Our funding programmes
We fund research, campaigning and policy work to improve living standards and personal finances for people on low to middle incomes in the UK.
Our funding programmes are focussed on three significant areas that influence financial well-being, as well as our cross-cutting climate change and household finances in the UK initiative.
Our Income programme focuses on four areas:
Wages
We also want to explore how changes to shareholder dividends and wage distribution (including greater transparency) could increase pay for those on lower incomes.
Pensions
We are interested in people’s experience navigating the complexities related to pension freedoms and ways to improve this experience. We also look at how to better support those still facing hardship in retirement
Taxation
This includes work in relation to closing tax gaps and loopholes (for example between employees, the self-employed and company owner-managers); and reviewing the scope of taxes.
Welfare benefits
We also want to explore how changes to shareholder dividends and wage distribution (including greater transparency) could increase pay for those on lower incomes.
Our Spending programme focuses on five areas:
Cost of living
Payment problems
Consumer spending
Borrowing
Problem gambling
Our Assets programme focuses on four areas:
General saving
Retirement saving
Taxation
Housing
For our Climate Change and Household Finances in the UK funding stream, we seek applications from organisations for policy, research and campaigning work which will protect and improve the household finances of people on low-to-middle incomes in the UK during the transition to Net Zero and adjustment to climate change.
This focus area sits alongside our existing funding programmes. Please read our funding process and funding guidelines alongside the following information before deciding to apply and to guide your application.
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