# Julia & Hans Rausing donate £3 million to Centrepoint

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2022/02/25/julia-hans-rausing-donate-3-million-to-centrepoint/
- Published: 2022-02-25T07:39:23+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**The £3 million donation is the largest single donation Centrepoint has received
in its 52-year history.**

It will support the development of [Centrepoint](https://centrepoint.org.uk/)’s 
Independent Living Programme, which gives young people experiencing homelessness
in London and Manchester a home and a job or an apprenticeship.

Centrepoint will use the donation to tackle the shortage of quality affordable homes.
The charity aims to only charge a young person approximately one-third of their 
salary as rent. This would typically mean a 20-year-old young person in Manchester,
earning minimum wage (currently £6.56 per hour) would pay around £350 per month 
to live in a self-contained home. However, Centrepoint’s intention is to work with
ethical employers to ensure young people are earning above minimum wage, which would
typically mean someone in London earning £18,000 per year would pay around £500 
per month to live independently. 
Since its formation, the Julia and Hans Rausing
Trust has provided over 1,000 grants totalling more than £290 million. Their giving
during the pandemic included the launch of a [£10 million Charity Survival Fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2020/07/07/julia-hans-rausing-launch-10m-charity-survival-fund/),
and an £8 million [Youth Centre Recovery Fund](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/03/16/julia-hans-rausing-launch-8m-youth-centre-recovery-fund/).
Julia and Hans Rausing Trust said:

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> “We are delighted to announce our support for Centrepoint and its Independent 
> Living Programme. Centrepoint’s ambition to end youth homelessness for the coming
> generation is a formidable task, but having seen the impact they have made on 
> the lives of so many already, I have no doubt they will realise their ambition.
> It is an honour to extend our support.”

Sally Orlopp, Director of Centrepoint’s Independent Living Programme, said:

> “The difference this major donation will have on youth-homelessness in London 
> and Greater Manchester is simply incalculable. It will go a long way in touching
> the lives of so many people and on behalf of Centrepoint I cannot emphasise our
> gratitude enough for what the Julia and Han Rausing Trust have enabled.”