Deadline: 15-Sep-21
Help The Homeless is inviting applications for its grants program to support charities in the UK.
Help The Homeless was founded in 1975 and shortly thereafter launched its first National Appeal chaired by Sir Robert Mark (the then Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police) which raised a substantial initial capital sum.
Together with further donations and legacies since then, this capital has been carefully managed and invested to produce income which is distributed in the form of grants to charities and voluntary organisations throughout the UK.
Typically, such organisations may operate small or medium-sized residential or training facilities to assist homelesss people in rebuilding their lives and finding their way successfully back into society.
Since 1979, Help the Homeless has made over £2m of grants to charities throughout the UK working with the homeless. Here are some examples of grants they have recently made:
- Spear: Help the Homeless made a grant of £3,000 to help them buy wardrobes to furnish the bedrooms in this accommodation.
- Cathedral Archer Project: Help the Homeless made a grant of £2,650 for them to purchase shelving and storage so they can more efficiently sort food and collate food parcels for their clients.
- Furniture Plus: Help the Homeless made a grant of £2,000 towards the construction of a new workshop for training.
Criteria
- Your organisation must be a registered UK charity with the Charity Commission in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or a registered Scottish Charity.
- They are able to help only small and medium-sized charities with an annual turnover of under £1m and with ‘unrestricted reserves’ of under six months annual running costs based on their latest published annual accounts. Note: they do not consider any ‘tangible fixed assets’ as unrestricted reserves.
- They can only accept applications towards the funding of ‘capital’ projects. They are unable to accept applications towards running/core costs. Note: they are unable to consider requests for computers and IT equipment.
- All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offering shelter or other forms of sustenance.
- There should be a minimum period of two years between the receipt of a decision or receiving a grant from them and making a further application.
For more information, visit https://www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/applying-for-funding/