Lloyds Bank Foundation

People’s Postcode Trust

City Bridge Trust

Fundraising Category: Core funding

 

Unrestricted funding for small and local charities, investing in their work helping people overcome complex social issues across England and Wales.

We support charities with an annual income of £25,000 to £1m with a proven track record of helping people on a journey of positive change through in-depth, holistic and person-centred support. We offer unrestricted funding, including around core costs, and tailored development support to help your charity be more effective.

To qualify organisations must be addressing one of seven defined complex social issues: most relevant to the play sector will be learning disabilities but some organisations may meet the criteria for strands on young parents, and mental health.

 

Community funds
People's Health Trust
Community groups and not-for-profit organisations with an annual income of less than £350,000 can apply for a grant of between £5,000 and £40,000 to fund projects which help make their communities a better place to live.
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The Postcode Society Trust awards funds raised from players of the People’s Postcode Lottery to local good causes in the south of England.

Provides core or project funding of up to £20,000 to organisations with an income of less than £1m (and preferably less than £500k). 2021 deadlines are generally the beginning of each month.

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Capital funding
City Bridge Trust
The Trust currently awards around £20m per year to charitable causes aimed at tackling inequality in London.
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The Trust currently awards around £20m per year to charitable causes aimed at tackling inequality in London.

The majority of these grants are made under its Bridging Divides scheme, which has three programmes: Connecting the Capital, Positive Transitions and Advice & Support; and it also has a Small Grants programme. Organisations can apply for up to five years of funding, including core funding.

There are no deadlines and applications are accepted on a continuous basis. It usually takes about four months from submission to final decision although in the ongoing coronavirus crisis, turnaround time is now up to nine months.

More details and how to apply are here.

Capital funding
National Lottery Community Fund
NLCF (previously Big Lottery) is responsible for distributing £600m each year to communities, raised by players of the National Lottery. The National Lottery Community Fund runs more than 20 funding programmes, several of which are relevant to play - including Awards for All and Reaching Communities.
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