BBC Children In Need Core Costs Funding

Registered not-for-profit organisations who work with disadvantaged children and young people of 18 years and under are eligible to apply.

The funders will prioritise applications from smaller, local organisations and are unlikely to fund groups with a turnover of more than £1 million, unless they are:

• Hospices (including Children's Hospices).
• Housing Associations.
• Groups delivering nationwide or UK-wide work.

Core Costs support essential organisational and administrative spending. These are the key expenses required to keep your organisation running.

The Core Costs funding can be spent on your organisation’s central day-to-day operations. These might include, for example:

• Management and administration
• HR and payroll
• General office expenses
• Accountancy and audit
• Communications and outreach
• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning
• Governance, regulatory, and compliance costs

Our Core Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.

As part of our ongoing commitment to improving their systems and processes, BBC Children in Need are transitioning to a new grantmaking system. This transition will take place throughout 2025 and they will launch the new system by the end of September. During this period there will be some disruption to our grant programmes.

As a result BBC Children in Need will be unable to accept new Expressions of Interest applications after 15th April 2025 until they launch the new grantmaking system, by the end of September 2025.