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LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund

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LGBT Futures Equity Fund
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Consortium and its Community Collaborators, working in partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund, are delighted to announce the launch of the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund. This Fund has been enabled thanks to National Lottery players.
£465,000 is available through small grants to grassroots groups and organisations who are run by and for one or more of our 5 communities of focus:
  • D/deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent LGBT+ people.
  • LGBT+ People of Colour and People from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities.
  • LGBTQI+ Women.
  • Older LGBT+ people.
  • Trans and Non-Binary people.
Is my organisation or planned project eligible to apply for the Equity Fund?

To meet the eligibility criteria, you must be run by and for one or more of 5 LGBT+ groups:

  • D/deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent LGBT+ people.
  • LGBT+ People of Colour and People from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities.
  • LGBTQI+ Women.
  • Older LGBT+ people.
  • Trans and Non-Binary people.

What does ‘run by and for’ mean?

This means that your group was set up by people from one or more of the specific groups listed above, to run projects or offer support to those same groups. 

Our Chair is from one of the groups listed, can we apply? 

Although your leadership involves people from those groups, if you are not set up to be run by and for, then you will not meet the eligibility criteria.

For example:

Highbury Pride have a Trans Chair and would like to apply for running costs for their summer event, including access provision for Trans and Non-Binary people. Their application would not meet the eligibility criteria as Highbury Pride is run for all LGBT+ people.

Highbury Trans Pride has a Trans Chair and all of its Trustee Board, staff and volunteers are from Trans and Non-binary communities. They would like to apply for running costs for their summer event. They would meet the primary eligibility criteria and can apply.

We are a group run by and for LGBT+ people and we want to apply for a project to work with one or more of those five groups. Can we apply?

Your application would not meet the eligibility criteria, as this Fund is designed to support those organisations which are specifically run by one or more of the five communities of focus.

For example:

Queer Music Youth would like to apply to run DJ training for young LGBT+ People of Colour. Their application would not meet the eligibility criteria as Queer Music Youth is run for all LGBT+ young people.

Sonic Sessions is a group set up by LGBT+ People of Colour to run creative groups for LGBT+ People of Colour aimed at improving mental and physical wellbeing. They would meet the primary eligibility criteria and can apply.

We are a group from one of the communities of focus within a larger LGBT+ organisation. Are we eligible?

You need to have a clear decision making structure, which is separate from the parent organisation and the activities you are applying for must be run by and for the community of focus.

For example:

The Legends 50+ creative writing group is run by Newtown LGBT+ Community Centre. The group is facilitated by a worker employed by the Centre, they advertise the group, set the themes for the meetings and provide the facilities. This group does not appear to be autonomous and therefore not run by older LGBT+ people.

Wiggle On 50+ LGBTQ dance group is part of Newtown LGBT+ Community Centre. The group was set up by 5 older LGBT+ people to provide an active social space. They have a steering group of older LGBT+ members who also advertise the sessions, decide on timing and frequency, write funding bids and make spending decisions. They report back to the Community Centre Trustee board. This group is run quite separately from the Centre and meets the primary eligibility criteria to make an application to the Fund.

We are a Pride organisation, can we apply? 

Your Pride organisation must be run by and for one of the communities of focus in order to meet the eligibility criteria.

For example:

Freshfields Pride would like to have an LBT+ women’s tent at their summer pride this year.  Freshfields Pride is for the whole LGBT+ community. Although the activity they want to run is for the benefit of LBT+ women, the organisation is not run by LBT+ women. This would not meet the eligibility criteria for the Equity Fund.

Downsview QTIPOC Pride would like to apply to run a summer pride event for LGBT+ People of Colour.  Their board and their volunteers are all LGBT+ People of Colour, the Pride event would be run by LGBT+ People of Colour who will manage the whole event and make all the decisions. This would meet the eligibility criteria to apply for funding.

Grants will be available for organisational running costs, projects and organisational / leadership development and can range from £100 - £25,000.
This Fund is participative, meaning people with lived experiences of the broad thematic area/s your organisation is applying under will be making the decisions on what to fund.
We have produced a short video to introduce the Equity Fund to you and give you brief details of who can apply.
The video includes captions and BSL to make it more accessible.
You can also bring your questions to the Team at our weekly funding drop-in, which takes place on Zoom every Wednesday, 2pm - 3pm.
Email: [email protected] to join.
Equity Fund Guide-5
Background to the Fund

Consortium has been working with diverse, intersectional and targeted LGBT+ voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations over the last couple of years to explore additional and future income generation for their LGBT+ organisations, recognising the low levels of investment in our communities.

Following successful grant giving programmes, which saw distribution of nearly £1m to LGBT+ communities, in partnership with a range of diverse LGBT+ organisations, we identified the need for deeper investment in intersectional focused and targeted LGBT+ organisations.

Thanks to National Lottery players, funding from the National Lottery Community Fund enabled us to create this LGBT+ Equity Fund for user-led LGBT+ organisations working with targeted under-represented and under-resourced communities.

Application Information

Applications will be considered on a rolling basis and the programme will close to new applications on 30thOctober 2022. Community Panels will be assessing applications in batches and there is a finite allocation of funding for this Fund so please bear this in mind when looking to apply.

Applicants will hear whether their application has been successful within a maximum 4 months of applying, but we hope to get you a decision much quicker than that. Please read the full guidance document for more information.

Get in Touch

If you would like to talk to someone about the LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund, or would like support in making your application, please contact our Grants Team on: [email protected]

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