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UK: Core Costs Funding Stream

Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity

BBC Children in Need is excited to announce the Core Costs Funding Stream.

The Core Costs funding can be spent on your organisation’s central day-to-day operations. These might include, for example:

  • Management and administration
  • HR and payroll
  • General office expenses
  • Accountancy and audit
  • Communications and outreach
  • Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
  • Governance, regulatory, and compliance costs
Funding Information
  • Applications for grants of £15,000 or less per year will receive a quicker decision from them, and so will be able to start sooner if successful.
  • Their Core Grants stream supports organisations for up to three years.
Eligibility Criteria
  • Not-for-profit organisations working with children and young people aged 18 or under
  • Organisations that work with children and young people who live in the UK, the Isle of Man, or the Channel Islands
  • They will only consider applications for over £15,000 per year from organisations who have registered with the appropriate regulatory body
  • These include the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Charity Commission for Northern Ireland and the Scottish Charity Register
  • If you are a Company limited by Guarantee, you must have registered with Companies House
  • You can only apply for and hold one grant at any time.
  • If you have a current BBC Children in Need grant that is due to end within 12 months, you can re-apply. If successful with your new application, funds will not be released until your current grant has ended.
  • If they do not fund your application they will advise you when you are next able to apply to them.
  • You won’t be eligible for their Core Costs stream if you have a current grant with more than 12 months left to deliver
  • They seek to prioritise smaller, local organisations
  • As a result, they will rarely fund Core Costs for organisations with an annual turnover of more than £1 million in the most recent, complete financial year
  • They understand that some organisations with higher income deliver vital work for children and young people. They will accept applications from the following organisations regardless of turnover:

    • Hospices (including children’s hospices)
    • Housing Associations
    • Applications delivering work nationwide (across a whole nation) or UK-wide (across multiple nations within the UK)
    • They understand that, in some circumstances, larger and/or national organisations may be best-placed to deliver work to communities who need it most
    • Organisations may only hold one Core Costs grant at any time, regardless of where in the UK they deliver work
  • The people and organisations that BBC Children in Need fund will be:

    • Working with children and young people aged 18 years and under
    • Working in the heart of their communities, particularly in times of crisis
    • Putting children and young people at the centre of everything they do, from design to delivery
    • Addressing challenges faced by children and young people, building their skills and resilience
    • Empowering children and young people, and extending their choices in life
    • Keen to keep learning about and developing their work with children and young people
    • Committed to making a difference in children and young people’s lives
Ineligible
  • BBC Children in Need doesn’t fund:

    • Work that statutory bodies (such as schools or local authorities) have a duty to fund
    • Educational institutions, including schools, universities, and pupil referral units. Special schools are the only exception; 
    • Local government, prisons, or NHS bodies
    • Capital or building projects
    • Work that promotes religion
    • Trips abroad, or other activity taking place outside the UK
    • Medical treatment or research
    • Pregnancy testing or advice, information, or counselling on pregnancy choices
    • Awareness-raising work, except where targeted at children or young people most at risk
    • Bursaries, sponsored places, fees, or similar costs
    • Holidays where there is little or no project involvement
    • Political activity, including party political organisations or direct lobbying
    • Individuals
    • Costs passed on to other organisations
    • General appeals or endowment funds
    • Help with budget shortfalls or debt repayments
    • Work that has already taken place – or any costs incurred – before the date they give you a decision (retrospective funding)
    • Expenditure unable to start within 12 months of the grant award date
    • Unspecified expenditure

For more information, visit BBC Children in Need.

For more information, visit https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/core-costs/