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 invest 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. In all cases, you will need to show us how you will measure the progress people make as a result of your work and how this moves them forward with their lives.

We would particularly encourage applications from organisations working 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.

We won’t fund the bricks and mortar costs of supported accommodation and we won’t fund provision for people who are statutorily homeless.