Funded Partner Funding programmes will re-open in December
We will open applications for Barnwood Trust’s Funded Partner programmes in December for funding in 2025.
This news is to give advance notice of some changes that applicants might find useful. Full information will follow in mid-November.
What will we be funding?
When we re-open the Funded Partner programme, we will continue to offer multi-year unrestricted funding and project funding. The criteria for these funding programmes will not change.
We will also continue to offer small grants of up to £10,000. The criteria for these grants also won’t change.
What is changing in the Funded Partner programmes?
Since the launch of Barnwood’s Funded Partner funding programmes in 2023, we have experienced high levels of demand.
The Trust’s unrestricted and project funding has, up until now, been available on a ‘first-come, first-served’ basis. We set it up this way to see if we could keep the funds open for applications throughout the year while aiming for the shortest turnaround time we could manage.
However, the high demand has meant that funding applications have been awarded based on when they were received, not based on best fit with the funding criteria. We would like to change this so that we review applications at the same time and award funds based on their quality and closest alignment with the criteria. This is to prioritise fairness in the decision-making process.
To achieve this, we will run 2 time-limited funding rounds for the multi-year unrestricted and project funding – funding will be awarded in May and November 2025.
More information on the process for applying, as well as the timetable, will be issued in mid-November 2024.
What is changing in the Small Grants programme?
We will continue to support organisations seeking a small grant of up to £10,000. Applications for this will re-open in January 2025.
In November, we will share information about how we will manage demand on this grant, which has also been high leading to early closure. In 2025, we will introduce new controls in the application process, to enable us to keep small grant funding open throughout the year.
For all Barnwood’s organisation funding, please check our funding pages here in November for updated information.