Eligibility

a) About your Organisation

Type of organisation: your organisation can be a registered charity, a not-for-profit or a CIC

Previous grantees: If you have received a grant from ECF in the past, you may reapply provided that your organisation does not have a current ‘live’ grant with us. You must have completed a Progress Report for your previous grant and it must be at least 12 months since your organisation last received ECF funding. If you think there are extenuating circumstances that should allow you to reapply outside of these timescales, please contact us.

Previously unsuccessful applicants: You should not reapply if you have unsuccessfully applied to ECF more than once. If you have applied unsuccessfully only once, you may apply again after 12 months have passed, in the next appropriate round.

Religious organisations: Your organisation must not promote or evangelise any particular faith, or discriminate internally or externally based on faith; trustees, staff, volunteers and beneficiaries should not be required to be of any particular faith. We will not consider applications from organisations whose goals include the promotion of their faith. However if your organisation grew from a religious basis but now has a multi-faith and secular approach, you may apply. Organisations should work with people of all faiths as well as those with no faith. If you are unsure if you are eligible, please contact us.

 b) About your Project

Fit with ECF Aims: Your project must fit strongly with at least one of ECF’s Aims. Please show in your application how it fits.

Location of your project: Your project must benefit people in one or more of the following locations:

Cheshire, Cumbria, Derbyshire, Durham, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Lincolnshire, Merseyside, Northumberland (inc Tyne & Wear), Nottinghamshire, Yorkshire.

However, if your project is not located as above but fits into one of the below exceptions, you may still apply:

1. You may still apply if your project benefits people who are in prisons outside of the above areas where those people are from - or could be from - the areas listed above
2. You may still apply if your project is around advocacy/policy and therefore benefits people from the above areas
3. You may still apply if you believe your project to be unique within the UK, particularly if it may lead to benefits for communities in the areas listed above at a later date. You must explain why you believe your project to be unique in your application.

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