Crisis Funds/Equipment — Avocados Advocacy CIC

Please note: this service is temporarily closed and will reopen later in the year. We apologise for any inconvenience.

Requests for a grant or equipment:

Each year Avocados has the capacity to award small grants and equipment to care experienced people in Devon who don’t have enough funds.

We will consider any request that will help you in the short term; for example but not limited to, bus tickets to attend an appointment, food vouchers, electric bill.

For longer term grants like equipment; such as laptops for an educational reason, a phone to be able to keep in contact, please also fill in the form.

Please be advised that these requests will take longer to process.

New Form

Name

First Name

Last Name

Address

Address 1

Address 2

City

State/Province

Zip/Postal Code

Country

What county do you live in?

Phone

(###)

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Are you currently in Education?

Do you currently have any support from a social worker, personal advisor or local authority team? If so, please can you provide a contact name and email/number.

If you do not have a social worker or personal advisor, do you have someone we can contact as a reference to confirm your situation? (Doctor, teacher, lecturer, employer, etc).

What type of accommodation do you have? (supported accommodation, semi supported, rented house, home owner, shared accommodation, living with partner, living with family/foster family, youth hostel, B&B, etc).

Are you in receipt of any benefits? If so, how much and when do you get paid.

What is your annual household income (before tax and outgoings)? Including income of partner if applicable.

We are unlikely to be able to help you if you have an annual household income of over £30,000.00

Are you employed?

If employed, how much do you get paid and how often?

Please tell us about your time in care and what support you had/currently have since leaving care.

What are you applying for and why? (Food vouchers, equipment support, transport support, costs of living and bills, etc).

Do you know how much you need?

What support have you previously applied for from other organisations or what support have you already accessed?

What might help change your circumstances for the longer term? (accessing your rights and entitlements, changes in benefits, changes in job circumstances, access to student finance, etc).

I consent to Avocados contacting my professional contact, social worker, PA or equivalent to confirm my care experience with regards to processing this application for crisis support.