What you can spend the money on

What we can fund

You can apply for funding to cover core costs like:

• staff costs, including sessional workers

• development work, for example, staff training, governance support, or tech upgrades

• transport

• utilities and day-to-day running costs

• volunteer expenses

• learning and evaluation

• equipment

• minor capital costs for land or building work – these should not be a large part of your request

• costs for working in other languages, if you support people who do not speak English as a first language

Political activity and campaigning

We can fund some political activity and campaigning. But only if:

• the activity is not party political. This means that it must be about policy, practice, or legislation rather than opposing or supporting a political party

• the activity is meant to help the cause of your organisation and benefit the public or society

We will not fund projects where political activities are the main purpose. But we can fund projects that are mainly about campaigning.