Prince William has launched Homewards, a five-year locally led programme which will demonstrate that together it is possible to end homelessness: making it rare, brief, and unrepeated.
Homewards will take a transformative approach to the issue of homelessness and put collaboration at its heart, giving six flagship locations new space, tools, and relationships to showcase what can be achieved through a collective effort focused on preventing homelessness in their areas.
Aberdeen is the only Scottish location whose bid was successful for the project, and it has been chosen by The Royal Foundation alongside five other UK locations which so far include Northern Ireland, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, Lambeth in London, Newport, with the final location unveiled today.
At each location, Homewards will support local partners to form locally led coalitions of committed individuals, organisations, and businesses who will work together to create and deliver a tailored plan to prevent homelessness in their areas – based on local needs and local expertise.
Homewards will further support its six flagship locations by:
- providing access to an unprecedented network of best-in-class expertise, partners and funders at a local and national level to unlock new ideas and further investment;
- providing up to £500,000 of flexible seed funding in each location that can be accessed to support the delivery of their action plan;
