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The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation has two focus areas through which it aims to drive social impact.

Helping people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups to:

• access a place to call home.
• and improve financial wellbeing.

1. A Place to Call Home

The target outcomes include:

• People have access and support into a safe and secure permanent place to call home. They want to support charities that enable people most in need to live independently.
• People have access and support into a safe and secure temporary home in times of crisis. Enabling people into temporary accommodation in emergency situations such as homelessness, palliative or end of life, or for those experiencing domestic abuse.

2. Financial Wellbeing

The target outcomes include:

• People have the support needed to prevent and/or address financial difficulty. They want to support charities who provide help and guidance on how to manage money and improve financial wellbeing.
• People have access to financial education. They are looking to support charities whose work will support financial independence and education.

If your charity's mission meets one or more of the target outcomes, the Foundation will consider funding core costs, project costs and small capital contributions, for example:

• Salary requests for personnel delivering the proposed project should be structured to ensure they are longer-term and sustainable. Applicants must provide evidence that funding has been secured to cover the full cost of these salaries.
• Overhead expenses such as rent or utilities.
• Scaling up successful programmes or developing new ones.
• Investing in infrastructure or technology to improve operations.
• Daily essentials such as pots, pans and white goods for people who have secured a permanent place to call home.
• Aids such as a ramp/stairlift in a community centre in order to remove any physical barriers to access for local people.
• Books or resources which support financial education. Laptops or online systems used to deliver digital competence sessions.

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Geographical areas funded: UK East Lothian Edinburgh Glasgow Aberdeen Perth and Kinross

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital, Revenue, Core costs

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

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Average:

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Annually awarded:

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Who can apply

Funds registered charities based in the UK, particularly in areas near the Society's Principal Office or one of its branches (in Scotland this is Aberdeen, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, North Berwick and Perth). The Foundation will only fund charities supporting people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.

When to apply

The trustees will meet three times in 2026, in April, July and December. Submission opening dates for the meetings are as follows:

• April 2026 (applications opened 1 January 2026 at 9am)
• July 2026 (applications opened 1 April 2026 at 9am)
• December 2026 (applications open 1 September 2026 at 9am)

Each application round will be limited to 75 submissions. Once this threshold is reached, applications will close and will not reopen until the next cycle. Any subsequent applicants will be notified of the next available date for submitting applications.

How to apply

Apply online via the Foundation website.

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Exclusions

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Activites funded: Housing and shelter Community facilities Education and training Financial advice and support General charitable activities Health care and wellbeing Recreation and social activities Respite and holidays

Beneficiaries funded: Children Socially isolated people Older people Disabilities Learning disabilities Physical disabilities Sensory impairments Young people

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