Ending Homelessness In Communities Fund

To apply for this grant, your organisation must be a voluntary, community or faith sector (VCFS) organisation, operating in England, and established for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes. Eligible organisations include:   

• Charitable companies limited by guarantee registered with Companies House and with The Charity Commission or an Exempt Charity   

• Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) registered with The Charity Commission  

• Community Interest Companies (CIC) registered with Companies House  

• Community Benefit Societies (CBS) or Co-operative societies registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)  

• Parochial Church Councils (PCC)  

Those who are not eligible to apply include:  

• Individuals or sole traders  

• Profit-distributing organisations  

• Companies limited by shares, unless a community interest company  

• Unincorporated groups and organisations  

• Statutory bodies or public sector organisations (e.g. local authority bodies)   

• Organisations primarily engaged in political activity   

• Regulated education sector organisations (e.g. schools, further and higher education institutions, Academy Trusts, universities)  

In addition to above, to apply for this grant, your organisation must:   

• Demonstrate an income of under £5 million in your last financial year.  

• Demonstrate that the grant aligns with the organisation’s core purpose, complements the wider homelessness system in its area, and embeds sustainable improvements in service delivery.  

• Have been providing services directly to people who are at risk of, have a history of, or are currently experiencing rough sleeping for a minimum of three years.  

• Operate in England  

• Have a letter of endorsement from the local authority where services will be delivered as part of the application. This is to ensure alignment with local strategies and to avoid duplication of commissioned services. Letters must be from an officer responsible for homelessness and or rough sleeping; letters from elected members will not be accepted.

Objective 1-  Community-based support – This objective seeks to improve the quality, capacity, or reach of voluntary, community and faith groups to develop long-term solutions to prevent and reduce rough sleeping.   

We are particularly interested in initiatives that:   

• Increase casework support for people at risk of or experiencing homelessness  

• Strengthen community-led networks and referral pathways to prevent people entering or returning to rough sleeping   

• Facilitate and improve volunteer-based offers of support   

• Offer support to prevent people entering crisis  

• Provide single unit accommodation to fulfil a defined local need  

• Are from night shelters seeking to transform into single-room accommodation, but have not previously received capital funding from the Night Shelter Transformation Fund (NSTF).   

Objective 2- Day services – This objective seeks to improve the quality, capacity, or reach of day services for people experiencing homelessness and rough sleeping.  

We welcome projects that:   

• Improve the physical infrastructure of day centres, drop-ins and places people at risk of or, experiencing or recovering from homelessness use   

• Support co-location of support services, joint working, and the development of new offers  

• Invest in staff development, trauma-informed approaches and service innovation  

• Specific programmes for people experiencing long-term rough sleeping.  

Objective 3- Recovery – This objective seeks to improve support for a person once they have moved in to settled accommodation, using the local community to develop a support network.   

We are looking for proposals that:   

• Provide long-term support to sustain tenancies, develop skills, or find and sustain employment.   

• Deliver mentoring and befriending style relational support and seek to develop resilience, create social networks and foster a sense of belonging and connection.  

• Peer support programmes and activities for people once supported from rough sleeping and into accommodation.

• Applications open: Midday Monday 23 February 2026   

• Deadline for applications: Midday Monday 31 March 2026  

• Assessments: April 2026  

• Moderation: May 2026  

• Notifying outcomes of grant competition: June 2026  

• Grant Funding Agreements issued: June 2026  

• First grant payments issued: July/August 2026  

Please note that funding for Year 1 will not be released until July or August 2026 pending submission of a Grant Claim Form. Any funding awarded for Years 2 and 3 will be made available from May 2027 and May 2028, respectively

When applications open at midday on 23rd February 2026, you can apply using the link below:  

https://apply.access-funding.communities.gov.uk/funding-round/EHCF/APPLY 

Please see the prospectus for further information:  

Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund - prospectus - GOV.UK

Please see link to the fund's prospectus which will provide further information: 

 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/ending-homelessness-in-communities-fund-prospectus