Foundations Independent Living Trust - Update

2. Foundations Independent
Living Trust (FILT)
• The charitable arm of Foundations – the National Body for Home
Improvement Agencies in England.
• Established in 2002 to provide funds for vital repairs and improvements in the
homes of HIA Clients – hardship fund.
• Keeping people warm, safe and secure in their own home and as part of their
communities and local support networks.
• Covers the whole of the UK through partnerships with
• Care and Repair Scotland
• Care and Repair Cymru
• Bryson Energy (Northern Ireland)

3. How We Work
• Secure funding
• Distribute through our network of
Home Improvement Agencies
• Pay for repairs and adaptations

4. Fundraising and Beneficiaries
£0
£200,000
£400,000
£600,000
£800,000
£1,000,000
£1,200,000
£1,400,000
£1,600,000
2003/04 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17
Benficiary Payments Fundraising

5. Partners and Funders

6. • 7th Year of partnership
• Funds available for gas safety related interventions in
people’s homes
• Bidding rounds for pots of money to allocate at local level

7. • Oct 2019 – Sept 2020
• 42 agencies
• £280,000 allocated for local usage
• £800 - £15,000 awarded

8. • £500 contribution towards
measures
• Gas Safety Checks, servicing,
pipework, cooker repairs, boiler
replacements
• Most frequent measures
undertaken last year: servicing
and boiler repairs
• 35% of interventions cost
between £50 - £100
• Report using online system

9. • Home Energy Efficiency Training
• Our Mission Is To
• “Work with the community to make the homes of local
people safe and healthy with affordable fuel bills and
low carbon emissions”

10. Mr. Lewis
• Aged 83. Suffers from dementia.
Refuses to claim benefits.
• Reported by neighbour as being
in poor health. Hadn’t been
eating
• Central heating not working, no
hot water.
• Secured GLA grant to get boiler
fitted.
• Gas fire spilling CO – serviced
and unblocked the flue
• Fitted CO alarm
• Installed loft insulation
• Referred to Fire Service

11. • Opportunity for new agencies to access funds for Year 8
• Grants of up to £7,000
• Agencies delivering recognised home improvement services
• Contact: info@filt.org.uk

12. Energy Saving Trust could do with your help in letting charities know about the Energy Redress Scheme
that we manage of behalf of Ofgem. Round 6 of the scheme has just opened with up to £17million
available across three funding streams, for energy projects that support residents in vulnerable situations
or that develop new products and services to support energy consumers. More information about the
scheme and its priorities is available at www.energyredress.org.uk

13. • info@filt.org.uk
• http://www.foundations.uk.com/about-us/filt-foundations-independent-living-
trust/
• http://www.foundations.uk.com/resources/hia-services/hia-accreditation/
• 0300 124 0316
• Ainsley Rowe, Grants Officer
• Caroline Parker, Grants Coordinator