London Tech Week: Keeping People at the Centre of Technological Change
Three days at London Tech Week left me thinking about the space between rapid technological change and the deeply human work of preventing homelessness.
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Ask:Enact Blog
Stories, research, and product updates exploring how early conversations and clear guidance prevent homelessness and improve support journeys.
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Building Ask:Enact around real frontline work
Ask:Enact is not being built around an ideal office workflow. It is being shaped around real frontline work, where time is limited, situations are messy, and professionals need clear next steps they can actually use.
People are willing to ask. The harder part is knowing how to act.
Early testing in Aberdeen is showing that professionals are willing to ask about housing insecurity. The harder part is knowing what to do next. Ask:Enact is being built to support that gap.
Ask:Enact joins Aberdeen Integrated Prevention Pathways Test and Learn Pilot
Ask:Enact is contributing as the prevention-focused software partner to the Aberdeen Integrated Prevention Pathways partnership, selected as a Scottish Government Test and Learn Prevention Pilot.
Turning Point Scotland Begins First User Testing of Ask:Enact Alpha
Aberdeen-based practitioners are stress-testing our alpha build ahead of the wider pilot.
Product update: action plans in seconds
See the latest enhancement that allows you to take away an action plan.
Ask and Act Duties: What Scotland’s New Housing Bill Means for Services
Understand the new prevention duties and what councils, health boards, landlords, and partners need to do next.
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