Launched in March 2026, in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation, the Bentley Advancing Life Chances National Fund offers grants of between £2,000 and £4,000 to support charitable organisations working with vulnerable, disadvantaged or under-represented communities in areas where Bentley has a corporate presence. The funding can be used for project or core costs, or a mixture of both. The programme's areas of focus are:

• Access – Remove the barriers and improve access to services, education and employability.
• Empowerment – Development of the life skills that enable people to be more self-confident, successful and thrive in life.
• Quality of Life – Provide support to live a healthier life both physically and mentally.
• Better Future – Safeguarding the environment, improving nature-deprived areas, drive improvement to 'place' and boosting community spirit.

Across all the above pillars, the following groups have been considered particularly relevant for the aims of the Advancing Life Chances Strategy:

• Families and single person households living in poverty.
• Long term unemployed.
• People experiencing homelessness.
• People with disabilities and their support animals.
• Racially minoritised groups/communities.
• Refugees and asylum seekers.
• The elderly.
• Young people facing disadvantage, including school or college pupils, those Not in Education or Training, young offenders.

To be eligible, organisations must have been operating for at least 12 months, have an annual income of less than £500,000, and be based within a 20-mile radius of the eighteen specified Bentley locations across the UK, Jersey and the Isle of Man (includes Leeds).

There are two rounds in 2026. 

Applications for round two open 13 July and close 14 September 2026 (decisions communicated by 28 October 2026).