St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity is committed to preventing homelessness and helping people secure a safe home. We offer fast emergency grants to help people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

These crisis grants help people who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness access safe accommodation. The funding reaches them at speed, through frontline workers who apply for emergency grants on behalf of the people they are supporting. The money helps people into safety by contributing to costs such as rent deposits, moving costs or ID applications.

Only frontline support workers can apply for a grant on behalf of individuals that they are supporting, we do not accept applications from members of the public or volunteers, only from paid frontline workers.

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Emergency Grants Stories

  • Jo

    In summer 2019, Jo was running a successful burger van after a career change and was settled and happy renting a house near her two daughters. She had event bookings in the diary for over a year running up to October 2020, catering for various weekend events from birthdays to ploughing competitions. “I was rebuilding…

  • Gail*

    Gail* was in her late 60s when she was referred to West Mercia Women’s Aid by her social worker. She was living in sheltered housing with her husband of many years but his constant coercion, verbal abuse and threats of violence had become too much for her to bear and she was self-harming and had become isolated…

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    Umar*

    Umar was granted refugee status after a period living in temporary accommodation as an asylum seeker in the UK. Being granted this status meant that he was made homeless, due to being evicted from his temporary accommodation and left with little time and resources to find a permanent home. Due to this, Umar began sleeping…

What we fund

What we fund

Whilst these are cash grants, they are only given when funding specific things that we require evidence for. They are issued quickly and efficiently via experienced support workers.

We can provide grants of up to £500 to help people access accommodation, for example rent deposits, rent in advance, ID fees or temporary accommodation costs.

Are you a support worker, looking to apply for a grant on behalf of someone you support?

Click here to make an application

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Emergency Grants 2024-25

5,496

applications made this year

2,006,412

awarded this year

7,660

people benefiting from a grant

  • The Frontline Network

    We believe that to prevent homelessness and to ensure that when it does occur, people have access to the best support possible, it is crucial that we support the frontline workers who deliver that support. One of the ways in which we support people experiencing or at risk of homelessness is by supporting the staff…

  • The Frontline Fund

    Our Frontline Fund provided six organisations with vital funding to deliver services to support people experiencing homelessness. These six projects were based across the UK and focused on supporting people to secure, and keep, a safe place to live. This included providing access to healthcare, legal advice and mental health support to help people move…

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    Mental Health Fund

    The Mental Health Fund supports organisations to provide targeted mental health support outside of healthcare settings. The fund is there to assist people who are struggling with their mental health and addiction or the effects of trauma and are at critical transition points in their housing journey.

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