Funding opportunities

Grant Schemes

Lancashire Refugee Integration Team (LRIT) run various grant schemes throughout the year that we strongly encourage voluntary, community and faith sector (VCFS) groups to apply for. All grant schemes will be posted on our grants and funding webpage.

If you are an individual with lived-experience as a refugee or asylum seeker and have an idea for a project you would like to run, or to see funded, please email us at RITTeam@lancashire.gov.uk and we would be happy to have a further discussion with you.

Funding for the Third Sector

Below is a non-exhaustive list of trusts and foundations who fund asylum and refugee work. We are usually unable to provide continuation funding for projects and so we encourage VCFS groups to look in to diversifying their income streams at the earliest opportunity.

Community Fund

National Lottery funding for community projects that support people in the UK.

The Allen Lane Foundation

The Allen Lane Foundation is interested in funding work that promotes the inclusion of asylum seekers and refugees and helps with their integration and settling into life in the UK.

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre CVS

Blackpool, Fylde and Wyre CVS provides a number of small grants to tackle issues such as social isolation and to promote mental wellbeing.

Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale CVS

Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale CVS often have a variety of small grants available for community groups.

Lancaster District CVS

Lancaster District CVS has a number of small grants to fund projects around wellbeing and community building.

West Lancashire CVS

West Lancashire CVS details small grants available to support community projects in the West Lancashire area.