Bristol City

Other Defined Groups

Other Charitable Purposes

One year core funding to support Caring in Bristol to sustain their work to support work addressing Homeless and Vulnerably Housed Complex Social Issue (CSI) during COVID19

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

Grant to Caring in Bristol

"The fund aims to:1) To reduce closures of essential charities that provide essential services to vulnerable groups during the COVID-19 crisis by ensuring they have the financial resources to operate, thereby reducing the burden on public services.2) To ensure essential services are provided to vulnerable people, both in the short and long term through increased community support through the work of charitable organisations."

Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Coronavirus Community Support Fund

NET, Comic Relief and Children in Need will use this funding to provide: increased support to vulnerable people and hidden groups, thus reducing the burden on public services; reach local grassroots and small organisations who can provide an on-the-ground community response to the crisis; and, support local charitable organisations to mobilise volunteers to enable better targeted support in communities through empowered local groups.

Covid-19 Food Charity Grant Scheme

The aim of this activity is to provide immediate support for a limited period of time to keep food charities and front-line charities that provide food aid open and supporting those most vulnerable due to the economic impacts of Covid-19.

Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

The funding will be used to create an essential food delivery service for people experiencing homelessness during Covid-19 with meals being provided up to 3 times a day and with involvement from local groups and businesses.

The National Lottery Community Fund

Cheers Drive

Bristol Nightstop

As requested by the donor towards supporting homeless people in Bristol.

Quartet Community Foundation

Caring at Christmas is an annual project comprising of a day and night shelter over the festive season providing accommodation, warmth, company, activities and critical services to people experiencing homelessness.

Caring at Christmas

Toward a new partnership between Caring in Bristol, City Centre BID, CHAS and Talking Money that aims to change public narratives around homelessness and significantly increases community-based resources committed to homelessness prevention.

Tap for Bristol Homelessness Prevention Programme

To continue 5 day/week programme of drop in support for vulnerable young people at their city-centre hostel.

The Common

To pilot working with local businesses to offer a free breakfast and space for befriending sessions in the early morning (grant 2 of 2 - initial grant ref A474020).

Caring at Breakfast

Towards running costs of the annual Caring at Christmas project.

To fund the purchase of mobile phones for use by patients to allow for remote triage, protecting vulnerable people and adhering with government social distancing guidelines.

A food delivery service called ‘Cheers Drive’, providing hot meals, activities and care to people experiencing homelessness in Bristol throughout the winter.

To ensure the resilience of the organisation, as well as build the capacity of services as it enters an unprecedented social and economic climate for those in housing crisis.

DCMS Funding

The second instalment of an ongoing commitment to designate half the funding raised from TAP for Bristol towards Caring in Bristol's homelessness prevention work.

towards trialling early-intervention strategies with those at risk of homelessness

Bristol Homelessness Prevention

A food delivery service providing hot meals, breakfasts and lunches to people experiencing homelessness during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To pilot working with local businesses to offer a free breakfast and space for befriending sessions in the early morning.

The fourth instalment of an ongoing commitment to designate half the funding raised from TAP for Bristol towards Caring in Bristol's homelessness prevention work.

Towards a partnership with CHAS trialling early-intervention strategies with those at risk of homelessness.

As requested by the fund holder towards support for homeless people

The third instalment of an ongoing commitment to designate half the funding raised from TAP for Bristol towards Caring in Bristol's homelessness prevention work.

To help fund Caring at Christmas, providing those sleeping rough or experiencing homelessness with a day centre offering hot food, support and activities.

Caring in Christmas

A contribution towards research to investigate how the Bristol Homeless Forum can be more effective in preventing/reducing homelessness in Bristol.

As requested by the donor towards providing accommodation for homeless people over Christmas.

Building on the work funded last year, the organisation has produced a report called See Me. This work would follow up on this, seeking to build a partnership around the development of over 19 provision, including a drop in centre.

See Me Development Project

The funding will cover staff costs, training, overheads, direct project costs and client management system costs. The project provides emergency, short-term housing for young people (aged 18-25) who are homeless or at risk of homelessness in Bristol. Host families are recruited and trained, with 26 currently active in the city. Participants also receive individual key working sessions, employability sessions, free bus tickets, fresh clothes, and use of shower and free toiletries for up to 3 months.