Postcode Local Trust

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.

Fund description:

https://www.postcodelocaltrust.org.uk/