Exclusions
We do not fund non-capital costs. Items which we consider to be non-capital include:
- Salaries and overheads
- Volunteer expenses
- Training
- Rent
- Costs associated with the lease of property or equipment
- Professional fees
- Marketing/literature/leaflets
- Equipment for one-off use, or which will be given to service users for personal use on a permanent basis
- One-off events
Types of organisations we do not fund:
- Organisations who have received a grant offer from us within the last five years (unless they have been specifically invited to reapply)
- Organisations that promote a particular religion or only provide services to people of a particular religion
- Organisations who have had an application declined in the last six months (please note: you cannot reapply for the same project if it has been declined)
- Those with over £10 million income per annum
- Those with over 12 months of reserves
- Hospices and NHS charities
- Grant-making organisations
- Schools colleges or universities (unless their students are exclusively individuals with physical and/or learning disabilities e.g. special schools). Please note we do not fund PRUs or Alternative Provision providers.
- Almshouses
Types of projects we do not fund:
- Applications for a project which we have previously declined (please note: organisations can reapply for a different project after six months)
- Medical research or equipment
- Consumables such as clothes, food, sports kits and stationery
- Setting up/refurbishment of charity shops
- General appeals and emergency appeals
- Political projects
- Heritage projects
- Arts and education projects unless they work exclusively with individuals from our programme areas