Tuesday, 2 October 2012

New Fund to Help Homeless Services Prepare For the Future

The Homelessness Transition Fund has launched a new fund to help homelessness charities respond to pressures caused by rising demand at a time of cuts to funding.  Under Future Ready, voluntary sector organisations that work with homeless people can apply for grants from £5,000 - £25,000 to help them respond to the challenges they face.  With homelessness numbers at their highest since 2008 and six out of every ten projects having had their budgets cut in 2011, Future Ready aims to help organisations prepare for further changes to the commissioning and funding of services.  Organisations can apply for grants to help them:
    *Adopt new ways of working or build their skills base
    *Form new partnerships with other organisations
    *Test new approaches that will attract funding
    *Make difficult decisions about their future
    *Improve business planning or collect evidence to show the importance of their work
Find out more on the Homeless Link website.

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