Free training for housing association staff about fuel poverty
Free training for housing association staff about fuel poverty The cost of living crisis and fuel poverty remains high on everyone’s agenda, and community investment professionals in many of our networks want to know how best to support their residents at the moment....What role can online peer support play to help housing associations tackle poor mental health?
What role can online peer support play to help housing associations tackle poor mental health? Author: Emily Bromiley, Togetherall The dual impact of COVID-19 and a profound cost of living crisis fuelled by rising inflation is having a devastating result on people’s...What’s happened across our networks in July
What’s happened across our networks in July Our networks, like the rest of the UK, remain focused on the cost of living crisis. Our networks are responding by improving their connections and working relationships with each other, and discussing more formal...Clarion Futures share impact report
Clarion Futures share impact report How do Housing Associations understand and demonstrate the impact or success of their community centres for their residents and communities? This report has been researched and written by Kira Baker, a final-year undergraduate...What works: Successful community hubs
What works: Successful community hubs Published March 2018 Community businesses are usually established by local communities in order to meet a local need, whether that is to revive local assets, protect the services that local people rely on, or address local needs....Across our networks in May & June
Across our networks in May & June Across all of our networks there has been a big focus on the cost of living crisis. Colleagues have wanted to discuss this and share information about problems their residents are facing, and how they are working within their...How do Housing Associations understand and demonstrate the impact or success of their community centres for their residents and communities?
How do Housing Associations understand and demonstrate the impact or success of their community centres for their residents and communities? This report has been researched and written by Kira Baker, a final year undergraduate student at the University of Birmingham....Hyde’s Universal Credit tool is free for you and your residents to use
Hyde’s Universal Credit tool is free for you and your residents to use The cost of living crisis has made the need for residents’ to successfully access Universal Credit all the more important. If you want to help your residents to apply for Universal Credit, then...Young Women’s Trust’s Work It Out service provides support and reassurance when finding work.
Young Women’s Trust’s Work It Out service provides support and reassurance when finding work. Young Women’s Trust run the Work It Out service free one to one coaching over the phone and feedback on CVs and job applications for all young women aged 18-30 across England...Northern Ireland Network: Housing Associations aim to Stamp Out Antisocial Behaviour
Northern Ireland Network: Housing Associations aim to Stamp Out Antisocial Behaviour Press release by NIFHA, 29 May 2022 A campaign to tackle antisocial behaviour and promote good neighbourhood relations has been launched by the NI network of the HACT Centre of...HAYN Network: What has been happening?
HAYN Network: What has been happening? The Housing Associations Youth Network (HAYN) exists to work with and for young people aged 11-25 that live in and around our communities. It is a peer network of youth focused representatives from the social housing sector. The...
New Skills Academy – Tackling the challenge of scalable upskilling as part of a HA community investment programme
PWC recently ran a poll of 4,000 people who cited their lack of relevant skills as their biggest barrier to success and social mobility. Housing Associations have been focused on how to address this need for accessible and engaging upskilling for some time. However, the challenge has been in finding a scalable solution given the resources constraints experienced by most HA community investment teams.
A report of the APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods
The APPG for ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods has just published their latest report
Post-Covid Recovery Funding Available for VCSE Sector
Offering repayable and flexible finance, the Recovery Loan Fund will work under the terms of the British Business Bank Recovery Loan Scheme (RLS) – which supports access to finance for UK businesses as they recover and grow following the Covid-19 pandemic.
Housing crisis is damaging young people’s mental health and diminishing life choices
A new report released today reveals that bleak housing prospects are significantly damaging the mental health of young people in the UK. The housing crisis is also negatively impacting their life choices, according to research commissioned by leading housing association Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH), which today called for decision makers and developers to urgently tackle the issue or risk a generation resigned to housing insecurity.