(Source: BIG - Big Lottery Fund) Area:UK-wide Programme:UK Homeshare Pilot Release date:18 3 2016 The projects are the latest to be funded as part of Homeshare, the UK's first national home-sharing initiative developed by the Big Lottery Fund and Lloyds Bank Foundation as a new and sustainable model for people with particular housing needs in local communities. It matches younger people looking for reasonably-priced accommodation with older people who are lonely or isolated and can offer a spare room. The younger person typically pledges around 10 hours of companionship and light domestic help to their host in return for accommodation, bringing practical, financial and emotional benefits for...
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