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How we came into beingLuton Foyer is the main
project of the Bedfordshire John Howard Society and has been open since April
1996. The Society is a crime prevention charity and has been in operation for
over a hundred years. Currently its President is the Lord Lieutenant of Bedfordshire,
Mr Sam Whitbread. The Foyer is in a
building owned by Luton Community Housing that also includes various forms of
accommodation. Initially capital funding came from variety of sources
including Luton Borough Council and revenue funding from the Probation
Service (Bedfordshire), the Single Regeneration Budget and the National
Lottery Charities Board. As well as further funding from those bodies (the former
being renamed National Offender Management Service and the latter being
renamed The Community Fund), we have funding from charitable trusts as well
as contracts to provide specialist support services for Luton Community
Housing Association tenants and for those needing Information, Advice and
Guidance about learning and work. We are part of a growing
national network of projects affiliated to the Foyer Federation and were only
the seventh such project to be successfully accredited under their quality
mark. We have subsequently been re-accredited twice and have also achieved
the Matrix standard for our advice work. Why we are hereOur aim is to help
people make informed decisions about their future in a supportive
environment. We are a part of the Inkerman Street project which seeks to
break the ‘no home, no job, no home' cycle by offering access to various
sorts of accommodation as well as training/ employment advice and
health/welfare counselling. |
