Personalised cash grants to help people out of homelessness for good.

£1,319 spent by Greater Change unlocks £35,177 in cost savings to the government. A return of over 20x.

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"Greater Change funds a person’s specific needs such as rent, mental health treatment or skills courses – and it’s saving millions in public money."

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We believe in a better way.Traditional pathways for support are complex, inaccessible, and unworkable, especially for those in crisis—often requiring endless paperwork and unnecessary hurdles. In the grim backdrop of rising living costs, a financial setback or unexpected expense can easily entrench individuals and families in homelessness.

Our approach prioritises dignity, choice, and empowerment, giving people real opportunities to break the cycle of homelessness for good.

Our Impact

1403

people supported

£49.2 Million

saved for local and central government

86%

of people have been housed

Over 50%

of people have been employed

Why Our Approach Works

We recognise that it is important to meet people where they are and will always work with them and their key workers to build a realistic plan around their ambitions.

We have rejected less than 5% of cases in our history so far.

Due to our lean team and collaborative approach, our support costs an average of just £1,319 per person in 2022/23.

This approach has resulted in 86% of our clients maintaining their move out of homelessness after our support.

We work with partner charities to deliver our support, leveraging and complementing their local knowledge and strong existing relationships with clients.

Our approach is very simple. Individuals experiencing homelessness and their support workers tell us themselves what will be effective in supporting them out of homelessness. We listen and provide the cash to fund it. Cash works and we have the evidence to prove it.

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How it works

More people than ever are falling through the cracks and becoming trapped in homelessness.

At the same time, the pathways out of homelessness are full of varied obstacles and very few ever get the chance to leave homelessness behind on their terms.

We want to change this.

Partner Charities Refer Clients To Greater Change

We Work Collaboratively To Agree On What Will Be Funded

The Funding Is Raised And Released

We Measure The Impact Of The Funding

What our partners say

Paul

Major Donor Supporting Greater Change

For several years I have been interested in how direct cash transfers can help those struggling with the challenges of homelessness. I had many questions - who? how? when? impact? - and when I came across Greater Change, I found a committed group of people who had asked and answered these questions.

Greater Change reaches those in need through existing partner networks, so there’s no duplication of effort. They have shown that direct cash transfers can have a really positive impact on recipients' circumstances, and they’re committed to an evidence based approach that will ultimately help change perception and public policy.

Having looked at Greater Change’s operations, governance, plans and ambitions, I have made a significant donation to the Greater Change Foundation to help advance their work, to provide direct cash transfer funding, and to encourage other donations through matched funding.

When talking about the crisis of homelessness, it can be easy sometimes to forget that we are talking not just about statistics, but about the lives, the hopes, the dreams and the ambitions of countless individual people. Greater Change’s approach makes such oversights impossible. It is a tried and tested way of connecting people who can and want to give, to people who need financial help. And it works. At LandAid, we try to support initiatives that have an evidence base to them – it's one of the reasons we champion the End it with Evidence campaign – so we’re delighted to have partnered with Greater Change to provide funds for individual donations to young people facing homelessness. And thanks to Greater Change’s robust methodology, we’re confident that these funds will have an immediate, direct and powerful impact on the lives of the people we’re here to help.

Alumni Interviews

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Leigh

‍“It's a stereotype that needs to change. Because if it doesn't, then the homelessness situation is never going to change.”

Khadija

Emotional support is really important and it is available. But the practical support to give you a real restart of your life, to have those basic things to practically help you start over and get out of homelessness, those things are not there. This is why Greater Change is really important.

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Live Campaigns

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Meet Lisa

"Lisa has been a pleasure to work with as she’s grown into the person she wanted to be. She’s very supportive and encouraging to others. She has now been offered a chance to build her own home through local council housing support, but needs funding to make it a reality. " - Barry Bell, Aspire Support Worker

GOAL:£1000

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Alumni Stories

Georgia

I feel like with you, it’s very easy to be open and say what you want and need. You aren’t scrutinised down to the penny with Greater Change. They don’t judge or patronise you. There is flexibility and you provide things that other grants turned me away for.