They aim to help organisations to become sustainable, supporting running and core costs to enable them to have flexibility, security and longevity. They focus on work with adults (not children or young people) and are interested in funding charitable causes which they believe to be unpopular both in society, and with other funders
Aims are to fund work which:
- will make a lasting difference to people’s lives rather than simply alleviating the symptoms or current problems;
- is aimed at reducing isolation, stigma and discrimination, and;
- encourages or enables unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community.
The priority groups for funding are:
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- Gypsies and Travellers
- Migrant communities
- Offenders and ex-offenders
- Older people
- People experiencing mental health problems
- People experiencing violence or abuse
- Social Cohesion Programme
Applications are all online