Richmond charity Riverbank wins £228,000 to support families in temporary accommodation
7 October 2026 · By Boroughly editorial — AI-assisted, human-reviewed.
Richmond charity Riverbank has secured a £228,091 government grant to expand its work with single mothers and children living in temporary accommodation across the borough.
The three-year award comes through the government's Ending Homelessness in Communities Fund, following a competitive national application process. It will allow Riverbank to increase support for families staying in hostels, with a focus on creating stability, removing barriers and building longer-term prospects. Part of the funding will pay for the installation of a dedicated Riverbank cabin at one of the borough's hostels — giving the charity a permanent, on-site base for one-to-one sessions, group work and community activities.
Riverbank has operated in Richmond since 2010 and has grown from a single centre to four local bases in Richmond, Ham, Whitton and Hampton Wick. It works alongside the council, local schools, churches and community organisations.
For residents, the grant represents a meaningful strengthening of the borough's safety net for its most vulnerable families — a group that can be less visible in an affluent borough but whose needs are no less pressing. The three-year funding horizon also gives the charity a rare degree of stability to plan ahead.
More detail on the award is available on the council's news page.