Last week Ian Austin, the Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Communities and Local Government, the minister responsible for homelessness, came out on an evening shift with Thames Reach’s street outreach teams. Together we walked the dank streets of central London, Ian still in his suit and tie having raced over following a late night debate in the House.

Tesse Alpeki discusses the danger of dealing poorly with emerging stresses and eroding the quality of the relationships.

Entering a new year is like entering unchartered territory. The fear of the unknown could cripple our capacity to take action. How do you respond when you are asked to do something that takes you into the territory of the unknown? The unknown is full of haunting ‘what ifs’ yet we are often called to chart unknown territory.

Seeing what your charity does on the ground makes you a much better trustee, says Martin Farrell.