New Homelessness Transition Fund

A £20m Homelessness Transition Fund has been announced by the Department of Communities and Local Government, to be administered by Homeless Link. The independent fund will run over three years, with money given out in successive funding rounds.

The fund aims to:

* Protect essential services for single homeless people and support them in becoming sustainable, and
* Support the introduction of ‘No Second Night Out’ standard to end rough sleeping and other innovations.

The fund offers grants to help services secure their long-term future and grants to help services pilot new ways of working that support the ambition to end rough sleeping – such as ‘No Second Night Out’.

Voluntary sector organisations that spend most of their income on homelessness services, will be able to apply for grants if they meet the criteria of each funding round. Applications are also welcome from consortiums of organisations, which are led by a homelessness agency.

The criteria for the first funding round will be announced before the end of July 2011, with an aim to distribute funding in October 2011. To receive the criteria when they are published, please register for further information.

More information here - Homelessness Transition Fund

Possibly also of interest is this Homeless Link briefing on Key London Figures and a CLG document outlining their approach to reducing rough sleeping Vision to end rough sleeping: No Second Night Out nationwide

Homeless Link are hosting a webinar on Understanding the Homelessness Transition Fund - Q&A on 22 August, between 10 and 11am. The webinar will let you hear more about the Homelessness Transition Fund including details of who can apply and how you should apply. You will have the chance to ask them questions as well.

Before making a start on your application, please make sure that you’ve read ‘what we fund’, so that you can check your eligibility. Details are available at: http://www.homeless.org.uk/transition-fund/what-we-fund

You need to register in order to take part as well, click the link for more details - Understanding the Homelessness Transition Fund - Q&A