Care Leavers We support charities with an annual income of £25,000 to £1 million working with young people aged 17 and above, who have spent time in care and are currently managing the transition into adulthood. We offer a two-year unrestricted grant of £50,000 alongside development support to help your charity navigate change. What to expect when applying for funding 1 Learn about the type of work we fund Start by selecting the complex social issue your charity mainly focuses on 2 Check your eligibility in five minutes Enter the local authority where you carry out your work 3 We'll send you a link to a short application form Tell us about your charity, the difference you make and your development needs 4 Your application will be reviewed by one of our Grants Officers We’ll look at how your charity fits with our criteria 5 Have a virtual meeting with one of our managers We will advise whether or not you will progress to the Grants Panel for a final decision Our applications are open all-year round. We aim to give you a decision within four months What We Fund What do we mean by Care Leavers People who are currently managing the transition from having spent time in care as a child. Such care could be in foster care, residential care, or other arrangements. The types of work we fund We fund work with young people aged 17+ who are currently managing the transition into adulthood, having spent any time in care. You can download our full eligibility criteria here. How we manage Regional Priorities We recognise that there are many charities out there who would like and would benefit from our support but, like any funder, we have a limit to the resources we have available. In fact, between now and the end of 2021, we will only be able to make around 190 new grants to small charities in England and Wales, and we know there are many more than that who would be eligible to apply. We also want to be open and transparent with charities and make best use of their time by being clear in advance which charities and areas we are more likely to fund at any time. Therefore, we have introduced ‘regional priorities’. Regional Priorities consider local need, the prevalence of eligible small and medium sized charities, the nature of the region and the level of investment the Foundation has given to each complex social issue in that area, including our portfolio of live grants. Whether your charity can apply to us this year depends on which Local Authority you do the majority of your work in, and the Complex Social Issue you are working to address. We review and update these regional priorities every six months. The Regional Priorities were last amended on 1st August 2021 What do we mean by In-depth We fund charities which work with people over a prolonged period (a minimum of 12-weeks). As a result, we do not fund work that is primarily one-off advice or signposting. Holistic and person-centred We expect the charity to use a 'person centred approach'. The individual will have been assessed and their needs identified with a plan of support put in place. Where your charity cannot meet all of an individual’s identified needs, you will need to tell us how you are working in partnership with others to address them. Targeted We do not support work that is purely reactive, or for the benefit of an entire geographic community. The charity will have identified a specific group of beneficiaries, will understand their needs and pro-actively seek to support them. Supporting a journey of change We expect the charity to be able to monitor and measure positive, outcome-based changes. These may not always be ‘hard’ outcomes, but we need to see evidence that the charity is supporting its service users to develop new skills, confidence, independence, security and/or agency. Core cost funding We apply few restrictions to the grants we make, instead we trust charities to spend their money how they see fit. Therefore, we do not ask for a budget, or how the money will be spent. Developmental Support We are able to offer charities a range of tailored developmental support to help build organisational capacity, improve resilience and sustainability. Whether it’s support to embed a new database, one of our expert consultants to help with your governance or fundraising, or even guidance on a particular finance or HR issue. We know the impact this support can have, so we are particularly keen to work with charities that can demonstrate an understanding of their own organisational development issues, and an appetite to address these. Unrestricted funding This is an unrestricted grant programme which means you can use the grant for any purpose that furthers your charity’s aims. For example, your Board might decide to build reserves or choose to pay for extra capacity to engage with organisational development. We do not ask for a budget or how the money will be spent. Our Racial Equity funding strand Under our Racial Equity strand, we are looking to support charities where more than half of their Trustee Board self-identify as belonging to a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic community. This funding is right for you if you can demonstrate that some of the services you provide are in-depth, holistic, and targeted at a particular Complex Social Issue. You’ll also be able to tell us the needs of the community you serve, and how you’ve identified these. Learn more about funding under Racial Equity. Watch our Core Funding Webinar and Q&A Learn more about the fund, application process and eligibility for our core funding in this webinar with the Grants Team. Still have questions? Download our eligibility criteria. Apply for funding for Care Leavers Local authority Enter name * Next Success stories Xtrax Located a stone’s throw from the beach in Hastings, Xtrax works with young people to develop long-term stability. 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