Barnwood Trust is a Gloucestershire-based social change funder focused on advancing equality, empowerment, and rights for disabled people and people with mental health conditions. It supports both individuals and organisations through a mix of community-partnered individual grants, small project grants, multi-year project and unrestricted funding, and themed opportunities tied to accessibility and respite. The trust is especially distinctive for its place-based approach: nearly all funding is restricted to Gloucestershire and often aims to strengthen local services, inclusion, and lived-experience-led work.
Primarily place-based, multi-year grantmaking with a mix of unrestricted support, project funding, and smaller time-limited grants. Some programmes are open by annual expression-of-interest windows, while individual grants are routed through community partners and ongoing referrals rather than a public application process.
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Check programme-specific eligibility carefully: most opportunities are limited to Gloucestershire and aligned to Barnwood’s vision for disabled people and people with mental health conditions. For Funded Partner Programme grants, watch the annual Expression of Interest window (June 8 to July 20); for individual grants, apply through Community Partners or Citizen’s Advice, and note that some themed rounds may be closed or highly competitive.
Current and upcoming funding from Barnwood Trust that your nonprofit may be able to apply for.
Who can apply: Individuals supported via Community Partners; Community Partners apply on behalf of eligible individuals from their client base. Eligibility screening via online eligibility tool or contact with Advice & Access team.
Deadline: No fixed deadlines indicated; provided via Community Partners and Citizen’s Advice — ongoing intake.
Who can apply: Open to organisations and groups working alongside and creating opportunities for disabled people and people with mental health conditions throughout Gloucestershire. Unrestricted Funding is for organisations whose governing documents/objects deliver Barnwood’s strategic goals in Gloucestershire through day-to-day work. Project Funding is for organisations whose governing documents do not cite disability and mental health outcomes but whose work aligns with Barnwood’s vision and strategic goals. Applicants should review detailed eligibility criteria and pass due diligence checks.
Deadline: Unrestricted and Project Funding: Open for Expressions of Interest June 8; deadline for Expressions of Interest July 20. Funding rounds awarded in May and November each year.
Who can apply: Organisations whose constitution/objects demonstrate delivery of Barnwood’s strategic goals in Gloucestershire. See information pack for detailed eligibility and assessment criteria.
Deadline: Open for Expressions of Interest: June 8 – Deadline for Expressions of Interest: July 20 (annual rounds with awards in May and November).
Who can apply: Organisations whose proposed work aligns with Barnwood’s strategic goals; intended for organisations that do not necessarily have a governing document committed to disability and mental health outcomes. See Project Funding pack for details.
Deadline: Open for Expressions of Interest: June 8 – Deadline for Expressions of Interest: July 20 (see programme timeline documents).
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