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The UK Fund

  • Project location: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
  • Amount: £500,000 to £5,000,000
  • A decision in: 36 weeks
  • Programme status: Open to applications

We offer larger amounts of funding to help you build on work that’s already making a difference. You’ll need to show clear evidence of what’s working and how you know it’s having an impact. We do not fund brand-new projects or services.

Your project should go beyond delivering a service. It should help change how systems work, leading to lasting benefits for communities.

All projects must meet one of these aims

Your project must clearly meet at least one of the following aims:

  • improve relationships between people with different life experiences
  • help people and communities meaningfully connect online when it's hard to meet in person
  • support people from all backgrounds to influence the future of their communities
  • help children and young people facing specific challenges to change the systems that affect them
  • help more organisations to involve and listen to children and young people
  • support people and communities experiencing health inequalities have their voices heard and acted upon to influence the systems that affect their health

Your project must also meet all the criteria listed in ‘Criteria your project must meet’.

We particularly welcome projects that involve or support people with disabilities.