Foundations Independent Living Trust (FILT) present an overview of the charity on 26th September 2018 at the HIA Managers Meeting London.

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. SUPPORT FOR LOCAL / REGIONAL WORK
St Helens Home Support Project
▪ Multi-agency partnership bid to
National Lottery with St Helens HIA
and British Red Cross
▪ Intervention work with vulnerable
households
Carlisle Flood Worker Project
▪ Support sourcing funds for Flood
Worker working from Homelife
Carlisle (HIA)
▪ Funds from Cumbria Community
Foundation & npower

7. PILOT SCHEMES: DEMENTIA FUND
▪ Funding from Taylor Wimpey
▪ 4 Agencies supported to provide
adaptations in clients’ properties.
▪ Simple solutions following a visit :
▪ Red grabrails in the shower room
▪ Red toilet seat

8. NATIONAL SCHEMES

9. ▪ Multi-year partnership with npower
▪ Heat related intervention work in
clients homes with long term health
conditions
▪ Case workers apply directly to FILT
on a case – by – case basis
▪ Quick decision turn around

10. ▪ In 2017-2018 over £210K allocated for individual cases
▪ Since January 2018 111 cases have been completed
▪ FILT can fund up to 50% (max £1000)
▪ Match funding
▪ More with approval from HTW

11. ▪ 6th 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

12. ▪ July 2017 – June 2018
▪ 44 agencies
▪ £325,000 allocated for local usage
▪ £1,250 - £19,000 awarded

13. ▪ £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

15. 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”

16. 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

17. ▪ Live bidding round
▪ Opportunity for new agencies to access funds
▪ Grants of up to £7,000
▪ Agencies delivering recognised home improvement services
▪ Deadline Friday 12th October

18. ▪ 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
▪ Rebecca Threlfall, Grants Officer