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Rewarding Ideas Grant Application

Is/will your business be based in the Greater London area (or less than 30 miles from Charing Cross)?

Business location

Have you ever experienced barriers or exclusion linked to your race, faith, or socio-economic background?

Experience of barriers

Has your business been trading less than 3 years?

Trading duration

Are you a British citizen or do you have Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) in the UK?

Residency status

Your full legal name

What name would you like us to call you by?

Name you go by?

If you would like to share your gender it will help us track the balance of our grant awards but won't affect the criteria for getting a grant awarded.  We will also respect any pronouns you specify.

Gender? (optional)

Please provide your home address details.

Address details

Business Idea

What makes your idea different or needed?

Uniqueness and Need

Helping people overcome personal disadvantage and/or social underrepresentation are the focus of these grants.  By sharing your experience of hardship or exclusion it will enable us to ensure the grants serve public benefit not private interest.

Why you are eligible for this charitable grant?

Do you need to test an idea or help launch the venture?

Which Grant are you applying for?

Testing and Learning Needs

Please state the exact amount in £ needed to take your idea forward?

Requested Grant Amount?

Use of Grant Funds

Any support/mentoring already in place, if so please give details?

Existing Support

Have you received other funding before, if so please give details?

Previous Funding

Budget Breakdown

Upload a short (no longer than 60 secs) video of you explaining your idea/business (optional).

Elevator Pitch

Optional: You may attach a sketch, mockup, or business canvas.

Optional Attachments

Sorry you won't be able to apply for this grant.  We are limiting this grant to young people trying to start or develop a business in the London area that have faced economic hardship or exclusion.  Please keep an eye on our website www.gilinifoundation.org for other opportunities.

Sorry you won't be able to apply for this grant

We will use this to contact you regarding this application and for future contact if you agree to it.

Email Address

Phone or mobile number to contact you on.

Contact number

If you are up and running, please share your digital presence.

Business website / social media (optional)

Upload Proof of ID

As a UK registered charity the Gilini Foundation can only provide grants that contribute to the public good.  

Grant recipients must have answered the eligibility questions correctly and agree to use funds for the purposes stated in their application. In cases where the funds are used for unrelated or unapproved activities, the charity will request clarification or recovery of funds where appropriate.

If you are successful in receiving a grant you will agree to send us a short summary of expenditure (receipts) and the outcomes for your Business Idea within 3 months of expenditure.

The grants are at the discretion of the charity's trustees and their decisions are final.

Grant terms and conditions

Our promise to you...

We handle all personal information in line with UK GDPR. Your details will be used only to assess and manage your grant application, stored securely, and not shared without consent. 

The Gilini Foundation and Global Purpose Enterprise (GPE) will use the information you provide in this form to process your application for the “Rewarding Ideas” Grant and to manage your participation in related activities, including communications about the programme and the awards event.
By submitting this form, you consent to the collection and processing of your personal data for these purposes. You also agree to receive updates and relevant communications from Global Purpose Enterprise and the Gilini Foundation regarding this initiative and related opportunities.
We may share your information with authorised programme partners, judges, and event facilitators solely for the purpose of administering the grant, coordinating mentorship, and supporting event participation.
Your data will not be sold to third parties. All information will be processed securely and handled in accordance with UK data protection laws (including the UK GDPR and Data Protection Act 2018) and our respective privacy policies.
If you wish to withdraw consent or update your details, please contact:
foundation@gilini.co.uk or info@globalpurposeenterprise.com


Privacy statement

We will only use this to keep you in touch with our work and we will never share it with third parties.

Do you want to remain on the Gilini Foundation contact list so we can approach you about future opportunities?

GPE will use this to contact you about future opportunities

Do you want Global Purpose Enterprises to contact you about networking, mentoring and other events?

We are putting on a Dragon's Den event on 24th November 2025 at 180 Strand, Soho House.  It is a chance to network and see the Growth Grant finalists compete for grant funding.

Rewarding Ideas Event

A few short questions to check if you're able to apply for this grant.

Eligibility Checklist

Contact Information

Business Idea Details

Which grant are you going for and how will you use the money?

Funding Request & Grant Impact

Please read the small print as it is important to know the conditions under which the grant is provided.

Grant Terms and Conditions

The Gilini Foundation will respect your privacy and treat information you give us as confidential.  Please read how we do this and give consent to contact if you want to stay in touch.

Rewarding Ideas Grant Application

£100,000 in Grants for Young Entrepreneurs

Apply Now!

Calling all young founders aged 18–30 from diverse or underrepresented backgrounds. Whether you’re developing a product, running a small business, or testing a creative idea, apply now to take it to the next level.

In partnership with Global Purpose Enterprises we will also be holding a Dragon's Den style event on November 24th 2025 for those shortlisted for a Growth Grant, an opportunity to put your business idea before a judging panel of business leaders and famous founders.