Category

• Emerging Local Practice

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Poverty impact

• Mitigation

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Poverty driver

• Provide benefit in-kind (experience)

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Keywords

• Migrant
• Care
• Support
• Access
• Advice

Aim

The overall aim of The Care Rights Project is to reduce destitution and homelessness among people with no recourse to public funds.

Summary

The Care Rights Project is an ongoing charitable initiative launched in December 2021 to reduce homelessness and destitution among migrants with no recourse to public funds (NRPF). NRPF restricts access to welfare benefits and social housing due to immigration status. Under the Care Act 2014, local authorities can provide accommodation and support to those with care needs. The project links NRPF provisions with the Care Act, offering free advice to individuals, specialist guidance to organisations, and training to build capacity. Operating across England, with most clients in London, it addresses both urban and rural needs of vulnerable populations.

What difference does it make?

The project has been able to make a positive difference to some clients who are eligible for Care Act support. In these cases, the project staff has been able to compel Local Authorities to provide accommodation, a basic level of financial subsistence, and a suitable package of care. Unfortunately, there were also clients who were not eligible for Local Authority support, and in these cases the project was not always able to make a significant difference.

Key take-aways

• It would have been easier not to set up the organisation as a CIC first.

 

Organisations

The Care Rights Project, CIO.

Location

England (nationwide)

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