Proud Homes Funding safer, inclusive homelessness support for LGBT+ young people nationwide

Funding safer, inclusive homelessness support for LGBT+ young people nationwide

We’re looking to fund organisations supporting young people facing or experiencing homelessness. Organisations that want to make their services safer and more inclusive for LGBT+ young people.

The fund aims to help homelessness organisations become safer and more inclusive for LGBT+ young people, ensuring they experience respectful and consistent support when seeking help. And to improve practice and learning across the sector.

This is not for one-off training or short-term projects.

This fund is designed for organisations ready to commit to sustained organisational change, including improvements to safeguarding, placement decisions, staff capability, supervision, culture, and systems. This is not for one-off training or short-term projects.

We’re committed to funding work that is high‑quality, inclusive of LGBT+ young people, grounded in an understanding of the risks they face, and shaped meaningfully by lived experience and youth voice.

This fund is part of our Building Independence Programme, backing services that help young people thrive as they move into adulthood. Meaningful youth voice, trusted adults and lived experience are centred as a common threads through our programme areas. Explore our strategy and funding priorities for more information.

What we’re looking to fund

We will fund up to 6 organisations to:

• Deliver generalist homelessness support (for example, housing advice, hostels, supported accommodation, outreach or prevention services)
• Have a demonstrable track record of working with young people
• Demonstrate a clear commitment to embedding inclusive practice across your organisation
• Show an understanding of why LGBT+ young people are at heightened risk in homelessness systems
• Meaningfully involve people with lived experience and youth voice in shaping services and decision making

We will also fund 1-2 ‘established practice’ grants to organisations that:

• Already demonstrate strong or exemplary practice in supporting LGBT+ young people facing or experiencing homelessness.

Organisations do not need to apply separately for the ‘established practice’ category. We will decide if an organisation is considered a development or established practice grant at the full application stage. Expectations around safeguarding and organisational change are consistent across all grants.