October Funding News
National Garden Scheme - Community Gardens Grant
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 local community.
The project should aim to bring a community together by creating a space people can share, by the acquisition and sharing of gardening knowledge and skills and by inspiring a love of gardening.
Funding could cover expenses such as:
- Site preparation (including hire of small mechanical tools such as rotavators).
- Hand tools.
- Plants.
- Trees.
- Shrubs.
- Containers.
- Seating
How To Apply
The next application round (funding in 2024) is expected to open for applications on 2 October 2023 and close on 13 November 2023.
Application guidelines and an application form are available on the website of the National Garden Scheme
Arnold Clark Community Fund
Opens early 2024
Objectives of Fund
The Arnold Clark Community Fund helps registered UK charities and community groups close to our branches build stronger communities across the UK. As part of our commitment to give back to the communities in which we operate, we believe that by caring for these communities today, we can help them create a better future
Who Can Apply
Applications will be accepted from:
- UK registered charities
- Local community groups
- Social enterprises
- Community interest companies
- Groups of organisations that are community or voluntary led
- Charitable incorporated organisations
Arnold Clark will review applications when they are received, with charities and local community groups within a 50-mile radius of our branches being prioritised.
How To Apply
Applications are expected to open early 2024.
Once open, the funding will continue on a rolling monthly basis. However, it is recommended that groups apply as early as they can as applications could be paused due to high demand.
Only one application will be accepted per organisation.
The terms and conditions and application forms are available on the Arnold Clark website
Contact Arnold Clark Community Team for further information community.fund@arnoldclark.com
Learning through Landscapes
Local School Nature Grants
Maximum value: £ 500
Application deadline: 10/11/2023
Who Can Apply
The following are eligible to apply:
- Nurseries and other early years providers.
- Pre-schools.
- Primary schools.
- Secondary schools.
Priority will be given to applicants that include children in the decision-making process. Applicants must be employed by the school.
https://naturegrants.ltl.org.uk/
Armed Forces Covenant Fund
Maximum value: £ 100,000
Application deadline: 13/11/2023
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups across the UK for projects which address the hidden and complex needs of specific beneficiaries within Armed Forces communities in a meaningful way.
Who Can Apply
Applications are accepted from charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) in the UK which have been registered for a minimum of three years. UK Armed Forces units are also eligible to apply.
Groups do not need to be Armed Forces-specific, but must be willing to work in partnership with Armed Forces organisations.
The Ernest Cook Trust
Maximum value: £ 20,000
Application deadline: 13/11/2023
Who Can Apply
Grants are available to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations in the UK for educational projects that will encourage young people's interest in the countryside and the environment.
Priority will be given to organisations working within areas of urban and rural deprivation and applications including disadvantaged members of society.
Blue Influencers Grants are open to:
- Registered, exempt or excepted charities.
- Located or working in an underserved community (ranking highly on the Multiple Deprivation Indices), near a blue space eg coast, estuary, waterway or river in England.
- Experienced in marine, river, watercourse environmental issues, community/youth work or both.
- Be able to support a Blue Mentor through regular line management.
Outdoor Essentials Grants are open to applications from:
- UK state-funded Ofsted registered primary, middle, secondary or high schools.
- Any UK state funded special or alternative provision school.
- Multi academy trusts, but applications must be made by the individual schools.
Priority is given to:
- Schools who are committed to enabling outdoor learning and see environmental engagement as an important part of education.
- Schools who can demonstrate that outdoor learning has a wider benefit to families and their local community.
- Schools with disadvantaged pupils.
- Schools that are located in areas of high deprivation and/or have pupils who are living in challenging circumstances.
- Schools which have not received an Outdoor Essentials grant before.
https://ernestcooktrust.org.uk/grants/
Maximum value: £ 5,000
Application deadline: 15/11/2023
Who Can Apply
Grants are available for registered charities undertaking projects to support disadvantaged and disabled children who are under 13 years of age within the UK and abroad.
Registered charities in support of disadvantaged children aged below 13 years and that are based in the UK or Ireland are eligible to apply.
To be eligible, organisations must:
- Be supported by a registered charity number.
- Have supporting up to date financial accounts.
- Have been running for a minimum of one full year.
- Show a ratio of administration and overhead costs to income of less than 30%.
- Have unrestricted net assets of not more than £200,000 or of less than one year's income.
Currently, applications are welcome from small UK-based children's charities.
Maximum value:
£ 100,000
Application deadline:
24/11/2023
Who Can Apply
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations, schools and local authorities to provide extra support to young people (aged 11 to 18 years; up to 25 years with disabilities and special educational needs) who are at risk of anti-social behaviour in eligible areas of England.
Applications will be accepted from eligible organisation within England working in or working with young people from one of the eligible local areas. The list of eligible local areas can be found on NLCF website.
To be eligible, organisations must be one of the following:
- Voluntary and community organisations
- Registered, exempt or excepted charities
- Charitable incorporated organisations (CIO)
- Not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee (must be a registered charity or have a not-for-profit 'asset lock' clause in their articles of association)
- Community interest companies (CIC)
- Schools
- Statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish or community councils)
- Group of organisations, as long as they are all eligible organisations and are led by one eligible organisation who acts as the lead
To be eligible, applicants must have:
- At least two board or committee members who are not related.
- A UK bank account in the name of their organisation.
- Annual accounts (unless the organisation is less than 15 months old).
National Lottery Community Fund - The Million Hours Fund
Community Hubs Grant Scheme
Maximum value:
£ 5,000
Application deadline:
30/11/2023
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to start a new community hub , or expand an existing hub, in order to support asylum seekers, refugees and survivors of modern-day slavery in the UK.
Who Can Apply
- Registered organisations managing existing hubs.
- Constituted groups.
- Charities.
- Faith groups.
- Community Interest Companies (CICs)
- Not for profit organisations.
- Partnerships of not-for-profit organisations.
Priority will be given to individuals and organisations who have not previously received funding from Migrant Help.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Have a bank account in the organisation's name.
- Have adequate insurance in place to deliver the service or project as well as relevant safeguarding procedures.
How To Apply
There are no deadlines for applications; however, when the maximum funding available for each year has been distributed, the applications will close until the following round in the next year. The year runs from 1 April to 31 March the following calendar year.
Applications can be submitted at any time and will be assessed on a bi-monthly basis with deadlines to submit applications for each round.
There will be five funding rounds with the following application windows:
- 1 April to 31 May 2023 with a decision by 30 June 2023
- 1 June to 31 July 2023 with a decision by 31 August 2023
- 1 August to 30 September with a decision by 31 October 2023
- 1 October to 30 November with a decision by 31 December 2023
- 1 December to 31 January 2024 with a decision by 29 February 2024.
Only one application per organisation can be made in any single funding round.
An application form and guidelines are available on request by sending an email to Migrant Help.
Contact Migrant Help for further information.
Documents & links
- Migrant Help Community Hubs Online Application Form
- Guidelines April 2023 to January 2024
- Migrant Help
Enquiries
Migrant Help
Capital Office
128 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
Email: grantapplications@migranthelpuk.org(External link)
Maximum value: £ 1,000
Kellogg’s, in partnership with Forever Manchester, is awarding grants of £1,000 to school Breakfast Clubs, to help them provide breakfast to those children who need it most.
Who Can Apply
A limited number of grants are available with priority being given to schools that either:
- Have 35% and above of children eligible for pupil premium funding (for England); or
- Are based in an area which is classified as falling in the 10% of most deprived areas according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation. Applicants should check their postcode on the Kellogg Breakfast Club Grants - Indices of Deprivation Information page
- Only one grant per school in each academic year is available.
Kellogg's Grants for Schools applications
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