The Centre for Excellence in Community Investment champions and celebrates the importance and impact of community investment across the UK
A sector together: the social housing sector and Covid-19
An anthology of stories, statistics and viewpoints that capture how social housing organisations responded to the Covid-19 pandemic across the UK.
“How we’re supporting our diverse communities”
In this blog, MTVH’s Director of Community Investment, Jahanara Rajkoomar calls for action across society to address ethnic and racial inequalities.
Burnout Britain: Overwork in the age of Unemployment
In this paper, published with Autonomy and 4 Day Week, Nic Murray looks at the clear overlap between over work and mental ill-health.
Housing’s impact, together
Between March and October 2020, UK social housing organisations provided almost £1,900,000 in financial assistance, gave 215,000 residents advice and guidance, and made just under one million welfare calls.
Black History Month: What next?
Our recent event with the Racial Equality Group explored how to take discussions around racial equality within the housing sector, and community investment, forward.
Practical Guide to Partnerships
This guide provides detailed case studies and documents from successful community led housing partnerships.
New guidance on impact measures
As of October 2020, we are into Phase 2 of this project. The figures in this second phase are have been expanded and are designed to capture the range of ways that housing associations support their residents. The purpose of these measures is to record...
Lockdown. Rundown. Breakdown.
This report looks at the COVID-19 lockdown and the impact of poor quality housing on occupants in the North of England.
Earn It, Don’t Burn It
Orbit commissioned HACT to carry out an independent evaluation of its Earn It, Don’t Burn It service for financial inclusion.
Our funders
The Centre for Excellence in Community Investment is supported by:
HACT
The Centre for Excellence in Community Investment is an initiative from HACT, UK housing’s ideas and innovation agency.
If you need help in developing a community investment strategy, measuring your social value or demonstrating the business case for community investment, please contact us.
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