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The Livewell Foundation

Livewell Foundation Large Grants

Large grants of up to £10,000 from the Livewell Foundation for grassroots community groups and small-to-medium voluntary organisations whose projects improve health and wellbeing, prevent ill-health or reduce social isolation in Plymouth and South West Devon. Projects addressing children's mental health, women's health or child obesity score extra points. The large grant window opens once a year and closes on 30 November 2026; small grants of up to £1,000 are open all year.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£500 – £10,000
Deadline
31 days left
30 November
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Third sector organisations, particularly grassroots community groups and small-to-medium-sized voluntary organisations (large UK-wide charities are not normally funded), whose work benefits people in the Foundation's area: postcodes PL1-PL10 inclusive, PL16, PL19-PL21 inclusive, TQ7, TQ8 and TQ10 (Plymouth, and parts of South Hams, West Devon and the Torpoint area of Cornwall)
  • You need not be a registered charity, but the work must be legally charitable; only registered charities can receive unrestricted or general running-cost grants
  • CICs and social enterprises limited by guarantee need a clear charitable purpose in their Articles, at least three unconnected directors on Companies House, and a project that is not a chargeable trading service
  • Applicants must demonstrate financial governance, have safeguarding in place, and have sent all reports on any previous grant
  • After an unsuccessful large grant application, wait at least 12 months before applying again

What it funds

Projects or initiatives that make a positive impact on a community or specific groups within it and that:

  • Improve health and wellbeing
  • Prevent ill-health
  • Reduce social isolation

grants can cover staff salaries, project activities, running costs, core costs, equipment, small-scale refurbishment and organisational development. Children's mental health, women's health and child obesity score additional points at the sifting stage.

What it will not fund

  • Organisations run primarily for private gain, or activities that generate profit for private gain
  • Religious activity (religious organisations may be funded where the project benefits the wider community and has no religious content)
  • Activities that replace government funding
  • Activities that benefit individuals rather than the wider community
  • Political activities
  • Retrospective costs
  • Loan repayments
  • Work without a direct benefit to communities or individuals in Plymouth and South West Devon
  • Academic research, unless it shows significant potential for practical outcomes
  • Work that is primarily the responsibility of statutory authorities
  • Core activities of organisations that are part of a national network doing similar work (e.g. MIND, Age UK, Alzheimer's Society)
  • Organisations that cannot demonstrate financial governance
  • Purely administrative running costs
  • Projects without a defined time period in which beneficiaries will benefit
  • Contributions to general appeals or circulars
  • Activities that solely support animal welfare
  • Grant-making by other organisations

How to apply

  1. Check the eligibility criteria, exclusions and Grant Application Guidance
  2. Draft your answers in the Word version of the large grants form (strongly recommended)
  3. Submit through the online large grants form (a video application of up to 5 minutes can be linked through the form) by 30 November 2026
  4. Applications are scored against the Foundation's points framework

small grants of up to £1,000 are a separate rolling scheme reviewed at quarterly trustee meetings.

Have ready

  • Latest accounts (upload them if they are not on the Charity Commission website)
  • Constitution or governing documents
  • Evidence of safeguarding arrangements

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