Living Better
At a glance
Key takeaways
- Living Better's giving fits projects that promote sporting activity in Cambridgeshire or Peterborough, its stated focus.
- It paid out £838,648 in its latest annual report, but no typical grant size is given, so a modest, clearly defined request is a safe starting point.
- No application process is published, so contact the charity first using the details shown.
- Schools that receive grants agree to terms in a service-level agreement and are monitored through visits and progress reports.
- Its Sporting Chance programme opens its next wave of funding in March, and it does not fund Sporting Chance applications from outside Cambridgeshire, so organisations based elsewhere should not apply to that programme.
Overview
Living Better is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1124122).
Living Better is a registered charity in England and Wales (charity number 1124122) that aims to improve health, happiness and wellbeing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough by helping people and communities to be more active. It works through programmes and partnerships with community groups, local government, schools and youth groups, and its broader programmes cover children and young people, adults and older people, place and community work, and sport and welfare. It paid out £838,648 in its latest annual report. Its Opening up School Facilities programme ran over three years and supported 22 schools across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough to open their sports facilities to young people and the community.
What they fund
Priority Areas
Living Better says it makes grants to organisations with similar objectives to promote sporting activity. Its mission is to improve health, happiness and wellbeing across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, helping people and communities to be more active. Its work combines programmes and partnerships with efforts to embed activity in local systems and policies. It works with community groups and local government, schools and youth groups, and supports organisations to deliver projects. The report says school grants across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough helped schools open sports facilities to young people and the wider community. Its broader programmes cover children and young people, adults and older people, place and community work, and sport and welfare, with an emphasis on inclusive activity and tackling inequalities.
Themes
- Sporting activity
Geographic Focus
Cambridgeshire; Peterborough.
What they don't fund
- Sporting Chance only: applications from outside of Cambridgeshire
How to apply
No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.
Application windows:
- Sporting Chance: The next wave of funding opens in March.
Who can apply:
- Grants are made to organisations that share similar objectives, to promote sporting activity.
Application success factors
What the charity says:
- Recipient schools agree to the grant terms in a service-level agreement, which the team checks.
- The foundation monitors compliance through school visits and progress reports.
Where they fund
Where it says it funds
- Peterborough
- Cambridgeshire
Similar funders
Funders supporting work similar to Living Better.
Five years of accounts
| Financial year | Income | Expenditure | Grants paid | Accounts document |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| year to 31 March 2021 | £859,842 | £817,331 | £119,405 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2021 |
| year to 31 March 2022 | £987,805 | £1,017,690 | £210,627 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2022 |
| year to 31 March 2023 | £1,107,847 | £1,066,730 | £180,608 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2023 |
| year to 31 March 2024 | £1,082,676 | £1,080,229 | £33,969 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2024 |
| year to 31 March 2025 | £2,368,302 | £2,346,783 | £838,648 | Accounts for year to 31 March 2025 |
Income vs grants paid
IncomeGrants paid
Total value each financial year
Grants paid stayed within income across the 5 years shown.
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2021; year to 31 March 2022; year to 31 March 2023; year to 31 March 2024: grants to institutions, as reported on the charity register (Part B).
- Grants paid, year to 31 March 2025: grants paid out in the year.
Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.
Sources
Registers and filings
Other sources
- living-better.org.uk
- living-better.org.uk/our-mission · read on 30 October 2026
- living-better.org.uk/place-and-communities-programmes · read on 30 October 2026
- living-better.org.uk/children-and-young-people-programmes · read on 30 October 2026
- living-better.org.uk/adults-and-older-people-programmes · read on 30 October 2026
- living-better.org.uk/sports-and-welfare-programmes · read on 30 October 2026
- living-better.org.uk/sporting-chance · read on 30 October 2026
- living-better.org.uk/get-in-touch · read on 30 October 2026
- Annual report (year to 31 March 2025)
This profile draws on the funder’s own website as well as its filed accounts.
Sources last checked on 30 October 2026.
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