The Leeds Building Society Foundation offers grants to UK registered charities for projects which address one or more of the following themes:

Financial stress - projects that help with bills or debt stress.
Security and refuge - projects that support emergency accommodation.
Quality and suitability of housing.
Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness if it is part of wraparound support and the application also meets at least one of the other themes.

Applications are welcome from those who take a Housing First and/or relationship-based approach. Applications should show evidence of:

Depending on their annual turnover, UK registered charities can apply for:

Small Grants of between £250 and £1,000 to charities anywhere in the UK that have a turnover of less than £1 million. The funding is to be used for projects that support those in need of a safe and secure home. Grants are only for capital expenditure (that is, to purchase items used to directly help those in need).
Large Grants of between £25,000 and £100,000 for charities with a turnover of £5 million or less who are based in or delivering work in Yorkshire and/or the North East of England. The grant can be a one year grant, or split across two or three years and can support new work or existing work and fund core, project and/or capital costs.

The Foundation has introduced a two-stage application for large grants in 2025. The first step is to submit a short expression of interest.

There are three large grant and four small grant application rounds per year.

The first deadline for both small grants and large grants is 10 February 2025 for consideration in late March.