Local Campaigns
Over the summer of 2025, we asked our clients about their experiences of digital exclusion and its effect on them.
Hidden Hardship in St Albans – An Update This report updates our joint analysis with St Albans Foodbank of hidden hardship in the St Albans District. It uses the latest official data, plus information from Citizens Advice and the Foodbank, to reveal the scale of poverty in St Albans. You can read the report here.
Insecurity within the St Albans Private Rented Housing Sector In the last few years, we have seen a significant increase in the number of people seeking our help with issues related to the private rented housing sector. In this report, we investigate what has been behind this increase and look at how the Renters Reform…
As organisations shift more and more services online, they have not always made adequate provision for those who, for whatever reason, need to interact with them in other ways. In this report, we set out how digital exclusion affects a significant minority of local people and the deleterious impact it can have on their lives.…
Local housing allowances have been frozen since April 2020 and our analysis shows that, as a result, a large gap has opened up between allowances and actual rents in St Albans.