Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support social housing residents from across England with training and capacity building activities that will empower them to:
- Become more confident to engage with their landlord.
- Understand their opportunities and rights on ways to get involved.
- Take an active role in influencing how landlord services are delivered to drive delivery of higher quality services that are focused on their needs.
- Increase their knowledge and understanding of social housing and communities.
- Hold their landlord to account.
- Play a more active role in their community.
- Take control of local services.
Who can apply? Applicants must be one or more of the following types of organisations:
- Charity – an organisation registered as a Charity with UK charity regulators
- Charitable Registered Society under Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014
- A Community Interest Company registered with Companies House
- A Charitable Incorporated Organisation registered with the Charity Commission
- A Company Limited by Guarantee registered with Companies House
- A Cooperative or Community benefit society
- An Industrial and Provident Society (IPS)
To be eligible, applicants must have experience in:
- Providing training, capacity building and access to independent information, within the social housing sector.
- Working collaboratively with landlords to deliver outcomes beneficial to residents and their communities.
- Establishing significant and appropriate sector links and networks, to reach social housing residents, including underrepresented demographics and new audiences.
- Delivering an offer which supports and adds value to the measures set out in the ‘Social Housing White Paper, The Charter for Social Housing Residents’.
- Delivering projects that provide value for money.
Grant amount: A total of £500,000 is available over a three-year period.
Application process: The prospectus and frequently asked questions can be found on the GOV.UK website.
The completed application form should be submitted by email to SHWPPMO@levellingup.gov.uk
Deadline: 2 October 2022, midnight
Contact Information:
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
2 Marsham Street
London
SW1P 4DF
United Kingdom
Tel: 030 3444 0000
Email: SHWPPMO@levellingup.gov.uk
Website address: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/new-resident-opportunities-an...