The Foundation retains a small funding stream to provide a limited
number of grants for special circumstances - where an agency faced an
unexpected situation, or event, that needed short-term financial
support to overcome.
This category also encompassed one-off grants outside of core
criteria, where the Board consider them of particular merit, as well as
grants for research and a contribution to the annual Andy Ludlow Awards. This awards scheme operates in co-sponsorship with London Councils (formerly the ALG), Department for Communities and Local Government (CLG) and Shelter and
makes annual awards to projects selected for their innovation and good
practice in tackling homelessness. Overall winner of the 2006 awards
was Look Ahead Housing and Care’s 'Customer
Involvement Programme' which provides homeless people with training to
enable them to become active participants in shaping and developing
Look Ahead’s service. The skills they learn are also designed to help
them improve their quality of life through finding work and a permanent
home. Awards were also made to: Cardboard Citizens, East Thames Group and Single Homeless Project.
A total of £60,500 was provided under this heading for the following:
- Homeless Link: £20,000 towards the development of integrated housing and care pathways for homeless substance misusers and £2,000 towards publication of research and guidance on homelessness amongst new European migrants
- Andy Ludlow Awards: £8,500 contribution towards the awards scheme
- Homeless International: £30,000 for their international guarantee fund.
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