Aims/priorities: The Peter Harrison Foundation supports projects working with children, young people and adults who are disadvantaged or with disabilities. It offer small and major grants to charities and community amateur sports clubs in the UK and south east of England under the following two grant programmes:
- Active Lives – opportunities through sport and physical activity.
- Positive Futures – opportunities for children and young people. (Covered in a separate scheme)
Who can apply? Applications are accepted from UK organisations that:
- Are either a registered charity or a registered CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club).
- Have been registered with the charity regulator for two years or more (charity applicants).
- Have been registered as a CASC for two years or more (CASC applicants).
- Have produced independently examined or audited accounts for at least one full year of operation.
Priority will be given to organisations with a turnover of under £5 million.
February 2025 Announcement:
To help the Foundation manage the significant rise in applications it is prioritising applicants whose work most closely aligns to its mission. Unless applicants meet all the following criteria for Active Lives applications they are unlikely to be successful:
- Work with people living with disabilities in the top 10% of areas of deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation decile 1) AND
- Are from organisations with a track record of working with this population AND
- Have a robust plan for wider impact of the project through dissemination, training etc.
Grant amount: Grants of £5,001 to £30,000 are available (applications from organisations with a turnover of under £5 million are prioritised).
Application process: Due to an unprecedented surge in demand for funding, the Peter Harrison Foundation has announced it will close to new funding applications until further notice from 2 April 2025. Applications received by the end of the day on 1 April 2025 will still be considered.
February 2025 Announcement – The Foundation says:
"We recognise the time and resources organisations invest in preparing grant applications and want to avoid charities spending their valuable time on applications when the likelihood of success is so low. This closure will allow us to focus on:
- Reviewing our grantmaking strategy and processes to ensure our available funds can have the greatest possible impact in the future.
- Supporting around 200 current grant holders.
- Processing the hundreds of outstanding applications submitted before the deadline."
Applicants should first register online through the Peter Harrison Foundation's website and then complete an initial application. Successful applicants at this stage will be invited to complete a full application.
Contact The Peter Harrison Foundation for further information.
Deadline: Tuesday 01 April 2025
Contact information: Email: enquiries@peterharrisonfoundation.org
Website: About our grant programmes | Peter Harrison Foundation