Grant Application

The 3R Foundation raises funds through the 3R Foundation Community Charity Shop and returns those profits to support local charities, community groups, clubs and other non profit organisations across North Lancashire and South Cumbria, with a particular focus on the Carnforth, Lancaster and Morecambe area.

If you would like to apply for a grant, we recommend reading our Pre Application FAQs first, then simply complete our online application form.

Most of our grants are between £250 and £500. We usually only award one or two £1,000 grants each month, so applying for a smaller amount, where appropriate, may improve your chances of success.

Quick Tip 2: The Grants Committee particularly welcomes applications that:

involve recycling or help the environment
encourage collaboration or shared community resources
support local businesses by purchasing locally where possible
are for specific, tangible items supported by a quotation or screenshot

Quick Tip 3: We do not normally provide part funding towards larger projects. We prefer to fully fund specific items or smaller projects, allowing us to support more organisations with quicker decisions and less administration. There are many other funders better suited to larger capital projects. If you think your project is an exceptional case, please contact us before applying.

The 3R Grants Committee meets every month, so you will normally receive a decision within 2 to 6 weeks. If your application is successful, your grant will usually be paid by bank transfer within a few days of accepting the offer.

Successful grants are featured on our website and social media. As part of the grant conditions, we ask recipients to help publicise their award and share our posts to help raise awareness of both their organisation and the work of the 3R Foundation.

Before you apply

Please read our Pre Application FAQs, which answer most common questions and explain our funding criteria in more detail.

Pre-Application FAQs

If you would like to discuss a project before applying, please contact us or arrange to call in for a chat.

Application form

Name of group, club or charity *

Is your organisation a: *

Non Charity Organisation, group or club

Registered UK Charity

Charity number (if a registered charity)

We accept applications from groups, clubs and other organisations as well as registered charities. You do not have to be a registered charity to apply!

Contact Name *

Position or Role *

Email *

Telephone *

Mobile *

Organisations Address *

Organisations website *

If the organisation doesn't have a website simply enter NONE or NO WEBSITE

Organisations Social Media Page *

If the organisation doesn't have any social media pages simply enter NONE or NO SOCIAL MEDIA PAGE

The grant amount requested can be anything 'up to' the amount stated, it doesn't have to be exact!

Grant Amount Requested *

Up to £250 (there are more of these!)

Up to £500

Up to £1,000 (less of these available!)

Useful tip: there are more smaller grants available than larger ones!

Actual amount you want to apply for *

Brief description of what your organisation does (a short paragraph or two is ideal) *

What will the grant be used for? (No more than a few short paragraphs please) *

Ideally an item, or items, of equipment, product(s) or tangible services. We do not award grants for running costs, wages or part funded projects

Please provide quotes, estimates or simply some screenshots of the items with prices that you would like the grant to cover. JPG. PNG or PDF format ONLY (please DO NOT send MS Word files).

Upload Quote 1 *

Upload Quote 2

Upload Quote 3

Please note we cannot accept personal bank account details.

The account must be in the name of your organisation.

NB this is NOT the name of your bank!

Organisations name as used on bank account *

Bank Account Number *

Bank Sort Code *

Thank you for your application!

Grant Application

Application form

​3R Foundation & Charity Shop

3R Foundation & Charity Shop