We do not fund non-capital costs. Items which we consider to be non-capital include:

• Salaries and overheads
• Volunteer expenses
• Training
• Rent
• Costs associated with the lease of property or equipment
• Professional fees
• Marketing/literature/leaflets
• Equipment for one-off use, or which will be given to service users for personal use on a permanent basis
• One-off events

Types of organisations we do not fund:

• Organisations who have received a grant offer from us within the last five years (unless they have been specifically invited to reapply).
• Organisations that promote a particular religion or only provide services to people of a particular religion.
• Organisations who have had an application declined in the last six months (please note: you cannot reapply for the same project if it has been declined).
• Those with over £10 million income per annum.
• Those with over 12 months of reserves.
• Those that primarily provide services to other organisations – sometimes described 'second tier' or 'infrastructure' organisations. For example, a CVS (council for voluntary service) or membership group would not be eligible (unless they also provide direct or front-line services, and the project they are applying for specifically relates to that part of their delivery).
• Hospices and NHS charities.
• Grant-making organisations.
• Schools, colleges or universities – unless their students are exclusively individuals with physical and/or learning disabilities (e.g. special schools). Please note: we do not fund PRUs (pupil referral units) or Alternative Provision providers.
• Almshouses.
• Retrospective projects (ie, we do not award funding for projects that have already been completed).

Types of projects we do not fund:

• Applications for a project which we have previously declined (please note: organisations can reapply for a different project after six months)
• Medical research or equipment
• Consumables such as clothes, food, sports kits and stationery
• Setting up/refurbishment of charity shops
• General appeals and emergency appeals
• Political projects
• Heritage projects
• Arts and education projects unless they work exclusively with individuals from our programme areas