Manchester Ending Homelessness ‘Big Change’ campaign
23 Feb 2017
Staff Survey 2017 charity feature
Manchester Ending Homelessness ‘Big Change’ campaign is one of the charities that is set to benefit from Staff Survey 2017.
This week you will be able to read about all three charities that will benefit from the Staff Survey which opens on Monday, 6 March 2017.
When you complete the Staff Survey you will be able to select one charity that that will receive your £1 donation. The University will make this donation on your behalf when the Staff Survey has finished.
Manchester Ending Homelessness
Big Change is a campaign that brings together charities, organisations and people who want to end homelessness, to use donations effectively to support change. It makes sure public donations to people who are homeless are used in the most effective way possible to help individuals build a new future.
Although giving money to people begging on the street seems supportive, it doesn’t help individuals get away from sleeping rough, or address the complicated range of reasons which made them homeless. By working in partnership with charities and organisations providing frontline services for homeless people, the Big Change Fund pools together opportunities to make long term positive changes towards ending homelessness.
Big Change recognises that people who are homeless often face practical barriers which need to be overcome for them to become active, independent members of their community and avoid sleeping rough. So it provides homeless people with practical items which support a long term change, such as deposits for accommodation, training courses to improve job prospects, clothes for a job interview or furnishings for a new home.
If you select Manchester Ending Homelessness ‘Big Change’ campaign when you complete the Staff Survey 2017, the University will donate £1 on your behalf which will be used to purchase items needed by a person who is homeless.
As part of every £1 donation to Big Change, they make sure 85% funds the purchase of items needed by a person who is homeless. The remaining 15% covers the costs of services provided by Just Giving (5%) and administrative services by the charity Forever Manchester (10%), to ensure all records and transactions are as they should be.