Luton Homeless Fund

Luton Homeless Fund - criteria and process

Please note — Applications can only be made by member organisations of Luton Homeless Partnership.

What can be supported:

Projects or initiatives that helps someone get off the streets and stay off the streets.

Beneficiaries should fall into one of these categories:

Currently rough sleeping in the borough of Luton
At significant risk of rough sleeping in the borough of Luton.
Confirmed rough sleeping within the past 6-12 months in the borough of Luton.
Organisations must have a governing document and a building society or bank account. Any grant awarded will be paid by BACS to the organisation named.

What will not be supported:

Any activity or item which can be accessed for free or financed through any pre-existing funding streams.
Retrospective applications (items you have already purchased or committed to purchase).
Any activity where some or all of the funding may be given as cash to the client.
A repayment of debt that the clients might have built up.
Profit making organisations, and organisation that are not members of Luton Homeless Partnership.

How much funding is available?

Requests for funding between £1,000 and £5,000 will be considered.

Process for applying

There is a two-stage process:

Applicants should submit a very short project outline (no more than two sides of A4) to lhp@cvsbeds.org.uk.
The grants panel will then consider the project outline and provide feedback to the applicant. The grants panel may wish, as part of their consideration, invite the applicant to a meeting to discuss the proposed project.
The grants panel will then issue feedback as to whether a more detailed proposal should be submitted for consideration.
The decision of the grants panel is final. There is no appeals process.