What partners can spend the money on

What we can fund

If you're a partner we’ll fund you between £50,000 and £80,000 to deliver activities that increase community power. And to work with us and other partners to share what works best.

We can fund:

• delivery costs for running activities that increase community power
• salary costs
• transport costs and expenses
• other costs involved in working as our partner and taking part in development work. Check with us if you are not sure.

We can also fund overheads

This could include things like part of your rent or insurance. Or part of a salary for someone not directly involved in this work. Like a senior manager or an office admin worker.

For example, the delivery work could end up being a quarter of the work your organisation does. In that case, we might fund a quarter of your overheads for that time.

This is sometimes known as full cost recovery. Find out how to work out overheads in our guide to full cost recovery.

What we cannot fund

We cannot fund:

• things you’ve spent money on in the past and are looking to claim for now (retrospective costs)
• any other costs not related to:
• activities that will increase community power
• working with us and partners to develop our new Community Power fund

UK’s subsidy control commitments

Our grants come from public funds and successful applicants will be asked to comply with the UK's International Subsidy Control Commitments listed on the GOV.UK website. You should seek independent legal advice if you need more guidance.