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Access to Elected Office Fund

The Access to Elected Office Fund is a grant for non-profit organisations, such as disability organisations and charities, to run a fund helping disabled people with extra costs of standing for election in the UK. Open, closes 4 November 2026.

Run by Cabinet Office (CO), Disability Unit (Cabinet Office) · funded by UK Government

Checked against the official page (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk) on 16 Oct 2026.

A multi-year grant to appoint an administrator to set up and run a fund covering the extra disability-related costs of disabled people contesting elections. Applicants must be non-profit organisations, such as a Disabled People's Organisation, charity, social enterprise or co-operative, with disability expertise.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

Confirmed on the official page

Deadline

Closes 4 November 2026 at 2pm (3 days)

As stated: Closing date: 4 November 2026, 2:00pm

Confirmed on the official page

How much

The total funding available for 2026/27 will be up to £500k. This grant will cover both the administration costs, and the funding pot.

Whole fund: £500,000, shared between applicants

Not confirmed on the official page

Who can apply

Non-governmental, non-profit organisations based in the UK, such as a qualified Disabled People's Organisation, charity, social enterprise or co-operative, that have been operational for 2 years minimum. Partnerships and consortium bids are allowed with one lead organisation.

Confirmed on the official page

Business size

Not stated

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How to apply

Complete the online application form via the Start new application link; questions can be sent to the Disability Unit's Access to Elected Office team.

Not confirmed on the official page

Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

Confirmed on the official page

HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

Open across United Kingdom, so every council area in the North of England is shaded.

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Source and last checked

Local Landscape gathers this information automatically from the pages below, then checks the key details against the official page. Checked against the official page (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk) on 16 Oct 2026. Its details last changed on 16 Oct 2026. A person last checked it on 15 Oct 2026, so confirm the details with Cabinet Office (CO) before you apply.

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