Who/what we will not give grants to

  • Individuals or sole traders
  • Organisations that make profit for private gain
  • Public bodies, including local authorities, schools, universities, community or town councils
  • Organisations based outside England
  • Organisations applying on behalf of other organisations. The organisation applying for a grant must be the same organisation that will receive and have responsibility for the funding
  •  Organisations without the proper financial records
  • Proposals that duplicate existing services, initiatives or activities
  • Routine ongoing, updating or maintenance costs of organisations
  • Fundraising projects
  • Research projects. Research is defined for this purpose as ‘creative work carried out to increase knowledge’. If you are not sure if your proposed project would be included in this definition, please contact us
  •  Capital expenditure
  • The development of new office locations. All partnerships should have established delivery centres
  •  Proposals where the funding you want each year is more than 25% of the lead applicant's yearly income (based on your most recently available audited accounts)
  • We welcome applications from both religious and secular organisations, but do not fund organisations to promote religious activities
  •  We do not fund political activities
  • Continuation of services, where funding is coming to an end, unless projects can demonstrate that new posts will involve new, streamlined systems