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What you can spend the money on

What we can fund

We can fund:

  • your organisation's project delivery and running costs
  • equipment
  • one-off events
  • staff costs
  • training costs
  • transport
  • utilities
  • volunteer expenses
  • evaluation costs

What we cannot fund

We cannot fund:

  • retrospective costs (costs for things that have already happened, or you’ve already paid for)
  • alcohol
  • contingency costs, loans, endowments or interest
  • paying someone else to write your application for you
  • fundraising activities (where you use our funding to raise more money)
  • VAT you can reclaim
  • religious activities (we can fund religious organisations if their project benefits the wider community and does not include religious content)
  • statutory activities
  • activities that help children or young people with their schoolwork during school time
  • overseas travel
  • projects that take place outside of the UK
  • activities that make profits for private gain
  • cash that will be given directly to individuals
  • political campaigning and lobbying