Available Funding

Postcode Local Trust (West of England)

Back for another year, the Postcode Local Trust is supporting organisations across the West of England with unrestricted funding. 

The funding is for projects that have a clear alignment with one of the Trust’s themes: 

• Enabling participation in the arts – organisations whose core work helps people overcome specific barriers to accessing the arts. Applications must show how their activities directly remove, or support people to overcome, these barriers
• Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty – organisations that support people at risk of or living in poverty. Applications must demonstrate specialist, ongoing support that directly addresses the causes or impacts of poverty
• Improving mental health – organisations that support people experiencing mental ill-health, rather than general mental wellbeing. Applicants must demonstrate ongoing, specific support for mental health conditions as a core purpose, rather than occasional or general social, wellbeing activities
• Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality – organisations whose primary purpose is to support specific marginalised communities to fully participate in social, economic, political or cultural life. Applicants must be able to demonstrate how their work helps overcome systemic barriers

Funding offered is flexible, and they want to hear about the work your whole organisation does, rather than a specific project or costs you want to use the funding for.

Funding rounds are consistently oversubscribed, meaning that not all strong applications can be supported. To assist with decision-making, priority may be given to organisations that meet one or more of the following:

• Have an income of £250,000 or below
• Work in communities located in the top 15% of the English Index of Multiple Deprivation
• Organisations whose main activities are focused on supporting marginalised groups. This could include, but is not limited to, disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequity, and LGBT+ people.
• Are in areas that have not recently received funding. For this, Postcode Local Trust will primarily be looking at postcode areas (eg. EHX XXX) that have not received funding in the last 12 months. You can find a list of organisations supported here.

Grant amounts: You can apply for up to £50,000 in total over the three years, depending on your organisation’s income

Deadline(s):

The funding round dates for 2026 are:

• Round 1: 23rd February 9am to 2nd March 12 noon
• Round 2: 26th May 9am to 2nd June 12 noon
• Round 3: 25th August 9am to 1st September 12noon