How to apply
If you wish to apply for funding from the Barbour Foundation, please first ensure you have all necessary information ready for an application, the criteria for which can be found listed below. Failure to provide this information at the outset may result in refusal of an application.
Compulsory Information
Before you begin the application process, please review our checklist below of requirements.
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- Please review the application questions through the button below.
- Have your full address and contact information.
- If you represent a Registered Charity, please have your Registration Number available.
- We need to know about your organisation – what it does, who it supports, where it operates.
- As much information about the project you are seeking funding for as possible.
- Breakdown of the costs involved in your project
- A copy of the latest accounts – specifically, yearly income and expenditure, reserves to date and the total of staff salaries. Please note that these should be for your own organisation and not those for a parent or umbrella organisation.
- A summary of which other funders have been approached.
- How much of the costs have been secured and remaining shortfall.
- A copy of safeguarding policies and governance structure if required.
- Please note that if you have been awarded one of our grants within the last 12 months, we ask that you wait until 12 months have elapsed since the date of your last award.
Terms of Application
Once an application form has been submitted, you will receive an email confirmation, and your form will be reviewed by a member of our team. You will not be able to edit this application online once submitted, but if an update is required, please email us. There are no deadlines or application windows at the Barbour Foundation, so we invite you to apply at any period throughout the year. Should the team require addition information, we may contact your or arrange a visit.
We exclusively fund organisations and projects that operate in the Northeast of England, with some exceptions made for national and international crises. If an organisation has received a grant, they are not eligible to apply for further funding for another year.
Large Grants Meetings (From £15,000) and Medium Grants Meetings (between £7500 and £15000) are held quarterly and Small Grants Meetings (up to £7500) are held every 6 weeks.
For further information on our grants and applications, please use our contact page.
Our Voucher System
In addition to the Grant Meetings, consideration is given to requests for prizes for charitable events. If successful, a voucher will be issued. Applications for prizes should be made in writing to the correspondence address below. Applications must include the full address, date and full details of the event.