Postcode Local Trust supports smaller charities and good causes in the west of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
For 2024, the funding is for projects and activities relating to the following themes:
- enabling participation in physical activity
- enabling participation in the arts
- preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
- supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality
- improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency
- improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
- providing support to improve mental health (for organisations actively supporting specific mental health issues)
Not-for-profit organisations are eligible to apply:
- Community Interest Companies, Community Benefit Societies and Registered Charities can apply for £500 to £25,000
- Constituted voluntary organisations, excepted and exempt charities, companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock and parochial church councils can apply for £500 to £2,500.
Refer to the guidelines for full details of eligible organisations. Schools are not eligible for Postcode Local Trust funding.
Priority will be given to:
- organisations with an annual income of £250,000 and below
- projects for communities that rank as being within the top 15% in the English Indices of Deprivation*
- groups that are led by and provide services for communities experiencing racial inequity, people with disabilities or LGBT+ communities
*in Devon, these are:
- Ilfracombe – High Street, Fore Street & Quay
- Barnstaple – Town Centre
- Barnstaple – Forches Avenue area
- Exeter – Burnthouse Lane area
- Bideford – Town Centre
- Ilfracombe – College area
- Ilfracombe West – Wilder Road & Torrs Park
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Grants up to £25,000 for not-for-profit organisations that are making a difference to communities in the west of England
Application deadline:
There are three grant rounds in 2024: Round 1 closes on 1 March 2024; Round 2 closes on 3 June 2024; Round 3 closes on 2 September 2024. The application form is only available when each round opens which is a week before the closing date.