# Communities for Children offers £15mn to tackle child poverty

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2025/10/20/communities-for-children-offers-15mn-to-tackle-child-poverty/
- Published: 2025-10-20T07:13:36+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

**Communities for Children is a £15 million fund dedicated to tackling rising child
poverty in the UK. It is a collaboration between BBC Children in Need, The National
Lottery Community Fund, City Bridge Foundation, Pears Foundation and The Hunter 
Foundation.
It is focused on finding and funding scalable solutions to support the
impact of poverty on children. Funding is intended to support children living “in
the most economically deprived areas of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
to thrive and fulfil their potential”.The initiative will include building strong
local partnerships, engaging community leaders, and elevating the voices of children
and young people, especially those often left unheard.

## No applications

[Communities for Children](https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/communities-for-children/)
will _not_ be open for general applications. Instead, it will work with local communities
to identify lead organisations and partners.

Initially the five-year programme will be rolled out across four carefully considered
locations. That number will then be increased to ten locations across the UK including
rural, urban and coastal areas. Selected locations will each be awarded up to £1.5
million across five years.

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