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Our regional grants

We are open for regional grant applications to support not-for-profit organisations that focus on tackling the root causes of social disadvantage across three key themes – education, access to provision and employment. Grants of between £250k – £500k over three years are available for eligible organisations. Please use our eligibility checker to see if you meet our regional grants criteria.

As a guide, applications will be welcome from organisations that:

We no longer provide individual grants or grants less than £250k and do not support applications related to animals, the arts, the environment, or promotion of religion.

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Regional focus

The Steve Morgan Foundation is committed to bringing positive, lasting change to the areas closest to Steve's heart. We aim to deliver regional impact and have a national influence for good. We provide regional grants across Merseyside, North Wales, North Shropshire and Cheshire, west of the M6. Please view our map for a guideline to the eligible areas.

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Our areas of focus

Our grant making will deliver longer-term and larger scale investments around three key themes. These themes draw on the success of past and current strategic partnerships that have demonstrated proven results.

Education

Improving education outcomes for all young people - setting solid foundations to build a successful future.

Access to provision

Expanding access to provision for those most in need of support with health, housing, homelessness, youth opportunities and facilities.

Employment

Increasing careers support and employment opportunities for young people and adults.

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Our regional grant FAQs

Here are the answers to the most commonly asked questions about our regional grants. If you need further information, do get in touch. Please note that all funding is provided at the discretion of the trustees and on occasions, trustees may make exceptional funding awards as they see fit.

Our regional grants support not-for-profit organisations that focus on tackling the root causes of social disadvantage across three key themes - education, access to provision and employment.

Our regional grants cover work being delivered in Merseyside, North Wales, North Shropshire and Cheshire, west of the M6.

Regional grants can cover salaries, ongoing project costs and core costs for a period of three years.

Grants of between £250k - £500k over three years are available for eligible organisations.

We welcome proposals to match fund with other funders.

Firstly, please use our eligibility checker to see if you meet the criteria for our regional grants. If you are eligible to apply, you will be directed to the online application form. If you are unable to access the eligibility checker online, please contact the team directly for help.

There is no specified time period for processing grant applications, but as a foundation our team works in line with the IVAR principles aiming to make grant reporting a shared, more meaningful and mutually beneficial experience. 

Applications must be accompanied by up-to-date published accounts 
and details of the organisation’s reserves policy.

Our regional grants application process will be open all year round. 

We will not be providing direct funding support through our regional grant open application process for organisations with an annual turnover of less than £300k, however through our place based priority, we are confident that smaller, grass roots organisations will continue to benefit from our funding support.  

Yes please, we welcome all feedback, so that we can continue to develop and improve the way in which we work. We’ve signed up with GrantAdvisor UK, a website that allows grant-seekers to share their first-hand experiences working with funders. Please go to https://www.grantadvisor.org.uk/latest-reviewed-funders/steve-morgan-foundation/

Committed to transparency

The Steve Morgan Foundation is an IVAR ‘Flexible Funder’ – this means we work hard to adopt the principles of open and trusting grant making. These principles include how we communicate, our openness and transparency and our ability to be flexible.

Visit the IVAR website

We believe that with better information, funders can be more effective and strategic decision makers. Using the 360Giving Data Standard, our awarded grants since April 2020 are available as an Excel file below. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org . This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to be used and shared as they wish. The data must be attributed to the Steve Morgan Foundation. For more information on 360Giving, visit threesixtygiving.org

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