Housing & Homelessness Health & Wellbeing 2024

Impact Report 2023/24

St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity's 2023/24 impact report covers its work preventing and resolving homelessness across the UK. 4,508 emergency grants totalling £1.78m helped 7,512 people. Six Frontline Fund organisations provided specialist support, and the Mental Health Fund backed three organisations tackling homelessness and mental health together. 937 frontline workers accessed training. A cash transfer randomised trial ran across Swansea, Edinburgh, Glasgow and Oxford. Income was £5.19m. Closely partnered with BBC Radio 4 and The Connection at St Martin's.

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📋About

Emergency Vicar's Relief Fund (VRF) grants to individuals at risk of or experiencing homelessness; Frontline Fund grants to six organisations across the UK providing specialist support (legal, health, counselling, youth services); Mental Health Fund grants to three organisations; frontline worker training and Frontline Network events; research and learning-led pilots including cash transfer trials and homelessness practice incubator; advocacy and policy influencing

📊Key Metrics

4,508 emergency (VRF) grants awarded totalling £1,780,676, helping 7,512 people to secure or keep a home in 2023/24 Key Metric 1

937 frontline workers benefited from training programmes across the four nations of the UK; 350 attendees at the Annual National Frontline Network Conference with 94% rating it good or excellent Key Metric 2

71 partner-facilitated events attended by 1,331 frontline workers across the UK to share knowledge and best practice Key Metric 3

✅Key Outcomes

728 grants for preventing eviction; 3,780 grants for moving into new accommodation; 75% of payments made within 5 days of application
Frontline Fund supported Extern delivering 702 counselling sessions to 113 people experiencing homelessness and criminal justice involvement, with 78% showing significant mental health improvements and 35% achieving improved housing outcomes
The Connection at St Martin's supported with 1,230 health appointments for rough sleepers, intensive support for 146 people and 80 people directly accessing new accommodation; income £5.19m and charitable expenditure £5.13m for FY2023-24