Our funding of a programme to support community-led housing schemes in their infancy has had great results. The availability of support can make or break whether a much-needed scheme can get off the ground. We want to ensure that community groups wanting to deliver community-led housing can realise their vision and ultimately enable local people […]
Author Archives: Natalie Tate
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Feb
Feb
The Nationwide Foundation is awarding over £1 million to support the growth of community-led housing, so that the sector can deliver more decent, affordable homes for people in need. Six organisations will use the funding to provide support and advice to community-led housing groups. The Nationwide Foundation recognises that, while there is a growing appetite […]
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Jan
Jan
The Nationwide Foundation has given a grant to Shekinah Mission, which has commissioned Crisis to undertake a feasibility study that will look at how the housing system in Torbay can become a Housing First system. The study will be used as evidence to influence decision-makers in Torbay to implement the Housing First approach across the area […]
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Jan
Jan
The Nationwide Foundation has awarded funding of over £500,000 to two charities in Scotland to support the growth of community-led housing. The funding has been awarded to Dumfries and Galloway Small Communities Housing Trust (DGSCHT) and The Highlands Small Communities Housing Trust (HSCHT) which will both use it to offer the information, support, advice and […]
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Dec
Dec
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE YOUNG FOUNDATION. As the Government focuses its recent budget on an overloaded, crisis-ridden housing sector, today (5/12/17) The Young Foundation launches its first Reimagining Rent ventures cohort, funded by the Nationwide Foundation. Reimagining Rent is a unique programme working with innovative initiatives that are tackling many of the challenges of […]
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY THE SMITH INSTITUTE. Councils across England are not waiting for government to give them the green light to get building again. Hundreds of councils are in fact already providing new homes to rent or buy through their own arms-length local housing companies. This “quiet revolution” in council-home building could see local […]
NEWS RELEASE ISSUED BY AGE UK LONDON. Funded by the Nationwide Foundation, Age UK London’s Older Private Sector Tenants Programme has spent the last 18 months investigating the state of the private rental market for older Londoners. This has resulted in the publication of our new research report: “Living in Fear: Experiences of Older Private-Renters […]
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Jul
Jul
The Nationwide Foundation has awarded funding to research the current and future role of social lettings agencies to help improve the experiences of people in need in the private rented sector. This is project is being jointly funded with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation. The objectives of the project are to explore: What role social lettings […]
This week is Rural Housing Week and the Nationwide Foundation is pleased to have funded a project which has successfully raised awareness of and enthusiasm for community-led housing across rural North and East Yorkshire. This has led to the initiation of 12 pilot housing projects to create homes for people in need. Where there had […]
Thorough, independent review to deliver better information about this growing tenure With private renting under the spotlight more than ever before and the number of people living in this sector on the rise, more knowledge and understanding is urgently required. Therefore, the Nationwide Foundation is funding the University of York to conduct an in-depth review […]