Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - North of England

The Trust has published its funding guide for Round 3 which opens for applications at 9am on 25 September for a 12-day period.

There are a number of key points to note:

• The Trust offer three-year funding for Registered Charities, Community Interest Companies, and Charitable Community Benefit Societies with an annual income between £10,000 and £1 million.
• Funding offered is flexible, and the Trust want to hear about the work your whole organisation does, rather than a specific project or costs you want to use the funding for.
• You can apply for up to £50,000 in total over the three years, depending on your organisation’s income
• The eligibility quiz will tell you the maximum amount your organisation can apply for. Your request must be no more than 75% of your annual income listed on your most recent set of signed accounts.

To be eligible for funding, your organisation's main aims and objectives must fit with one of the funding themes listed below:

• Enabling participation in the arts
• Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
• Supporting marginalised groups and/or tackling inequality
• Improving mental health: the focus will be on organisations that are actively supporting specific mental health issues, rather than general mental wellbeing activities.

Funding rounds are consistently oversubscribed, meaning that not all strong applications can be supported. To assist with decision-making, priority may be given to organisations that meet one or more of the following:

• Have an income of £250,000 or below
• Work in communities located in the top 15% of the English Index of Multiple Deprivation
• Organisations whose main activities are focused on supporting marginalised groups. This could include, but is not limited to, disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequity, and LGBT+ people.
• Are in areas that have not recently received funding. For this, they will primarily be looking at postcode areas (eg. EHX XXX) that have not received funding in the last 12 months. You can find a list of organisations supported here.