Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Two Ridings Community Foundation is offering grants under its York Street Aid Grant Program to provide financial help to people who are, have been or at risk of being street homeless to support them to turn a corner in their lives.
Each grant applicant works alongside a Support Worker from a local homeless organisation, who helps them apply for a grant that will help them turn a corner. It might be to pay for a course to improve employment opportunities, a laptop to feel connected or a gym membership for wellbeing. Something that will help that person move on from homelessness. Ideas are not limited, because different people benefit from different help.
Funding Information
Grants are available of up to £500 for people affected by rough sleeping or street homelessness in the city of York.
Eligibility Criteria
- To ensure people’s wellbeing, applicants need to be referred by a relevant local support organisation that has assessed their circumstances and can confirm their need of the funding.
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There are three criteria that people must meet in order to be eligible for a Street Aid grant:
- The person must be, or have a history of, street homeless, or be at risk of homelessness.
- The grant must be for something that would help the person get off, or stay off, the streets. Please feel free to be creative as to what that ‘something’ could be – they don’t restrict what people apply for, as long as it will practically help the person to get off, or stay off, the streets. The grant cannot be used for things that will help the person live on the streets, such as a sleeping bag or tent.
- The person must be a resident of, or have strong links to the city of York.
For more information, visit Two Ridings Community Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.tworidingscf.org.uk/fund/york-street-aid/