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 applying to another of our funds for the same project, at the same time
• 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

When we will not fund an organisation

We will not fund organisations that:

• are not led by, or accountable to, people with lived experience
• cannot show how their work has already contributed to changing the root causes of inequality
• have no clear plan to build on what they’ve already learned or achieved
• work alone rather than with others to create lasting impact