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 

Previous Success

https://bqfoundation.org.uk/case-studies/ 

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