# Building Better Futures International

- Type: Trust / foundation
- Charity number: 1215180 (https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1215180)
- Website: https://www.bbfintl.org.uk/
- What it funds: Education / training, Health / saving of lives, Prevention or relief of poverty
- Who it helps: Children / young people, Other defined groups
- How it gives: Makes grants to organisations, Provides advocacy / advice / information
- Area of operation: India
- Trustees: 7
- Last verified: 2026-11-05T00:00:00.000Z
- Canonical URL: https://opengrant.co.uk/funders/building-better-futures-international

The charity works exclusively in Tamil Nadu, South India. It operates through trusted local partners to provide training and educational programmes to women and children so that they may learn skills which enable them to escape from extreme poverty. More than 400 women and children are helped each year.

## Open and forthcoming schemes (0)

None in OpenGrant's sources right now.

## Charitable objects

> The relief of financial hardship, either generally or individually, of neglected poor people living, in particular but not exclusively, in the state of tamil nadu, south India, and in such other parts of the world as the trustees may decide, primarily by providing or paying for items, services or facilities and by aiding small businesses and other activities to create sustainable incomes.2 the advancement of the education of the public, in particular persons living in the state of tamil nadu, south India, and in such other parts of the world as the trustees may decide.3 the relief of sickness, the protection and preservation of health, in particular, but not exclusively, of persons living in the state of tamil nadu, south India, and in such other parts of the world as the trustees may decide.

## What it funds

Building Better Futures International is registered under the Charity Commission purposes education / training, health / saving of lives and prevention or relief of poverty for children / young people; the register records that it makes grants to organisations and provides advocacy / advice / information.

The Charity Commission register lists its area of operation as India.

## How to apply

OpenGrant has not found an open scheme from Building Better Futures International in its sources (last checked 5 Nov 2026). Its website (bbfintl.org.uk) may list programmes that are not yet open or are by invitation only. OpenGrant does not take applications; always check the funder's own guidance.

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