Funding Opportunities & Resources
Latest Funding Opportunities
Every month we will do our best to collate the latest funding opportunities. Don’t forget we are here to help, if you’d like our support on making an application or to speak to an officer about your ideas and other funding opportunities that may be available please do get in touch – communityresilience@coventry.gov.uk
Join our Grant Writing Workshop!
Is your community group considering applying for National Lottery funding?
Whether you're just starting out, or you're fine-tuning your application before submission, we're here to help!
Come along and join others working on their applications. Share ideas, get help with the National Lottery funding application online form, and the Community Resilience Team will be there to lend a hand if you need support.
When: 16th May 2024
Location: Coventry City Council, One Friargate, Coventry, CV1 2GN
Cost: Free
Time: 12:30 - 2:30pm
Places are limited, to book your place on the workshop here
Want to know more? Please contact the team CommunityResilience@coventry.gov.uk
£200,000
Deadline: 09/04/2024
Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations for local projects that support the wellbeing of communities in the Severn Trent region.
There are 3 funding pots:
- £2,000 to £10,000 – up to 12 months for project completion
- £10,001 to £75,000 - up to 24 months for project completion
- £75,001 to £200,000 - up to 24 months for project completion
- People - Projects that support healthier lifestyles and skills development
- Places - Projects that help create better places for communities
- Environment - Projects that improve access to and promote a healthier natural environment, including the preservation of water
If you're applying for £75,000 or more, your project should have a combination of all three!
Both the applicant organisation and the project's beneficiaries must be located within the Severn Trent region, which stretches from the Bristol Channel to the Humber, and from the West Midlands to the East Midlands.
Projects must benefit Severn Trent customers. A Severn Trent customer is somebody who receives their water supply from Severn Trent, or whose waste is taken away and treated by the company.
Organisations applying for more than £10,000 must be either charity registered or company registered (and supply a charity or company number), or an exempt charity, local authority or parish council.
Useful links:
https://www.stwater.co.uk/about-us/severn-trent-community-fund/
£ 5,000
Deadline: 10/05/2024
Grants are available to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve, fix, and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by people in need across the UK.
Who Can Apply
Registered charities and not-for-profit organisations based in the UK (including specialist not-for-profit schools) can apply.
Applications will be accepted from:
- Registered Charities with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- Registered Charities with OSCR
- Registered Community Benefit Society with the FCA
- Registered Cooperative Society with the FCA
- Registered Community Interest Company (CIC) with Companies House.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be supporting people in need in the UK by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress. The main beneficiaries could be:
- People suffering from sickness or disabilities.
- People from diverse groups.
- Disadvantaged or vulnerable people.
- People suffering from financial hardship.
- People suffering from mental health issues.
- Be looking for funding to support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings.
- Have suitable governance to manage funds, eg, financial reporting, committee meetings, etc.
Useful links
https://www.screwfix.com/help/screwfixfoundation
£3,000
Deadline: 13/05/2024
Grants are available to community organisations and charities across the West Midlands for projects that support the well-being of people in communities where Citizen provide social housing.
Who Can Apply
Local groups, organisations and charities may apply.
Useful links
https://www.citizenhousing.org.uk/citizen-local-fund/
£25,000
Deadline: 15/05/2024
A competition for registered charities in the UK with research ideas to tackle real-world problems, focusing on the programme's themes of 'tackling inequalities, 'living well' and 'sustainability'.
Winning Challenges will be assigned to an OU Research Team to take on the research idea and this team will receive a baseline of £25,000 in research funding to cover the direct cost of the research
Who Can Apply
Applications are accepted from all registered charities in the UK. Each charity must nominate a contact person, who must be an employee, trustee or volunteer of the charity. The nominated contact person must be a resident of the UK and over 18 years of age.
UK charity entries must be directly related to the work and mission of the charity.
Useful links
https://societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/competitions/challenge-us
Larger Projects Fund
£50,000
Deadline: 15/05/2024
Grants are available to non-profit making organisations in qualifying areas of England for improvements to local community facilities, historic buildings and structures, sport and recreation facilities.
Who Can Apply
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be run on a not-for-profit basis. This could include community groups, parish councils, charities, community interest companies, sports clubs, community associations, local authorities and voluntary organisations.
- Own or hold a lease for the project site with at least five years remaining.
- Be based at a project site which must be owned or leased by the applying organisation.
The Trust provides a postcode checker so that potential applicants can check the eligibility of the project's location.
Useful links
https://grantscape.org.uk/fund/suez-communities-fund-england/
Smaller Projects Fund
£20,000
Deadline: 15/05/2024
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in qualifying areas of England for physical improvement to community facilities, such as village halls, public parks, sports facilities, historic buildings and structures.
Who Can Apply
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be run on a not-for-profit basis. This could include community groups, parish councils, charities, community interest companies, sports clubs, community associations, local authorities and voluntary organisations.
- Own or hold a lease for the project site with at least five years remaining.
- Be based at a project site which must be owned or leased by the applying organisation.
Applicants should check the Trust's postcode checker to ensure their project's location is eligible.
Useful links
https://grantscape.org.uk/fund/suez-communities-fund-england/
£10,000
Deadline: 17/05/2024
One-off grants are available to UK registered charities for projects that improve homes and communities spaces for those who are experiencing homelessness, in financial hardship, impacted by health, disability or other disadvantage or distress.
Who Can Apply
UK registered charities based and working in the UK can apply.
The following organisations can apply:
- Foodbank
- Community centre
- Religious organisation
- Disability charity/ service
- Homelessness charity
- Community volunteer group
- Community shop/ pantry
- Family centre/ charity
- Mental health charity/ service
- Community fridge
- Children's/ youth charity
- Health charity
- Elderly care charity/ group
- Poverty relief
- Community cafe
- Social/supported accommodation.
- Soup kitchen
- Community garden
- Preschool/ nursery
- Hospice
- Primary school
- Environmental charity/ group
- Youth group/ club
- Redistribution and logistics
- Nursing/ care home
- Emergency/ rescue service
- Day care centre
- Sports club/ group
- Community/ city farm
- Conservation charity/ group
- Veterans charity
- Domestic abuse charity
- Secondary school
- Neighbourhood group
- Park group
- Recycling/ reuse charity
- Performing arts group
- Advice service
- Refugee/ asylum charity
- Hospital
- Animal rescue/ care
- Charity shop
- Recreation and social group
- Human rights organisation
- LGBTQ+ charity
- Community transport
- College
- Racial equality charity
- Wildlife charity/group
- Heritage trust
- Campaigning organisation
Useful links
B&Q Foundation Grants
https://bqfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant
Top Tips - Keep it simple!
Make your application as easy to read as possible - the people who are assessing your application may not have a lot of time or much knowledge of the work you do so being clear is key.
Avoid complicated wording or acronyms if funders understand what you are asking for and how you meet their criteria, they are much more likely to say yes to funding your activity.
Don't Forget
Don’t forget if you are just starting out our get started guides have a range of information including setting up a group writing a constitution and finding and applying for funding
More information about the team and what we can offer can be found on our web pages.
Got an idea for the newsletter – we would love to hear from you!
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March Funding News
£ 1,000
Deadline 12 April 2024
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations operating in an area of high deprivation (IMD areas 1-3) to support delivery of their football activities to engage with the following underrepresented groups: women and girls, young people with disabilities, young people from racially diverse communities, young people from the LGBTQ+ community and young people from lower socio-economic groups.
Community sports groups can apply to receive:
£1,000 Access Grants to spend on increasing underrepresented young people’s access to play.
Up to £5,000 Deep Impact grants for existing fund recipients.*
Coaching grants to get more women qualified to... Continue reading
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February 2024 Funding News
£2500
Deadline: 17 March 2024
The KFC Youth Foundation is offering grants of up to £2,500 to not-for-profit groups with a turnover of less than £300,000 and that have existed for at least 12 months to deliver a variety of projects that help young people create firm foundations through early intervention in communities near KFC restaurants across the UK.
Applications will be considered from registered charities, registered community interest companies, unincorporated clubs or associations or unregistered charities that:
Benefit young people aged 11-25 years old.
Support those in a position of economic disadvantage (including one of the following: care leavers,... Continue reading
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January 2024 Funding News
Inclusive Communities
Up to £75,000
Deadline: 5pm 5th February
The Inclusive Communities Fund is set to ignite communities across the West Midlands to imagine, propose, and bring to life solutions that directly address the challenges in their neighbourhoods and local areas. This Fund is inspired by the momentum generated by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which provided support to community-based organisations across the West Midlands, enabling access to exciting opportunities and fresh funding streams.
The Fund aims to strengthen the achievements, prompted by the Games, offering community organisations access to new funding to make a difference for the people... Continue reading
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December 2023 Funding News
Inclusive Communities
Up to £300,000
Deadline: varies
The Inclusive Communities Fund is set to ignite communities across the West Midlands to imagine, propose, and bring to life solutions that directly address the challenges in their neighbourhoods and local areas. This Fund is inspired by the momentum generated by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which provided support to community-based organisations across the West Midlands, enabling access to exciting opportunities and fresh funding streams.
The Fund aims to strengthen the achievements, prompted by the Games, offering community organisations access to new funding to make a difference for the people they work... Continue reading
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November Funding News
Inclusive Communities
Up to £300,000
Deadline: varies
The Inclusive Communities Fund is set to ignite communities across the West Midlands to imagine, propose, and bring to life solutions that directly address the challenges in their neighbourhoods and local areas. This Fund is inspired by the momentum generated by the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games, which provided support to community-based organisations across the West Midlands, enabling access to exciting opportunities and fresh funding streams.
The Fund aims to strengthen the achievements, prompted by the Games, offering community organisations access to new funding to make a difference for the people they work... Continue reading
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October Funding News
National Garden Scheme - Community Gardens Grant
- Maximum value
- £ 5,000
- Application deadline
- 13/11/2023
Grants are available to amateur gardeners from community groups in England and Wales to create a garden or similar project with horticultural focus for the benefit of their local community.
Who Can Apply
The funding is only available to projects in England, Northern Ireland and Wales run by amateur gardeners within community groups or Community Interest Companies (CICs).
Eligible Expenditure
The funding is for the creation of a garden or a similar project (such as an allotment) with horticultural focus for the benefit of the... Continue reading
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September Funding News
#CovConnects grant fund
- Maximum value
- £ 7,500
- Application deadline
- 17/10/2023
The Council’s #CovConnects initiative has opened a new grant fund aimed at helping community organisations in the city tackle digital exclusion and loneliness amongst older adults (55+).
The grant, which is funded through the West Midland's Combined Authority's Connected Services programme, will offer organisations in the Voluntary, Community & Social Enterprise (VSCE) sector the chance to apply for grant funding.
Funding will be attributed to those organisations who can demonstrate how they can use innovative ways to reduce loneliness and digital isolation for older adults in the city.
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August Funding News
Cash for Kids
The closing date for applications is midnight on 11 September 2023.
If selected, the groups will have from 16 September to 16 October 2023 to raise as much money as possible.
The aim of the Cash for Kids Sports Challenge is to encourage participation of disabled or disadvantaged children and young people to engage in sport. Applicants must compete in a fundraising challenge to potentially receive more funding for their project.
The selected applicant organisations will retain the total money raised during the fundraising period.
The top three fundraising groups will receive an additional £5,000, £2,500 and... Continue reading
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July Funding News
£3,000
Deadline: end of August
The aim of the fund is to support our residents and communities to thrive. We support ideas and projects that promote mental and physical wellbeing, reduce social isolation, bring communities together and enhance local areas.
Next round of applications are open now!
Check back in here for more details or check Citizen's website for information on previous rounds!(External link)
Health Protection Community Grant
From the 1st of July through to the end of December 2023, community groups and organisations based in Coventry will be able to apply for a small grant to help raise... Continue reading
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June Funding News
£3,000
The aim of the fund is to support our residents and communities to thrive. We support ideas and projects that promote mental and physical wellbeing, reduce social isolation, bring communities together and enhance local areas.
Next round of applications opening soon!
Check back in here for more details or check Citizen's website for information on previous rounds!
Health Protection Community Grant
From the 1st of July through to the end of December 2023, community groups and organisations based in Coventry will be able to apply for a small grant to help raise awareness of key health protection messages... Continue reading
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