Our application guidance

OUR APPLICATION GUIDANCE

How to submit your Full Application for our previous funding programmes: Health Education, Relief of Sickness, and International

You can submit a Full Application to our previous funding programmes only if we have sent you an invitation to do so. This contains the link to our online Full Application form with the name of your charity pre-populated. We do not accept applications by email from organisations that have not been invited to apply.

You can find guidance and drafting documents below if you prefer to work offline and then submit your Full Application via our online portal:

• Health Education (guidance and drafting form)
• Relief of Sickness (guidance and drafting form)
• International (guidance and drafting form)

How to apply to the new Physical Health and Mental Health programmes

• We operate a two-stage application process for our Physical Health and Mental Health programmes: an Expression of Interest (open to all eligible organisations) followed by a Full Application (on invitation only).

• To access the Expression of Interest you need to complete the Eligibility Checker.
  

• Application guidance and drafting templates are included in the relevant programme information page in the How to apply section.

• Application deadlines and grant round timelines are included in the relevant funding programme pages in the When to apply section. 
  

How to apply to the Hospice Care programme

• Applications to our Hospice Care programme are assessed through a single-stage process (applications to this programme will open in October 2025).

• To access the Expression of Interest you need to complete the Eligibility Checker.
  

• Application deadlines and grant round timelines are included in the relevant funding programme pages in the When to apply section. 
  

Before applying

Please review our What we don’t fund page to ensure your organisation and project are eligible for consideration by The Foundation.

If your organisation and proposed service meet our eligibility criteria, but any of the following apply:

• you are a current grant holder; or
• you have received a grant from us in each of the last three consecutive years; or
• you have had an Expression of Interest or Full Application declined within the past 12 months;

you can check our Applicants FAQs or our Grant holders FAQs to find out when you are next eligible to apply.

If you're unsure whether your internal records are up to date, please email us or call us on 0117 9596496 and we’ll be happy to advise.

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