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
• Retrospective projects (ie, we do not award funding for projects that have already been completed)

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