Before you apply
1. Check this funding is right for you by reading what we’re hoping to fund.
2. Watch our short video summary of The UK Fund:
Read a transcript of the short video summary.
How to apply
Apply online Continue online application
If it's difficult or impossible for you to complete an online application form
You can contact us if you have any communication support needs.
We can provide other ways for you to tell us about your idea, such as:
- an Easy Read version of the application form and guidance
- a PDF version of the application form
- sharing a video describing your project idea, rather than describing it in words
- a British Sign Language (BSL) version of the application form and guidance.
What information you need to apply
In the application form we’ll ask you:
- what you want to do and why
- how your idea meets our funding aims and criteria (listed in what we're hoping to fund)
- what you hope to learn and what impact your learning will have.
You can see a full list of questions from the application form.
We ask for the contact details, home addresses and dates of birth of two different people from your organisation. We need a different email address for each person
One person should be someone we can talk to if we have any questions about your project. The other should be a senior member of your organisation, who'll be legally responsible for the funding. Both need to live in the UK.
These two people cannot be related. Related can mean:
- related by marriage
- in a civil partnership with each other
- in a long-term relationship with each other
- related through a long term partner
- living together at the same address
- related by blood.
What happens after you apply
It normally takes at least 6 months from when you send us your first application to find out if you are getting funding.
Here's what happens after you apply:
- We’ll consider your application
We may contact you to talk about your project, or to get more information.
There is high demand for this funding. So we’ll only invite you to the next stage if your application strongly fits with what we’re hoping to fund. - We’ll aim to tell you if you're through to the final stage within 10 weeks
If you’re not successful, we’ll tell you why.
If you’re successful, we’ll email you asking for more information about your project. - You’ll send us more information
This includes financial information and a more detailed project proposal covering how you’ll deliver this work.
You will usually have at least 2 weeks to provide this information. One of our team will read through it. They’ll work with you to find out more about your project. We’ll usually have calls or emails with you. - We’ll tell you our final decision around 4 months after we get your proposal
Our panel will decide whether to offer you funding.
If we do not offer you funding we’ll give you feedback to explain why. We’ll also try to offer you support. For example, giving you suggestions about how to improve any applications you write in the future. Or letting you know about other groups doing similar work. - If your application is successful
Here’s what happens when you’re awarded funding. We’ll also discuss how we can help you:- celebrate and promote your funding
- share your learning and collaborate with others.
We only have a certain amount of funding to award
We get a lot of applications, and many of them are for really worthwhile projects. So we have to make some tough decisions about which projects we can fund. This means there are often lots of good projects we cannot fund.
To find out how we use your personal data
You can read our data protection statement.