Overview: Grants are available from the Forte Charitable Foundation for small and medium sized local charities and not-for-profit organisations with a track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas.

Value notes:

• • Small Grants (£2,000–£10,000), 1 year only (renewable up to 3 years), applicant income must be under £250,000.
  • Major Grants (£10,000–£50,000, up to £100,000 over 3 years), applicant income must be under £500k

Purpose of the fund: Supports organisations that:

• • • Strengthen local communities and build connection.
    • Address causes of deprivation.
    • Create opportunities for disadvantaged individuals.
    • Champion small/medium grassroots charities with frontline impact.

Eligibility: Organisations must be:

• • Working in eligible deprived locations, defined by Index of Multiple Deprivation:
  • Urban: within most deprived 15%.
  • Rural: within most deprived 50%.

What they fund:

• • Small Grants - Community support:
    • Community services (advice, transport, employability, volunteering)
    • Community centres and village halls
    • Alternative education
    • Youth clubs, NEET programmes
    • Counselling
    • Family support & early intervention
    • Substance misuse recovery
  • Major Grants – Family Support
    • Early intervention
    • Parental conflict, parenting programmes
    • Perinatal mental health
    • Family relationships and lone parents
    • Families affected by addiction
    • Prisoners’ families