Postcode Neighbourhood Trust

The Postcode Neighbourhood Trust is the branch of the Postcode Lottery's grant-giving trusts that covers the north of England. The Trust's third and final round of funding for this year will be open a blue bag with a yellow ribbon around the top and white pound sign on the frontat 10am on 2 October for a minimum of 24 hours. The Trust's funding priorities are:

  • Providing support to improve mental health (activities that are actively supporting specific mental health issues, rather than general mental wellbeing activities)
  • Enabling participation in physical activity
  • Enabling participation in the arts
  • Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
  • Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality
  • Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency
  • Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors

Registered charities, CICs and Community Benefit Societies are eligible to apply for a maximum of £25,000, while other constituted not-for-profit groups can apply for up to £2,500.

Funding will be prioritised for:

  • Organisations with an annual income of under £250,000
  • Those that operate in areas in the 15% most deprived in England (per IMD statistics)
  • Those that are led by and for communities experiencing racial inequality/people with disabilities/LGBT+ communities

Applications can be made for either project or unrestricted funding.

Apply here