Registered charities with an annual expenditure of less than £10 million who are working to support communities that are in need in England, Wales, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland can apply now for a grant.

The funding is for charitable work that meets one or more of the Foundation’s current priorities:

• Victims of modern slavery: to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• Victims of domestic abuse: to provide emergency safety and to support victims through associated poverty and mental health issues.
• Ex-offenders and their families: to support the ex-offenders back to work and contributing positively to society and to support their families whose lives can be severely impacted.
• Homelessness: to provide facilities for and support people, especially young people, on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• Medical research: to support research that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen the symptoms.
• Support for people with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers: to provide hospice care to support individuals and give respite to their carers to assist them with their mental health and other ambitions.
• Drug and substance misuse: to support rehabilitation and the journey back to independent living and work.
• Support for people with intellectual disability: to provide support with personal care, job skills and supported living.
• Care leavers: to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people.
• Worship and associated community outreach: to ensure places of worship are energy efficient and watertight with an emphasis on wider community use of church halls or Church buildings where those buildings are redundant or too large and where the parish has a focus on non-conditional outward facing work.
• Amateur sport: to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.
• Care for the elderly: to allow quality care for those who cannot afford private care or continue living at home.

Grants are usually more than £5,000 and may fund the costs of running a specific project for one to three years. Applicants are advised to request no more than 50% of the project’s total cost.

Funding is not available for general running costs or unrestricted expenditure.

Applications to the General Fund are accepted on a rolling basis. Applicants must begin by completing an online eligibility questionnaire. Organisations that meet the eligibility requirements will then be contacted with information about the next steps and when their application may be considered.

The fund may close once the Foundation has received enough applications, so charities are encouraged to apply promptly.

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