What we will NOT fund - exclusions

We do not support the following, no matter how worthwhile:

• Capital costs, including building work, renovations, and equipment
  
  
• Grants to individuals or to causes that will benefit only one person, including student grants or bursaries
  
  
• Work that does not have a direct benefit in the UK
  
  
• Work that is common to many parts of the UK such as:
  • Mainstream activities of organisations that are part of a wider network (including branches of national organisations)
  • Services that are provided in similar ways in many locations such as refuges, hostels, night shelters and standard services for homeless people, contact centres, sports associations, playgroups, play schemes, out of school clubs, supplementary schools, playgroups, youth clubs, and general capacity building/ professional development
  • Energy efficiency or waste reduction schemes such as recycling or renewable energy schemes unless they have exceptional social benefits
  • Routine information and advice work.
    
    Please see these Main fund examples for how we interpret this exclusion.
    
    
• Recreational activities including outward bound courses and adventure experiences
  
  
• Healthcare or related work such as medical research, complementary medicine, hospices, counselling and therapy, education about and treatment for drug and alcohol misuse
  
  
• Work that is primarily the responsibility of central or local government, health trusts or health authorities. This includes residential, respite and day care, housing provision, individual schools, nurseries and colleges, and vocational training
  
  
• We will not normally replace or subsidise statutory income although we will make rare exceptions where the level of performance has been exceptional and where the potential impact of the work is substantial
  
  
• The independent education sector
  
  
• Animal welfare, zoos, captive breeding and animal rescue centres
  
  
• The promotion of religion
  
  
• Retrospective funding, meaning support for work that has already taken place
  
  
• General appeals or circulars.

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