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The LSE Homelessness Initiative Activity Fund

Your opportunity, as a member of our staff and student community, to pitch an idea for a project focused on understanding and tackling homelessness.

 

Please note, the deadline for applying to the fund has now passed and we are no longer accepting new submissions . 

 

The LSE Homelessness Initiative (LSEHI) is delighted to invite staff and students to submit their ideas for projects that help the LSE community understand and tackle homelessness. 

You can apply for up to £3,000 in funding, but please note that the size of the fund is limited and we want to support as many projects as possible, so we won't be able to fund many larger projects. 

The deadline for submissions, which should not be more than 1,500 words, is 17:30 on Monday 4 November. Thse, along with any questions, should be sent to executiveoffice.lsehi@lse.ac.uk.

LSE Homelessness Activity Fund – areas of focus and selection criteria

Proposals must outline the following:

  • What you want to achieve

  • How you plan to do it

  • Why there is a need for your proposal

  • Who will work on it, including (if relevant) the details of any external organisations involved

  • How you will measure the impact of the project

We are particularly, but by no means exclusively, interested in projects that focus on:

  • Local impact – projects that engage with how LSE can leverage its position and expertise to make a substantial contribution to strategies, policies or activities aimed at alleviating homelessness in not just the LSE community but also our local (geographically speaking) communities.

  • Education – projects aimed at educating the LSE community, and other local ones, about homelessness. This includes projects that challenge stigma and assumptions around homelessness, particularly, rough sleeping. It also includes projects that equip people with the understanding, tact and knowledge to truly engage with the homeless community. Finally, it includes projects that use best practice and that involve innovative approches. 

  • Youth Homelessness – projects that address the specific needs of young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, particularly with regards to at-risk members of our own student community.

  • Intersectionality – projects that look at how protected characteristics, systemic inequalities, socio-economic disadvantages, etc. impact on homelessness, its perception, social profiling and criminalisation, and on the tools used to alleviate it.

  • Law and policy – projects that look at at what new policies, investment and timeframes would be needed to end homelessness. This also includes projects that evaluate the the costs involved in managing homelessness versus the costs of eradicating it.

We aim to achieve a good balance between projects with tangible outcomes, directly aimed at instigating change, and research projects, focusing on identifying longer-term solutions.

Submissions will be judged anonymously. 

Please note that funds allocated will need to be spent by the end of the 24/25 financial year (31 July 2025). 

We also invite you to consider obtaining in-principle match funding from your area or department and to clearly indicate that in your proposal, so we can make our money go further.

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