Increasing Sustainability
Enterprise Development Programme
The Enterprise Development Programme, funded by Access, is a bespoke learning programme and peer network. It aims to support organisations who are working to end homelessness through early stage ideation, testing, developing or growing their trading activity, and includes grants of up to £30,000 plus financial peripatetic support.
Social Investment Fund
Our Social Investment Fund, operating since 2017 with funding from Access, the Foundation for Social Investment, enabled us to offer blended finance options for homelessness focused organisations, offering a mixture of 80% loan and 20% grant. Investees were able to develop and scale up social enterprise activity or to improve their sustainability.
Find out moreUseful Resources on Social Enterprise
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This Much We Know podcast
A podcast looking at the role of social enterprise in the homeless sector. Hosted by Homeless Link with guest experienced social entrepreneurs sharing their experiences, successes and their failures.
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Enterprise Development Project Impact Report 2021
Take a look at our latest progress report sharing our thoughts and findings from the past year working with twenty Homelessness organisations looking to diversify their income and create employment and training opportunities for their beneficiaries.
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Full List of Grantees from funds managed by Homeless Link 2019-22
A list of Homeless LInk's grantees from all schemes