Grants of up to £45,000 (previously £30,000) over 1-3 years are available to smaller registered charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs) and Community Benefit Societies to transform their impact by unlocking exponential growth, sustainability, efficiency or create some other major step forward. The Trust particularly encourages applications from smaller organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access Trust and Foundation funding in the past.
The Fore Trust (often referred to as "The Fore") offers unrestricted grants of up to £45,000 (this was previously £30,000) spread over 1-3 years which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation.
The Fore does not fund project-based work, but looks to make grants that will strengthen organisations for the longer term. Funding might, for example, help organisations:
- Grow or scale up their work
- Increase their internal capacity
- Serve new beneficiary groups, and/or
- Become more sustainable and efficient
The Fore particularly encourages applications from small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access Trust and Foundation funding in the past. The Trust’s funding process is specifically designed to level the playing field and give no advantage to those with fundraising experience or connections.
Grants of up to £45,000 over 3 years are available, with no matched funding requirement, to any UK registered charity, Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), Community Interest Company (CIC) or Community Benefit Society with an income of under £500,000 during their last completed financial year.
The Fore supports work across the following charitable sectors:
- Arts and culture
- Disability
- Economic development and employability
- Environment
- Health and Wellbeing
- Housing and homelessness
- Human rights, law and justice
- Poverty and disadvantage
- Sport
- Women and girls, and
- Youth and education
A number of case studies of previously funded agencies can be found on the Trust's website.
The first step to applying is to submit an Expression of Interest.
Expressions of interest - or registration form - take 2-3 minutes to complete. The form will be open for one week, From 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 25 November 2026 to 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 2 December 2026.
Shortly after the application window has closed, applicants will receive confirmation via email about whether they have been allocated a place on the funding round with details on how to submit a full application. If there are more applicants registered than places available, places will be allocated at random.
Further information, guidance and an Expression of Interest Form can be found on the Trust’s website.