Unfortunately, the focus of our support in our new strategy is on young offenders and young people who are at high risk of committing a first criminal offence. After a long review of our resources, we came to the difficult decision that focusing on one issue was the best way for us to meet our aims. After lots of discussion and research Triangle Trust Trustees felt that we should continue with our support of young people caught up in the criminal justice system. We understand that this will be disappointing for both current grantees and future applicants, but we will continue to raise the profile of the needs of young carers within our own networks.
In 2025, our autumn funding round will focus on funding organisations where at least 80% of the total beneficiaries of the whole organisation are women and girls, who deliver existing projects that work specifically with young women and girls caught up in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of entering it. You will have to show us that you already work with young women and girls, that you have the expertise to do so and that the project you would like funding for is not working more generally with vulnerable young people. If you cannot show us this, please do not apply as your application will be rejected. This will be checked at several points during the application process, so you will need to be able to show us that your organisation’s total beneficiaries (not just the project you are applying for) are at least 80% women and girls
You will also need to show us clearly that your project specifically aims to reduce the likelihood of a young woman or girl either entering the criminal justice system or re-offending, and support them to move on positively with their lives. Projects will need to demonstrate age, gender, trauma, and culturally responsive approaches to working with young women and girls.
We are particularly interested in supporting work that provides peer support from women with their own lived experience and projects that can demonstrate that they have been co-designed with the voices of young women and girls. We cannot accept applications where only some of the young people who will benefit from the project you want us to fund are young offenders.
If your grant has already finished then you are able to make an application for further funding as long as you meet our criteria. If you currently have a Young Women & Girls grant then you can make an application for continuation funding if you are within the last 12 months of your grant. Please be advised that we do not prioritise current grantees so your application will be considered alongside all applications received.
If you have a Sport 4 Development grant you can make a new application but please ensure that you have read the wider criteria to ensure that you are eligible.
Our autumn 2025 funding opportunity is only open to organisations where at least 80% of the total beneficiaries of the whole organisation are women and girls. If your organisation currently works exclusively with women in the criminal justice system and you now want to work with younger women and girls, your application will need to demonstrate that you understand the distinct needs of young women and girls with criminal convictions or those who are at a high risk of entering the criminal justice system. You will also need to show that your organisation has the expertise to be able to do this successfully.
We are not accepting applications for this funding opportunity from organisations who work with a wider group of offenders than just women and girls.
No. You may only apply for funding if the sole beneficiary group you will be working with are young women and girls who are caught up in the criminal justice system and at least 80% of your total beneficiaries are women and girls. If your work has a wider remit than this, even though it is engaging young female offenders, you are not eligible to apply.
Unfortunately, we are only able to fund organisations offering direct support to young people with criminal convictions or those at high risk of entering the criminal justice system. If you are undertaking research into any of our areas of interest that could have national relevance, we are always interested in hearing more about these pieces of work. We do sometimes look for opportunities to make strategic grants that impact the issues we support more widely than a project grant would.
As our focus each year changes, you are eligible to apply for another grant as long as 12 months or more has elapsed since the submission date of any previous applications. The application cannot be for exactly the same project, unless agreed with a member of the Grants Team.
The Small Grants Programme is designed to support grass roots women led organisations with an annual income of £50,000 or less. It is specifically aimed at smaller community organisations that have often been started to address a local and unmet need and are rooted in lived experience. Grants of £10,000 are available and need to be spent within a specified period of no more than 12 months.
The Main Grants Programme is designed to support larger organisations. Grants of between £30,000 and £80,000 are available for a duration of 12-24 months.
The maximum annual income for an organisation applying to our Small Grants Programme is £50,000.
Yes. You should submit your most recent set of management accounts along with your forecast income and expenditure. Additionally, please provide us with an explanation of your situation so that we know why the full set of accounts has not been submitted.
Yes. CICs and social enterprises must have a governing document which shows the name, aim/purpose, objects of the group, including a dissolution clause (what happens if your group ceases to function). This clause should show that you are a not for profit group by confirming that any assets remaining after all debts are paid will be given to another voluntary group with similar aims. This document should also contain details of your Trustees, Directors or Management Committee.
Yes. All organisations based and operating within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for a grant.
Use of Funding
No. Unfortunately we do not provide funding for restorative justice initiatives.
Our funding is designed to support projects working directly with young people and the criminal justice system. We are not able to solely support the core costs of an organisation working in this area. We will however, consider reasonable contributions to the running of your organisation as part of the overall budget you develop for your project.
Our funding in 2025 focuses on supporting work with young women and girls who are already in contact with the criminal justice system and those who are highly vulnerable to entering it. We will be looking for proposals that target the most high risk young women and girls and applications will need to demonstrate that they are linked to schemes such as Out of Court Disposals and Point of Arrest Diversion initiatives as well as services working with those known to be at risk, such as girls who are looked after and those who are outside of education or on the edge of being excluded. Applicant organisations will also need to show that they have strong links with Youth Offending Teams, probation, PRUs, schools and other relevant local partners who come into contact with this group of vulnerable young women and girls. We will not consider general diversion projects that seek to address issues such as reducing anti-social behaviour.
If the project that you are already running is working towards the outcomes of reducing young women and girls from reoffending or supporting young women or girls on the edge of the criminal justice system to avoid a first offence, then we will consider funding an existing project. Most of our funding though is likely to be allocated to organisations who want to build on work that they are already doing, either by increasing their capacity or developing a criminal justice focused programme.