What we will fund

You can apply for between £300 and £10,000 to pay for some or all of your project costs. the Awards for All programme will not give more than £10,000 (in one or more grants) to an organisation in any one year period.

There are some things we are unable to pay for and these are shown below.

What can't we fund?

• activities that happen or start before we confirm our grant
• any costs you incur when putting together your application
• any expenditure incurred or committed before we confirm our grant (including deposits)
• day-to-day running costs (for example, utility bills, council tax, rent and insurance)
• contingency costs
• endowments (to provide an income)
• existing activities and repeat or regular events, including those we have funded before, unless it is more than three years since those actitivites or events have taken place, or have been developed for example they are to be run with new beneficiary types in a new area
• feasibility studies for building projects that will cost more than £25,000 (including VAT)
• fundraising activities for your organisation
• items that mainly benefit individuals (for example, equipment that is not shared)
• items that are purchased on behalf of another organisation
• land, building, refurbishment, landscaping or property projects (including playgrounds and temporary buildings) costing more than £25,000 (including VAT)
• land or building projects where the ownership or lease is not yet inplace (including any planning permissions)
• loans or interest payments
• ongoing staff costs (including salaries of permanent or fixed term staff)
• political or religious activities
• projects or activities that the state has a legal obligation to provide
• projects that you cannot maintain because of high ongoing costs or the need for specialist skills
• projects that cannot be completed within 12 months of the date of the letter confirming the grant
• purchase of alcohol
• routine repairs and maintenance
• used vehicles
• VAT that you can recover
• projects where the main purpose is to increase participation in sports, arts or heritage.