Organisations under consideration for Household Support Fund allocation

The organisations below are being considered for allocation of funding out of the HSF under the categories of:

· Other organisations supporting groups with protected characteristics

The scheme guidance was only distributed to Local Authorities on 6 October, so the following is a preliminary and incomplete list, whilst we develop the detail of the allocations to community organisations.

Amounts of funding have not yet been finalised but will be flexible throughout the duration of the fund’s lifetime.  The council will be able to reduce or increase the individual budgets in order to focus support in areas where there is the most need.

Some of these organisations will work as part of wider partnerships, not administering funds directly, but referring into schemes in order to reduce administrative burden.

Organisations identified so far are as follows (incomplete draft list – more organisations to be added):

Money Advice Plus	Financial and other vulnerability
Rise	Women experiencing domestic violence
YAC	Young people
ExtraTime	Children and young people with disablities
Amaze	Families with children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities
Brighton Youth Centre	Young people
BMEYPP	BAME community / Young people
BMECP	BAME community
Voices in Exile	No recourse to public funds / asylum seekers
JustLife	Homelessness and supporting those in emergency accommodation
Brighton Unemployed Centre Family Project	General
Possability People	Disabilities
BHESCO	General – energy efficiency
Together Co	Befriending and support – older people, disability, anyone experiencing isolation

The £0.090m Winter Grants scheme is also currently underway, whereby organisations are able to bid for up to £5,000 funds for providing support around food, fuel and essential items. Bids are now closed and applications are being assessed.