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Leeds Community Foundation and Leeds Civic Trust

The Future Places Fund

A fixed two-year grant of £20,000 (£10,000 a year) from Leeds Community Foundation and Leeds Civic Trust for creative, community-led projects that imagine the future of a place in Leeds over the next 10 to 50 years and aim to influence local action, planning or decisions. A place can be a neighbourhood, high street or site, or a community of interest with a strong connection to place. Every project must produce a tangible 'future artefact' such as a report, map, model, exhibition or film; the Foundation expects to fund around five.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£20,000
Deadline
33 days left
7 December
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Organisations and activities based in the City of Leeds
  • Applicants must have been registered for at least 2 years with the Charity Commission, Companies House or the FCA Mutuals Public Register, with income under £750,000 in their latest published accounts
  • Eligible: incorporated not-for-profit organisations (e.g. CIOs, CICs limited by guarantee, charitable companies), and registered charities that are not incorporated (these cannot use the grant for PAYE staff, only self-employed workers)
  • Not eligible: small unincorporated or unregistered groups, for-profit, overseas and statutory organisations (e.g. schools and hospitals)
  • All applicants need at least three unrelated trustees/committee members/directors with none registered as a Person with Significant Control; a governing document with a dissolution clause or asset lock; a bank account in the organisation's name with at least two unrelated signatories, two required to authorise every transaction; accounts showing gross income (draft accounts not accepted); and safeguarding policies if working with children or vulnerable adults
  • One application per organisation
  • The Foundation particularly welcomes applications from or benefiting LGBTQIA+, racially minoritised, d/Deaf or disabled people

What it funds

Projects that explore the future of a place aiming to influence local action, planning or decisions, for example:

  • Community workshops or creative engagement with local people to develop a shared long-term vision
  • Street surveys, pop-ups or walking tours to understand, explore and document how a place could change (e.g. the future of a neighbourhood, site or community of interest)
  • Work with local communities and partners that sets out clear next steps to influence future action or decisions for a future place

Groups are not restricted to these examples. Organisations must create a tangible output or 'future artefact' (e.g. report, map, model, exhibition, film) as part of the project.

What it will not fund

  • Activity and costs that have already taken place
  • Activity which might be regarded as discriminatory and/or excludes some people without good justification
  • Activity that promotes a particular political or religious point of view
  • Activity primarily for the benefit of animals
  • Capital appeals for building projects
  • Grant-making to other organisations and/or individuals, or applications from individuals
  • Statutory organisations or activity
  • Overseas organisations, expeditions or overseas travel
  • Small unincorporated and unregistered organisations
  • For-profit organisations

How to apply

  1. Read the Guidance and Criteria and the Foundation's grants process page
  2. Optionally draft answers using the Application Planner (Word document on the fund page)
  3. Create an account on the Foundation's grants portal and click 'Start a new application' on the fund page
  4. Answer the brief questions about the activity and budget, attach the supporting documents, and submit by 12 noon on 7 December 2026

A grants assessor reviews each application, then a grants panel decides; the panel's decision is final. Incomplete applications are not considered.

Have ready

  • List of trustees, committee members or directors and CEO or equivalent, noting any who are related or live at the same address
  • Financial accounts clearly showing gross income, assets and reserves (draft accounts not accepted)
  • Governing document (e.g. constitution, or memorandum and articles of association)
  • Three quotes for any capital item of £500 or more, if applicable
  • Safeguarding policies and procedures

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