What is a Hope into Action Franchise?

A Hope into Action franchise is an independent charity or church that partners with Hope into Action through a franchise agreement. This agreement gives the franchise the right to operate the Hope into Action model in their local area. Each franchise operates residential properties and pairs them with local churches. These churches provide voluntary friendship and support to tenants, while the franchise handles day-to-day property management and employs Empowerment Workers who deliver professional support.

Franchises commit to working collaboratively with churches across all denominations in their area.

What support do Franchises receive?

We find that being able to say you are running an award-winning model gives confidence when engaging with local government, agencies and donors.

Some benefits of being a franchise with Hope into Action include:

• Our online manual and access to our SharePoint site and bespoke 'EMPOWER' software for managing houses, tenants and much more

• An Advisor assigned to support you

• Bespoke training and expertise: We provide in-person and online induction for all franchises where training is given on property management, tenant support and empowerment, fundraising and governance to name a few areas.

• A calendar of training events from safeguarding to support to housing

• Location Health Checks to ensure consistent quality of accommodation and support of tenants

• Use of our branding

• Advice on managing investors and finding investment

• Invitations to our annual retreat and other events

In our recent annual survey, we asked churches why they partnered with us: Some of their comments include

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