Core (Organisational) Costs Fund, BBC Children in Need
Our Core Costs funding stream supports essential organisational and administrative spending. These are the key expenses required to keep your organisation running.
We know it’s sometimes harder to secure funding for organisational running costs whilst delivering projects for children and young people. If you need funding for the types of costs listed below, or for other “Core” costs that would help to strengthen your organisation’s ability to support children and young people, then this might be the programme to choose. Core funding isn’t about delivering a specific project or service, it’s about having a solid foundation to do so.
Core Costs funding can be spent on your organisation’s central day-to-day operations. These might include, for example:
Management and administration
HR and payroll– this includes salaries for roles that are considered essential for the sustainability of the organisation as well as HR related costs
General office expenses
Accountancy and audit
Communications and outreach
Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
Governance, regulatory, and compliance costs
Our Core Costs funding stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations working with children and young people. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. We aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.
We will only consider applications for over £15,000 per year from organisations who have registered with the appropriate regulatory body. We do not make grants of over £120,000 (or £40,000 per year), and most grants we make are for much less than this.
Note: We seek to prioritise smaller, local organisations. As a result, for Core Grants we will not fund any organisations with a turnover of over £1m in the most recent, complete financial year
This funding stream has no application deadline – you can apply at any time
Small Eco Awards, The National Lottery Community Fund
Grants of £300 to £20,000 for community environmental projects in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales, such as community gardens, biodiversity work, outdoor learning, citizen science and repair, reuse and recycling scheme
We’ll fund projects that meet at least one of our priorities:
help people connect with and care for nature in their area
make a positive difference to the environment
help people tackle pollution in their communities
You can use our funding to:
start a new activity or continue an existing one (if it meets our priorities)
help your organisation or community (or both) adapt to new challenges
run one-off events that have a clear environmental benefit
Deadline: Rolling - open year-round, decisions within 12 weeks
Our main grants programme provides support for places. These grants are for capital initiatives, i.e. buildings (new build or refurbishment) and equipment.
We fund a broad range of organisations working across the fields of education, science & medicine, health & disability, heritage, humanities & the arts.
