Our strategy overview

Our ambition

The ambition through this strategy is to create resilient communities that are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable, funding activities and organisations that strengthen society and improve lives across the UK.

We’re focusing our efforts where there is greatest need. We’re looking to make a bigger difference in the years ahead, both by listening and responding to communities, and being more focused on supporting the greatest impact.

It starts with community.

Our community-led missions - what we’ll achieve by 2030

Communities come together

We’ll support communities to come together by:

• creating accessible, welcoming places, both physical and virtual, for people to meet
• initiating engaging and inclusive activities that support connections within and between groups of people
• enabling people from all backgrounds to shape the future of their communities
• cultivating an increased sense of belonging

Communities help children and young people thrive

We’ll enable children and young people to thrive by:

• creating opportunities for children and young people from all backgrounds to enjoy community experiences
• helping children and young people shape the decisions that affect them and their communities
• providing children and young people access to safe spaces to play, participate, socialise and get support

Communities are healthier

We’ll enable people to live healthier lives by:

• helping reduce health inequalities
• increasing opportunities for community participation to shape better health services
• taking a preventative approach to health

Communities are environmentally sustainable

We’ll support environmentally sustainable communities that:

• reduce carbon emissions and negative environmental impact
• create positive environmental impacts
• establish equality of access to the natural environment
• improve the quality of natural spaces

Our approach

Here’s how we’re putting our strategy into action:

• an equity-based approach to tackle inequality
• supporting communities to build from their strengths
• supporting what matters most to different communities
• flexible grant making model with small one-off grants starting from £300 up to £20,000, to longer term grants and strategic significant partnership investments

Our values

Our values shape how we work with communities, guide our partnerships, and help us deliver meaningful impact:

• inclusive
• ambitious
• impact focused
• adaptable
• compassionate