Bromley Trust
Overview
They have two open grant programmes, Human Rights and Prison Reform, and are only able to accept applications for funding which fit within these.
- Their grant spend is in the region of £1m per year.
- They make grants ranging from £15,000 to £30,000 per year to specialist charities with an annual income of between £100,000 and £1.2m.
They prefer to provide multi-year funding and like to develop close relationships with grantees so they can provide support and help them to achieve their aims.
They give unrestricted grants - they believe this is the most useful type of funding for the charities they support as it offers flexibility and allows them to adapt as situations and priorities change.
They believe in the value of collaboration and encourage those we support to work with other organisations with similar aims wherever possible. We seek to operate transparently.
General criteria
They fund:
- UK-registered charities
- Organisations with an annual turnover of between £100k to £1.2m
- Human Rights work (within their specific grants programme focus)
- Prison Reform work (within their specific grants programme focus)
- Well run organisations that work collaboratively with others.
Human Rights
Human Rights grants programme currently focuses on funding charities working to protect the dignity and rights of people seeking sanctuary (refugees and asylum seekers) in the UK.
Successful applicants will be using the expertise developed through their direct frontline work with people seeking sanctuary to have a wider impact and help bring about improvements to policy or practice in this area. They have a particular interest in supporting work around immigration detention.
Funding priorities
Grantee partners will be able to:
- Demonstrate that they have a clear intent to bring about wider change, in addition to their service delivery work, and a plan for how they will seek to achieve this
- Work collaboratively with others and have the expertise and ability to influence decision-makers and bring about improvements in policy or practice
- Build meaningful relationships with the people they work with
- Show a commitment to the involvement of the people they are working with in organisational decision-making
- Explain the evidence base for their proposed approach and have a commitment to ongoing learning and reflecting on their impact.
When considering applications of equal merit, they may give priority to those:
- Working with the most marginalised – e.g. people seeking sanctuary who are torture or trafficking survivors, women, children, or in detention, quasi-detention or temporary accommodation
- With limited options to secure other sources of funding.
Additionally they aim to ensure an even spread of grants across their human rights and prison reform grant programmes and will seek to fund work in a range of geographical locations.
Key eligibility criteria
Applicants need to:
- Have a relevant mission and key goals which align with our grant programme
- Be a UK-registered charity
- Have an annual income of between £100k and £1.2m
- Have unrestricted reserves of between one month and one year of annual operating costs
- Be seeking unrestricted funding. We do not fund projects.
They do not fund: international development work; disaster relief; conflict or post-conflict work; housing projects; domestic abuse work; law centres; organisations solely providing general welfare support; individuals; work in schools or universities; research; or organisations working outside of the UK.
Prison Reform
Prison Reform grants programme currently focuses on funding charities working to bring about a more humane and effective UK prison system that supports people’s rehabilitation.
Successful applicants will be using the expertise developed through their direct frontline work with people in prison to have a wider impact and help bring about improvements to policy or practice in this area.
Funding priorities
Grantee partners will be able to:
- Demonstrate that they have a clear intent to bring about wider change, in addition to their service delivery work, and a plan for how they will seek to achieve this
- Work collaboratively with others and have the expertise and ability to influence decision-makers and bring about improvements in policy or practice
- Build meaningful relationships with the people they work with
- Show a commitment to the involvement of the people they are working with in organisational decision-making
- Explain the evidence base for their proposed approach and have a commitment to ongoing learning and reflecting on their impact.
When considering applications of equal merit, they may give priority to those:
- Working with the most marginalised – e.g. people in prison facing additional vulnerabilities or discrimination such as women, children, racially maginalised communities, foreign national prisoners, people who have committed sexual offences, people with disabilities or mental health needs, neurodiverse people and IPP prisoners.
- With limited options to secure other sources of funding.
Additionally they aim to ensure an even spread of grants across their human rights and prison reform grant programmes and will seek to fund work in a range of geographical locations.
Key eligibility criteria
Applicants need to:
- Have a relevant mission and key goals which align with our grant programme
- Be a UK-registered charity
- Have an annual income of between £100k and £1.2m
- Have unrestricted reserves of between one month and one year of annual operating costs
- Be seeking unrestricted funding. We do not fund projects.
They do not fund: individuals, drug / alcohol rehabilitation or housing programmes, organisations solely providing general welfare support, generic mentoring projects, research, or organisations working outside of the UK.