Leeds Building Society Foundation Grants

As of July 2022, Leeds Building Society shifted their Charitable Foundation’s focus to supporting those in need of a safe and secure home, and they want to provide UK registered charities with grants to support this purpose.

Your project must meet their purpose through one or more of the following criteria themes:

• Financial stress
• Security and refuge
• Quality and suitability of housing
• Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness

Leeds Building Society welcome applications from those who take a Housing First and/or relationship-based approach. In your application Leeds Building Society would like to see evidence of:

• Strength-based practice
• Trauma-informed care
• Psychologically-informed environments

Small grants (up to £1,000)

For small grants, Leeds Building Society only accept requests to fund capital expenditure. This means that they fund the purchase of items used to directly help those in need, rather than contributing to a charity's running costs.

Leeds Building Society will only accept small grant applications from UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million.

Large grants (£25,000-£100,000)

Applicants for large grants can apply for between £25,000 and £100,000. This can be a one year grant, or split across two or three years.

You can apply for core, project and/or capital costs. You can apply for new work or existing work, as long as you’re not requesting retrospective funding. Leeds Building Society advise you to apply for what you need the most, in order to support those in need of a safe and secure home.

For the large grants, they’re only accepting grants from organisations based in Yorkshire and/or the North East of England.

Leeds Building Society will only accept large grant applications from UK registered charities. For large grant applications, they only accept applications from UK registered charities with a turnover of £5 million or less.