The Links Foundation was established as a company with charitable status in 2003. The charity aims to benefit communities throughout the UK by providing, or assisting, in the provision of facilities or services necessary to improve their conditions of life. This will be achieved by supporting projects which meet the following criteria:

- Advancing people’s education
- Reducing significant disadvantage
- Assisting those in conditions of poverty, need or distress
- Providing for recreational or other leisure time occupation

The average spend per project is currently about £20,000.

Guidelines and application deadlines are posted on the Foundation website. Application forms can be downloaded from www.linksfoundation.org/Default.aspx