The Housing Associations Charitable Trust (Hact) is pleased to
announce that Round Two of the Make it happen fund has opened.

Hact's Supporting People project, developed in partnership with the
National Housing Federation and SITRA and funded by the ODPM,
recognises that small providers have a key role to play in promoting a
diversity of services that meet local needs and offer choice to
service users.

The make it happen fund is targeted at small organisations that
provide front-line housing-related support services. It provides
grants of up to £1,500 to enable small providers to build their
capacity in order to meet the requirements of the Supporting People
framework and to secure more sustainable futures.

Round 2 of the make it happen fund will close on May 6, 2005.
Applicants need to be a small provider based in England, with one or
more Supporting People contracts. Priority will be given to
organisations who employ ten or less staff (or full time equivalent)
OR organisations who support fifty or less service users.

Applications from services supporting older people and people with a
physical impairment are encouraged as these groups were
under-represented in the applications received in Round One of the
make it happen fund. Hact is unable to consider applications from
organisations who received a grant during Round 1 of the make it
happen fund.

For further information and an application form, please visit our
website or contact: Hact, 78 Quaker Street, London E1 6SW; Tel 020
7247 7800 or e-mail: vicky.evans@...
http://www.hact.org.uk