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Funding

We partner with small and local charities and communities working with people facing complex issues and barriers. Through unrestricted funding and support to develop, we work alongside those who understand the complexity of the issues people face or the barriers they experience and are best placed to make a genuine difference to people’s lives.  

We work in partnership with charities and communities that understand the needs and aspirations of people and can make a lasting difference to their lives. We provide flexible, unrestricted funding and additional support to develop to help charities grow stronger and thrive beyond the lifetime of their grant.

Our focus is where our combination of funding and additional support can make the greatest impact on those we partner with. Our programmes aim to give charities the stability and freedom to use the funding as they best see fit.

Closed Programmes

Closed

Local collaborations

This programme is for collaborations led by small charities seeking to influence change at a local level around three issues within accommodation, social security and refugees and asylum seeker support.

Funding amount

£100,000 with the opportunity to extend to a further £50,000

Length of grant

Two years with the opportunity to extend to three

Opens in

February 2025

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Closed

Racial equity

Small local charities and community interest companies (CICs) working with people experiencing inequity because of their race or ethnicity can apply for a three year unrestricted grant of £75,000.  

Funding amount

£75,000

Length of grant

Three years

Opens in

March 2025

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Closed

Deaf and Disabled people's organisations

Small local charities and community interest companies (CICs) led by and working with Deaf and Disabled people experiencing poverty can apply for a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000.

Funding amount

£75,000

Length of grant

3 years

Opens in

June 2025

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Closed

Specialist programme

This programme is designed to support small specialist charities, with an annual income between £25,000 to £500,000, that work with people to help them overcome complex issues.  

Funding amount

£75,000

Length of grant

3 years

Opens in

Later in 2025

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Closed

Organisational Development Support programme

This programme we will help charities to identify and prioritise their development goals, building on what they are already great at and how to respond to and overcome challenges.

Length of support

2 years

Location

England and Wales

Organisations

Small charities

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Closed

National influencing programme

This programme is for charities and CICs seeking to influence and achieve change in national policy and practice for people facing complex issues around specific issues within the accommodation, social security, and refugees and asylum seeker support.

Funding amount

£30,000 - £150,000

Length of grant

Up to three years

Location

England and Wales

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Talking about your grant

If you're already funded by us, take a look at our guidance for how you can talk about your partnership with us externally, as well as our brand guidelines.

Our impact in 2023

706

small charities supported through our grants programmes

£20.5m

awarded in funding in total

504,000

people supported by our charity partners

Learn about the charities we partner with