CRASH: Helping homelessness charities and hospices with vital construction projects

Overview

CRASH has built long-lasting, significant partnerships with companies in the construction industry. They work collaboratively with all of the homelessness and hospice charities we support to deliver assistance in three ways:

• Professional Expertise
  • CRASH can source pro-bono or discounted professional expertise thanks to our Corporate Patrons. This might include architects, engineers, quantity surveyors or contractors.
• Construction Products
  • CRASH can introduce product specifiers to ensure the correct products are selected, and source free-of-charge or discounted construction products.
• Grant Giving
  • CRASH awards grants which are made possible thanks to the generosity of the construction and property industry.

They can assist during all stage of construction.

For Homelessness Charities

Your application must meet the following criteria:

• Your organisation must be a registered UK charity with the Charity Commission in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or a registered Scottish Charity.
• Your building is currently delivering or will be used to deliver services to single homeless men and women over the age of 18. CRASH cannot accept applications related to services for homeless families, youth homelessness or housing for refugees and asylum seekers.
• CRASH can only accept applications that relate to your buildings.
• Your charity must have a legal interest in the building, unless your application relates to requesting professional advice regarding a building you wish to lease or buy.
• Your charity needs to own the freehold for the building or hold the Lease. CRASH cannot consider applications for leases that have less than five years to run.
• Your building will be providing services at least 4 days a week.
• CRASH cannot consider applications where construction has already begun or will be beginning within the next two months.

For Hospice Charities

Your application must meet the following criteria:

• Your organisation must be a registered UK charity with the Charity Commission in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or a registered Scottish Charity.
• CRASH can only accept applications that relate to the buildings from which you deliver your services.
• Your charity must have a legal interest in the building, unless your application relates to requesting professional advice regarding a building you wish to lease or buy.
• Your charity needs to own the freehold for the building or hold the Lease. CRASH cannot consider applications for leases that have ten years or less to run.
• Your building will be used to deliver in-patient and or day services to people in need of end of life care (CRASH cannot consider applications for hospice charity shops).
• CRASH cannot consider applications where construction has already begun or will be beginning within the next two months.