News and Updates
May 14, 2025
The Escape Rooms
Daniel Hewitt, David Williams and Imogen Barrer, have been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness for their ITV News documentary podcast, The Trapped.
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May 14, 2025
Rough: The stories behind London’s homelessness crisis
This project by Callum Cuddeford, Facundo Arrizabalaga, Adrian Zorzut, Jake Holden, Harrison Galliven and Adam Toms has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. The project uses images and videos to bring to life the real stories of people experiencing homelessness. Here we share Ground Zero by Jake Holden.
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May 14, 2025
Winter Appeal: ‘I was told I could stay in the UK — then kicked out of my asylum accommodation’
This article by David Cohen, Investigations and Campaigns Editor at The London Standard, has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness, was part of a campaign with Comic Relief to turn the spotlight on an official policy that’s making newly recognised refugees homeless.
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May 14, 2025
Cruel summer: exclusive - Edinburgh’s homeless forced from hotels as Taylor Swift comes to town
This article by Niall Christie, for Third Force News (TFN), has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. Niall’s article was the catalyst for a number of articles across Scotland which raised awareness of the issue.
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May 14, 2025
The inside story of how Tony Blair's New Labour all-but ended rough sleeping
This article by Greg Barradale, Senior Report for The Big Issue has been shortlisted for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. Greg speaks to the key players in the last Labour government to find out how they almost got rid of rough sleeping.
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May 5, 2025
‘It just felt like - freedom!’: The impact of Personal Grants for people experiencing homelessness
Nicholas, a member of our Lived Experience Associate Network, discusses a Centre for Homelessness Impact project exploring how unconditional cash transfers can transform the lives of people experiencing homelessness. With early examples showing positive results and further research underway to confirm the impact, Nicholas shares the potential benefits of direct cash payments.
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One year of Test and Learn
Head of Programmes at CHI, Graeme Gardner, reflects on the first year of the Test & Learn programme and how success requires many partners
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April 9, 2025
Can we predict and prevent homelessness?
Luke Arundel, Evidence and Data Lead at CHI, discusses how predictive models can transform how accurately we are able to make predictions, but the real value lies in how we can use predictions to proactively prevent homelessness.
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