Eligibility

We are committed to awarding grants to those most in need.

To be eligible to apply for a grant:

your charity’s project must fall within one of the current priorities;
your charity’s income and expenditure must meet the requirements for the relevant Grant Round;
your charity’s project must not be on the list of projects or organisations that we don’t fund.

Please check all these details. We have limited administration resources, and appreciate charities’ cooperation in ensuring that we work together to focus on our priority causes.

Our Priorities

We focus on different priorities every year.

Please do not apply if your project does not clearly fit within these.

We are aware that the Covid19 crisis is having an extreme and significant affect on the whole charitable sector.

We have therefore reviewed our criteria for the next round of grants, to spread our funds as widely as possible.

Charities will still need to have an income and expenditure of £1,000,000 and over. However, the grants will be for £1,000, not £5,000.

The eligibility criteria remain the same.

2020

Grant Rounds 1 and 2

Music and the Arts

This year, we will support projects focussing on improving opportunities and access for people with one or more of the following:

physical disabilities
learning disabilities
mental health difficulties.

We particularly welcome projects that are focussed on Outreach.

Grant Rounds 3 and 4

People aged 60 and over

2021

Grant Rounds 1 and 2

Homelessness

Grant Rounds 3 and 4

Refugees and Asylum Seekers

Our Four Grant Rounds

Grant Round 1

Application Period

1st - 28th February

Amount

£1,000

Eligibility

Minimum operating income and operating expenditure: £100,000.

Maximum operating income and operating expenditure: £1,000,000.

Grant Round 2

Application Period

1st - 30th April

Amount

£1,000 (PLEASE NOTE: this is in response to the Covid19 Crisis for 2020 only)

Eligibility

Minimum operating income and operating expenditure: £1,000,000.

No maximum income or expenditure.

We appreciate that, during the current Covid19 crisis, timescales are fluid for many charities. We will do our best to take this into account when reviewing applications.

Grant Round 3

Application Period

1st - 31st July

Amount

£1,000

Eligibility

Minimum operating income and operating expenditure: £100,000.

Maximum operating income and operating expenditure: £1,000,000.

Grant Round 4

Application Period

1st - 30th September

Amount

£5,000

Eligibility

Minimum operating income and operating expenditure: £1,000,000.

No maximum income or expenditure.

What We Don't Fund

Please check this list before starting an application.

We will not award grants to any project or charity that is covered by this list.

We only give grants to UK registered charities or organisations that are exempt from registration. We do not give grants for any other type of not-for-profit or community organisation.

Capital appeals, including equipment

Charities involved with religion (including repair of Church fabric)

Charities involved with animals (welfare and conservation)

Holidays, including respite holidays

Individual hospices (national organisations can apply)

Individuals, including individuals embarking on a trip overseas with a charitable organisation

Minibuses or other Vehicles

Overseas projects

Schools, including activities

Scouts, Guides, Cubs, Brownies

Sea Cadets

Shopmobility

Students

Village Halls