The Royal British Legion directly helps thousands of beneficiaries every year. But we also provide funds to other organisations, manage trusts and scholarship funds and help the wider Armed Forces community in many ways.
The External Grants Scheme accepts applications from organisations running, or planning, charitable activities in support of the Armed Forces community.
It is intended to fund specialised projects or services for serving and/or exService personnel and/or their families that are not already being provided by The Royal British Legion (the Legion) and that are in line with our programme’s Funding Priorities.
Funding Priorities
Employment and Training
Support for Families
Supporting the Elderly
Homelessness and Outreach
You must be a charitable organisation operating for at least two years.
You must share our aims and objectives and be able to:
demonstrate that the money we give you will directly benefit serving and/or ex-Service personnel and/or their families;
demonstrate that you have attempted to secure funding from other sources (whether you were successful or not);
demonstrate that your charitable organisation is run efficiently;
provide evidence to show that there is demand for the project or service and how your project fits with our aims and objectives;
describe the impact (project outcomes) your project will achieve for serving and/or ex-Service personnel and/or their families, providing evidence where you can.
Application Process – Two Stage Application Process
Stage One The first stage requires a short expression of interest from the applying organisation via submission of a completed Stage One Application Form.
Stage One applications will typically be considered within one month of the submission deadline.
Successful applicants will be notified and invited to Stage Two.
Stage Two The second stage involves a more comprehensive application and requires submission of accompanying information (e.g. a budget report.)
Funding decisions will typically be made within one month of the Stage Two submission deadline.
The next Stage 1 submission deadline will be the 31st May 2016.
For more information please go to the website.
