Pre-Application Calls

Unfortunately, Trust for London does not make grants to individuals

Unfortunately, we only fund work that tackles poverty and inequality in London. You may like to try the following link to look for other funders: https://fundsonline.org.uk/search/

Unfortunately we can only fund organisations that have 3 or more directors. You may like to try the following link to look for other funders: https://fundsonline.org.uk/search/

For us to be able to fund you, your work will need to fit into one of our priorities. Under each priority are our impact goals, which set out what we want to fund in that area. If you're not sure, you can find out more about our priorities by reading through our funding guidelines or webpages. Under which priority area are you applying?

Decent workImproving social securityTackling the housing crisisEnding poverty premiumEnding migrant destitutionRacial justiceSocial Investment

Under this priority area we want to fund work that moves towards our three impact goals.
Which impact goal does your proposal fit under?

We are unable to fund work that focuses on careers advice, routes into employment or employability training.

If you're not sure whether your work fits, find out more about our decent work impact goals and the type of work we will fund here.

Improving access to rights for all workersIncreasing jobs that provide decent pay and conditionsEnsuring that worker experiences inform technological advancements

Under this priority area we want to fund work that moves towards our two impact goals.
Which impact goal does your proposal fit under?

If you're not sure whether your work fits, find out more about our impact goals and the type of work we'll fund under this priority area here.

Improving social securityIncreasing benefits take-up

Under this priority area we want to fund work that moves towards our three impact goals.
Which impact goal does your proposal fit under?

If you're not sure whether your work fits, find out more about our impact goals and the type of work we'll fund under this priority area here.

More Londoners can advocate for their housing rightsA comprehensive government strategy to solve the housing crisisA shared commitment to end temporary accommodation

Under this priority area we want to fund work that moves towards this impact goal:
"A substantial reduction in the amount of extra money paid by Londoners because of the poverty premium."

Which of the following best describes how your aims to address the poverty premium?

Supporting people at an individual levelEngaging businesses and/or regulators to change their practiceCampaigning and networkingAn innovate business ideaSupporting a fair energy transitionResearch

Under our poverty premium priority we won’t fund work that supports people only on an individual level.

This includes projects which help individuals find alternative ways of managing bills and service delivery projects that respond to the needs of those impacted by the poverty premium, such as food banks.

We recognise the importance of these projects to London. But with limited resources, we’ve decided to focus on work that has the potential to have an impact at scale across London – such as engaging with businesses and regulators.

Under this priority area we want to fund work that moves towards our two impact goals.
Which impact goal does your proposal fit under?

If you're not sure whether your work fits, find out more about our impact goals and the type of work we'll fund under this priority area here.

Supporting migrants out of destitutionAn immigration system that supports people's settlement

Under this priority area we want to fund work that moves towards our two impact goals.
Which impact goal does your proposal fit under?

If you're not sure whether your work fits, find out more about our impact goals and the type of work we'll fund under this priority area here.

Increase household income in Black and minoritised communitiesIncrease the amount of household and community wealth in Black and minoritised communities

We only fund work that fits under at least one of our impact goals. You can find all of our priority areas and impact goals by reading our funding guidelines.

We'll prioritise our funding for employment rights advice services on:

established advice services with proven outcomes
organisations combining advice with strategic legal or policy work
areas lacking existing employment advice provision

If you still wish to book a call, please complete the final section of the form below.

Please note that we only fund social security advice that:

is provided by an existing specialist benefits advice service
connects casework and policy work
provides services to multiple communities

If this sounds like you, complete the final section of the form below to book a call.

Under our improving social security priority we won’t fund work that is service delivery or general advice.

We recognise the importance of these projects to London. But with limited resources, we’ve decided to focus on work that will help to tackle the root causes of poverty in London.

We only fund social security advice that:

is provided by an existing specialist benefits advice service
connects casework and policy work
provides services to multiple communities

Under our tackling the housing crisis priority, we don't fund support services related to rough sleeping or homelessness.

We know how important these projects are to London. But with limited resources, we've decided to focus on work that will help tackle the root causes of the crisis, such as policy, research or campaigning.

You may like to try the following link to look for other funders: https://fundsonline.org.uk/search/

We have very limited funding available for housing advice services this year. We'll prioritise our advice funding for:

organisations we already fund in outer London
organisations with specialist, skilled staff in post
advice organisations with established strong collaboration with local policy and community partners

If you still wish to book a call, please complete the final section of the form below.

Because of our limited resources & high levels of demand for our funding, we are being very strategic about where we focus our funding towards tackling the housing crisis.

Please ensure you have read the information on our website carefully before proceeding.

We only fund immigration advice work that:

is delivered by specialist organisations providing services across London
links casework and policy work
serves multiple communities

We prioritise funding for specialist casework (OISC Level 3).

If this sounds like you, complete the final section of the form below to book a call.