The Centre for Excellence in Community Investment champions and celebrates the importance and impact of community investment across the UK

Operation WiFi: An opportunity for housing associations
#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...

“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.

Experiences of racism amongst East and Southeast Asian people
This paper is an in-depth study of the experiences of racism amongst East and Southeast Asian (ESEA) people in the U.K. and how racism impacts on health and wellbeing.

Community power: The evidence
This report from New Local finds that following the Covid-19 pandemic, there should be a massive expansion of community power: in decision-making, collaboration and meeting community needs.

Updated 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...

Practical Guide to Partnerships
This guide provides detailed case studies and documents from successful community led housing partnerships.

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.
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