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Funding is available for organisations working to create a fairer, more sustainable economic system in the UK.
The Friends Provident Foundation is accepting applications through its Transforming Financial Systems: Re-wiring the UK’s financial infrastructure strand, which supports work addressing structural issues in the financial system.
Funding will be granted in three main areas:
- Government Policy and Regulation – including areas such as countering lobbying and influencing; improving the understanding of key decision makers, a renewed focus on public interest
- Banking – areas of interest include: the role of the Bank of England and Treasury; enabling purpose driven banking; countering the influence of the shadow banking sector
- Investment – funding might include: redefining the incentives and purpose of investment; questioning ownership rights and responsibilities within the financial system and promoting responsibility and impact focus
Grants typically range from £40,000 to £60,000 per year.
Applications are open to organisations of any type, provided the proposed work is charitable.
There is a two-stage application process. The next deadline for stage one applications is 16 October 2026.
Examples of the type of projects that could be funded include:
- A policy and advocacy project to strengthen public-interest financial regulation. This could involve research, briefings and engagement with policymakers to improve understanding of how lobbying and vested interests shape financial regulation, and to promote reforms that put the public interest at the centre of decision-making.
- A project exploring how banking could better serve social and environmental goals. This could examine the role of the Bank of England, Treasury and commercial banks in supporting purpose-driven banking, including practical proposals for banking models that support communities, sustainability and long-term economic resilience.
- A campaign or research project on responsible investment and ownership. This could focus on reforming investment incentives, improving investor accountability, or questioning how ownership rights and responsibilities could be reshaped so that investment decisions give greater weight to social impact, environmental responsibility and long-term public benefit.
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