Aims/priorities: The funding currently only supports charities serving people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.
The funding is to help people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups to:
- Access a place to call home with the following target outcomes:
- Access and support into a safe and secure permanent place to call home – supporting charities that enable people most in need to live independently.
- 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.
- Improve financial wellbeing with the following target outcomes:
- The support needed to prevent and/or address financial difficulty. Support for charities who provide help and guidance on how to manage money and improve financial wellbeing.
- Access to financial education. Support for charities whose work will support financial independence and education.
Who can apply? UK registered charities based and working in the UK may apply.
To be eligible, applicants must be charities:
- Registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, and the Scottish Charity Regulator.
- Established for at least three years and able to provide three years of accounts published on the relevant Charity Commission.
- Which have a direct benefit to people in the UK.
- Be supporting people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.
Successful applicants must wait three years before re-applying. Unsuccessful applicants must wait one year before re-applying.
Grant amount: The maximum grant available is £10,000.
Application process: The trustees meet twice a year in June and December.
The second 2025 application window opens 1 September (9:00) and closes 31 October (17:00) for the December 2025 meeting.
Applications received outside the submission dates will not be accepted.
Notifications of decisions can take up to 28 days from the trustees meeting date. Successful applicants will be notified by email.
The online application form can be found on the Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation website.
Contact Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation for further information.
Deadline: The second 2025 application window opens:
- 1 September and closes 31 October 2025 (17:00) for the December meeting.
Contact information: Email: charitablefoundation@skipton.co.uk
Website: Skipton Charitable Foundation