Our Improving Lives and Strengthening Communities grant programmes are now closed.
No further applications for these grant programmes will be accepted from this point.
While we are now closed to new applications, we are aware of the acute need for funding in the sector at present and will be distributing our full Improving Lives and Strengthening Communities annual budget of over £40million in 2024.
A new funding strategy will be launched in Spring 2025 reflecting the changed context since the last strategy was launched in 2017. Our future priorities will continue to fund organisations working to tackle social and economic disadvantage and support those in poverty, as well as seeking to maximise our long-term impact and support the sector in the most effective ways we can.
We are immensely proud of the positive impact that our grant holders have achieved through the Improving Lives and Strengthening Communities grant programmes and the hundreds of thousands of people they have supported. In total, these grant programmes will have provided £250m in grant funding to the sector over the last seven years.
We will share more about our strategic direction and plans over the coming months. To ensure that you hear about updates on our new strategy as soon as they are announced, please sign up for our newsletter.
Updated 28/6/24, 16:00.