Global's Make Some Noise - Expression of Interest

Make Some Noise is an Appeal operated by Global Charities Limited, a registered charity in England, Wales and Scotland.

Small, local charities are at the heart of the life-changing work we support. Often founded by people with lived experience, they are deeply embedded in their communities, understand local needs first-hand, and can respond quickly when circumstances change. They build trusted relationships and deliver vital support where it's needed most, when it's needed most. We go beyond funding to give our charity partners the training, tools and platform they need to keep going further, helping them grow, reach more people, and create lasting impact. Our Mission is to change lives, and these organisations are the powerful local partners who make that possible.

Where appropriate, Charity Partners may also have opportunities to share the impact of their work through case studies, photography, video, audio or interviews. We work sensitively with charities to identify stories that can be shared with the necessary permissions. While we understand that not every charity or project will be able to feature on Global’s platforms, the stories we share help raise awareness and inspire public support for the causes and communities we work with.

Top tips before you apply

Focus on the project you are asking us to fund, rather than your organisation.
Use evidence wherever possible, such as research, local data or your own service information.
Be specific about who will benefit from your project and the difference it will make.
Don't worry about your writing style, we're interested in the strength of your project and the benefit it will provide.

Please answer each question as clearly and directly as possible.

ELIGIBILITY

What We Fund

We support projects, roles or programmes that provide in-depth, direct delivery or continuous support work to individuals. To ensure consistency and transparency in how we allocate our funding, proposed projects must clearly align with at least one of our key outcome areas:

- Providing safety and shelter

- Supporting physical and/or mental health

- Developing life skills

- Reducing isolation or improving inclusion

Our grants programme also offers capacity building opportunities, designed to nurture the growth and development of small charities, and enhance their capacity to provide vital support within their communities.

What We Don’t Fund

Unfortunately, there are certain things that we cannot fund, which include:

- Grant values that exceed 40% of your annual charity income

- Activities to promote or improve the wellbeing of animals or the natural world

- Contributions to general appeals or circulars

- Funding for individuals or networked organisations

- Politically or religiously driven projects, or any other activity or project that is not for the wider public benefit

- Public bodies or associated providers carrying out statutory obligations, such as schools, the NHS or Local Authorities

- Activities that have already taken place

- Funding for grant-making activities, or activities where funds will be primarily provided to third-party organisations to deliver work

Alumni Charities

We are accepting applications from charities that we have previously supported with project funding, provided that their previous project funding ended on or before March 2022.

Charities who took part in the Small Charity Week match funding campaign in June 2025 or 2026 are eligible to apply for a project grant, provided they meet all other eligibility criteria.

TIMELINE

STAGE 1 Expression of Interest: Submission deadline is midnight on Friday 9th October.

STAGE 2 Application: Successful applicants will receive an invitation to apply from w/c 2nd November 2026.

Submission deadline is midday on Friday 20th November.

Unsuccessful EOI applicants will be notified by w/c 16th November 2026.

STAGE 3 Panel Assessment: January/February 2027.

STAGE 4 Application Outcome: w/c 1st March 2027.

STAGE 5 Funding Agreement: Successful applicants will receive and sign their funding Agreement in March 2027.

STAGE 6 Funding Commences: Successful applicants will receive their first grant instalment from April 2027.

If you have any accessibility requirements needed to submit an Expression of Interest with us, please email us on grants@makesomenoise.com.

We are happy to help.

Unfortunately you are not eligible to apply for a Global's Make Some Noise grant at the present time and cannot submit an Expression of Interest to us.

Please visit www.makesomenoise.com for more information on our available grants.

Charity and Main Contact Details

Your Charity's Details

Your charity's name:

Your current charity registration number:

Any previous charity registration numbers:

Charity phone number:

Charity website:

Charity's address:

Main Applicant Contact Details

Your first name:

Your last name:

Your email address:

Your phone number:

Your position in the charity:

About Your Charity

Describe your organisation overall (not the project you're applying for), including:

•	who you support

•	the services you provide

•	approximately how many people you support each year

• where your services are delivered

 (250 words or less) 

Funding proposal

You may apply for two years of funding (up to £70,000 in total) from Globals' Make Some Noise. Funding will commence in April 2027, should you be invited to apply.

Tell us about the project you would like us to fund, why it is needed and the difference it will make. Please include:

The Need: the challenges or barriers faced by the people you want to support in your area. Provide examples of national and local data where appropriate. The current evidence and gap in support: how you know this need exists, for example, through service data, referrals, waiting lists, feedback, local insight, research or statistics and what support is already available locally. Please explain why existing provision does not fully meet the need. The project: what you will deliver, who will benefit, where support will take place, how often it will be provided, and who will deliver it. Please include the project name, duration and any roles you need to recruit. The difference you expect to make: the outcomes you expect for beneficiaries, how many people you will support over the two-year period, and how you will measure progress.

You may also tell us how people with lived experience have helped shape the project.
Please focus on the key information and avoid repeating details included elsewhere in your application. Tell us about the project you would like us to fund. (250 words or less)

Please tell us how your charity involves the people it supports (also know as your 'beneficiaries') in shaping and improving your activities. (max 100 words)

Would 2-year funding for your project contribute to the longer-term sustainability of your organisation or increase its wider impact, either directly or indirectly? Please tell us how. (max 100 words)

Storytelling

The Global's Make Some Noise Appeal

Helping us tell your story                                                       

If your project is successful, we may invite you to help us share the impact of your work.

We understand that not every opportunity will be appropriate. We'll always work with you to ensure any stories shared are authentic, handled sensitively and supported by the appropriate written permissions.

The stories we share help raise awareness of important issues, inspire public support and enable us to fund more charities. While not every Charity Partner will feature across Global's platforms, we'd like to understand what your organisation would be able to provide.

Which of the following could your organisation provide if your application is successful?

Publicly sharable case studiesPublicly sharable photographs and videos of your beneficiaries and your workParticipants for interviews or recording audioNone of the above

It is important to note that we would require full written permissions for any content used containing the people you support or staff members.

It is not guaranteed that all successful applicants will be profiled on Global’s platforms (e.g. radio stations and social media).

If you think you are unable to fulfil this request, please contact grants@makesomenoise.com with the subject line ‘2027 EOI storytelling enquiry’.

Monitoring and Reporting Requirements

Our programme monitoring and evaluation process focuses on 4 areas:

- Project deliverables

- Organisational growth/development

- Individual impact

- Storytelling/case studies

The ‘individual’ impact of your project will be measured through the application of the four wellbeing questions by the Office of National Statistics (ONS), focussing on the impact that your project is having on your beneficiary’s emotional wellbeing.

We ask our charity partners, where appropriate, to ask these four questions to every person supported through the GMSN-funded project twice: at the beginning and end of their journey.