Eligible not-for-profit organisations can apply at any time for small grants to support projects that demonstrate an innovative use of Information Technology (IT), be scalable for wider replication, and be sustainable over time.

WCIT Charity works with a wide range of non-profit organisations. Their purpose is to unlock the power of IT for good through public education, promoting the effectiveness and efficiency of charities, donating funds and by providing access to technology professionals.

Projects must make use of information technology and relate to one or more of their priority areas – education, inclusion, IT for charities, and public understanding of IT.

Grants of up to £15,000 are available if you are a registered charity, educational establishment or organisation with a formal not-for-profit constitution such as a community interest company. CICs limited by shares may also apply

The charity is particularly interested in the development and delivery of innovative new services, solutions, training, apps, analytics, AI, robotics, or accessibility features/hardware. Additionally they are more likely to fund projects where they are a material or sole funder, or where they are the sole funder of the IT component of a larger project, as well as projects that could benefit from their pro bono support.

They do not fund core running costs (including the operational running costs of existing IT infrastructure), political/lobbying work, local authorities or councils, loans/debt repayments, work that has already been delivered/existing services, consultancy costs, or projects that seek to build an endowment.

It is less likely that funding will be awarded for a hardware refresh, off the shelf software packages, websites, network and telephony costs, migration to cloud services, large national charities with significant income and reserves, or projects where their contribution and impact may be very small.

Applications can be made at any time but are reviewed by their Charitable Operations Committee four times a year in February, May, September and November.

Successful applicants will usually hear within 6-8 weeks after each quarterly application deadline.

See the full guidance and apply at the WCIT Charity grants webpage.