How to apply:
Advice for those we cannot fund

If you have applied for funding but have not been successful, please note the following criteria for re-application:

• Main Grants Programme
  Applicants must wait for a period of 12 months before re-applying. This rule will only be waived in exceptional circumstances.
  
  
• Schools Programme
  Primary Schools allocation of funding currently runs from January 2008 to 31st December 2010. Once schools have bid for their full allocation, no further funding will be considered until 2011. Secondary and Special Schools in the area of benefit are encouraged to bring imaginative projects which meet the Foundation's criteria.
  
  
• Grants to Individuals
  No repeat applications will be considered within 2 years of the last approved grant award or within 12 months of the last unsuccessful grant application. This rule will only be waived in exceptional circumstances.
  
  
• Islington Community Chest
  Groups can apply only once for funding during each financial year (i e. 1st April 2007 to 31st March 2008).
  
  

This section provides links to other sources of information about funding. Details about local funders can be found at our Links section.

Association of Charitable Foundations
- for information about other Trusts and Foundations and how to get grants
www.acf.org.uk

Directory of Social Change
- for practical information about fundraising, grants and training courses
www.dsc.org.uk

Funder Finder
- provides software to help identify Charitable Trusts that might offer support
www.funderfinder.org.uk

Guidestar UK
- provides information about charities and voluntary organisations in the UK
www.guidestar.org.uk

National Lottery funding
- for information about lottery funding programmes
www.lotteryfunding.org.uk

Government funding
- for information about government grants to the voluntary and community sector
www.governmentfunding.org.uk

European Union funding
- for information about European Union funding
http://europa.eu.int/grants