Having a Home

Helps vulnerable people who are homeless or are at risk of becoming homeless.

Not having somewhere safe and secure to live is often a symptom of other issues, including family breakdown, drug or alcohol misuse, mental health problems, unemployment and poverty. It is often triggered by a particular incident such as unemployment, a family row, a sudden bereavement or domestic violence. Some people also become homeless on leaving an institution such as prison, the armed forces or local authority care.

Being homeless is not just about people sleeping rough on the streets, it’s about the many more people who live in hostels and other overcrowded or temporary accommodation.

In this programme we have invested in organisations that provide one-to-one support to vulnerable people to help them maintain a home or to help them find somewhere safe and secure to live. We have a particular interest in helping young homeless people as we believe that intervention at this stage can stop young people becoming chronically excluded. In all cases, the organisations we fund have shown that they have systems in place to measure the progress people make as a result on their intervention. We have funded work to:

  • prevent homelessness;
  • help people in crisis;
  • develop day centre provision for homeless people;
  • provide training and employment opportunities;
  • make permanent accommodation available and sustainable.