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Barnardo’s | Children’s charity | Barnardo’s
Barnardo’s is the UK’s largest children’s charity and was founded over 150 years ago to care for vulnerable children. Via our 800+ services across the UK, we support and protect hundreds of thousands of children and young people, together with their parents and carers, in facing a wide range of issues, from drug misuse to disability, from sexual abuse to domestic violence. In 2023 Barnardo’s reached 373,200 people through 811 services across the UK
Through our Gap Homes programme, Barnardo’s have committed to building and managing homes across the UK, to provide housing and support for care leavers aged 16-17 years old. These homes will be organised into clusters of 5 houses each, with a staff house in each cluster and a set-up like a Family Hub. Young people will each have their own individual home, with 24/7 support on hand. Support will include help with skills such as learning how to cook and look after the house.
Over a three-year period, we are constructing an initial 50 new, high quality, affordable homes for care-experienced young people (with intensive, tailored support for residents). The initiative’s name derives from the very small, commercially less viable infill sites that Barnardos hope to develop via relationships with local authorities and socially minded landowners, but also reflects the bridge that these homes will provide between leaving the care system and transitioning to independent living. The intention is that Gap Homes will provide flexible housing options for a range of needs & circumstances, including single parents and disabled care leavers.
As a home building programme, Gap Homes is reliant on specialised expertise from the construction sector for the effective delivery of projects. Our projects to date have tapped into this expertise through a number of mechanisms and at different points in the process. As the programme has evolved, so too have we developed our understanding of the key skills and inputs needed at critical points of the projects.
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As part of the development of the Gap Homes Project, as it grows from strength to strength, Barnardo’s have found two pieces of land in Devon for consideration. This is an exciting opportunity to help the charity extend it’s innovative offerings further afield.
Therefore, the organisation is seeking some pro bono support with the following:
– Phase 1 Site Investigation
– Phase 2 Site Investigation
– Topographic Survey
– Utility Searches
– BNG Assessment
Timeline
End of November 2024