St Martin in the Fields Vicar's Relief Fund
Probation officers, social workers, support workers, CAB advisors, etc. on behalf of people, including prisoners and prison leavers, who are at risk of being made homeless, are homeless or vulnerable or have experience of being homeless and are trying to establish or maintain a tenancy.
We cannot accept applications directly from you. If you are personally seeking funding support, you should not write on your own behalf as your letters will not be responded to.
Up to £500 for deposit, rent in advance, admin fees, ID, or temporary B&B accommodation – where it will help someone access accommodation. When we have awarded a grant to access accommodation we can also fund moving costs.
Up to £350 for Rent arrears (including a debt relief order and bankruptcy fees), service charge arrears, or money to pay for a hoarding clean up – where it will prevent eviction.
Anything other than the above, e.g. household goods, utility bills, travel costs.
Online at smitf.flexigrant.com
Grants are allocated on an ongoing basis.
We aim to respond to all applications within 3 working days of receiving them.
As a crisis fund, we expect applications to the VRF to be a last resort. We want to avoid situations where we make a grant quickly but the money is not used immediately, so please don’t apply to us first simply because we normally act quickly. Where support workers have been able to demonstrate that they have received or been promised funds from other sources, we have usually been sympathetic to requests to make a grant as part of a package.
Grants Co-ordinator using the online application form
vrf@stmartinscharity.org.uk
