BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/solving-homelessnes s-through-partnership-philanthropy-finance-and-social-entrepreneurship/cal ender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:011e030e-81b3-4b37-970e-f6ca2b862c83 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261008T122932 DTSTART:20261013T173000 DTEND:20261013T190000 SUMMARY:Solving homelessness through partnership: philanthropy\, finance\, and social entrepreneurship LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person public event (Wolfson Theat re\, Cheng Kin Ku Building) DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 13 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersSarah HopleyProfes sor Jonathan RobertsDr Ligia TeixeiraChairDr Kerryn KrigeHomelessness is a n urgent social problem in the UK and other countries. But solving homeles sness can seem an unmanageable challenge. Homelessness is driven by comple x interactions of structural factors\, place-based context and individual trajectories. Prevention is more effective and less costly than crisis res ponse\, yet receives limited attention. Can private action - social entrep reneurship\, philanthropy\, and new forms of private capital deployment – make a difference?This event launches a new edited volume How to Use E vidence to End Homelessness\, including a chapter by Jonathan Roberts: "So cial entrepreneurship: creating social impact in the homelessness field". It will explore important questions about the role of private action in so lving homelessness. Join our panel of experts as they consider:What’s th e role of private action – social entrepreneurship\, philanthropy\, volu ntary action – in enabling sustainable solutions?How can we have effecti ve cross-sector partnerships?What can new mechanisms of capital allocation and finance achieve?Within such private action - how we ensure rigour\, t he best use of evidence\, and that our efforts are focused in the right pl ace in complex systems?Copies of the handbook will be available for purcha se and signing on the evening.The handbook is also available open access h ere.Meet our speakersSarah Hopley is Head of Venture Studio at Crisis\, th e national charity for people experiencing homelessness in the UK. She lea ds the charity's impact investment strategy to back early-stage ventures w orking to end homelessness and housing insecurity. She also sits on Crisis 's Strategic Leadership Group and Housing Delivery Board\, and holds board observer roles at portfolio companies. Before Crisis\, Sarah worked in co mmercial roles in property and proptech\, latterly at Appear Here\, where she made London's retail space accessible to the brands and businesses usu ally locked out of it. Sarah is a Year Here Fellow and holds an Executive MSc in Social Business and Entrepreneurship from LSE\, where she was a Mar shall Scholar. She won Social Investment Champion at the 2024 WISE100 Awar ds from Pioneers Post and NatWest.Jonathan Roberts is Professor (Education ) in Civil Society and Public Policy at the Marshall Institute at the Lond on School of Economics. He leads the development of teaching activities at the Institute\, where he designed the ground-breaking executive MSc in So cial Business and Entrepreneurship. Jonathan’s research interests includ e philanthropic funding systems\, social justice philanthropy\, hybrid org anisations\, social enterprises\, and the interaction of government with p rivate action for public benefit. He is currently leading a research study into the role and performance of philanthropy in five global financial ce ntres. His work has been published in social policy\, education\, sociolog y and public administration journals.Lígia Teixeira works on how societie s prevent and respond to homelessness. Her work focuses on closing the gap between ambition and impact: particularly where good intentions are under mined by fragmented systems\, weak delivery\, or a lack of learning about what works. She works at the intersection of government\, civil society\, and philanthropy\, supporting leaders to make better decisions about both what to do and how to do it well. Trained in political theory\, her intere st in homelessness grew from questions of power\, justice\, rhetoric and t he role of the state – shaped during her time at the London School of Ec onomics\, where\, walking through Lincoln’s Inn Fields\, she first confr onted the reality of rough sleeping.She is the founding Chief Executive of the Centre for Homelessness Impact\, which she established in 2018 to str engthen the use of evidence\, data\, and learning across homelessness syst ems in the UK and beyond. She is particularly interested in how complex sy stems change\, how prevention can be embedded in policy and practice\, and how long-term investment and learning translate ambition into better outc omes for people.Meet our chairKerryn Krige is a Senior Lecturer in Practic e at the Marshall Institute\, specialising in social entrepreneurship and the social and solidarity economy. She teaches on the Executive MSc Social Business and Entrepreneurship and the MSc Social Innovation and Entrepren eurship at LSE\, and is course convenor for the online certificate and one -week executive courses\, in social enterprise.She brings extensive experi ence from across the social entrepreneurship and non‑profit sectors\, br idging theoretical and practice perspectives. Kerryn led the development o f the social and solidarity economy policy for the South African governmen t and the African Union\, co‑founded the African Network of Social Entre preneurship Scholars\, and previously headed the Network of Social Entrepr eneurs at GIBS\, University of Pretoria. Her research examines social entr epreneurship in diverse contexts\, including two national mapping studies in South Africa and a six‑country study for the ILO. Current projects in clude a collaboration on social enterprise in Benin\, and the development of new case studies using the Charles Booth archives as well as ventures s upported by the 100X Impact Accelerator. She has served as an independent trustee on CSI\, impact‑finance\, and social enterprise boards\, and cur rently sits on the board of research network EMES.Any questions?You can co ntact us at J.Treuer@lse.ac.uk.From time to time there are changes to even t details so we strongly recommend that if you plan to attend this event y ou check back on this listing on the day of the event.Whilst we are hostin g this listing\, LSE Events does not take responsibility for the running a nd administration of this event. While we take responsible measures to ens ure that accurate information is given here this event is ultimately the r esponsibility of the organisation presenting the event.LSE holds a wide ra nge of events\, covering many of the most controversial issues of the day\ , and speakers at our events may express views that cause offence. The vie ws expressed by speakers at LSE events do not reflect the position or view s of the London School of Economics and Political Science. URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.lse.ac.uk/marshall-institute/events/homelessness -and-evidence END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR