Loans and grants are available to small registered charities who provide homes that meet our eligibility criteria.

Applications are now closed.

We currently offer two separate restricted funding programmes:

• ‍Best practice grants for early in the development of a project to enable projects to reach the highest possible standards
• ‍The Main Grants and Loans Programme to fund projects which create homes

Restrictions

QHT funding is restricted; please see the guidance document below for details on how our funds can be spent.

Main grants and loans

For our main programme we ask that organisations submit a simple expression of interest form. If successful at this stage, organisations will then be asked to provide a second stage application. Given the scale of the projects we fund, we would ask that you make an expression of interest form early on in the process of developing your project. We can then discuss when you may be at a stage to submit a second stage application.

Funding available

Interest-free loans

For capital projects generating income from rent, trustees will award interest-free loans up to £30,000 with a 5% administration fee payable at the end of the loan period.

Please note, we will not offer capital grants to projects which generate income from their rent.

For awards of over £20,000, we will wish to take out a “restriction on title” for properties in England and Wales. This means that the property cannot be sold without our consent (which will be given once the loan is repaid).

Grant Funding

We provide grant funding of up to £20,000 to housing projects for people who have been designated as having No Recourse to Public Funds under the Immigration Acts. (What do we mean by this?)

Other information to consider

We encourage organisations to make applications to our main programme when a project is well progressed in terms of planning, with feasibility studies undertaken, a robust budget established and relevant planning permissions secured.

For this funding round, we are particularly interested in receiving applications from projects supporting older people.

Best practice grants

We would encourage all organisations at an early stage in developing a project to consider these grants, which are up to £6000. There are three areas which can be funded:

• The Environmental Assessment Grant can fund professional fees associated with helping you to identify and use environmentally-friendly options for your housing project.
• The Feasibility Study Grant can help you with the professional fees associated with testing the feasibility of specific proposals for you to improve, expand or create new genuinely affordable rented housing.
• The Quaker Asset Grant is for Area Meetings or other Quaker Charities which own property and would like to consider repurposing all or part of their Meeting House to provide affordable housing to those with housing need

For Feasibility Study Grants and Quaker Asset Grants, please read our guidance for Feasibility Study funding applications before making an application.

For these grants we expect you to detail the specific project you are developing and the impact the grant will have on its development.

We expect you to find a suitable professional to undertake the work. If funding is awarded, we expect to receive a copy of the report on its completion. Successful applicants to this scheme are eligible to apply to the Main Grants and Loan Programme to take forward their project.

How to apply and deadlines

We are not currently accepting applications for all awards. Please check the website again in June 2026 for updates.

Please read our guidance document before making an application.