John Moores Foundation aim to enable people who face barriers, as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical factors. They support local community groups/projects in disadvantaged areas run by and for local people, including support and self-help groups, tenants’ associations, and community action; projects run by and for people from black and minority ethnic communities, including travellers and migrant workers; projects to support refugees, women, young people, homeless people and disabled people. In all cases they expect groups to be led by the people who will directly benefit from the work. They focus on funding projects based in Merseyside (including Skelmersdale, Halton, and Ellesmere Port) and Northern Ireland.