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. We at the Centre have been speaking to National Energy Action...
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 collaborations. Several networks met in person this...
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 organisations to meet these challenges....
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 Excellence in Community Investment which is made up of a range of housing and community...
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.
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.
On Tuesday 25 May 2021 we were joined by David Lammy MP for a webinar to discuss how to be an anti-racist organisation, and what that means for the housing sector.
#OperationWifi is a campaign to create the largest open and free to use wireless network that enables people in low-income communities to get online, and is fully supported by the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment. When the first national...
“The Be Kind fund was created to give all residents somewhere to turn when things got tough.” Claire Higgins, Chief Executive of Cross Keys Homes explains their Be Kind fund.
HACT is delighted to announce that Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association has signed up to the Board Charter for Community Investment. Andrew van Doorn, Chief Executive of HACT, said: “We commend Leeds & Yorkshire Housing Association for showing...
HACT is delighted to announce that Sovereign Housing Association has signed up to be one of the five core funders of the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment. Steph Harrison, Executive Director Operations and Customer Service, Regenda Group said:...
An anthology of stories, statistics and viewpoints that capture how social housing organisations responded to the Covid-19 pandemic across the UK.
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