CRISIS: In It Together Emergency Grants Scheme
Overview
What grants can organisations apply for?
- Awards up to £5k for short-term responses to the coronavirus emergency (projects within three months), following a limited/fast-tracked application process (payments made in advance)
- Awards up to £50k to fund long-term needs and potential expansion or change in service delivery, following a full application process (payments in advance, but potential for staged payments over a specified period).
Who can apply for a grant?
- Local organisations across the UK (ie providing specific services in a set number of locations – not national or sub-regional)
- Registered charities who provide services to those experiencing homelessness
- Funding to be restricted to assistance needed to cope with the impact of coronavirus, and not simply to meet wider funding gaps
- Funding could be to meet additional demand or reduction in staffing or other resources caused by impact of coronavirus.
Example of Grants Fund in action
Only a Pavement Away
They are really pleased that they can provide some funding from the emergency grants fund to Only a Pavement Away so that they can respond to the challenges posed to them and their clients by the impact of coronavirus.
As an organisation with such a great track record of finding employment in the hospitality industry for people moving out of homelessness the impact of this outbreak has been particularly severe. Jobs which seemed long term and settled have now vanished and for people only recently out of homelessness the pressure of losing work could soon then lead to losing their homes. Therefore the money they can give here will go some way to maintain people’s homes, by covering rent shortfalls, paying for essentials for day to day to living and giving some breathing space whilst they look for new work.