Who we fund

£8,039,312 was awarded in the first round of Transition Fund grants in December 2011. All 41 successful projects are listed here.

Where the Fund is working (map) »

Adullam Housing Association

Amount of grant: £235,938 over 3 years
Area to benefit: Cheshire
Purpose of grant: To reduce rough sleeping in Cheshire to as close to zero as possible by 2012 and prevent new rough sleepers becoming entrenched through the development of a NSNO service (immediate and suitable emergency accommodation, assessment, casework and reconnections service).

Barka

Amount of grant: £39,996
Area to benefit: London Borough of Hammersmith & Fulham
Purpose of grant: 50% funding for final year of existing project working to end entrenched rough sleeping among A10s in Hammersmith & Fulham, by tackling anti-social behaviour and making reconnections with home countries. Also working with A10s at risk of becoming rough sleepers to help them achieve reconnection or find employment in the UK by using supportive services.

Bournemouth Churches Housing Association

Amount of grant: £247,869 over 3 years
Area to benefit: South Somerset
Purpose of grant: To provide a responsive, flexible and co-ordinated service which ensures that no individual will have cause to rough sleep in the South Somerset area for more than one night and increases opportunities for individuals to achieve positive outcomes across a range of issues which can contribute to rough sleeping.

Brighton Housing Trust

Amount of grant: £248,100 over 2 years
Area to benefit: Brighton & Hove
Purpose of grant: Brighton and Hove Homelessness Transition Team partnership project with BHT and CRI aims to significantly reduce rough sleeping in the City, using a two-pronged targeted approach to move new rough sleepers quickly off the streets and into accommodation ensuring that those new to rough sleeping will not develop links with the street community and become longer term or entrenched rough sleepers and by preventing long term repeat rough sleeping through the provision of new specialist interventions, delivered by clinical professionals.

Broadway

Amount of grant: £244,286
Area to benefit: Pan-London
Purpose of grant: To increase the number of successful reconnections to outer London boroughs or those outside London; support the adoption of NSNO principles across outer London boroughs and; reduce the numbers of rough sleepers present in central London from outer London boroughs through the provision of interim accommodation (staging posts) and a team of 3 NSNO Ambassadors.