Who cannot apply

We cannot accept applications from:

• schools

• public bodies, such as councils, hospitals or government departments

• individuals or sole traders

• organisations based outside the UK

• companies that can pay profits to directors, shareholders or members (including companies limited by shares)

• organisations that have had funding for the same work, we will not fund the same work twice

• organisations applying on behalf of someone else (unless you're applying together as a partnership)

• new partnerships where the organisations have not worked together on this type of work before

What we cannot fund

We do not fund:

• activities that make profit for private gain

• religious activities – unless the work benefits the wider community and does not include religious content

• activities that replace government funding

• activities that benefit individuals unreasonably, rather than the wider community

• retrospective costs – anything you’ve already spent money on

• loan repayments

• onward grant making – redistributing funding to other organisations

• topping up reserves or contingency funds

• large capital or building projects

• organisations who submit proposals to more than one programme for the same work