ORVIAFOUNDATION
ACCESS

Cost should not automatically close the door.

Foundation-supported access is intended for people who genuinely need an appropriate ORVIA route but cannot reasonably afford the commercial route.

01

What support may look like

Where approved and funded, support can be proportionate rather than all-or-nothing.

  • Full or partial support
  • Sponsored place
  • Bursary toward approved learning
  • Limited pro-bono allocation
  • Free-resource route where paid help is unnecessary
02

What we look at

The aim is to understand genuine need without forcing people through a humiliating process.

  • What help is being sought
  • Why cost is a barrier
  • Whether the route is appropriate
  • Urgency and any existing support
  • What funding is actually available
03

What we will not do

Foundation support does not guarantee an outcome, endorse an account or influence an independent evidence review.

  • No automated award decisions
  • No requirement to publicise your story
  • No unnecessary sensitive information in an initial request
  • No commercial upsell as the purpose of the process