The Backbone leads coordination, infrastructure and systems change work that enables partner organisations and the wider sector to achieve more together than any single organisation could alone.
It creates conditions for organisations to collaborate, share learning, strengthen practice, build evidence and advance shared priorities.
What the Backbone leads
- Evidence and research – leading the National Homelessness Data Project, including the Entry Point Survey and research into homelessness across government systems, alongside research into public perceptions of housing instability and homelessness.
- Coordination and collaboration – bringing housing and homelessness organisations together across Tāmaki Makaurau and Aotearoa to develop shared approaches and priorities, including the Auckland Homelessness Communications Strategy.
- Advocacy and policy engagement – using research, evidence and sector insights to inform government policy, investment and funding decisions.
- Communities of practice and capability building – facilitating shared learning, strengthening practice and supporting collaboration across Housing First providers throughout Aotearoa.
- Communications – turning research, data and evidence into accessible, credible information that supports understanding and informed discussion among government, funders, the sector, media and the wider public.
