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Trusts, Statutory and National Lottery Partnerships

 

We work in partnership with charitable trusts, foundations, statutory and lottery funders who share our belief that homelessness can be ended. We deliver innovative and impactive services, many of which have only been possible thanks to the support of like-minded grant makers.

There are many opportunities for partners to join us in bring about genuine change at a local and national level, whether that's funding our work as a whole or working with us on specific project. If you represent a charitable trust, foundation or other grant funder and would like to find out ore about our work, we would love to hear from you.

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Featured partnership

TDS Charitable Foundation

The private rented sector can be difficult to navigate for many. It becomes even more difficult if you’re struggling with money or experiencing mental health problems, and these pressures can build up until people are pushed to the brink of homelessness.  

While we know that the private rented sector can present a number of challenges, we also believe that it is part of the solution to homelessness.  

Crisis’ three-year partnership with the TDS Charitable Foundation aims to make the private rented sector work better for people facing homelessness. The TDS Charitable Foundation is supported by TDS Group, the provider of England and Wales’ leading Tenancy Deposit Scheme. They share our belief that safe and affordable homes are the foundation for a decent life.  

Over the next three years the TDS Charitable Foundation is funding:  

  • Five Housing Access roles in local communities across Great Britain to build relationships with landlords to create routes into good quality homes for more of our members.  
  • An ‘Innovation Fund’ to break down barriers for people on low incomes accessing the private rented sector.  
  • Evidence that we can use to demonstrate the most effective ways to support people into the private rented sector.  

We look forward to sharing impact from the partnership as it progresses. If you’d like to learn more, please read our blog post.  

 

 

TDS Group have recently launched My Housing Issue Gateway, a free, interactive website providing anyone renting, whether privately or via social housing, with simple, straightforward and stress-free support to solve housing problems.

 

Projects to support

Every Christmas, Crisis opens its doors to thousands of people facing homelessness. We offer warmth, a safe place to stay and specialist support during one of the toughest times of the year. In 2024 we helped over 5,500 people through our day centres and hotels in London, and Skylight centres across Britain. For many, our support doesn’t end rhere. We continue to work side by side with people after Christmas in our year-round services, to help them leave homelessness behind for good.  

Crisis at Christmas is made possible by our donors, partners, and an incredible team of volunteers who deliver vital services and companionship to people when they needed it the most. We know that with the right support, at the right time, thousands of people can start building their lives beyond homelessness.  

This wouldn’t have been possible without partners helping to make sure that people facing homelessness got the support they needed at Christmas. Funding from grantmakers helps to enable this to happen – including The Hollick Family Foundation, Sir James Roll Charitable Trust and the Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation. 

 

 

People leaving custody are particularly vulnerable to homelessness. They often lose their accommodation when entering custody. On release, they can struggle to find accommodation. If someone leaving prison does go to their local council, they are likely to be turned away as they are not classed as ‘priority need’. Many people leaving prison comment on how difficult it is to hold down a job, relationships, and other factors of everyday life whilst in unstable and unsuitable accommodation. And we know that re-offending is exacerbated by people being homeless. 

Critical Time Intervention is designed to break the vicious cycle between institutionalisation and homelessness, and to promote stable community living by providing people with emotional and practical support and strengthening their long-term ties to the community during transitions from institutional to community living. 

Our CTI project is a time-limited, housing-led approach that provides rapid access to housing for people at the point of leaving prison. Lead Workers provide intensive 1:1 support over a nine-month period to prevent homelessness. The support provided consists of four phases – pre-release support; transitioning into accommodation; progression support; and moving towards independence.  

Since 2019, our CTI projects in Merseyside and South Wales have been generously supported by The Linbury Trust and Liverpool Combined City Authority.  

 

The UK welfare system helps people to cope with financial stress during rough periods of their lives.  However, claiming benefits like Universal Credit can be daunting, especially for people experiencing homelessness, who often have low self-esteem or confidence, lack a contact address or who may not have a bank account.  In addition, the welfare system is complex and working out what benefits or tax credits you are entitled to claim can be challenging for people.  

In January 2021, we started our Welfare Benefits Advice Service to help people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness to access the benefits they entitled to claim. 

The service answers queries and provides training on welfare benefits issues to Crisis staff in England.  This enables our staff to work alongside people to ensure they receive the welfare benefits they are entitled to claim, helping to end their homelessness or to prevent them from becoming homeless in the first place.  In addition to answering queries and providing training, our specialists also directly support some of our members who have complex benefit eligibility cases, including representing them at Social Security Tribunal hearings. 

This is a small project that makes a big impact, and we’d love to hear from funders who are interested in supporting it.  

Contact us

We are keen to develop meaningful relationships with funders that share our commitment to ending homelessness.

If you represent a charitable trust, statutory or a lottery funder and would like to find out more about our work or to make a donation, please contact us via trusts@crisis.org.uk.

 

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