Postcode Care Trust

Postcode Care Trust is a UK-based charity funded entirely by proceeds from the People's Postcode Lottery, established to enhance health, wellbeing, and resilience across communities in England, Scotland, and Wales. Its mission centers on strategic grant-making to tackle illness, disability, disadvantage, and social exclusion, prioritizing high-impact partnerships with established organizations over open calls. Distinguished by its invitation-only model and reliance on lottery player contributions—regulated by the Gambling Commission—the Trust fosters long-term collaborations, emphasizing measurable outcomes, community-wide benefits, and trustee-led decisions to maximize societal change.

The Trust funds initiatives improving health outcomes, mental health support, access to welfare and therapeutic services, and community resilience, targeting vulnerable groups like those facing poverty, inequality, racialized communities, young people, and individuals with illnesses or disabilities. Grants support core costs, capacity building, and multi-year programs—such as partnerships with Mind for mental health in economically disadvantaged groups—rather than short-term projects, focusing on scalable interventions with broad public benefit.

Eligible applicants are exclusively UK-registered charities operating in Great Britain, with a strong preference for large, established organizations demonstrating financial stability, proven impact at scale, and alignment with health priorities; small or grassroots groups are typically overlooked. Unsolicited applications are not accepted—instead, the Trust proactively identifies and invites partners via due diligence, in-person assessments, and ad-hoc Board presentations, with no fixed deadlines.

Typical grants range from £1,000,000 to £5,000,000+ over multiple years. It avoids one-off projects, capital-only funding, or activities outside health/wellbeing, setting it apart through its exclusive lottery-backed scale, closed strategic process, and commitment to amplifying major charities' nationwide efforts.