Triangle Trust 1949 Fund

Objectives of Fund

The Trust holds two grants rounds per year:

• The Spring round is for proposals wanting to work with young people who already have a criminal conviction.
• The Autumn round is for proposals focused on targeted work with high-risk young people on the edge of the criminal justice system.

This year both rounds will once again be focused on funding for organisations working with vulnerable young women and girls who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of entering it. Applicants must demonstrate significant expertise working with vulnerable and challenging young women and girls.

Value Notes

Grants of between £10,000 and £80,000 for a duration of 12 months to two years.

A maximum of £40,000 per year can be requested.

The amount of funding must be proportional to the project being undertaken.

Who Can Apply

Registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies that are working within the UK and have a UK office can apply.

Only organisations exclusively led by and for women and girls are eligible to apply.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Have previous experience of working with vulnerable young women or girls either on the edge of the criminal justice system or who already have criminal convictions.
• Be requesting funding for a project working exclusively with young women and girls aged between 11 and 30 years. It is unlikely that the Trust will fund a project across the whole age range.
• Work solely with women and girls.
• Have a proven track record of running projects working with young women and girls that is both gender and trauma informed.
• Be proposing a project with targets that are specifically linked to either reducing the number of young women or girls who reoffend or reduce the number of young women and girls who receive a first conviction.
• Have an average annual income over the past three years of less than £1.5 million.
• Be a registered charity or an organisation set up with a clear social purpose and appropriate governing documents stating this.

Social enterprise and community interest companies must have a governing document which shows the name, aim/purpose, objects of the group, including a dissolution clause. This clause should show that the organisation is a not-for-profit group by confirming that any assets remaining after all debts are paid will be given to another voluntary group with similar aims. This document should also include details of the organisation's Trustees or management committee.

The Trust particularly welcomes applications from organisations working in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

Location

United Kingdom

Restrictions

The funding will not cover core costs; however, the Trust will consider reasonable contributions to the running of the organisation as part of the overall budget developed for the funded project.

Eligible Expenditure

The funding is designed to support projects working directly with young people and the criminal justice system.

Although the Trust does not solely support an organisation's running costs, it will consider reasonable contributions to the running of the organisation as part of the overall budget being developed for their project.

Most of the funding is likely to be allocated to organisations who want to build on work that they are already doing, either by increasing their capacity or developing a criminal justice focused programme.

How To Apply

There are two funding rounds per year.

There is a two-stage application process.

• Stage one is to complete the online application form on the Triangle Trust website.
• Stage two will involve a visit from the Trust's Director to the shortlisted applicants (usually between six and eight organisations).

Applications for the:

• First round open on 15 April 2025 and close 22 May 2025. All applicants notified if shortlisted on 1 July 2025.
• Second round open 16 September 2025 and close 28 October 2025. All applicants notified if shortlisted on 18 December 2025.

Full details and the online application form can be found on the Triangle Trust website.

Contact the Triangle Trust for further information.