Bentley Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme

The Bentley Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme is provided by Bentley Motors and is being administered on its behalf by Charities Aid Foundation.

The fund aims to support vulnerable, disadvantaged or under-represented communities in areas where Bentley has a corporate presence by providing small grants to charities working with local people.

Grants of between £2,000 and £4,000 are available and must be spent within 12 months

Who Can Apply

Applications are accepted from charities and not-for-profit organisations including:

• Registered charities, including charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs).
• Constituted organisations and non-registered charities.
• Community interest companies (CICs) and community benefit organisations (where there is a minimum of three unrelated directors).

You must have:

• An annual income of less than £500,000.
• Been operating for a minimum of 12 months.
• Be based within a 20-mile radius of the eighteen specified Bentley locations across the UK – This includes London.

Priority areas - services

• Access – Remove the barriers and improve access to services, education and employability.
• Empowerment – Development of the life skills that enable people to be more self-confident, successful and thrive in life.
• Quality of Life – Provide support to live a healthier life both physically and mentally.
• Better Future – Safeguarding the environment, improving nature-deprived areas, drive improvement to 'place' and boosting community spirit.

Priority areas - recipients:

• Families and single person households living in poverty.
• Long term unemployed.
• People experiencing homelessness.
• People with disabilities and their support animals.
• Racially minoritised groups/communities.
• Refugees and asylum seekers.
• The elderly.
• Young people facing disadvantage, including school or college pupils, those Not in Education or Training, young offenders.

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