The Quaker Housing Trust (QHT) provides advice, support, loans and grants to small charitable organisations to ensure that these homes are available, safe, decent and affordable.
The Trust’s funding is intended to support its emphasis on the provision of homes, not just housing. It awards grants and interest-free loans to UK registered charities undertaking projects to provide housing for those in need.
Funding is awarded as follows:
- Project Development grants – up to £6,000.
- Main grants and loans – up to £30,000 interest-free loans and up to £20,000 for grants.
There are currently four funding priorities. Other projects will be considered after those meeting these four priorities:
- Projects in East of England, Southwest of England (Somerset, Devon, Cornwall) and Wales – geographically underrepresented in recent award rounds.
- Projects providing for older people.
- Organisations working with people with No Recourse to Public Funds.
- Housing projects that support people from minoritised groups. These include:
- LGBTQ+ people
- Black and other ethnically minoritised people
- People living with disabilities
- Refugees and asylum seekers
- Prison leavers
- Care leavers.
This is not an exhaustive list, and consideration will be given to other minoritised groups.
Applications will be considered from charitable organisations operating in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands or the Isle of Man.
To be eligible, applicants must be:
- A registered charity (registered with Charity Commission, OSCR and/or HMRC).
- A small organisation with less than £1.5 million annual turnover and without access to sufficient income, reserves, nor other fundraising, to pay for the work they want to do.
- Meeting a real and demonstrable housing need.
- Be providing actual ‘bricks & mortar’ housing.
- Letting the homes at a realistic rent which low income occupants can genuinely afford.
- The length of occupancy in funded homes must be a minimum of three months.
Organisations do not need to have pre-existing Quaker links or support in order to apply for funding; however, as the Trust is mainly supported by Quakers, it especially invites applications from Quaker bodies seeking to repurpose property in their care for housing those in need.
There are different timescales for the grants:
- The deadline for Project Development Grants is Interest is 11 August 2026 (17:00).
- There is a two-stage application process for Capital Loans and Grants, starting with an Expression of Interest.
For more information and how to apply visit the website.
The deadline for Expressions of Interest (Capital Loans and Grants) is 1 July 2026 (17:00).
