Our Campaigns

Greater Change supports people who, with some funding, can make a long-term positive change. We support individuals referred to us by partner charities who are homeless, or at immediate risk of becoming homeless.

The charities who we partner with refer people to us who would benefit from our help. We then encourage support workers to build up a relationship with individuals who are homeless, ask them what they want, and need, to return to a home, and create a clear action plan and a savings target to achieve this. Savings targets are typically for housing deposits, ID, and training courses. We have no hard rules set on what we will fund, instead choosing to take a flexible approach that respects our client’s aspirations. Once Greater Change has provided the funding, the support worker’s charity purchases the saving goal directly, to ensure accountability and transparency.

Greater Change asks all clients and their social worker whether they would like to be on the platform. The majority of those we support choose not to share their campaign publicly for safety and privacy reasons. Our help is not contingent on people going on the platform. These clients are no less likely to receive funding from split and monthly donations than those who do share their campaign.

It is not compulsory for anyone applying for funding from Greater Change to share any details publicly — their name, face and story could remain completely anonymised. Many are keen to share their stories, and are excited by the opportunity to break down stigmas and preconceived judgments that people might have about homelessness. It can also be an extremely cathartic process for our clients to share their stories and see the positive support from our community.

Some clients want to share their story and a few details about their future hopes, but don’t want to be recognisable. This may be due to serious safety and privacy concerns. In this case, they can choose to use an alias and not to share a photo.