Applications will open on Wednesday 18 February and close on Thursday 19 March 2026 at 5pm – the application form will only be available during this time.
After carefully reading the information on this page, click the ‘Next’ button at the bottom of this page to progress to the online application form.
Please contact us at cara.smith@sfct.org.uk if access needs mean that you wish to apply another way.
Criteria and eligibility
Your organisation should have a Christian ethos (e.g. Christian values-led, faith-inspired, working in partnership with churches) and the application will ask how your project promotes Christian faith. You must be a Christian UK-registered charity (with at least two years’ worth of audited accounts), CIO, or exempt parish church operating in the UK, whose work supports resettlement from prison into the community or predominantly supports people in the community with experience of the criminal justice system. You can apply for a grant of up to £5,000 for project costs or central/core costs. Your income per annum must be below £500,000. If you are successful in being awarded a grant we will require a brief report on how you have used the funds.
We cannot accept applications for the following:
