Family Support - Housing (360G-HeartofEnglandCF-A532921)
Reading Mencap's Family Support Service has a waiting list of 3 months. To help meet demand, the grant would be spent over 2 years on employing a Family Adviser for 16hrs/week to focus on housing issues for families and individuals with learning disabilities, who need support to live and thrive in the community rather than long-stay institutions. The Family Adviser will provide personalised casework to resolve any issue that has an impact on housing, such as poverty and debt; elderly parents who can no longer care for their children; hate crime; and health problems. As a result, families will have improved finances and health, and feel less anxious and isolated, as well as gaining more independence and stability.
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Grant Details
| Amount Applied For | 29314.11 |
| Amount Awarded | 29314 |
| Award Date | 2020-02-11T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Beneficiary Location: Country Code | GB |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code | E01016414 |
| Beneficiary Location: Geographic Code Type | LSOA |
| Beneficiary Location: Name | Reading 014F |
| Grant Programme: Code | 2019 Round 2 |
| Grant Programme: Title | Nationwide Community Grants |
| Last Modified | 2020-02-17T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Duration (months) | 24 |
| Planned Dates: End Date | 2022-04-05T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Planned Dates: Start Date | 2020-04-06T00:00:00+00:00 |
| Primary age group | Adults (26 – 65) |
| Primary beneficiary | People with learning difficulties |
| Recipient Org: Charity Number | 1118287 |
| Recipient Org: Description | We aim to improve the lives of children and adults with learning disabilities (LD; a reduced intellectual ability), and their families. Our Family Support Service provides free, 1-to-1 information, advice and in-depth casework, helping families with any problem they are facing, whether this is applying for benefits, finding suitable housing, accessing social care and respite, dealing with hate crime, or managing health issues. Our Mencap Enables (ME) day service offers care and activities for unemployed adults with LD, while our 7 social and leisure clubs at evenings and weekends reduce isolation and also provide respite for unpaid family carers. |
| Recipient Org: Web Address | http://www.readingmencap.org.uk |