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, those experiencing homelessness, young carers, young parents, refugees, and young people at risk of or with experience of the criminal justice system).
Empower young people to fulfil their potential and build a positive future by providing spaces that allow young people to feel safe and secure, helping them to unlock talent, build life skills, provide mentoring, and improve their chances to gain meaningful employment.
Demonstrate positive results from their project within 12 months of KFC funding being received.
There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online Expression of Interest, including a two-minute video about their organisation, before being invited to submit a full application.
https://www.kfc.co.uk/kfc-foundation-community-grants(External link)
£ 7,500
Application deadline: 22 March 2024
Grants are available to community organisations for projects to improve the health and wellbeing of older people. For the current round, projects should focus on one-to-one initiatives to alleviate loneliness for people over 65 years old in Great Britain.
Organisations must be working with adults over 65 years of age and providing direct person-centred interventions.
The project must be legally charitable and unrestricted funds will only be awarded to registered charities.
Organisations must have:
An annual income less than £250,000.
A governing document.
A registered bank account in the name of the organisation.
There is a two-stage application process. Initially, an online expression of interest form should be submitted. This will be reviewed and, if selected, the main form will be sent to successful applicants: the full application should include a recent bank statement, safeguarding policy and, if not a registered charity, either the constitution and/or articles of association.
McCarthy Stone Foundation(External link)
McCarthy Stone Foundation - Grants Programme(External link)
£250,000 - £5,000,000
No deadline
The Heritage Enterprise programme is for projects that seek to achieve economic growth by investing in heritage. It is primarily for enterprising community organisations and partnerships between commercial organisations and community organisations, to help them rescue neglected historic buildings and sites and return them to a viable productive use.
Heritage Enterprise is designed to bridge the funding gap that prevents a historic asset in need of repair from being returned to a beneficial and commercial use. The case for grant funding will depend on there being a conservation deficit. This is where the existing value of a heritage asset plus the cost of bringing it back into use is greater than the value of the asset after development has been completed.
Match Funding Restrictions
Applicants must make a contribution to the project. This can be made up of cash, volunteer time, non-cash contributions, or a combination of all of these.
How To Apply
Applications go through a two-round process. Step one is to submit a short Expression of Interest form at any time. Applicants who are successful will move on to step two and will be invited to submit a development phase application followed by a delivery phase application.
Deadlines for development and delivery applications are quarterly. The 2024 deadlines are 12 noon on:
29 February 2024, to receive a decision by the end of June 2024.
30 May 2024, to receive a decision by the end of September 2024.
15 August 2024, to receive a decision by the end of December 2024.
21 November 2024, to receive a decision by the end of March 2024.
Documents & links
Heritage Enterprise Grants(External link)
£ 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 coach girls’ football at a grassroots level.
Access to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion training and resources.
Exclusive opportunities to apply for Premier League and Barclays FA Women’s Super League tickets, mascot opportunities and exclusive promotional experiences.
*Deep Impact grants are for existing grantees, who have already received a £500 access grant from the Barclays Community Football Fund in 2022 or 2023.
How To Apply
There will be two funding rounds in 2024:
Round one opens 12 February and closes 12 April 2024.
Round two opens 15 July and closes 15 September 2024.
Documents & links
Barclays Community Football Fund(External link)
Sported - Barclays Community Football Fund(External link)
£ 120,000
Application deadline: 15 March 2024
The funding is focused on work led by and for young people who have less access to creative programmes or who are underrepresented in arts and culture.
This includes young people who:
Are D/deaf, disabled or neurodivergent.
Are from communities experiencing racial inequity.
Are economically or educationally disadvantaged.
Identify as LGBT+.
Have migration or care experience.
Value Notes
The funding can be used for single or multi-year grants.
The maximum limit that can be applied for is £120,000 for up to three years.
It is expected that between 8 to 12 grants will be awarded.
A Learning Programme will run alongside the funding. This will be co-designed by funded organisations and facilitated by a Learning Partner. The Learning Programme will enable peer support and learning. Organisations will be compensated to support participation.
How To Apply
There is a two stage application process:
The first stage is to submit an online Expression of Interest which can be done between 14 February 2024 and 15 March 2024 (17:00). Decisions are expected in early May 2024.
Applicants who have a successful Expression of Interest will be invited to submit a full proposal and have a conversation with the Foundation. Decisions are expected by the end of September 2024.
Links
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Youth-Led Creativity Funding(External link)
£20,000 and £40,000
Deadline: 20 March 2024
The objective of the funding is to bring about the following types of changes:
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Support for adults and young people (aged 11-18) who are experiencing mental health problems, socio-economic disadvantage, discrimination and marginalisation:
to have greater access to natural spaces and nature-based activities;
to be involved in the development and running of nature-based activities in their local area;
to experience measurable positive changes to their mental health.
Additional support for those who need it accessing other services, for example, advice or specialist mental health services.
The learning gained through the delivery of funded activity is used to work with decision-makers locally to make changes that benefit local people’s access to nature.
For the purposes of this funding programme:
Natural spaces can be in towns and cities, the countryside, or the coast, such as parks, community gardens, woodland, canals, lakes, rivers, beaches, and greened/reclaimed urban spaces.
Nature-based activities can include creating, maintaining, accessing and using natural spaces.
The funded activity should last two years.
Match funding of at least 25% of the grant value is required.
How To Apply
Guidance notes and the application form can be found on the People’s Health Trust website.
There is a two stage application process:
The first stage is to submit an initial online application by the deadline of 20 March 2024 (13:00).
Groups who are successful at stage one will be notified by 10 April whether they have been invited to stage two.
Groups invited to stage two will then have until 1 May 2024 to complete the application. Notification of awards in the beginning of June 2024.
Contact the People's Health Trust for further information.
Links
People's Health Trust - Nature for Health(External link)
People's Health Trust - Nature for Health - Guidance(External link)
£ 5,000
Deadline: 13 March 2024
The Foundation supports the following:
Youth: to help disadvantaged young people, supporting youth projects through education, the arts, sport and adventurous activities.
Disabled: to improve the quality of life of those with a mental or physical disability.
The elderly and terminally ill: to improve the quality of life of the elderly and those receiving end of life care.
Miscellaneous support: other social welfare projects such as those for carers, the homeless and ex-offenders.
Objectives of Fund
The scheme is intended to support smaller charitable organisations undertaking projects for young people, the disabled, terminally ill patients and others in need. The main objective of the Trustees' grant-making is to improve lives and to lift people's aspirations.
How To Apply
An application form can be downloaded from the Foundation's website. Additional information to be submitted includes:
A copy of the most recent set of audited accounts.
A breakdown of the costs demonstrating how the grant will be spent.
The anticipated outcomes/impact and who/how many people will benefit.
Completed application forms should be sent by post to the Foundation.
Links
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