The Dream Fund was created to encourage charities to collaborate and apply for their dream project, the project they have always wanted to deliver but never had the opportunity to do so. 
The Dream Fund supports charities to develop innovative solutions to society’s most challenging problems. Applications that can score highly in their originality, ambition and collaborative nature stand the highest chances of being successful.
The Dream Fund will offer a total award fund of £3,000,000 for charitable organisations to deliver their ‘dream’ project in one or more areas in Great Britain in 2018-2020.
Charities can apply for up £1,000,000 to deliver a project 24 months in length. The minimum amount charities may apply for is £500,000.
The Dream Fund encourages not-for-profit organisations to collaborate to deliver a more effective and wide ranging project. All applications must therefore come from at least two organisations, one of which will be designated as the lead for the project.
The lead partner organisation MUST be a registered charity. The main grant contact must be with this organisation.
Applications must be innovative, creative and original, and present projects that are a genuine ‘dream’.
Dream Fund accepts applications that meet one of the following four funding priorities:
• Increasing Life Chances for young people
• Green communities
• Supporting families
• Improving people’s lives through animals
Dream Fund 2018 has a three stage application process: Stage 1 - The stage 1 application process is very simple and involves completing a one page online application form by Tuesday 22 August 2017, 5.30 pm
Stage 2 - The most impressive, exciting and original projects will then be shortlisted and asked to apply using a detailed online application form. Stage 2 will open for applications on Thursday 14 September and close on Tuesday 31 October 2017, 5.30pm
Stage 3 - Stage 2 applicants will then be shortlisted again and the very best entries will be asked to attend the Dream Fund offices in Edinburgh to give a formal presentation on their project to the Dream Fund judges. The presentations are scheduled for Monday 4 and Tuesday 5 December
For further information and to apply, visit: www.postcodedreamtrust.org.uk/dream-fund