Over five weeks in July and August, we will create a space to meet, explore ideas, learn new skills, and to build a shared sense of what we ought to achieve in homelessness over these coming months and years.
The Centre for Homelessness Impact is proud to present the work of the artist Anthony Luvera as part of the Impact Festival 2020. Working in collaboration with people who have experienced homelessness, these works tell stories about individual experiences, and the systems and services that shape people’s everyday lives.
If you missed an event, or simply want to watch one of our sessions again, we've created a video hub where you can access all the recordings from the festival.
Lead by CHI's Lived Experience Specialist, Hannah Green, this panel of experts by experience will explore what we can do to learn from people's personal experiences with homelessness interventions to ensure we move towards an end to homelessness that focuses on what works, and eradicates what doesn't.
Find out more ➝John Kay and Dr Ligia Teixeira discuss decision-making in an uncertain world post COVID-19, and how our goals to end homelessness are best achieved indirectly.
Find out more ➝Hosted by the Mayday Trust and facilitated by Homeless Network Scotland, Wisdom from the System is a space open to all willing to be brave, to discuss, share, and reflect on your experiences of systems, whether that’s homelessness, social care, mental health, or criminal justice. The conversation will take place online, in a group call that will encourage people to speak freely and honestly.
Find out more ➝This session will provide our audience with valuable insight into the responses of governments across the UK to the impact of COVID-19 on those experiencing or facing homelessness.
Find out more ➝What lessons has the COVID-19 pandemic taught us about the future of government and how will those lessons play out in the months and years to come?
Find out more ➝This session, lead by Dr. Alina Turner CEO + Co-Founder of HelpSeeker explores how social innovation and technology can be leveraged to prevent and end homelessness.
Find out more ➝In this session Dr David Halpern, the Government's What Works National Adviser and Chief Executive of The Behavioural Insights Team will share insights from BIT’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis as well as the wider government response and his contribution to SAGE, the Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies, in order for attendees to better understand the value of empirical methods in designing both public health interventions in response to pandemics and other crises.
Find out more ➝This session will explore how and why military expertise were so vital to the Covid response in the UK and what lessons the homelessness sector can learn from this approach.
Find out more ➝Minister Julie James provides us with firsthand insight into the steps being taken by Welsh Government to tackle homelessness in Wales.
Find out more ➝This workshop will guide a small group of participants to understand data in the context of homelessness. Practical tasks will involve identifying different types of data quality issues and how to apply mitigation to them. Attendees will leave the session having put learning into practice by applying a dataset to their own work.
Find out more ➝We are delighted to offer this session, run in partnership with the Harvard Kennedy School - Evidence for Policy Design (EPoD).
Find out more ➝Hosted by the Mayday Trust and facilitated by Platfform, Wisdom from the System is a space open to all willing to be brave, to discuss, share, and reflect on your experiences of systems, whether that’s homelessness, social care, mental health, or criminal justice. The conversation will take place online, in a group call that will encourage people to speak freely and honestly.
Find out more ➝IGH Executive Director Lydia Stazen will present on the last three years of collaborative advocacy efforts within the United Nations, resulting in the first UN resolution on homelessness in 30 years. Indu Prakash Singh, advocate and Citymakers Facilitator, will share his advocacy experience at the local, state, and international levels. Elizabeth Madden will share her advocacy efforts through the lens of her lived experience of homelessness.
Find out more ➝The past few months have seen a surge in discussions of systemic racism, and how racial justice and equality is to be incorporated into society at all levels.
Find out more ➝In this session, we explore what it will take to ensure we don't return to business as usual in a post-pandemic society: that appropriate housing is seen as a critical factor in health and wellbeing is at the top of the agenda.
Find out more ➝In this session, we will discuss how data and evidence could show us a way forward in a time of shifting priorities, uncertainty and limited resources.
Find out more ➝With COVID-19 set to cause a significant rise in the number of people experiencing poverty, it's more important than ever to ensure we have enough quality, affordable homes in the right places. This session will explore how we can scale ongoing efforts so that more people on low incomes can access and remain in affordable and decent homes faster.
Find out more ➝This session will explore the intersection between women's homelessness, domestic abuse and women's experiences of the justice and housing systems. Join us to discuss what the evidence tells us about how best to respond now and post pandemic to help ensure women are helped more effectively.
Find out more ➝This masterclass with our Head of Evidence and Data will show you how to get the best results from CHI's Housing Costs Calculator.
Find out more ➝In this session, chaired by Selina-Valencia McDonald, the panelists will explore the role of philanthropy and social entrepreneurship in the fight against homelessness.
Find out more ➝In this event, Dr Ligia Teixeira and former Chief Executive of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation, Julia Unwin, will discuss the impact communities can have on ending homelessness.
Find out more ➝Kevin Stewart MSP provides us with firsthand insight into the steps being taken by the Scottish Government to tackle homelessness in Scotland.
Find out more ➝The language we use is powerful and the way we speak about homelessness in the media can have a significant impact on public perception of people experiencing homelessness, the causes of homelessness and the best ways to approach ending homelessness.
Find out more ➝This event will bring together leaders from multiple faiths to explore the crucial role that faith and faith-based interventions are playing in response to the pandemic.
Find out more ➝The SHARE framework focuses on using a data-led approach to make a lasting impact in our goal to end homelessness. Our SHARE reporting platform is a practical tool which aims to give insight into the conditions required to prevent homelessness.
Find out more ➝This discussion will explore why it is imperative that we take a test and learn approach to how we develop our homelessness prevention activity. Hear experts and leaders in scientific experimentation talk about why the only way we can truly find out what works to end homelessness is to evaluate the impact of our interventions.
Find out more ➝There is an increasing understanding that the way we talk about things shapes our attitudes towards them. This workshop, delivered by Crisis is dedicated to analysing and deconstructing the ways language affects our understanding of homelessness, and how we can change it to be more inclusive, informed, and accurate.
Find out more ➝It’s time for people who have experienced and/or are working in the homelessness, social care, mental health, and criminal justice systems across the UK to have a conversation. Hosted by the Mayday Trust, Wisdom from the System is a space open to all willing to be brave, to discuss, share, and reflect on your experiences of systems.
Find out more ➝In this event, we discuss how linked administrative data at a government level can have a profound impact on homelessness research and policy design.
Find out more ➝Dr Ligia Teixeira talks to Bobby Duffy, professor of Public Policy at King's College and author of The Perils of Perception – why we’re wrong about nearly everything, on how people misperceive social realities and what we can to do rectify both our own perspectives and those of society's at large.
Find out more ➝In this inspirational address, Terence Lester, speaker, activist, author, and thought leader in the realm of systemic poverty will speak honestly and openly about his experiences of homelessness, his non-profit, ‘Love Beyond Walls’ and his latest campaign, ‘Love Sinks In’.
Find out more ➝A discussion on how acting quickly when it comes to using data can enable us to make more effective interventions in the homelessness space, with Professor Jeff Liebman from the Harvard Kennedy School.
Find out more ➝Chaired by Nancy Hey from the What Works Centre for Wellbeing, this event looks at wellbeing during COVID-19 through an evidence-informed set of principles. This will include a discussion of the pandemic's wider mental and physical health effects on the public and how these will have to be countered and the role that resilience plays.
Find out more ➝A panel discussion on how employment support can be effective in preventing homelessness.
Find out more ➝Carál Ní Chuilín - Northern Irish Minister for Communities - will provide us with firsthand insight into the steps being taken by the Northern Irish Government to tackle homelessness in Northern Ireland.
Find out more ➝Families experiencing homelessness have limited access to Health, Social Care and Education. Shared Health have been working with Homeless Families to collaboratively find solutions to the barriers faced. Shared Health's clinical team will share details of proactive interventions which work across sectors and localities and provide an element of much needed advocacy for homeless families.
Find out more ➝Join us for this session chaired by Pat McArdle, CEO Mayday Trust with Dez Holmes, Director of Research in Practice for Adults and Jonathan Breckon, Director of the Alliance for Useful Evidence, as we explore the necessity of both good evidence and relationships on good service delivery.
Find out more ➝Chaired by Rosanne Haggerty, CEO of Community Solutions and a globally recognised leader in her work to end homelessness, this session will discuss the importance of effective leadership during a time of crisis like the one we are currently experiencing.
Find out more ➝This event brings together policy experts and experts by experience to discuss the wide-ranging implications of policies that effectively criminalise homelessness and poverty.
Find out more ➝This workshop brings together the participants of our What Works Community pilot from East Ayrshire and Southend to discuss their involvement in the programme. You will have the chance to ask questions and find out more about how to get involved with the new What Works Community as a local authority.
Find out more ➝Join senior leaders from the three local authorities that participated in our What Works Community pilot programme to find out how their involvement has enhanced their approach to using data and evidence in practice.
Find out more ➝This session arms to harness the collective wisdom of the group to practically identify some of the key issues around motivation in our work today, and start to look at potential ways to address them.
Find out more ➝In this session participants will hear from three leading international academics using systematic reviews to inform policy and practice. Together they will bring us on a journey to understand how systematic reviews came about and have been used in other fields, as well as some of the initial steps adapting these methodologies to homelessness. They will reflect on how systematic reviews should be a crucial tool to inform policy and also provide practical tips to make them more effective.
Find out more ➝Luke Hall MP, Minister for Rough Sleeping and Housing at MHCLG, will reflect on the Government's achievements to date, the ongoing challenges presented by the pandemic and the next steps in progressing their plans to bring an end to homelessness in England. The Minister's address will be followed by immediate responses from a prominent sector leader and someone with lived experience of homelessness.
Find out more ➝In this conversation, Anthony Luvera will speak with Hannah Green about his socially engaged practice of working with people experiencing homelessness. Over the past eighteen years Anthony has collaborated with individuals in cities and towns across the UK, to co-create photographs and other artworks that represent their lives and experiences, and speak out about the systems and services that shape their everyday lives.
Find out more ➝Linda Gibbs from Bloomberg Associates will chair this session with Tendayi Viki, author and corporate innovation expert, and Merici Vinton, co-founder and Chief Executive of Ada's List, and Alison Watson, director of Shelter Scotland, in which we will discuss the opportunities for innovation in large organisations and how to embed continuous innovation in their makeup.
Find out more ➝Join us for this session , chaired by CHI's Ligia Teixeira who will be joined by Robyn Mildon, Executive Director of the Centre for Evidence and Implementation (Australia, Singapore and UK) and Hal Pawson, professor Housing Research and Policy and Associate Director at the University of New South Wales. We'll explore how to harness implementation science to ensure we improve results in homelessness as we recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Find out more ➝In this session chaired by Dr Triin Edovald, Head of Evaluation at the Education Endowment Foundation, we will be joined by Michael Sanders, Executive Director of the What Works Center for Children's Social Care, as well as experts by experience to explore how trials are being used to determine which interventions are most effective in supporting vulnerable children.
Find out more ➝This event will take a systemic view of homelessness policy, looking at how systems mapping and integration can bring together different strands of research for more effective implementation.
Find out more ➝Exploring how codesign and coproduction methods could transform homelessness policy at the government level.
Find out more ➝A panel discussing the potential and the pitfalls of social investment in designing and funding homelessness solutions.
Find out more ➝Join us for this two part session as we seek to reflect on the impact festival, and what the sector as a whole has achieved during this challenging year.
Find out more ➝A lockdown performance by Cardboard Citizens, followed by a discussion and Q&As.
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