Funding opportunities…
Funding opportunities are listed below, they are grouped depending on which newsletter they were published in.
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Edition 95 – 24 March
The Prince’s Countryside Fund Supporting Rural Communities
The PCF is inviting applications for grants of up to £25,000 over two years, for projects that have a lasting impact in rural communities across the UK. Applicants must be from properly constituted, not for profit organisations with an income of less than £500,000. They particularly welcome applications from groups and organisations in hamlets, villages and small market towns.
Deadline: 12 April
Allen Lane Foundation
DescGrants of £500 – £15,000 are available for organisations working to make a difference in people’s lives, and aim to reduce isolation, stigma, and discrimination. Applicants will work with at least one of the following: Asylum seekers and refugees; Gypsies and Travellers; Migrant communities; Offenders and ex-offenders; Older people; People experiencing mental health problems; People experiencing violence or abuse.
Deadline: 31 March
Impetus Youth Employment and Race Equity
Impetus are looking for impact-led organisations who support young people from both ethnic minority andsocio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds into work. You will need to have an ambition to grow with meaningful impact, using data. They are looking for four new partner organisations to join our portfolio, who will receive between £30k-£100k in unrestricted grant funding per year for two years, as well as hands-on support from their experienced investment team and additional support from our network of pro bono supporters.
Deadline: 27 March
Rewilding Innovation Fund
Grants of up to £15,00 are available for rewilding projects. Applicants could be at the early planning stages or want to develop their project.
Deadline: 31 March
The Ironmongers’ Company STEM Projects
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for charities with STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Maths) projects that work with young people between 12 – 18 years.
Deadline: 1 April
Woodroffe Benton Foundation
Grants of £500 – £2,500 are available to registered charities that provide care for the sick and elderly, conserve and improve the environment, promote education, and help those in need because of disaster or because of social and economic circumstances.
Deadline: 31 March
Steel Charitable Trust
Grants of £10,000 – £25,000 are available to registered charities working in arts and heritage, education, environment, health, or social and economic disadvantage.
Deadline: 20 April
Kilburn & Strode Innovation for All Foundation
Discretionary grants between £10,000-£30,000 are available for registered charities with projects that use innovative and creative solutions to benefit local communities.
Deadline: 31 March
Woodward Charitable Trust – Children’s Summer Playschemes
Grants of £500 – £1,000 are available for registered charities with children’s summer playschemes. Playschemes will run for a minimum of two weeks across the summer holidays.
Deadline: 8 April
National Emergencies Trust – Local Action Fund
This match fund of up to £20,000 per project has been launched by the National Emergencies Trust as part of its Coronavirus Appeal. It offers support to voluntary and community organisations in the UK by helping them to counter financial challenges created by the pandemic, including the inability to fundraise in the usual ways, reductions in staff and volunteers, and increased demand on their services.
Music For All
Music For All are keen to enhance the oppurtunities avaliable to community groups and schools with grants of up to £1,500 available for community groups to bring musical projects to their community.
Deadline: 1 April
Edition 94 – 17 March
South East Water – Community Chest
South East Water are keen to support local communities and have a total of £20,000 to give away to good causes as part of their Community Chest Fund. Applications are open to projects within their supply area that are water or environment-related, or help the young, old or disadvantaged.
Deadline: 31 March
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Sustain – Food for the Planet
To support communities to campaign and advocate for food and climate justice in their local areas. Up to £5,000 for local authorities and community or campaign groups based in the UK. Eligible activities may include: climate-friendly food in public institutions and council settings, growing more sustainable and healthy food, tackling unfair and unhelpful pricing and advertising of the most climate-damaging foods and divesting from industrial agriculture.
Deadline: 15 April
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Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust
The Trust wants to make a real difference to the lives of children, their families and carers in the UK. Focus on small registered charities with an annual income under £500,000, which promote the care, safety and upbringing of children. Grants may be used to fund specific projects, or to meet ongoing expenses. Average grant size is £10,000.
Deadline: 31 March
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Trampery – Entrepreneurs Award for Social Innovation.
Aims to support early-stage, purpose-led businesses developing innovative social, or environmental products or service for the benefit of a community or wider society. One company will be chosen to win the award comprising of £10,000 grant plus over £10,000 worth of support and mentoring.
Deadline: 14 April
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Sport England – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund
This Fund aims to use sport and physical activity as a means of bringing a community together and tackling inequalities via awards of between £300 and £10,000 from a pot of £5 million of National Lottery funding.
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Chatham House Sustainability Accelerator – Micro Grants
The Sustainability Accelerator Microgrants are a new initiative to provide £1,000 grants to crowdsource and catalyse innovative ideas to reach a sustainable future. You need to demonstrate how your idea could help to: Solve an existing sustainability issue; Accelerate progress towards sustainability targets.
Deadline: 30 April
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National Lottery Heritage Fund – Dynamic Collections
This campaign supports collecting organisations across the UK to become more inclusive and resilient, with a focus on engagement, re-interpretation and collections management. The Heritage Fund want to support museums, libraries, archives and other organisations to make the most of their collections. The Dynamic Collections campaign will support organisations by bringing together project funding through the Fund’s open programmes, digital resources and knowledge sharing. There are no specific deadlines – you can apply as part of the campaign until 31 March 2023. Grants are expected to be below £250,000.
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Edition 93 – 10 March
UK Youth Fund – Thriving Minds
To improve mental health support and provision for young people and youth workers. UK based charitable and not for profit organisations with an annual income under £500k whose primary purpose is to benefit young people aged 8 – 25. Unrestricted grants of £15k – £50k per year for up to 3 years.
Deadline: 20 March
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Magic Little Grants 2022 – Opens 16 March
Magic Little Grants 2022 offers£500 grants to charitable organisations on Localgiving. Mental wellbeing, community participation in the arts, poverty, marginalised groups and promoting equality, biodiversity and green spaces, participation in physical activity, the climate emergency and sustainability and community access to outdoor space. Applications take just ten minutes to complete. Organisations must either be in their first year of operation or have an annual income under £250k.
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Bally’s Foundation
To preserve and protect the wellbeing of individuals suffering from mental health issues. Open to charitable organisations with a minimum annual income of £50k who care for individuals suffering from mental health issues, as well as work with support and treatment. No deadline.
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Sasha Foundation
Grants will be awarded to projects or programmes being run by established charitable bodies that work with people with mental health issues. Typically grants will be up to £10k and at most will be for 50% of the total budgeted cost of the proposed project.
Deadline: 1 April
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Anchor Match Fund – The Big Give
Fund to help charities launch their own match funding campaigns. The Big Give will offer a contribution of £1k of match funds (up to a maximum of £10k per charity) to charity campaigns for every £4k they raise from pledges. Charities need to launch their match funding campaigns between 2 May and 30 June 2022.
Deadline: 18 March
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Magdalen Hospital Trust
For vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. Grants £500 to £2,000. Open to registered charities, with an annual income of less than £150k.
Deadline: 21 May
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Stanley Grundy Foundation
SGF makes donations twice annually of between £2,000 and £5,000, generally targeted to specific projects or initiatives, rather than general expenditure. As a consequence SGF welcomes appeals from smaller specialised charities where these relatively small sums can make a real difference. Particular emphasis on charities operating in the UK and in the areas of research, innovation and young people.
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LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund
£465k is available through small grants to LGBT+ groups and organisations who are community-led and whose primary focus is one of their 5 priority targeted areas. Grants can range from £100 – £25,000.
Apply here
Edition 92 – 3 March
National Lottery Social Enterprise Support Fund
This fund provides grants to help social enterprises rebuild from COVID-19. You can apply for grants from £10,000 to £100,000. Most grants will be between £10,000 and £50,000. Your annual income must have been between £20,000 and £1.8 million pre-COVID-19 or in your last financial year.
Deadline: 24 March
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VINCI Foundation UK
Grants for UK charities and other not-for-profits to improve access to employment, mobility and housing for people suffering from social exclusion. Grants are for long-lasting projects costing up to £100,000 to alleviate social exclusion and strengthen communities.
Deadline: 31 March
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Idlewild Trust
Open to charities that improve opportunities for young professionals working in the arts, particularly at an early stage in their careers; and supporting the conservation of important works of art that are being lost through the lack of funds to look after these works. Spend about £130k pa. Average grant £4k
Deadline: 15 March
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Matrix Causes Fund
Provides support to organisations which promote access to justice, equality of opportunity, or a sustainable environment. Applications are particularly welcome from organisations whose focus is on supporting the needs of vulnerable persons such as prisoners, asylum seekers, people with mental health difficulties, people (particularly children) with disabilities, or women in refuges. The fund will provide an organisation with one-off funds of up to £5,000, or funds of up to £3,000 a year for 3 years for a specific project which supplements the organisation’s core activities.
Deadline: 11 April
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme
Scheme offers funding to cover the VAT incurred in making repairs to listed buildings in use as places of worship and is open to listed places of worship of all denominations and religions.
Deadline: 31 March
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7 Stars Foundation
Core Funding – unrestricted funding for UK charities, at risk young people across the themes of abuse; addiction; homelessness and those who are supporting our young child carers. Grants up to £2,500 for charities with a turnover of under £1.5m.
Deadline: 30 April
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Ashden Awards
Annual awards recognising outstanding renewable energy projects in the UK and the developing world, promoting the widespread use of local, sustainable energy. Open to a wide range of organisations. Up to £25,000.
Deadline: 15 March
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Edition 91 – 24 February
Masonic Charitable Foundation
Core Funding – disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people or to reduce loneliness and isolation in later life. There are still deadlines for hospices. Small grants scheme for core funding, max £15k for up to 3 years, for small charities with income under £500k.
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Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund
Grants of £15k are available for charities working with young offenders, prisoners and ex-prisoners and young disadvantaged people at risk of criminal involvement. Priority to smaller organisations.
Deadline: 17 March
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Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs 2022
Partnering with MeWe360, the programme aims to enable and celebrate talented 18-30 year olds driven to make positive social impact through their creative enterprise. £60,000 prize fund, £100,000 worth of business support and 5 winners.
Deadline: 31 March
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Baily Thomas Fund
Grants are available for organisations providing support and relief to people of all ages with a learning disability. Grants are available in two levels: Small grants – £250 – £5,000. Applications are welcome at any time. General grants – over £10,000. Grants are usually one-off and can be used for capital and revenue expenses for specific projects, or general running costs.
Deadline for general grants: Tuesday 1 March
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Innovate UK – Digital Solutions For Net Zero Energy
Organisations can apply for a share of £1.2 million, to develop open solutions to accelerate decarbonisation of energy in the UK. You can be an organisation of any size and work alone or with others from business, research organisations, research and technology organisations or the third sector as subcontractors.
Deadline: 9 March
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Green Hall Foundation
Grants of between £1,000 – £10,000 are available for registered charities for projects or equipment that will improve the lives of the sick, elderly, disabled, or disadvantaged. The fund will close when 100 applications are received. This is usually within two days of the grant opening. The next opening will be Tuesday 1 March, 9:00.
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Edition 90 – 17 February
Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust
Open to UK registered charities. Four rounds each year. In 2022 they will be funding the Arts. Grant Round 1 and 2 – supporting people in the early stages of their career within the arts. Grant Rounds 3 and 4 – projects and initiatives that will help redress the balance of the under-representation of BAME people in all sections of the arts. Up to £1000 for small charities and £5000 for those over £1m pa income.
Deadline: 28 February
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Hedley Foundation
Open to small UK registered charities working with young people in the areas of recreation, sport, training, health and welfare, support and outdoor education. Also older people, end of life care, the homeless and ex offenders. Usually, grants up to £5,000, occasional larger sums. Smaller charities often benefit from smaller grants of £250 upwards.
Deadline: 16 March
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Concertina – Music Grants for Older People
Charitable organisations and care homes for the elderly can apply for grants of up to £250 for activities which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.
Deadline: 30 April
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FCC Community Action Fund – England
Open to not-for-profit organisations (not CICs) for amenity projects eligible under Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment waste facility. Grants of £2k to £100k for the provision, maintenance, or improvement of village halls and community centres, play areas, sport and recreation grounds, churches – community spaces only, nature reserves, public gardens, parks, country parks and woodlands, and museums.
Deadline: 2 March
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Help the Homeless
Up to £5,000 to assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offering shelter or other forms of sustenance. Applicable only to small and medium-sized charities with income under £1m pa.
Deadline: 15 March
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Cure Parkinson’s Trust
Funds projects that have the potential to cure Parkinson’s. By “cure”, they mean a “disease-modifying therapy” that will slow, stop or reverse the underlying disease progression of Parkinson’s. In addition, they prioritise research which has the potential to translate into the clinic within five years. Fund pre-clinical grants up to £250,000, sub-studies of clinical trials and clinical trials. Deadlines 11 Mar, 27 May and 29 Sep 22.
Deadline: 11 March
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Ford Britain Trust
Large grants between £250 and £3,000 and up to £250 through the small grants programme. Focusing on the local community/environment, young people/children, promote education/schools (mainstream) as well as special schools, the teaching of engineering and to support special educational needs and people with disabilities. Open UK wide, but priority to locations near Ford Motor Company/FCE Bank operations: Essex, Bridgend, Southampton, Daventry, Manchester and Liverpool. Small grants for amounts up to £250, available four times each year. Large grants considered at Trustees meetings in March and September.
Deadline for small grants: 28 February
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Edition 89 – 10 February
Tudor Trust
Core funding for smaller community-led groups that support people at the margins of society in the UK. Normally £10k plus, for up to 3 years. Will consider grants to help strengthen your organisation and may consider making short-term loans and multi-year grants. Closing to new applications for a year from 1 Apr 22
Deadline: 31 March
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HCC Leaders Community Grants
Grants to fund one-off, time limited projects which: Provide community benefit and help local communities thrive; Help local organisations become financially self-supporting and not reliant on public sector funding. Applications can be made for over £1,000 to a maximum of £25,000 and may be for activity costs and/or capital costs. Applications in excess of £25k will occasionally be considered in exceptional circumstances. No deadline.
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Nisa – Making A Difference Locally
The Making A Difference Locally charity helps Nisa stores by allowing them to nominate UK charities or good causes that are local to them to receive a donation; up to £1000. MADL is encouraging people to contact or visit their local Nisa store directly, referencing the Heart of the Community Awards and requesting that their charity and event be nominated. This third funding round is to help communities celebrate the Queen’s Jubilee, with events such as afternoon teas, garden parties and street parties.
Deadline: 18 March
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Winchester City Council – Priority Outcomes Fund
This competitive fund will award core funding grants of up to £10k per year for up to three years, from April 2022 – March 2025. Grants aim to support voluntary and not-for-profit groups and organisations in the district that can clearly demonstrate how their services and projects help residents and create cohesive, sustainable, resilient communities.
Deadline: 7 March
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HIWCF – Michael Austin Harlick Sports Awards
Grants of up to £1k provide assistance to sport organisations towards the cost of awards that recognise the sporting achievements of young people and are available to help with the purchase of challenge cups, shields, medals, team awards and colours. Open to organisations based in Hampshire.
Deadline: 14 February
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HCC – County Councillor grants
Groups and organisations can apply for funding for both revenue (one-off) and minor capital projects. Revenue grants should generally be used to support short term project related costs e.g. a time limited activity group for children. General revenue funding to pay for the running costs of the core service or function of an applicant organisation will only be grant funded after particularly careful consideration of the application and where the Member supporting the grant is satisfied that the applicant meets the eligibility criteria.
Deadline: 28 February
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Edition 88 – 3 February
BBC Children In Need – DCMS Youth Investment Fund
To create, expand and improve local youth facilities and their services, in order to drive positive outcomes for young people, including improved health and wellbeing, and skills for work/employability and life. Phase 1 comprises £10m for youth provision in left-behind areas of England and is funding for small-scale capital projects, including capital equipment, small redevelopments and other capital projects that can be delivered within the 21/22 financial year (by 31 March 2022).
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Tesco – Little Helps
Listeners of Heart and Smooth radio stations across the UK working with charities or not for profit organisations can apply for a one-off £5,000 cash grant. A total £300,000 is available. Priority to projects that provide food and support to young people, with examples including school breakfast clubs, local food banks, or charities supporting young people to manage mental health. This is in addition to Tesco Community Grants.
Deadline: 6 February
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Food For Life Small Grants
£150 for Plant and Share virtual or face-to-face food-based community projects UK wide.
Deadline: 22 February
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Freelands Foundation Space to Dream Fund
UK based registered charities or CICs, with income under £750k pa. Up to £95k over 2 to 3 years for bold visual arts programmes by, with and for Black and Brown artists and practitioners. These could involve: Creativity and artistic practices (including programming exhibitions, events and projects; artistic, curatorial or practitioner development) and people, organisations and cultures (including supporting diverse leadership; strengthening infrastructures, partnerships and communities; building arts ecosystems).
Deadline: 4 March
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D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Open to charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. The majority of the Trust’s grants are single grants over a one-year period. Occasionally longer-term grants (usually up to 3 years) are agreed by the Trustees when deemed to have particular merit.
Deadline: 9 February
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Jingle Jam
The World’s biggest games charity event, it has raised over $25m for charities in the past 10 years. They have 4 main areas of focus for 2022; physical and mental health, diversity and inclusion, equality of opportunity and protecting the planet. They’re looking for between 8 and 12 registered charities. You don’t need to be involved in gaming, but must be able to tell your story in a way that resonates with children and young adults.
Deadline: 11 March
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Jordan Sinnott Foundation Trust
To support small grassroots clubs, that are registered charities, CASCs or other non-profits, through grants of up to £5,000 to pay for equipment, transport and kit to help engage vulnerable or disadvantaged people with sport. Children and young adults facing barriers, including young carers, can apply for individual grants up to £2,000 to help them participate in sport. No deadline.
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Your Best Friend
Grants are available to organisations with projects to support women, girls, and non-binary young people to keep themselves and their friends safe when dating, by increasing their knowledge and confidence. Grants are available in 2 levels.
Deadline for large grants: 18 February
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Edition 87 – 27 January
HCC – connect4communities programme
This programme, funded by the DWP Household Support Fund, aims to provide direct financial support to vulnerable households this winter with food, utilities and other essentials. There is a significant sum to spend by the end of March 2022 and HCC is encouraging eligible organisations to apply as soon as possible so this money is not wasted. The grant application process is short and decisions about funding are made weekly.
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Royal Society – The Places of Science Grant
For small museums to fund projects that tell stories about science in new and creative ways. Grants up to £3,500.
Deadline: 16 February
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National Emergencies Trust – Local Action Fund
Small charities and community groups are being urged to apply for the remaining £747K of the NET Appeal funds, through its Local Action Fund. Eligible projects can set up a fundraising campaign on Crowdfunder UK, and NET will match donations they receive up to £10,000.
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Ragdoll Foundation – Main Grants Programme
Open to not-for-profit organisations, especially arts organisations working with children and young people, using the arts and creative media.
They are especially interested to receive main grants applications in the current round for pilot projects that support gifted young women from under-privileged backgrounds to develop their talents and skills in the arts and creative media, with a view to achieving their full potential.
Deadline: 28 February
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Personio Foundation
Financial and business support to NGOs and social enterprises, focussing on education and climate action. Based in Europe but open to worldwide applications including from the UK, Two flagship programmes. Grantees in the Impact Portfolio will receive unrestricted financial grants and collaborative mentoring. The Impact Accelerator addresses a key challenge for the sector by providing knowledge and HR advice to help social purpose organisations grow their biggest asset – their people.
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Real Farming Trust
Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP) offers a mix of affordable loans and grants, side by side with a comprehensive mentoring programme and hands on approach. They are keen to support co-operatives, social enterprises and community businesses that are at an early stage of development but have already built up their local community of support.
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Edition 86 – 20 January
WCC – Small Grants
Grants of up to £500 are available for one-off pieces of expenditure if on projects, equipment and other items which will help your organisation to do more, to reach more people, to provide better services or to try something different. WCC is encouraging organisations to apply for Covid related activities which support their themes (dealing with people’s and communities’ needs and striving for positive change). This scheme is open on a rolling basis with a review of applications held every six weeks.
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POhWER – Arthur Bate Fund
Disability charity POhWER has launched the fund to commemorate its founder, Arthur Bate. To support those who want to become a trustee, volunteer, or to create an advocacy group, peer support group, self-advocacy group or a volunteering group. Support may include venue hire refreshments, promotion, technology or training. Up to £2,000.
Deadline: 31 January
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Imkaan – Margin to Centre
The overall aim of the fund is to support organisations’ sustainability, increasing their resilience to deliver existing services and/or new projects. They are interested in supporting small organisations and projects not previously funded, and supporting work with Black and minoritised women and girls. Will fund core costs. Various grants up to £50k.
Deadline: 7 February
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Co-op UK – Community Shares ReBoost
Open to English community businesses in disadvantaged and under-represented communities that want to issue shares to support recovery from Covid. Financial support through the Community Shares ReBoost fund; and the Community Shares Booster programme. Both provide development grants (up to £10k) and matched equity investment (up to £100k). Rolling application programme.
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Co-op Community Fridge Fund
100 community fridges to be set up across the UK. Successful applicants will receive £4,000, support to set up a fridge and membership of Hubbub’s community fridge network.
Deadline: 1 February
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Greene King IPA – Proud To Pitch In
Grants to grassroots and community sports clubs across the UK to support people and projects that run sports activities that positively impact the local community, and would tangibly benefit from funding in the short-term. Beneficiaries must be aged 18 or over. Grants up to £3000.
Deadline: 28 February
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Movember – Scaling That Works
£5.7M over the next 2 years to support the scaling of existing initiatives across Australia, Canada, the UK and Ireland. Up to 35 initiatives globally with a focus on scaling initiatives that have already shown promise in improving mental health and/or suicide prevention outcomes for boys and men. In the UK up to £2,400,000 will be available to fund up to 12 initiatives valued between £200,000 – £400,000
Deadline for EOI: 31 January
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Smart Energy GB In Communities
Grants for charities and voluntary organisations, up to £25,000 to help vulnerable people understand the benefits of smart meters. Funding streams to help those who are over 65, carers and people on a low income.
11 February
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Edition 85 – 13 January
HIWCF – Including Communities Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 to support community based organisations working to improve the lives of people throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, particularly those who are disadvantaged at multiple levels or through multiple facets of their lives.
Deadline: 7 February
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HIWCF – Including Communities (Strategic Grants)
This fund will support larger strategic grants (£5-£15K per annum for up to three years) supporting organisations throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight led by or working with people from disadvantaged groups.
Deadline: 7 February
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HIWCF – Isle of Wight Community Fund
Grants of up to £3,000 to support community based organisations working to improve the lives of deprived people and communities throughout the Isle of Wight. HIWVF is particularly focusing on those who are disadvantaged at multiple levels or through multiple facets of their lives.
Deadline: 7 February
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Marketors’ Trust – deadline extended
These grants are for the purpose of funding marketing campaigns and are not available for staff costs, capital investment, hardware or infrastructure work or SEO/PPC activity. This is the first year of the programme and there is a total fund of £20,000 available, which will be awarded as follows: One top grant of £10,000, four grants of £2,500 each.
Deadline: 17 January
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HIWCF – Arts Council England ‘Let’s Create’ Jubilee Fund
To celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022, grants from £750 up to £10,000 will be available for creative projects from charities, community organisations and voluntary groups in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight. The grants programme has been established thanks to funding from the National Lottery, and is encouraging collaboration with established artists, creatives and cultural organisations to help communities come together to celebrate this important milestone in national history. Interested in applying? HIWCF is running a guidance meeting on Thursday, 13 January at 2pm.
Deadline: 4 February
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HIWCF – Charles Burnett Memorial Fund
Charitable organisations based and working in Hampshire, will be able to apply for a grant of between £1,000 to £25,000, to support their charitable projects and services. The Charles Burnett fund has been established to continue his great charitable legacy and will support issues including animal welfare, the wellbeing of servicemen/women, the environment, medicine and science, heritage, education, community cohesion and welfare issues.
Deadline: 7 February
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WCC – Winter Support Payment Grant scheme
Winchester City Council are launching a new Winter Support Payment Grant scheme to support those organisations most affected by the Covid-19 pandemic and the spread of the Omicron variant. If your organisation meets the eligibility criteria, you can make an application for this Winter Support Payment Grant, regardless of whether you are a previous grant recipient.
Deadline: 25 January
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HIWCF – Hampshire Playing Fields Fund
Grant funding between £500 and £2,500, for non-commercial and non-statutory groups that are based and active in Hampshire, Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight. The grants will support organisations that benefit the local population with access to outdoor spaces and activities, that will enable them to participate in games, sports and physical activities. Grants will be available to replace, repair or purchase new equipment, cover coaching costs, support volunteer development, and marketing costs to reach new or under-served communities. Capital costs of up to 10% of a full project will also be eligible for funding.
Deadline: 7 February
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HIWCF – Portsmouth City Community Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 in Portsmouth, supporting a wide range of beneficiaries including young people, older people, focusing on health and disability, medical research and general community projects. The priority of these funds is to support Portsmouth City residents, but there is a small amount available for applications which demonstrate disadvantage and need in the greater Portsmouth area.
Deadline: 7 February
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HIWCF – Montagu Neville Durnford & St Leo Cawthan Fund
Grants are available for projects in the Portsmouth area which support people in need over the age of 50, with preference being given to Naval men and women or their widows. Acceptable projects can include those that support older people’s well-being and independence in their own home, assist those aged over 50 on limited incomes, target isolation for older people and help with transport, particularly in deprived areas. Grants available between £1,000 and £5,000.
Deadline: 7 February
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Edition 84 – 16 December
Southampton City Council – Active Communities Fund
SCC have created this fund in support of the Southampton Physical Activity and Sports Strategy, which aims to make physical activity a normal part of life for all and support excluded, inactive groups to increase participation in physical activity and sport. £20,000 is available to support projects that enable inactive communities to become more physically active. A maximum amount of £5,000 can be awarded per applicant.
Deadline: 21 January
Back2Business Grant Programme
£10,000 to ethnically diverse owned small businesses that have been impacted by Covid-19 and lockdown restrictions. Must be majority owned by a person from a diverse ethnic background, with income under £1m.
Deadline: 31 December
New funding boost from Allchurches Trust
The Plunkett Foundation are delighted to be working alongside Allchurches Trust, to provide the resources and grants to help new community businesses to thrive in places of worship. This new programme of support, worth £200,000 and funded by Allchurches Trust over two years, will provide specialist support and bespoke advice to Christian places of worship throughout the UK.
Southampton City Council – Community Chest reopened
The Community Chest is the council’s small grant scheme where funds of between £100 and £2,500 are available for small, volunteer led community groups. The second round of this grant is now open for applications from organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000, supporting Southampton city residents. Organisations with an annual income of less than £50,000 have priority.
Deadline: 3 January
Southampton City Council – Celebrations Fund
The Celebrations Grant offers grants up to £500 as a contribution towards the cost of community events that celebrate recognised local, national or international days. Organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000 have priority.
Deadline: 3 January
Anchor Foundation
Registered Christian charities who are working to address social exclusion with a particular interest in charities working within healing and the arts. From £500 to £10,000.
Deadline: 31 January
Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Grant Funding Coming Soon
HIWCF Arts Council England Let’s Create Jubilee Fund, offering grants of up to £10,000 for local community groups and voluntary organisations to use for creative and cultural activities to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022.
Deadline: 4 February
Armed Forces Covenant Trust – Afghanistan Veterans’ Fund
To increase capacity in services and initiatives that offer supportive comradeship, engagement and wellbeing efforts for those in the Armed Forces community impacted by events in Afghanistan, and the wider veterans community. Four funding strands. Various amounts, up to £300k. Open to UK charities that specifically support people from Armed Forces communities. Other organisations can apply under Strand Four.
Deadline: 17 January
UK Government – Suicide Prevention Fund 2021 to 2022
Applications are open for grants from the £4 million fund to support suicide prevention by voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in 2021 to 2022. Part of the funding will be ring-fenced specifically for micro-organisations and groups and have experience of delivering activity intended to prevent suicide. Range of grant sizes.
Deadline: 16 January
Community Grants Programme
The Dying Matters Community Grants Programme – a fund supported by Dignity Funerals – brings new ideas to life. The grants are aimed at community-led arts and culture projects, with a focus on equality and inclusion, and which approach the subject of dying in an innovative or creative way. They’re looking for activities which take place in communities, outside of formal healthcare settings, which help make it easier for people to talk about death and dying.
Edition 83 – 9 December
HCC – Waste Prevention Community Grant Fund
To mark European Week for Waste Reduction, HCC’s Waste Prevention Community Grant Fund has reopened for applications. Bids of up to the value of £5,000 are available to fund projects which help to reduce household waste, encourage community cohesion and support the local economy. Any potential applicants must discuss their ideas with the Waste Prevention Team before applying. Email waste.prevention@hants.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion.
Deadline: 22 February
Apply here
Henry Smith Charity
The Henry Smith Charity aims to bring about lasting change to people’s lives, helping them to benefit from and contribute to society. They achieve this by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Apply here
Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need. They support hundreds of small charities, improving lives and lifting people’s aspirations.
Deadline: 15 December
Apply here
Jewish Child’s Day Grants
Jewish Childs Day aim to assist disabled, disadvantaged, neglected or abused Jewish children worldwide. They do this through awarding financial grants to organisations that have programs which help those children. Grants may be given for items of equipment or a specific project. Grants are never made to individuals or for capital projects.
Deadline: 30 December
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Tesco Community Grants
Tesco Community Grants is always open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid for up to £1,500. Three projects in 575 local communities are voted on by customers in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with projects changing every three months.
Apply here
Wolfson Foundation
The Wolfson Foundation has a wide range of funding programmes and activities. Their fundamental aim, however, is to improve the civic health of society mainly through education and research. More specifically they support excellence in the fields of education, science & medicine, health & disability, and arts & humanities. Their programmes can be grouped into funding for places (capital funding) and funding for people.
Deadline: 5 January
Apply here
John Ellerman Foundation – Regional Museums and Galleries Fund
The Fund aims to help strengthen regional museums and galleries in the UK. They want to help organisations enhance and sustain curatorial development to attract a broader public.
Deadline: 7 January
Apply here
Lloyds Bank Foundation
An independent charitable trust funded by the profits of Lloyds Banking Group. They partner with small and local charities helping people overcome complex social issues such as mental health, homelessness and domestic abuse. No deadline.
Apply here
Edition 82 – 6 December
Social Enterprise Support Fund
Provides grants to help social enterprises rebuild from Covid-19. You can apply for grants from £10,000 to £100,000. Most grants will be between £10,000 and £50,000.
Deadline: 21 December
Apply here
Masonic Charitable Foundation 2021/22 – Re-Imaging Day Hospice Services
Grants up to £35,000, to make better use of technology – building on recent experiences gained during Covid-19, technological innovations offer the opportunity to make transformative shifts in patient-centred care models. Projects could include: Capital costs for redeveloping a Day Room to include use of technology, Equipment, marketing/publicity material and resources, Staff training, Equipment for patients or Telephone support.
Deadline: 14 February
Apply here
National Churches Trust – Gateway Grant Programme
Grants from £3,000 to £10,000 for urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing between £10,000 and £100,000. Also grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 to local church trusts for projects that support organisational development, increase their capacity or that deliver new ways of supporting churches.
Deadline: 13 January
Apply here
HCC – Local Solutions Grant
Applicants are invited to provide a range of targeted
services in one or more geographical areas, increasing capacity and building local
resilience to deal with increased demand for Adults Health services. Individuals in the
following categories can be supported within this grant: older people aged 75 and over; adults with learning disabilities; adults with physical disabilities; adults with mental health difficulties; those with caring responsibilities for another adult. The duration, length and value of the grant can vary but all activity, delivery and evaluation must be concluded by 31 March 2023.
Apply here
UKRI – Circular economy for SMEs
UK registered SME businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 million to research, test and develop step-change circular economy approaches.
Deadline: 8 December
Apply here
HCC – Get Going Again Grant
This fund seeks to build on the unprecedented cooperation that took place during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly between Councils and voluntary sector organisations, to support the development of sustainable solutions to help people classed as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable in Hampshire recover from the impacts of the pandemic. Grant applications for solutions in the range of £5,000 to £100,000. Partnership working is highly encouraged.
Apply here
Ocado Foundation for Good
Grants of up to £1,000 for community projects which focus their efforts on three core areas: skills for the future, natural resources, responsible sourcing.
Deadline: 31 December
Apply here
Edition 81 – 25 November
Power To Change – Powering Up
Tailored support package for community businesses is worth up to £20,000 in total, and includes: Paid access to support providers (up to £9,000), Professional development and wellbeing support (up to £3,000) and an £8,000 unrestricted grant.
Deadline: 12 December
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UK Government – Volunteering Futures Fund
£7m fund to help organisations in the civil society, arts, sports, culture, youth and heritage sectors improve access to volunteering. It has a strong focus on young people, those experiencing loneliness, those with disabilities and those from ethnic minority backgrounds.
Deadline: 7 December
More information
Circular Future Fund: The Million Pound Challenge
Trailblazing ideas and innovations to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy. Funding for projects which will have a measurable impact and a clear legacy. They are looking for innovators with pioneering new approaches to challenge the outdated ’take, make, dispose’ model. The 3 focus areas are: Textiles, Household products, technology and services, and Food. They will support a small number of high quality, innovative projects. Grants of between £150,000-£300,000.
Deadline: 9 January
Apply here
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation wants people to access, enjoy and benefit from the arts, and to improve opportunities and life chances for young people. They have various funding streams and applications can se submitted at any time.
More information
Rosa – Rise Fund
a new fund which will invest in the future of Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations across the UK to address longer term strategic planning and sustainability. Through this fund, Rosa is offering two-year grants of up to £40,000 to Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations in the UK which have been established for three years or more, and which have an average income of less than £100,000 per year.
Deadline: 10 January
Apply here
HIWCF – Red Funnel Travel Voucher Scheme
A transport support scheme for voluntary and community groups based on the Isle of Wight and in Hampshire. The Red Funnel Travel Support Scheme can help groups by contributing towards travelling across the Solent on Red Funnel vehicle ferries and Red Jet services.
Deadline: 30 November
Apply here
Edition 80 – 18 November
National Lottery Community Fund – Platinum Jubilee Fund
70 UK projects to mark the Queen’s 70th Jubilee. They are looking to fund projects that create a greater legacy for our places and spaces, and that support new opportunities, activities and build better relationships with one another, across generations and with the natural world.
Deadline: 15 December
Apply here
Co-op Community Dividend Fund
Grants of £100 – £5,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations which make a positive difference in their community. Projects will align with one of the following: Access to food; Health and wellbeing; Inclusion projects; Environment
Deadline: 30 November
Apply here
Co-op Foundation – Carbon Innovation Fund (Opens 22 Nov)
Will support up to 10 projects in year one. Grants of between £75k and £100k to support food and farming projects that are tackling the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Open to charities, social enterprises, co-operatives and local, regional and national governments worldwide. Focus is on: Farming and food production, regenerative agriculture/agro-ecology, community supported agriculture, diversity, resilience and learning amongst key players and behaviour change (among consumers or producers).
Deadline: 10 December
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Ireland Funds Great Britain 2021/22
Community development, culture, peace and reconciliation, and education, including support for vulnerable people, new and equal opportunities in education, and employment, and connecting communities with Irish culture and heritage. Charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK and Ireland, with income under £1m. Grants up to £10,000.
Deadline: 21 November
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Ernest Cook Trust – Outdoor Learning Officer Grants
Grants of up to £15,000 (per year for up to three years) are available to fund an Outdoor Learning Officer for organisations with projects that engage young people with the countryside and environment.
Deadline: 22 November
Apply here
Centre for Cultural Value – Collaborate Fund
Grants of £5,000 – £20,000 are available for culture sector organisations to work in partnership with academic researchers to explore and more deeply understand your practice and to communicate the cultural value of your work more effectively.
Deadline: 24 November
Apply here
Allchurches Trust – Afghan Evacuees Emergency Grants Programme
Grants to churches and Christian charities supporting Afghan evacuees who are resettling in the UK.
Deadline: 15 December
Apply here
Edition 79 – 11 November
Social Enterprise Support Fund
This fund re-opens for applications on 25 November 2021. It provides grants to help social enterprises rebuild from Covid-19. You can apply for grants from £10,000 to £100,000. Most grants will be between £10,000 and £50,000.
Deadline: 21 December
More information
Help the Homeless
Help The Homeless makes grants to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to rebuild their lives. They fund capital costs with grants of up to £5,000.
Deadline: 15 December
Apply here
HCC – Learning Disability Connections Grant
Organisations are invited to submit applications to develop and deliver a project that will support adults with a learning disability to access local community services, provide support to enable them to increase their independence and potentially move away from traditional commissioned services.
Deadline: 15 November
Apply here
Little Lives UK – Children’s Community Support Programme
To support children’s groups and organisations, such as play groups or sports classes, but are open to applications from other projects, as long as their primary objective focuses on providing services to children. Grants up to £1,500.
Deadline: 30 November
Apply here
Aldi Christmas Food Donations
Charities, community groups, and food banks can register to receive surplus food donations from Aldi this Christmas and New Year. As part of Aldi’s pledge to donate 10 million meals this year to families across the UK facing hunger, the supermarket has committed to donate more meals than ever to good causes over the festive period.
Deadline: 5 December
More information
HCC – Neighbourhood Care and Support grant
Applications are invited to provide an umbrella organisation to support and provide advice to neighbourhood level organisations working across the whole of Hampshire to meet the needs of isolated, vulnerable and frail people. The term of the grant will be for 1 year finishing on the 31st March 2023. Grant applications for solutions in the range of £60,000 are expected.
Deadline: 27 November
Apply here
Magdalen Hospital Trust
Charities working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation can apply for grants between £500 – £2,000.
Deadline: 30 November
Apply here
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is a Quaker trust which supports organisations which address the root causes of conflict and injustice. Funding programmes include Peace and Security; Power and Accountability; Rights and Justice; Sustainable Future.
Deadline: 29 November
Apply here
Ulverscroft Foundation
The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted). Applicants need not necessarily be a charity: they can be a CIC or social group.
Deadline: 15 December
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Henry Moore Foundation
The Henry Moore Foundation supports a wide variety of arts projects through its grants programme. Grants are awarded quarterly.
Deadline: 9 December
Apply here
Edition 78 – 4 November
Warburtons and Charities Aid Foundation
Warburtons Community Grants programme provides small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve Health, Place or Skills for families in their community. The decision committee meet on a quarterly basis to review grant applications.
Deadline: 8 November
Apply here
Better Community Business Network
BCBN’s Grant Initiative aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects. This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve.
Deadline: 26 November
Apply here
UKRI – Circular economy for SMEs
Innovating with the NICER programme: UK registered businesses including social enterprises can apply for a share of up to £1 million to research, test and develop step-change circular economy approaches.
Deadline: 8 December
Apply here
Southampton City Council – Community Fund
In alignment with SCC’s key priorities, this fund offers three new grant funding opportunities that will support community groups and organisations in the delivery of youth and diversionary activities, and environmental changes related to the incidence of anti-social behaviour, promoting safety and security in our neighbourhoods and communities.
Deadline: 19 November
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Youth Endowment Fund
A Supportive Home programme run in partnership with Comic Relief. The Youth Endowment Fund exists to prevent children and young people becoming involved in violence. Having a supportive home helps to keep children safe from involvement in violence. That’s why they want to invest in programmes that support families to overcome challenges. They’re planning to spend up to £10 million by identifying 5-10 programmes to fund and evaluate.
Deadline: 1 December
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The Betsy Foundation
A family run initiative giving grants to small and medium sized charities which make the world a better place for those in need. They normally provide financial grants of up to £30,000 to UK-based charities that operate in London and the South-East to help them overcome poverty, abuse and homelessness for the younger members of our society.
Apply here
UKRI – Healthy ageing challenge
UK registered businesses, including social enterprises can apply for a share of up to £14.4m for service-led innovations to support healthy ageing.
Deadline: 17 November
Apply here
Southampton Voluntary Services
The Dementia Friendly Southampton Grant is a one-off grant up to £750 to help Southampton become more Dementia friendly and support people with dementia and their family/carers.
Deadline: 18 November
Apply here
The Community Fund – Together for Our Planet programme
Grants from £1,000 – £10,000 of National Lottery funding to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change. Projects should reflect what matters to your community and can be small in scale, and could cover an area like: food, transport, energy, waste and consumption, the natural environment.
Deadline: 18 November
Apply here
The Village Halls Podcast Competition
The theme is Britain’s Wonderful Villages and they’ve teamed up with sponsor Allied Westminster to bring you an exciting photo competition with 5 cash prizes worth up to £1,000 to win for your village hall.
Deadline: 21 November
Entry form here
Edition 76 – 21 October
SSE – Fellows Future Fund
Business mentoring and grants of £7,500 exclusively for Fellows of the School of Social Entrepreneurs. The Fellows Future Fund is open to Fellows of SSE programmes which lasted more than six months and that ended at least 12 months ago.
Deadline: 25 October
Apply here
Ford Britain Trust – Small Grants Programme
Funding of £250 for projects focusing on education, environment, children, the disabled, youth activities and projects that provide clear benefits to the local communities close to their UK locations.
Deadline: 31 October
Apply here
The Golsoncott Foundation
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music. This includes providing access to the arts for young people and developing new audiences. The Trustees Panel meet on a quarterly basis to review grant applications.
Deadline: 31 October
Apply here
Hedley Foundation
Funding of £250 – £5,000 is available to small to mid-sized charities who work to improve the lives of: young people, the disabled, terminally ill patients or others in need.
Deadline: 27 October
Apply here
The AB Charitable Trust
The Open Programme offers grants of 10,000 – £20,000 to support small to medium sized charities in their three priority areas: Migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers: Criminal justice and penal reform; Human rights, particularly access to justice.
Deadline: 31 October
Apply here
SIB Covid Recovery Loan Scheme
The Government’s Recovery Loan Fund provides loans to UK charities and social enterprises who have been impacted by Covid-19 and need funds to help them to survive, recover and grow. Eligible organisations can apply for loans of £100k – £1.5m
Deadline: 21 November
Apply here
Veterans’ Foundation
If you represent a charity or an organisation that provide assistance to serving and former members of the British Armed Forces and their families who are in need, you can apply for a grant up to £30,000.
Deadline: 12 November
Apply here
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Grants of £1k – £50k are available for organisations working in agriculture, rural development, and insurance. The Trust focuses on providing funding to larger initiatives, which would have a significant impact on the rural community. The Trustees are particularly interested in initiatives in the areas of education of young people in rural areas, and relief of poverty within rural areas.
Deadline: 27 October
Apply here
Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage – Continuity Support
The Government’s Recovery Fund Round 3 is to continue supporting those culturally significant organisations that have had money invested in their organisation through the Culture Recovery Fund. Further funding will help them transition back into full operation as we begin to emerge from the pandemic. Grants of between £10,000 – £1m to cover core operating costs.
Deadline: 29 October
Apply here
The 7stars Foundation
Their Project Funding Programme offers grants of up to £2,500 for UK registered charities working with young people on projects which respond to the priorities of 7stars Foundation: Abuse; Addiction; Homelessness; Child Carers.
Deadline: 31 October
Apply here
Edition 75 – 14 October
Marsh Commercial – For The People Awards 2021
Are you a business or individual who goes above and beyond for your community? Receive £10,000 community funding for your initiative.
Deadline: 17 October
Apply here
Neighbourly – Seeds of Change
A new fund which provides micro-grants of £400 to charities and local causes that can deliver one or a combination of the following: Carbon reduction or carbon impact initiatives including (but not limited to) greening and planting and/or; Initiatives that protect natural habitats and preserve local biodiversity. The number of micro-grants available is limited and applications will be assessed on a first come first served basis.
Deadline: 31 October
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Postcode Dream Fund
The focus of this year’s Fund will be projects that deliver systemic change in the following funding categories: Environment and/or conservation, Social inequality and Pandemic recovery. Total fund of £3.5m and charities can apply for up to £1.25m.
Deadline: 1 November
Apply here
Power to Change: Community Business Crowdmatch
Whether it’s launching new ideas to help your neighbourhood, help meet increased demand, save a community space or help bridge a funding gap, Community Business Crowdmatch will match fund what you raise from the crowd. Power to Change will match fund up to 50% of your target, to a maximum of £10,000, as long as you can raise the rest through crowdfunding.
There’s a webinar scheduled for the 22 October where applicants can find out more details about the fund.
Apply here
The Weavers’ Company – Charitable Grants
Small registered charities can apply for grants of up to £15,000 for projects working with young offenders; prisoners and ex-prisoners as well as young disadvantaged people at risk of criminal involvement. Grants are usually given for one year.
Deadline: 19 November
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The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund – Development Grants
Their focus is to help support the needs of young carers and young people caught up in the criminal justice system. Grants of up to £60,000 over two years are available. A maximum of £30,000 per year can be requested.
Deadline: 26 October
Apply here
Concertina – Music Grants for Older People
Charitable organisations and care homes for the elderly can apply for grants of up to £250 for activities which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly.
Deadline: 31 October
Apply here
Arnold Clark Community Fund – Reopened
Grants of up to £1,000 available for charities, social enterprises and local community groups. Currently, only open to food banks, toy banks, housing and accommodation & poverty relief organisations.
Apply here
Take Note – Partner-Up Fund
Funding for collaborative arts-for-social-change initiatives, inspired by collective responses to COVID-19. Groups of organisations with a shared idea for an arts-for-social-change project are invited to apply for one of two funding grants – up to £30,000 per project. Organisations can be based anywhere in the world, but the lead partner must be a registered UK charity or CIC. Expression of Interest must be submitted in first instance.
Deadline for EOI: 19 November
Apply here
Edition 74 – 7 October
Arts Council England – Capital Investment Programme
Programme supports cultural organisations to adjust buildings and equipment so that they can operate safely post-pandemic and improve access, seize on technological opportunities, and reduce environmental impact. Grants of between £100,000 and £750,000 will be available.
Deadline for EOI: 26 October
More details
The Prince’s Countryside Fund – Rural Start-up Fund
Financial support and mentoring to rural entrepreneurs planning to launch a start-up business in the countryside. A total of £5,000 is available from the Rural Start-Up Fund to be awarded to one winning business or shared between a number of rural start-ups in the UK.
Deadline: 25 October
Apply here
Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Force for Change
Grants of up to £10,000 for community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration; supporting post-Covid recovery in local Armed Forces communities affected by isolation.
Deadline: 19 November
Apply here
UK Government – Healthy Ageing Competition
A new £14.4 million competition has been launched for UK registered businesses developing services to meet the needs of people as they age. The latest competition, launched by the UK Research and Innovation Healthy Ageing Challenge, will award grants of up to £2 million to businesses and partners for service-led innovations that address the challenges of ageing and have the potential to scale.
Deadline: 17 November
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Low Carbon Across the South and East (LoCASE) programme
The aim of the programme is to help businesses to become more competitive and profitable while protecting the environment and encouraging low carbon solutions. To do this, LoCASE provides grants for businesses of up to £10,000 as well as training workshops and fully funded events. Targeted business support is on offer for companies who offer “green” or low carbon goods and services.
More details
Sport England’s Return to Play: Active Together Fund
A crowdfunding initiative that can match fund successful Crowdfunder campaigns by up to £10,000. Sports clubs, charities and other community organisations delivering sport or activity are invited to run their own crowdfunding campaigns for things such as a loss of income due to the pandemic, additional coaching, facility hire, and any other Covid-19 related needs. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Apply here
Nineveh Charitable Trust
Not for profit organisations can apply for funding to the Nineveh Charitable Trust for a broad range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research. Applications can be submitted at any time.
Apply here
Art Fund – Reimagine Grants
To help the museum and gallery sector recover from the Coronavirus pandemic, the Art Fund has launched a new funding round of their Reimagine Grants Scheme. Small grants of between £5,000 and £15,000, and large grants of between £15,000 and £50,000 will be awarded to museums, galleries, historic houses, archives, libraries, agencies and festivals across the UK. Applicants must address at least one of four priority areas: collections; digital; engagement; and workforce.
Deadline: 11 October
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British Science Week – Community Grants
For British Science Week 2022, grants of £500 and £1000 are being offered to community groups, including rural ones, that work with people who are typically underrepresented in science, and which set out to deliver an event or activity that involves the local community, challenges science stereotypes and inspires ongoing science engagement.
Deadline: 8 November
Apply here
Edition 73 – 30 September
Comic Relief Community Fund
Grants of up to a maximum of £10,000 are available to support projects that deliver against one of Comic Relief’s four strategic themes: Children Survive and Thrive; Fighting for Gender Justice; A Safe Place to Be; Mental Health Matters. Applications must include a request for up to £1,000 to support capacity building, this would leave a maximum request of £9,000 for project delivery. Projects must be completed within one year of receiving a grant.
Deadline: 30 November
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Aviva Climate Fund
For the last round of Aviva funding in 2021, they will be giving away an extra £150,000, to those leading the way on climate action, by matching each donation up to the value of £50 per donation.
Deadline: 5 October
Apply here
Hampshire & IOW Community Foundation (HIWCF) – Recovery Fund
Grants of £1,000 – £5,000 are available for organisations across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton, that are working with young people aged 16-25 and older people aged over 65 who have been negatively impacted by Covid-19, to help address poverty (including housing), digital inclusion and skills and opportunities.
Deadline: 4 October
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Adult Community Mental Health Transformation
“No Wrong Door” Grants are providing funding for community and voluntary sector groups of up to £8,000 each. This is to improve access, outcomes, experience, data collection and increase mental health awareness of underrepresented groups.
Deadline: 30 November
More information here
LUSH – Charity Pot events
With every purchase of LUSH’s Charity Pot hand and body cream, they donate 100% of the price (minus the taxes) to organisations that align with their ethics in the areas of animals, environment, and human rights. Charity Pot supports small groups with an annual income less than £250k. Every store can host grassroots groups for 1-2 days in their store, giving customers a chance to find out about local groups’ work and the store the opportunity to donate their Charity Pot sales made over the days of the event to support the group.
Apply here
HIWCF – Strategic Youth Recovery Fund
Grants of £12,000 – £15,000 are available to help organisations in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton that are working with young people. The grants will help to rebuild volunteer bases, to ensure greater sustainability for the future. Grants will cover projects that build new skills and opportunities for young people and will help organisations to develop resilience and capability to maintain impact and reach.
Deadline: 4 October
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The Steel Charitable Trust
The Trustees make discretionary grants where they believe that their contribution will make a real difference. The five funding categories are Arts & Heritage, Education, Environment, Health, and Social or Economic Disadvantage.
Deadline: 20 October
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Matrix Causes Fund
Provides support to organisations which promote access to justice, equality of opportunity, or a sustainable environment. Applications are particularly welcome from organisations whose focus is on supporting the needs of vulnerable persons such as prisoners, asylum seekers, people with mental health difficulties, people (particularly children) with disabilities, or women in refuges. The fund will provide an organisation with one-off funds of up to £5,000, or funds of up to £3,000 a year for 3 years for a specific project which supplements the organisation’s core activities.
Deadline: 11 October
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HIWCF – Moneybarn Social Impact Fund
Grants of £1,000 – £7,500 are available for organisations in Havant, Gosport, Fareham and Petersfield, investing in activities that seek to alleviate underlying problems preventing social inclusion and enjoyment of a full modern life. Eligible projects include improving people’s financial capabilities, improving physical or mental health, supporting positive family relationships, addressing educational attainment, helping to reduce inequality, exclusion and disadvantage including increasing access to employment.
Deadline: 4 October
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Edition 72 – 23 September
Community Grants – Connect4Communities
Community grants help people, especially families with children, to access necessities like food and fuel. Grants are now available as part of the new Covid-19 Local Support Grant Scheme (totalling £112,000) funded by the Department for Work and Pensions.
Deadline: 30 September
Apply here
Cycling UK – Community Cycling grants
The Community Cycle Clubs programme supports new or existing groups and organisations to offer regular cycling activities. The programme offers up to £3,000 in grant funding for groups or organisations to start a regular cycling activity. Funding can cover equipment; Training for clubs; Affiliation with Cycling UK, meaning the club’s activities are covered by insurance.
More information
National Emergencies Trust – Local Action Fund
Total matched funding available £1.2m. Up to £10,000 match funding to help voluntary or community organisations overcome the effects of the pandemic by supporting long-term sustainability and open up new avenues of income. Open to registered charities, constituted organisations and non-registered charities, CICs, Faith organisations and voluntary community organisations that aren’t constituted but deemed appropriate.
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Leathersellers Company – Main grants & small grants
Until at least Sep 22, will be opening targeted funding rounds to reduce the number of unsuccessful applications made by charities. As a committed Flexible Funder they always aim to be open and provide clear and relevant information. But, if you’re a UK registered charity, with income under £200k pa, you can apply at any time to the small grants programme, up to a maximum of £3k, to provide assistance to vulnerable people in your community in geographical areas of deprivation (within the UK).
Apply here
UK Government – Loneliness Engagement Fund
The Loneliness Engagement Fund provides small grants between £15,000 and £50,000 to organisations who can engage with target groups at high risk of loneliness. This funding is for organisations to continue, adapt or expand existing activity that reaches groups at a higher risk of loneliness and supports the government’s loneliness objectives. The value of the grant requested must not represent more than 50% of the applicant’s annual income.
Deadline: 13 October
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SUEZ Communities Trust – Landfill Communities Fund
SUEZ Communities Trust provides funds to not-for-profit organisations to undertake work that is eligible under the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF). Applications are considered for three areas of work which qualify for funding through the LCF: Public Amenities; Biodiversity; Historic Buildings, Structures or Sites. Funding is typically awarded for the purchase of materials/equipment and the appointment of a contractor to undertake the improvement work.
Apply here
Edition 71 – 16 September
Christmas Holiday Activities and Food grant
The Department for Education is providing funding to local authorities to coordinate a programme that provides healthy food and enriching activities to disadvantaged children during the Christmas Holidays during 2021. Hampshire County Council are looking to engage with a wide network of community-based organisations, including existing holiday care providers, schools, childminders, sports coaching, creative and performing arts providers and many others. Deadline: 26 September
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People’s Health Trust – Active Communities Fund
Open for applications in Portsmouth, Havant, Isle of Wight, Gosport LA areas. Focused on organisations which support people to create or shape local projects that will help their community or neighbourhood to become even better. Income must be less than £350,000 a year, or an average of £350,000 or less over the last two years. You must also have less than six months’ annual running costs in savings (with no restrictions on the money) after you have deducted the grant amount. Deadline for stage 1 applications: 6 October
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Loneliness Engagement Fund
The Loneliness Engagement Fund provides small grants between £15,000 and £50,000 to organisations who can engage with target groups at high risk of loneliness. Deadline 13 October
Apply here
UK Government – Faith New Deal Pilot Fund
A new grant programme to help support faith-based organisations to use their resources effectively within their community and to build trust between national and local government and faith groups. Applicants must demonstrate how they will support one or more of the following Covid-19 recovery objectives: mental wellbeing and loneliness; debt advice; employability; food poverty; increasing community engagement through volunteering. Deadline: 7 October
Apply here
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants to support projects in the UK which address issues in Rural Communities and/or areas of Urban Deprivation especially in the fields of Community Support; Arts, Education & Heritage. No deadline
Apply here
Fidelio Charitable Trust
The Fidelio Charitable Trust supports the Arts in the UK. The Trustees aim to help individuals and groups who would not be able to carry out a project or activity without financial support, particularly those who are at an early stage in their careers. Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
GSK Impact Awards
Funding (£4k – £50k x 20) for, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. They are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £120,000 and £3 million. Deadline 20 September
Apply here
GSK Grow Programme
Open to registered charities that are at least a year old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income of between £20,000 and £120,000. Up to 10 charities will receive £10,000 in unrestricted funding plus training and development valued at £3,200. Up to five runner-up charities will receive £1,000. Deadline: 20 September
Apply here
FCC Community Action Fund – England
Open to not-for-profit organisations (not CICs) for amenity projects eligible under Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment waste facility. Grants £2k to £100k for the provision, maintenance, or improvement of village halls and community centres, play areas, multi use games areas, skate parks and BMX tracks, sport and recreation grounds including pavilions and clubhouses, churches – community spaces only, nature reserves, public gardens, parks, country parks and woodlands, and museums. Deadline: 1 December
Apply here
Edition 70 – 9 September
Community Grants – Connect4Communities
Community grants help people, especially families with children, to access necessities like food and fuel. Grants were issued over the winter from November 2020 to 16 April 2021 as part of the Winter Grants Scheme funded by the Department of Work and Pensions. Further grants are now available as part of the new Covid-19 Local Support Grant Scheme (totalling £112,000) funded by the Department for Work and Pensions. Deadline: 30 September
More information here
Hampshire & IOW Community Foundation (HIWCF) – Recovery Fund
Grants of £1,000 – £5,000 are available for organisations across Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton, that are working with young people aged 16-25 and older people aged over 65 who have been negatively impacted by Covid-19, to help address poverty (including housing), digital inclusion and skills and opportunities. Deadline: 4 October
Apply here
Village Halls Podcast – Wonderful Villages Photo Competition
Win up to £1,000 for your local/nominated Village Hall and £500 for the photographer. Plus other cash prizes. The theme is Britain’s ‘Wonderful Villages’ and they’re interested in any photo taken in the UK that captures a sense of village life and community spirit. Deadline: 21 November
Apply here
Winchester City Council – Transformation, Adaptations and Diversification Grant Fund
This new round funding is aimed at organisations located and operating in the Winchester district to support their longer term resilience and recovery from Covid-19 restrictions by adapting, changing, and growing their businesses. The grant is for 50% of the total project costs to a maximum £20,000. Deadline: 13 September
Apply here
HIWCF – Moneybarn Social Impact Fund
Grants of £1,000 – £7,500 are available for organisations in Havant, Gosport, Fareham and Petersfield, investing in activities that seek to alleviate underlying problems preventing social inclusion and enjoyment of a full modern life. Eligible projects include improving people’s financial capabilities, improving physical or mental health, supporting positive family relationships, addressing educational attainment, helping to reduce inequality, exclusion and disadvantage including increasing access to employment. Deadline: 4 October
Apply here
HIWCF – Ford Southampton Community Fund – deadline extended
Grants of £1,000 to £6,000 are available for organisations in Southampton and Eastleigh, to support young people aged 11-25 to acquire new technical skills, with priority given to projects supporting NEETs. Projects and services involving Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines and behavioural training including leadership skills, social interaction and communication skills are welcome, together with skills workshops, training and work experience programmes. Social enterprises offering real skills outcomes may also apply. Deadline: 12 September
Apply here
The MSE Charity – Life Changing Transitions Grant Fund
Grant round now open for projects focused on building financial capability skills, assisting groups which support these areas: bereavement, redundancy, retirement, relationship breakdown, homelessness, offenders, resettlement. Take the eligibility quiz before applying. Deadline: 30 September
Apply here
NHS – Learning Disability and Autism Programme Grant
Additional funding for VCSE organisations to support children, young people and adults with a learning disability and autistic people in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund wants projects that can reach across the UK so if you’re based in Hampshire, you’ll need to reach out to colleagues in other parts of the country in a consortium. Deadline: 15 September
Apply here
Arts Council England – Culture Recovery Fund, Emergency Resource Support
A new fund for organisations at imminent risk of failure, particular those who have not yet received grants from the Culture Recovery Fund, to support them until the end of the year. Grants between £25,000 – £1m. The latest they can accept a permission to apply request is 30 September, noon.
Apply here
HIWCF – Strategic Youth Recovery Fund
Grants of £12,000 – £15,000 are available to help organisations in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton that are working with young people. The grants will help to rebuild volunteer bases, to ensure greater sustainability for the future. Grants will cover projects that build new skills and opportunities for young people and will help organisations to develop resilience and capability to maintain impact and reach. Deadline: 4 October
Apply here
Dunhill Medical Trust
Moore Kingston Smith partner with the Trust to fund expert support in impact, fundraising strategy and financial sustainability for charities working with older people. Deadline: 20 September
Apply here
Edition 69 – 2 September
Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good
Applications welcome from local community groups, charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment and have an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months. Every three months, they’ll share £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects. Deadline: 15 September
Apply here
NHSBT Community Investment Scheme
Funding for community and faith/ belief organisations to positively engage Black, Asian, Mixed Race and minority ethnic communities in living kidney donation. Up to £15k. Deadline: 12 September
Apply here
Prince’s Countryside Fund – Supporting Rural Communities
Apply for a grant of up to £25,000 over two years, for innovative projects that will create a long-term difference in remote rural areas of the UK. Part of a new programme of larger, flexible grants which focus on innovative and longer-term projects that support people in rural areas to resolve existing and emerging community issues, circumstances and priorities. Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
Pets At Home – Charity Partner
A new charity initiative for summer 2022, which will result in a minimum donation of £250,000 for one national charity. Charities with a nationwide reach that support the wellbeing of pets and their people are invited to apply to be the Foundation’s summer 2022 charity partner.
Apply here
The FORD Southampton Community Fund
Grants of £1,000 to £6,000 are available for charities, community groups, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits in Southampton City and Eastleigh, to support disadvantaged and disenfranchised young people aged 11-25 to acquire new technical skills including mechanics, 3D graphics, carpentry, metal work, bricklaying, stores and logistics. Deadline: 6 September
Apply here
Sea Changers
UK-based charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that meet one or more of the following; the root causes of the main threats to marine conservation in the UK, Prevent and/or reduce the negative impacts on marine environments and/or add knowledge to the field of marine threats and conservation. Particularly interested in grassroots projects that galvanise community action and projects that increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation. Deadline: 30 September
Apply here
Prince’s Countryside Fund – Project Village Survival
Grant of up to £10,000 over one year, for projects that are addressing rural community resilience and ensuring their village’s future viability and “thrivability”. Successful projects will do one or more of the following: Protect or boost community assets and enterprises; Reinvigorate service provision; Strengthen the sense of community, therefore tackling isolation in the countryside. Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
Hilden Charitable Fund
Grants are available for projects working in the following areas: Homelessness; Penal Affairs; Asylum Seekers and Refugees.; Community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people (aged 16 to 25 years). There are no set grant amounts bit the average grant is £5,000. Deadline: 31 August
Apply here
Tesco Community Grants
Grants iare always open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid for up to £1,500. Projects are voted on by Tesco customers in stores across the UK, with projects changing every three months. They’re currently looking for applications from charities and community groups who deliver projects that help to tackle food insecurity in their communities. This might include, breakfast clubs, holiday clubs and food banks.
Apply here
Vodafone – Charities Connected
Free Vodafone SIMs, each loaded with 20GB data, plus unlimited calls/texts to be used over 6 months. You can use these however you like – for example, to help stay in touch with service users, or deliver training to people in need. SIMs are available until 1 Nov 22, or supplies run out.
Apply here
Simply Business – Business Boost Competition
Award of £25,000 is available to help start, grow, or revive a small business. The competition is open to entrepreneurs and businesspeople (aged over 18) with businesses whose annual income does not exceed £500,000. Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
HCC Leaders Community Grants
Grants to fund one-off, time limited projects which: Provide community benefit and help local communities thrive; Help local organisations become financially self-supporting and not reliant on public sector funding. Applications can be made for over £1,000 to a maximum of £25,000 and may be for activity costs and/or capital costs. Applications in excess of £25k will occasionally be considered in exceptional circumstances.
No deadline
Apply here
Edition 68 – 26 August
Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good
Applications welcome from local community groups, charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment and have an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months. Every three months, they’ll share £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects.
Deadline: 15 September
Apply here
NHSBT Community Investment Scheme
Funding for community and faith/ belief organisations to positively engage Black, Asian, Mixed Race and minority ethnic communities in living kidney donation. Up to £15k.
Deadline: 12 September
Apply here
Prince’s Countryside Fund – Supporting Rural Communities
Apply for a grant of up to £25,000 over two years, for innovative projects that will create a long-term difference in remote rural areas of the UK. Part of a new programme of larger, flexible grants which focus on innovative and longer-term projects that support people in rural areas to resolve existing and emerging community issues, circumstances and priorities.
Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
Pets At Home – Charity Partner
A new charity initiative for summer 2022, which will result in a minimum donation of £250,000 for one national charity. Charities with a nationwide reach that support the wellbeing of pets and their people are invited to apply to be the Foundation’s summer 2022 charity partner.
Apply here
The FORD Southampton Community Fund
Grants of £1,000 to £6,000 are available for charities, community groups, voluntary organisations and not-for-profits in Southampton City and Eastleigh, to support disadvantaged and disenfranchised young people aged 11-25 to acquire new technical skills including mechanics, 3D graphics, carpentry, metal work, bricklaying, stores and logistics.
Deadline: 6 September
Apply here
Sea Changers
UK-based charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that meet one or more of the following; the root causes of the main threats to marine conservation in the UK, Prevent and/or reduce the negative impacts on marine environments and/or add knowledge to the field of marine threats and conservation. Particularly interested in grassroots projects that galvanise community action and projects that increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation.
Deadline: 30 September
Apply here
Prince’s Countryside Fund – Project Village Survival
Grant of up to £10,000 over one year, for projects that are addressing rural community resilience and ensuring their village’s future viability and “thrivability”. Successful projects will do one or more of the following: Protect or boost community assets and enterprises; Reinvigorate service provision; Strengthen the sense of community, therefore tackling isolation in the countryside.
Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
Hilden Charitable Fund
Grants are available for projects working in the following areas: Homelessness; Penal Affairs; Asylum Seekers and Refugees.; Community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people (aged 16 to 25 years). There are no set grant amounts bit the average grant is £5,000.
Deadline: 31 August
Apply here
Tesco Community Grants
Grants iare always open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid for up to £1,500. Projects are voted on by Tesco customers in stores across the UK, with projects changing every three months.
They’re currently looking for applications from charities and community groups who deliver projects that help to tackle food insecurity in their communities. This might include, breakfast clubs, holiday clubs and food banks.
Apply here
Vodafone – Charities Connected
Free Vodafone SIMs, each loaded with 20GB data, plus unlimited calls/texts to be used over 6 months. You can use these however you like – for example, to help stay in touch with service users, or deliver training to people in need. SIMs are available until 1 Nov 22, or supplies run out.
Apply here
Simply Business – Business Boost Competition
Award of £25,000 is available to help start, grow, or revive a small business. The competition is open to entrepreneurs and businesspeople (aged over 18) with businesses whose annual income does not exceed £500,000.
Deadline: 17 September
Apply here
HCC Leaders Community Grants
Grants to fund one-off, time limited projects which: Provide community benefit and help local communities thrive; Help local organisations become financially self-supporting and not reliant on public sector funding. Applications can be made for over £1,000 to a maximum of £25,000 and may be for activity costs and/or capital costs. Applications in excess of £25k will occasionally be considered in exceptional circumstances.
No deadline
Apply here
Edition 67 – 19 August
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
The Trust supports people across the UK who address the root causes of conflict and injustice under the main headings: Peace and Security, Power and Accountability, Rights and Justice, Sustainable Future
Deadline: 23 August
Apply here
Ulverscroft Foundation
The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted). Non-profits organisations, CICs and social groups can apply for funding.
Deadline: 15 September
Apply here
UK Government – Hong Kong British Nationals (Overseas) Welcome Grants
UK government’s welcome programme for British National Overseas-status holders arriving from Hong Kong via the UK government’s BN(O) visa. Various grants available, including for VCSE organisations.
Deadline: 1 September
More info
UK Government – Small Business Research Initiative
SBRI brings together government challenges and ideas from business to create innovative solutions. This includes information on government’s GovTech Catalyst. The £20m fund was announced in the Industrial Strategy, which will use SBRI to support businesses (including social enterprises) to provide innovative technology solutions to the public sector.
The Innovate UK Smart Grants scheme opens on 26 August with 3 September
online briefing event.
Deadline: 6 October
More info
Get Togethers – Cook & Share Month Grants
Grants of £150 available to non-profit groups’ food-based community projects in Cook and Share Month (16th Oct-16th Nov 2021), which have the potential to be long term, are community led, include people from disadvantaged and diverse communities, bring people together, reduce experience of loneliness or social isolation and encourage a positive attitude to ageing and diversity.
Deadline: 8 September
Apply here
Comic Relief – Smiles Fund
Seeking proposals from organisations who share our belief that the arts and comedy can help start conversations and support positive outcomes for people’s mental wellbeing. Keen to engage people facing discrimination and disadvantage, prolonged uncertainty and unemployment, emerging mental wellbeing challenges, and loss and isolation. For organisations with a minimum £75,000 annual income.
Deadline: 15 September
Apply here
Help the Homeless
Grants of up to £5,000 for small to medium-sized charities working to assist people who are homeless to rebuild their lives and return to the community. Funding will cover capital costs and is focused on helping people to return to mainstream society,
Deadline: 15 September
Apply here
Next Door – The Good Neighbourhood Awards
We want to champion not only the individual acts of kindness and support from neighbours but also the local businesses, community groups and neighbourhoods as a whole who have come together to support, encourage and grow their communities over the past year. Nominate a neighbour, local business, community group or your entire neighbourhood!
Nominate here
Digital Leaders 100 Awards – Craig Macdonald Memorial Prize
Prize of £5,000 for the best grassroots organisation working locally to help close the digital divide.
Deadline: 10 September
Nominate here
Idlewild Trust
The Trust provides 2 grant schemes to fund registered charities (not individuals) concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of buildings and items of historical interest or national importance.
Deadline: 14 September
Apply here
BBC Children In Need – Small Grants 2021
Funding up to £10k for up to 3 years for UK based not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people aged 18 years and under experiencing disadvantage through: illness, distress, abuse or neglect, any kind of disability, behavioural or psychological difficulties and living in poverty or situations of deprivation.
Deadline to be announced
Apply here
Dunhill Medical Trust
Moore Kingston Smith partner with the Trust to fund expert support in impact, fundraising strategy and financial sustainability for charities working with older people.
Deadline: 20 September
More info
RHS Bursaries
Funding for projects with a very clear relevance to horticulture, including, but not limited to study tours, voluntary work placements, conferences, educational and training courses, botanical artwork, taxonomy, research or any other with a clear relevance to horticulture.
Apply here
Edition 61 – 8 July
The Innovation Fund has just gone live (round 2) to support grassroots suicide prevention activity with priority groups.
Headlines of this fund are;
- Grants of up to £10,000 are available for those working in Hants CC area, Portsmouth, Southampton and/or IOW.
- Bids need to demonstrate innovation, community-based initiatives that explicitly address needs around self-harm and suicide prevention.
- Proactive engagement with service users, those with lived experience and co-production will be expected to be central to project development and delivery.
- Bids should be sustainable beyond initial funding or be time-limited projects and should seek to engage with a range of statutory and community organisations to create a network and improve support and awareness across the system.
- Priority is given to small, unfunded, volunteer-led community groups.
- Applications are not accepted from statutory agencies, such as the police, health, other local authorities or other Council departments.
Deadline: 23 July
Further details can be found here: Suicide Prevention Innovation Grant Fund
The UK Youth Fund
Covid Resilience has been established in partnership with the Julia & Hans Rausing Trust to ensure the sustainability of grassroots youth organisations that have struggled due to the pandemic. Funding is offered to facilitate the reopening and continuation of youth provision to pre-pandemic levels.
Deadline: 18 July
Apply here
Comic Relief – Ministry of Justice Special Relief Fund
Comic Relief is inviting proposals from organisations supporting survivors / victims of domestic abuse and sexual violence, who are led ‘by / with and for’ communities facing racial inequality, disabled people or LGBTQ+ communities. Funds will support activities and offer wrap-around support which improve digital and remote capacity, provide continuity in support, and enhance future sustainability. Deadline: 20 July
Apply here
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Registered charities, with an income under £1m pa, including those working in the developing world. Wide range of causes including the vulnerable, disability, women, the homeless, human rights and young people. Usually up to £3k, sometimes £5k. Trustees hold biannual meetings in May and November. Successful applicants will be informed within 6 weeks of the relevant meeting.
Apply here
A B Charitable Trust
AB Charitable Trust supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on: migrants and refugees criminal justice and penal reform human rights, particularly access to justice. Deadline: 31 July
Apply here
Grants for Children to Connect with Nature and Learn Outdoors (England, Scotland & Wales)
Schools in England, Scotland and Wales can apply for up to £500 worth of free outdoor equipment and two hours of professional outdoor training to help children connect with nature, become more active, and learn outdoors. Schools can choose from hundreds of different products to deliver outdoor learning and play. There will be four funding rounds throughout the year. Deadline 3 September
Apply here
Visit Britain – Domestic Support Fund
A new fund supporting the events industry recovery will provide financial support to not-for-profit organisations hosting domestic business events from 21 June to 17 December 2021.
Apply here
BBC Children In Need – Emergency Essentials Programme
This fund is open to any families with children who are living with financial, health and social difficulties. They are expanding their work to reduce the pressure of isolation on families, by providing grants for additional items. This includes: supporting access to education resources through grants for digital devices., including laptops and tablets, plus grants for toys and games. They are also making more awards for items such as washing machines, cookers and fridge/freezers.
Apply here
National Lottery Community Fund – Round 2
The National Lottery Community Fund is offering micro-grants between £300 and £2,500 to help smaller community groups fund projects that bring people together and tackle loneliness. Organisations need to have an income of less than £50,000. Deadline: 6 August
Apply here
Santander Foundation
UK registered charities and CICs, with a minimum income of £75k pa, working in the UK to deliver digital and financial empowerment. Will run for 3 years, with £1.8m in 2021. Twelve grants of up to a total of £150,000 per organisation. You can request a minimum of £25,000 in any 1 year, with the maximum of £150,000 over three years. Deadline: 13 August
Apply here
BBC Children In Need – Main Grants Reopened
Main grants (£10,001 to £40,000) programmes. Illness, distress, abuse or neglect, any kind of disability, behavioural or psychological difficulties, living in poverty or situations of deprivation. Will fund core costs. Open to UK non-profit organisations. Due to Covid-19 pandemic, they’ve temporarily broadened the types of applications and are offering funding that can be used more flexibly. They encourage applications for: project delivery (including staffing and salary costs), creative solutions to deliver much needed services, and organisational costs to support stability and adaptation (including the day-to-day running costs). Deadline: 23 August
Apply here
UnLtd
Grants of up to £15,000 plus business support for UK social entrepreneurs looking to start or grow an existing social venture. UnLtd are committed to providing 50% of their awards to BAME, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs. Deadline: 30 September
Apply here
Hampshire County Council – Rural Communities Fund
The Rural Communities Fund supports Parish Councils, groups and organisations in rural Hampshire and small market towns. The priorities of the scheme are to build community resilience and encourage self-help.
More information
Edition 59 – 24 June
Get Going Again grant
The Getting Going Again Fund seeks to build on the unprecedented co-operation that took place during the Covid-19 pandemic, particularly between Councils and Voluntary Sector Organisations, to support the development of sustainable solutions to help people classed as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable in Hampshire recover from the impacts of the pandemic.
Applications are being sought from district and borough councils, local councils and voluntary sector organisations, with partnership working strongly encouraged.
Monies will be given on a one-off basis for projects and initiatives designed to support people, specifically those who have been classed as Clinically Extremely Vulnerable or Clinically Vulnerable residents of Hampshire to re-engage with their local communities and focus on the post Covid-19 future. The purpose of this grant scheme is to support these people to start accessing their local communities again, and return to more normal ways of life, in a way that is safe.
More information
Places Called Home
Up to £5,000 for activities and equipment to improve community spaces and deliver sustainable activities for communities across the UK. Deadline – when they have received 1,500 applications or on 6 July
Apply here
Stephen Lloyd Awards
Anyone resident in the UK, or any organisation or charity established in the UK that has an innovative idea that can lead to practical, sustainable social change. Providing experts that can deliver practical, free support to shortlisted candidates as well as Award winners. At the shortlist stage up to ten awards of up to £2,000 to further develop their ideas. Deadline 31 August
Apply here
Shoosmiths Foundation
UK registered charities undertaking work in the UK to advance social mobility, carbon net zero UK and access to justice in the UK. The social mobility aim is the priority for 2021. Deadline 23 July
Apply here
Energy for Tomorrow
Grants for start-ups creating innovative products and services that can accelerate the energy transition.
This includes reducing carbon emissions, changing societal and customer use of energy or helping communities improve their energy management and deliver real benefit to the local area. Priority to entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, smaller organisations with turnover of less than £1 million and to projects focused on the UK.
Apply here
Lions Club International
There are a wide variety of grants available to help Lions serve their local communities and the world. We encourage you to explore the different grant types to find out if there’s a grant that’s right for your club, district or multiple district now or in the future.
More information
Jeans For Jeans 2021 – Opens 1 July
Our focus in this funding round will be on supporting small but vital disorder specific charities adapt, respond and recover from Covid. Unrestricted grants of £2,500 to registered charities, with income under £100k. Zoom Q&A sessions 6 and 13 July.
Apply here
Theatres Trust – Small Grants Programme
New scheme to provide grants of up to £5,000 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future. Applications are also welcome for projects that help theatres reopen as Covid-secure
Apply here
Gisela Graham Foundation
UK charities, volunteer groups and organisations for research and treatment of chronic illnesses and conditions, poverty amongst children in less developed countries, assist enterprising young and unemployed requiring start-up funds, promote causes supporting young homeless people, support adults with learning disabilities, including accommodation for them. safety at sea, including those actively involved with youth training and the performing arts.
Up to £10k, but most grants under £5k.
Apply here
People’s Health Trust – Active Communities
For organisations that support people to create or shape local projects. Not for profit organisations or groups, with income less than £350,000 pa. Will fund CICs and unregistered groups. Various deadlines
Apply here
Edition 58 – 17 June
Asda Foundation – Bringing Communities Back Together
Up to £1000, either through a celebration event or by getting their activities and services back on track. Groups who cannot physically be back together, but whose activities are still open and available to the community, may also apply. Open to CICs and unregistered charities/community groups. Phase 1 deadline 16 August
Apply here
Armed Forces Covenant Trust
Will work regionally to develop better, more joined up lasting support for local veterans with mental health needs. Ten portfolio grants of up to £800,000, including one each in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, and seven in England. The grants will be made to individual organisations, who will manage a portfolio of projects. Deadline 23 July
Apply here
Deutsche Bank UK Charity of the Year 2022-23
Deutsche Bank is looking for an ambitious UK registered, mental health charity addressing one of the most pressing needs in society. Charities must be able to demonstrate a clear link to mental health alongside other eligibility criteria. Annual income must be between £2m – £20m. Deadline 28 June
Apply here
Poundland Foundation
A new foundation that plans to distribute £825,000 to community projects in the next 12 months. In the first grant round, 250 grants of up to £750 will be available for its “kit for kids” scheme, to provide equipment and kit for local children’s sports teams.
Apply here
People’s Health Trust – Active Communities
For organisations that support people to create or shape local projects. Not for profit organisations or groups, with income less than £350,000 pa. Will fund CICs and unregistered groups. Various deadlines
Apply here
Randal Foundation
Supports a number of areas including: Health, Mental Health, Poverty, Social Disadvantage, Addiction and Education, in the UK and globally. UK based registered charities or organisations. Smaller grants (< £3,000), as well as for large scale funding.
Apply here
Enterprise Development Programme – Environment
Environmental not for profit voluntary or community organisations (including registered charities/companies) who deliver environmental projects. These will range from environmental conservation charities, Community growing CIC’s, community energy partnerships, Reuse and Recycle projects. Organisations will already be already delivering activity which has the ability to become a business enterprise. Deadline 13 July
Apply here
RSA Climate Change and Education Grants
£0.25m fund to improve risk education for road, home, cycle and online safety, as well as child safety, ideally driving behaviour change. It is also open to charities with programmes that are tackling climate change, conservation and offsetting carbon emissions. Deadline 2 July
Apply here
Asda Foundation – Green Token Giving 2021
Each superstore will feature 3 community projects online that have been nominated by customers and colleagues. The non-profit group with the most online votes will receive a £500 donation with second and third place each receiving £200.
Apply here
Co-operative Bank; Customer Donation Fund
Registered Charities, CICs and other organisations with a Community Directplus account can apply for funding of up to £1,000.
Apply here
Energy for Tomorrow
Grants for start-ups creating innovative products and services that can accelerate the energy transition. This includes reducing carbon emissions, changing societal and customer use of energy or helping communities improve their energy management and deliver real benefit to the local area. Building a portfolio of 6-10 organisations who will receive grants of between £100,000 and £500,000 each, over a period of up to three years. Priority to entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds, smaller organisations with turnover of less than £1 million and to projects focused on the UK.
Apply here
Edition 57 – 10 June
Virgin Media O2 Together Fund
Virgin Media O2 has launched a £500,000 fund to supercharge hundreds of local charities across the UK as the nation emerges from the pandemic.
Grants of £1,000 are available for environmental and community belonging projects, inspiring people across the UK to get together and create positive change for the causes they care most about.
Apply here
Reimagine grants – Art fund
These new project grants aim to help organisations as they reimagine their activities following the pandemic. They offer support to build expertise, capacity and connections within and outside the sector.
Apply here
Ulverscroft Foundation
The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted).
Apply here
The Elephant Trust
The Trust was set up to make it possible for artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when frustrated by lack of funds. It is committed to helping artists and institutions that depart from the routine and signal new, distinct and imaginative sets of possibilities.
More information
Windrush Community Fund
Voice4Change England (V4CE) are pleased to announce the Windrush Community Fund. This fund is open to charities, community organisations and/or grassroots groups to bid for financial assistance from a £500,000 fund to help ensure that organisations and groups can raise awareness and support engagement among those eligible for the government’s Windrush Scheme and Windrush Compensation Scheme.
Apply here
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. The majority of the Trust’s grants are single grants over a one-year period. Occasionally longer-term grants are agreed by the Trustees when deemed to have particular merit.
Apply here
The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust is a tennis charity raising funds for people with disabilities who play tennis. It was formed in 1997 and named after the late Dan Maskell “The Voice of Wimbledon” who was passionate about rehabilitation through sport.
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Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need. They support hundreds of small charities, improving lives and lifting people’s aspirations.
Apply here
Edition 56 – 3 June
Thomas J Horne Memorial Trust
Makes grants primarily to the hospice movement and related charities in the UK, but also to other organisations such as those aiding disabled and homeless people and third world self-help groups.
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Covid-19 Restart Grant
The Restart Grant scheme supports businesses in the non-essential retail, hospitality, leisure, personal care and accommodation sectors with a one-off grant, to reopen safely as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted.
Apply here
Councillor Community Grant Scheme
The Councillor Community Grant Scheme is a budget of £4,500 allocated to each District Councillor to support voluntary and not for profit organisations within, or that benefit, their ward. These organisations must have a charitable or community goal. Grants of up to £1,000 can be awarded.
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Getaway Foundation
Set-up to help families in poverty, on the Isle of Wight, by providing holidays. Now providing grants and donations for vital school equipment to enable children to continue their learning from home during the crisis; between £1000 and £2,500.
Apply here
Sports England – New Lockdown Funding
Grants of £300 to £10,000 available from a total pot of £15m, to help sport and activity groups, clubs and organisations respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play in a covid-19-safe way. Priority to disadvantaged groups, such as the disabled and BAME communities. Deadline 30 June
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Magic Little Grants 2021
Localgiving has teamed up with the Postcode Community Trust to provide 900 grants of £500 to small charities and community groups. The Fund provides small charities and community groups the opportunity to access funding to deliver engaging physical activities.
Apply here
Made By Sport ‘Clubs In Crisis’ Round 2
The aim of the Fund is to effectively and efficiently support sports clubs and local organisations with an annual income of less than £75,000 working with young people aged between 5 and 25 years old using sport (this includes any physical activity) for social outcomes in the voluntary and community sector. Your organisation or the project funded through this grant focuses on young people aged 5-25 with at least 90% of the individuals who will benefit from the grant being from that age group.
Apply here
Morgan Charitable Foundation
Grants for charitable organisations in England for general charitable purposes, but including health, disability, young and older people, and overseas aid.
More information here
National Lottery – Awards For All
National Lottery funding can help you to make a difference in your community. They are offering funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities. With the Covid-19 pandemic still with us, there’ll continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by Covid-19.
Apply here
The Kenwood Community Fund
This fund will give priority to the smaller charities and community groups that have incomes of less than £300k but Kenwood would like to hear from other local charities with innovative projects that are making a real difference.
This year the fund is also aiming to provide a one off grant of £25,000 for a particularly focused need and will continue to provide smaller grants of between £2000 and £7,500 which can be used in one year or over a two year period if it is a new initiative. Priority will be given to those groups supporting the most disadvantaged in their communities. Deadline 9 July
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Volleyball England
Upto £1,000 for equipment and training, to develop sitting volleyball, by existing volleyball clubs. Deadline 9 July
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Clarion Housing – Community & Digital Grants
To encourage community engagement and promote health and wellbeing, including for young or older people, projects that regenerate local facilities or estates, or provide access to training or educational courses. Projects need to directly benefit Clarion residents and their neighbourhoods, but can also support the wider community. Constituted community groups, registered charities, social enterprises and parent teacher associations, with income under £500k pa. Up to £5k.
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Art Fund Museum of the Year 2021
Applications from organisations whose achievements tell the story of the creativity and resilience of the sector over the past year. The winner will be awarded £100,000, and each of the other finalists will receive £15,000. Deadline 1 June
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Tampon Tax Fund
This final round will be £11.25m. Charities can apply for up to £350,000 to support projects helping women and girls in the UK. Priority will be given for work to end violence against women and girls, as well as organisations that support a network of charities, including grant making. Deadline 4 July
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The Black Fund
Launched by pop star Leigh-Anne Pinnock and footballer Andre Gray, to support small, UK-based charities (income under £200k) that aim to tackle racism or support the black community in some way. Up to £5,000. Deadline 30 June
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National Lottery – Awards For All
Support to continue to deliver services to people and communities affected by Covid-19 and to help overcome acute financial difficulties. £300 to £10,000. Funding can be used for a wide range of purposes, including running costs, buildings and equipment, events, staff costs, etc. Applications from organisations that are led by people with lived experience, such as disabled people and BAME communities are encouraged.
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Big Give – Christmas Challenge
A match funding campaign where donations are doubled. The match funds come from 2 sources – charities secure some of these (Pledges) over the summer. These funds are then boosted by funds from a Big Give Champion who contributes to the match fund. Must be UK registered charity, with annual income of at least £25,000. Deadline for Stage 1 applications is 2 July
More information here
People’s Health Trust – Active Communities
For organisations that support people to create or shape local projects. Not for profit organisations or groups, with income less than £350,000 pa. Will fund CICs and unregistered groups.
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Ocado Foundation – Biz Give
Up to £1,000, with in-kind goods also available on request and applications for digital volunteering accepted, open until the end of 2021. Charities, CICs, and community projects which must align with its UN SDGs of good health and wellbeing, quality education, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, responsible consumption and production, and climate action.
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Ajvir Singh Sandhu Leadership Foundation
Identifies the highest performing young people in academia, military, enterprise and sports to reach their full potential. Small grants (up to £500) to individuals who require funds to access or unlock new opportunities. Examples include requesting funds to undertake a course, requesting funds to facilitate an activity (i.e. cost of travel / equipment / accommodation etc) or requesting funds to lead an event to benefit the local community. No deadline
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Common Call Covid Relief Fund
UK based organisations led by people that identify as Black or Mixed with Black. UK Charities and social enterprises – unrestricted grant package of £5,000 or £12,500. Get better informed about their options (moving to new methods of delivery) post-Covid-19. Develop new enterprising activities and earned income strategies. Test the viability of specific propositions. Develop clear implementable action plans for such activity. No deadline
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Sylvia Waddilove Foundation
UK Covid Core Funding – fund has re-opened. Small to medium organisations struggling to manage the financial impact of Covid-19; education relating to non-domestic animals; visual and performing arts; medical research; the relief of disability or severe illness; the accommodation of those in need. Up to £1000. No deadline
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Thomas Wall – Digital Skills 2021
UK based not for profit organisations/charities based, with income under £500,000. Projects working with disadvantaged people aged 18 or over to improve their basic digital skills. Stage 1 deadline 25 June
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PRS – Momentum Music Fund
The Momentum Music Fund offers grants of £5k-£15k for UK based artists/bands to break through to the next level of their careers. Activities eligible for support include recording, touring and marketing. Deadline 24 May
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Community Fund Sovereign Community Fund 2021-2022
Community groups and charities running projects within three miles of Sovereign homes, across the South and South West of England, can apply for a share of up to £10,000 of its new £90,000 community grants programme via the platform. The funding for 2021-2022 will be split across two rounds of £45,000. The first round, which invites applications from projects focusing on health and wellbeing, runs from 1 May 2021 to 30 June 2021
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Co-op Local Community Fund
Support to help communities come together, co-operate and make a difference. If your project helps people access food, improves mental wellbeing or provides opportunities for young people, apply for funding. Deadline 30 May
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Department for Health and Social Care – providing safe transport
Community First has secured a grant on behalf of the Hampshire’s CVS Network to continue our important work in supporting voluntary sector groups and residents facing difficulties because of Covid-19. This funding includes money for grants to support Transport Schemes and Good Neighbour groups in Hampshire, who we know are providing essential transport to the most vulnerable in our local communities. The funding has two elements: £1,000 per group towards the cost of development, and £500 towards the costs of journeys. You can apply for one or both elements of the funding.
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Small Grants Programme supported by The Linbury Trust
Theatres Trust’s Small Grants Programme, funds small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability or accessibility. This new scheme will provide grants of up to £5,000 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future.
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School Grants Scheme – Institute of Physics
Schools, colleges and home school groups based in the UK and Ireland can apply for a school grant of up to £600 for projects, events and activities that promote a greater interest in physics and engineering in young people. Deadline 1 June
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Toyota Parasport fund
The fund aims to support the shared goals of Sport England, Toyota and the British Paralympic Association to continue to improve the quality and quantity of sport and activities available to disabled people. Deadline 31 May
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Arts Council England – Developing Your Creative Practice Fund
Re-opened. To help individual cultural and creative practitioners explore new ways of working and to better respond Covid-19. From £2,000 to £10,000 for individuals with their own creative development, which could include research, time to create new work, travel, training, developing ideas, networking or mentoring. Eligibility has been expanded to include practitioners such as DJs, performer / creators, arts and cultural educators, community practitioners / engagement specialists, movement directors, and creative technicians. Deadline 27 May
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Made By Sport ‘Clubs In Crisis’
The aim of the Fund is to effectively and efficiently support sports clubs and local organisations with an annual income of less than £75,000 working with young people aged between 5 and 25 years old using sport (this includes any physical activity) for social outcomes in the voluntary and community sector. Your organisation or the project funded through this grant focuses on young people aged 5-25 with at least 90% of the individuals who will benefit from the grant being from that age group.
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Community Grants to reduce the risks relating to serious violence
The County Council is offering an initial short term funding opportunity for local community projects which can engage, build aspiration and capacity or create positive activities and opportunities for vulnerable young people at risk of harm or involvement in serious violence
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RAF Benevolent Fund
Small Grants stream: funding of up to £5000 is available for projects and activities that can demonstrate that they deliver at least one of the welfare outcomes set out in our Impact Framework.
More information here
Rural Connections Grant
Applicants are invited to provide a service to develop and support local volunteers in rural and semirural settings who will provide information and advice for vulnerable adults in their communities, and facilitate connections with other services and assets (e.g. community amenities, buildings or people). Key to the successful delivery of this service will be reaching groups, both digitally and in person, that are at risk of experiencing loneliness and social isolation.
More information here
Co-op Local Community Fund
The retailer is encouraging applications from projects that support access to food, help improve mental wellbeing or provide opportunities for young people. Applications are now open to a fund that could allow hundreds of charities to access millions of pounds in funding. Deadline 30 May
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Magdalen Hospital Trust
The fund benefits vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. Projects can include those that provide training for work and personal development, clubs, crime prevention, emergency care, play schemes, mental health support and counselling. Grants are usually one-off and project-based, and are normally within the range £500-£2,000.
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Community Renewal Fund – Call for project proposals
Hampshire County Council is inviting bids from organisations wishing to deliver activity as part of the UK Community Renewal Fund. This is for projects that are based upon local, and community needs and can be delivered by 31 March 2022.
Deadline 21 May
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Aviva Community Fund
Projects that are building stronger, more resilient communities or fighting climate change, across the UK. Three key areas: Building back better: helping society to bounce back from the pandemic by addressing the health and wellbeing, and economic impacts on communities and individuals, Climate champions: helping communities to prevent, prepare for and protect against the impacts of climate change, and Financial empowerment: supporting financial inclusion and giving people the tools to become more financially resilient and independent. Must be registered, but open to social enterprises, income less than £1m pa. Deadline 6 July
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Co-op Foundation Space to Connect
Core Funding – enhanced grants, between £30,000 and £50,000. Core costs including staff time for projects that identify, improve and protect community spaces in England.
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Ashley Family Foundation
Core Funding – projects protecting rural communities and encouraging participation in the arts, particularly that of textiles, in England and Wales; core costs, including salaries and overheads.
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The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund – Development Grants
Triangle Trust’s Development Grant scheme enables organisations supporting young carers or the rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offenders to undertake a progressive development to improve future resilience. This might be a short piece of work requiring investment over a few months or a more significant programme of work requiring dedicated support for up to 3 years. Deadline 11 May
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Sport England – Return To Play Community Asset Fund
Grants £10,001 to £50,000. It’ll help local sports clubs and organisations to adapt and open important places and spaces that can help them welcome back their local community safely. Priority to BAME and disability communities, the financially disadvantaged and carers. No deadline.
Apply here
Sports England – New Lockdown Funding
Grants of £300 to £10,000 available from a total pot of £15m, to help sport and activity groups, clubs and organisations respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play in a coronavirus-safe way. Priority to disadvantaged groups, such as the disabled and BAME communities. Deadline 30 June.
Apply here
Made By Sport ‘Clubs In Crisis’
The aim of the Fund is to effectively and efficiently support sports clubs and local organisations with an annual income of less than £75,000 working with young people aged between 5 and 25 years old using sport (this includes any physical activity) for social outcomes in the voluntary and community sector.
Deadline 17 May
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National Churches Trust – UK
The National Churches Trust supports a wide variety of projects through their grant programmes. From repairing a roof to helping to install an accessible toilet – and many other projects – their grants help people to continue to serve, and to serve better, their local communities. They now offer four types of grant – Cornerstone, Gateway, Foundation, and Preventative Maintenance. Deadline 13 May
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Fair Education Alliance Innovation Award 2021
A year-long programme of support including a £15,000 salary contribution for up to 5 individuals working on or starting new ideas to solve entrenched issues to make education fair. Individuals with any background and based anywhere in England with an idea to improve the education system that you want to transform into a thriving initiative. Deadline 18 May.
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McCarthy & Stone Community Grant
Organisations that support the health and wellbeing of older people, help young people facing educational challenges, or work in urban/community regeneration. You don’t need to be a registered charity, but you do need to be in : Swindon (Wiltshire), Alton (Hampshire) or Bridport (Dorset). Up to £500 for core costs and aimed at helping organisations in particular who are rebuilding from the impact of Covid-19.
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Side by Side Fund
A National Survivor User Network fund, with grants from £200 to £500 to help peer support, mutual aid or self-help groups ‘connect remotely, prepare to move their activities to face-to-face, or make their group more sustainable’. Deadline 31 May.
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Fidelio Charitable Trust
A Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts particularly for Music, including Opera, Lieder, Composition and Dance. Fidelio aims to provide support for individuals (over school age) or groups of exceptional ability. Grants are not available for school children. Deadline 14 May
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Armed Forces Covenant Fund: Force for Change
Projects that reduce isolation and promote integration, supporting post Covid recovery. Two themes; – Empowering Armed Forces communities to become more engaged in their local area – Providing opportunities for isolated members of the Armed Forces community to take part in activities that improve general wellbeing. eligibility registrred charities, military units and schools. Up to £10k. Deadlines 12 April and 19 November
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Green Recovery Challenge Fund – £0.25m Plus
UK Covid Core Funding – environmental charities and their partners. Three themes: nature conservation and restoration, nature-based solutions and connecting people with nature. Over £250k, deadline 24 September
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Green Recovery Challenge Fund – Under £0.25m
UK Covid Core Funding – environmental charities and their partners. Three themes: nature conservation and restoration, nature-based solutions and connecting people with nature. Up to £250k, deadline 2 October
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Football Foundation – Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund
Grants are available for grassroots football organisations in England to sustain football pitches already at a ‘good’ level and to enhance pitches that are either considered ‘poor’ or ‘basic’.
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Football Foundation – Return to Football Fund
Grants are available to enable grassroots football clubs and organisations in England to restart or deliver new activities after the period of Covid-19 restrictions. Deadline 28 March
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Football Foundation – Small Grants
Grants are available for purchasing equipment and items to enable grassroots football organisations in England to restart activities after the period of Covid-19 restrictions. Maximum Value: £ 25,000.
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Montagu Neville Durnford and Saint Leo Cawthan Memorial Trust
Grants of £1,000 to 5,000 available to help those over 50 years old, particularly with links to the Naval services. These grants are for projects that support older people’s well-being and independence in their own home, or that help disadvantaged and vulnerable people with their health, wellbeing, education or transport. The fund also welcomes projects targeting isolation and hardship for older people. Deadline 1 April
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Bettys and Taylors Group Covid-19 Community Fund
UK Covid Core Funder – health & wellbeing, reducing inequality, loneliness and social isolation. Groups can apply for an amount between £500 and £1000 for running costs such as rent, utilities, staff or other overheads; or up to £5000 where funding towards running costs will help them with a “step change”, no matter how small. Eligibility, under £200k pa income, but includes community groups and CICs. Deadline 31 May
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National Lottery Heritage Green Recovery Challenge Fund
UK Covid Funding – Round 2: £50,000 to £250,000 for English environmental charities to create and retain jobs whilst delivering projects to restore nature, tackle climate change and connect people with nature. Deadline 12pm 14 April
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Image Behaviour Production Grants
Artists looking to make their first significant presentation in a UK institution and who feel they would benefit from expert mentoring and production support are invited to submit proposals for production grants worth a total of £60,000. Deadline 30 March.
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Portsmouth – Encouraging Innovation
With the support of the National Lottery Community Fund and Portsmouth City Council, HIVE will provide support for innovative ideas and projects within Portsmouth communities. They’d like to encourage anyone, from small local voluntary or community groups or individuals with lived experiences to apply for funding.
More information here
Julia and Hans Rausing – Youth Centre Recovery Fund
UK Covid Core Funding – £8m fund. To ensure registered charities in England running youth centres re-open and remain viable following the loss of income from Covid. Deadline 31 March
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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Rights and Justice
UK Covid Funder – dual harms of Covid and systemic racism. Expression of interest by 13 Aug 21. Deadline 31 August
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Small Charities Challenge Fund
Small UK-registered charities and not-for-profit organisations. Up to £50,000 for up to 2 years, for addressing the Global Goals to improve the lives of the most vulnerable and marginalised. Deadline 25 March
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CAF Patient Organisations Recovery
UK Covid Core Funder – for UK patient organisations. Unrestricted grants of between £5,000 and £20,000, up to a maximum of 25% of budgeted core staff costs and overheads. Deadline 22 March
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Arnold Clark Community Fund
UK Covid Funder – supporting UK registered and local community groups that are in need of financial support due to Covid-19. Deadline 31 May
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Covid Winter Grant Scheme – Easter Boost
UK Covid Funding – £50 million boost for the 2-week Easter period The scheme will now run until 16 Apr to help families buy essentials, with at least 80% of funds ring-fenced to be spent on food, energy and water bills, with 20% available for other essential costs. Councils can also offer support to vulnerable individuals and households without children.
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BBC Children In Need
UK Covid Core Funder – main grants (£10,001 to £40,000) and small grants (under £10,000) programmes. Illness, distress, abuse or neglect, any kind of disability, behavioural or psychological difficulties, living in poverty or situations of deprivation. Will fund core costs. UK non-profits. Deadline 12 April
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Enterprise Development Programme – Mental Health
English charities and social enterprises working in the mental health to make the transition to new enterprises or to grow existing ones. Expression of iinterest deadline 19 March
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Portsmouth City Community Fund
This fund is providing grants of £500 to £5,000, to help disadvantaged and vulnerable younger and older people. Projects focusing on safety, sustainable neighbourhoods, including environment and housing, prosperity, skills and jobs, lifelong learning including early school years, community cohesion including issues of race and disability, help for people with limited resources and medical research supporting children with physical or learning disabilities are all encouraged to apply for funding. Deadline 1 April
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National Lottery – Climate Action Fund
Round 2 – a ten-year £100 million fund supporting communities across the UK to take action on climate change. For this round 2 types of funding – development funding and full awards. Development funding up to £150,000, for full awards £1.5 million. Deadline for initial ideas 8 April
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Youth Music Network
Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 are available from the Youth Music Network to support music-making and music-making related activities for children and young people (aged 0-25) facing barriers.
Projects criteria include:
- Offer a music-related programme for children or young people facing barriers in England.
- Meet one or more of Youth Music’s priority areas (Early Years, Disabled young people, Young adults, Youth justice system, Young people facing barriers and Organisations and the workforce).
- Be co-designed by children/young people. Deadline 1 April.
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Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
This Small Grants Scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level across a wide range of activities. Annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum. One-year grants only to cover core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial stability.
The priority will be charities currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community either directly or through online support if possible. Grants are available between £1000 and £10,000.
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Alec Dickson Trust
Grants are available to support volunteering projects in the UK, organised and run by young people (under 30 years). Grants of up to £500 are currently available for projects which directly or indirectly respond to Covid-19. Deadline 21 March
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Al Madad Foundation
Grants are available to support the development and improvement of educational experiences of refugee and displaced children in the Middle East and Europe who have been affected by the Syria crisis. Maximum value: £250,000. Deadline 31 March
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Lloyds Bank Foundation
UK Core Funder – total £9.5m, in 2-year unrestricted grants of £50,000O to 190 small charities with an income between £25,000 and £1m across England and Wales. A quarter of will go to small charities led by and for BAME communities. A separate funding strand for charities specifically working on racial equity will also open in the coming months. The priority is charities tackling complex social issues such as homelessness, trafficking and domestic abuse. No deadline.
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Kelly Family Charitable Trust
UK Core Funders – up to £5,000 for registered charities whose activities involve the whole family to tackle problems that face one or more of its members. For example, mediation and counselling for abuse, and support for Prisoners and in particular their families. Deadlines 1 Mar and 1 Sep. Updated 3 Mar 21.
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Henry Oldfield Trust
UK Core Funder – a small grant maker, although no published information, has made unrestricted grants.
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Digital Lifeline Fund
Grants for community partners and grassroots organisations in England to distribute devices and provide support to people with learning disabilities who cannot afford to get online. Deadline 15 March, noon
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Magic Little Grants
Not Covid, but great for small community groups; £500, will be funding double the amount of organisation this year, 10 mins to apply. Participation in the arts, reducing poverty, marginalised groups and promoting equality, improving biodiversity and green spaces, physical activity, climate emergency and promoting sustainability, increasing access to outdoor space. Deadline 31 October
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Biffa Award – Partnership Grants Scheme
Large grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that are looking to improve a built or natural environment of regional or national significance and located within 15 miles of a significant Biffa Group Limited operation or active Biffa Landfill site in England or Northern Ireland. Maximum value £750,000. Deadline 1 June
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NFU Mutual Community Giving Fund
Charities, schools, and community groups can apply for grants of up to £1,000, in areas that are local to NFU operations in the UK. Deadline 31 March
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Lloyds Bank Foundation 2021 Funding Programme
The funding is for organisations supporting people (17 years and older) who are experiencing complex social issues resulting in a significant impact on their lives. Applicants need to demonstrate their work is ‘highly impactful’. The grants will support core organisational costs related to the day to day running of the charity. The Foundation will hold a live Q&A webinar on 30 March (2pm to 3:30pm) to discuss the 2021 funding programme.
More information here
PRS Foundation – Power Up Participant Programme
To create a fairer and more equitable music industry. The initiative will support 40 Black music creators and industry figures a year, working in any genre or sub-sector across the UK by providing grants of up to £15,000, marketing support, as well as support from partners and mentoring. Funding can be used to support music creation, live performances, and distribution, marketing and promotion costs. Deadline 10 March
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Samaritan’s Purse
Churches and community groups – £130,000-worth of laptops and tablets available, which fulfil UK government requirements, are ready and equipped for online learning and are available now for applications.
Apply here
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DPD Eco Fund
Funding is available to charities, community groups and other local organisations in the United Kingdom for green projects and environment-friendly initiatives Through the fund, grants in the form of a donation of up to £2,000 are available. Applications may be made at any time and will be reviewed on a monthly basis. Further information can be found on the DPD Green website.
More information here
7 Stars Foundation
Core Funding – unrestricted funding for UK charities, at risk young people across the themes of abuse; addiction; homelessness and those who are supporting our young child carers. Grants up to £2,500 for charities with a turnover of under £1.5m. Next deadline 30 April. Updated 26 February.
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Sport Winter Survival Package
UK Covid Funding – Latest tranche of funding from the government’s Sport Winter Survival Package. It includes support for Women’s football, netball, badminton and basketball, plus 250,000 free Covid-19 testing kits.
Apply here
SSE Heritage Trade Up Programme
UK Covid Funding – Funding and a support for leaders of up to 52 UK heritage organisations, to develop and strengthen their entrepreneurialism by providing 8 days of cohort-based learning, a £10,000 grant to help organisations recover from Covid and access to a support network of like-minded peers. Deadline 9 April
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Hilden Charitable Fund
Grants for UK charities working in the areas of homelessness, penal affairs, asylum seekers and refugees, community based initiatives for disadvantaged young people (16-25), and projects in developing countries working on community development, education, and health (with particular interest in projects that address the needs and potential of girls and women). Average value: £5,000. Deadline 16 April
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Magic Little Grants Fund 2021
Small one-off grants are available to small local charities and community groups for community projects in Great Britain that address a range of themes including mental wellbeing, participation in the arts or physical activity, ‘green’ themes … Applications are now open and will be accepted until 31 October 2021. Maximum value: £500. Deadline 31 October
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Deutsche Bank Awards for Creative Entrepreneurs 2021
Entrepreneurs aged 18-30 can apply to the DBACE. Five winners will share a £60k prize fund and £100k worth of tailored business support. Deadline 31 March
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Digital Lifeline
UK Covid Funding – A project to get devices, data and digital skills support to people with learning disabilities. Open to English organisations, including self-advocacy groups, community-based organisations and those that provide support to people where they live. Deadline 15th March
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Golsoncott Foundation
Grants are available to voluntary sector organisations in the UK for projects that promote fine arts and music. Maximum value £3,000. Deadline 8 May
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Tesco Bags of Help Grants Programme
Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme where the money raised by the carrier bag charge in Tesco stores is being used to fund thousands of community projects. The projects must meet the criteria of bringing benefits to the community. Grants of up to £2,000 are available.
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Covid Misinformation Fund
UK Covid Funding – Government fund £23m for councils in England to help fight misinformation around Covid-19 vaccines and to encourage uptake of the jab among more high-risk communities. It’s aimed at people from minority ethnic backgrounds, older people and disabled people, as they have been disproportionately affected. Charities and community groups are expected to receive a share. No other details at present.
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Austin & Hope Pilkington Trust
Up £1,000 to support people who are homeless. Priority to BAME communities. UK registered charities with an income and expenditure of £1,000,000 and over. Round 2 deadline not yet announced as at 2 Mar 21. Grant rounds 3 and 4, later in 2021, will focus on refugees and asylum seekers.
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New funding to tackle social isolation in Hart
A small grants scheme has been launched by Hart District Council and Hart Voluntary Action to support projects which aim to reduce social isolation and improve wellbeing. The Community Connections scheme will focus on residents considered to be ‘clinically vulnerable’ or ‘clinically extremely vulnerable’ as identified by the NHS. Voluntary groups, community organisations, and parish and town councils are invited to submit their ideas and projects considered to meet the aims and remit of the programme can apply for a grant of up to £2,500. In the first instance they are asking for a short summary of the project idea/proposal before a more detailed application is submitted. Practical support from Hart District Council and Hart Voluntary Action is available.
Full information is here
Comic Relief – Supporting and Sustaining Specialism Fund
UK Core Funding – English organisations led ‘by and for’ Black and minoritised women, providing frontline services responding to violence against women and girls. From £30,000 to £250,000, ivcluding core costs relating to the project, for organisations with an income between £75,000 and £10m pa. Deadline 5 March.
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Austin and Hope Pilkington
Trust UK Covid Funder – up £1,000 to UK registered charities disproportionately impacted by Covid. Deadline 28 February.
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Big Give – Green Match Fund Challenge
UK Core Funding – a match funding campaign for charities which are working on environmental issues as part of their core mission. All public donations made to participating charities via theBigGive.org.uk during the week of the campaign (22-29 April) will be matched up to a specific amount. Applications close 5 March.
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Rosa – Women Thrive Fund
UK Covid Funder – Up to £40,000 to UK specialist women’s organisations working to enable women and girls to improve their mental health and wellbeing and/or financial resilience.
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Sir Halley Stewart Trust –
UK Core Funder – particular focus on supporting innovative research projects and new pioneering development projects, primarily through salary costs; Medical, Social and Religious projects, with Education being a theme that runs across all three areas. Will fund multi-year. Will fund international, usually Africa, but must be administered by UK charity.
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The Pixel Fund
Grants are available for UK-based charities and community interest organisations to support projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults. £500 to £5,000. No deadline.
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The Prospectory – Idea Fund
Grants are available to individuals or small groups or organisations based in the United Kingdom who have a novel technical idea which they want to try out. Max value £5,000. No deadline.
Apply here
Sport England
UK Covid Funding – £10m fund to enable schools in England to open their sports and swimming facilities, outside of the school day to encourage pupils to be more physically active once the pandemic is over, in areas and schools who need it most, especially those with high inactivity among children.
Apply here
Alpkit Foundation
UK Covid Funder – Prioritising our funds to support projects that demonstrate an immediate impact on those affected by the Covid-19 virus crisis. Welcome any applications from individuals or organisations serving those affected by Covid-19 across the country. No deadline. Updated 21 February.
Apply here
Get Fishing Fund
UK Covid Funding – up to £500 for small projects and up to £5,000 for larger ones – delivery of future angling participation events, including equipment for Covid-19 safety guidelines, PPE and signage. It can also cover fishing equipment, terminal tackle, bait and event resources. Deadline 12 March
Apply here
SME Brexit Support Fund
UK Brexit Funder – to help small and medium businesses with changes to trading regulations with the EU, including new customs, rules of origin, and VAT arrangements. Opens March.
Apply here
The Prince’s Countryside Fund Reopens
This funding round is offering grants of up to £10,000 for innovative projects that build resilience through community-led solutions, from groups and organisations who are working in villages and hamlets with populations of less than 3,000 residents. There is particular interest in applications from Norfolk, Suffolk, South East England and Wales. Groups that would like more information on the application process can attend a webinar being held by The Prince’s Countryside Fund on 3 March, 12pm. Deadline 19 March
Apply here
National Lottery Community Fund UK Portfolio – Growing Great Ideas Programme
Funding for not-for-profit organisations working together to test new ideas, new approaches that experiment with how to do things differently with a focus on supporting transformational and longer-term change.
Apply here
Support Adoption for Pets
UK Core Funder – in light of the current Covis-19 situation and challenges facing the rescue sector, funding limited to Vet bills, Boarding costs, Food, Salaries of animal care staff, Utilities and consumables. Up to £5000.
Apply here
Barchester Healthcare Foundation
UK Covid Funder – small groups and local charities. To help reduce isolation and loneliness, promote group activities and generally improve people’s mobility and quality of life, that will help people lead more fulfilled lives and reach their full potential.
Apply here
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
UK Core Funders – up to £5,000 for registered charities whose activities involve the whole family to tackle problems that face one or more of its members. For example, mediation and counselling for abuse, and support for Prisoners and in particular their families. Deadlines 1 March and 1 September.
Apply here
Woodward Charitable Trust
Core Funding – core costs, small to medium charities, children, disability, disadvantaged women and families, prisoners, minority groups. Up to £3000, up to 3 years. Updated 21 February.
Apply here
Healthy Heart Grants
Heart Research UK (HRUK) provides grants of up to £10,000 to communities across the UK for projects that promote heart health. In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the funding this year is for projects that can be safely delivered during the pandemic. The window for grants in our region (Meridian) is from 1 February to 8 March.
Apply here
Natural Environment Investment Readiness Fund (NEIRF)
Grants are available to non-profit environmental groups, local authorities and businesses to stimulate private investment and mechanisms that improve and safeguard England’s domestic natural environment. Maximum value: £100,000. Deadline 26 March
Apply here
Edition 42 – Wednesday 10 February
Cameron Grant Memorial Trust
Applications for a grant of between £100 and £2,500 will be considered. The grant can be used to trial a new service, create an asset, a technology, a performance, fund research, or otherwise experiment in any way that supports the treatment mental health. The emphasis will be on innovation – using new methods, channels, technology, ideas or approaches to reach out and effect change. Ideas should typically fit into one of the following categories:
- Destigmatising mental health
- Reducing barriers to mental health care
- Improving mental wellbeing
Note the grants are for project-based activities that demonstrate clear innovation. They will not be made to fund ongoing operational expenses or salaries.
Apply here
Community Energy England
Community Energy England has just (6 Feb) uploaded a list of funding opportunities relevant to community energy organisations.
Apply here
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation – John Swire 1989 Trust Fund
Grants are available for groups and charities to support children and young people from the most socio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds on the Isle of Wight. Application deadline: 26 February.
Apply here
Hampshire and Isle of Wight – Isle of Wight Community Fund
Grants are available for community projects and activities to benefit vulnerable and disadvantaged people on the Isle of Wight.
Deadline 26 February
Apply here
Big Society Capital – Ideas for Impact
Ideas for how social impact investment can address a social issue in the UK, with potential for the solution to scale through a fund or similar structure. Those with the greatest potential to transform people’s lives in the UK could each receive up to £30,000, plus in-kind support and connections. Deadline 1 March, 12pm.
Apply here
Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund
Grants are available for community organisations to install a water bottle refill station in a busy or environmentally important coastal location. Deadline 15 March.
Apply here
National Heritage Lottery Fund
The National Lottery Heritage Fund has begun accepting applications to its annual funding programme. It is open to applications from a broad range of heritage projects and activities including industrial heritage and sites, castles and historic places of worship, public parks and natural landscapes. “Our focus now is to support the heritage sector to strengthen its recovery and to build back for positive change – reopening applications for heritage projects is key to the success of this.” Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Apply here
Edition 41 – Wednesday 5 February
Final call for applications to IGAS Energy Community Fund
This fund supports projects that make a difference to life in rural communities where IGAS operates – in Hampshire this is within 5 miles of IGAS Stockbridge (postcode SO21 2RJ). If you are based in this location, why not visit the IGAS website to see if you might be eligible to apply for up to £2,000 for a project. The closing date this year is 28 February. If you want to talk through an idea before committing time and effort to an application do phone the Fund’s administrator on 07768 498148 or email here
MSE Charity’s ‘Raising the Next Generation’ theme opened for applications on 1st Feb
The Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity is currently accepting UK applications but will close as soon as 40 applications are accepted, so groups need to be quick in submitting their application. The February 2021 grant round is targeting and supporting the younger generation (under 25) who in the current difficult economic climate need support to develop and learn personal financial life skills. All applications must demonstrate how the project they are seeking funding for has a lasting impact on the people taking part. The maximum grant is £7,500. The application deadline is 26 February 2021. Further information can be found on the MSE Charity website
Apply here
Swimathon Foundation’s Covid-19 Relief Fund Opens for Applications
Small swimming and aquatic organisations experiencing short-term financial hardship from the effects of Covid-19 can apply for a grant to help them make ends meet. The Swimathon Foundation is providing grants of between £250 and £1,000 to help small swimming and aquatics organisations meet their financial obligations during the period from 1 November 2020 to 31 March 2021. The deadline for applications is 26 February.
Apply here
Information Commissioner’s Office Grants Programme
Grants are available for academic institutions, civil society groups, trade and industry associations and organisations to support independent research into privacy and data protection issues and develop privacy enhancing solutions. Grants of between £20,000 and £100,000 are available. Application deadline 11 March.
Apply here
Youth Covid-19 Support Fund
UK Core Funding – Grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth groups, and national youth and umbrella organisations. It will help to mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the Covid-19 pandemic, and ensure services providing vital support can remain viable.
Apply here
Sobell Foundation
UK Core Funder – a general funder, but prefer to focus funding on registered small national and local charities, in England, Wales and Israel, benefiting children, the sick, elderly, needy and disabled. Happy to consider core funding and, ocassionally, capital funding too. I’m advised that they may make multi-year grants.
Apply here
Sport England – Return to Play: Active Together
UK Covid Funding – £2.5 million fund, with up to £10,000 in match funding, as part of a support package to help clubs and organisations set up and run crowdfunding campaigns related to Covid-19, such as for a loss of income due to the pandemic.
Apply here
Big Society Capital’s Ideas for Impact Programme Inviting Applications
Big Society Capital is offering funding for social impact investment ideas with potential to scale that address a UK social issue. Through the Ideas for Impact programme, development funding of up to £30,000 is available to charities, social enterprises and fund managers to test new business models. The deadline for applications is noon on 1 March.
Apply here
The Black Girl Fest Creative Fund
Grant of £250, with no-strings-attached to support Black women and non-binary UK-based creatives affected by Covid-19. Must be aged 18-30, Must be a freelancer/practising creative, Have financial constraints due to Covid-19. Deadline 7 Febuary.
Apply here
Isle of Wight – connect4communities Community Grants
Grants are available to Isle of Wight community organisations that are working to support households facing hardship as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. The connect4communities Community Grants programme seeks to help community organisations that are supporting vulnerable families during the winter as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, particularly to ensure that children and young people do not go hungry or without essential items. Application deadline 5 March.
Apply here
The Prince’s Countryside Fund – Barclays 100x100UK Covid-19 Community Relief Fund
Funding for farming and rural communities to cope with the impact of Covid-19, to expand on new services that have emerged to support the local community during this time and to build future resilience. This round is focused on small settlements with up to 3,000 residents across the UK. The maximum grant is £10,000. Applications will be accepted from 2 February 2021 and close when enough eligible applications have been received.
Apply here
Noel Buxton Trust
UK Core Funder – focus on domestic abuse, tend to offer grants to smaller, grass-roots organisations., but not refuges. Will consider both core and multi-year funding. Up to £5k for up to 3 years.
Apply here
‘Solent Supporting Employment’ Programme
Round 2 of the Solent Supporting Employment Programme is open from 1st February 2021. Grants of between £30,000 – £60,000 are available to help local people into employment. Grants are aimed at organisations with a proven record in employability, that are able to reach and work with people facing complex barriers to employment, including BAME communities, older people, people with disabilities and people experiencing mental health issues and homelessness. They strongly advise potential applications to attend a briefing webinar on one of the following dates: Monday 8th, Wednesday 10th, Tuesday 16th or Thursday 18th February
(click date to book)
More information
Edition 40 – Wednesday 27 January
Communities against Cancer 2021
Communities Against Cancer is about tackling health inequalities and improving people’s health outcomes. We know that some people face additional barriers to living a healthy lifestyle or understanding how to seek help if they are concerned. We are keen to hear from all groups who feel they can use the funding to reach people in their community with messages of cancer awareness and prevention. In particular, we would like to hear from groups who support people with additional challenges or who face health inequalities.
To learn more about the Communities Against Cancer project or apply for a grant, please visit our website Action Hampshire – Communities Against Cancer. Alternatively, for any questions or to chat about the project please contact Claire Vincent – Communities Against Cancer Project Coordinator by email here
Connect4Communities Fund
These grants are specifically intended to help people to access necessities like food and fuel, provide support with food, energy and water bills for household purposes (including drinking, washing, cooking, central heating, and sanitary purposes) and sewerage. Funding can also be used for warm clothing, soap, blankets, boiler service/repair, purchase of equipment including fridges, freezers, ovens, etc., in recognition that a range of costs may arise which directly affect a household’s ability to afford or access food, energy and water.
These are Council run programmes, please apply directly to Hampshire County Council/Isle of Wight Council before 5th March 2021.
More information here
Matthew Good Foundation
New Grant Maker – small charities, community projects, social enterprises and individuals who are passionate about making a difference to people, their community or the environment. Every three months, 5 shortlisted projects will receive a share of £10,000 – the more votes a cause receives, the bigger the donation. Deadline 15 March.
Apply here
Big Society Capital – Ideas for Impact
Ideas for how social impact investment can address a social issue in the UK, with potential for the solution to scale through a fund or similar structure. Those with the greatest potential to transform people’s lives in the UK could each receive up to £30,000, plus in-kind support and connections. Deadline 1 March, 12pm.
Apply here
BFI Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas
To support independent cinemas whose businesses have been interrupted, as they transition back to a viable and sustainable operating model during April-June 2021. Business Sustainability Grants of between £10,000 and £200,000 per cinema site for profit and not-for-profit organisations. Deadline 1 Febuary, 12pm.
Apply here
Community Business Renewal Fund – England
UK Core Funding – community businesses in England to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. Unrestricted grants between £10k and £20k. Round 3 opens 2 March, deadline 9 March. Updated 23 January.
Apply here
England & Wales Cricket Board
Emergency loans and grants, up to £5k. Scheme deadline extended again. Deadline extended again – 31 March. Updated 23 January.
Apply here
Swimathon Foundation Covid-19
UK Covid Funding – to help small swimming and aquatics organisations meet their obligations: minimum £250 and up £1,000. Deadline 1 Febuary
Apply here
Edition 39 – Wednesday 20 January
Communities against Cancer 2021
Communities Against Cancer is about tackling health inequalities and improving people’s health outcomes.
Action Hampshire is pleased to announce the continuation of the Communities Against Cancer project offering grants of up to £5,000 to community groups, social enterprises and charities to help raise awareness of cancer in communities working along the coastline of Dorset and Hampshire, including the Isle of Wight.
We know that some people face additional barriers to living a healthy lifestyle or understanding how to seek help if they are concerned. We are keen to hear from all groups who feel they can use the funding to reach people in their community with messages of cancer awareness and prevention. In particular, we would like to hear from groups who support people with additional challenges or who face health inequalities.
More information here
UK Government – Youth Covid Support Fund
UK Core Covid Funding – DCMS announced a £16.5m fund for youth charities in England Grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth groups and national youth and umbrella organisations, to mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the pandemic. Deadline 12 Febuary. Updated 16 January.
Apply here
MSE (Opens 1 Feb)
UK Covid Funding – Raising the Next Generation grants open on 1 Feb 21 and is aimed at younger people who in the current difficult economic climate need support to develop and learn personal financial life skills. Small UK registered charity, community interest company, credit union or a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee or social enterprise company. Deadline 26 Febuary, or once 40 applications have been approved.
Apply here
Ford Britain Trust
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools for projects that benefit local communities in Great Britain with preference given to Essex, including East London, Southampton, Daventry, Manchester, Liverpool, and Bridgend (South Wales). Deadline 31 January
Apply here
Hospital Saturday Fund
One-off grants are available to registered medically related charities in the UK and Republic of Ireland for medical capital projects, medical care or research, medical training and running costs. Deadline 23 March.
Apply here
Funding for UK Charities to Test and Develop Digital Solutions
Up to 18 grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to test and develop digital solutions that could strengthen their services and thus better support people and the communities they serve. This round will fund up to 18 digital projects with investments of up to £70,000 over a period of nine months. This funding is for a combination of supporting internal delivery costs as well as contracting support from external digital and technical development agencies. Deadline 12 Febuary.
Apply here
Support Adoption for Pets
UK Covid Core Funding – charities and not-for-profit organisations whose main activity is either the rescue and rehoming of UK pets or the provision of temporary support to ensure pets can remain with their owners. Will only fund: Vet bills, Boarding costs Food, Salaries of (non-furloughed) animal care staff, Utilities and Consumables. No deadline.
Apply here
Eastleigh Annual Community Grants
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups, social enterprises and community interest companies that are seeking to improve the community and quality of life for local people in the Borough of Eastleigh. Deadline 29 January. Also on the same webpage, Local Area Committee Grants.
Apply here
Greenham Trust – Community Grants
Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking charitable activities that benefit communities in West Berkshire and North Hampshire. Deadline 26 March
Apply here
Test Valley Borough Councillors Community Grant Scheme
Grants are available to encourage community-led initiatives that will deliver solutions to local issues. No deadline specified.
Apply here
Cameron Grants for Innovation in Mental Health
Seed funding grants are available for UK based charities and other not-for-profit groups and organisations to trial new and innovative ways to support people in the UK who are suffering with poor mental health. No deadline specified.
Apply here
Youth Covid-19 Support Fund
Grants are available for local and national youth organisations in England, designed to help mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus pandemic. The £16.5 million Youth Covid-19 Support Fund is open to grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth groups, and national youth and umbrella organisations. Deadline 12 Febuary.
Apply here
DofE Resilience Fund
UK Covid Funding – helping young people facing disadvantage to recover from the effects of the pandemic, by reducing the barriers to DofE participation, until 31 March.
Apply here
Paul Hamlyn – Digital Development Fund
UK Covid Funding – Up to £70,000 over a nine-month period from June 2021, alongside technical support from CAST, for not-for-profit organisations or those working in partnership. Applicants should aim to define, test and develop digital solutions that meet a social need or challenge, or aim to adapt or re-purpose existing technology to do so.
Apply here
Eastleigh – Community Buildings Grant
Grants are available to support community groups to make their buildings more energy efficient. No deadline
Apply here
Hampshire County Councillor Grants
One-off grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for projects that will benefit local residents throughout Hampshire. Funding can assist with a wide range of groups and activities. Deadline 28 Febuary.
Apply here
Listeners Trust
One-off grants are available for not-for-profit organisations undertaking Christian projects in the City of Southampton and the county of Hampshire. Deadline 7 June.
Apply here
Smart Energy GB in Communities Fund
The fund has relaunched for 2021 and is inviting regionally based voluntary and public sector organisations from across Great Britain to apply. Smart Energy GB is working to help everyone in Great Britain understand smart meters, the national rollout and how to use the new meters to get their gas and electricity under control. Deadline 12 Febuary.
Apply here
Edition 38 – Wednesday 13 January
Communities against Cancer 2021
Communities Against Cancer is about tackling health inequalities and improving people’s health outcomes.
We know that some people face additional barriers to living a healthy lifestyle or understanding how to seek help if they are concerned. We are keen to hear from all groups who feel they can use the funding to reach people in their community with messages of cancer awareness and prevention. In particular, we would like to hear from groups who support people with additional challenges or who face health inequalities.
More information here
The Fore – register today!
From Spring 2021, The Fore is returning to its standard offer of grants of up to £30,000, which can be spread over up to 3 years.
Any registered charity, CIC, CIO or Community Benefit Society with turnover of under £500,000 in the last financial year is eligible to apply. To apply for funding, organisations must first register some basic contact details at the start of each funding round. The next registration funding round has opened.
Click here to register
Scale+Innovate
Small to medium size charities or social enterprises, working in employability and training or environment and conservation, looking to scale their organisation and implement a new initiative to help recover and rebuild – 10 learning days and additional Action Learning Sets between Feb and Sep 21, focused on helping you scale your organisation, plus a £1,000 Booster grant. Deadline extended again to 14 January.
Apply here
Free Film Offer
A charity oferring a day’s filming, plus the required editing, for a short film to help you tell your story and connect with your supporters and/or service users. No deadline, but limited numbers.
Apply here
IT for Children Who Cannot Attend School
Schools, colleges, academy trusts and local authorities can access digital devices for children who are learning remotely. No deadline.
Apply here
Government Loneliness Fund (England)
UK Government Fund £7m to tackle loneliness this winter. Aimed at those most at risk of loneliness. Arts, libraries, charities and radio. It will also support cultural organisations, charities and local community groups. To be distributed via a number of existing schemes, such as Arts Council England; the Government’s Loneliness Fund; the Audio Content Fund and the Community Radio Fund. No deadline.|
Apply here
CROWN UK
Funded by Dove and administered by We Are Futures. UK black-led grassroot organisations and projects working to eliminate barriers for women and girls in the Black community and driving for long-term systemic change. Deadline 21 January
Apply here
Culture Recovery Fund 2nd Round
Heritage organisations managing a heritage site or visitor attraction, private owners of a heritage site, venue or attraction, and organisations managing, maintaining or caring for culturally significant assets or collections. To help organisations transition from the current lockdown into spring and early summer, when the government expects heritage organisations will be able to operate with fewer restrictions. Grants of £10k to £3m. Deadline 26 January
Apply here
DISRUPT 2021
Up to £5,000 for wide variety of UK organisations to premiere or showcase their work at DISRUPT 2021, a digital festival that aims to explore how the performing arts have supported communities during the pandemic and how a year of uncertainty and change has encouraged new and radical ways of working. Deadline 12pm 30 January
Apply here
UK Retail & Hospitality Organisations
Those sectors of the economy hardest hit by stringent new lockdown measures will receive grants of up to £9,000 in a £4.6bn Treasury package designed to keep them afloat to the spring. In addition to grants worth £4bn, a further £594m will be made available to local councils to assist businesses impacted by the lockdown but not eligible for the new payments. No specific mention of charities, but if you work in this area, worth looking at. No deadline.
Apply here
National Lottery – Local Connections Fund
New £4 million fund to help charities and community groups in England that are working to reduce loneliness. Microgrants’ between £300 and £2,500, so small, local organisations (with an annual income of £50,000 or less) can bring people and communities together. Deadline 26 January. 2nd round summer 2021.
Apply here
Data Allowances – Disadvantaged Children
Temporarily increases data allowances for mobile phone users on certain networks. This is so that children and young people can access remote education if their face-to-face education is disrupted. Eligibility – schools, trusts and local authorities. No deadline.
Apply here
Community Business Renewal Fund
For community businesses in England to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. Unrestricted grants between £10k and £20k. Round 2 deadline 12 Jan. Round 3 opens 2 March. Deadline 9 March.
Apply here
Independent Age Grants Fund
To re-establish face-to-face services, providing connection and support that many older people need to stay safe, healthy and active in their communities. Work needs to be focused on older people living in particularly complex and challenging situations and/or older people in danger of being out of sight and out of mind. Deadline 17 January.
Apply here
Edition 37 – Wednesday 6 January
Covid Winter Grant Funding (Connect4Communities)
Charities and community groups who are in a position to support families and individuals facing hardship because of Covid-19 are encouraged to apply for a grant. These grants are specifically intended to help people, especially families with children, to access necessities like food and fuel. Before applying, please read the grant guidance for your area (Hampshire or Isle of Wight) which has full details including eligibility and criteria. Hampshire County Council are aiming to turn applications around extremely quickly, so don’t delay!
More information here (scroll down to the bottom of the page)
National Emergencies Trust (NET) Covid-19 Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are now available to support organisations in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton, that are helping vulnerable people suffering hardship as a result of the short and long term economic and social consequences caused by the pandemic. The programme has transitioned from the initial immediate response to the longer term emergency phase and will close to applications on Friday 8th January 2021.
More information here
Message from Community Foundation about grant extensions
“We are currently experiencing a high volume of calls and email requests from grantee organisations that were unable to spend their HIWCF 2019 grants due to the impact of Covid-19. We therefore wish to confirm that all 2019 grants and those issued before the lockdown in March 2020 can be carried forward to October 2021 – BUT please note all NET and DCMS grants must be spent, in full, by the 31 March 2021 or the unspent funds may have to be returned to HIWCF. Please do not write in to us to check your individual grants, only contact us if you have a problem with your NET or DCMS grants.
Community Business Renewal Fund
Provides grants to community businesses in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. The fund is aimed at organisations delivering services in their local community to support those who have been most affected by the Covid-19 crisis. Round 2: Opening 12 January – closing 4pm 19 January. Round 3: Opening 2 March – closing 4pm 9 March. Updated 30 December.
Apply here
Rank Foundation – Covid Time To Shine
To significantly scale the Time to Shine Leadership programme. Between November 2020 and December 2022, we will recruit and place 200 Time to Shine leaders, bringing fresh skills and talent to the social sector, to help future-proof its role throughout and beyond the pandemic.. Organisations from within the Rank network (RankNet) are invited to apply. Must be a registered Charity, CIC, CIO or CBS. England only. Updated 16 December.
Apply here
Changing Futures
£46m Government fund – inviting local organisations to form partnerships and bid for a share of the funding to better support those who experience multiple disadvantages including homelessness, substance misuse, mental health issues, domestic abuse, and contact with the criminal justice system. Deadline 21 January.
Apply here
The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Trust
Accepting applications in response to the pandemic and for projects to deliver longer terms results. Themes include education, international friendship and understanding, and the promotion of world peace and development. Must be UK registered charity. Grants on a matching funding basis only. Up to £50,000 considered monthly and over £50,000 bi-monthly. No deadline.
Apply here
Green Recovery Challenge Fund 2nd Round (not yet open)
Government has announced the 1st round of funding (£40m) for projects that “protect landscapes, connect people with nature and help create and retain thousands of green jobs across England”. The 2nd round will open for applications early 2021.
Apply here
Ford Britain Trust
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools for projects that benefit local communities in Great Britain with preference given to Essex, including East London, Southampton, Daventry, Manchester, Liverpool, and Bridgend (South Wales). Max. Value: £ 3,000. Deadline 31 January
Apply here
Good Cloud Foundation
New foundation. First round opens Spring 21, but you can register your interest now. Will fund core and capital costs.
Apply here
Crown UK Fund
Grants are available for Black-led grassroot organisations and projects in the UK who are working to eliminate barriers to progress for women and girls in the Black community and driving for long-term systemic change. Maximum value £20,000. Deadline 21 January
Apply here
Local Connections Fund
£4m Government Fund. Micro-grants for small charities and community groups in England with income of £50,000 pa or less, which are working to reduce loneliness by helping people feel more connected. Charities and interest groups that reduce social isolation. No applications details yet – 2 rounds; January 21 and summer 21.
More information here
Volant Charitable Trust – Covid-19 Fund
Registered charities, CICs, community organisations or social enterprises in the UK and internationally alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been particularly impacted by Covid. Deadline 31 July. Updated 30 December.
Apply here
Change Makers (Opens 7 Jan)
Paul Hamlyn and Comic Relief have announced another round of funding for their Tech for Good programme. Up to £70,000 for not-for-profit organisations that are defining, testing, or developing user-centred digital solutions to address social needs. Applications that aim to adapt or re-purpose existing technology are also actively encouraged’. Details will be published on 7 January.
Apply here
SEIB Giving
Making a difference to small and medium-sized charities. In 2021, there will be £43,000, with £10,000 as the top grant and £8,000 to the highest placed small charity, with an annual turnover of under £100,000. Nominate your favourite charity. You will be asked to provide details fo the charity including the registered number before the first round of nominations close on 12 January 2021.
Apply here
The Fore (Opens 7 Jan)
Unrestricted grants up to £30,000, which can be spread over up to 3 years, which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. Particularly looking to fund small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access trust and foundation funding in the past. Any registered charity or CIC, with income less than £500,000.
Apply here
Eastleigh – Annual Community Grants
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups, social enterprises and community interest companies that are seeking to improve the community and quality of life for local people in the Borough of Eastleigh. Max. Value: £ 1,000. Deadline 29 January.
Apply here
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charitable non-governmental organisations that help to promote peace and security, and environmental sustainability. Max. Value: £ 20,000. Deadline 5 Febuary.
Apply here
Standard Life Foundation
Grants are available for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning and research, which has the potential to improve financial wellbeing at a national scale in the UK, especially for those on low-to-middle incomes. Max. Value: Discretionary. Deadline 4 Febuary.
Apply here
NLF – Thriving Communities
To increase social connectedness, and help communities cope with the impact of Covid-19, by working with those most impacted by Covid-19, including diverse communities. To enhance collaboration and networking between local organisations, strengthen social prescribing and explore ways to make these partnerships and activities sustainable over time. Arts/culture, sports, environment, food, wellbeing, health. From £25k to £50k.
Deadline 8 January.
Apply here
Amazon Literary Partnership
Must be a registered nonprofit organisation in the UK, whose core mission is to develop emerging writers, support diversity, celebrate storytelling, and/or build authors’ careers. Deadline 29 January.
Apply here
Culture Recovery Fund – Round 2
Fund £100m Minimum grant £1m. Open to a wide range of organisations, including CICs. Deadline 7 January, 12pm.
Apply here
Department For Education – Vulnerable Families
£4.4m to extend Covid response programmes run by major children’s charities, as well as plans to create a National Centre for Family Hubs that will improve families’ access to vital services across the country.
Apply here
Healthcare Workers’ Foundation
Families of healthcare workers who have lost their lives to Covid. It will provide bereaved families with access to counselling, legal and financial advice, respite breaks and mentoring services on careers and education to children.
Apply here
Windrush Community Fund
£500,000 Government Fund. UK charity, community or grassroots organisations for projects which raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme, the Windrush Compensation Scheme or both. Minimum of £2,500 to a maximum of £25,000.
Apply here
Local Connections Fund
Grants are available for small local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in England that are working to reduce loneliness and isolation by bringing people and communities together as the country recovers from the Covid-19 pandemic. Max value £2,500. Deadline 26 January.
Apply here
Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation
Grants are available for UK registered charities undertaking projects to support those who are disadvantaged in areas where Leeds Building Society branches are located (Southampton, Reading, Bournemouth). Grants of between £250 and £1,000 are available. The grants usually fund items of capital expenditure which will directly help those in need. Deadline 1 Febuary.
Apply here
Edition 36 – Wednesday 16 December
Covid Winter Grant Funding (Connect4Communities)
Charities and community groups who are in a position to support families and individuals facing hardship because of Covid-19 are encouraged to apply for a grant. These grants are specifically intended to help people, especially families with children, to access necessities like food and fuel.
Before applying, please read the grant guidance for your area (Hampshire or Isle of Wight) which has full details including eligibility and criteria. Hampshire County Council are aiming to turn applications around extremely quickly, so don’t delay! Click here for more information (You’ll need to scroll down to the bottom of the page)
#iwill Youth Social Action Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton from the #iwill Programme, to inspire youth social action by encouraging 10 to 20 year olds to get involved in activities such as campaigning, fundraising and volunteering. The aim is to help young people to develop valuable personal skills enabling them to lead change and make a positive contribution in local communities. Deadline Thursday 17 December 2020.
Apply here
Local Connections Fund
£4m Government fund for small charities and community groups in England with an annual income of £50,000 or less, which are working to reduce loneliness by helping people feel more connected. Grants £300 to £2.5k. Opens 5 Jan 21.
Apply here
Catalyst – Digital
Seven digital partners to work with cohorts of charities to tackle common issues such as building community hubs, eLearning and content design. Each project will last 10 weeks, starting in Feb 2021. Contracts of around £50k (inc VAT). Deadline 8 January.
Apply here
Scale+Innovate
Small to medium size charities or social enterprises, working in employability and training or environment and conservation, looking to scale their organisation and implement a new initiative to help recover and rebuild – 10 learning days and additional Action Learning Sets between Feb and Sep 21, focused on helping you scale your organisation, plus a £1,000 Booster grant. Deadline extended to 6 January. Updated 9 December.
Apply here
National Emergencies Trust (NET) Covid-19 Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are now available to support organisations in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton, that are helping vulnerable people suffering hardship as a result of the short and long term economic and social consequences caused by the pandemic. The programme has transitioned from the initial immediate response to the longer term emergency phase and will close to applications on Friday 8 January
Apply here
Weston Charity Awards
The Weston Charity Awards were created by the Garfield Weston Foundation to celebrate and support great front-line charities working in the fields of Community, Welfare and Youth.
Applications for the 2021 Weston Charity Awards are now OPEN!! Applications close at 5pm on 8 January.
Winning charities get a whole package of support over a year to help them be successful – this includes free access to experts who can advise on planning, finances, strategy development, fundraising, expansion or something else. Winners receive an unrestricted cash contribution of £6,500 to help make the most of the year with Pilotlight (This includes travel and expenses to meetings). “Connect” events held throughout the year also allow winning charities to network with other charity leaders.
Apply here
Business Booster Fund
Grants of £5,000 available to UK small businesses and eligible charities, as long as it’s been trading for at least 2 years and is showing positive growth. Deadline for 1st round is 31 December.
Apply here
Thomas Wall Trust
Up to £5,000 towards specific projects or core activities that support literacy, numeracy, digital and additional skills for learning that are likely to assist employment prospects. Registered charities, with income under £0.5m pa. Next deadline: 30 April.
Apply here
Ideas and Pioneers Fund
Applications are open to Paul Hamlyn Foundation’s Ideas and Pioneers Fund, which provides grants of up to £15,000 to ‘support people with a vision of a better society to explore their ideas for change’. It’s open to early stage entrepreneurs, and they would be particularly interested in hearing from you if you are aged 18-30.
Apply here
Tech For Good Programme
Applications are now open for Bethnal Green Ventures’ Tech for Good programme, offering £30k investment, an intensive three-month programme and life-long support with opportunities of follow-on investment to help tech for good entrepreneurs launch and scale their businesses. Applications close on 11th January and the programme will kick off here
Apply here
Winter Support Grant
A new £16m government grant, delivered across England through charity FareShare, will allow 4000 local charities across England to distribute food to people struggling.
Apply here
Hilden Charitable Trust
UK and in developing countries to address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds. Priorities are: asylum seekers and refugees, disadvantaged young people, penal affairs and small development projects. Next deadline 15 January. Updated 12 December.
Apply here
Get Togethers
Grants of £150 until Apr 2021 to support community led food growing, cooking and sharing activity and Get Togethers.
Apply here
Community Business Crowdmatch
Part of the Community Business Renewal Initiative, a support package for the community business sector. The package includes funding, support to fundraise, guidance for community business leaders and help to continue to develop and adapt services.
Apply here
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Check if you can claim for your employees’ wages through the Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme
Find out if you’re eligible and how much you can claim to cover wages for employees on temporary leave (‘furlough’) due to Covid-19.
The Covid-19 Job Retention Scheme has been extended until 31 March 2021 and the government will review the scheme in January 2021.
Claims for furlough days in November 2020 must be submitted by 14 December 2020.
You can no longer submit claims for claim periods ending on or before 31 October 2020.
More information here
National Lottery Community Fund Resumes Three Funding Programmes for England
After applications were paused due to Covid-19, the National Lottery Community Fund has announced that the National Lottery Awards for All, Reaching Communities, and Partnerships funding programmes are now open for applications again.
The National Lottery Community Fund has now announced that the short-term emergency phase of funding is coming to an end and the following regular funding programmes for organisations in England have re-opened for applications:
- National Lottery Awards for All
- Reaching Communities
- Partnerships
In the announcement, the National Lottery Community Fund emphasised that:
“National Lottery funding is for everyone and is there to support communities to thrive. The Covid-19 crisis has helped us identify where we can do more to ensure our funding is reaching a full and diverse range of communities. With the pandemic still with us, we will continue to seek to support people and communities most adversely impacted.”
The National Lottery Community Fund will aim to be flexible and responsive to the needs of communities and organisations are invited to apply for funding to:
- Continue to deliver activity – whether the community needs crisis response, recovery or business as usual activity.
- Change and adapt, becoming more resilient to respond to new and future challenges.
More information here
The National Emergency Trust Covid-19 Grants Programme
Grants of between £2,000 – £5,000 for local voluntary and community organisations who are supporting vulnerable people impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Deadline 8 January
Apply here
Join the next generation of Heritage Organisations – apply for Cause4’s Heritage Compass now!
Funded by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, Heritage Compass will guide 150 small and medium-sized heritage organisations from across England, helping them to grow and sustain their businesses over the next two years.
They’ll be offering: Tailored training / Mentoring / Peer learning / Business planning /Strategy development
All support is totally free as part of this brand-new programme, thanks to the support of the Heritage Fund. Eligible organisations can also apply for access funding to take part in the programme. Deadline 16 December.
More information here
Heritage Recovery and Resilience Loans
This is a new programme of investment from the National Lottery Heritage Fund. Heritage Recovery and Resilience Loans are designed to help fund activities and costs that will develop and restart your organisation’s income generating potential. This could include bringing staff out of furlough to develop covid-safe operations, reshaping business plans to adapt to the impact of Covid-19 on your operations, or developing a digital offering. By supporting the recovery of income streams, they can help to safeguard heritage in the long term.
Apply here
Eastleigh – Annual Community Grants
Greenham Eastleigh Borough Council’s Local Area Committee Grants scheme aims to offer assistance to groups and voluntary sector organisations seeking to improve the quality of life for Eastleigh Borough residents.
Assistance is available to projects which benefit the local community and reflect the following Council priorities: Health / Prosperity / Environment / Community development Community involvement
Apply here
Thriving Communities Fund
Grants of £25,000 – £50,000 are available for projects which bring together place-based partnerships to improve and increase the range of existing social prescribing community activities, especially those aimed at people most impacted by Covid-19 and health inequalities. Deadline 8 January
Apply here
Ironmongers’ Company
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for registered charities which support disadvantaged children and young people (aged up to 25) to fulfil their potential. Eligible projects will:
Have educational activities which develop learning, motivation and skills.
Have clear aims and objectives which will be met within a planned timescale.
Deadline 15 December
Apply here
Masonic Charitable Foundation Small Grants
The following grants are available from the Masonic Charitable Foundation:
Children and Young People – £1,000 – £15,000 (over one, two or three years) for projects supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable children aged 0-18 and up to the age of 25 years for disabled young people. These grants are unrestricted.
Later Life Inclusion – £1,000 – £15,000 (over one, two or three years) for projects supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable older people over the age of 50 years to reduce loneliness and isolation. Grants are for core costs. Deadline 23 December
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BBC Children in Need – main & small grant programmes
After a pause, applications are once again being accepted. BBC Children in Need distributes the funds raised each year from the Children in Need annual charity appeal as grants to organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people in the UK.
BBC Children in Need’s focus is firmly on children and young people experiencing disadvantage. They fund organisations working to combat this disadvantage and to make a real difference to children and young people’s lives.
Apply here
Radcliffe Trust
Funding is available for UK registered charities working in the areas of music, especially chamber music, composition and music education, or in heritage and crafts.
Apply here
Community Business ReBoost Fund
The Community Business ReBoost Fund is provided by Power to Change and run in partnership with the Community Shares Unit (CSU), a joint initiative between Co-operatives UK and Locality. ReBoost is part of Community Business Renewal Initiative, a £5 million support package.
The funding is intended to support community businesses to raise community shares capital that can support their recovery, pivot or expand the business in response to Covid-19.
Deadline 6 January
Apply here
Help the Homeless Grant
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for registered charities working to assist people who are homeless to rebuild their lives and return to the community. Funding will cover capital costs and is focused on helping people to return to mainstream society rather than offering shelter or other forms of sustenance. Deadline 15 December.
Apply here
Ragdoll Foundation
Grants are available for projects working with children and young people using the arts and creative media. There are two levels of funding:
Small grants – Up to £1,500. Deadline for applications is Fri 8th January.
Main Grants – £1,500 – £50,000. Applications can be made at any time.
Apply here
Golsoncott Foundation
Grants are available for projects which promote, maintain, improve and advance the educations of the public in Arts, particularly fine arts and music. Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees by tends to range between £250 – £3,000. Deadline 20 January.
Apply here
Greenham Trust – Community Grants
Greenham Trust invites applications from local charitable organisations for funding for a wide variety of good causes.
Funding is intended for charities and other not for profit organisations undertaking charitable activities that directly benefit local communities in West Berkshire and North Hampshire.
Apply here
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IGas Community Energy Fund
Specific areas of Hampshire where the company operates. IGas support projects that make a difference to life in communities where they operate. Open to community and voluntary organisations that are charitable, educational or benevolent in purpose; as well as local schools. Expressions of interest, with full applications by 28 Febuary.
Apply here
Power To Change – Powering Up
A tailored support package designed to increase community business leaders’ knowledge, to provide wellbeing support and to build peer relationships to boost recovery. It’s open to any community business in England, with priority to in the most deprived areas of England and organisations supporting and led by disabled people and/or people from BAME groups. Reopens January 21. Updated 2 December.
Apply here
Hilden Charitable Trust
UK and in developing countries to address disadvantages, notably by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds. Priorities are: asylum seekers and refugees, disadvantaged young people, penal affairs and small development projects. Next deadline 29 January.
Apply here
Scale+Innovate
Small to medium size charities or social enterprises, working in employability and training or environment and conservation, looking to scale their organisation and implement a new initiative to help recover and rebuild – 10 learning days and additional Action Learning Sets between Feb and Sep 21, focused on helping you scale your organisation, plus a £1,000 Booster grant. Next deadline 9 December.
Apply here
MCS Charitable Foundation
Projects that have a UK wide impact in accelerating the adoption of renewable energy and low carbon technologies. Grants £5000 to £50000, exceptionally, up to £100,000. Next deadlines 24 January and 19 July
Apply here
Salix Energy Efficiency Fund
Individual academies, academy sixth forms, free schools and those in Multi-Academy Trusts are able to apply for funding to install energy efficient technologies to lower energy bills and create a more comfortable learning environment. Loans of up to £200,000.
Apply here
Thriving Communities Fund
The new £1.4 million Thriving Communities Fund is offering grants of £25,000 to £50,000 for projects that increase social connectedness and help communities in England cope with the impact of Covid-19 pandemic. The Fund is provided by the National Academy for Social Prescribing and Arts Council England with support from other strategic partners. The funding is for communities most impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic, including black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities. Deadline 8 January, midnight
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The Wilko Helping Hands Fund
Local groups and community projects could be eligible to get a little helping hand from their local Wilko store. Wilko gift cards, products or volunteers to help with your community project are available. Applications to this programme are reviewed at the end of each month. Please allow Wilko as much notice as possible to avoid disappointment.
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Veolia Environmental Trust Community Grants
A Community Grant Scheme is available to constituted not-for-profit organisations and local authorities. Grants of between £10,200 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community. Stage One application are now being accepted.
Apply here
Voice4Change
Small BAME led charities, community groups, and social enterprises in England; £5,000 and £10,000 for emerging issues in the community, need for self-isolation, and potential for further exacerbation of loneliness and isolation. Can be used to cover running costs and small capital costs, and support for services such as foodbanks, domestic abuse and violence groups, tackling homelessness, and providing access to technology. Reopens for applications 25 November.
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Rank Foundation Recovery Fund
Only open to Rank Net members. A new DCMS Covid-19 Response Programme to provide support to 200 small-medium charities and social enterprises within the social sector in 2 strands. The Recovery Fund will provide up to £25,000 for RankNet member organisations with urgent and immediate financial needs. Applications at any time.
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Made By Sport
A platform for clubs to share their stories and help to continue raising awareness of the massive social value their local sports clubs and organisations deliver. 3 prizes of £5000. Deadline 10 December.
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UK Research and Innovation
Partnered with the Museums Association and creative design agency, The Liminal Space to launch a £400,000 Digital Innovation and Engagement for Museums Fund. Deadline 21 December.
Apply here
National Lottery Heritage Fund – Small/Medium Grants
Re-opened fund, Phase 1 £10m. Grants between £3,000 and £100,000 will provide financial assistance for organisations working with heritage to build their resilience.
Apply here
DCMS Youth Fund
As part of the £750m package for charities, DCMS announced a £16.5m fund for youth charities 25 November. No application details available yet. It will be open to grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth groups and national youth and umbrella organisations, to mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the pandemic.
More information here
National Lottery Heritage Fund – Loans
Fund £1.2m. Interest free loans pilot – available for sums from £50,000 to £250,000 – aimed at organisations looking to restart and develop their income generating potential. Deadline 14 Febuary.
More information here
Rosa
Advance notice of funding. Rosa plans to build a Covid-19 response fund that gives multi-year grants to specialist organisations led ‘by and for’ UK Black and minoritised women. These organisations have unprecedented levels of trust and reach into communities where need is greatest but resource is lacking.
Apply here
WHSmith Trust Community Grants
Projects Registered or Exempt Charities, Constituted Voluntary/Community Groups, Schools and pre-schools can apply for a grant of up to £500 to support good causes within the community where WH Smith operate and also to promote literacy and a love or reading.
Apply here
Persimmon Community Champions
Persimmon Community Champions is here to fund local good causes and to fund local community initiatives across the UK. To apply for a donation simple complete the online form and tell us why your group or charity deserves a donation. Include in your application how much you would like them to donate. Remember to include name and location of the initiative so they can ensure the right business receives your request.
Apply here
Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation
Grants of £100 – £1000 are available to ‘small charities (turnover of less than £1m) who are temporarily struggling but otherwise viable’. It’s a rolling programme of support, the deadline for applications is the 20th of each month. You have to be a registered charity to apply.
Apply here
The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust wants to help smaller, community-led groups which are supporting people at the margins of society. They do this by making grants to constituted community groups, registered charities, unincorporated associations, community interest companies and industrial and provident societies. Grants of up to £10,000 are available. Apply online, firstly with a letter introducing your organisation and outlining what you do here.
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England & Wales Cricket Board
Emergency loans and grants, up to £5k. Scheme deadline extended again. This time to January. Updated 2 December 20.
Apply here
Zoo Animals Fund
£100m fund now open. Licensed zoos and aquariums facing severe financial difficulties can apply for government grants of up to £730,000 for animal welfare related costs and essential maintenance. Deadline extended until 29 January. Updated 20 November.
Apply here
Asda Foundation – Feeding Communities
In response to the pandemic, the Feeding Communities Grant Scheme will help provide meals to those in need in the run up to Christmas. Charities, CICs and community groups; £1000. Deadline 6 December.
Apply here
Thriving Communities Fund
Arts Council England grants of £25,000 to £50,000 to support local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise projects that bring together place-based partnerships to improve and increase the range and reach of social prescribing community activities. Funds can support partnership development, research and planning activities, and delivery of public-facing community activities. £1.4m fund. Deadline 8 January.
Apply here
Rank Foundation Time To Shine
Only open to Rank Net members. A new DCMS Covid-19 Response Programme to provide support to 200 small-medium charities and social enterprises within the social sector in 2 strands. The match funded Covid-19 Time to Shine Leadership Programme which expands on the Time to Shine programme to create new jobs within the social sector and to help build resilience. Deadline 14 December.
Apply here
Sport Winter Survival Package
A new £300 million Sports Winter Survival Package, for spectator sports in England – from national governing bodies through to clubs – impacted by Covid-19 restrictions. The funding, which will be largely composed of loans will focus on sports severely impacted over the winter.
Apply here
FSI BAME Bursary
A small number of bursary places to support applicants who are from groups under-represented and whom, without the bursary, may otherwise miss out on opportunities to access our SQA-accredited qualification in Fundraising Practice (Equivalent to QCF Level 3). You must be a member of the FSI. Deadline 11 December
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National Lottery Heritage Fund – Large Grants
From Febuary 21, they will resume accepting applications for National Lottery Grants for Heritage from £100,000-£250,000 and £250,000-£5m.
Apply here
Alec Dickson Trust
Young people who demonstrate that through volunteering or community service they can enhance the lives of others, particularly the most marginalised and for innovative projects. In this round, the Trust welcomes applications from UK-based volunteering or community service projects, organised and run by people under 30 years old, which directly or indirectly respond to Covid-19. Max £500. Deadline 17 December.
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Cultural Impact Development Fund
Nesta has restructured the fund to make it more responsive to arts and culture organisations as they adjust financially to the impact of Covid-19. The fund offers investment between £25,000 and £150,000 to arts and culture organisations working with the people and communities in greatest need. The loan amount is tailored to the circumstances of each organisation. The Fund now offers a blended loan and grant finance package. Alongside its investment, the Fund offers a tailored package of guidance and support. The investment window is open until March 2023.
Apply here
The Finnis Scott Foundation
The Finnis Scott Foundation makes grants for horticultural and art history projects. The Trustees can make grants for any charitable purpose, but their present policy is to focus grant-making in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as fine art and art history. A grant of up to £10,000 is available. The Trustees meet on a quarterly basis to discuss grant application forms, with the next meeting being held on 27 January 2021. Applications should be received 3 weeks prior to trustee meetings.
Apply here
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British Council New Conversions
£3,500 for artistic individual or organisational partnerships to explore how to develop new creative ideas, exchange knowledge and practice without meeting in person. Open to individual artists, collectives, independent companies and organisations of theatre and dance, but welcome applications from collaborations across art forms. Priority to project proposals led by groups or people who identify as minority ethnic, D/deaf, Mad and or disabled, and LGBTQIA+. Deadline 27 November.
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Ecclesiastical – 12 Days Of Giving
Nominate your organisation for £1000. Registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and community interest companies. If you don’t have the registration number it asks for, there’s a button you can click to get round this. 10 winners drawn at random each weekday. Draws will take place each weekday from 7 – 22 December.
More information here
Power To Change – Powering Up
A tailored support package designed to increase community business leaders’ knowledge, to provide wellbeing support and to build peer relationships to boost recovery. It’s open to any community business in England, with priority to in the most deprived areas of England and organisations supporting and led by disabled people and/or people from BAME groups. Applications open 16 November, close 30 November.
Apply here
Asda Foundation – Feeding Communities Grant
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to help provide meals to anyone in need in the lead up to Christmas. Maximum value: £1,000. Applications are made via the group’s local Asda Store’s Community Champion. The grant can contribute to meals which cost £4.00 or less.
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Solent Local Enterprise Partnership
Restart and Recovery and Kickstarting Tourism Grants. Eligible small businesses that have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic in the visitor economy and wider economy can access grants of between £1,000 – £3,000 (and up to £5,000 in exceptional circumstances).
The money can be used to cover 100 per cent of the cost of professional services and, in some instances, to purchase minor equipment or adopt new technology to diversify. Deadline 23 November, 11.59 pm
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Sector Challenge Programme
Grants of up to £10,000 for organisations working in early years; financial wellbeing; mental health and wellbeing; or sexual abuse and domestic violence.
There are 12 Sector Challenges across these four areas of work. For each challenge, Catalyst will fund three charity or civil society organisations working in that area to come together with a digital partner to explore solutions using digital, data and design. Your charity will receive between £5,000 and £10,000 depending on the budget in your application. The Sector Challenge Programme is part of the Catalyst and The National Lottery Community Fund Covid-19 Digital Response fund.
Apply here
Leathersellers’ Company – Education Grants
A new education main grants programme; grants from £5,000 to £15,000. Open to UK registered charities providing evidence-based services to improve literacy in Key Stage 1 and/or enabling high quality early years (0-5) education for disadvantaged children, within the UK, with an income of under £3m pa. Priority to charities in Lewisham and the surrounding boroughs. Deadline 7 December
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Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Have just opened applications to their Small Grants (up to £10,000) and Major Grants (up to £100,0000) programmes. For both programmes, organisations need to be based in or working in the most deprived 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) for urban areas or within the most deprived 50% for rural areas.
Apply here
UK Youth Fund
Fund £1.8m. Youth organisations who have not had access to the crisis funding they require to survive Covid. Those with income under £250,000 pa, in England; up to £50,000. Can include core costs. No deadline
Apply here
Crowdfunder Solent
Solent Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) has announced that it is relaunching its Crowdfunder Solent scheme to support micro and small businesses which have had to close their premises again due to further national restrictions. The funds have been opened up to ensure businesses can apply for money to help them trade throughout lockdown, this might be for an e-commerce enabled website or other costs to help them to continue to operate.
More information here
Community Business Reboost Fund
To support community businesses to raise community shares capital that can support their recovery, pivot or expand the business in response to Covid-19. The ReBoost fund provides grant funding and matched equity investment. The ReBoost fund is part of Co-operatives UK’s Community Shares Booster Programme.
Apply here
Community Business Renewal Fund
Provides grants to community businesses in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. The fund is aimed at organisations delivering services in their local community to support those who have been most affected by the Covid-19 crisis. The Renewal Fund opens for applications in January 21.
More information here
Leathersellers’ Company – Student Grants
Support for UK students, in real financial need and whose circumstances may be preventing their excellence and talent from shining through. Maximum grant £5,000 pa for up to 4 years. Applications open 15 Febuary 21 and close 15 April 21.
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Masonic Charitable Foundation Hospice Grants – Widening Access – Improving Equality and Diversity in Hospice Care
Grants are available for adult and children’s hospices in England and Wales to promote equality, diversity and inclusion through proactive community engagement that dispels myths and misconception about hospice care and to ensure their services are culturally appropriate. Grants of up to £35,000 to support projects running over a period of 18 months. The funding is for projects that seek to address inequality and widen access to hospice care for groups of particular concern such as people over the age of 85, black and minority ethnic communities, people who identify as LGBTQ+, and socially deprived communities.
Apply here
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HMRC Invites Applications for Grant Funding 2021-2024
The funding is for bids that include one or more of the following activities:
HMRC will provide grants of between £20,000 and £750,000 per year, with a maximum threshold set at 50% of the organisation’s turnover (last audited accounts). HMRC want the VCS sector to support HMRC in helping those customers they currently find hardest to reach, or who cannot or will not interact directly with HMRC. Some vulnerable/marginalised customer groups may find it difficult to interact with HMRC, for reasons that include geography, culture, language and trust.
Registered charities, voluntary and community sector organisations, social enterprises, mutual and co-operatives based in the UK can apply for the grant funding as long as they meet all of the criteria which includes a turnover of no less than £40,000 per annum and having three years of financial history in place.
HMRC has secured £4.98 million funding (£1.66 million per year) to allocate to voluntary and community sector organisations to help them provide advice and support to customers who need extra help understanding and complying with their tax obligations and claiming their entitlements, including those who are digitally excluded.
- Advice and support – providing direct advice and support for HMRC’s customers who need extra help and cannot afford to pay for it.
- Digital inclusion – assisting customers who are digitally excluded, to build their confidence and capability to use HMRC’s online services for themselves.
- Specialist support and referrals – providing specialist advice and taking referrals by telephone or email from HMRC’s Extra Support teams and assisting customers who need independent advice and support with more complex tax issues, for example complicated PAYE issues, or claims for Special Relief and appeals.
Applicants must have the infrastructure and capability to handle in the region of 700 referrals per year and would be responsible for bringing individual cases to conclusion. The deadline for applications is 27 November 2020.
Inclusive Recovery Fund
Grants are available for social enterprises across England to deliver their important services and grow their impact while adapting to the challenges of the Covid-19 crisis. Deadline: 13 November.
A total of £4.75 million will be awarded in grants. Two levels of funding are available:
- Grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for ventures that have been operating for under 12 months.
- Grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 for ventures that have been operating for over 12 months.
The Inclusive Recovery Fund is a partnership between UnLtd, the foundation for social entrepreneurs, and Comic Relief. The Fund is supported by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS), as part of the Government’s £750 million support package for charities. The Fund is delivered by UnLdt.
The aim of the Fund is to enable social enterprises across England to create deep and lasting impact, build resilience and accelerate their growth.
Apply here
British Council Digital Collaboration Fund
Grants of up to £50,000 available to organisations in the UK and selected countries overseas to collaborate digitally on international projects.
There are two levels of grants available, a small grant of £10,000 to £20,000 (4 grants awarded per area) or a large grant of £40,000 to £50,000 (5 grants awarded per area) in the following three areas:
- Research and development grants
- Restart grants
- Collaboration grants
The deadline for applications is 18 November. Projects must take place between 1 January 2021 – 31 December 2021.
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Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation – Co-op Covid-19 Funding Programme
Grants are available to support voluntary and community groups providing emergency food programmes to the disadvantaged during the pandemic. The Co-op Covid-19 Funding Programme, administered by the Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Foundation, aims to provide grants to local voluntary and community groups which provide emergency food programmes to those in need, and includes all activities that address food insecurity and its impacts. Maximum value: £5,000.
Deadline: 13 November
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Black Training and Enterprise Group (BTEG)
Capacity building support for English BAME organisations with income less than £150,000 so that they can ‘think differently and act strategically’. No funding, but up to 3.5 hrs of free expert consultancy support and/or coaching specific to their needs, as well as access to up to 20 organisational and leadership development workshops. Deadline 13 November.
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SIB Resilience & Recovery Loan Fund
The fund is intended for those organisations who face a problem because expected income and activity has been delayed or disrupted and the loan size will be £100,000 – £500,000. It has £15m to invest and further £4m in grants is available alongside loans to organisations in England from Access – The Foundation for Social Investment. Deadline extended to 13 November. (Updated 6 Nov)
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Power To Change
A new £3m fund to help community businesses in England to adapt, renew and rebuild their businesses. Priority to deprived areas, BAME and disability. Unrestricted grant between £10k and £20k. Round 2 closes 12 January 2021 and Round 3 on 2 March. (Updated 5 Nov)
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Innovation Continuity Loans: Strand 2 (November 2020) Follow-on Competition
Innovation continuity loans are available for SMEs and third sector organisations in the UK that are at risk of not continuing planned or existing innovation activity due to a sudden shortage or even unavailability of funds directly related to Covid-19. Deadline: 13 January 2021
(Strand 2 is for applicants who have a new project that follows on from a project with an Innovate UK award that was completed in the last 36 months). Applications are made online. Those requiring more information should contact the competition helpline on 0300 321 4357 or email here
More information here
The Global Majority Fund
Grants for new intermediary technical partners with the ability, expertise, networks and knowledge to distribute rapid funding to further Covid-19 response work with communities experiencing racial inequality in the UK. Closing date: 30 November 2020. Approximately £2.1 million is available to make and manage grants of between £150,000 and £250,000. It is expected that between 10 and 15 investments will be made. Funding is available for up to 18 months.
The £2.1 million Global Majority Fund is provided by Comic Relief in partnership with the National Emergencies Trust (NET), Barclays and the Clothworkers’ Foundation.
The funding is for organisations applying to distribute and managing funding on behalf of Comic Relief to a diverse range of locally led and focused organisations in the UK only.
Apply here
Ethical Angel – Corporate Volunteer Platform
Allows charities to submit project bids for a wide range of corporate volunteer support. From the high tech app devlopment, through to websites, but also a wide range of other areas, such as design (logo, leaflets), and professional support; Google Ads, analystics, branding, marketing, HR, data protection etc. About 100 categories to choose from.
Apply here
Smallwood Trust – Frontline Women’s Fund
Will help approximately 30 small English organisations overcome any acute financial difficulties to enable them to continue providing support for women aged 18 and over. Organisations supporting and led by BAME women, women with disabilities and financially vulnerable LGBT+ women are particularly encouraged to apply. Only for those with income less than £0.25m pa. Between £5k and £25k. Priority for where the pandemic has had the most impact; primarily Northern England.
Apply here
Innovation Continuity Loans: Strand 3 (November 2020) New Project Competition
Innovation continuity loans are available for SMEs and third sector organisations in the UK that are at risk of not continuing planned or existing innovation activity due to a sudden shortage or even unavailability of funds directly related to Covid-19. Deadline: 13 January 2021
(Strand 3 is for applicants who are continuing, completing or following on from innovation activity that has not been supported by an Innovate UK award in the last 36 months.) Applications are made online. Those requiring more information should contact the competition helpline on 0300 321 4357 or email here
More information here
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK – Covid–19 Emergency Fund
Grants are available for small to medium sized not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are struggling to manage the financial impact of Covid-19 either because of increased demand for their services or from loss of income. The Covid–19 Emergency Fund has been set up by the Sylvia Waddilove Foundation to help small to medium sized organisations who are struggling to manage the financial impact of Covid-19 either because of increased demand for their services or loss of income. The fund is targeted at organisations in a critical position.
Applications are accepted at any time and decisions are usually reached within three weeks. The organisation must have an income less than £500,000, have free reserves below £100,000 and operate in one of the following areas:
Education relating to non-domestic animals
Visual and performing arts
Medical research
The relief of disability or severe illness
Accommodation of those in need
Apply here
Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund
Homelessness, faith, community and voluntary sector organisations can now apply for transformation funding to provide single room and Covid-19 secure accommodation for people experiencing homelessness this winter. Grants £10k to £100k. Deadline is 2 December, 13:00. (Updated 5 Nov 20).
Apply here
Local Giving
£1m matched Covid fund. Open to charities and community groups in England, but you have to pay £100 to join the platform.
Apply here
Edition 31 – Wednesday 4 November
Peter Sowerby Foundation Adapted Good Causes
£1.4m fund for charities to develop digital services, or adapt existing services or other response measures. Charities in healthcare innovation, community, environment and the arts. Smaller organisations (maximum turnover of £1m, but with a preference for those around £0.5m) working in Community, Environment and the Arts. This includes those working with hard to reach groups, such as the homeless, older people, or arts organisations that require face to face interaction and where programmes or activities need to be redesigned. Up to £25k.
Deadline 16 November
Apply here
Peter Sowerby Foundation Digital Good Causes
£1.4m fund for smaller charities to develop digital services, or adapt existing services or other response measures. Maximum turnover of £1m, but with a preference for smaller organisations with a turnover of around £500,000, within the area of Community, Environment and the Arts (although the Foundation may also consider applications from smaller organisations working within the area of healthcare innovation). Up to £25k.
Deadline 16 November
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Peter Sowerby Foundation Digital Healthcare Breakthrough Grants
£1.4m fund for charities to develop digital services, or adapt existing services or other response measures. The Foundation will fund five large grants of up to £100,000 to support charities (with a maximum turnover of £5million) in the area of innovation and transformation in health and social care. This fund could support organisations to pilot and test new digital service delivery that will transform existing services, invest in digital skills development to better service beneficiaries and to launch new digital services, invest in digital equipment to facilitate digital service delivery.
Deadline 16 November
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Greenham Trust Christmas Double Match Day
10 West Berkshire and North Hampshire charities will be able to promote their fundraising and match funds raised through the Christmas Double Matched Day, hosted on The Good Exchange.
Deadline: 9 November
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Sport England – Return To Play Active Together
Crowdfunding initiative to help sports clubs and organisations set up their own campaigns. Sport Engalnd will crowd funds of up to £10,000 to help cover the loss of income. Priority to BAME and disability communities, the financial disadvantged and carers. No deadline.
Apply here
UK Power Network‘s Power Partners
Up to £20,000 for not-for-profit organisations and community groups helping local communities combat the growing threat of fuel poverty. Round 4 of the scheme. London, the SE and E England. Deadline 15 November.
Apply here
#FestiveFightback
100+ festive fundraising ideas, links to even more, plus to lots of resources and people who will help you for free.
Apply here
Community Foundations (Co-Op Funds)
Charities and other non profits tackling food poverty can apply for a share of £1.5m raised through the Co-op’s summer picnic range. Distributed by the 46 UK community foundations; funding £2,000 to £10,000. Local organisations best placed to support those impacted by food poverty, foodbanks, volunteer centres, food delivery services, programmes that tackle food waste, and holiday hunger schemes.
Deadline: 13 November.
Apply here
Digital Skills for Heritage Tranche 7
To act as enablers of collaborative digital practice to increase resilience, promote innovation and attract digital volunteers within communities of practice. These will relate to themes proposed by applicants that will promote the development of digital skills and collaboration. Funding £600,000. We anticipate making a small number of grants with a maximum award of £120,000 for each. Project Enquiry Form deadline 13 November, noon.
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Marsh Cristian Trust
Not Covid – one from the core funder list. Long-term core funding to small UK registered charities; social welfare, arts and heritage, environmental causes and animal welfare, healthcare, education and training.
Apply here
Versus Arthritis – Tackling Inequalities Fund
Grants £1,000 – £10,000 for local sport and physical activity projects for people with long-term health conditions, BAME and lower socio-economic groups. No deadline, fund will close once all of the funds have been committed.
Apply here
United Way UK Launches Give Local Grants 2020
Small local charities working in selected areas of England can apply now a grant of up to £1,500. Community based, local organisations with an average annual income of £300,000 or less can apply as long as their work aligns with United Way UK’s strategic priorities to find long-term solutions that address one of the following needs: education, income stability, health. As the funding is provided by Costco warehouse employees, the geographic locations relate to where Costco employees have been fundraising and donating. This includes Southampton. The deadline for applications is 16 November. Grants will be delivered by the end of December 2020.
Apply here
CAF Resilience Fund
£20m fund for small and medium-sized English charities. Grants between £10,000 and £100,000 and may include core costs.
Deadline: 10 November
Apply here
Power To Change
A new £3m fund to help community businesses in England to adapt, renew and rebuild their businesses. Priority to deprived areas, BAME and disability. Unrestricted grant between £10k and £20k. Round 1 closes 3 November, Round 2 on 12 January 21 and Round 3 on 2 March.
Apply here
Sport England – Return To Play Community Asset Fund
£5m fund. Grants £10,001 to £50,000. It’ll help local sports clubs and organisations to adapt and open important places and spaces that can help them welcome back their local community safely. Priority to BAME and disability communities, the financially disadvantaged and carers.
No deadline.
Apply here
Digital Skills for Heritage Tranche 2
Training and support for digital innovation, enterprise and business planning to complement the 2 existing Digital Skills for Heritage training projects. Funding £250,000. Only a small number of grants and will consider single applications for all £250,000. However many grants we make, the key consideration will be that small heritage organisations right across the UK directly benefit. Project Enquiry Form deadline 13 November, noon.
Apply here
Gunnercooke Foundation
Law firm Gunnercooke is looking for at least 20 more not for profits. It connects businesses with not for profits through several projects. Work includes supporting charity CEOs enhance their effectiveness, growing charities’ networks and services through peer support hubs, mentoring, workshops and 1-2-1 sessions to grow business techniques and strategies, as well as undertaking projects.
Apply here
Homelessness Winter Transformation Fund
Homelessness, faith, community and voluntary sector organisations can now apply for transformation funding to provide single room and Covid-19 secure accommodation for people experiencing homelessness this winter. Grants £10k to £100k. Deadline Panel 1 is 1pm, 4 November and Panel 2 is 1pm 2 December.
Apply here
NHS Blood and Transplant Community Investment Scheme (BAME)
Community and faith/beliefs organisations to drive awareness, understanding and behaviour change in blood and organ donations amongst BAME communities. Grants up to £20k. Applications open 2 November, deadline 2 December. To register an expression of interest email here
More information here
Charity Governance Awards 2021 Accepting Entries
Any UK registered charity can submit a free online entry to have an opportunity to win £5,000 in each of five award categories. The Awards were created to celebrate outstanding governance and trusteeship in charities across the UK, allowing large and small not-for-profit organisations to inspire and learn from one another. The deadline for entries is 25 January 2021, noon.
Apply here
British Council Digital Collaboration Fund
Up to £50k for arts and culture organisations and higher education organisations with an arts and culture focus. Applications must be a partnership between at least one UK organisation. Up to 25% may be used for overheads.
No deadline.
Apply here
Sport England – Return To Play Small Grants
£10m fund. between £300 and £10,000 to help sport and activity groups, clubs and organisations respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play. Priority to BAME and disability communities, the financial disadvantged and carers.
No deadline.
Apply here
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Fund to support Chagossian communities in the UK, Mauritius and Seychelles. A competitive bidding round has commenced to deliver projects for the remainder of this financial year, focused on UK delivery. Please do not apply if you are not from the Chagossian community.
Deadline: 26 November.
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Digital Skills for Heritage Tranche 5
The total available funding is £550,000 across all grants. To answer small to medium sized heritage organisation’s most pressing and frequently asked digital questions. We anticipate making grants of around £50,000 for the co-ordinator role (Theme 1). Grants of around £100,000 will be made available for each of the five subsequent themes. Deadline Project Enquiry Form – 13 November, noon.
Apply here
Care Home Friends and Neighbours: Intergenerational Linking Project (Dunhill Medical Trust)
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in England for projects which link younger people aged 5 to 14 from schools and youth organisations with older people living in local care homes. Grants up to £31,000. Ten being awarded. Applicants are encouraged to arrange a phone or Zoom appointment between 12 October and 23 October to discuss their proposal with the grants team. Appointments can be requested by email
Deadline: 13 November
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Tudor Trust
Helps smaller, community-led groups which are supporting people at the margins of society. They run a flexible grants programme which include core and multi-year funding. Organisations with an income of less than £1 million are prioritised. There is no minimum or maximum grant but awards are mostly over £10,000 and average £50-70,000. Of those who apply, around 12% reach the second stage. Of these, over 90% are successful.
No deadline.
Apply here
Workplace Sustainable Travel Fund
Organisations in Portsmouth can now apply for up to £5,000 towards sustainable travel which will help to create cleaner air. The funding can be used towards operational travel and to support employees who wish to walk and cycle to work. Businesses can apply for cycle parking, lockers, pool bikes or other items. Applications must be received by 6 November.
Apply here
Work For Good CIC
#SmallBusinessStar match funding campaign to enable small businesses to raise funds for UK charities through their Christmas sales. They’ll double donations, up to £500 per business. It’ll run from 1 Dec until 31 Dec, or until the match funds run out.
Apply here
Developing your Creative Practice
A development fund designed to support independent creative practitioners to ensure excellence is thriving in England’s arts and culture sector. The Arts Council will invest £18 million through the programme from autumn 2020. Individuals will have the opportunity to apply for between £2,000 and £10,000, to take a dedicated period of time to focus on their own creative development, and propel them to the next stage in their practice.
Apply here
Edition 30 – Wednesday 21 October
Power to Change Launches £3m Community Business Renewal Fund
Full details are now available for the Power to Change funding.
Established community businesses will have three opportunities over the next five months to apply for unrestricted grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 to help them adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can continue to serve their local communities as the country moves into the next phase of the pandemic. Funding is unrestricted!
Applications will be considered from all community businesses that were financially viable before the pandemic. Priority, however, will be given to community businesses supporting people who are at higher risk from Covid-19; operating in areas of high deprivation; or working closely with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities.
There will be three application rounds, each of which will have a three-hour window of application.
Round one applications will be accepted from 10:00 – 13:00 on 3 November 2020
Round two on 12 January 2021
Round three on 2 March 2021
More information here
CAF Resilience Fund
The CAF Resilience Fund exists to help charitable organisations in England that support the people hardest hit by Covid-19.
Through hundreds of targeted grants, this fund will support those working with vulnerable and disadvantaged groups such as those living in deprived areas, those supporting Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities and people with disabilities.
Both registered and unregistered charitable organisations, including community interest companies and social enterprises, can apply for the CAF Resilience Fund. This fund will initially distribute £20 million made up of grants ranging from £10,000 to £100,000 to deliver rapid relief from the impact of Covid-19.
Deadline is 10 November and funding must be spent by 31 March 2021.
Apply here
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust (NAAFI Fund)
Army, Air and Naval units. To improve the quality of life for serving personnel and families, in the UK or overseas. Between £5,000 and £20,000, through the NAAFI Fund to help bring people together and reduce boredom or isolation amongst single serving personnel; refurbish spaces for recreation and leisure, purchase equipment or run projects.
Deadline 23 November, midnight.
Apply here
Transforming Places Through Heritage
Transformation of high streets and town centres in England. Grants to help with assessing the viability of a project, or to help fund development costs or to match funds raised through Crowdfunding and Community Shares. Range of grants from up to £15k, to £350k. Deadlines not available.
Apply here
Help The Homeless
Up to £5,000 to small and medium sized charitable organisations (under £1m) for capital costs help homeless people return to the community and enable them to resume a normal life.
Deadline 15 December
Apply here
Warburtons Families Matter Community Grants Programme
Small grants are available for local projects, activities and organisations that have charitable aims and that will be of real direct benefit to families in England, Scotland and Wales. Maximum value: £250. Deadline 9 November.
Apply here
Isla Foundation – Tipping Point Grants
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that are offering creative solutions to homelessness in the UK. Maximum Value: £ 40,000. Tipping Point grants are intended for longer-term projects. The deadline for applications is 12 November with notification of decisions on 27 November and funding to start from 15 December 2020.
Apply here
Equine Rescues Emergency Fund
Smaller equine welfare organisations whose primary focus is the rescue and rehoming of equines. The average grant around £2,500-£3,000.
Final round – Deadline: 15 January 21. Updated 16 October.
Apply here
Job Support Scheme (JSS) – Extended
To support UK businesses that are legally required to close as a result of restrictions for a period over winter, as part of local or national restrictions, will receive grants to pay the wages of staff who cannot work.
Apply here
M&S Energy
Community projects committed to being environmentally conscious and installing renewable technology or energy efficiency measures in their endeavour to do so. Up to £5000. Deadline 19 October
Apply here
Gamesys Foundation
The Gamesys Foundation is an independent charity organisation created and funded by Gamesys Group. The Foundation’s focus is on providing grants and funding to organisations to preserve and protect the wellbeing of individuals suffering from mental health issues. Applications can be submitted at any time.
Apply here
Isla Foundation – Immediate Impact Grants
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations, schools and PTAs, clubs and societies, and entrepreneurial individuals in the UK for small-scale, short-term projects that create a positive change in people’s lives and in their communities. Grants of between £300 and £2,000 are available. Immediate Impact grants are made available within short notice to ensure rapid response to unexpected events, urgent needs or just a great idea that cannot wait to be implemented. They are small grants for small-scale, short-term, projects that respond to the needs of local communities. Applications can be made throughout the year.
Apply here
Landmark Trust 50 for Free
Short breaks in March 2021 in some of our most treasured Landmarks across England, Scotland and Wales. Stays must of course be contingent on local and national government guidance in force at the time of the stay. Deadline 3 December, noon.
Apply here
Voice4Change Covid-19 Grants
BAME led groups in England, working primarily with BAME communities, with an annual income of less than £200,000. In exceptional cases, organisations with larger incomes will be considered. Grants £5,000 to £10,000. Deadline 3 November. Uploaded 16 October
Apply here
The Community Justice Fund
To help specialist social welfare legal advice organisations cope with the immediate impact of Covid-19 and lay the foundations for longer-term renewal: £25k to £75k. Wave 2 announcement expected December.
Apply here
Ethical Angel – Corporate Volunteer Platform
Allows charities to submit project bids for a wide range of corporate volunteer support. From the high tech app devlopment, through to websites, but also a wide range of other areas, such as design (logo, leaflets), and professional support; Google Ads, analystics, branding, marketing, HR, data protection etc. About 100 categories to choose from.
Apply here
Beatrice Laing Trust
The funding is for projects concerned with the relief of poverty or distress, particularly those relating to children, and the advancement of the evangelical Christian faith, both at home and abroad. There are no specified maximum or minimum funding levels but grants typically range between £2,000 and £10,000. However, the Trust has the capacity to make a few larger grants each year which normally are for church building projects. Applications may be submitted at any time.
Apply here
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (2014-2020)
The Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) is administered by DG Migration and Home Affairs. It replaces and extends the actions previously covered by the following three programmes:
- European Refugee Fund
- European Fund for the Integration of third-country nations
- European Return Fund
The aim of the Fund is to contribute to an effective management of migration flows in the EU as part of the area of freedom, security and justice, in accordance with the common policy on asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection and the common immigration policy. Deadline 16th February 2020.
Apply here
Edition 29 – Thursday 15 October
Moneybarn (Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation)
Grants of up to £5k are now available for charities, community groups, social enterprises and voluntary organisations in Havant, Gosport, Fareham and Petersfield. The Moneybarn Social Impact Fund can help with improving people’s personal finance capabilities, improving physical and/or mental health, supporting positive family relationships, providing opportunities to reduce inequality, addressing low educational attainment and increasing access to employment.
Deadline: 30 October
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Magdalen Hospital Trust
The fund benefits vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. They prefer to fund project costs rather than core costs. Projects can include those that provide training for work and personal development, clubs, crime prevention, emergency care, play schemes, mental health support and counselling.
No grants are made to non-registered charities, individuals, charities with an annual income in excess of £150,000 or national charities. Grants are usually one-off and project-based, although longer-term proposals will be considered very occasionally. Grants are normally within the range £500-£2,000.
Deadline for December meeting – between 1st and 31st October
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Masonic Charitable Foundation – Large Grants
Most of the support provided by the Masonic Charitable Foundation takes the form of financial grants to individuals and families to assist with daily living costs. They can also award grants to provide specific items or services. A range of health and care needs, including medical and dental treatments, counselling and mobility aids or home adaptations are supported, with funding also available for respite, residential, nursing and dementia care.
Deadline 31 October.
Apply here
Two grants for Southampton organisations
Southampton Voluntary Services are administering two grants to help with Covid-19: a Buildings Grant and an Innovations Grant. The Buildings Grant is for up to £500 to help make sure buildings are Covid secure. This money can be used against costs already incurred. The Innovation Grant is for up to £2,000 to help support community projects that increase community awareness, engagement and compliance with key Covid-19 public health measures to prevent the spread of Covid-19 transmission, and/or improve outcomes following infection with Covid-19. The Fund seeks to support projects that have good reach with local residents.
Deadline 30 October
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Esme Fairbairn Foundation
Launches new strategy with 3 aims: improving the natural world, tackling injustice
to deliver a fairer future, and nurturing creative, confident communities. Funds about £40m a year. Focus on
larger and longer-term grants.
Apply here
Local Giving
£1m match funding campaign launching towards the end of October. Match funding will be available
for charitable organisations working to support people in response to Covid-19. The campaign will match
donations made via the Localgiving website and organisations can apply in just 10 mins.
Apply here
Smallwood Trust – Women’s Sector Resilience Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community sector organisations in England that are supporting women whose poverty has been exacerbated by the Covid-19 pandemic or those that have been pushed into new poverty and financial hardship. Grants up to £ 30,000.
First panel deadline 16 October.
Apply here
Support for Community Businesses
Power to Change will shortly be launching a Community Business Renewal Initiative. No details available yet, but watch this space. In the meantime Power to Change have e-mailed me to say “The initiative isn’t open for applications yet and the guidance on who will be able to apply hasn’t been released at this time. We suggest you bookmark this webpage and keep checking it regularly for updates. If you haven’t already you might also like to sign up to our newsletter for regular updates and/or follow us on Twitter.”
PwC ColourBrave Charity Fund
Grants are available for Black-led social enterprises and charities with ethnic minority beneficiaries in the UK. Up to £25,000. Deadline 30 October
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AB Charitable Trust
AB Charitable Trust supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on: migrants, refugees and asylum seekers prisoners and penal reform human rights, particularly access to justice. Deadline 31 October
Apply here
Funding available for waste prevention community projects in Hampshire
Hampshire County Council has reopened this grant fund. Funding up to £5,000 is available to fund projects helping to reduce household waste, encourage community cohesion and support the local economy. This year the Council is particularly looking to fund projects which will introduce a new waste prevention, reuse or repair service to the local area, helping residents to reduce their waste as well as potentially saving them money. Any potential applicants must discuss their ideas with the Waste Prevention Team before applying. Please email to arrange an informal discussion.
Deadline: 4 December
Apply here
Crowdfunder (Start-ups)
100% free fundraising for those starting up a new business after being affected by Covid-19.
Apply here
B&Q Foundation
New foundation. Up to £5,000 available for local charities that support people experiencing bad housing or homelessness, as well as community projects looking to improve their spaces.
Apply here
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Created a £20m Emergency Fund, in addition to the £30m already allocated to grant-making programmes for
2020/2021; have made 250 grants to date. Will open to new applications again from late October, running a
mix of recovery grants and programme grants.
Apply here
Youth Futures Foundation’s Development and Impact Grant Funding
Good news is that the level of financial support has changed to: £30,000 – £150,000 pa for delivery of their development grant for 50-150 young people per year, duration 1-2 years and circa £100,000 – £1.2m pa for delivery of their impact grant for 150+ young people per year, duration 1-5 years.
Deadline: 9 November for a decision by the 31 December.
Apply here
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation
Small to medium organisations struggling to manage the financial impact of Covid-19.
The fund is targeted at organisations in a critical position: education relating to non-domestic animals; visual
and performing arts; medical research; the relief of disability or severe illness; the accommodation of those
in need. Up to £1000.
No deadline
Apply here
Big Issue Invest Impact Loans
Impact Loans are available to organisations across England looking for unsecured repayable finance between £10k-£150k. Impact Loans England was designed for small to medium charities and social enterprises, many of which are accessing finance for the first time. Applications for Impact Loans England are now open.
Apply here
Third House Trust
Grants are made to UK-registered charities for the advancement of the education and training and the promotion of the moral and spiritual wellbeing of prisoners. Deadline 31 October. Application Form: Apply by letter to the Trust Administrator. Initial applications must include clear details of the need the project is designed to meet, plus a budget, annual report and accounts for the last two years.
0208 292 3315 / Email
Deadline: 31 October
African Health Policy Network
UK BAME-led charities, voluntary or community and faith groups – 3 levels of funding available of between £500 and £100,000 to help small and medium Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups and their communities build wellbeing, resilience and capacity following the pandemic. Funding can support a number of things including project staff salaries, project activities, engagement activities, running costs, and equipment.
Deadline 30 October
Apply here
Department For Education (England)
Additional support to help children, if they have to self-isolate, for Schools and colleges in England, including
100,000 laptops and £1m for the EdTech Demonstrator programme. The package will also provide eighty
grants of £1,000 to Further Education providers.
Apply here
Fare Share
UK food companies up to £50,000 to offset the cost of sending surplus food to good causes.
Part of the Fare Share £3million Surplus with Purpose Fund and can be used to cover the additional staff
costs needed for packing and sorting edible surplus food, or in building, implementing and managing new
processes. It could also cover packaging and transportation costs, or lost income from the sale of surplus to
animal feed or anaerobic digestion.
No deadline
Apply here
Care Home Friends and Neighbours: Intergenerational Linking Project (Dunhill Medical Trust)
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in England for projects which link younger people aged 5 to 14 from schools and youth organisations with older people living in local care homes. Grants up to £31,000. Ten being awarded. Applicants are encouraged to arrange a phone or Zoom appointment between 12 October and 23 October to discuss their proposal with the grants team. Appointments can be requested by email
Deadline: 13 November
Apply here
Architectural Heritage Fund – Cultural Recovery Programme
Grants are available for charities and social enterprises occupying historic buildings to develop new business plans and strategies in light of the Covid-19 crisis. Grants available up to £50,000.
Deadline: 9 November
Apply here
Rank Foundation
New £10m programme, with £5m from government’s Community Match Challenge. Funds to 200 small and medium sized charities/social enterprises, primarily those in the RankNet network. Organisations must be in urgent and immediate financial need and either be facing unprecedented demand for their services or a significant reduction in income due to the pandemic. No amounts. No deadline
Apply here
Edition 28 – Wednesday 7 October
Police and Crime Commissioner’s Safer Communities Fund
This grants round is now open and accepting applications until Friday 30th October, 16:00. This is to apply for funding for the period 1st April 2021 until 31st March 2022 for projects up to the value of £50,000.
Apply here
Postcode Dream Trust Launches Postcode Recovery Fund
The Postcode Recovery Fund has been created to support charities to develop innovative solutions that address the many issues affecting people as society recovers from the effects of the pandemic. Charities can apply for grants of between £500,000 and £1 million for high impact and original projects that can be delivered within Great Britain in 2021-2023. Priority areas for support include educational inequalities, homelessness, domestic violence, health and wellbeing, poverty, social exclusion and isolation. Applications where there are other clear benefits to the community will also be considered. The deadline for applications is 30 October.
More information here
Wessex Water Recovery Fund
Not relevant to most Hampshire orgs, but if you work over the border in Wiltshire or Dorset, it could be. Grants are available to community organisations in the Wessex Water area in the south west of England for delivering local projects in response to issues arising from the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Maximum Value: £2,500. The deadline for applications is 4 December, noon for decisions in January 2021.
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Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Loneliness Programme
Up to £70,000 to address social isolation in hard to reach groups in the Armed Forces community, such as bereaved families, dual serving families, and veterans of any age and in particular, female veterans and older veterans; to improve mental health, arts and creative projects, outdoors activities, and military and civilian integration projects. Deadline 30 October, midnight. (Updated 6 Oct 20).
Apply here
Green Homes Grant
If you own your own house, or are a housing association, or other kind of landlord, the Green Homes Grant is now open. Up to £5k, or £10k, if you’re on benefits.
Apply here
Rapid Recovery Challenge
£2.8m funded by Nesta. To find and scale tools and services that improve access to jobs and money for people within the UK, focusing on those hardest hit by the economic shock resulting from Covid-19. Deadline 26 Oct.
Apply here
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
Accelerating its annual Hospice Fund programme, in recognition of the additional pressures many hospices are experiencing; up to £5,000 are available for core costs. Must be UK registered charity and member of either Hospice UK or Together for Short Lives. Deadline 11 October.
Apply here
Weston Culture Fund
The new one-off Weston Culture Fund (Garfield Weston) is now open for applications from performing, visual and literary arts organisations, arts centres, independent cinemas and accredited museums and galleries. The focus of the Fund is on helping those organisations with “restarting, adaptation and programming”. Organisations can submit applications that span across one, two or all three of these areas:
- Restarting work and reopening
- Making critical adaptations or improvements
- Programming new activity or adapting existing activities
The deadline for applications is 9 November, 17:00
More information here
Prince’s Countryside Fund
Supported by the People’s Postcode Lottery, the Prince’s Countryside Fund’s Grant Making Programme is accepting applications for projects which address the theme ‘Rural Community Resilience’. The theme refers to projects that will allow the community to survive and thrive, especially when facing a situation which affects daily rural life. The funding is for projects across the UK which protect or boost community assets and enterprises, or otherwise strengthen the sense of community.
The deadline for applications is 3 November, noon. Groups should apply early as the Fund reserves the right to close the round earlier than the deadline.
More information here
GEM Road Safety Charity Grants
Grants are available to support road safety projects which help to improve the safety of all road users throughout the UK through research, education, engineering or enforcement. This is a small fund which aims to support one or two projects annually with a total grant allocation in the region of £10,000. The deadline for applications is 31 December
Apply here
Art Fund Respond and Reimagine
Third round now open – £10,000 to £50,000 are available to help UK museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond and adapt. Deadline 12 October, 17:30.
Apply here
Elton John Aids Foundation
Partnering with Frontline AIDS on our second round of emergency funding for people living with and affected by HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure funding reaches even more of those in the greatest need – including the LGBT community, sex workers, people living with HIV and people who use drugs.
Apply here
Greenham Trust Christmas Double Match Day
10 West Berkshire and North Hampshire charities will be able to promote their fundraising and match funds raised through the Christmas Double Matched Day, hosted on The Good Exchange. Deadline 9 November.
Apply here
SIB Resilience & Recovery Loan Fund
Deadline extended to 13 November. The fund is is intended for those organisations who face a problem because expected income and activity has been delayed or disrupted and the loan size will be £100,000 – £500,000. It has £15m to invest and further £4m in grants is available alongside loans to organisations in England from Access – The Foundation for Social Investment.
Apply here
Community Business Trade Up Programme Final Round
Community businesses in England that exist to improve a local neighbourhood, village or town can apply now to access a free learning programme, a match trading grant and an opportunity to meet with similar organisations. There are 50 places for community business leaders across England who will learn in groups of 10. The programme is delivered by the School for Social Entrepreneurs online and in-person – at five locations, subject to Government social distancing guidelines. This is the fifth and final year of the programme. The deadline for applications is 2 December, 13:00.
Apply here
Archives Revealed – Scoping Grants
Grants are available to public sector bodies, registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in the UK to help analyse collections, supporting development of future plans for cataloguing priorities and projects. The maximum grant available is £3,000. Although applications can be made at any time, there are quarterly cut-off dates for applications to be considered at specific panel meetings. The next cut-off date is 11 January 2021 (midday).
More information here
Southampton City Council – Celebrations Grants
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations in Southampton as a contribution towards the cost of community events that celebrate recognised local, national, or international days. Deadline 30 October.
Apply here
Pink Ribbon Foundation
Grants are available to breast cancer charities in the UK that assist people affected by breast cancer and organisations that work on breast cancer research and prevention. Maximum Value: £ 5,000. The Foundation is accepting applications for funding in 2021. The deadline for applications is 28 May 2021.
Apply here
Asda Foundation – Getting Schools Back On Track
This new Asda Foundation grant is to help families who may be struggling financially and need extra support. Please be aware that these grants are not for individual students. It is to purchase items on behalf of children or provide additional services eg. Stationery, Breakfast/After School Clubs. Uniform Bank Basics, PE Kit Basics, PPE Needs, Salary Costs, technology, coats, food parcels, holiday activities. Charities, community groups and CICs. Deadline 15 November.
Apply here
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
Created a £20m Emergency Fund, in addition to the £30m already allocated to grant-making programmes for 2020/2021; have made 250 grants to date. Will open to new applications again from late October, running a mix of recovery grants and programme grants.
Apply here
Société Générale
Is planning its next 3-year UK charity partnership, worth up to £0.25m pa. It is inviting applications from eligible charities for the partnership which will start in April 2021. It will fund a project(s) that has a focus on boosting employment or the employability skills of its beneficiaries. Deadline 30 October.
Apply here
Innovation Continuity Loans: Strand 2 (October 2020) Follow-on Competition
Innovation continuity loans are available for SMEs and third sector organisations in the UK that are at risk of not continuing planned or existing innovation activity due to a sudden shortage or even unavailability of funds directly related to Covid-19. Minimum value: £250,000. Maximum value: £1,600,000. Innovate UK’s Innovation Loans scheme aims to provide finance that is affordable, patient and flexible for later-stage innovation projects that have a clear route to commercial success and economic impact. Loans are aimed at innovative micro, small and medium-sized businesses or third sector organisations that will be able to manage a loan, but may struggle to access finance or need to raise funds alongside offers from commercial lenders or schemes backed by the British Business Bank. Competition closing date: 4 November, noon
More information here
Edition 27 – Wednesday 30 September
Police and Crime Commissioner
Grants available from the Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton. The Police and Crime Commissioner, Michael Lane, has an ambition, through his Commissioning and Partnerships Team, to reduce offending and support victims, enabling people to realise their life potential without being drawn into the Criminal Justice System.
The Commissioner has pledged to secure services that empower partners and potential partners through regular opportunities to bid for grant funding for projects and contracts. He is inviting organisations to tell him how they can work with him to achieve his vision and make your communities safer through looking for new and exciting approaches, whilst still supporting those ideas that have been proven to work.
More information here
BAME Heathy Communities Surviving Covid-19 Fund
Grants are available for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) led voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations across the UK to help them support their communities during and beyond the Covid-19 crisis, building wellbeing, resilience, and capacity.
Three levels of funding are available:
Option 1: Grants of up to £5,000 for organisations with an annual income of under £50,000.
Option 2: Grants of up to £10,000 for organisations with an annual income of between £50,000 and £150,000.
Option 3: Micro grants of between £500 and £1,000.
Deadline: 30 October
Apply here
Covid-19 funding for Disabled People’s Groups
The British Sign Language and Easy Read versions of the Information for Applicants have now been produced and can be found on the SPECTRUM website.
The closing date for funding applications is 5 October, but for Hearing Impaired groups and groups with Learning Difficulties, the closing date for applications has been extended to 19 October.
Apply here
Elton John Aids Foundation
Partnering with Frontline AIDS on our second round of emergency funding for people living with and affected by HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure funding reaches even more of those in the greatest need – including the LGBT community, sex workers, people living with HIV and people who use drugs: Emergency Grants or Catalytic Grants. Catyltic grants can only be applied for in September.
Apply here
Garfield Weston
Grants between £100,000 and £2m to medium/large visual arts organisations, arts centres, museums and galleries with a minimum annual income of £500,000. Opens 5 Oct.
Deadline: 9 November
Apply here
Community Fund: Leaders With Lived Experience
Grants of £20,000 to £50,000 to support organisations run by people with first-hand experience of a social issue, who are trying to create positive change for communities and people who share those experiences. They expect to fund between 30 and 40 grants. Grants: £20,000 to £50,000. Deadline: 13 October
Apply here
The Linnean Society – UK Nature Engagement Grants
Grants are available for schools and community groups in the UK to increase youth engagement with nature. Grants of up to £1,000 are available, however applications for significantly lower amounts are welcome. The Society is happy to co-fund projects along with other organisations. The funding is intended for projects which increase youth engagement with local natural spaces and encourage a deeper appreciation and understanding of nature.
Deadline: 1 November
Apply here
Rapid Recovery Challenge
Registered UK businesses, charities, community interest companies, community groups and public bodies are invited to apply for support to accelerate innovations that can help vulnerable workers that have been hardest hit by the Covid-19 crisis to access jobs and financial help.
Deadline 26 October
Apply here
Recovery fund for film and TV
The Film and TV Covid-19 Recovery Fund has been created to reach people in the industry most affected by Covid-19. Offering financial and wellbeing support over six months to help people to sustain themselves and their careers through and out of the pandemic. The Film and TV Charity is able to provide grants of £750 a month for up to six months (up to £4,500) to active workers in film, TV and cinema affected by the crisis who are the least financially resilient, and who are the most at risk professionally and personally. Deadline: 12 October.
Apply here
Polden-Puckham Charitable Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charitable non-governmental organisations that help to promote peace and security, and environmental sustainability. Grants are normally between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to three years. Based on a Quaker background and influences, the Foundation supports projects that seek to influence values and attitudes, promote equity and social justice, and develop radical alternatives to current economic and social structures.
Deadline: 5 February
Apply here
New Forest – Community Grants
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations to help them in their provision of activities and services to benefit local people, and to carry out capital projects. Capital and revenue grants are available – maximum value £100,000. The Community Grants scheme is provided and administered by New Forest District Council. Funding is intended to help organisations provide appropriate community facilities and services.
Deadline: 4 October
Apply here
Winchester – Town Forum Small Grants Scheme
Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations for activities and projects that benefit the five unparished wards of Winchester. Grants of up to £500. The funding is intended to help local voluntary and community groups and organisations do more, reach more people, provide better services or try something new.
Deadline: 9 October
Apply here
Homeless Link
Deadline extended to 28 September. Homeless Link still has £3.380 million of funding to distribute and are encouraging charities based in England to apply for a grant of up to £100,000. The Comic Relief stream has also been extended; homelessness charities in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland can still apply for grants from this strand; half of the £680,000 funding not yet distributed.
Apply here
Armed Forces Covenant Fund
Up to £70,000 to address social isolation in hard to reach groups in the Armed Forces community, such as bereaved families, dual serving families, and veterans of any age and in particular, female veterans and older veterans; to improve mental health, arts and creative projects, outdoors activities, and military and civilian integration projects.
Deadline: 9 October
Apply here
Job Support Scheme
The JSS will provide government funding towards the wages of employees who are working reduced hours due to the pandemic. Employees will be eligible if they work at least one-third of their usual hours and they are not on notice of redundancy.
Apply here
Wolfson Foundation
£10 million to provide unrestricted funding to organisations working in heritage and the arts; and health and disability. No open to applications, but if you have a contact, might be worth a call.
Apply here
Childs Charitable Trust
Will fund Covid-19, but normal eligibility criteria apply. Must be a registered, or Excepted charity. The Trust’s Mission is to strategically fund Christian organisations which actively share the Christian gospel. Also accept applications for funds to help develop policy, advocacy and research.
Apply here
Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation
Grants are available for UK registered charities undertaking projects to support those who are disadvantaged in areas where Leeds Building Society branches are located. Grants of between £250 and £1,000 are available. (Nearest branches are Southampton, Bournemouth and Reading).
Deadline: 5 October
Apply here
LGBT+ Futures: National Emergencies Trust Fund
The funding is available to address the additional needs of LGBT+ people and communities most adversely impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and to support and strengthen LGBT+ organisations that have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. No deadlines – grants will be awarded until pot runs out.
Apply here
Power To Change
A new £5 million package of support to help community businesses to adapt, renew and rebuild their businesses so they can remain financially viable and best serve their local communities. A new unrestricted funding grant and 2 matched funding programmes.
Apply here
Edition 26 – Wednesday 23 September
Mayor of Winchester’s Local Hero Award (short deadline)
The Mayor of Winchester is inviting local people to nominate family, friends, neighbours and community groups for a new award.
Do you know someone in Winchester District who has:
- lead or volunteered with a community group to ensure that residents in your neighbourhood have been able to receive essential items?
- created a voluntary group to help local residents and businesses through lockdown?
- adapted a business to serve a local community?
- befriended residents who are shielding to provide comfort whilst often being alone?
- shopped and collected prescriptions for their neighbours?
If you do, the Mayor would like to hear from you.
Residents need to send in nominations with up to 100 words about the person or group they are putting forward – there is an option to include a photograph with the form too. Applications close on Wednesday 30 September and winners will receive a Mayor of Winchester Local Hero Award certificate.
Complete a nomination form by searching ‘local hero nomination form’ here. For further information, please contact the Mayor’s Secretary Debbie Hadwen
Safer Communities Fund – Police and Crime Commissioner
The next grants round will be opening on Thursday 1 October and closing on Friday 30 October, 16:00. This is to apply for funding for the period 1 April 2021 until 31 March 2022 for projects up to the value of £50,000. You can see the guidance on Action Hampshire’s website here. Full information will hopefully be posted on the OPCC website soon.
Green Recovery Challenge Fund
Open to environmental charities and their partners. 2 grant levels: £50,000 – £250,000. Deadline noon 2 October 2020. £250,000 – £5million. Deadline for Expressions of Interest noon 24 September
Apply here
Garfield Weston Foundation announces new £25m fund to support the arts
The new one-off Weston Culture Fund will open early next month and aims to support performing and visual arts organisations, arts centres, accredited museums and galleries as they try to recover from the impact of Covid-19.The fund is specifically for charitable organisations with a pre-Covid regular annual income of £500,000 or greater; smaller organisations will be able to apply for the regular grants programme via the Foundation’s website as usual.
Full details of the fund will be available on the Foundation’s website on 5 October 2020. Applications will be accepted from that date until 9 November with notification of decisions by the end of January 2021.
More information here
The Fore – RAFT Transition Fund
Unrestricted grants to help small charities and social enterprises in the UK plan for the longer term and gain a stronger footing in the post-covid world. There is a current funding pot of £1 million. Unrestricted grants of up to £15,000 are available.
The current phase is the RAFT Transition Fund, designed to support small charities and social enterprises as they adapt to the post-lockdown world. Funding will enable grantees to strengthen their organisations, plan ahead, become more sustainable and refocus on the new needs of their beneficiaries.
The Fore is particularly looking to fund small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access trust and foundation funding in the past. The fund opens for registration on 21 September 2020. Registration is run on a first-come, first-served basis. Once the cap is reached, the round is closed.
Apply here
Sanctuary Housing Covid-19
Community initiatives which provide vital support for Sanctuary residents and local groups supporting them through the Covid-19 crisis. This could include, but is not limited to: Job losses, Mental health, Money management, Health and wellbeing, Social isolation. No deadline specified.
Apply here
New Round of Aviva Community Fund Opens for Applications
Aviva is looking for organisations that are developing a new approach, product or technology, piloting a new scheme, implementing a new initiative, or expanding existing services to a new area or beneficiary group. Especially in light of the Covid-19 crisis, Aviva will support projects that boost the resilience of communities in the face of uncertainty.
The funding will be distributed based on a crowdfunding approach. Charities and community interest companies with an annual income of less than £1 million can submit applications for projects looking to raise up to £50,000.
Their projects will be available on Crowdfunder and a total of £250,000 is then shared equally among Aviva’s UK employees to donate directly to those projects that matter the most to them. Charities can also reach out to their networks and the general public to raise their target amount. The deadline for submitting an application is 13 October, 23:59.
More information here
Hampshire & IOW Community Foundation
We’re all Together – Vivid
The fund will prioritise those organisations and groups who will be providing support to Vivid Residents to help with tasks such as shopping, collecting prescriptions, dog walking and a friendly voice to make people feel less isolated and more connected. No closing data specified.
Apply here
Moneybarn
Organisations in Havant, Gosport, Fareham and Petersfield. This fund aims to support social inclusion. The programme will invest in activities that seek to alleviate the underlying problems that prevent social inclusion and enjoyment of a full modern life. The Fund will distribute £25,000 in grants, of between £1,000 and £5,000. Closing date 30 October.
Apply here
Volant Charitable Trust
Registered charities, CICs, community organisations or social enterprises in the UK and internationally alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been particularly impacted by Covid-19. Deadline 31 December.
Apply here
BSA Offers Funding for British Science Week 2021
The British Science Association (BSA) is offering grants to voluntary and community organisations to help fund their British Science Week (BSW) events and activities. Grants of either £500 or £2,000 are available for community groups that work directly with audiences who are traditionally under-represented and currently not engaged in science activity.
The funding can be used for materials, room hire, publicity, speakers, trainers, freelancers, project specific staff costs, audio-visual hire, reasonable volunteer expenses, transport or other costs of activities or events celebrating British Science Week. Priority will be given to events and activities that show they fit with the BSA’s goal of making science a fundamental part of culture. Deadline for applications is 9 November, 17:00.
More information here
Southampton City Council – Celebrations Grants
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations in Southampton as a contribution towards the cost of community events that celebrate recognised local, national, or international days. Deadline 30 October.
Apply here
Festival UK Research and Development (R&D) Project Fund
Funding is available to support teams drawn from the Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics arenas, headed up by businesses, charities and community interest companies from across the UK, capable of developing major public engagement projects that will showcase the UK’s creativity and innovation on a global scale.
This is a £3 million R&D opportunity. A total of 30 teams will each receive up to £100,000 to create compelling and ambitious and ideas for projects that have the potential to reach millions of people.
The deadline for submission of applications is 16 October, 15:00.
Apply here
Edition 25 – Wednesday 16 September
National Lottery Heritage Fund
Grants of up to £5m are available to environmental charities and partnerships that include at least one environmental charity for projects in England aimed at restoring nature and tackling climate change.
All projects must contribute to at least one of the following: nature conservation and restoration; nature-based solutions particularly focused on climate change mitigation and adaptation; and connecting people with nature. Projects will be favoured that create or retain jobs. Grants of between £50,000 and £5m are available. Applications for grants of up to £250,000 must be submitted by midday on 2 October. There is a two-step process for applications for more than £250,000, with initial expressions of interest required by midday on 24 September.
Apply here
Later Life Inclusion Grants – Masonic Charitable Foundation
The Later Life Inclusion grants programme is open to local and national charities that are working to reduce loneliness and isolation in later life. Charities can apply for a small (£500 to £15,0000) or large (£10,000 to £60,000) grant, depending on their income. The next application period for Large Grants runs from 1 September to 31 October. The next application period for Small Grants will run from 1 October to 23 December.
More information here
Children & Young People Grant – Masonic Charitable Foundation
This programme is open to national and local charities helping disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the barriers they face. Charities can apply for a small (£1,000 to £15,000) or large (£20,000 to £60,000) grant, depending on their income. The next application period for Large Grants runs from 1 September to 31 October. The next application period for Small Grants will run from 1 October to 23 December.
Apply here
KFC Foundation
Local, grassroots organisations (local to a KFC outlet) that are empowering young people in the UK: £200 – £2000. Deadline 25 September.
Apply here
LGBTQ+ Covid-19 Fund – Micro/small Grants
Comic Relief funding to support and strengthen LGBTQ+ organisations. Funding for local LGBTQ+ community-led grassroots organisations and groups across the UK that work with and support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer + (LGBTQ+) communities. Up to £1,000, deadline 22 September.
Apply here
National Emergencies Trust (Disability)
Disabled people’s organisations (DPOs), £1.5m fund; £1,000 to £25,000. Funding is being distributed to UK grassroots DPOs try ensure disabled people are less isolated, more independent and their voices are heard and reflected in recovery strategies. Deadline 5 October.
Apply here
BFI FAN Film Exhibition Fund
National Lottery funding for UK exhibitors. The fund will support activity to re-engage audiences with collective, big screen film experiences at film festivals, mixed arts venues, and both community and traditional cinemas. Deadline 30 September.
Apply here
Football Foundation – Match Day Support Fund
To allow clubs to make the changes necessary to satisfy the latest FA and Government guidance, ensuring their stadia are safer for the return of football and supporters. Up to £20k.
Apply here
LGBTQ+ Covid-19 Fund – Medium/large Grants
Comic Relief funding scheme for LGBTQ+ people, and to support and strengthen LGBTQ+ organisations. Funding for local LGBTQ+ community-led grassroots organisations and groups across the UK that work with and support Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Queer + (LGBTQ+) communities. Up to £15,000. Deadline 30 September.
Apply here
Fundraising Everywhere Foundation
Charitable organisations working anywhere in the world, and in any field. We are also happy to fund any costs that enable you to do what you do best – project costs, capital costs or core costs. Up to €1,500. Deadline 30 September 20.
Apply here
Social Enterprise Support Fund Round 3
Have widened the criteria for annual income. Can now apply if pre-Covid annual income was £20k – £1.8m (previously £25k – £1.5m). Deadline 17 September, 13:00.
Apply here
True Colours Trust – Small Grants Africa
UK charities working to make a difference to the lives of disabled children and their families in the UK or to support the development of palliative care across Africa: £500 – £5000. Deadline 21 September.
Apply here
Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Positive Pathways Programme
Registered charities or CICs supporting veterans; £35,000. Activity-based projects – sports, arts/culture, getting outside, heritage projects. Deadline 30 November.
Apply here
Enterprise Development Programme
Grant and learning support for charities and social enterprises looking to increase their sustainability by developing or growing their enterprise. Homelessness, Youth, Mental Health and Equality sectors. Deadline 25 September.
Apply here
Pet Plan Charitable Trust – Equine Rescue Fund
Rescue and rehoming of equines should be the primary focus of the organisation. The maximum grant will be £5,000 with the expectation that the average grant will be around £2,500. Closing date 16 October.
Apply here
Aviva Community Fund
Every 3 months UK Aviva employees can donate £250k to projects. Through Crowdfunder, causes can add public donations. Two areas – tackling inequality and improving environments, and giving people the tools to become more financially independent. Must be registered, but open to social enterprises, income less than £1m pa.
Apply here
The Community Justice Fund
To help specialist social welfare legal advice organisations cope with the immediate impact of Covid-19 and lay the foundations for longer-term renewal: £25k to £75k. Wave 1 of 2 funding closes 18 September.
Apply here
Pro Bono Comms Agency Support
Not funding at all, but…. London-based creative communications agency Full Fat has committed up to offer up to £30,000 worth of its services to support UK charities that support racial, sexual, gender, ability and social equality. Deadline 18 September.
Apply here
Police and Crime Commissioner
The Home Office has released funding to support small charities that work with vulnerable young people in respect of the impact of Covid-19. This applies to small registered charities who earn under £100,000pa that work with vulnerable children at risk of serious violence. This funding has to be spent by December 2020. Bids must be in relation to supporting the above target group and must not exceed more than 50% of the annual income of the organisation.
Bids will ultimately be approved by the Home Office but via the Pan Hampshire Violence Reduction Unit (VRU). If you feel that your organisation would be eligible then please contact Eleanor Snookes to discuss further.
Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund
The loan fund, run by the Social Investment Business has so far approved funding of almost £10m to 25 charities and social enterprises, but it has a further £15m to invest before it closes to new applications on 30th September. A further £4m in grants is available alongside loans to organisations in England from Access – The Foundation for Social Investment. Loans are not right for many organisations, but if you’re interested, take a look here sharpish.
Edition 24 – Wednesday 9 September
Social Enterprise Support Fund
Last chance to apply! Grants of £10k – £300k / Organisations with 20k+ turnover now eligible
Power to Change have opened up the final round of the Social Enterprise Support Fund to more social enterprises. You can now apply if your pre-Covid-19 annual income was £20k – £1.8m (previously £25k – £1.5m). The fund offers grants of £10k – £300k for social enterprises in England that support people at direct health risk from Covid-19 and/or those hit hardest by the pandemic.
The final round is open Thursday 10th – Thursday 17th September.
The fund was established in partnership by The National Lottery Community Fund and five social enterprise support agencies: UnLtd, School for Social Entrepreneurs, Key Fund, Resonance and Big Issue Invest.
UnLtd has created this video and this blog with tips to help you with your application.
Find out more and apply here
Guidance before application
Solent supporting employment programme – Round 1
The fund has been created to provide grants to support organisations who are able to reach and work with individuals with complex barriers to employment, enabling them to move closer or into employment.
The fund provides grants of £30,000 – £60,000 to groups working in the Solent LEP area. Priority will be given to those working in areas of the highest unemployment and deprivation.
Deadline 16 September
Apply here
True Bruce Wake Charitable Trust
Grant Funding is available to charities and not for profit organisations for the provision of leisure activities for the disabled (wheelchair users in particular). If you have a project that will encourage disabled people to participate in and enjoy a leisure pursuit.
Apply here
Southampton City Council – Community Chest Grants
Small grants of between £100 – £2,500 are available to voluntary and community organisations for projects which meet the needs of the residents of Southampton. The aim of the scheme is to support new community groups to start up and give an occasional boost to existing groups. Deadline 30 October.
Apply here
Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK – Covid-19 Emergency Fund
An emergency fund to help small to medium sized organisations who are struggling to manage the financial impact of Covid-19, either because of increased demand for their services or loss of income. The fund is targeted at organisations in a critical position.
Organisations must operate in one of the following categories: Education relating to non-domestic animals (this includes animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal welfare and surgery, and organic farming), Visual and performing arts, Medical research, the relief of disability or severe illness or accommodation of those in need.
Apply here
Positive Pathways Programme
Grants are available to Armed Forces charities for projects and activities that support the mental health and wellbeing of veterans. Fixed grants of £35,000 for one year are available towards project costs. Fixed grants of £35,000 for one year are available towards project costs. Deadline – 30 November.
Apply here
Disabled Peoples Organisations Covid-19 Emergency Fund
The National Emergency Trust has announced £1.5 million of funding to support grassroots Disabled Peoples Organisations (DPOs) across the UK to respond to the Covid-19 needs of disabled people. The funding will be administered and distributed through a partnership of DPOs across the UK. The DPO Covid-19 Emergency Fund aims to support DPOs to meet the needs of disabled people. They are looking to fund Covid-19 related work in the following broad three areas: Independent living, isolation and income
Apply here
True Colours Trust – Small Grants UK – Covid-19 Support
Grant of up to £5000 are available to UK registered charities and organisations with charitable status that are working to make a difference to the lives of disabled children and their families in the UK. The funding aims to help smaller organisations to adapt and continue to deliver their vital services in light of Covid-19 in order to support families in the short to medium term. Deadline 21 September.
Apply here
Chapman Charitable Trust
UK grant-giving charity focused on organisations which promote physical and mental wellbeing, conserve our natural environment, and increase the accessibility of the arts. Most grants awarded are £1,000 or £2000. Application are considered in March and September.
Apply here
Trust The Wakeham Trust
Funds small groups of people who are getting together to make a difference in their communities. Groups can apply for a small grant of between £125 – £2,500. The trust funds projects that encourage the community to service people in their own neighbourhoods and communities, they are especially interested in helping groups that are starting up and need a little seed money to help them get going.
Apply here
Clarion Futures Digital Grants Programme
Grants of between £1,000 – £5,000 are available to organisations seeking to deliver innovative, well designed projects that support Clarion residents and the wider community to address digital exclusion. Applications for Round 4 are now open.
Apply here
Emergency Funding for Small LGBTQ+ Organisations
Comic Relief is funding LGBTQ+ community-led organisations and groups to boost their vital role in supporting LGBTQ+ communities through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. There are two applications deadlines. Applications for micro/small grants of under £5,000 have to be submitted by 22 September, 17:00. Organisations requesting medium or large grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 have until 30 September, 17:00 to submit their application.
Apply here
Southampton City Council – Celebrations Grants
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations in Southampton as a contribution towards the cost of community events that celebrate recognised local, national, or international days. Deadline 30 October.
Apply here
Art Fund
The funding is intended to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to immediate challenges connected to the Covid-19 crisis, and offer support to adapt and reimagine ways of working for the longer-term future. The application deadline for the third round is 12 October.
Apply here
Community Chest
Community Chest is the council’s small grant scheme. Grants of between £100 and £2,500 are available for small, volunteer led community groups. Community and voluntary organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000 supporting Southampton city residents are eligible to apply. Deadline 30 October, noon.
Apply here
Allen Lane Foundation
Grants of between £500 – £15,000 are available to small registered charities, voluntary groups and charitable organisations in the UK for work that makes a difference to people’s lives as opposed to simply alleviating the symptoms or current problems and should aim to reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination. Deadline 30 November.
Apply here
Edition 23 – Wednesday 2 September
£12 Million available for Disabled People’s User-Led Organisations for Covid-19 Support
The National Emergencies Trust (NET) are distributing £12million of funds from its Covid-19 Appeal to a range of charity partnerships. SPECTRUM Centre for Independent Living has been chosen as the partner for the South East. This funding will be awarded to projects that specifically support Disabled People with issues experienced during this period, such as social isolation or issues obtaining food.
Applications from minority Disabled groups, such as BAME and LBGTQ are particularly welcome. Further information, including application forms, will be available from Monday 7th September.
For more information and an application pack, please email or phone Jennie Musson on 023 8020 2629 (Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday mornings).
Apply here
Morrisons Foundation
Charities are being invited to apply for grants from the Morrisons Foundation as they mark their fifth anniversary. The grant-maker is encouraging local charities to visit its website to find out more about applying for grants of up to £25,000 towards projects that help their communities. It puts an emphasis on smaller amounts so it can support as many charities as possible. The average grant size is about £9,000
More information here
Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation Small Grants
Administered by Small Charities Coalition, £100-£1,000 for small registered charities that are temporarily struggling, but otherwise viable. Primarily UK-based, and when overseas only through UK-based charities.
Apply here
Elton John Aids Foundation
Partnering with Frontline AIDS on our second round of emergency funding for people living with and affected by HIV during the Covid-19 pandemic to ensure funding reaches even more of those in the greatest need – including the LGBT community, sex workers, people living with HIV and people who use drugs: Emergency Grants or Catalytic Grants.
Apply here
Theatre Artists Fund
One-off emergency grant of £1,000. Various freelancer roles are eligible, including actors, directors, producers, choreographers, comedians, composers, dancers, magicians, set and scene designers, wardrobe professionals, make-up artists and puppet makers. Next deadline 10 September, noon.
Apply here
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Support to local and regional infrastructure organisations in certain areas of England and Wales to help them adapt to the new environment and develop their financial sustainability. Closing date 9 October.
Apply here
Tesco Bags of Help Covid-19 Communities Fund
Tesco Bags of Help has set up a new fund to support local communities. In order respond quickly to the emergency Tesco Bags of Help has created a streamlined application and payment process to make it easier to get funds out quickly.
The programme will provide a single payment award of £500 to organisations who are supporting vulnerable groups, as part of their emergency response in supporting local communities.
More information here
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
Until April 2021, the fund will focus on the needs of smaller independent organisations and individual practitioners
Apply here
Barrow Cadbury Trust
Emergency response funding to organisations suffering acute financial difficulties working with migrants. Fund reopoened, due to being under-subscribed, and this round has also extended the eligibility criteria. Now open to organisations with an income of £10,000 to £3m that provide services and support targeted at refugees and migrants.
No closing date.
Apply here
Health and Wellbeing Fund
Projects must have run for at least 3 years, develop or expand services for children from preconception to 2-and-a-half years old, be focused on improving health outcomes in black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) communities or areas of high deprivation (including urban, rural and coastal areas). Deadline 30 October, noon.
Apply here
LGBT+ Futures Fund
UK non-profit LGBT+ organisations can apply to a new fund, worth £350,000. Small Grants of up to £5,000 and Main Grants of between £5,001 and £15,000 are available. For ongoing work, core costs and additional work which strengthens the position of LGBT+ organisations and their ability to respond to community needs arising during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apply here
Henry Moore Foundation
The Henry Moore Foundation supports a wide variety of arts projects through its grants programme. Grants are awarded quarterly. Deadline is 9 September.
Apply here
Idlewild Trust
The Idlewild Trust makes grants to registered charities (not to individuals) concerned with the encouragement of excellence in the performing and fine arts and the preservation for the benefit of the public of buildings and items of historical interest or national importance. Deadline is 10 September.
Apply here
National Churches Trust – UK
The National Churches Trust has supported important projects at a wide range of places of worship through its grants programmes. They consider applications from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship throughout the UK. Deadline is 10 September.
Apply here
Barclays Covid-19 Community Funding
Charity partners programme and colleague matched donations.
Apply here
Volant Trust
The Volant Trust is accepting applications to their Covid-19 Response Fund. Registered charities, community interest companies and community organisations that ‘demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic’ can apply.
More information here
Comic Relief Change Maker
To support small to medium UK organisations addressing issues such as homelessness, forced migration, gender justice, mental health and early childhood development. Funding of £150,000 to £600,000 over 3 to 5 years. Closing date 25 September.
Apply here
British Equestrian
The national governing body for equestrian sport in the UK, has been awarded £150,000 of National Lottery funding by Sport England to enable it to support riding centres that are struggling during this difficult time; £300 to £10k.
Apply here
England & Wales Cricket Board
Emergency loans and grants, up to £5k. Scheme extended until December 20 and criteria relaxed.
Apply here
Newby Trust
Special Covid-19 Fund for smaller charities. Priority to existing and recent grant recipients and to charities working in the areas of homelessness, food supplies, domestic violence, mental health, young people and older people. Up to £5,000 to cover core costs or to fund operational changes.
Apply here
Sanctuary Housing
Community Investment Fund. Grants for community initiatives which make a difference to the lives of Sanctuary residents in England, and is currently prioritising initiatives that are responding directly to the challenges of Covid-19.
Apply here
Horse Racing Foundation
The Racing Foundation aims to “make a difference” to the horseracing and Thoroughbred breeding industry by supporting charitable work in the areas of social welfare, training & education, racehorse welfare, equine science research and heritage & culture. Deadline is 11 September.
Apply here
MSE Charity’s ‘Building and Developing Resilience’ Theme
The Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity is currently accepting UK applications but will close as soon as 40 applications are accepted, so groups need to be quick in submitting their application.
In response to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Charity has modified some of the funding criteria for the September 2020 round but has kept the overarching theme the same as in previous years. The Charity will fund projects that focus on building financial capability skills for those who need it most, to support people recovering from the results of the pandemic and equip them to move forward.
The maximum grant is £7,500. The applications most likely to be successful are those that ask for funding for a specific activity cost rather than a general contribution to running costs or a much larger project. Organisations can include requests for up to £500 for IT equipment that is essential for the delivery of the project in their application. Deadline is 25 September.
More information here
Hilton Humanitarian Prize 2021
The annual Hilton Humanitarian Prize, the world’s largest humanitarian award at US$2.5 million, has opened for nominations.
The Prize was last awarded to an organisation in the UK in 2001. That year, the Prize was awarded to St. Christopher’s Hospice which was founded in London in 1967 and began the modern worldwide hospice movement. Nominations for the 2021 Prize will be accepted until 1 October 2020 and must be made online via the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation website.
Apply here
New Fund Supports LGBT+ Organisations Impacted by Pandemic
A new Fund aims to ensure that organisations can meet the immediate needs of LGBT+ people and communities most adversely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Non-profit LGBT+ organisations across the UK can apply for a share of the new £350,000 LGBT+ Futures Fund. The Fund will support ongoing work, core costs and additional work which strengthens the position of LGBT+ organisations and their ability to respond to community needs arising during the Covid-19 pandemic. A proportion of the funding is ringfenced for work that supports LGBT+ People of Colour/those from BAME backgrounds.
Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until all funding has been awarded. The Consortium will award funding in tranches to ensure that enough funding is carried forward to meet the needs of later applicants. Further information can be found on the Consortium’s website.
Apply here
Enterprise Development Programme – Mental Health
Support is available to charities and social enterprises working in the mental health sector in England to make the transition to new enterprises or to grow existing ones. Individual packages of financial and business support are available for successful applicants. Max value: £30,000. Deadline 25 September.
Apply here
Edition 22 – Wednesday 26 August
2021 GSK Impact Awards: funding for health charities
The closing date for the 2021 GSK Impact Awards is fast approaching. Winning organisations will receive core funding of up to £40,000 plus access to excellent training and development to support their leaders. The awards are judged by a prestigious panel of judges and provide national recognition for winning charities. The closing date for applications is Monday 14 September.
More information here
Government opens £3.3m fund to support babies from deprived backgrounds
The The Health and Wellbeing Fund, set up by the Department of Health and Social Care, is designed to help community projects improve learning and development, perinatal mental health and prevent obesity. The fund is also open to applications from charity-run projects aimed at reducing the percentage of babies born with low birthweight, increasing the take-up of breastfeeding, increasing the number of smoke-free homes, improving learning, speech and language development, improving immunisation rates and reducing rates of preventable disease.
Grants of between £200,000 and £510,000 are available over the next three years. The fund is particularly focused on projects supporting babies from deprived areas or black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds. Applications will close at midday on 30 October, with successful projects to be announced In December.
More information here
Catalyst Covid-19 Digital Response
Charities are being invited to apply for a share of a £5m fund designed to help them improve their digital capabilities. The funding will be provided in a mix of grants and support worth up to a maximum of £60,000 per successful organisation.
The fund is expected to prioritise organisations that work with groups that have been disproportionately affected by the Covid-19 pandemic, including older people, people who experience health inequalities or social isolation and disabled people. Of the funds available, £1.8m will be made available in direct grants with the remaining £3.2m going to fund expert support that will be provided to successful applicants.
The scheme is open to any social organisation that is part of a network of 10 or more other charities and is willing to share what it learns with that group. Applications are particularly welcome from user-led organisations and those representing ethnic minority communities, LGBT+, disabled and other marginalised communities, organisers said in a statement. The first deadline for applications is 7 September.
More information here
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
The Kelly Family Trust is interested in funding charities whose activities involve the whole family in initiatives that seek to tackle problems that face one or more of its members, and whose aims include the strengthening of family bonds by helping all elements of the family unit to grow together and support each other. Deadline is 1 September
Apply here
FCC Communities Foundation
FCC Communities Foundation awards grants to community projects from funds donated by FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund. Deadline is 2 September.
Apply here
The Fore
RAFT Transition Fund, unrestricted grants of up to £15,000 for charities and social enterprises, with income under £0.5m, plan for the longer term. Particularly small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access trust and foundation funding in the past. Round 2 opens 21 September, closes 19 October. Updated 22 August.
Apply here
Versus Arthritis – Research Grants
Our ambition is to transform the lives of people with arthritis whilst continuing to fund ground breaking research aimed at preventing the onset of arthritis and developing a cure for arthritis. To achieve this, we’re transforming the scope of our research investment and adopting a new approach to funding, including changes to our committees and new areas of research investment. Deadline is 9 September.
Apply here
NFU Mutual Community Giving Fund
Grants are available for community initiatives and charitable events that are local to the business operations of NFU Mutual across the UK. Maximum value £1,000. Deadline 30 September. [From a quick glance, there are at least 5 local operations spread across Hampshire].
More information here
Help Musicians (UK) – Do It Differently
Grants of £3,000 for professional musicians, who are finding their health, and performance and teaching commitments affected by the Covid-19. Bespoke package of funding and expert advice, including wellbeing and development services. Groups of 6 members or less can also apply. There will be multiple rounds of the Fund over the 3 three months. Deadline for this round is 5pm, 14 September.
Apply here
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust was set up in 1982, by Mrs Jean Beryl Lilian Sainsbury, and is a registered charity (No. 326358). Since then, the Trust has given over £9.5 million to animal welfare charities.
Deadline is 1 September
Apply here
Arts Council England
Fund £500m. Minimum of £50,000 up to a maximum of £3 million. Cultural organisations (both profit and not for profit) based in England. Round 2: Open 4pm, 21 August, Deadline: midday 4 September.
Apply here
Independent Age
Final round. Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 to help smaller UK organisations working with older people. Two main groups – older people living in complex and challenging situations and older people in danger of being out of sight and out of mind. Deadline 9am, 11 September.
Apply here
Government Jobs Support Plan
Not funding per se, but information about the Government’s plan to support jobs, including its new Kickstart Scheme. There may be scope for charities to make use of this, but it’s not yet sufficiently clear.
More information here
More than a Pub: The Community Pub Business Support Programme
After being closed for nearly five months due to the Covid-19 crisis, the programme is now open for applications from community groups that want to take on the ownership of their local pub for the benefit of their community. A total of £2.2. million is available for the current round which runs to December 2020. A comprehensive package of business-development support, advice and loan and grant funding is available to assist community pub businesses consider their viability at all stages of their development.
More information here
Suicide Innovation Prevention Grant Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community groups and other non-profit organisations, for community-based initiatives that help to prevent suicides, save lives and reduce self-harm across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. There is a total funding pot of £65,000 available for the financial year 2020/21. Grants of up to £10,000 are available.
The Fund has been developed by the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sustainability and Transformation Partnership, to fund projects as part of their suicide prevention programme. The Fund is administered by Southampton City Council. Closing date 14 September.
More information here
Peter Cruddas Foundation (England & Wales)
The Peter Cruddas Foundation aims to benefit disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the UK by ensuring their funding reaches those most in need.
Deadline is 1 September
Apply here
Assura Community Fund
Not specifically Covid-19, but boosted by 2.5m donation from company. Charities and local groups around Assura GP surgery, primary care and treatment centre buildings in the UK
Apply here
Culture Recovery Fund: Repayable finance
£270 million for long-term loans of £3m+. Culturally significant organisations that were financially sustainable before Covid-19, but are now at imminent risk of failure and have exhausted all other options for increasing their resilience.
Opens 21 August, deadline midday 9 September.
Apply here
Art Fund – Museum Network
Adapting programmes, being flexible, open to funding all types of activity, even those that would ordinarily be ineligible, decisions very swiftly. Grants £10,000 to £50,000. Round 3 closes 12 October.
Apply here
National Emergencies Trust (NET)
£12m for groups disproportionately impacted and underserved by emergency funds so far. The first £2m of those funds, which will go to disability support network DPO Covid-19 Coalition, led by Disability Action NI, and to LGBT+ Consortium. More will be announced “in the coming weeks”.
More information here
Childs Charitable Trust
Will fund Covid-19, but normal eligibility criteria apply. Must be a registered, or Excepted charity. The Trust’s Mission is to strategically fund Christian organisations which actively share the Christian gospel. Also accept applications for funds to help develop policy, advocacy and research.
More information here
Westquay Giving Back Project
HIWCF has announced that grants of £2,000 are now available for groups in Southampton, from the new Westquay ‘Giving Back Project’. The aim of the grants is to help local charities and organisations that have been hardest hit by the pandemic and lockdown, and are targeting issues such as food poverty, homelessness, domestic violence and employment.
Grants close on 9 September
Apply here
Edition 21 – Wednesday 19 August
Road Safety Trust: Small Grants Plus Programme
Relaunching Small Grants programme, minimum amount £20K and maximum £50K. They particularly encourage applications that respond to changing road use and emerging road safety issues as a result of COVID19. Opens 15 September, deadline 21 October.
Apply here
Government invites arts charities to apply for sustainability loans
The £270m scheme offers loans of £3m or more that are repayable over 20 years with an initial four-year repayment holiday. According to eligibility criteria published on Arts Council England’s website, the fund is open to “cultural organisations – charitable, not for profit, and commercial – operating within the arts, museums, heritage (including built, natural and intangible heritage) sectors, including independent cinemas”. The deadline for applications is midday on 9 September.
More information here
NIHE: Rural Community Awards
To improve community spirit within rural neighbourhoods and encourage rural communities to protect the landscape and to celebrate communities. Four prizes of £1,000 for communities working to improve their respective area, with a focus on how they have helped support residents throughout the Covid-19 lockdown period. Deadline 11 September.
Apply here
True Colours Trust
Has made 12 emergency grants; £10k – £100k, a couple much larger. Children and young people in the UK. Has a small grants programme for UK and Africa. Grants of up to £5,000 for small, locally-based organisations improving standards of palliative care across Africa. Applications for this round of funding are accepted for Covid-19.
Apply here
Barrow Cadbury Trust
Emergency response funding to organisations suffering acute financial difficulties working with migrants. Fund reopoened, due to being under-subscribed, and this round has also extended the eligibility criteria. Now open to organisations with an income of £10,000 to £3m that provide services and support targeted at refugees and migrants.
No closing date.
Apply here
Theatres Trust
Has repurposed its small grants schemes to support theatres to cover the additional costs of reopening after several months’ closure; up to £5000.
Apply here
Magic Little Grants Still Available for 2020
The funding is for physical activity projects which encourage people to participate in sports and exercise with the primary aim of improving their physical health and well-being. The grants can be used to launch new projects, support existing ones, or cover core costs associated with ongoing work. Applications can be made at any time and are reviewed on a monthly basis. The final deadline for 2020 applications is midnight on 31 October.
Apply here
Funding to Reduce Social Isolation in UK’s Armed Forces Communities
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust is offering fixed two-year grants of £70,000 for projects that tackle loneliness within specific groups of the Armed Forces community who are traditionally harder to reach. The deadline for applications is 9 October, noon.
More information here
Edition 20 – Thursday 13 August
Solent Supporting Employment Programme
“HIWCF is delighted to announce the launch of the Solent Supporting Employment Programme, an exciting opportunity for not-for-profit groups to apply for grants of between £30,000-£60,000. Grants are available for organisations in the Solent LEP area helping people to improve their job prospects and move closer towards or into employment.”
The programme is aimed at local organisations with a proven record in employability that are able to reach and support those facing complex barriers to employment, including BAME communities, older people, people with disabilities and people experiencing mental health issues and homelessness.
HIWCF will be holding two online briefings. Click on the relevant date to book a place: 18 August & 25 August
More information here
Social Enterprise Support Fund
This fund opens for round 2 applications on 13 August for one week only. Grants of £10,000 to £300,000 for social enterprises based in England with an annual income of £25K to £1.5 million (pre-Covid). Organisations must be at least one year old, largely reliant on trading and working in a priority area. UnLtd have written a blog on how to write a strong application, and created this short video to support you to apply.
More information here
British Gas Energy Trust Covid-19 Response Fund
£800,000 fund – 9 grants of £40,000 – £180,000 for money advice and support charities in areas where the pandemic has had a severe impact on household incomes and where the demand for money, debt and energy advice services is likely to be high. Funding will be available in specific areas in England and Scotland. Deadline 19 August, noon.
Apply here
Rural Broadband Voucher
If you live in a rural area and have average or poor broadband speeds, the scheme allows you to apply for up to £1,500 for personal homes, and £3,500 for businesses, to install a new connection.
Apply here
Postcode Neighbourhood Trust
Supporting resilience & adapting/expanding services to meet new challenges. £500 up to £20,000. Both core funding and project funding to help organisations increase resilience by adapting or expanding their services, or to meet new challenge. Deadline 19 August.
Apply here
Santander Universities
10 businesses based in the Solent Region can benefit from a grant of £1,600 to purchase additional goods or services to help them to successfully pivot their business, or look to support their workers with equipment or training, or strengthen their marketing capabilities, or whatever would benefit them. Not for rent or direct employee costs. To qualify for this grant you will need to demonstrate how this grant will make a positive impact on your business by completing this form. Your entry will be independently judged, with an announcement made the first week of September 2020 and grant paid by end of that month. Deadline 24 August 2020.
Equine Rescues Emergency Fund
Smaller equine welfare organisations whose primary focus is the rescue and rehoming of equines. The average grant around £2,500-£3,000. Deadline for the 3rd round 16 October.
More information here
Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund
Trusts and foundations are set to grow the UK’s Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund by a further £15m. It’s an emergency loan package for charities and social enterprises who are struggling.
Apply here
Community Anchors’ Fund
Community hubs – grants for a range of costs such as adapting buildings to allow for social distancing, new IT equipment and vital services such as delivering food parcels.
Apply here
National Lottery Phoenix Fund
£1.4m for a new black and ethnic minority-led fund to support communities and BAME leadership practice in England. It will support the Phoenix Fund, a new black and ethnic minority-led fund, that will support communities and BAME leadership practice in England. It will also be part of a wider response to help address long standing inequalities.
Apply here
BFI Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas
£30 million in England, non-profit and independent cinemas. Two categories: safety grants for measures to ensure safety and business sustainability to operate under the new restrictions. Applications open 10 August to 30 October
Apply here
BT Start Up Bursary
New bursary scheme to give 1,000 UK tech start-ups and entrepreneurs a financial head start. From October, eligible companies can apply for a bursary for free fibre broadband and mobile bundles.
Apply here
Common Call Covid-19 Fund
To support Black (and Mixed with Black) social entrepreneurs and change-makers making a difference in their local communities in the UK. Deadline 31 August. £1k to £3k, with 1 year of support.
Apply here
SME Government Grant Fund
£20m to boost recovery of small businesses. Small and medium sized businesses in England can access grants between £1,000 – £5,000 for new equipment and technology and specialist advice, including legal advice.
Apply here
BT Small Business Support
BT is helping small businesses fund the cost of an ultrafast business connection (known as an Ethernet line), by subsidising the total cost by up to £2,500 per customer.
Apply here
Peoples Postcode Lottery
Four funds, £500 – £20k, closes 19 Aug 20. Adapt/expand services, human rights, discrimination, poverty, biodiversity & climate change, health and wellbeing, arts and physical recreation. Deadline 19 August.
Apply here
Grants to help charities access Covid-19 loan scheme
Blended grant funding worth £4m is being made available to be used alongside the Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund to support charities affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Grants will only be awarded alongside a loan if it is clear that the Covid-19 interruption to their business model means that they would struggle to meet a viability threshold for a loan without the grant. In this sense, the grant enables use of the loan fund – it is hoped that this will widen the reach and accessibility of the fund. Assessed on a case by case basis alongside the loan, grants that are awarded will range in size from £40k – £300k and can be 20% to 40% of the loan amount.
More information here
Edition 19 – Wednesday 5 August
Recovery grants of up to £3m available for heritage organisations
Heritage organisations can now apply for grants of up to £3m to help them recover from the effects of the pandemic.
Applications are now open for the £92m Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage that will be distributed by The National Lottery Heritage Fund and Historic England. It is open to heritage organisations managing a heritage site or visitor attraction, private owners of a heritage site, venue or attraction, and organisations managing, maintaining or caring for culturally significant assets or collections. Businesses that are a vital part of the heritage ecosystem, as well as conservators, contractors, specialists and suppliers are also eligible, including organisations that manage culturally significant assets or collections, and non-accredited museums.
Deadline for applications is Monday 17 August.
Apply here
Lloyds Bank Foundation
The £7.4m fund will open for applications on 3 August, for charities across England and Wales with an annual income of between £25,000 and £1m. Eligible organisations must be working to tackle complex social issues such as mental health, homelessness or domestic abuse, and must have a proven track record of helping people achieve positive change in their local communities, the foundation said in a statement. Funding will be offered to 140 charities, and at least a quarter of the money will be allocated to charities led by and for black, Asian, and minority ethnic communities.
Deadline is 11th September. A Q&A webinar with the members of the foundation’s grants team will take place at 2pm on 11 August.
More information here
Forces for Change – New Covenant Fund Grant Program
This year, they are particularly welcoming applications for projects that help Armed Forces communities move to ‘the new normal’, continue to support local needs and reduce isolation, with a particular focus on ensuring that volunteers can carry out local projects that support Armed Forces communities. The Covenant Fund Trust has details of a webinar (18th August at 10.30) on their website to help potential applicants to learn more.
Apply here
NHS Charities Together
£65m, 2 new rounds of grants. £30m community partnership and £35m recovery grants. Recovery grants – longer term effects of Covid-19 and support hospitals in preparedness for any 2nd wave. Community partnership – the impact of the pandemic on settings like hospices.
Apply here
All Churches – Hope Beyond
Churches and Christian charities. Up to £50,000 for projects tackling issues of loneliness and isolation, growing community resilience, promotion of mental health, or developing technological capabilities/online support. Funding may include capital costs and salaries.
Apply here
Social Enterprise Fund England
High Round 2 applications open 13 Aug. £10k – £300k.
Apply here
Portsmouth based organisations
If your organisation hasn’t qualified for support from the government so far, you may be eligible for help from the discretionary grant fund. Portsmouth City Council have a second and final round of applications open for the scheme, with wider criteria. Organisations may be eligible if they occupy property with a rateable value, annual rent or annual mortgage payments of up to £100,000. £800,000 of support is available in this second and final round of funding. Any funds that aren’t taken up by businesses this time round must be returned to central Government, so now is the time to apply. Applications are open until 9am on Monday 17 August.
More information here
Positive Pathways Programme
Part of the Veterans’ Mental Health and Wellbeing Fund. Fixed grants of £35,000 for projects developed by and for veterans. Projects should aim to improve veterans’ mental health and wellbeing by getting veterans out and active. Closes 12 Noon 25 August.
Apply here
William Sutton Prize
Open to individuals or organisations presenting an innovative concept, product or service that will have a positive social impact on a community. This can include those developed during Covid-19, with potential for long-term impact. Two categories, prize £20k in each. Deadline is 30th September.
Apply here
Arts Council England
Fund £500m. Minimum of £50,000 up to a maximum of £3 million. Cultural organisations (both profit and not for profit) based in England. Round 1: Open 10 August – midday 21 August. Round 2: Open 4pm, 21 August, Deadline: midday 4 September.
Apply here
English Grass Roots Music Venues
Venues presenting live grassroots music events in any music genre, including multi-arts venues that host other events and entertainment alongside a main programme of music, and that play a significant role for their communities in developing talent; £1,000 to £80,000. For operational costs incurred between 4 August and 30 September 2020.
Apply here
Do It Now Now
Common Call Covid-19 Fund – specifically aimed at supporting Black-led social enterprises and charities to ensure that they are able to survive the Covid-19 period; £1,000 to £3,000
Apply here
CBILS – Changes 30 July
Organisations previously locked out of the Covid-19 business interruption loan scheme (CBILS), because they were classed as ‘undertakings in difficulty’, will now be able to access government funds.
Apply here
Edition 18 – Wednesday 29 July
Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime commissioner have launched their Covid-19 Keeping Communities Safer Fund. If you or someone you know has got a great idea to help your local community for £500 or less you can ask the Police and Crime Commissioner now.
Apply here
Hope Beyond grants programme
Up to £50,000 for churches and Christian charities working on projects tackling issues of loneliness and isolation, growing community resilience, promotion of mental health, or developing technological capabilities/online support. This could include enabling improved accessibility to buildings/activities and measures to ensure buildings are Covid-19 safe.
Apply here
Secure Communities Scheme
During the current national situation, Burg-Wächter is offering free security kits for community properties, equipment or outdoor areas that need extra security at this time and have limited funds to meet these needs.
Apply here
To Absent Friends
A small grants fund has been set up to support organisations to put on remembrance events as part of this year’s To Absent Friends festival. (1-7 November 2020.)
Apply here
Wiggly Wigglers
£200 grants available for small wildlife charity or wildlife volunteer group that is struggling due to Covid 19.
Apply here
UK Community Foundations
UKCF is making a new infrastructure fund available for organisations that can help even more BAME-led organisations to apply for National Emergencies Trust grants through their local Community Foundations. An initial £250,000 has been allocated for this purpose, with more funds anticipated on a rolling basis.
More information here
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
£50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the Covid-19 outbreak. Grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 are available to organisations which have received funding in the past or are a current grantee.
Apply here
Art Fund
Grants to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to immediate challenges connected to the crisis and offer support to adapt and reimagine ways of working for the future; £10k to £50k. Round 2 – deadline is 17 August.
Apply here
Covid-19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme
Grants up to £100,000 to community organisations in England who are facing financial difficulties caused by Covid-19. The scheme is aimed at organisations delivering services in their local community to support people who are at high risk from Covid-19, with an emphasis on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)-led or BAME-supporting businesses. Application open 4 August 10:00 – 13:00.
More information here
Clinks – looking towards recovery
Phase two – looking towards recovery and a ‘new normal’. Invitation for applications from any voluntary organisation working in the criminal justice system with an annual income of less than £500,000, whether or not you have previously applied for this funding. Re-submission of the same application will not be accepted. Deadline 17 August.
Apply here
Emergency Surplus Food Grant: phase 2
Providing funding opportunities for small surplus food redistributors is open for applications. Grants of between £5,000 and £15,000 are open to micro-to-small sized not for profit operations that currently operate food redistribution activity. Deadline 28 August, 13:00.
Apply here
The National Lottery Community Fund
They have launched a £200m fund for organisations in England. There’ll be distributing the Government funding alongside National Lottery funding, to support organisations to continue to deliver services to people and communities affected by Covid-19. Deadline 12 noon on 17 August.
Apply here
BBC Children in Need
Will match the £10m donation pledge over 10 years made by Stormzy to help tackle racial inequality in the UK. It will create a new funding programme “to support young Black talent to achieve their full potential.
More information here
Groundwork
The Comic Relief Covid-19 Community Fund will provide grants of £4,000 to English grass roots organisations in order for them to respond to the current crisis and recover through enhanced Capacity building grants of £1000.
More information here
The Fore
In Autumn 2020, The Fore’s RAFT Transition Fund is offering unrestricted grants of up to £15,000 to help fantastic small charities and social enterprises plan for the longer term and gain a stronger footing in a post-Covid-19 world.
Apply here
Homeless Link
Currently accepting applications to the Covid-19 Homelessness Response Fund to provide emergency funding during the pandemic. Round 2: A second tranche of £5.5 million was announced on 13 July 2020, and is currently open for applications.
Apply here
Emergency Grassroots Music Venues Fund
Between £1,000 – £80,000 grants to help grassroots music venues in England that are struggling to survive as a result of the Covid-19.
Apply here
Edition 17 – Wednesday 15 July
Social Enterprise Support Fund
Providing grants of between £10,000 and £300,000 to help social enterprises during Covid-19.
The Social Enterprise Support Fund is aimed at social enterprises supporting people at high health risk from Covid-19, and those supporting people facing increased social and economic challenges as a result of Covid-19. They are particularly encouraging applications from enterprises led by those with direct lived experience of the social issues they are trying to solve.
The first round is now live and will close for new applications and submissions on Monday 20th July at the very latest, but may close earlier if the maximum applications for each round are reached. We therefore strongly encourage you to submit your application as early as possible. There will be another opportunity to apply over the next three months, reopening in August.
Apply here
Inspiring Futures
This programme is being funded by £3m from both BBC Children in Need and the Youth Futures Foundation, and will offer grants of up to £80,000 over the next 18 months. The funding is open to UK charities, social enterprises and voluntary organisations that support children and young people (between ages 10 & 24) to develop skills, gain experience and, ultimately, find employment. The funders said they wanted to encourage applications from organisations working with black, Asian and minority ethnic children and young people. Applications will close at 11:30am on 31 July.
Apply here
The Family Fund Trust for families with severely disabled children
The Family Fund helps families across the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child (under 18) and need support with essential items. You can apply to Family Fund subject to a number of criteria which include that you are the parent or carer of a disabled or seriously ill child or young person aged 17 or under and that you have evidence of entitlement to a welfare benefit. You can apply for your own family, or on behalf of a family.
Apply here
Daily Mirror – Pride Of Britain
Fifty projects – £1,000 grant and 20 projects £2,500 to help them get back on their feet as we all adapt to a ‘new-normal’. Deadline Friday 31 Jul 20.
Apply here
Comic Relief Change Makers
Children Survive & Thrive. Gender Justice, Homelessness, Migration Global Mental Health. Open 13 Jul – closes 28 Aug. Funding 3 to 5 years, from £150k to £600k.
Apply here
Baring Foundation
£1 million Strengthening Civil Society Programme, which supports civil society to use the law to achieve social change; 3 new funding streams to support our grantholders and broader civil society to tackle the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apply here
Sky Badger – Disability
If you’re working in disability, Sky Badger has lots of great resources, including categorised funder lists.
Apply here
SSE Trade Back Grants
Match ‘pound-for-pound’ an increase in income from trading above Covid period levels. Two parts: small grant to kick-start recovery efforts, plus an incentivised grant to accelerate growth by rewarding an increase in income from trading.
Apply here
2021 GSK Impact Awards
Applications are now open for the 2021 GSK IMPACT Awards, which provide core funding and free training for charities that are working to improve people’s health in the UK. Up to 20 awards will be made, ranging from £3,000 to £40,000, plus free training and development valued at a further £9,500. Organisations will also have a film made, receive help with press and publicity, and be given a set of promotional materials. Closing date: 14th September
Apply here
AB Charitable Trust
AB Charitable Trust supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus on: migrants, refugees and asylum seekers prisoners and penal reform human rights, particularly access to justice. Deadline is 31 July.
Apply here
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants
The Arts Council will reopen applications for National Lottery Project Grants on 22 July; £60m until April 21.
Apply here
Comic Relief – BAME
New £3.4m fund to provide support to hundreds of small Black, Asian, and minority ethnic focused projects across the UK
Apply here
Julia and Hans Rausing Trust
The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust has launched a new ‘Charity Survival Fund’. A total of £10 million will be made available to support charities in the UK, specifically focusing on small and medium size charities. The aim is to provide core funding to help charities overcome the impact of Covid-19, offsetting lost income. Deadline for applications is 27 July.
Apply here
Quartet Community Foundation – Recovery Fund
Not for Hampshire, but relevant for orgs working in Dorset. New Covid-19 recovery funding programme. Voluntary and community organisations working with disadvantaged communities in the West of England. No closing date. Up to £10,000, including core costs and adapting to restrictions
Apply here
TWA Digitisation Grant
This year offering three primary grants of equal value in order to provide as many organisations an opportunity to digitise their heritage collections.
Apply here
TDS Charitable Foundation
The TDS Charitable Foundation is looking to support projects which focus on one of the following themes:
Promoting knowledge of landlords’ obligations.
Promoting knowledge of tenants’ rights & responsibilities.
The maximum grant available is £10,000 and the deadline for applications is 25 September 2020.
Apply here
Can you help more BAME-led organisations to access Covid-19 crisis funds?
UK Community Foundations (UKCF) is making a new infrastructure fund available for organisations that can help more BAME-led organisations to apply for National Emergencies Trust (NET) grants through their local Community Foundations. An initial £250,000 has been allocated for this purpose, with more funds anticipated on a rolling basis.
UKCF is seeking applications from BAME-led infrastructure organisations to access the new fund. Grants between £5,000 – £20,000 over a maximum of three months are available.
Applications will be considered by an independent panel every week and awards made as quickly as possible thereafter.
More information here
Centre for Social Justice Awards
High profile award ceremony that honours the best grassroot, poverty-fighting charities and social enterprises across Britain; 4 winners will receive a £10,000 grant and be profiled in front of hundreds of leading figures. Applications open: 6 Jul – 11 Oct 20.
Apply here
Youth Music Incubator Fund
£2m Incubator Fund, offering grants of up to £30,000 over 2 years to music industry employers to support the career development of young creatives aged 18-25.
Apply here
The Shipwrecked Mariner’s Society
£1 million Covid – 19 Response Fund to provide financial support to UK merchant seafarers and fishers.
Apply here
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
Grants of up to £10,000 for WCMT Fellows’ Covid-19 related activities.
Apply here
Edition 16 – Wednesday 8 July
Alice Ellen Cooper Dean Charitable Foundation
Grants are available to registered charities, both local and national, that are working for the relief of poverty, distress and sickness and the advancement of education, religion and charitable purposes which benefit communities in Dorset and West Hampshire. Generally £2,000 to £10,000. No website, contact the trust for more information 01305 251333 or Email
Debt advice providers
Open At last – information about this funding on the MAPs website! The Treasury announced a £37.8 million support package for debt advice providers, and are holding early engagement activity.
More information here
To be eligible for funding, you must:
- Hold relevant FCA authorisations
- Provide free to customer debt advice
- Hold a MaPS accredited quality standard or relevant FCA authorisation
- Meet existing debt technical supervision requirements.
They mention a webinar being held of 17th July, but I’m unable to find any further reference to this.
Frugi’s Happy Childhood Fund
Grants are available for small UK charities for projects which support children living in poverty. No grant amount specified.
Apply here
Four Lanes Trust (Basingstoke)
Grants are available for local voluntary and community groups undertaking projects in the arts, social and community action and education that will benefit Basingstoke residents. Grants of between £500 and £1,000 are normally awarded; however, larger grants are considered from time to time.
Apply here
Greenham Trust – Community Grant Awards
Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking charitable activities that benefit communities in West Berkshire and North Hampshire. The average grant size awarded is £1,750. The maximum grant awarded is £30,000. Applications are unlikely to get 100% funding.
Apply here
Hendy Foundation
Grants are available for local projects and groups which are making a difference to people’s lives in the areas in which Hendy Group dealerships are located in the South of England. Grants of £500 to £,5000 are available.
Apply here
Listeners Trust
One-off grants are available for not-for-profit organisations undertaking Christian projects in the City of Southampton and the county of Hampshire. The pattern of grants shows £830 as average, with occasional larger sums. The Trustees are keen to support one or two projects with larger sums. Such awards are intended to make a crucial difference to the projects.
Apply here
New Forest LEADER Programme
Funding Body: DEFRA. Financial assistance is available for farmers, foresters, rural businesses, social enterprises and community organisations based in the New Forest LEADER Programme area. Grants of £2,500 to £50,000. All grant recipients must provide their own ‘match-funding’ contribution – from 20% to 60% of the project cost.
Apply here
Radian – Community Grants
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for not-for-profit community service projects that meet the needs of Radian residents and the wider community. Grants of up to £1,500 are available per group per year. Larger grants may be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Apply here
Kick-starting Tourism Package
The government has announced a new £10 million “Kick-starting Tourism” Package. The package will give small businesses in tourist destinations grants of up to £5,000 to help them adapt following the Covid-19 pandemic. We don’t have any further details, but the announcement can be found here
Fund Anchor Foundation
The Anchor Foundation supports Christian charities concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts. Deadline is 31 July.
Apply here
Eastleigh Borough Council – Small Grants Scheme for Sports Clubs
Grants are available to local sports clubs for projects that make a difference to the local community, and for individuals who show extreme sporting potential. Grants of between £50 and £250 per group or individual are available.
Apply here
Ford Britain Trust
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools for projects that benefit local communities in Great Britain with preference given to Essex, including East London, Southampton, Daventry, Manchester, Liverpool, and Bridgend (South Wales). Small Grants of between £1 and £250, and large Grants of between £251 and £3,000.
Apply here
Hampshire County Councillor Grants
One-off grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for projects that will benefit local residents throughout Hampshire. Funding can assist with a wide range of groups and activities. One-off grants of between £100 and £10,000 are available.
Apply here
Henry Smith Charity – County Grants
Grants are available to small not-for-profit organisations and registered charities for projects involved with health and social welfare in the counties of Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Leicestershire, Suffolk, Surrey, East Sussex and West Sussex. One-year grants of between £500 and £10,000 and grants of up to £20,000 spread over either two or three years are available.
Apply here
Loddon and Test LEADER Programme
Funding Body: DEFRA. Financial assistance is available for farmers, foresters, rural businesses, social enterprises and community organisations based in the Loddon and Test LEADER Programme area. Grants are available for between £2,500 and £25,000.
Apply here
New Forest Trust – Love the Forest Grants
Grants are available to promote the conservation, protection, understanding and improvement of the New Forest. Grants of between £50 and £5,000 are available for up to 100% of project costs.
Apply here
North Wessex Downs Sustainable Development Fund
Funding Body: Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra). Grants are available for innovative, sustainable projects that bring environmental, social and economic benefits to the North Wessex Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The average grant is between £1,000 and £3,000. Larger grants may be considered at the discretion of the Panel.
Apply here
Test Valley Borough Council – Community Asset Fund
Grants are available to assist with the construction, renovation or alteration of local community buildings and play and recreation equipment in Test Valley. Funding is also available for local public art projects. Grants are available for up to 50% of the total cost of a project, with contributions from £2,000 up to a maximum of £25,000.
Apply here
SC Johnson Company
Grants are available for local charities or Community Amateur Sports Clubs undertaking projects in the areas of community and economic development, education, environment and sustainability, social services, health and wellness and arts, culture and humanities. All grants are considered on a case by case basis, and as such there is no minimum or maximum value.
Apply here
UK Government – Homelessness
£105m fund. To help rough sleepers secure their own tenancies as well as provide short-term housing
Apply here
Covid Summer Food Fund
To support children over the summer holiday period who usually receive free school meals. Through the Fund, schools can offer £90 voucher to cover the six-week holiday period, or £105 if the holiday lasts seven full weeks.
Apply here
DM Thomas Foundation for Young People
Provides funding for organisations which work to improve the lives of children and young people, focussing on CYP with disabilities; who are sick in hospital; who are life limited; or struggling with mental health. Deadline for this round is 22 July.
Apply here
Fareham Borough Council – Community Grants Programme
One-off grants are available to local voluntary groups, clubs and organisations for projects in Fareham that benefit the community. Groups can apply for any amount, but groups seeking more than £5,000 are expected to contribute at least the same amount of money to the project from other sources.
Apply here
Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust
Grants are available to UK registered charities for charitable activity that falls within the Trust’s current funding priorities, either nationally or specifically in Hampshire or West Sussex. Although the Trust does not specify a typical grant size, the majority of grants are between £5,000 and £7,000.
Apply here
John Coates Charitable Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities and general charitable projects that address the categories supported by the Trust and take place in London, Cambridge or surrounding area, Hampshire, North West Norfolk, North Devon, Surrey and West Sussex. Generallly grants are awarded for one year. They are unrestricted and range from £5,000 to £10,000.
Apply here
Miss Pannett Charitable Trust
Grants for UK charities working in medical care and support activities predominantly in East Sussex. Funding is provided at the discretion of the Trustees, however the annual income of the Trust is usually below £10,000. No website, for further details contact the Trust 01435 810 443 or Email
Radcliffe Trust
Classical music performance and training, especially for those with special needs, youth orchestras and at secondary and higher levels. Heritage & Crafts that underpin the UK’s heritage and crafts sector. Deadline for both strands is 31st July
Apply here
Radian – Life Improvement Grants
Grants are available to residents for projects that will make a real difference to communities in the Radian Group area which covers Berkshire, Buckinghamshire, Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Surrey, Sussex, and Wiltshire. The average grant awarded is £2,500.
Apply here
New Forest National Park – Sustainable Communities Fund
Grants are available for organisations, community groups from the public and voluntary sector and individuals to support projects that promote sustainable living and working within the New Forest National Park. Grants of up to £2,000 can support 100% of project costs.
Apply here
The Steel Charitable Trust
The five current funding priorities are: Arts & heritage; Education; Environment, Health; and Social/economic disadvantage
Apply here
Rushmoor Borough Council – Community Grants
Grants are available to voluntary, community, arts and youth groups to provide projects for the benefit of local people in Rushmoor. Grants of between £50 and £1,500 are available.
Apply here
Theatres Trust
Has adapted its London Small Theatres Grants Scheme, plus other support.
Apply here
Edition 15 – Wednesday 1 July
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation
The Community Foundation still has 3 ‘pots’ of funding available for between £1,000 and £10,000. They are particularly encouraging applications from Black, Asian and Minority Ethic (BAME) communities, but also welcome applications from other organisations.
Apply here
Aviva Community Fund
Now re-opened. Projects that enable causes to adapt or continue their vital services by covering core running costs. Closes 28th July.
Apply here
Stop Loan Sharks Community Fund
Open again for bids from charities, voluntary organisations and community groups involved in activities that have a positive impact on their communities. The Fund is made up of money seized from convicted loan sharks. Grants up to £5,000.
Apply here
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
Normal grant making suspended. Instead, inviting emergency applications from charities which the Trust has previously supported.
Apply here
See, Hear, Respond
Update on this programme … Barnardo’s have had a large volume of interest from organisations wanting to partner with them and have therefore extended the date for submitting an expression of interest to 10th July 2020. Contact the regional co-ordinator for an initial discussion.
More information here
Equine Rescues Emergency Fund
UK equine welfare organisations with income under £500,000. Organisations for whom the rescue and rehoming of equines is the primary focus are eligible to apply for grants of up to £5,000, with Petplan expecting the average grant to be around £2,500. The fund is to make up for the loss of income experienced. Closes 24 July.
Apply here
Brighter Life Community Programme
Support focused on health, but arts, culture and education projects also supported. During the Covid-19 crisis they have made additional funding available to support Hampshire based charities, where the charity itself or its beneficiaries have been impacted by the crisis. To apply for funding, read the Terms of Reference and submit an application.
Racing Welfare
Streamlined application for Covid-19 Hardship Grants for anyone working in the British horseracing and breeding industry. Immediate basic needs, such as food, electricity and heating; fortnightly amounts of £150 for single applicants and £210 for families.
Apply here
Wesleyan Foundation
Registered charities, constituted voluntary and community groups, and social enterprises with, income under £500,000. Grants of £2,000 to £10,000 to help the most disadvantaged and vulnerable. No closing date.
Apply here
Funding for debt advice providers
We’ve mentioned this in the last couple of newsletters, but there’s STILL no information on the website. If you are hoping to access this funding, I suggest you contact MAPS to find out what is happening. Pester power! The Treasury has announced a £37.8 million support package for debt advice providers. The Money and Pensions Service will oversee the allocation of the funds and will set out the process for allocating funds in the coming weeks at
More information here
Hymans Robertson Foundation
Hardship fund launched to give additional funding to organisations already supported by this funder.
Apply here
The lovely folks at Basingstoke Voluntary Action (BVA) have created a very helpful funding bulletin which you can see here
They will also provide Hampshire VCOs with a free tailored funding search to help you find suitable grants for your organisation or project. This service is provided free of charge by Basingstoke Voluntary Action on behalf of the Hampshire CVS Network. To find out more visit Funding Finder
(If you remember, please mention that you saw it advertised in this newsletter – thanks).
Edition 14 – Wednesday 24 June
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities encouraged to apply for funding
Hampshire and IOW Community Foundation is encouraging charities and groups who serve the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to apply for funding. If you are part of a BAME organisation looking for funding, we encourage you to apply. Please spread the word.
Apply here
Art Fund
Grants to help museums, galleries and cultural organisations respond to immediate challenges connected to the crisis and offer support to adapt and reimagine ways of working for the future; £10k to £50k. Three rounds, Round 1 closes 6 July
Apply here
Police and Crime Commissioner
Grants up to £10,000 to address emerging issues and the impact of the pandemic for victims of crime, those individuals who cause harm and the most vulnerable in communities in Hampshire, Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and Southampton.
Apply here
Sport England Open Call
Solutions to tackle inequalities that can help break down barriers to activity. Successful applicants will be supported with a combination of advice, further training, insight, access to connections across the industry, and funding. Closes noon 24 June.
Apply here
Nationwide Community Grants
Nationwide have £4 million to give away in grants of between £10,000 and £50,000. Closing date is 31st July 2020.
They are funding charities, Community Benefit Societies and Cooperatives registered with the FCA or Community Land Trusts who are delivering housing projects that prevent people from losing their home, help people into a home or supporting people to thrive within the home environment.
See more here
High Street Task Force
Free access to online training programmes, webinars, data and intelligence on topics including recovery planning and coordination, public space and place marketing.
Apply here
Seafarers UK
New Seafarers £2 million UK Covid-19 Emergency Fund for 2020/2021. Charities and other organisations providing frontline and support services to merchant seafarers, UK fishers and their families.
Apply here
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Foundation
New Covid-19 Initiatives Fund to be announced in near future, for both grantees and non-grantees, for new initiatives that (a) challenge current responses to and narratives about the crisis or (b) build support for systemic change in a post-Covid society.
Apply here
Edge Foundation Covid-19 Revival Fund
£250,000 fund. Grants £10,000 to £50,000 for projects and initiatives that will revive the education sector to help build it back stronger.
Apply here
Funding for debt advice providers
The Treasury has announced a £37.8 million support package for debt advice providers. The Money and Pensions Service will oversee the allocation of the funds and will set out the process for allocating funds in the coming weeks at the Money and Pensions Service. There’s nothing on the website yet, but keep your eyes peeled.
NatWest Social & Community Capital
Core funding for non-profits that trade and employ people people from vulnerable or disadvantaged groups, with income £50k to £1m. Open from 22 June for 1 week, or possibly longer. Grants from £5k to £50k
Apply here
Domestic abuse safe accommodation: Covid-19 emergency support fund
The Government has opened a second bidding round to allocate the remainder of the £10 million Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation: Covid-19 Emergency Support Fund. Round 2 will award the remaining £1.85 million on a rolling ‘first come, first served basis’
Apply here
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
UK registered charities £1m+ income pa. Next round opens 1 July, closes 31 July, up to £1000; disadvantaged and vulnerable people aged 60 and over affected by the crisis.
Apply here
Ecclesiastical offers grants of £50,000
Charities are being invited to apply for a share of £500,000 in funding from the specialist insurer Ecclesiastical. They are offering 10 grants of £50,000 through its Movement for Good Awards, which can be used for the advancement of education, skills, arts, culture or community development. Deadline is 24 July.
Apply here
Funding bulletin brought to you by the CVS network
The lovely folks at Basingstoke Voluntary Action (BVA) have created a very helpful funding bulletin which you can see here. They will also provide Hampshire VCOs with a free tailored funding search to help you find suitable grants for your organisation or project. This service is provided free of charge by Basingstoke Voluntary Action on behalf of the Hampshire CVS Network. To find out more visit BVA Funding Finder – (If you remember, please mention that you saw it advertised in Action Hampshire’s newsletter – thanks!)
Edition 13 – Wednesday 17 June
Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities encouraged to apply for funding
Hampshire and IOW Community Foundation is encouraging charities and groups who serve the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to apply for funding. If you are part of a BAME organisation looking for funding, we encourage you to apply. Please spread the word.
Apply here
Foyle Foundation
Not Covid-19 specific, but small grants scheme now open. Core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or online digital services. Priority small local charities delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or general community; income £150k or less.
Apply here
Switch Aid
Support for smaller registered charities and not-for-profits by providing a professional cloud phone system, fully funded for 3 months. Switch Aid is a non-profit itself.
Apply here
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
UK registered charities £1m+ income pa. Next round opens 1 July, closes 31 July, up to £1000; disadvantaged and vulnerable people aged 60 and over affected by the crisis.
Apply here
The Charity Of Sir Richard Whittington
Not Covid-19 specific, but has made a number of grants, up to £10k. Individual grants to people in dire financial need and charities that provide services to those people.
Apply here
Funding for debt advice providers
The Treasury has announced a £37.8 million support package for debt advice providers. The Money and Pensions Service will oversee the allocation of the funds and will set out the process for allocating funds in the coming weeks. Keep your eyes peeled.
Edge Foundation’s Post Covid-19 Revival Fund Taking Applications
The Edge Foundation is providing a one-off funding opportunity for educational establishments and not-for-profit organisations working within the education sector.
Apply here
Asda Foundation
The Asda Foundation has created two new grant schemes: the Hygiene Grant and the Healthy Holiday Grant
• Hygiene Grant: the Foundation expects applications to come from care homes, hospices, hospitals, and homeless shelters.
• The Healthy Holiday Grant: applications expected from groups who would normally be providing summer holiday activities for children that would ensure they are provided with a hot meal.
Contact the Community Champion at your local Asda for further information.
Comic Relief
The Next Steps response programme will support delivery for children and young people affected by the pandemic. Eligible organisations will be able to apply for up to £80,000 for projects commencing in September 2020.
Apply here
Red Cross Hardship Fund
Financial help for people who can’t afford the essentials such as food and toiletries, somewhere safe to sleep, access to a telephone and the internet and fuel to keep the lights on, cook or stay warm; £120 or a 3 month grant.
Apply here
Edge Foundation Covid-19 Revival Fund
£250,000 fund. Grants £10,000 to £50,000 for projects and initiatives that will revive the education sector to help build it back stronger.
Apply here
BBC Children in Need’s Covid-19 Next Step Grants Programme Accepting Applications
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, BBC Children in Need is offering grants of between £5,000 and £80,000 for projects starting in September 2020 and lasting up to 18 months.
Apply here
See, Hear, Respond
Barnardos will be distributing £7m of Covid-19 funding from the government to children’s charities. It will open for expressions of interest in “the coming weeks”. Contact your local Regional Co-ordinator
More information here
Equity Charitable Trust
The Trust has partnered with Audible to distribute welfare grants to actors, performers and voice over actors who have previously worked with Audible.
Apply here
Survivors of modern slavery
£1.73m. Emergency support to modern slavery charities for individuals supported through the Modern Slavery Victim Care Contract and will allow victims to stay in government-funded safe accommodation for the next 3 months, access financial assistance, access support services remotely, and ensure we can manage additional demand on the services during this period.
Apply here
Nationwide Community Grants
Nationwide have £4 million to give away in grants of between £10,000 and £50,000. Closing date is 31st July 2020.
They are funding charities, Community Benefit Societies and Cooperatives registered with the FCA or Community Land Trusts who are delivering housing projects that prevent people from losing their home, help people into a home or supporting people to thrive within the home environment.
Apply here
Stop Loan Sharks Community Fund Accepting Applications
The England Illegal Money Lending Team is accepting applications from local charities, voluntary organisations and community groups to support projects that raise awareness of the issues of the dangers of illegal money lending in their community.
Apply here
Discretionary Grants Fund (Updated 16th June 2020)
Most local authorities have now closed their discretionary grant schemes, but a few are still open. This government funding is available for charities with properties that receive charity business rates relief. But it is discretionary and each local authority has slightly different eligibility criteria.
| Local authority | Deadline for applications |
| Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council | Closed |
| East Hampshire District Council | Closed |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | Closed |
| Fareham Borough Council | Closed |
| Gosport Borough Council | 3rd July (Midnight) |
| Hart District Council | 22nd June (5pm) |
| Havant Borough Council | Closed |
| Isle of Wight Council | Temporarily suspended |
| New Forest District Council | Closed |
| Portsmouth City Council | 22nd June (4.30pm) |
| Rushmoor Borough Council | Closed |
| Southampton City Council | 1st July |
| Test Valley Borough Council | 23rd June |
| Winchester City Council | Closed |
Edition 12 – Wednesday 10 June
Covid-19 Community Support Fund
Inundated, but still open. Full details of how to apply can be found on the National Lottery’s website. It’s a ‘first come, first served’ funding round. So if you’re interested, apply sharpish!
NET encourages Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic organisations to apply for funding
The National Emergencies Trust (NET) is encouraging charities and groups who serve the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to apply for funds. The NET funding for Hampshire and the unitaries is distributed by Hampshire and IOW Community Foundation. If you are part of a BAME organisation looking for funding, we encourage you to apply.
Apply here
Asda Foundation
The Asda Foundation has created two new grant schemes: the Hygiene Grant and the Healthy Holiday Grant.
- Hygiene Grant: the Foundation expects applications to come from care homes, hospices, hospitals, and homeless shelters.
- The Healthy Holiday Grant: applications expected from groups who would normally be providing summer holiday activities for children that would ensure they are provided with a hot meal.
Contact the Community Champion at your local Asda for further information.
UNISON – There for You
£250k fund. Grants up to £250 for UNISON members.
Apply here
John Spedan Lewis Foundation
UK registered charities for which natural history topics and horticulture are explicitly stated among their charitable purposes. Natural history topics can include wildlife conservation, entomology and ornithology. Horticultural charities must directly benefit UK wildlife. Up to £20k, closes 14 June.
Apply here
Heritage at Risk Fund
Historic England is awarding grants of up to £25,000 to support the re-opening of publicly accessible historic buildings and sites. Charities responsible for the maintenance and repair of buildings and structures listed at grade I and II status are being invited to apply for the Heritage at Risk Fund by 28 June.
Apply here
Resourcing Racial Justice funding
Resourcing Racial Justice has funding available for individuals, groups or organisations who are fighting for racial justice. The grants are between £5-£50k and they hosted a webinar (which you can listen back to) where you can find out more about the application process, where the funding comes from and what kind of projects they are looking for. Closes 15th June.
Apply here
Rosa
Grants of up to £10,000. UK women’s organisations, Covid-19 Response Fund. Particularly welcomes proposals from women’s organisations that address the critical needs of marginalised women and girls.
Apply here
Nationwide Community Grants
Nationwide have £4 million to give away in grants of between £10,000 and £50,000. Closing date is 31st July 2020.
They are funding charities, Community Benefit Societies and Cooperatives registered with the FCA or Community Land Trusts who are delivering housing projects that prevent people from losing their home, help people into a home or supporting people to thrive within the home environment.
Apply here
The Elizabeth Casson Trust
The Trust will be offering funding to develop support for occupational therapists – the deadline for submission of proposals is 11 June 2020, and more details can be found here. The Trust is also offering funding of up to £10,000 to support innovative practice in local areas – deadline for submission is 9 July.
Apply here
Clinks
Voluntary organisations working in the criminal justice system with under £500,000 annual income can apply for grant funding to support their work during Covid-19. Clinks is looking for organisations with an existing relationship with HMPPS who are delivering, or have a track record of delivering, services to support people in prison, through-the-gate and in the community in the context of Covid-19. Clinks expects to provide grants of £3,000 – £5,000. No organisation will be granted more than £20,000.
Apply here
See, Hear, Respond
Barnardos will be distributing £7m of Covid-19 funding from the government to children’s charities. It will open for expressions of interest in “the coming weeks”.
More information here or contact your local Regional Co-ordinator
Explore
The Explore programme will help charities to scope a digital solution to improve outcomes for the people they support, and to build the skills to develop a strong, user-led approach to digital service delivery.
The programme will allow charities to engage in a 12-week learning journey to scope out the kinds of digital services they might provide and to explore how digital technology could transform the ways they work. The programme includes grants of £5,000 for individual organisations or £7,500 for collaborations.
The application process is open to UK charities and not-for-profit orgs with incomes over £75,000 and should address one of Comic Relief’s core issue areas. More information is available here. Applications close on 22nd June 2020.
Edition 11 – Wednesday 3 June
Discretionary Grants Fund
Updated 9th June 2020
This government funding is open to charities with properties that receive charities business rates relief. But it is discretionary and each local authority has slightly different eligibility criteria.
Your local authority will not contact you – you will need to apply. See the table below for your local criteria and deadline dates.
Discretionary Grants Fund at 3 June 2020
| Local authority | Deadline for applications |
| Basingstoke & Deane Borough Council | 5th June (4.30pm) |
| East Hampshire District Council | 11th June (Midnight) |
| Eastleigh Borough Council | 12th June |
| Fareham Borough Council | 16th June (4.30pm) |
| Gosport Borough Council | Details not yet published |
| Hart District Council | 22nd June (5pm) |
| Havant Borough Council | 11th June (6pm) |
| Isle of Wight Council | No deadline provided |
| New Forest District Council | 12th June (5pm) |
| Portsmouth City Council | 22nd June (4.30pm) |
| Rushmoor Borough Council | 16th June (5pm) |
| Southampton City Council | Details not yet published |
| Test Valley Borough Council | 23rd June |
| Winchester City Council | 15th June (Midnight) |
Covid-19 Community Support Fund
As previously advertised in the newsletter – full details of how to apply can be found on the National Lottery’s website. It’s a ‘first come, first served’ funding round. So if you’re interested, apply sharpish!
Local Community Fund
The Co-op’s new funding round is now open. They are looking for local organisations and groups supporting those most in need, improving mental and physical wellbeing or building community resilience. Deadline 28th June.
Apply here
Barrow Cadbury Trust
No specific Covid-19 funding, but has made 4 substantial grants of £30k+. A change-maker rather than a Grantmaker, creating portfolios of work to bring about systemic change.
Apply here
SEGRO
£10 million centenary fund for communities across the UK and Europe. £1m will be allocated to provide emergency relief and which will help address the longer-term impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apply here
Savills Charitable Fund
Savills has announced an allocation of over £800,000 to be taken from its existing charitable fund and donated to nominated charities across the UK
Apply here
True Colours Trust
No specific Covid-19 funding, but has made 12 emergency grants; £10k – £100k, a couple much larger. Children and young people in the UK. Has a small grants programme for UK and Africa, but no Covid-19 grants made for this.
Apply here
NET encourages Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic organisations to apply for funding
The National Emergencies Trust (NET) is encouraging charities and groups who serve the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to apply for funds. The NET funding for Hampshire and the unitaries is distributed by Hampshire and IOW Community Foundation. If you are part of a BAME organisation looking for funding, we encourage you to apply.
Apply here
Blagrave Trust
No specific Covid-19 funding, but has made 7 emergency grants; 14-25 years age group, with a mission to enable them to make a successful transition to adulthood.
Apply here
Berkley Foundation
No specific Covid-19 funding, but has made 22 emergency grants of £10k. Registered charities and CICs supporting young people, across London, Birmingham and the South of England.
Apply here
Land Aid
The property industry charity emergency, to support young homeless people and the charities that support them. Fund has raised £170,000 and aims to raise at least £1m over the coming months. Grants of up to £10,000 (only open to current partners).
Apply here
Extraordinary Funding for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Support Services
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is inviting organisations to apply for funding to secure the provision of services that will directly address emerging issues and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Deadline extended to Friday 5th June at 13.00.
Apply here
Joseph Levy Foundation
No specific Covid-19 funding, but has made a couple of emergency grants; supporting children and young people with Autism in the UK and Israel.
Apply here
Wooden Spoon
Pledged £200,000 to support small charities helping vulnerable children. Funds for UK children’s charities that are struggling to run essential services due a reduction in funding caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Apply here
Virgin Money Foundation
No specific Covid-19 funding, but has made 18 emergency grants; mainly £10k to £20k. Works in partnership with organisations who are committed to regenerating their area by investing in community activities that have a meaningful impact.
Apply here
Edition 10 – Thursday 28 May
Extraordinary Funding for Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Support Services
Closing date Monday 1 June, 13.00
The Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) is inviting organisations to apply for funding to secure the provision of services that will directly address emerging issues and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Further information on how to apply, details of the grant process and guidance for completing the form, can be found here. NB. For those who are not eligible for this fund, the PCC also has a Covid-19 Response Fund
Covid-19 Community Support Fund
Government funding distributed by the National Lottery. To increase community support to vulnerable people, and to reduce temporary closures of essential charities and social enterprises. First come, first served. Apply quickly before the money runs out.
Apply here
Innovate 2020
Online pitch contest that connects Entrepreneurs & Start-ups with Experts, Mentors & Investors. Over £50,000 in prizes; including mentoring from business experts, best practice content and cash.
Apply here
Material Change, The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Support Grant Package
£600,000 fund launched to support charity electrical waste reuse organisations – registered charity AATF’s. Closes 1 June.
Apply here
George Bairstow Charitable Trust
UK registered charities. Emergency Aid in communities, volunteering and enhancing the skills among young people. Not specifically Covid-19 funding, but the current challenges are recognised and they remain ‘open for business’.
Apply here
Youth Endowment Foundation
£6.5m Covid-19 grant round to support vulnerable young people, aged 10 to 14, at risk of youth violence in England and Wales. Minimum grant is £25,000, no maximum. Closes 3 June.
Apply here
Loneliness Fund – UK Government
£5m fund. Grants between £500,000 and £1m, to ensure people staying at home does not need to lead to loneliness. National charities providing frontline services in England can apply, but services will focus on groups particularly at risk of loneliness and groups that have a track record of successful delivery.
Apply here
Corona Funding
To support social startups and SMEs, that are otherwise healthy, at risk of running out of capital in the near future.
Apply here
Clinks
£275,000 from HM Prison and Probation Service. Existing grantees, income under £500,000 pa, services to support people in prison, through-the-gate and in the community in the context of Covid-19. Grants between £3,000 and £5,000
Apply here
NET encourages Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic organisations to apply for funding
The National Emergencies Trust (NET) is encouraging charities and groups who serve the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities to apply for funds. The NET funding for Hampshire and the unitaries is distributed by Hampshire and IOW Community Foundation. If you are part of a BAME organisation looking for funding, we encourage you to apply.
Apply here
Independent Age
£2m to help smaller UK organisations working with older people – 4 rounds of £0.5m funding, grants up to £15,000. Round 1 deadline 9am, 4 June.
Apply here
Small Charities Challenge Fund
Project grants of up to £50,000 to small UK-registered charities and not-for-profit organisations that are seeking to address the Global Goals. As a result of the Covid-19 outbreak, SCCF’s latest funding round will prioritise applications that can demonstrate that they are responding to the longer-term impacts of Covid-19 in the context of the Global Goals.
Apply here
7 Stars Foundation
Unrestricted funding for UK charities, at risk young people across the themes of abuse; addiction; homelessness and those who are supporting young carers. Grants up to £2,500 for charities with a turnover of under £1.5m. Opens in July
Apply here
The Community Justice Fund
The Community Justice Fund has been formed by a partnership of key representative umbrella bodies to help specialist social welfare legal advice organisations to cope with the immediate impact of the COVID-19 epidemic and lay the foundations for longer term renewal. Grants are likely to be between £25,000 and £75,000, but could be larger in certain circumstances. The Fund aims to assess applications on a weekly basis and decisions received within ten days of an application being submitted.
Apply here
Mercers Charitable Foundation
A number of small grants to enable existing grant holders to extend their charitable reach through emergency response.
Apply here
Tampon Tax Fund
Open to individual, and consortia of, charitable organisations UK wide for projects in 3 categories violence against women and girls, young women’s mental health and well being, and a general programme. Applications of £1m or more.
Apply here
UK insurance and long-term savings industry
£82.6m pledged by companies, target £100m. Working with CAF, NET and others. To provide immediate relief to charities adversely affected and offer a longer-term programme of support for people, communities and issues.
Apply here
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity
Organisations seeking hardship grants from RNRMC can find out more through completing the online enquiry form, while individuals seeking support should email
Edition 9 – Wednesday 20 May
Covid-19 Homelessness Response Fund 2020-21
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has announced £6 million of emergency funding to provide relief for frontline homelessness charitable organisations who are directly affected by the Covid-19 outbreak. Homeless Link will be distributing the fund.
They will fund frontline organisations working directly with people experiencing homelessness where more than 50 per cent of beneficiaries are people experiencing homelessness. Applicants must be incorporated charitable organisations with an annual turnover of less than £5 million. If you are unable to apply for funding in this timeframe, there will be further opportunities to apply for funding for both emergency relief, and to develop new services, in this financial year. Applications close on Wednesday 27th May.
Apply here
Alec Dickson Trust
Supports young people (under 30) who, through volunteering or community service, aim to enhance the lives of others, particularly those most marginalised by society. Directly or indirectly responding to Covid-19.
Apply here
Domestic Abuse Safe Accommodation
£10m Fund. Support domestic abuse safe accommodation charities from 1 April to 30 Sep. Costs associated with maintaining existing services and additional capacity to meet increase in demand. Closing date 21 May.
Apply here
The Albert Hunt Trust
The Trust has suspended its grants for capital projects so it can concentrate its support during the current crisis on where it is most needed. Areas of funding are support for the homeless and promoting health and wellbeing.
Apply here
Resourcing Racial Justice
Organisations, community and grassroots groups for projects that respond to the immediate needs of people of colour and more long-term initiatives aiming to create solutions for change on a systemic level. Opens 18 May, grants £5,000 to £50,000.
Apply here
UK Artist Grant Writing Support
A network of artists, curators and producers working in contemporary art organisations will provide in-kind support to artists requiring help with emergency grant applications
Apply here
Community Radio Fund
Community radio stations facing severe financial difficulty and are at risk of closure. £400,000 fund.
Apply here
Charities Food Fund – DEFRA
Up to £100,000 to frontline food aid charities unable to meet increased demand for food from vulnerable individuals. This includes providing food for people that can not afford food or who have moved into temporary accommodation.
Apply here
Ernest Hech Charitable Foundation
Open to charities struggling in funding crisis, as well as new projects. UK-registered charities working to support or improve the lives of recipients through art, healthcare, literature, music and theatre.
Apply here
NESTA Arts & Culture Impact Fund
A £20 million fund offering loans between £150,000 and £1 million to help social enterprises in the arts, cultural and heritage sectors innovate and grow.
Apply here
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
Suspended routine grant-making programme and is instead inviting emergency applications from previous grantees. Organisations must have less than three months’ projected expenditure in cash funds available
Apply here
Centre for Sustainable Energy (South East)
Grants between £2,000 and £20,000 to community groups and not-for-profit organisations to combat fuel poverty and support people in vulnerable circumstances.
Apply here
Royal Navy and Royal Marines Charity
Organisations seeking hardship grants from RNRMC can find out more through completing the online enquiry form, while individuals seeking support should email
Impact Programme for Armed Forces Communities
The Covid-19 Impact Programme is a £6m Ministry of Defence fund to ensure that people from Armed Forces communities can keep accessing important services, where resources for these services have been impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. It will be administered by The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.
The £6 million fund is available as grants of up to £60,000. In exceptional circumstances, grants of up to £125,000 or more may be awarded. To apply, charities must be working in one of nine key areas: Support to the elderly (including care homes); Mental and physical health; Welfare; Domestic violence; Housing; Criminal Justice System; Service families (including childcare); Bereavement; Employment. The deadline for applications is 29 May 2020.
Apply here
Swimathon Foundation
National Governing Body Affiliated Swim Clubs, Aquatic Clubs and Swim Schools to Independent Swimming Organisations; £250 and £1,000. Small swimming and aquatic organisations experiencing short-term financial hardship, especially where access to financial support is not otherwise available.
Apply here
Sport England: Community Emergency Fund
Including those not currently supported by us, who have a role in supporting the nation to be active but who are experiencing short-term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations: £300 to £10,000. Paused to new applications 15 May 20, due to huge demand. Update 17 May – will be topped up by a further £15m to meet demand, no details available.
Check here
Edition 8 – Wednesday 13 May
Covid-19 grant round
The Youth Endowment Fund has opened a new £6.5m Covid-19 grant round to support vulnerable young people at risk of youth violence. The Youth Endowment Fund’s Covid-19 grant round will fund and evaluate work which supports vulnerable young people at risk of youth violence, that can be delivered whilst adhering to UK government social distancing and stay-at-home guidelines.
Apply here
£13m available from Ofgem to support vulnerable energy consumers
The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme opens its latest funding round for applications today to charities that support vulnerable energy consumers, including a new Covid-19 Crisis Fund.
There are four separate funds. The first three are: the Main Fund, which contains £2.1m and is aimed at projects seeking grants of between £50,000 and £500,000; the Small Grants Fund, which contains £450,000 and is aimed at projects seeking grants of between £20,000 and £49,999; and the Innovation Fund, which contains £450,000 and is aimed at projects seeking grants of between £50,000 and £450,000. The deadline for applications to the above three funds is 5pm on 28 May.
The fourth fund is the new Covid-19 Crisis Fund, which contains up to £10m and is open to charities that support vulnerable households. The fund can award grants of between £20,000 and £300,000. The initial closing date for applications is 5pm on 21 May.
Apply here
Government’s £5m loneliness fund is now open for applications
Charities can now apply to a £5m government fund aimed at tackling loneliness during the coronavirus emergency, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) has announced. The fund will be issuing grants between £500,000 and £1m, and aims “to ensure that, for people of all ages and backgrounds, staying at home does not need to lead to loneliness”. Deadline is 12pm on Friday 29 May to apply.
Apply here
Pitch Preparation Fund
A new £9.56m fund aimed at helping clubs and organisations to get their natural and artificial grass pitches ready for when government advice allows football to start being played again. Grass-roots football clubs and organisations that have security of tenure and maintain their own pitches are eligible
Apply here
Food charities grant fund
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is inviting front-line food aid charities to apply for a grant of up to £100,000 to enable them to continue to provide food to vulnerable people during the pandemic.
Apply here
Domestic abuse funding
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has confirmed that charities can now bid for a share of £10 million funding to support victims of domestic abuse.
More information here
British Horse Society
The BHS has launched a hardship fund in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Small grants are available to BHS Approved Centres to support the health and wellbeing of horses and ponies. BHS Approved Centres should all have been contacted about this but if not, email or phone 02476 840500 for further information.
Baring Foundation
Charities are invited to apply for a share of £1m to help them in areas including taking legal action related to the Covid-19 pandemic. The Baring Foundation said today it would offer grants of up to £40,000 to support legal action that sought to protect vulnerable people and communities from the impact of Covid-19.
Apply here
New fund launches to support BAME organisations during crisis
A new fund has launched with the aim of tackling the impact of the pandemic on BAME communities and organisations. The Resourcing Racial Justice Fund will open for applications on 18 May and organisations will be able to apply for grants between £5,000 and £50,000.
The fund is looking to support both projects that respond to “immediate needs” of people of colour and more long-term initiatives aiming to create “solutions for change on a systemic level”.
Apply here from the 18th May
Police and Crime Commissioner
The Commissioner is inviting organisations to apply for funding up to £10,000 in order to secure the provision of services that will directly address emerging issues and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic for victims of crime, those individuals who cause harm and the most vulnerable in our communities. If you have any queries please do not hesitate to contact the Commissioning Team
Apply here
HCC Local Solutions Grant
Hampshire County Council are inviting the voluntary sector to attend an online launch event for the 2020/21 Local Solutions Grant. The grant was set up by the council’s Adults’ Health and Care Department with the aim of working with the voluntary sector on a local level in order to support residents across the county to live independent lives for as long as possible. The Launch events will be delivered through MS Teams and will provide information about the new funding opportunities and answer any questions.
Book here for one of the dates below:
Thursday 21st May @ 10:00am
Thursday 21st May @ 18:00pm
Saturday 23rd May @ 10:00am
Tuesday 26th May @ 10:30am
Thursday 28th May @ 10:00am
Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund (RRLF)
This is a new emergency loan fund which will provide repayable finance to charities and social enterprises who are experiencing disruption as a result of Covid-19 and is intended for organisations that have an otherwise viable business model. It has been established to make the Government’s existing Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS) more easily accessible to charities and social enterprises. You must have a minimum turnover of £400k.
Apply here
New Forest – Rural Business Resilience Fund
The Solent LEP, in partnership with New Forest District Council and Natural Enterprise, have launched a new Rural Business Resilience Fund for businesses in the New Forest. Match-funding grants for capital expenditure of up to £2,500, will be provided to rural, small and medium-sized businesses which are looking to develop alternative ways of working during the pandemic.
Apply here
Enter your favourite charity in prize draw for 500 grants of £1,000
The specialist insurer Ecclesiastical is inviting people to enter their favourite charities into a prize draw for the chance to win one of 500 grants of £1,000. The first round of Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards will be open for nominations until 24 May, with a second round later in the summer bringing the total funding pot to £1m. Winners will be drawn at random, but charities can be nominated multiple times to increase their chances of winning. For more information and to make a nomination, click here
Edition 7 – Wednesday 6 May
Power to Change Emergency Funding
Power to Change have £12 million available to fund community businesses, in two tranches:
- £7 million in ‘rescue funding’. Grants of up to £25,000 to contribute towards trading income losses incurred due to Coronavirus. It is available to previous Power to Change grantees, and to community businesses which are members of Co-operatives UK, Locality & Plunkett Foundation.
- £5 million in recovery funding later this year
Act fast because they only expect to award grants to around 250 organisations.
Apply here
Youth Music Network
Youth Music have launched an Emergency Fund for music-making organisations affected by the coronavirus. Through this fund grants of up to £10,000 are available. Priority will be given to people and organisations in the most immediate need.
Apply here
Alpkit
Alpkit are now prioritising our funds to support projects that demonstrate an immediate impact on those affected by the Covid-19 virus crisis. They will check applications daily and fast-track any that meet their criteria.
Apply here
Test Valley Borough Council Covid-19 Emergency Response Community Grant
A grant scheme for those providing community support during the current situation. Voluntary groups, informal groups set up in response to the Covid-19 emergency, parish and town councils and schools can apply for up to £500.
Apply here
The Association of Dogs and Cats Homes
One-off grants of up to £10,000 available to animal rescues, to help them continue their work during the coronavirus outbreak. Grants will be prioritised for organisations with an annual turnover of £500,000 or less and will help support the cost of food, bedding, cleaning equipment and transportation of animals, as well as additional costs as a result of staff and volunteers not being able to attend the rescue or shelter.
Apply here
Childs Charitable Trust
The Childs Charitable trust has introduced an Emergency Funding programme to support charities that are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the current pandemic. The trust particularly welcomes applications from Christian based organisations.
Apply here
Barclays’ 100×100 UK covid-19 community relief programme
Barclays are making 100 donations of £100,000 each to UK charities working to support vulnerable communities impacted by covid-19, and the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis. The programme will focus on supporting charity partners who are meeting the immediate needs of people in our communities, including low income families, those facing financial hardship, isolated elderly people and key workers. UK registered charities are invited to apply for a donation to support their relief work by the closing date of Friday 22 May 2020. More information on this fund.
More information on this fund
OneFamily Foundation
The OneFamily Foundation is inviting its customers to nominate a local charity, group or cause for a Community Grant of up to £2,500 to help them to continue providing support to those affected by the coronavirus, or who themselves are struggling to maintain their usual services. Examples for nominations might include foodbanks, support groups or homeless charities. Applications close on 12 May 2020.
Apply here
Edition 6 – Wednesday 29 April
Applications are now open for the Aviva Community Fund
The Aviva Community Fund has broadened its criteria to include applications for projects that enable causes to adapt or continue their services by covering core running costs, so they can help their beneficiaries and communities during this time of need. They are accepting applications until 5 May.
Apply here
Shanly Foundation Coronavirus Emergency Response Fund
Organisations incl those in Hampshire whose activities directly related to fight against COVID-19 and those most vulnerable to it.
Apply here
National Lottery Awards for All England
The National Lottery has announced that organisations who currently have National Lottery Awards For All funding, can now apply for additional funding for a COVID-19 project. Funding ranges between £300 and £10k and the application date is ongoing so be sure to send your application in asap.
Apply here
Getaway Foundation
Grants for support organisations supporting families in poverty impacted by the Coronavirus in Isle of Wight (funds are limited).
More information on this fund
England and Wales Cricket Board Funding
Cricket clubs and leagues can apply to two funding schemes designed to help them through the on-going COVID-19 situation:
- Emergency Loan Scheme
- Return to Cricket Grant scheme
Fish on Friday
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: COVID-19 grants now available to fishermen & seafood businesses.
The Fishmongers’ Company’s Fisheries Charitable Trust (FCFCT) and Seafarers UK, with a group of trusted partners, have developed the COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Programme (RRGP).
The Rapid Response fund seeks to assist food charities, fishing and seafood businesses:
- Seeking diversification opportunities for seafood and fisheries businesses
- Promoting the consumption or sale of local seafood
- Providing community meals using seafood
Social Investment Business opens resilience fund for applications
The Resilience & Recovery Loan Fund is a new fund for social enterprises and charities that are experiencing disruption to their normal business models as a result of the pandemic. It has been established to make an existing government scheme, the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, more easily accessible to charities and social enterprises. It is being run by SIB with an initial £25m investment and support from Big Society Capital.
Apply here
Edition 5 – Wednesday 22 April
Update on National Lottery funding
National Lottery money has been aligned with the Government money and they will only be giving out grants of up to 6months (in contradiction to previous info). And they would like proposals asap – ideally before 1st May. If you want them to consider an application in relation to COVID-19 response, please ensure the time scale is for 6 months. They will not be offering any awards greater than £100,000 for the six month period and hope to be able to support more local smaller groups if possible. It will in effect be a one stage process, and they will gather as much information as possible at submission and if necessary in a conversation and decisions will be based on that detail provided. Applicants should try to keep their application to no more than a page of A4.
National Lottery money has been aligned with the Government money and they will only be giving out grants of up to 6months (in contradiction to previous info). And they would like proposals asap – ideally before 1st May. If you want them to consider an application in relation to COVID-19 response, please ensure the time scale is for 6 months. They will not be offering any awards greater than £100,000 for the six month period and hope to be able to support more local smaller groups if possible. It will in effect be a one stage process, and they will gather as much information as possible at submission and if necessary in a conversation and decisions will be based on that detail provided. Applicants should try to keep their application to no more than a page of A4.
They will prioritise applications from:
- Organisations supporting people who are at high risk from COVID-19
- Organisations supporting communities most likely to face increased demand and challenges as a direct result of measures to prevent the result of COVID-19
- Organisations with high potential to support communities with the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19
Morrisons Foundation – Covid-19 Homeless Support Fund
The fund is designed to support charities caring for homeless people during the coronavirus outbreak and ensure help gets to those who need it most. Applications up to £10,000 will be considered, but smaller amounts preferred.
Apply here
The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
Grants of up to £1,500 for eligible small charities. Requests are considered for contributions to core funding or for specific projects. There are no reporting requirements. More information on this fund
The Ballinger Charitable Trust
Grants ranging from a few hundred pounds to no more than £1,000 to current and past grantees who are supporting:
- older people
- hospital discharges
- tackling domestic abuse
- food and fuel support for families in North East England communities.
To register your interest, email Andrew Ballinger
The Bring Joy Foundation
Funding for local community groups to supply craft materials, activities, communication tools and assistive technology to seniors to support them in their isolation. Visit the foundation’s website for more details. Apply here
Crisis – In This Together grants programme
Local groups who are financially affected by additional demands on their resources and have expanded their provision for those experiencing homelessness can apply for £5,000 short-term response or £50,000 longer-term response grants. Due to high demand, the programme is currently paused, but you can ask to be updated on the programme
Police and Crime Commissioner
The Police and Crime commissioner have launched their COVID-19 Keeping Communities Safer Fund. If you or someone you know has got a great idea to help your local community for £500 or less you can ask the Police and Crime Commissioner now. Apply here
The Schroder Charity Trust
Grants up to £5000 for supporting: education and young people / health / communities / environment and conservation / heritage / arts and culture / international development / the armed forces. Apply here
Buttle UK – Chances for Children
Grants targeted at improving the social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people and their capacity to engage in education and learning. There is a particular focus on:
- maintaining educational activity and stimulus within the home environment
- establishing and/or maintaining internet access and communications
- household essentials Apply here
The Partnership Foundation
The Partnership Foundation is offering grants of up to £500 to help pay for new projects and can be applied for by individuals, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises and other not for profit organisations in the Portsmouth and South East Hampshire area. Apply here
Support Adoption for Pets
The largest grant giving charity in the UK for animal welfare charities is providing an additional £400,000 to local animal sanctuaries suffering as a result of the covid-19 outbreak. Grants range from £1,000 – £180,000. More information here
Edition 4 – Wednesday 15 April
Hampshire & IOW Community Foundation
We recently interviewed the Chief Executive of Hampshire & IOW Community Foundation (HIWCF) about their funding for charities struggling with the current pandemic. Watch the video here to find out more about HIWCF’s grant funds, how to apply, and how to maximise your chances of success!Edition 4 – Wednesday 15 April
Hampshire & IOW Community Foundation
The Community Foundation currently have 4 grant schemes related to the Covid 19 emergency.
- We’re All Together (HIWCF) – £1,000 to £20,000
- We’re all Together (Vivid) – £1,000 to £10,000
- NHS Covid 19 – £1,000 to £10,000
- National Emergency Trust – currently closed as funding has been spent. Hoping to reopen again soon
See guidance on HIWCF website for further information
Hampshire County Councillors Grant
Hampshire County Council councillors have £10,000 each to award to groups working in the area they represent. The application window for 2020-21 has been brought forward so you can apply now. For more info click here – a link with guidance notes and instructions on how to apply is at the bottom of the page.
Big Society Capital
Big Society Capital is planning to launch an emergency loan fund for the sector. Around £100m is expected to be available and more details are still to be announced.
Apply here
Legal & General
£500,000 emergency fund, charities and voluntary organisations, income under £1.5m pa, supporting elderly and vulnerable people: £5k – £10k. (Open until 20th April)
Apply here
Persimmon Community Champions
Each of the 31 businesses and head office donating £2000 each, every month. From 1st April for the foreseeable future, organisations that support the over-70s.
Apply here
Clothworkers Foundation – Emergency Capital Programme
The Clothworkers’ Emergency Capital Programme (CECP) will award small capital grants of up to £5,000 for essential capital items to adapt or increase services in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Priority will be given to organisations supporting vulnerable and ‘at risk’ groups.
Apply here
Youth Futures Foundation
The Foundation’s rolling grants programme is now live. The new fund will be distributed to organisations across England that have a promising track record of supporting young people (aged 14-24) who face barriers to accessing employment.
Apply here
Localgiving and People’s Postcode lottery – Magic Little Grants
Magic Little Grants of £500 are available to local charities that support and inspire people to participate in sports or exercise. Localgiving have announced that they will support projects that help people to stay active during social distancing, such as online fitness classes delivered via video conferencing software or Youtube.
Apply here
Power to Change
Power to Change have paused their current funding programmes in order to turn their attention and funding towards the support and advice the community business sector needs now.
Apply here
Audio Content Fund
Special funding round, for content that will support radio audiences during the coronavirus crisis; £200,000 for ideas that will improve the quality of listeners’ lives during restrictions in place.
Apply here
Dulverton Trust
UK registered charities, to deliver services to vulnerable communities or existing grantees to overcome funding challenges: youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation, preservation, Africa or peace and humanitarian support.
Apply here
Antonio Carluccio Foundation
In light of the current crisis, the foundation is increasing its 2020 grants to £500,000. Objectives are to support hospitality related training and development, to promote a better understanding of food origins and nutrition, and to support organisations working to feed those in need.
Apply here
Edition 3 – Wednesday 8 April
Crisis – Emergency Grant
Crisis has established an emergency grants fund for organisations that have expanded their provision to meet the current needs of people experiencing homelessness. Grants of up to £5,000 for short-term responses; and up to £50,000 to fund long-term needs and potential expansion or change in service delivery.
Apply here
Barclays Foundation – Coronavirus Fund
The Barclays Foundation will be giving out £100 million – half of in the form of direct funding for charities, while the other half is a commitment to match employees’ donations, including senior figures in the corporate pledging a third of their salary. We don’t yet know how the funding can be accessed, but will keep you posted
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Standard Life Foundation – Coronavirus pandemic – fast track applications
Funding is available for work directly related to the pandemic, addressing specific challenges and helping to contribute to social change which tackles financial problems and improves living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes in the UK. Grants from £5,000 upwards are available.
Apply here
Virgin Money Foundation
have announced that they will make £500,000 available for existing grantees through their Community Resilience Fund. An additional £252,731 will be available through the pre-existing Community Anchors Fund, which supports locally-led organisations making a positive difference to their neighbourhoods, to help groups affected by the virus.
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Elton John Aids Foundation – Covid Emergency Fund
The Elton John AIDS Foundation is accepting applications from local community-based organisations. Proposals must address specific challenges in relation to COVID-19 for people already living with or at severe risk of HIV/AIDS.
Apply here
The National Lottery Heritage Fund – Emergency Fund
£50million fund to support the heritage sector as an immediate response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. Grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 are available to organisations which have received funding in the past or are a current grantee.
Apply here
Food redistribution – Resource Action Fund
Defra are making £3.25m available through the Resource Action Fund administered by WRAP. The fund will be delivered in three phases. Phase 1: WRAP will contact a target list of small redistribution organisations who have previously applied for funding. Phases 2 and 3 will be launched shortly. Check the website on Thursday 9th April.
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ITF Seafarers Trust – Covid-19 Welfare Fund
An extraordinary fund established for a limited period to provide grants to benefit seafarers and maintain seafarers’ welfare services in difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic and its financial consequences.
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WightAID
For the next few months, grant giving to those in the most critical need, including homelessness, mental health and bereavement charities working on the Isle Of Wight.
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Fashion and Textile Children’s Trust – Grants for families financially affected by Coronavirus
Grants are available to help parents and carers who have worked in the UK fashion or textile industry and whose household income has reduced as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.
Apply here
The Prince’s Trust and NatWest Enterprise Relief Fund
The Prince’s Trust and NatWest have launched a £5million grant fund for young entrepreneurs affected by coronavirus. The Fund is available to entrepreneurs aged 18-30, who can apply for grants and tailored support.
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Tesco Bags of Help – Covid-19 Communities Fund
Tesco Bags of Help is setting up a new short-term fund. Organisations supporting vulnerable groups are encouraged to apply for a grant of £500 to support organisational need in this time of crisis rather than fund specific projects.
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Innovate UK
Innovate UK, as part of UK Research and Innovation, will fund projects up to a maximum of £50,000. Your application must demonstrate both realistic and significant benefits for society (including communities, families and individuals) or an industry that has been severely impacted and/or permanently disrupted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Closing date 17th April.
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Maanch
currently fundraising for a Coronavirus Response Fund.
You can sign up for more information here
Edition 2 – Wednesday 1 April
COVID-19 Film and TV Emergency Relief Fund
The BFI and The Film and TV Charity have partnered to create the new fund, established with a £1m donation from Netflix, to help support the creative community.
Apply here
Crowdfunder Pay it Forward
Crowdfunder is offering 100% free crowd-funding throughout the crisis (i.e. you won’t pay any fees).
Apply here
Facebook business grants
Facebook is offering $100M in cash grants and ad credits for up to 30,000 eligible small businesses in over 30 countries where they operate. “We’ll share more details as they become available” says the company. It is not yet clear whether Facebook will include charities, but we’ll keep you posted.
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The Fore
The Fore are developing a fast-track, straightforward application and assessment process to allocate small, emergency grants of up to £5,000 to meet the changing needs of their beneficiaries. It is currently only available to existing grantees, but if they raise sufficient funding, will extend to others.
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The Leathersellers Company
This is a fast track application process awarding up to £3,000. The programme invites applications from UK registered charities which are currently supporting: homeless people; provision of food and essentials; victims of domestic violence; nursing care to vulnerable patients.
Apply here
National Lottery Community Fund
The Community Fund have announced that:
1. All their funding decisions for the next six months (up to £300 million) will be devoted to addressing the current crisis
2. They will accelerate the cash funding as much as possible. We will keep you updated as we know more
Apply here
Prince’s Countryside Fund
Rural Response Emergency Grants Programme is offering up to £2,500 to organisations providing emergency relief to vulnerable or isolated individuals, or providing support to farmers affected by Corona Virus.
Apply here
Rapid Response Fund
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) has launched a rapid response fund to help smaller charitable organisations affected by the impact of Covid-19. Grants of up to £10,000 are available and they will aim to make payments within 14 days of application. Organisations with income of under £1 million are eligible (it includes CICs, unregistered orgs, mutuals etc)
Apply here
Scottish and Southern Electric Networks (SSEN)
SSEN are offering grants of up to £3,000 to Hampshire’s parish and town councils, for projects that will support community members in vulnerable situations. Initial funding round will close on Thursday 30 April.
Apply here
Sight Loss Sector
Thomas Pocklington Trust (TPT) has suspended its normal grant funding activities and set up an emergency fund for sight loss organisations during the current crisis. Grants of up to £10,000 can be used to cover general running costs, or to fund projects supporting the blind and partially sighted community. Click here to submit an application.
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The Solent LEP Pay it Forward fund
Providing support for existing micro and small businesses seeking to cope in challenging trading conditions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Solent LEP Pay it Forward fund is seeking projects that can demonstrate how they will help a business cope with current challenging trading conditions. There is a maximum pledge of up to £2,000 per micro business (fewer than 10 staff) and up to £5,000 per small business (fewer than 50 staff) available, contributing up to 50% towards the total target.
Apply here
Spacehive
Spacehive is a funding platform for ideas that bring local places to life. They are waiving their 5% fee and relaxing their criteria to support grassroots projects getting flexible funding fast.
Apply here
Sport England
On Tuesday 31st March, Sport England announced that £195 million of funding would be available to help the sport and physical activity sector through the ongoing coronavirus crisis. There are a number of different programmes, including the Community Emergency Fund.
Apply here
Standard Life Foundation
“We are pleased to announce that we will be making funding available for work directly related to the pandemic, addressing specific challenges and helping to contribute to social change which tackles financial problems and improves living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes in the UK.” (Very long funding guidelines which I don’t have time to read – sorry).
Apply here
The Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust
New funding criteria in response to Corona Virus. Focus is on early years and/or genetic disorders.
Apply here
Edition 1 – Thursday 26 March
The Yapp Trust
The Yapp Trust continues to support the smallest of charities (spending less than £40k per year) and only fund running costs (including rent, utilities and salaries) with grants of up to £9,000 over 3 years.
Apply here
Arts Council England
Arts Council England have announced that: “Right now, our number-one priority is to do everything we can to help individual artists and cultural organisations to stay afloat. They are making £160 million of emergency funding available for those organisations and individuals who will need it during this crisis.
Apply here
Theatre professionals
Support for Theatre Professionals during Coronavirus is a collection of funds and sources of advice or support for those in the theatre industry. Funds are available from institution specific funders and from those that support the wider industry, including the Actors Benevolent Fund, the Royal Theatrical Fund, Actors Childrens’ Trust, Equity Charitable Trust, and the Grand Order of Water Rats.
Apply here
Techforce19
Techforce19 is a new £500k fund for technology companies who come up with digital support solutions for people who need to stay at home because of coronavirus. If you know anyone working in a tech company, give them a nudge in the right direction.
Apply here
Greenham Trust
Greenham Trust is releasing £250,000 of emergency funding for local charities and voluntary organisations who are supporting the elderly and vulnerable people in North Hampshire and West Berkshire.
Apply here
Netflix
Netflix Coronavirus Relief Fund is offering $100m to help members of the creative community who have been left unemployed and without a way to earn an income during the coronavirus crisis. $15 million of the Netflix fund will go to third parties and non-profits that offer emergency relief to out-of-work crew and cast in countries where there’s a large production base.
Apply here
John Lewis Partnership’s £1m community support fund
The retailer has said the cash will be distributed through its Waitrose grocery stores for schemes such as local delivery services to support the self-isolating, the vulnerable, older people and those looking after them, as well as for delivering boxes of staples to local care homes. It will donate products for customers to share with vulnerable neighbours.
Apply here
Neighbourly Community Fund
With the support of partner businesses, Neighbourly is offering a series of micro-grants of up to £400, to support good causes that are helping communities affected by the new coronavirus outbreak. Grants will be awarded to existing members of Neighbourly whose work involves supporting members of the community suffering economically, socially or from ill health as a result of the outbreak.
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ASDA has donated £5m to Trussell Trust and FareShare
While this is not going to give you any cash, you may be eligible for free food through FareShare to support your beneficiairies.
Apply here