Sovereign Housing Association is making £150,000 in grants available to residents across its geography as part of its Thriving Communities strategy.
With homes in Berkshire, Cornwall, Devon, Dorset, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Oxfordshire, Surrey, Wiltshire, and the West of England the impact will be felt across south west England.
The new grants programme – run in association with charity provider Charis – will support anyone living in a Sovereign home to access the resources and support they need to meet their own goals.
There are 8 distinct pots of money available, which cover different areas of personal development:
- Training – to support residents to access training or qualifications
Business start up – to help residents launch or grow their own business - Digital – funding equipment or courses to get people online
- Work – for travel equipment, PPE or work clothes
- Childcare – paying for childcare to start work, attend training or work placements
- White goods – Ovens, fridge freezers, washing machines and microwaves delivered and installed to those struggling to afford appliances
- Community – To install benches, window boxes or make other improvements to outdoor spaces
- Wellbeing over 55s – Supporting access to clubs or wellbeing activities or enable people to connect digitally.
Andrew Cooper, Head of Business Development and Fundraising, said:
“This is a wide-ranging grants programme that aims to support our residents to meet their aspirations, whether that’s starting a training course, setting up their own business or purchasing digital equipment to get online.
“However, we’re actually going wider than that. We know that seemingly small issues can get in the way sometimes, and that it can be hard to prioritise which hurdle to leap first when trying to get ahead in life. That’s why the programme also covers the purchase of white goods, travel passes and childcare provision. By removing these barriers to success, we hope that our residents will be able to achieve whatever they set their minds to.”
For more information email [email protected].
Disgusting, these low lives get heavily subsidised rent and council tax now. They don’t have to save a bean for things like a new boiler, home repairs, building insurance.
They get all the latest up to date energy saving insulation, never have to ‘do’ any repairs, and many can’t even be arrsed to tend their gardens.
They claim hunderds in chid tax credits and child allowance yet need to ONLY spend it on having a good time, unlike us who have to fund all our housing costs and repairs and do the work ourselves.
That is WHY these ‘muvers’ breed as they do. FACT down the beach all Summer, cafes all winter.
Not everyone who this will help are low lives some will be exforces or women or men who have been rehoused through no fault of their own such as domestic abuse ! Don’t tar everyone with the same brush
WW, I don’t say ‘all’ will be, but the greater majority by far will be.
There are ‘always’ exceptions, YET they are just that, the exception.
Genuine cases have my full support.
Yet just because there are genuine cases, that should stop people highlighting the massive amount of spongers, as anyone who live around such KNOW they exist in huge numbers
Have you not noticed there’s a serious housing shortage? Just because someone lives in social housing doesn’t mean as you have insinuated. These people may have generally been struggling etc. I agree with Wickedwitch, don’t tar everyone with the same brush!