Grants Awarded
Grant Transparency
The Community Foundation for Lancashire and Merseyside is committed to transparency, and we work with 360Giving to publish information about our grants. Using the 360Giving data standard, our awarded grants since 2022 are available here
The statistics outlined in this data are a reflection of our work across both Merseyside and Lancashire.
To see the information for specific areas use the tools provided within Grant Nav below.
2024 – 2025
April 2024 to September 2024
In the first 6 months of 2024 we have distributed 175 grants across Lancashire and Merseyside totalling £1,233,803
Grants in 2024 so far have primarily addressed the issue of access to education and learning. Our largest fund in terms of numbers of grants awarded with 30 grants issued in Merseyside is Jamie Carragher’s 23 Foundation which celebrates it’s 15th anniversary this year. The Youth Empowerment Scheme distributed the most funding, with over £500,000 awarded to groups running diversionary activities during school holidays, ensuring young people have access to engaging sessions and a safe space.
2023 – 2024
April 2023 to March 2024
In 2023 we distributed 504 grants across Lancashire and Merseyside totalling £3,344,741
Grants in 2023 primarily addressed the issue of mental health. The largest fund in terms of numbers of grants awarded was the Youth Diversion Fund which awarded 46 grants across Merseyside focused on diversionary activities for young people. Liverpool ONE distributed the most funding with £402,090 issued to groups focused on young peoples mental health.
2022 – 2023
April 2022 to March 2023
In 2022 we distributed 360 grants across Lancashire and Merseyside totalling £3,289,468
Grants in 2022 primarily addressed the topic of health & wellbeing. Our largest fund in terms of numbers of grants awarded was the Youth Diversion Fund who issued 49 grants across Merseyside to provide diversionary activities during school holidays. The Violence Reduction Partnerships distributed £482,644 to address anti-social behaviour across Merseyside.
Further Detail – Spreadsheets
We believe that with better information, funders can be more effective and strategic decision-makers. 360Giving provides support for funders to publish their grants data openly, to understand their data, and to use the data to create online tools that make grant-making more effective. For more information click the link below.
2024 – 2025
If you wish to review the grants data for the financial year of 2024 – 2025 in spreadsheet form it can be accessed here. Please note that these spreadsheets reflect our work in both Merseyside and Lancashire and will only cover the quarters specified below.
2023 – 2024
If you wish to review the grants data for the financial year of 2023 – 2024 in spreadsheet form it can be accessed here. Please note that these spreadsheets reflect our work in both Merseyside and Lancashire and will only cover the quarters specified below.
2022 – 2023
If you wish to review the grants data for the financial year of 2022 – 2023 in spreadsheet form it can be accessed here. Please note that these spreadsheets reflect our work in both Merseyside and Lancashire and will only cover the quarters specified below.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to be used and shared as they wish. The data must be attributed to the Community Foundation for Lancashire and Merseyside.
Grants awarded to individuals and direct donations have been removed from these statistics in order to protect people’s privacy.