B&Q Foundation
Providing grants for a wide range of charities who are looking for funding to improve or develop spaces that benefit their local communities.
We help charities who are supporting people in need in the UK – those experiencing homelessness, in financial hardship, impacted by health, disability, or other disadvantage or distress.
We believe that everyone needs a place to feel at home. So, we are looking to fund projects that decorate, renovate, or create spaces where people can feel at home and have a sense of belonging. This can be both indoor and outdoor.
Who can apply
We award grants to charities who are creating or improving spaces so that more people in our communities have a place to feel at home. Grants typically meet the following criteria:
£10k
We generally support with funding of up to £10k for building or indoor projects and £5k for garden projects.
We love working with different types of charities. We focus on funding charities that support people who are most in need because of homelessness, financial hardship, sickness, disability, or other disadvantage.
The types of projects we have supported are improvements such as decorating, fixing roofs, refurbishment of garden space, upgrading key fixtures and fittings, and creating new buildings or rooms.
Restrictions
Contributions to general appeals or circulars
Religious activity which is not for wider public benefit
Public bodies to carry out their statutory obligations
Activities that solely support animal welfare
Activities that have already taken place
Privately owned and profit-distributing companies or limited partnerships
Projects to improve office facilities unless they are for dual purpose where beneficiaries make use of the space
Eligible Expenditure
The Foundation helps charities who are supporting people in need in the UK – those experiencing homelessness, in financial hardship, impacted by health, disability, or other disadvantage or distress.
We believe that everyone needs a place to feel at home. So, we are looking to fund projects to decorate, renovate, or create spaces where people can feel at home and have a sense of belonging. This can be both indoor and outdoor.
How to apply
https://bqfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Useful Links
https://www.diy.com/corporate/bandq-foundation
https://bqfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
https://bqfoundation.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/BQ-Foundation-Guidance-and-FAQs-2024.pdf