Crisis
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Crisis is worth approaching if your work is homelessness work in Great Britain, particularly rapid rehousing, prevention, welfare, housing-led approaches, emergency responses or homelessness among non-UK nationals, since these are its stated themes.
- Its programme limits run from up to £1,000 for Fast Track to up to £5,000 for Education, so a modest, specific request fits within the stated ranges.
- No application process is published in the annual report, the register entry or its website, so start by contacting the charity to ask how to proceed; for a Changing Lives award, expect to supply quotations and a breakdown of planned spending.
- Crisis says it expects to award grants within a maximum of 8 weeks, and it welcomes a resubmission once feedback has been acted on.
- Changing Lives awards are limited to people who are Crisis members or service users of ACH, Emmaus Oxford or Invisible Cities, who are working with Crisis or partner staff, who are eligible to live in the UK and working towards a career goal, and whose Coach or Lead Worker has agreed the goals are viable, so do not apply on an individual's behalf unless they meet all of these.
Overview
Crisis is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1082947).
Crisis is a homelessness charity that works directly with people experiencing homelessness and campaigns for change. Its purpose is to relieve people who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless. Its Changing Lives programme provides financial awards and employment support to people with lived experience of homelessness so that they may achieve their vocational goals and become independent. Its organisational grant programmes support local organisations working to end homelessness across Great Britain, and it supports over 200 organisations.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Crisis is a homelessness charity that works directly with people experiencing homelessness and campaigns for change. Its organisational grant programmes support local organisations working to end homelessness, aiming to identify, encourage, scale and improve promising practice across Great Britain. The programmes have supported new and innovative approaches to rapid rehousing, prevention, welfare and homelessness among non-UK nationals, as well as housing-led work and emergency responses. Separately, one programme provides financial awards and employment support to people with lived experience of homelessness, helping them pursue vocational goals and become independent. Crisis’ wider work also includes education, training and support with housing, employment and health, alongside research and campaigning.
Themes
- Rapid rehousing
- Homelessness prevention
- Welfare
- Non-UK national homelessness
- Housing-led approaches
- Emergency homelessness response
Geographic Focus
Great Britain.
What they don't fund
- Changing Lives grant programme only:
- People who are not a Crisis member or a service user of ACH, Emmaus Oxford, or Invisible Cities
- People who are not working with a Crisis or partner organisation staff member and have not completed a progression plan with a specific action relating to Changing Lives
- People who are not eligible to live in the UK or are not working towards a career goal
- People whose Coach or Lead Worker has not discussed and agreed that their grant goals are viable and achievable within their current context
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
What to send:
- Changing Lives: All applications require evidence of quotations and a breakdown of your planned spending
Applying again: Changing Lives: We would welcome a resubmission of your application once any feedback has been implemented.
Where they fund
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Crisis.
Grants
The largest grants to organisations in this funder’s latest annual report:
- Crisis Changing Lives · providing financial awards and employment support to people with lived experience of homelessness so that they may achieve their vocational goals, fulfil their potential, and become independent£167,000year to 30 June 2025
Grant examples taken from the funder’s filed accounts. Not included above: 1 line covering other, unnamed recipients (£268k).
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 30 June 2021 | £64,631,000 | £58,748,000 | £1,416,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2021 |
| year to 30 June 2022 | £64,835,000 | £66,237,000 | £279,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2022 |
| year to 30 June 2023 | £64,957,000 | £67,056,000 | £107,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2023 |
| year to 30 June 2024 | £66,140,000 | £64,704,000 | £579,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2024 |
| year to 30 June 2025 | £67,190,000 | £68,175,000 | £325,000 | Accounts for year to 30 June 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2021; year to 30 June 2022; year to 30 June 2023; year to 30 June 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 30 June 2025: grants awarded in the year, as reported in the accounts.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- crisis.org.uk
- crisis.org.uk/about-us/contact-us · read on 23 October 2026
- crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/resources-for-practitioners/grant-programmes · read on 23 October 2026
- crisis.org.uk/ending-homelessness/changing-lives-grant-programme · read on 23 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 30 June 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 23 October 2026.
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At a glance
Applying to Crisis?
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Contact
- 0300 636 1967source
- enquiries@crisis.org.uksource
- 50 – 52 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LTsource
- crisis.org.uk
- Contact form
Applying to Crisis?
Hinchilla drafts your answers around this funder's priorities, using your organisation's own documents.
No credit card required
Contact
- 0300 636 1967source
- enquiries@crisis.org.uksource
- 50 – 52 Commercial Street, London, E1 6LTsource
- crisis.org.uk
- Contact form