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The Venture Studio from Crisis' mission

We are on a mission to accelerate the end of homelessness for good through entrepreneurship.

We invest in, build, and scale ventures that end homelessness for those experiencing it or prevent homelessness from happening in the first place.

Learn about our second year of the Venture Studio in our recent Impact Report 2021 - 2022

Our Impact

Learn about the impact we've had over the past two years in our annual impact reports below.

Impact Report 2020 - 2021

Impact Report 2021-2022

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What we do

We end homelessness directly through our Changing Lives Grant programme

We support and invest in diverse founders ending homelessness at scale

We build and run businesses within Crisis

We co-design solutions with experts through lived experience of homelessness

Our Partners

The partners we're working with support our ventures to grow sustainably. Scroll the arrows to hear from them.

"Through ensuring that those with experience of homelessness have access to a supportive network of experts, peers, and mentors in the start-up community, we are working to remove structural barriers and build a fairer society.” 

Joanna Hamer

Head of Cohort Programmes, Hatch Enterprise

"The opportunities we see in the Venture Studio are vast. The studio offers a change in approach to charitable action and encourages more businesses to engage with the problems around them and scale their social impact. We are so excited to be part of the Venture Studio network."

 

Neil Sartorio

Lead Partner for Local Public Services (LPS), EY

"We are excited to work with Venture Studio from Crisis and the social ventures that use entrepreneurial approaches to ending homelessness."

Yu-Shan Chiu

Senior Consultant, The Social Investment Company

"The NHS England Clinical Entrepreneur Programme is transforming healthcare through innovation - Venture Studio from Crisis is empowering entrepreneurship to accelerate the end of homelessness. This year, we joined forces... and we very much hope we can grow our collaboration in future years."

 

Professor Tony Young OBE

National Clinical Lead for Innovation, NHS England

 

Our Community

We build and foster a community of mission driven entrepreneurs.

Our Awards

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