13th June 2011

Daniel Lindsay

Impacts and Social Action

Vision and Aims

Shelter believes everyone should have a home. We help people find and keep a home. We campaign for decent housing for all.

Make sure that people in housing need can access and keep a home.Drive up the supply of affordable homes in places where people can thrive

Shelter Services In 2010/11, 89,300 clients received advice and/or

support from Shelter’s services in England.

A national network of over 40 advice and support services

Shelter's free housing advice helpline The CLG-funded National Homelessness Advice

Service Specialist services Shelter's website

Shelter Campaigns

Getting our case heard

The importance of robust research

Challenge Government decisions not based on robust evidence

Highlight the impact on households Provide a voice for those affected

Shelter Tactics:

Shelter and Academia

Engaging with housing experts Project Advisory Boards Commissioned independent research Academic papers and outputs

Shelter and Academia: Examples

Impact of Housing Benefits cuts

An independent assessment

Significant press coverage

Timely research and publication

Shelter and Academia: Taking Stock

Longevity of research findings to inform future work

Challenges

Academic awareness of the policy environment

Our awareness of research programmes Distilling research findings into clear

messages Clarity on (potential) broader implications

Opportunities

Widening access to academic research Think pieces to test ideas Knowledge exchange Clearer and more transparent

commissioning from Charities.

Everyone should have a home