Winehouse saves a home for young people

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The Amy Winehouse Foundation, created by the singer's father Mitch, gave a £5,100 grant to Crash Pad, a centre in Holloway that takes in homeless people and provides them with skills.

The project, based in Caledonian Road Methodist Church, is run by the Pilion Trust and has three staff and 25 volunteers.

Since it opened in 2010, it has worked with 74 young people who have fallen out of the care system. None has returned to the streets. It will now stay open until April when it is scheduled to shut for the summer.

Mr Winehouse, 60, said: "Staff provide more than food and shelter - they offer advice, support and encouragement to young people. Many could have died on the streets this winter if the shelter did not exist."

Pilion Trust founder Savvas Panas added: "We'd have been forced to close if it wasn't for this grant because of funding cuts. We've been told we're not a priority but we have seen a rise in the number of young people being referred to us."

Amy, 27, was found dead at her Camden home in July. The foundation has raised hundreds of thousands of pounds for good causes.