Become a partner

Grants from the Lloyd’s Patriotic Fund aim to support charities working with the military community specifically in the areas of employability and mental health. We support charities who value collaboration and champion the need to understand the gaps in current support. We want to work with charities to continue their vital work supporting the military community and are looking for projects where our funding will make a real difference.

Our Tier 1 grants programme is aimed at charities with an annual income of over £2.5million. Charities can apply for a maximum of £300k, for projects running over 3 years.  

Our Tier 2 grants programme provides grants to charities with an annual income of £2.5million and below. Charities can apply for up to £100k for projects running over 2 years.

Specification

• Projects with a focus on employability and/or mental health that support the Armed Forces community directly
• Charities and projects which support the most ‘at risk’ groups
• Charities and projects that support individuals and communities that are the hardest to reach
• Charities that demonstrate good governance through evidence or reference to the COBSEO Governance tool.

Project funding in scope

• Salaries to deliver the project
• Materials and equipment for the project
• Training of charity employees to deliver the project
• Activities for the project
• Civilian charities supporting the ex-military community
• Umbrella organisations
• Former serving personnel of the British Armed Forces and their families
• Bereaved families of former serving personnel
• Work to support “at risk” groups
• Research projects with a focus on employability and/or mental health in the military community
• Organisations that have received a donation from LPF in the past. This could be to fund a different project or fund the expansion or next phase of the project. Continued funding of the same project would only be considered once the impact has been demonstrated. 

The following is out of scope for support

• Regimental charities
• Community interest companies (CIC)
• Individuals
• Core (operational) charity costs
• Charities that only support a specific sector of society based on ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation or political beliefs
• Grant giving organisations
• Facilities or services that the Ministry of Defence provides
• Contributions directly towards individual beneficiaries or sponsorship of individuals
• Sponsorship of events, or contributions towards fundraising events
• Office items or IT equipment for the charity’s own use
• War memorials
• Projects supporting social mobility through education in London or disaster resilience and recovery, which are the strategic focus of the Lloyd’s of London Foundation.
• Ad-hoc donations and any requests for sponsorship from global or local individuals and charities as this is channelled through the Lloyd’s Market Charity Awards.