Loss of £300,000 'vital' council funding could force hostel to stop supporting vulnerable
By Hannah Richardson & Dan MartinA Leicestershire homelessness charity has warned it may have to close if it loses a council grant.
Leicestershire County Council currently gives Falcon Support Services £300,000 a year to help run a 30-bed centre, in Pinfold Gate, Loughborough.said.Ms Hall said losing the funding contract with the county council could in turn threaten the charity's access to government housing benefit support which its hostel needs to stay open and continue providing support to around 100 people a year.
Ms Hall said the hostel was supporting increasing numbers of people without accommodation because of the cost of living crisis and the aftermath of the Covid-19 pandemic., offers the grant to people maintain their tenancies, develop skills to live as independently as possible and to access local health and well being support.The authority said it believes it can support homeless people through its existing First Contact Plus teams and local area coordinators.
"Looking at national guidance, we don't believe [the centre will lose Government support], but it would really be up to the charity to discuss this with their local housing authority. The county council can't be the provider of last resort."
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