The Henry Smith Charity want to fund organisations supporting young people facing or experiencing homelessness. Aimed at rganisations 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 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.
The Trust is 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 The Henry Smith Charity’s 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.