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Left behind: understanding communities on the edge
by James Williams, Head of Social Impact - on 10/09/2019How OCSI have developed quantitative measures to understand left behind communities.
Comments: 0More than a football club
by Billy Holt, Housing Intern - on 07/09/2019As we celebrate #CommunitiesWeek2019, we look at the impact football clubs have on their local communities.
Comments: 0Creating great places means sharing resources and power with residents
by Ian Wardle, Group Chief Executive, Thirteen Group, and member of the Great Places Commission - on 13/08/2019The Great Places Commission came together in 2018 to understand what makes a great place, and consider how housing associations, working with national and local government and other partners, can create thriving and successful places across the North and the Midlands.
Comments: 0The benefits of green space
by Billy Holt, Housing Intern - on 30/07/2019Last week, in amongst the headlines about the heatwave, the new Prime Minister and his new cabinet, you might have missed the announcement that London became the world’s first national park city.
Comments: 0Thoughts from ‘Implementing the HACT UK Housing Data Standard’
by Neil Tamplin, IT/Digital Delivery Manager, Valleys To Coast - on 26/07/2019On Tuesday the 16th of July I took a trip to Shoreditch to hear how people were starting to implement the UK Housing Data Standard within their services and products.
Comments: 0Insights just got better
by Mary-Kathryn Adams, Deputy Chief Executive - on 23/07/2019We’ve made a number of improvements to Community Insight that will help you get the data you need – even quicker and easier than before – to inform decisions and maximise investment in your local community.
Comments: 0Housing associations and the age of digital!
by Evelyn Williams, Housing Intern - on 23/07/2019Towards the end of the noughties, I got a job in housing, working as a frontline office for a housing association operating in South West London.
Comments: 0Care and support data standards: almost here
by Rob Wray, Chief Innovation Officer, HACT - on 21/06/2019On 24 June, the Care and Support Data Standards will be signed off by the housing provider working group before going out to public consultation.
Comments: 0Learning from history
by Barry Malki, Head of Communities - on 13/03/2019The Welsh Government’s rent settlement announcement at the beginning of the year was greeted with dismay by many social housing providers in Wales. It has already resulted in many assessing cost-cutting strategies, and may result in a significant reduction in community investment activities by some Welsh housing associations.
Comments: 0The digital evolution
by Lou Robinson, Programme Director, HACT Talent - on 08/03/2019National Apprentices week has been full of examples of happy apprentices talking about why an apprenticeship was right for them and satisfied employers extolling the long-term value apprentices bring to their organisation. Long gone are the days when apprentices were seen as cheap labour who could be hired and fired at the whim of the employer.
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