VRF Opening Times

The VRF is open for application submissions on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 9am and 12 noon, excluding Bank Holidays.

IMPORTANT: APPLICATION FORM CLOSURE – HOLIDAY SEASON

The application form will be closed from 12pm on Monday 19 December 2022 to allow time for assessments/payments before the holidays. It will reopen again for submissions at 9am on Wednesday 4 January 2023

Please note that we will be unable to respond to emails/enquiries from close of business Friday 23 December 2022 until Tuesday 3 January 2023

Changes to the VRF

We are currently unable to issue cheque payments. Please add BACS details to the application form or contact us if this will be a problem.

About the VRF Fund

The Vicar’s Relief Fund (VRF) is a fund established by St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity (registered charity number: 1156305). The VRF helps those who are homeless or vulnerably housed through small-sum, rapid response grants to prevent eviction or access accommodation. Frontline workers can apply on behalf of their clients for grants to help prevent eviction (of up to £350) or access accommodation (of up to £500).

Client Consent – UPDATE September ‘22

These forms can be found on our Flexi-Grant application portal and by clicking on the appropriate following link You should upload the consent form to Section 5 of your grant application form. Please email vrf@stmartinscharity.org.uk if you have any questions regarding this. Please do not save the form/s for later use to ensure that you are using the current version:

WRITTEN CONSENT FORM – To be completed by the client and signed by hand

VERBAL CONSENT FORM – Can be completed and signed electronically by the support worker where the client is unavailable/unable to give written consent.

To ensure that you use the current version please do not save the form/s for later use 

Registration and Login:

To register for the first time to use our system, click on the 'Register' button below. The registration process normally takes up to 5 working days, although we currently have a backlog. For more information on the registration process, please take a look at our New User Registration Flowchart.

If you are already registered with us, please click the 'Login' button below.