Crisis SmartMove
Crisis SmartMove is a nationwide network of best-practice model deposit schemes that provide non-statutory homeless people with access to good quality accommodation in the private sector and support to sustain this as a home.
Crisis works with 28 voluntary organisations around the UK to deliver SmartMove. Since its launch in 1997, Crisis SmartMove has helped 11,000 people into housing. The local organisations that deliver SmartMove are embedded in their community and are well placed to meet local need.
The projects that make up the SmartMove network have evolved over time and amassed a wealth of expertise, which is one of the scheme’s greatest strengths. Crisis fosters the sharing of good practice across the network, provides training and advice for project workers and continues to develop the SmartMove model.
Contacting your local SmartMove scheme
| | Crisis itself does not operate a SmartMove project. View our SmartMove map to see if SmartMove is being run by an organisation in your area and to find its contact details. |
Are you interested in becoming a Smartmove?
If you are interested in finding out more about being a SmartMove, contact us email us at private.renting@crisis.org.uk
Crisis SmartSkills
Alongside SmartMove, Crisis offers support to the SmartSkills network. SmartSkills is an accredited learning programme supporting people housed through SmartMove to develop independent living skills. It links people into their local communities, supporting them to access classes and volunteering opportunities in the local area. At the end of the programme clients receive an accredited City and Guilds award that recognises the progress they’ve made. Learners are encouraged and helped to continue their learning or get back into work as the programme comes to an end.
Read about Crisis' SmartSkills programme
