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Orwell Prize

October 25, 2023

Orwell Prize: Giving Your Words

Dive into the stories submitted earlier this year for the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. In this blog, Robert Jones talks about the untold stories of homelessness and the power of lived experience in challenging misconceptions.

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October 23, 2023

Orwell Prize: Reflections on Homelessness

Explore some of the stories submitted to the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. In this blog, the author, who wishes to remain anonymous, shares their reflections on homelessness and how their personal experience of homelessness affects how they view people going through similar experiences.

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October 20, 2023

Orwell Prize: My journey into homelessness

Explore some of the stories submitted to the 2023 Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness. In this story, Barbara shares her journey into homelessness with her family.

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October 18, 2023

Orwell Prize: Championing accurate reporting on homelessness

Explore how the Orwell Prize for Reporting Homelessness helps to challenge stereotypes and promote accurate reporting on the topic of homelessness in this blog by Greg Hurst, Head of Communications and Public affairs at CHI and Alice Adonis, Office Administrator at The Orwell Foundation.

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October 10, 2023

A call to action on World Homeless Day

In this article, Stacey Kelly, our Communications Lead, identifies three small steps you can take to join the Centre on our mission to end homelessness through the application of evidence and data on World Homeless Day.

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October 5, 2023

Evidence is everything

Join Mick Clarke, the CEO of The Passage, as he shares the story of how they tackled homelessness during the Covid-19 pandemic. Learn how they shook things up, used data to make a real impact, and committed to making homelessness a thing of the past in this blog.

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September 13, 2023

How our value for money framework is transforming UK efforts to end homelessness

Discover how our Value for Money framework is reshaping the way the UK addresses homelessness spending, with real-world impact in Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole.

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August 21, 2023

Unleashing hope: the power of dog ownership for people experiencing homelessness

In this blog, Dr Jenny Stavisky, Clinical research Manager, VetPartners, and former assistant professor in shelter medicine at the University of Nottingham, explores the benefits of dog ownership for people experiencing homelessness whilst highlighting the arbitrary and inflexible rules that restrict access to accommodation or support services for people with a pet.

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