How do I apply for supporting people funding? We are based in Bradford and provide support, both practical to women fleeing violence including helping homeless women (mainly from BME communities) to set up home and helping them maintain their tenancies. In addition we also provide an advice service, the work includes doing home visits to disabled, elderly, mentally ill clients, families with children who have special needs. This i understand fits in very well with the supporting people remit.

Hi I am fund raising for Birmingham YMCA and I am looking for funding that we could use to establish a volunteering project. We already employ a volunteer coordinator who has around 6 months of funding remaining. I would be looking for around 30k per year to help with. Continuing our employment of our co-coordinator and expanding our volunteering project to encompass:- Supporting Homeless People into volunteering. Working with other volunteer agencies to provide routes into volunteering for homeless people. Recruiting training and retaining volunteers from our local communities to help with the running of our homeless projects and

Having completed the NetGain course last June and established that our charity for the homeless which operates over 4 sites would greatly benefit from a network ICT system and website development I have struggled to find funding. We require around £25,000. Please can you help me to source appropriate funds. Many thanks Laetitia

Has anyone come accross a scheme to provide care services for the elderly in rural areas by providing care assistants with tied housing? This would hopefully compensate for low wages in the sector and lack of affordable housing in areas where 2nd homes push prices up.