As part of Commonweal Housing’s 10th Anniversary celebration this year – we launched a new competition Starter for 10 with the prize being £10,000 to fund research or a feasibility study in to new and under-reported areas of social injustice. We wanted to help organisations explore new problems and new injustices that they believe are…
Read MoreThe Private Rented Sector a necessary evil or good and vital partners?
I have long been an advocate of making use of and working with the private rented sector to meet housing need. Partly through pragmatism (realising there was simply not enough publicly funded social housing) and partly through a strong belief in multiple options and choice. The private rented sector in various guises has been a…
Read MoreGeorge Osborne; the Cristiano Ronaldo of British Politics
I am a follower of George Osborne. In the same way that I am a follower of Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo. It’s quite different from being a “fan”. I watch his performances closely in the knowledge he possesses the most tricks of any player of his generation. Let me explain. This Chancellor’s set piece financial statements…
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