The London Housing Foundation is accepting requests for bursaries to enable
those in the London homelessness sector to expand their knowledge and learn
from innovative work in the sector.
These grants are available on an ad hoc basis for study visits in the UK
and overseas and should reflect the Foundation’s desire to support and enable
both organisational and individual transition.
The Foundation requests that any bursary study visits are
undertaken on the understanding that the Foundation requires a full written report
on the visit (within one month of the visit), which will be published on the
website.
For further information please contact
Jane Woolley.
Previous study visits
'Community Care' in Utrecht (2006)
In March 2006 the Foundation sponsored five people to attend a
conference in Utrecht and to investigate their model of 'community
care' for the interrelated issues of homelessness, street population,
drug addiction, street drinking, asylum seekers and prostitution. Three
people from Broadway and two from the London Borough of Hammersmith and
Fulham attended, including Howard Sinclair, the Chief Executive of
Broadway, who made a presentation on tackling homelessness in London.
Download a
report of the visit to Utrecht and the learning and action points
London Day Centres Study Visit to the Kofoed’s Skole, Copenhagen (2005)
This report comes from Off the Streets and Into Work who visited the
Kofoed’s Skole in Copenhagen with representatives from three London day
centres - St Giles Trust, The Passage and New Horizon Youth Centre. The
aim of the visit was to explore an alternative model of delivery and
examples of good practice in day centre provision.
Download a report of
the visit to the Kofeod's Skole
Association Julienne Javel (2005)
A report is also available of a visit by staff from St Mungo's and
Thames Reach to Association Julienne Javel in Besancon, France. This
visit investigated the French model of social enterprise linked to
training for homeless people and draws conclusions for agencies working
in Britain.
Download a report of the visit to Association Julienne Javel
Tackling Homelessness - the New York Experience (2003)
The first bursaried study visit took place in 2003 when a team of agencies visited New York. The discussions begun on this trip led to the development of the GROW user employment programme.
Download a report of this successful New York study visit