Storyteller Fund
Question 19
Please provide a summary of what you would like to do and the platform you would like to use.
Our full (800 word) answer is available to download using the button below.
Question 26
We want to understand you & your work better, so please provide us with any relevant links and reviews, if applicable, to demonstrate your track record (previous or current activity).
Our full response is below…
Storytelling is at the heart of what we believe it will take to change the narrative on housing in this country, and to see the delivery of the social rent housing we need and to put an end to child homelessness. Our work centres around the ‘ecosystem solution’ developed in partnership with over 60 stakeholders and published in the Social Rent Housing at Pace Playbook.
https://www.housingfestival.org.uk/playbook
New Homes in New Ways: Exhibition 24th October 2024 – 22nd February 2025. This exhibition looks to tell the story, from despair to hope, of the housing crisis and the solutions being developed by organisations across the UK.
Learn more about the exhibition here: https://www.housingfestival.org.uk/new-homes-new-ways
See a short video tour of the exhibition here: https://youtu.be/6wLGBUv5Zy4
See a summary video of the opening night here: https://youtu.be/J6xVnaBIXwM?si=EVOUD_OxjuC_kUxg
Watch Project Director Jez Sweetland’s opening speech here: https://youtu.be/xWG92R6gYlA?si=tldBZiTrnFEkGU8k
Or read the transcript of Jez’s opening speech here: https://www.housingfestival.org.uk/blog/new-homes-in-new-ways-launch
Jez Sweetland recently delivered a TEDx talk in Bristol.
What are the real reasons for the housing crisis that is quickly affecting us all? Jez Sweetland dissects the complex issues, identifies the winners and losers, and offers potential solutions for a fairer and better future of housing. https://youtu.be/emduVq7qczc?si=BG8oFl2bhcG5E2zI
Enabling Housing Innovation for Inclusive Growth
As a pre-cursor to the development of the Social Rent Housing at Pace Playbook, we were on of a consortium of partners funded by Innovate UK for an 18-month project called Enabling Housing Innovative for Inclusive growth. Find out more on our website here: https://www.housingfestival.org.uk/projects/ehifig
Watch our summary video of the project here (this video was also shown at COP 26 in Glasgow by Innovate UK): https://youtu.be/LHyUD8EIds4?si=b94T3-DmPNbpsbLI
As part of this Innovate UK programme, we developed a series of Innovation in Practice reports, which encouraged those involved to speak openly about the project-story and insights, so that lessons learnt could be widely shared with other project teams. https://www.housingfestival.org.uk/publications/boklok-lessons
Social Return of Investment (SROI)
In 2023 we co-produced a Social Return on Investment (SROI) analysis with Akerlof, looking at the value of settled homes on families previously living in temporary accommodation. Storytelling is central to the SROI methodology, as a means for surfacing, communicating, and helping quantify those outcomes most valued by beneficiaries. The Constructing Homes, Rebuilding Lives report demonstrates the power of giving voice to change. https://www.housingfestival.org.uk/publications/sroi
Exhibitions and storytelling have been part of our ethos from our inception in 2018:
See more about our opening expo in 2018 here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl62rn5fBZdwpA8VON8tmo8jS_LSSjWby&si=1mrHB82d0E8hX54m
See more about our virtual expo in 2020 here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl62rn5fBZdzuXVM6O_Gl-IA57RiKOy-H&si=IUxbQzCqq0U6DQ1Z
And our ‘in conversation series’ from 2021 here: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLl62rn5fBZdwZDsVXRV7y3Q0WV-8oflHN&si=fA510Vx_yZjVAaIe