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Crisis and Resilience Fund Application Form

Organisation Name

Please include your full postal address including postcode.

Organisation Address

Postcode

If your organisation has a website, please enter the URL here.

Organisation Website

Type of Organisation

Full name of the person we should contact about this application.

Main Contact Name

Main Contact Role / Job Title

Main Contact Email Address

Main Contact Phone Number

Project Name

Select all that apply. You can select more than one.

Which CRF funding strand(s) does your project relate to?

In no more than 150 words, provide a brief summary of your project — what you will do, who you will support, and what difference it will make.

Project Summary

<p>Enter the total amount in pounds (£). The maximum available per organisation is £6,000 over the grant period (April 2026 – March 2029).</p>

What is the total amount of funding you are applying for?

What is the proposed start date of your project?

Note: all funded activity must be completed by 31 March 2029.

What is the proposed end date of your project?

Please provide evidence of the need your project addresses. This could include local data, referral trends, community feedback, or other relevant evidence. Strong applications will demonstrate a clear and current understanding of local needs.

What evidence do you have of financial hardship or need within your target community?

Describe your target beneficiaries. Tell us about the individuals or households you will reach, including any specific groups experiencing poverty, financial insecurity, or barriers to accessing mainstream support.

Who will your project support?

Please provide your best estimate of the total number of individuals or households you expect to directly support.

How many residents do you expect to support during the grant period?

Which of the following groups does your project specifically target?

Describe any specific barriers — such as language, digital exclusion, geography, stigma, or lack of awareness — that prevent your target community from accessing existing services.

What barriers to accessing mainstream support does your target community face?

Provide a clear description of all the activities you plan to deliver. Include how and where they will be delivered, how often, and who will deliver them. Strong applications will describe a person-centred and compassionate approach.

What activities will your project deliver?

Which of the following types of support will your project provide?

Explain how people will find out about and access your project. Include how you will receive referrals from other organisations and how you will refer people on to wider advice and support services.

How will residents access your support? Please describe your referral pathways.

The CRF requires all funded organisations to embed financial resilience support (e.g. money management, debt management courses, or similar) free of charge for residents. Please describe how your project will do this to help residents build longer-term financial stability.

How will your project embed financial resilience support for beneficiaries?

Describe the steps you will take to ensure your project is accessible and reaches the most vulnerable residents, including those who may not actively seek help.

How will you ensure your project reaches residents who are most in need?

Describe the changes you expect to see for your beneficiaries as a result of your project. Outcomes should be specific, realistic, and measurable. Where relevant, link your outcomes to CRF objectives: effective crisis support, improved financial resilience, and a stronger local support landscape.

What outcomes do you expect your project to achieve?

Explain how you will collect data and evidence to demonstrate the difference your project makes. This could include case studies, surveys, referral data, or other methods.

How will you measure and evidence the impact of your project?

Strong applications will demonstrate a clear pathway from crisis support to longer-term financial resilience. Please explain how your project contributes to this.

How does your project contribute to reducing residents' reliance on crisis interventions over time?

List the key partner organisations involved in delivering or supporting your project. For each partner, briefly describe their role and what they contribute. Strong applications will demonstrate well-established partnerships with VCSE organisations and statutory services.

Which organisations are you working with to deliver this project?

Explain how you have checked that your project adds value rather than duplicating services already available locally. Describe how you complement existing provision.

How does your project avoid duplicating existing provision in your area?

Describe how your project ensures that residents who come to you can be easily referred on to other services if needed, and vice versa.

How does your project contribute to a 'no wrong door' approach for residents?

All CRF-funded organisations are expected to attend quarterly meetings to share learning, discuss emerging needs, consider funding partnerships, and review the fund's impact on residents.

Will you be able to attend quarterly meetings with other CRF-funded organisations?

Please provide a detailed breakdown of how you plan to spend the grant. Include all cost lines, the amount requested from CRF, and any match funding or contributions from other sources. Note: up to 10% of the total grant may be used for administrative costs.

Project Budget Breakdown

Provide a narrative explanation of your budget, justifying each cost line. Explain why each cost is necessary, how the amounts have been calculated, and how they represent good value for money.

Please describe and justify each item in your budget

Do you have any match funding or other funding contributions for this project?

Include the source, amount, and purpose of any match funding or in-kind contributions (e.g. volunteer time, donated resources, other grants).

Please provide details of your match funding or other contributions

If your project involves volunteers or makes use of existing assets or resources, please describe how this contributes to value for money.

How does your project make effective use of volunteers or existing resources?

Please tick all that apply. We understand that smaller or newer organisations may not have all of these in place — this will not automatically disqualify your application.

Which of the following policies or safeguards does your organisation have in place?

If any of the above are in progress or you have alternative arrangements in place, please briefly describe them here.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us about your organisation's policies or compliance arrangements?

Use this space to share any additional information that you feel is relevant to your application but has not been covered elsewhere in this form.

Is there anything else you would like to tell us in support of your application?

By ticking this box, I confirm that: the information provided in this application is accurate and complete to the best of my knowledge; I am authorised to submit this application on behalf of the organisation; the organisation agrees to comply with the grant conditions if funding is awarded, including reporting requirements, spending restrictions, and acknowledgement of Oxford City Council's support; the organisation understands that the grant must be used by 31 March 2029 and that any unspent funds must be returned.

Declaration

Please select the funding pot you wish to apply for. A 1-year grant of up to £2,000 is available for 2026/27. A 3-year grant of up to £6,000 is available for 2026–2029, subject to satisfactory reporting.

Which funding pot are you applying for?

Tell us about your organisation. All fields in this section are required.

Your Organisation

Tell us about the project you are applying to fund. Please describe what you plan to do, who it will help, and why it is needed.

Your Project

Help us understand the need your project addresses and the community it will serve.

Need and Target Community

Tell us how you will deliver your project and what support you will provide to beneficiaries.

Project Activities and Delivery

Tell us what difference your project will make and how you will measure its impact.

Outcomes and Impact

Tell us about the partnerships that will support your project.

Partnership Working

Tell us how you will spend the grant and demonstrate that your project represents good value for money.

Budget and Value for Money

Please confirm your organisation's compliance with key legal and regulatory requirements.