THE PEOPLE’S POSTCODE TRUST

THE PEOPLE’S POSTCODE TRUST – Grants up to £20,000  available for projects in England, Scotland and Wales that focus on the prevention of poverty and promotion of human rights by challenging discrimination and promoting employability and skills development.

Application deadlines:

o Round 1:  Stage 1 applications 6-20 February 2019. Stage 2 applications 27 March-10 April 2019.
o Round 2:  Stage 1 applications 31 July-14 August 2019.  Stage 2 applications 11-25 September 2019.

The People’s Postcode Trust provides funding for new projects, or significant expansions of existing projects, in England, Scotland and Wales. The projects can be up to 12 months in length. Please note that this is an extremely competitive grant programme.

In 2019, the Trust will consider projects which focus on:

o Promoting human rights;
o Combating discrimination; and/or
o Poverty prevention.

Grassroots organisations, local charities and non-profit community businesses may apply for a grant of between £500 to £20,000 are available, as follows:

1. Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity in England, Wales or Scotland can apply for between £500 and £2,000 in funding (for example, Companies limited by guarantee with a non-profit purpose, constituted voluntary organisation with no charity number,  a constituted voluntary organisation with no charity number, Community Interest Company with no charity number,  a constituted sports group with no charity number or organisations with tax exempt status but no registered charity number);

2. Applicants that are registered as charities in England, Wales or Scotland and can provide a charity number can apply for between £500 and £20,000 in funding.

Generally, the larger and longer the project the higher the amount it would be considered acceptable to request. The amount requested should be directly related to the strength of the long term outcomes of the project.

The Trust will consider applications from branches of national charities if the branch has its own charity registration number. However, this does not extend to local Wildlife Trusts.

All applicants must be able to provide proof they are a constituted organisation and have an organisation bank account.

All registered charities, with an income above £25,000, are expected to have a financial reserves strategy in place.

The following are not eligible for funding:

o Organisations currently in receipt of funding from players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, including previous grant recipients who have not submitted a project evaluation form;
o Existing projects (unless significant expansion);
o Bodies seeking to distribute grants/funds to others;
o Organisations with restricted or exclusive memberships;
o Applications where Postcode Local Trust funding would be less than 10% of the overall project cost;
o Organisations that have previously breached their funding agreement with Postcode Local Trust;
o Political parties or party political activities;
o Projects that promote religion;
o Schools (except for special schools), Parent Teacher Associations, nurseries, and universities/colleges;
o Lunch clubs, mother and toddler and after-school groups;
o Individuals;
o Feasibility studies;
o Foreign travel;
o General marketing appeals or sponsorship;
o Medical research, advice and equipment;
o End of life or palliative care;
o Short-term projects such as events, conferences, day trips, seminars, galas or festivals;
o Training or educational workshops that do not result in a tangible outcome for participants;
o Building renovations/general refurbishment;
o Installations of toilets, showers, lifts or changing rooms;
o Organisations that appear to have excessive unrestricted or free reserves and no policy to reflect the rationale behind this; or
o Projects or activities that the state has a legal obligation to provide.

The programme has two funding rounds and an online two-stage application process (Expression of Interest followed by Full Application).

The application form will appear online during the stage 1 dates.

The 2019 dates for application are as follows:

1. Round 1 
o Stage 1: Wednesday 6 -  Wednesday 20 February;
o  Stage 2: Wednesday 27 March – Wednesday 10 April.

2. Round 2
o Stage 1: Wednesday 31 July – Wednesday 14 August;
o Stage 2: Wednesday 11 – Wednesday 25 September.

Further information about the People’s Postcode Trust and how to apply is available on the Trust’s website.

Contact details for the Trust are:

The Management Team 
People's Postcode Lottery 
76 George Street 
Edinburgh 
EH2 3BU 
Tel: 0131 555 7287 
Email: info@postcodetrust.org.uk

(Source: GRIN)