Grant Programme

Want to apply for a grant?

Do you meet our grant criteria?

How do you apply?

Want to look at our grants in more detail?

What is our approach?

focus on building long term relationships with charities and not-for-profit organisations which share our philosophy and approach. These relationships need time and commitment on both sides to work effectively.

work with charities that are very efficient operationally and financially with less going on administration and more on meeting the need

priority is given to charities in our Partner Charities, Homeless and Community Hubs

Check out our Grant Hubs – do you fit?

one-off grants to charities with no realistic prospect of developing into long term relationships are not attractive to us

our annual grant budget is currently £60,000 with 12 grants forecast. The Grant Budget is set annually.

For more information take a look at our Strategy

Which charities do we make grants to and what for?

UK based Exempt or Registered charities and not-for-profit organisations whose operational focus is the UK

our Partner Charities, Homeless and Community hubs

new charities that we are confident will develop into long term relationships

dynamic charities that can demonstrate they are well-run with great leadership, clear objectives and a great track record

small or medium sized charities and local good causes with focused aims and a great record of success

charities that have a proven track record of delivering benefits to the people they were set up to support

charities that have a high dependency on funding from the private sector through raising donations from the public, commercial world, grant making organisations and similar avenues.

discrete projects or activities including the purchase of equipment

a broad range of grant applications that meet our criteria are welcomed. New, imaginative and great value for money projects including “matched funding” are what we are looking to support.

proposals falling within our priority areas of People in Need, Tackling Poverty and Saving Lives and Improving Health

Our Grant Record may help understand who we support

What do we not support?

meet or contribute towards charity overheads or general running costs

individuals directly

establish or add to a charity’s fund or reserves

animal charities

charities concerned with the efficiency of the police, fire and rescue services or ambulance services

charities focused on citizenship or community development

religious charities to further or foster religious belief

unlikely to support charities that have a national or international footprint.

human rights, conflict resolution or reconciliation

projects that would normally have been covered by statutory bodies including central and local government

retrospective funding