Application deadline: Sunday, 15 June 2025
Capital grants of up to £5,000 are available for projects that help homeless people rebuild their lives and move towards a return to mainstream society.
Help the Homeless is a grant-giving trust, founded in 1975, to help homeless people off the streets and enable them to live healthy, independent lives. We fund a wide variety of organisations and favour small, grassroots charities working to help the most vulnerable people in their communities.
Funds from Help the Homeless are available to small charitable organisations from across the UK. We fund capital costs with grants of up to £5,000. We do not make donations to individuals.
Criteria
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Your organisation must be registered with the Charity Commission in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or a registered Scottish Charity.
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We are able to help only small charities with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
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We can only accept applications towards the funding of capital projects. We are unable to accept applications towards running/core costs. Note: we are also unable to consider requests for computers and IT equipment.
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We provide small grants of up to £5,000. We do not consider multi-year requests.
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There should be a minimum period of two years between the receipt of a decision or grant from us and making a further application.
If you think your organisation may be eligible for funding, please visit the Applying for Funding page.
All applicants must complete our online application form. Please note we no longer accept applications by post or email.
Examples of recent grants made can be found here.
