£3m to Help Tackle Rising Rough Sleeping

Homeless charities across England can now apply for grants of up £200k to invest in new ways of preventing and tackling rough sleeping.  With the number of people sleeping out on any one night estimated to have increased by 23% last year, priority will be given to areas that are experiencing high levels of homelessness and want to adopt No Second Night Out.  No Second Night Out is an initiative that involves putting the services in place to ensure that new rough sleepers get rapid help so they don’t spend a second night out. The idea, pioneered in London, has already spread to 30 areas thanks to funding from the £20m Homelessness Transition Fund.  The Fund has also announced that in September it will launch the ‘Future Ready’ fund. Under the scheme, homelessness services that are at risk of closure will be able to apply for grants of between £5k - £25k to help them find ways of securing their futures.  Read more on the Homeless Link website.