Past & Future Events
Learn about ‘what works’ at our events
Explore our upcoming and past events that unite experts, people with lived experience, and practitioners in our shared mission to end homelessness. At these events we look at the latest research and innovative ideas, and exchange insights and experiences that can inspire positive change.
We hold regular events throughout the year that support our ongoing work, and we invite you to join these gatherings or watch the recordings on this page to find out what was discussed at previous events. Our flagship event is the biannual Impact Forum, which is an exciting opportunity to connect with like-minded individuals and engage in discussion that can inspire meaningful impact.
Impact Forum Events
Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day two sharing experiences session
Rosie Reynolds, Practice & Partnerships Lead at the Centre for Homelessness Impact in conversation with Andrew, lived experience expert
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day two opening remarks
Andrew Hudson, Chair of Trustees at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, introduces day two of the Impact Forum: Online
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day One - Closing remarks
Greg Hurst, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, shares three reflections from day one of the Impact Forum: Online
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day One - Preventing first time street homelessness this winter
With the cost of living leading to a surge in people sleeping rough for the first time, what do we know about works in preventing street homelessness? Chair: Graeme Gardner, Housing Access and Support Manager, Aberdeen City Council, Hiroshi Goto, Rikkyo University, Japan (contributor) Rachel Mason, lived experience expert, Lorraine McGrath, CEO of Simon Community Scotland
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day One - Challenging the stigma of homelessness: Introducing a new Orwell prize
Trigger warning: This recording features a video discussing themes of self-harm and suicide. Chair: Greg Hurst, Head of Communications and Public Affairs at the Centre for Homelessness Impact, Professor Jean Seaton, Director of the Orwell Foundation, Ed Thomas, Special Correspondent at the BBC
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day One - The real cost of living: Welfare and homelessness
The past decade has seen reductions in welfare support (e.g. reductions in Universal Credit (UC) and Local Housing Allowance (LHA)). Coupled with the current economic downturn, that has created a precarious situation for many people receiving welfare and has led to increasing rates of homelessness. What is needed to support people receiving benefits at risk of homelessness?
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day one performance from Luke McCarthy
Watch Luke McCarthy's live performance. https://www.facebook.com/LukeMcCarthyMusic/
Watch now ↗Impact Forum: Online 2022 - Day one keynote speech, Dr Morwenna Bennallick
Dr Morwenna Bennallick delivers her keynote, 'Creating cultures of acceptance: learning from approaches to higher education in prisons.'
Watch now ↗Catch Up On Past Events
Smarter investments to end homelessness: what works?
Watch the panel discussion we hosted with Pro Bono Economics about how to capture the impact of interventions to end homelessness.
Watch now ↗Are we on track to end rough sleeping in England by 2024?
A panel discussion with Sense About Science, featuring Bob Blackman MP, Michelle Binfield, Jim Crawshaw, Karen Buck MP and Dr Ligia Teixeira
Watch now ↗Standards of evidence
At this event, held in partnership with the Alliance for Useful Evidence, we discussed standards of evidence in homelessness and asked participants which barriers and facilitators to evidence production and use they encounter in their work.
Watch now ↗Better data, better results
This video was taken at the last meeting of the advisory group for our options appraisal on a new national data and monitoring system for street homelessness for the Scottish Government.
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