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The Florence Foundation is a privately funded, grant-giving charity focused on backing organisations that make a real, tangible difference.
We provide direct funding to charities delivering vital support across Liverpool, Merseyside, Manchester, Cheshire and Lancashire - helping people facing hardship and supporting animal welfare in our communities.
We know your time is best spent creating impact, not filling out forms. That's why our application process us straightforward, transparent, and designed to get funding to you quickly.
If you're making a difference locally, we want to hear from you.
About us
The Florence Foundation, established in 2024, is a privately funded, grant-giving charity supporting small and medium-sized organisations across Liverpool, Manchester, Merseyside, Cheshire and Lancashire.
We fund charities working to alleviate poverty, address financial hardship, support food banks for people and pets, and enable pet rescue and adoption.
Our mission is simple: to improve lives through direct, practical support in communities across the North West—providing funding to charities making a real difference to people and the animals they care for.
Read more about our work with charity partners here.
Our Vision
Our vision is simple: no person or pet should go without the essentials - food, shelter and care.
Our Mission
Our mission is to fund front-line charities tackling poverty, food insecurity and pet welfare - delivering practical support where it's needed most.
Funding for charities supporting people and pets
We support small and medium charities, by funding practical projects - food banks for people and pets, homelessness support, financial crisis assistance, and pet rescue and adoption.
The Florence Foundation is already making a difference across communities in the North West of England.
To date, we have awarded over £147,000 in grants - and counting.
Grants recently awarded
In June our trustees met to review 64 applications applying for over £515,000 of grant funding, the highest level since our inception. It was a difficult task but our trustees reviewed every application and have been able to award a record number of grants to fantastic charities across the North West. Here are a just a few of the organisations we are supporting.
The Big Food Project in Blackpool
In partnership with The Big Food Project in Blackpool, we have provided funding to help maintain their fleet of vans. These vans are at the heart of the organisation enabling them to collect and redistribute food via their network of 125 partner organisations. These vans help deliver 900,000 meals with the support of a small team of staff and 20,000 hours of volunteer support
Netherton Community Garden
The Netherton community garden project donates fresh food that is grown in their community gardens. One of the biggest issues they faced was their facilities did not have a direct electricity connection, which reduced their ability to function fully. We have been able to support this project with a grant that will pay for an electricity connection that will enable them to store more produce to donate and sell as well as store food that is used in community meals or processed into preserves.
Further more it will enable them to increase their capacity to host events becoming a site that the community can use throughout the year.
Silk Cat Rescue
Silk Cat Rescue is based in Poynton in Cheshire. They applied for funding to support the creation of a pet food bank at the local Poynton Community Larder. Our funding will enable them to fund supplies for the pet food bank, ensuring pets can stay with their owners during times of financial crisis. Keeping pets with their families is the best way to reduce the challenges faced by rescues.
Apply for charity funding
We fund charities making a real difference to people and pets in need.
If you’re considering applying, start by reviewing our application process to ensure you have everything required.
Applications are accepted via our online portal only. We are unable to respond to direct requests for grants.
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Our policies
We value transparency, which is why our policy documents are accessible for you to read and download. Everyone is invited to explore how we are positively impacting our communities alongside our charity partners.