We give major grants for running costs to charities and not-for-profit organisations with a focus on Family Support. Preference for front line organisations working directly with families in need. Further focuses may further include:
-Early intervention
-Families coping with addiction
-Prisoners’ families.

Your organisation’s postcode, or the project area, must be ranked within the most deprived 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for urban areas or within the most deprived 50% for rural areas.

Open to any eligible organisation with an annual income under £500,000

Single year grants:
From £10,000 to a max of £50,000 for one year for core costs, salaries, running and project costs.
The amount requested must not be for more than 50% of the total cost.
No further applications can be made for two years after the completion of the grant.

OR

Multi-year grants:
From £10,000 up to a maximum of £100,000 over 3-years for core costs, salaries, running or project costs. No more than £50k can be applied for in any given year over a 3 year period.
The amount requested must not be for more than 50% of the total cost.

Who And What We Fund
• Charitable organisations including social enterprises, not-for-profit registered companies (not CICs) and voluntary organisations in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
• Small to medium sized local organisations with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts
• Revenue costs including core costs, salaries, running and project costs

Organisations We Do Not Fund
• Organisations whose postcode is not within the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) limits set out on page 2
• Organisations with an annual income over £500k
• For Major Grants: Adventure Playgrounds, Baby Banks and Disability charities
• Individuals, whether direct or through a third party
• Newly established organisations with no previous annual accounts
• Charities or NGOs registered outside the UK
• Community Interest Companies (CICs)
• Statutory services including state schools, local or national authorities, prisons, NHS hospitals or services
• Universities, further education colleges and independent schools
• Hospices
• Grant-making or umbrella organisations
• Organisations that have applied to us unsuccessfully within the previous 12 months
• Organisations which have made late annual returns to the Charity Commission or Companies House within the past three years
• Organisations which have not reviewed their safeguarding policy and/or held formal safeguarding training/refresher sessions within the past 12 months
• Organisations holding more than 12 months operating costs in reserves

Projects we do not fund:

• Capital projects
• Projects outside the UK
• Animal welfare
• Environment & conservation
• Medical research
• Feasibility studies
• One-off events (except under the Small Grants programme)
• PR and awareness raising; fundraising salaries, events, initiatives or websites
• Non-secular activities
• Projects primarily concerned with the production of films, podcasts or other media
• Urban projects not delivered in the same city/ town (or borough for London) in which the applying organisation is based