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LINTELTRUST: GENERAL GRANTS, MAINSTREAMING EQUALITIES AND OLDER PEOPLE'S PROGRAMMES

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Mainstreaming Equalities Programme

We have been fortunate in receiving a large donation to go towards our Mainstreaming Equalities Programme: we are actively seeking ‘matched’ funders so that we can give one lucky project the best chance possible of putting a new or innovative idea into practice.

Many projects are on three-year funding cycles with LintelTrust, and have now completed. We have now started out on a new stream of projects, and these are detailed below:

Organisation

Grant

Date of

Grant

Purpose

Tenants’ First Housing

Co-operative

£30,000 over 3 years (entering Year 2 of award)

Mar 07

To contribute towards the cost of the recruitment of a Minority Ethnic Outreach Worker to increase participation of minority groups in social housing provision.

MECOPP

£15,000* over 3 years

Sep 07

To contribute towards project costs to increase access and quality of mainstream housing and support for the vulnerable Chinese community.

SENSE Scotland

£15,000** over 3 years (entering Year 1 of award)

Mar 08

To contribute towards the provision of personalised tenancy DVD’s for people with multiple disabilities.

* This award has been held for payment, as the project is seeking matched funding support.

** Match funding is being sought by the project, but the element of work funded by Lintel Trust is not dependent on that.

MEP Future Plans

LintelTrust aims to:

- bring 3-6 or more projects on stream between 2006-2009 (MEP or mixture of OPP and MEP)

- facilitate dissemination events of achievements to date to allow the projects to share experience

OLDER PEOPLE’S PROGRAMME

Introduction

This programme was established in 2003 when it was part of a national programme led by hact (Housing Association Charitable Trust). The Programme is now being continued by LintelTrust.

Older People’s Programme

We have a very good relationship with the Agnes H Hunter’s Trust, whereby we disburse funds on their behalf to projects seeking to assist older people to remain more comfortably in their own homes, for example, by supporting Handyperson Schemes, Care and Repair organisations, or any organisations that have projects assisting older people in some way.

We used the £10,000 granted to us for 2007/08 by the Agnes H Hunter’s Trust (AHHT) to support the following projects:

Organisation

Grant

Date of

Grant

Purpose

Pentland Housing

Association

£2,500

Sep 07

To support the running costs of the Caithness Handyperson Scheme

Care in Strathnairn

£1,500

Sep 07

To provide gardening equipment to provide services for older people

Abronhill Housing

Association

£4,500*

Mar 08

To fund a worker to provide benefit advice for the over 60s and to provide door chains for that group

Age Concern Orkney

£2,500

Mar 08

To support the expanded Home Aid Service to assist with home safety for older people

Lochaber

Community Care Forum

£2,500

Mar 08

To meet various costs related to the handyperson scheme

* the £4,500 also included £2,000 from our Older People fund and £1,500 from our General grants programme”

LintelTrust – OPP - Other Activities

The Older Peoples programme benefits from being part of a national project:-

the independent evaluation ensures regular monitoring of progress and assessment of lessons learned
LintelTrust’s Director serves on hact’s Older People’s Advisory Group working on policy issues and the dissemination and learning strategy
In 2005, representatives from the Scottish projects participated in an evaluation workshop in Scotland, an evaluation workshop for all funded projects in Britain, and the “Innovation in Older People’s Housing” conference organised jointly by hact and the National Housing Federation . A conference also took place in 2006 which encompassed learning from all Scottish OPP projects and attendance and participation from some English projects, too.

OPP Future Plans

LintelTrust aims to:

- bring 3-6 or more projects on stream 2006-2009 (OPP or mixture of OPP and MEP)

- facilitate dissemination events of achievements to date to allow the projects to share experience

GENERAL GRANTS

General Grants

General grants tend to be one-off grants to housing and/or community-related projects, and generally, for a maximum of £5000.

Organisation

Grant

Date of

Grant

Purpose

Angus Women’s Aid

£1,000

Jun 07

Help in furnishing flats.

DPHS (Aberdeenshire)

£1,814

Jun 07

To contribute towards HomePoint training.

Down to Earth

£2,000*

Jun 07

To contribute towards project development costs.

Dementia Trust

£2,000

Sept 07

To contribute towards the cost of equipment in the resource centre.

Dundee Centre for Inclusive Living

£2,000

Sept 07

To fund a feasibility study.

18 and Under Senior VIP Project

£3,500

Sept 07

To contribute towards a Home Safety Project for older people.

Pineview Housing Co-op

£1,000

Sep 07

To support the cost of hosting a BME Conference session at a community event.

Dundee Cyrenians

£700

Sep 07

To contribute towards sessional work for homeless people

Move On

£2,000

Sept 07

To fund peer training for homeless people

Care and Repair in Edinburgh

£1,400

Dec 07

To support the cost of involvement in the Investing in Volunteers scheme.

Scottish Christian Alliance

£2,000 over 2 years

Dec 07

To contribute towards the cost of ’Funky Flats’ furnishing for homeless people.

Sound Advice Agency

£3000

Dec 07

To cover development costs and volunteer expenses.

Edinburgh Refugee Centre

£975

Dec 07

To provide a computer and printer for use by refugees.

Glasgow Rent

Deposit and Support Scheme

£5,000

Mar 08

To support the development of a pilot project helping large families of asylum seekers/refugees find suitable private rented sector housing.

WEA Reach Out (Scotland)

£3,000

Mar 08

To contribute towards the provision of free education on tenancy sustainability to adults with specific needs: the ‘Keeping House’ Project.