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The first pillar of excellence: Influence
by Andrew van Doorn, Chief Executive - on 13/10/2018Influence is one of the key functions of the Centre for Excellence in Community Investment: that it will provide a platform to champion the importance and impact of community investment across the UK.
Comments: 0Setting the standard
by Matthew Grenier - on 28/09/2018In a basement room in an office building just off London’s Old Street, twelve people are busy discussing repairs authorisation processes. It’s not, you might think, a particularly enthralling topic. Nonetheless, it’s a discussion that will impact on the lives of hundreds of thousands of social housing tenants.
Comments: 0Easing the worries
by James Williams - on 24/09/2018By using the UK social value bank and using its recommended questions to understand of the impact of financial circumstances on wellbeing, we may then be able to get to the source of a problem
Comments: 0Sport and housing
by Frances Harkin - on 16/07/2018Sport and physical activity plays a key role in people’s lives: you only have to look at the frenzy surrounding the World Cup in Russia to see the significance people place on sporting activity and the events surrounding them.
Comments: 0Back to the future: redux
by Andrew van Doorn - on 05/07/2018After working across housing and health for over a decade, one piece of advice I’ve given to numerous housing association executives is that these relationships take time and commitment: bringing housing and health back together again won’t happen overnight.
Comments: 0Back to the future: part 3
by Andrew van Doorn - on 04/07/2018Another opportunity for closer collaboration between housing associations and the NHS is in new models and pathways of care.
Comments: 0Back to the future: part 2
by Andrew van Doorn - on 03/07/2018Like all public services, the NHS is having to deliver services with fewer resources, at a time of unprecedented demand. Consequently, the sustainability of decades of public investment is being put at risk.
Comments: 0Back to the future part 1
by Andrew van Doorn - on 02/07/2018This week, as the NHS celebrates its 70th birthday, the focus will be on the current state of our health service and the great staff who work for it. What, though, does the anniversary signal for housing, and its relationship with health?
Comments: 0Squaring the circle
by James Williams - on 28/06/2018Our social value tools are helping leading developers to maximise their social value, and demonstrably deliver on their social purpose, so they can achieve their business and their social outcomes.
Comments: 0Breaking through – understanding and collaborating with the NHS
by Andrew Van Doorn - on 04/06/2018It's important and timely that housing providers engage with the NHS. How can they do it successfully?
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