Grant making

Opportunities for Volunteering (OFV) is a Department of Health initiative which provides grants to local health and social care organisations in England. OFV grants aim to enable organisations to involve volunteers in the delivery of their services.

Approximately £6.7 million is distributed every year to over 300 local projects.

Crisis is one of 16 national charities that distribute OFV grants on behalf of the Department of Health. These organisations are known as "national agents".

Round 2006-2009

Crisis invited funding applications from its SmartMove project network. Five organisations were funded over 2006-2009 which focused on involving service users as volunteers.

Round 2009-2012

We would like to confirm that we have now opened applications for the 2009 - 2012 OFV grant.

However, applications are restricted to the Crisis SmartMove Network which means applications for non SmartMove projects will not be accepted.

If you are a SmartMove project and you would like to request an application pack please contact Andre Carvalho on 0207 426 3817 or andre.carvalho@crisis.org.uk.