Our aim is for everyone to have pride in our community. We give grants to local community projects and awarded more than £11 million over the last 10 years.
Grants for Charities & Community Groups
Supporting the local community through our grants programme is a core part of what we do at The Harpur Trust. We award more than £1m a year in grants and provide essential funding to charities and community groups, which run projects to help improve the lives of others in Bedford Borough.
Eligibility
Your project must align with one or more of our charitable objects:
- Education
- Relief of poverty, sickness or distress
- Recreation with a social welfare purpose
Your organisation must:
- Be a registered charity, Community Interest Company (CIC) Ltd by Guarantee or other non-profit organisation.
- Have a suitable governing document (e.g. constitution/articles).
- Have a committee of at least three unrelated people/trustees/directors.
- Be seeking funding for projects that specifically help people in Bedford Borough. Your project must fall within the boundaries outlined in this map.
Exclusions
We do not fund:
- Businesses.
- CICs Limited by Shares.
- Costs already incurred.
- The promotion of religion.
- National organisations where the project being applied for is not specific to Bedford Borough.
- Work which does not provide a direct benefit to people (e.g. animal charities).
- One-off events, trips and excursions – for community events, see our Event Sponsorship page.
Visit our grant’s how to apply pages.
