April Funding News
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(External link)
Want to know more? Please contact the team CommunityResilience@coventry.gov.uk(External link)
£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
Match Funding
They encourage all applications to provide match funding but it’s a requirement for applications of £10,001 or over.
Themes:
They work to three themes of community wellbeing and your application should highlight at least one of these:
- 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/(External link)
£ 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(External link)
£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/(External link)
£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(External link)
https://societal-challenges.open.ac.uk/assets/media/OU%20Challenge%20Us%20Competition%202024%20Brochure%20-%20CHARITIES.pdf(External link)
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/(External link)
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/(External link)
£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
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