Seven Friends Foundation
Details
Seven Friends Foundation provides small grants to organisations that fulfil their charitable aims:
- To support and promote causes that are ignored, unpopular or face widespread stigma
- Create stronger local communities that include those who have previously been excluded or marginalised
- Improve skills, infrastructure, sustainability and collaboration within the third sector
The Foundation wants to support those organisations and causes that are unpopular or do not receive widespread public attention. This could be due to negative focus within the media; due to difficulty in accessing statutory, voluntary and institutional funding; due to the cause being seen as politically controversial; or because the issue is not typically seen as a charitable cause. Examples of these types of causes or groups may be:
- Asylum seekers and refugees
- Migrant communities
- Offenders and ex-offenders
- People experiencing violence or abuse
- Sex workers
- Trafficking and modern slavery
- Dependency or Addiction
- LGBT+
- Sexual and reproductive health
They look to support organisations to undertake work and projects which are sustainable beyond the period of funding
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Geographical areas funded: UK
Fund type
- Type of funding:
- Grant
- Type of cost:
- Capital, Revenue, Core costs
Fund award sizes
- Minimum:
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- Maximum:
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- Annually awarded:
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- Notes on award amounts:
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Who can apply
Smaller organisations, i.e. organisations with an average annual income of under £300,000. Ideally registered charities, but unregistered organisations can also apply. They award grants to organisations that work anywhere within the United Kingdom, with a preference to those located in areas of deprivation.
- Maximum annual income:
- £300,000
When to apply
Currently closed.
How to apply
Send your application form (see website for required content) and annual accounts to secretary@sevenfriends.org.
Exclusions
Activites funded: Housing & shelter Advice & information Advocacy Befriending & mentoring Citizenship & community involvement Community development & regeneration Community facilities Community safety Education & training Employability services Environment Financial advice & support General charitable activities Health care & wellbeing Health education & promotion Heritage & building preservation Mental health care Organisational development & capacity building Recreation & social activities Social care & welfare Justice, equality & law
Beneficiaries funded: People affected by drugs and alcohol Black & Ethnic Minorities Carers Children Economically/socially disadvantaged Families General public Homeless or badly housed Care experienced people Socially isolated people LGBTQI people People in poverty Rural communities Men Mental health conditions Offenders & ex-offenders Older people Ill-health Disabilities Learning disabilities Physical disabilities Sensory impairments Refugees & asylum seekers Local communities Voluntary sector organisations Unemployed Victims of crime & abuse Volunteers Women & girls Young people Urban communities
Last reviewed 26 days ago
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