Introduction

Welcome to Bentley’s Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme.

Through our grants programme we will support charitable organisations that help communities in 19 locations across the UK. This localised approach has been selected to maximise the impact of the programme, allowing grants to improve outcomes for communities in multiple and intersecting ways and amplifying the impact in each area.

Please review our Bentley Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Policy and the further information on eligibility below, before considering applying.

We will work in partnership with the Charities Aid Foundation to deliver our financial giving programme, who ensure that all organisations we support are charitable and that we accurately record our social impact.

Grants must be spent within 12 months of award. Applications for the Bentley Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme will be considered on a quarterly basis. 

In response to the challenging environment that smaller charities are operating in and reflecting Bentley’s aim to maximise the impact of its grants, the Advancing Life Chances Small Grants programme is restricted to organisations with an annual income of less than £1m.

By clicking on the link below you will be redirected to the online application form hosted by our partners, Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).  Please note that we have an allocated budget for each funding round.  This may mean a decision needs to be taken to close the application process before the stated date.  This is to ensure that applicants have a reasonable chance of success.  We therefore advise all potential applicants to apply at their earliest convenience before the deadline for each funding round.  If a funding round has been closed due to demand, notice will be confirmed on the CAF application page. You can find out more about CAF here.

CAF enable us to deliver the Bentley Advancing Life Chances Small Grants programme. If you apply for this grants programme, you will be directed to CAF’s carefully selected service provider (Blackbaud) to enter the details of your grant application. Your data will only be used for the purposes of this programme. CAF will act as a data controller for the purposes of your data. Please refer to CAF’s privacy policy for more information on how your data will be used. CAF may get in touch with you directly to ask for your bank account details and any documents they need from you to complete due diligence checks. CAF will process your data to validate your organisation and will act as data controller for this information and any information they collect directly from you.  More information is available on CAF’s Privacy Notice.