What's New?

• Lindsay Hoyle MP has put forward Early Day Motion 796 suggesting that the House pay tribute to - and that local authorities and government financially assist - the good work being done by Help the Homeless, a charity that assists other voluntary organisations to help single homeless people reintegrate into mainstream society by providing small and large capital grants. Visit the Help the Homeless website for more information, including how your organisation can apply for one of their grants.

• Communities and Local Government has announced £70 million investment to expand the Places of Change programme to more hostels and day centres across the country. Homeless Link has organised a number of briefing sessions to give guidance around funding applications for the new Places of Change programme.

• A new pilot project will be working with 10 day centres around the country to help them use the Invest to Save model to apply for funding under the new Local Area Agreements.

The Issues

See the section on Funding and Resources in Creating Change, Homeless Link's strategy for creating change in front line services to homeless people.

Resources

• See the results of our recent member finance research project.

• governmentfunding.org.uk is an online portal to grants for the voluntary and community sector from central government departments.

• Homeless Link's regional pages often carry information about local and regional funding opportunities. For example see http://www.homeless.org.uk/inyourarea/northeast/interest/funding

Help in Kind

Some organisations provide help in kind:

• ProHelp is a national network of over 1,000 professional firms who give their time and expertise for free to local community groups and voluntary organisations.

• bcconnections is a charity dedicated to helping other charities obtain more support from business

To give money to Homeless Link or help in other ways, see our Support Us pages.

Read the latest about funding on the Homeless Link Website