Boosting Advice Fund – third funding round now open

This is a significant funding opportunity for charities supporting older people facing financial hardship.

Independent Age is now accepting applications to the Boosting Advice Fund, offering three-year grants of up to £150,000 (£50,000 per year).

What is the fund aiming to achieve?

In this third round, up to £1.6 million is available for projects that improve the quality, reach and accessibility of advice for older people, particularly around financial wellbeing.

• Funded projects should help to deliver outcomes such as:
• More older people accessing financial wellbeing advice and support
• Improved access to in-person, skilled advisers
• Increased take-up of benefits and entitlements
• Reductions in household costs
• Greater reach and engagement with older people facing financial hardship
• Stronger organisational capacity and resources
• Improved understanding of, and engagement with, older people experiencing inequality

Priority groups

Priority will be given to projects supporting people aged 65 and over, particularly:

• People living in one-person households
• Women
• People from racially minoritised communities
• Private and social renters
• Carers
• Disabled people and those with long-term conditions

Where must projects take place?

Projects must be delivered in one of the following target locations:

• Kingston upon Hull
• Nottingham
• North London (Camden, Islington and Haringey)
• Argyll and Bute
• Highlands
• Na h-Eileanan an Iar
• Orkney
• Shetland
• Wrexham

Who can apply?

• Registered charities only
• Projects must focus on advice provision related to financial hardship
• There is a two-stage application process

Application process and deadline

Organisations must first submit an online Expression of Interest.

Only shortlisted applicants will be invited to complete a full application.

Expression of Interest deadline: 25 February 2026

https://www.independentage.org/grant-making