Applications are open

Apply for funding

Loans and grants are offered to charities to provide homes for those in need. We invite applications under two programmes:

Project Development Grants

Organisationsat an early stage in developing a project can apply for a grant of up to £6,000 for research into the feasibility of proposals to improve, expand or create genuinely affordable, environmentally sustainable rented housing for those in need.

We expect you to employ a suitably qualified person to do the work, not necessarily an architect or a surveyor, if exploring the purpose of your project is the aim of the study.

Please see the guidance and checklist of issues that should be addressed at an early stage of a project.

Grants are paid by reimbursing paid invoices for work that has been completed. If funding is awarded, we require a copy of the report to be submitted along with the claim for reimbursement of approved expenditure.

Capital Loans and Grants

We initially invite a simple Expression of Interest from registered charities.  If selected, you will be invited to submit a detailed stage 2 application.  

Interest-free Loans

For projects generating income from rent, we offer interest-free loans up to £30,000 with a 5% administration fee payable at the end of the 10-year loan period.

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

Grant Funding

We offer up to £20,000 to housing projects for people designated as having No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) under the Immigration Acts. (Click this link for a definition of NRPF.)

Our Priorities

We currently have four funding priorities.  Other projects will be considered after those meeting these priorities:

●      Projects in East of England, Southwest of England (Somerset, Devon, Cornwall) and Wales - geographically underrepresented in recent award rounds

●      Projects providing for older people

●      Organisations working with people with No Recourse to Public Funds

●      Housing projects that support people from minoritised groups. These include:

○      LGBTQ+ people

○      Black and other ethnically minoritised people

○      people living with disabilities

○      refugees and asylum seekers

○      prison leavers and

○      care leavers.

This is not an exhaustive list, and we are open to consider other minoritised groups.

As we are mainly supported by Quakers, we especially invite applications from Quaker bodies seeking to repurpose property in their care for housing those in need.  

Eligibility

To be eligible for an award, organisations applying for our support must:

●      Be a registered charity

●      Be an organisation with less than £1.5m annual turnover [we make an exception for Quaker bodies]

●      Operate in England, Scotland, Wales,the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.

We do not fund:

●      Direct support to individuals

●      Support to groups where the recipients of funding are also the direct beneficiaries (such as self-help groups, full mutual co-operatives or Cohousing groups)

●      Service provision, whether to occupants or other people (e.g. advice, support, training or placement services)

●      Organisational development, operational or running costs

●      Salaries

●      Work which should properly be part of a planned maintenance programme

●      Housing which is to be sold to the occupants or other private owners

●      Housing which is to be rented out for profit or used as an investment property.

2026 timescales

1.  Project Development Grant

●     5pm Tuesday 11 August: Closing date for applications

●     Saturday 3 October: Applications reviewed by trustees

●     Thursday 8 October: Outcome letters sent to projects

Note: These grants must be drawn down within 6 months of being offered.

2.  Capital Loans and Grants

●      5pm Wednesday 1 July: Deadline for Expressions of Interest capital applications

●      Thursday 16 July: Feedback on EoIs/invitations to submit a Stage 2 application

●     5pm Tuesday 18 August: Deadline for Stage 2 applications

●     Saturday 3 October: Stage 2 applications reviewed by trustees

●     Thursday 8 October: Outcome letters sent to projects

Note: It can take up to 24 weeks to release funding once approved because we will need documentation related to your organisation and project. Please apply only if this timeline aligns with your project plan.

Please read our guidance document before making an application or initial Expression of Interest.

We hope to invite the next round of applications at the end of 2026.