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  Comic Relief Community Fund for England

  Maximum value £5,000

  Application deadline 08/11/2024

  The funding will support and invest in grassroots community-led local organisations in England to drive change in their local communities, as well as by drawing on the ‘lived experiences’ of people who have experienced the issues being tackled.

  This flexible funding is intended for small organisations for work that delivers against one of the areas, which link with Comic Relief’s new funding strategy:

  • Tackling immediate impacts of hardship - organisations that directly address the immediate impacts of poverty, including providing food, warmth, shelter and financial advice such as... Continue reading

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Comic Relief Community Fund for England

  Maximum value £5,000

  Application deadline 08/11/2024

  The funding will support and invest in grassroots community-led local organisations in England to drive change in their local communities, as well as by drawing on the ‘lived experiences’ of people who have experienced the issues being tackled.

  This flexible funding is intended for small organisations for work that delivers against one of the areas, which link with Comic Relief’s new funding strategy:

  • Tackling immediate impacts of hardship - organisations that directly address the immediate impacts of poverty, including providing food, warmth, shelter and financial advice such as foodbanks, community hubs, homeless shelters or welfare advice agencies.
  • Building resilience to poverty and hardship - organisations that deliver activities to empower people to take positive steps out of poverty in the longer term. Examples include skills training, job search, volunteering, mental resilience and financial confidence skills.
  • Working to support equity and inclusion - organisations that champion social justice, diversity and inclusion. This could involve service or projects to tackle inequalities which can lead to poverty and exclusion including gender, sexuality, age, race, language or ability.
  • Working to support climate justice - supporting activities that improve energy efficiency, environmental education and resilience-building within communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such communities at risk of flooding or urban heat islands and those more vulnerable to extreme weather events, such as older people, isolated communities or people with disabilities. Projects might include community awareness sessions, carbon literacy training and practical measures.

  
  

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Organisations from the voluntary and community sector can apply.

  This can include:

  • Constituted voluntary and community groups.
  • Charities.
  • Social enterprises.
  • Community Interest Companies limited by guarantee which have been running for at least two years.
  • Not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee.

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be based within the area where they are carrying out activities.
  • Have local people involved in the running of the organisation as trustees/staff/volunteers.
  • Be not for profit.
  • Have an annual income of £250,000 or less.
  • Have a governing document (e.g. constitution or memorandum and articles of association) which includes appropriate statements on members not benefiting financially from the organisation or its dissolution.
  • Have its own safeguarding policy.
  • Have at least two unrelated people on the committee.
  • Have its own bank account with a minimum of two unrelated signatories.
  • Not be a statutory organisation

  
  

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding can be used on core organisation costs, direct project related costs or a combination of both that support the organisation to deliver against any of the four areas.

  
  

  
  

  How To Apply

  Applications will be accepted from 14 October 2024 to 8 November 2024 (5pm).

  Please note: It is expected that the application process will be competitive. If it is oversubscribed, the application form will be closed at any point. Groundwork would advise groups to complete an application form as a priority to ensure they do not miss out.

  The first step in the application process is to complete an online Eligibility Checker. Eligible groups will then be given a link to the online application form.

  Full guidelines and the Eligibility Checker can be found on the Groundwork website.

  Contact Groundwork for further information.

  Comic Relief - Groundwork(External link)
  

  
  

  The Primary Club - Murray Fund

  Maximum Value £25,000

  Deadline 15/11/24

  Background

  The Primary Club is a registered charity that provides financial support for a wide range of recreational and sporting facilities for the blind and visually impaired (VI) in the UK. It is the major supporter of the thriving network of VI cricket clubs in the UK. In addition to cricket, the Club also supports a wide range of other VI sports including baseball, futsal, goalball, golf, scuba diving, showdown, skiing, swimming, tandem cycling and Braille chess.

  This year's funding for larger projects has been enabled by a 'new substantial legacy' from the late Ethel Murray.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is intended to support projects that are either innovative (in the sense of enabling support to be provided in new ways, or to a wider community) and/or collaborative (for example enabling schools and other organisations to deliver support together which they could not achieve alone).

  Who Can Apply

  Clubs and organisations in the UK can apply.

  Eligible Expenditure

  Projects must relate clearly to the sporting and/or recreational needs of the blind and partially sighted.

  The Trustees generally prefer to:

  • Support ‘grass roots’ and ‘start up’ activities rather than, for example, international teams of visually impaired sportsmen and women.
  • Fund the whole of the cost of a project, even where this is spread across two or more years, rather than to be one of a number of contributors.
  • Support running costs or the purchase of equipment, as distinct from items which will significantly increase the recipient’s long-term asset base.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for 2024/25 applications is 15 November 2024 with notification of decisions by 15 January 2025.

  The guidance notes and application form can be found on The Primary Club website.

  The completed application form should be submitted by email.

  Contact The Primary Club for further information.

  Useful links

  The Primary Club - Funding
  https://www.primaryclub.org/funding/(External link)

  
  

  Toy Trust

  Maximum Value £5,000

  Deadline 15/11/2024

  Background

  Founded by the British Toy and Hobby Association (BTHA), the Toy Trust exists to raise money predominantly from the toy industry, its suppliers and friends; and distribute the money raised to young disadvantaged and disabled children's charities within the UK and abroad.

  The Trust aims to:

  • Co-ordinate and organise various fundraising activities for its members.
  • Make donations to charities for children.
  • Provide emergency aid in any crisis involving children.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is intended for UK based children's charities who are working for the benefit of disadvantaged children under the age of 13 years and their families.

  Currently, applications from small UK-based charities are accepted.

  Who Can Apply

  Registered charities in support of disadvantaged children aged below 13 years and that are based in the UK or Ireland are eligible to apply. Applications will also be considered from organisations around the world that have a UK based office.

  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.

  Successful applicants cannot re-apply for a grant for two years.

  Restrictions

  Funding is not available for the following:

  • Individuals (unless there are compelling reasons).
  • Salaries or wages.
  • Research.
  • Running costs
  • Books or publishing.

  Successful applicants cannot reapply for funding for two years.

  Applications cannot be accepted from overseas offices unless the organisation has a UK-based office.

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding is available to help disadvantaged children aged below 13 years and their families to:

  • Alleviate suffering.
  • Support children through awful experiences.
  • Encourage achievement through adversity.
  • Purchase vital equipment.
  • Provide care.
  • Bolster existing initiatives.
  • Initiate brand new projects.
  • Satisfy basic needs.

  Projects should:

  • Show real benefit for relieving hardship and suffering to beneficiaries.
  • Run for a minimum of one full year.
  • Be in support of children and projects regardless of faith, sex or disability.

  Funding can be used for equipment and services.

  How To Apply

  Applications can be made at any time throughout the year and will be considered at the next Trustee meeting.

  The following deadlines apply:

  • Mid February for the March meeting
  • Mid June for the July meeting
  • Mid August for the September meeting
  • Mid November for the December meeting

  The online application form and application guidance can be found on the Toy Trust website.

  Contact the Toy Trust for further information.

  Useful links

  Toy Trust
  https://toytrust.co.uk/(External link)

  LGBT+ Futures Equity Fund

  Grants between £100 to £25,000

  Deadline 21/11/2024

  Background

  The LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund has been enabled with funding from the National Lottery Community Fund and is being managed by Consortium and its community partners.

  Objectives of Fund

  This is the second round of the Fund which focuses on supporting user-led LGBT+ organisations working with targeted under-represented and under-resourced communities.

  The aims of the fund are to:

  • Support intersectional LGBT+ organisations to grow and influence the LGBT+ voluntary sector in more equitable ways.
  • Ensure intersectional LGBT+ organisations are better equipped to work with their beneficiaries as a result of receiving funding and support.
  • Enable intersectional LGBT+ organisations to gain more confidence to develop relationships with and/or apply for grants through other funders.

  Previous Success

  Examples of grants awarded from first round:

  • Improving the health and wellbeing of Deaf LGBT+ people by providing accessible information in British Sign Language on topics such as bullying, sexual health, pride and Deaf LGBTQ history.
  • Free basketball sessions for lesbian, bisexual and trans women and non-binary people living in London.
  • Towards support for African LGBTI refugees and asylum seekers which includes asylum procedures, workshops and social activities.
  • Regular activities for the LGBT+ community in Manchester who are over aged 50 to reduce social isolation and improve confidence and mental wellbeing.
  • To support the cost of outreach for the Trans community in East Anglia by providing advice and a safe place to meet.

  Who Can Apply

  Applicants must be an England based non-profit group or organisation that is led by and for LGBT+ people and specifically working with one or more of the following communities of focus:

  • D/deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent LGBT+ People.
  • LGBTQIA+ Women.
  • LGBT+ People of the Global Majority.
  • Older LGBT+ People.
  • Trans and Non-Binary People.

  How To Apply

  Applications will be assessed on a rolling basis until the fund closes for applications on 21 November 2024 (12 noon).

  Notification of decisions within four months of applying.

  Full guidelines and an online application form can be found on the Consortium website.

  Contact Consortium for further information.

  Useful links

  LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund
  https://www.consortium.lgbt/EquityFund/(External link)

  
  

  Youth Music Trailblazer Fund

  Grants of £2,000 to £15,000 are available to organisations of less than one year old.

  Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 are available to organisations of more than one year old.

  Deadline 22/11/2024

  Background

  Youth Music is the UK's largest children's music charity, set up in 1999 to promote and support music-making opportunities for children with the least access. It is supported by National Lottery funding through the Arts Council for England. Youth Music's vision is that 'life-changing' music making is available to all children and young people.

  Youth Music provides several grants programmes, including the Trailblazer Fund.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding aims to support young people who want to change their lives through music but cannot because of who they are, where they are from or what they are going through.

  The grants are for organisations who want to trial work for the first time, test a new way of working, or disrupt the status quo.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  The total project budget should include at least 10% match funding. There are two types of match funding:

  • Cash match funding - this is where there is money exchange involved; for example, a grant from another funder. At least 5% of the total project budget should be made up of cash match funding.
  • In-kind match funding - this is non-cash support that the applicant or their partners make towards the project; for example, free venue hire or volunteer support.

  Funding from Arts Council England or National Lottery cannot be used towards meeting the minimum match funding requirements but can be used as additional contribution.

  Who Can Apply

  Constituted UK based organisations may apply.

  There is particular interest in:

  • Small organisations who support children and young people to make, learn or earn in music.
  • Those who work with children and young people facing barriers who want to trial a new music offer.
  • Established organisations that want to test a new way of working or disrupt the status quo.

  Eligible Expenditure

  To be eligible, projects must:

  • Last between 6 and 24 months, including planning and project set-up time.
  • Enable children and young people in England to make, learn or earn in music. This can be music in any form, for example, making music with friends or learning about the music business. Projects can offer music making, learning, or earning - or a combination of all three.
  • Engage children and young people who face barriers to music because of who they are, where they live, or what they are going through.
  • Be designed or co-designed with children and young people who need to be involved in the planning and ongoing development of the project.
  • Have built in ways to reflect on and adapt their project delivery.

  In addition, projects must fit into at least one of the following six funding themes:

  • Early years (0 to 5 years) who face barriers to accessing music-making because of their circumstances or where they live.
  • Disabled, d/Deaf and neurodivergent young people (0-25 years) so that they have equitable access to progress in music in a way that meets their needs and aspirations or provides routes for disabled young people into the workforce.
  • Young adults (16-25 years) who want to take their music further, or for whom music can support wider personal and social outcomes.
  • Youth justice system for children and young people (0-25 years) who are, have been, or are at risk of being involved with the youth justice system.
  • Young people facing barriers for children and young people (aged 0–25) who face barriers to music-making due to their characteristics or life circumstances, or because of where they live.
  • Organisations and the workforce for work that benefits people and organisations who provide inclusive music making opportunities for children and young people (aged 0-25).

  The funding can support a mix of delivery costs and core costs.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for Round 8 applications (for projects starting between April and June 2025) is 22 November 2024 (5pm).

  Guidance notes and the online application portal can be found on the Youth Music website.

  Useful links

  Youth Music - Trailblazer Fund
  https://youthmusic.org.uk/trailblazer-fund(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2025

  Tier 1: smaller projects between £5,000 and £24,999.

  Tier 2: larger projects between £25,000 and £50,000.

  Deadline 25/11/2024

  Background

  MV Empire Windrush arrived at the Port of Tilbury on 21 June 1948 and its passengers disembarked a day later. The ship carried several hundred Caribbean migrants, many of them veterans of the Second World War. Since then, the Windrush has come to symbolise the first movement of mass migration to the United Kingdom in the post-war era.

  Following the 70th anniversary of MV Empire Windrush’s arrival in 2018, the Government announced a national Windrush Day on 22 June each year, commencing in 2019.

  The Windrush Day Grant Scheme is provided with funding from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) previously called the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) until the name was changed in July 2024.

  The scheme is administered on their behalf by Near Neighbours.

  Objectives of Fund

  The Windrush Day Grant Scheme is part of the Government's work to create more resilient communities, where different religions, cultures and opinions are celebrated, underpinned by a shared set of values that champion tolerance, freedom and equality of opportunity.

  For 2025, the focus is on bringing communities together – across different ages and ethnic backgrounds – to commemorate, celebrate, and educate their local area about the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants across the United Kingdom.

  Who Can Apply

  Organisations are eligible to apply if they fit into one of the following three categories:

  • They are registered
    1. Charities
    2. Exempt charities
    3. Community interest companies/Community Interest Organisation
    4. Social enterprises
    5. Community benefit societies
  • They meet all the following criteria as demonstrated by submitting additional supporting documents:
    1. They are established for charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes
    2. They have a governing body with at least three members
    3. They have a governing document which they can produce
    4. They can provide accounts demonstrating good financial health across both of the last two financial years
  • They are a local authority.

  Consortium bids will be considered.

  Eligible Expenditure

  22 June each year marks National Windrush Day and projects must include a lead event or activity on this date.

  All further events and activities must take place before 30 September 2025.

  Funding for unique and exciting proposals that engage with the Windrush story and Windrush communities in powerful, enterprising, and thoughtful ways. Groups should demonstrate how their project will work with local community partners.

  Projects should primarily focus on at least one of the following overarching aims of the scheme:

  • To educate people about the Windrush story.
  • To foster a greater sense of national pride and recognition of the historic and ongoing contributions made by the Windrush generation and their descendants to UK society.
  • To develop the skills and entrepreneurial ambitions of young people.
  • To celebrate and commemorate the continued contributions of the Windrush generation to the UK.

  In addition, all proposals should have the following aim:

  • To be community-led and have a positive social impact. Projects should be developed by, or with, the Windrush generation and their descendants, and organisations should carefully consider how the project will create a positive social impact in their local area, and help to galvanise communities to work together to embrace positive aspects of their shared identity

  Proposed projects should achieve all of the following outcomes:

  • Greater community cohesion: projects should encourage communities to work together across generational and social divides.
  • Have a lasting impact beyond the funding period: this could be through forming new partnerships or producing assets that can continue to be shared in the future, such as videos and stories from elders.
  • Increased acknowledgment of the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants: projects should be better enable education about the Windrush generation's contributions to UK society, as well as wider contributions made by their descendants to UK communities.

  The following are illustrative examples:

  • Bring together local partners and communities to create a unique project.
  • Run a scheme that supports young people to improve their academic, vocational or entrepreneurial skills – and demonstrate how the scheme has made an impact.
  • Deliver a high-quality artistic performance or series of performances that celebrate the Windrush legacy.
  • Run novel activities in partnership with local schools, for example, through assemblies, workshops, educational trips, and project work.

  Project events and activities taking place after 22 June 2025 must demonstrate one or more of the following:

  • Clearly demonstrate how a proposal can help build community cohesion between people of different age groups and ethnic backgrounds.
  • Have a lasting social impact beyond the funding period.
  • Help develop the educational and entrepreneurial skills of young people across this period.

  This year, groups are encouraged to set out manageable deliverables in their proposals, will need to ensure that their organisation can keep to their proposed delivery timetable, and that they are able to commit to providing regular updates on their progress, including but not limited to project monitoring, evaluation form and participant feedback forms etc.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for applications is 25 November 2024 (23:59).

  Applicants will be notified of any decisions made in March 2025.

  Guidance notes are available from the MHCLG website.

  An online application form is available from the Near Neighbours website.

  Contact Near Neighbours for further information.

  Useful links

  Near Neighbours - Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2025
  https://www.near-neighbours.org.uk/windrush2025(External link)

  Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) - Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2025
  https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/windrush-day-grant-scheme-2025/windrush-day-grant-scheme-2025-guidance-for-applicants#selection(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Hubbub Nature Hubs Fund

  Maximum Value £6,000

  Application Deadline 29/11/2024

  Background

  The Nature Hubs Fund is provided by public donations through the Starbucks 5p Cup Charge and is administered by Hubbub. It is part of Hubbub and Starbucks’ wider ambition to build stronger, greener communities across the UK.

  Objectives of Fund

  This fund aims to support groups to create or enhance green spaces within a 5-kilometre radius of Starbucks stores that bring people closer to nature and align with the following criteria:

  • Involving the community - Projects that bring people and communities together around nature and green spaces.
  • Commitment to reaching new audiences - Projects that are committed to reaching audiences beyond those who typically access green space.
  • Need for green space - Projects that demonstrate a community need for a green space project, particularly in dense urban areas.
  • Creating or enhancing green spaces - Projects that can demonstrate how they either create new green spaces, or improve, add to, or preserve existing green spaces.

  Existing Nature Hubs that received funding in March/April 2024 can apply for a Top-Up Grant to deepen their impact by strengthening community ties to their project and supporting their project's legacy.

  Who Can Apply

  Constituted community groups, registered charities, community interest companies, and companies based in the UK can apply.

  Organisations may apply for more than one grant as long as the project locations are distinct and near to separate Starbucks stores.

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding is for specific and discrete initiatives that create new green spaces or enhance existing ones to bring nature closer to people and people closer to nature.

  Applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

  • The space needs to be publicly accessible, and free to access, and all permissions necessary to work on the site are in place.
  • All projects must be within a 5-kilometre radius of a Starbucks store (3-kilometres is desirable)
  • The project should start for the 2025 spring-summer growing season and be up and running within six months of receiving funding.
  • Applications should show a clearly defined project that is feasible within the suggested timeframe and budget.
  • Promote community cohesion around nature and green spaces.
  • There is a need for new or enhanced green spaces (such as dense urban areas).
  • Organisations must be fully operational and be able to demonstrate that they have delivered previous projects successfully (experience working with communities, access to a volunteering network, and strong storytelling/communication abilities are desirable).
  • Organisations should be open and willing to be connected with their local Starbucks store.
  • Projects should show that they will create a lasting, positive legacy and identify how the benefits of the project will continue beyond the funding.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for applications is 29 November 2024.

  Applicants will be notified of any decisions made at the end of February 2025.

  Guidance notes and an online application form are available from the Nature Hub website.

  Useful links

  Hubbub - Nature Hubs Fund
  https://www.communitynaturenetwork.org.uk/nature-hubs-2024(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity

  Maximum Value £10,000

  Deadline 31/01/2025

  Objectives of Fund

  Following a strategic review earlier this year, MSE Charity has announced that from June 2024, the funding approach is changing from two themed grant rounds per year to two grant rounds with no specific themes.
  

  Instead of a specific theme, all applications must be aligned with MSE Charity's vision of funding activities which make a lasting impact on the way people think, behave and manage their money.

  The funding is intended for a wide range of not-for-profit organisations in the UK for activities related to increasing personal financial capability.

  MSE Charity defines financial capability as the ability to manage money well – both day-to-day and through significant life events, such as: having a baby; moving home; unexpected job loss; bereavement; major illness or injury. It gives people the confidence and knowledge to make the most of their money and improve their lives. This means addressing all the factors that influence people’s behaviour around money: skills and knowledge, attitudes towards money, motivation to take action, and accessibility to financial services.

  Who Can Apply

  Applications will be accepted from UK registered charities, community interest companies (CICs), credit union, not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee, and social enterprise companies.

  Eligible Expenditure

  The funding can be used for all sorts of activities related to increasing personal financial capability. Some examples include:

  • Money management workshops - understanding the basics, how money works in the UK, online banking, staying financially safe, household budgeting, how to generate and supplement low incomes.
  • Training volunteers to deliver workshops or to provide peer-support to others.
  • Upskilling existing staff to access financial capability training to support their end-users directly.
  • Provide access to financial inclusion activities for people who are disadvantaged in anyway such as by age, disability, ethnicity or gender.
  • Project activity costs must relate to future service delivery, that is pro-active in delivering financial life skills, money management education and or debt avoidance.

  The funding is to be used for specific activity costs related to financial capability projects only.

  How To Apply

  There will be two grant rounds in 2025:

  • The Winter grant round will open for Stage 1 proposals on 13 January 2025 and close on 31 January 2025 with final decisions communicated by 2 May 2025.
  • The dates for the Summer 2025 grant round have yet to be published.

  The application process is as follows:

  • Pre-Application - Grant Eligibility Quiz - a self assessment tool to determine if the organisation and project meets MSE Charity’s general grant criteria. If successful, applicants will unlock access to the Stage 1 form.
  • Stage 1 - Outline Proposal - a brief application that enables applicants to tell about their organisation and the activities they would like funded. This should provide sufficient detail for the Grants Advisory Panel (GAP) to assess if it would be suitable for The MSE Charity to consider funding.
  • Stage 2 - Full Application - invited short-listed applicants are sent a link to complete a full application form with approximately one month to complete. This will require more detailed information to be provided about their organisation; evidence of need, the project activities; the team's experience; the outcomes they are hoping to achieve; a detailed project budget; and submission of supporting documents including their Accounts and a recent bank statement.

  All relevant documents are available on the MSE Charity website.

  Applications are only accepted electronically and only within the grant round dates.

  Contact MSE Charity for further information.

  Useful links

  MSE Charity
  http://www.msecharity.com/
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  Groundwork - Grassroots Grants

  Grants of between £500 and £2,000 are available

  Application Deadline: 30/09/2024

  
  

  Background

  The Grassroots Grants Programme is provided by the Postcode Local Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, and is administered by Groundwork.

  Objectives of Fund

  This fund aims to support flexible, unrestricted grants for small grassroots organisations that are working to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.

  Who Can Apply

  Small, local, constituted voluntary and community organisations, including registered charities, with an annual income of less than £60,000 in the last financial year... Continue reading

  Groundwork - Grassroots Grants

  Grants of between £500 and £2,000 are available

  Application Deadline: 30/09/2024

  
  

  Background

  The Grassroots Grants Programme is provided by the Postcode Local Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, and is administered by Groundwork.

  Objectives of Fund

  This fund aims to support flexible, unrestricted grants for small grassroots organisations that are working to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.

  Who Can Apply

  Small, local, constituted voluntary and community organisations, including registered charities, with an annual income of less than £60,000 in the last financial year can apply.

  Community interest companies (CICs) can apply if they have been in operating for two years with an asset lock (schedule one and two only).

  Priority will be given to organisations that meet the following criteria:

  • Have an annual income of £50,000 or under.
  • Funding is for work in communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation.
  • Organisations that work with and support communities that are classed as marginalised or vulnerable.

  Applicants must provide a copy of their governing document.

  Check the website for restrictions.

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding is to support the work of groups that provide vital services in their local communities, such as:

  • Access to food or basic essentials.
  • Improvements to local greenspace.
  • Cultural, support, or wellbeing activities.
  • Volunteering opportunities to improve the local environment or support other people.

  Grants are unrestricted, and can be used flexibly for costs such as:

  • Paying staff or volunteer expenses.
  • Costs for equipment or materials.
  • Core, ongoing running costs of the organisation, such as rent, utilities, and other general running costs.
  • Training for staff and volunteers.
  • Consultant time to help develop the organisation or key policies.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for applications is 30 September 2024 (23:59).

  Guidance notes and an online application form are available from the Groundwork website.

  Useful links

  Groundwork - Grassroots Grants
  https://www.groundwork.org.uk/grassroots-grants/(External link)

  
  

  Severn Trent Water NeighbourGOOD Scheme.

  Maximum Value £2,500 plus the scheme also offer practical support from teams of 20–30 volunteers for successful applicants.

  Application Deadline: 04/10/2024.

  
  

  Background

  The NeighbourGOOD scheme is a new initiative by Severn Trent aimed at empowering local communities. It aims to support projects that make a real difference in the lives of its customers and the neighbourhoods it serves. The scheme will select a different community project to support in every corner of the Severn Trent region.

  Objectives of Fund

  The scheme offers support in the form of small grants plus dedicated teams of volunteers for hands-on aid to local groups, charities and community project owners in the Severn Trent region for activities that benefit the community.

  Winning projects will be voted by the public and one will be selected for each county that Severn Trent Water serves.

  Who Can Apply

  Applications are accepted from:

  • Volunteer/community groups.
  • Organisations registered with the Charity Commission.
  • Organisations registered with Companies House that are limited by guarantee.
  • Local authority or parish councils.
  • Foundation schools, colleges or academies.

  To be eligible groups must:

  • Be not for profit.
  • Have a governing document.
  • Have a bank account in the name of the organisation with dual authorisation.

  The proposed project must be situated within the Severn Trent region, and it should benefit a community that consists of Severn Trent customers. Applicants can use the postcode checker link on the Water UK website to verify their location.

  Check the website for restrictions

  Eligible Expenditure

  Support is for new local initiatives and community projects that address a genuine community need and have a significant impact on improving community wellbeing for people living in the Severn Trent region. The funders are looking for projects that will foster community spirit, promote sustainability and create lasting benefits.

  Winning projects will receive the help of 20–30 Severn Trent volunteers across two days as well as grant funding to support in the delivery of their project.

  Projects must be completed by 31 March 2025.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for applications is 4 October 2024.

  There is a two-stage selection process. A shortlist of three projects per county in the Severn Trent region will be selected by a panel of county representatives. Then the shortlisted projects will be put forward for public vote and one from each county will receive support.

  An online application form and guidance is available on the Severn Trent website.

  Contact Severn Trent for further information.

  Useful links

  WaterUK - Find Your Local Water Supplier
  https://www.water.org.uk/advice-for-customers/find-your-supplier/(External link)

  Severn Trent NeighbourGOOD Scheme
  https://www.stwater.co.uk/about-us/neighbourgood-scheme/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  McCarthy Stone - Christmas Connections

  Maximum Value £750

  Application Deadline 11/10/2024

  
  

  Grants are available for charities and community groups who bring together people over 65 living in the more deprived areas of England, Scotland and Wales during the Christmas period.

  The Christmas Connections 2024 programme supports organisations in Britain who provide projects to connect older people over the festive period (between 9 December and 2 January).

  Funding themes of the foundation are:

  • Providing connection and purpose for older people.
  • Building intergenerational relationships to bring young and old together.
  • Regenerating community spaces that enable connection and engagement for older people.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Registered charities, community groups and CICs based in England, Scotland and Wales may apply. Groups must be independent and have a bank account in the organisation's name.

  Only organisations with an annual income less than £250,000 may apply.

  Applications should demonstrate how the initiative aligns with the McCarthy Stone Foundation priorities. Also, the proposal should show how funding will potentially benefit those over 65 years old in the community plus indicate the potential number of beneficiaries.

  Priority will be given to applications working in the more deprived areas in Britain. To ensure an equitable allocation of funds and to help with selection of grant applicants, there is a place-based approach to reviewing grant applications: funding will be prioritised to organisations able to demonstrate they are working in specified locations in Britain and are selected based on data from the ONS, Age UK and the Centre for Ageing Better, with a key focus on areas where income deprivation and loneliness affecting older people is most acute.

  Check the website for restrictions.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Examples of activities that can be funded include:

  • The provision of a meal on Christmas Day.
  • Group social events.
  • Support for day care centres/community spaces providing services over the festive period.

  How To Apply

  The closing date for applications is now 5pm on 11 October 2024 for notification in October.

  The online submission form can be found on the Foundation's website.

  Contact the McCarthy Stone Foundation for further information.

  Useful links

  McCarthy Stone Foundation - Grants Programme
  https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/our-grant-programmes/(External link)

  
  

  npower Business Solutions Foundation

  Maximum Value £100,000

  Background

  The npower Business Solutions (nBS) Foundation is provided by business energy provider npower Business Solutions (nBS) with the aim of giving back to the communities in which it operates.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding aims to help create stronger, greener and more sustainable local communities within a 50-mile radius of the npower Business Solutions (nBS) Foundation Leeds and Solihull offices.

  Value Notes

  Three levels of funding are available depending on the size and turnover of the applicant organisation:

  • Level 1 grants of up to £19,999.
  • Level 2 grants of up to £39,999.
  • Level 3 grants of up to £100,000.

  Successful applicants will be paid within three months of the application date, and their project must then be completed within 12 months.

  Who Can Apply

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be based within a 50 mile radius of the npower Business Solutions office in either Solihull or Leeds.
  • Be a not-for-profit organisation.
  • Have been operational for two years.

  This includes:

  • Not-for-profit companies.
  • Registered charities
  • Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs)
  • Community Interest Companies (CICs)
  • Cooperatives or Community Benefit Societies.
  • Schools, Colleges or Universities.

  National organisations based outside these areas but with projects located with the 50 mile radius may also be eligible.

  Location

  West Midlands and Yorkshire: within a 50 mile radius of postcodes B91 3ES or LS15 8ZA

  Eligible Expenditure

  The funding aims to:

  • Improve the environment.
  • Forge stronger community bonds.
  • Support local educational institutions.
  • Encourage responsible business.
  • Improve places and spaces.

  Eligible projects could include, but are not limited to:

  • Energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures
  • Waste reduction and recycling initiatives
  • Improvements to outdoor environments
  • Training programmes that develop local skills and employment opportunities.

  How To Apply

  Two short videos on the npower Business Solutions Foundation website provide further details on who can apply and how to apply.

  Contact Charis Grants Ltd for further information

  Useful links

  npower Business Solutions Foundation

  https://npowerbusinesssolutions.com/foundation(External link)

  
  

  Cash4Clubs

  Maximum Value £2,000

  Application Deadline: 12/11/2024

  
  

  Background

  Set up in 2008, Cash4Clubs is a grant programme funded by Flutter UK & Ireland, part of Flutter Entertainment, the global sports betting, gaming and entertainment provider. For this reason, groups must have adult members (18+) in order to be eligible for funding.

  Cash4Clubs is working with Sported, the UK's largest network of community sports groups, to get the funds to the clubs who need it most.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding aims to support the sustainability of local sports clubs, thereby ensuring more people have access to local sports.

  This year's focus is on supporting adult clubs. Funding will be offered to community groups that support over 18’s only, with an emphasis on 18-25 year olds. You cannot apply if your organisation or club runs junior activities.

  Priority will be given to applications that:

  • Increase participation in sport and/or physical activity for one or more underrepresented groups, including women and girls over 18, people with disabilities, those from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community or from lower socio-economic groups.
  • Encourage people who would not usually engage in sport to take part, such as providing activities that support physical and mental wellbeing or tackle issues such as loneliness.
  • Address broader social issues for the local community, eg, reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, homelessness, or connecting communities.

  Priority will be given to groups based in areas of high deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation 1-3).

  Who Can Apply

  Applications are accepted from not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community groups and traditional sports clubs.

  To be eligible for funding, applicants must:

  • Be either registered charities or clubs with a structured governance and constitution.
  • Demonstrate that they are using sport for wider social purposes and aiming to increase participation of adults from underrepresented groups. There is particular interest in reaching groups working in areas of higher deprivation.

  See website for restrictions.

  Eligible Expenditure

  The funding is unrestricted and can be used for anything that will support the organisation to continue and/or grow their activities in their local community.

  Typical examples of costs might include a contribution towards:

  • Venue hire
  • Utilities such as heating or lighting
  • Coaching costs
  • Volunteer expenses
  • Equipment
  • Kit
  • Marketing and communications
  • Training and qualifications
  • Insurances and affiliations

  How To Apply

  The fund will open for applications on 12 September 2024 and close on 12 November 2024. The fund may close early if a large volume of applications are received. The website will be updated if the fund needs to close early. Applicants are advised to check the website regularly for any updates.
  

  The guidelines and information on the application process are available on the Cash4Clubs website.

  Contact the Sported team for further information.

  Useful links

  Cash4Clubs
  https://cash-4-clubs.com/(External link)

  Cash4Clubs 2024
  https://thehub.sported.org.uk/cash4clubs.html(External link)

  
  

  Groundwork - One Stop Community Partnership Programme

  Maximum Value £1,000

  Application Deadline: 25/10/2024

  Background

  The One Stop Community Partnership programme is administered by Groundwork working in partnership with One Stop Stores Ltd.

  The programme provides partnership as well as financial assistance. Alongside an initial grant, a long-term tailored programme of support is created for successful applicants by the One Stop Community Team and One Stop Store Team. Grant recipients then work in partnership with the One Stop Store Team at their local shop to deliver this programme.

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme is designed to create a partnership of support to community groups, operating within two miles of a One Stop store, who are working to:

  • Tackle food poverty.
  • Support the vulnerable.
  • Support the elderly.
  • Support low income families.
  • Running youth sports teams.
  • Reducing/recycling waste
  • Improving the environment

  Who Can Apply

  The following organisations may apply:

  • Voluntary and community organisations.
  • Registered charities.
  • Schools.
  • Health bodies.
  • Parish/Town councils.
  • Social enterprises.
  • Community Interest Companies (running for a minimum of two years).
  • Community councils.
  • Local authorities.
  • Housing organisations.

  Applications from organisations such as women's refuges, food banks, hospices, homeless charities, charities supporting the elderly or children are typically welcome. However, this list is not exhaustive and other organisational types will be funded.

  Eligible Expenditure

  The tailored support from the store teams will help community causes to increase or improve their service by assisting in areas such as but not limited to; volunteering support, fundraising and awareness-raising.

  How To Apply

  The deadline for applications is:

  
  

  • 25 October 2024.

  
  

  It is expected that decisions will be communicated within three weeks of the deadline.

  A further application rounds is expected to open between 2 December 2024 to 24 January 2025. There are typically four application rounds each year.

  Before starting an application, applicants should first use the Store Locator, available on the Groundwork website, to check the distance to the local One Stop store and whether funding is currently available there. Please note that not all stores offer this programme.

  Guidance notes are available on the Groundwork website. An online application form is available, but organisations must first register with Flexi Grant for an account. Instructions are provided in the guidance notes.

  Contact Groundwork for further information.

  Useful links

  Groundwork - One Stop Community Partnership
  https://www.groundwork.org.uk/one-stop-community-partnership/
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  Maximum value: £ 75,000

  Initial Round of Expressions of interest: 06/09/2024

  Institute of Health Equity and Legal and General in Partnership

  
  

  In partnership with Sir Michael Marmot and the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), Legal & General has launched a £3mn ‘Health Equity Fund’(External link) to support community-based initiatives across the UK which are addressing the social determinants of health. The Fund is open to receiving expressions of interest from organisations with projects or project ideas for implementation in any part of the UK.

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  Maximum value: £ 75,000

  Initial Round of Expressions of interest: 06/09/2024

  Institute of Health Equity and Legal and General in Partnership

  
  

  In partnership with Sir Michael Marmot and the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE), Legal & General has launched a £3mn ‘Health Equity Fund’(External link) to support community-based initiatives across the UK which are addressing the social determinants of health. The Fund is open to receiving expressions of interest from organisations with projects or project ideas for implementation in any part of the UK.

  Key highlights

  • The £3mn Fund will award grants to successful applicants to support place-based projects addressing the social determinants of health
  • Provision of grant funding of up to £75,000 per project
  • Potential to provide support for up to 150 place-based initiatives across the UK

  Example projects that the Fund may support

  Projects could range from funding for projects that enable children living in areas of deprivation to live healthier lives to community programmes which address the social determinants behind pressures on A&E services, ways to improve housing to support better health of the occupiers, or partnerships raising awareness of the contribution the natural environment makes to health and wellbeing.

  Who can apply?

  The opportunity is available for registered charities, social enterprises, NHS Trusts or primary care organisations, university or academic organisations and community groups from across the UK, to apply for grant funding to support initiatives or early-stage projects.

  What is the process for organisations applying?

  1. Connect with the Health Equity Network

  Interested organisations need to register interest in receiving more information about applying for the grant whilst gaining full access to a community of members who are taking action on health equity in the UK. See here(External link) to register and learn more about L&G Health Equity Fund.

  2. Share initial interest and ideas for projects

  Once registered as a Health Equity Network Member, interested parties can submit expressions of interest.

  3. Await an invitation to formally apply

  Expressions of interest will be reviewed by our advisory board and a selection of organisations will be invited to proceed to the formal application stage.

  How can you help?

  We would particularly be grateful if combined and local authorities could share this information with organisations and/or relevant projects they are willing to endorse.

  For further information regarding this opportunity, or for additional questions, please contact healthequitynetwork@landg.com(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  People and Places Programme

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 5,000

  Application deadline: 09/09/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme provides community innovators with the funding, support and connections they need to get their project off the ground, or scale it to increase its impact. This is a way to encourage people’s freedom to act and to collaborate, strengthening the connection between people and place.

  The programme is specifically intended to support people who are working to transform their neighbourhoods for the better.

  Projects need to address one or more of the challenges:

  • Ensuring facilities, land and buildings are used and/or owned by local people.
  • Ensuring local people have a say or can act in how their neighbourhood is being transformed.
  • Ensuring local people can gain access to resources such as greener energy, materials or finance so they can live more sustainably and affordably.

  Community innovators are defined for this programme as people with home-grown solutions to local problems and the sense of agency and urgency to make positive change within their neighbourhoods.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Footwork covers 100% of the running costs the People and Place programme, such as mentor fees and travel to field trips.

  This free mentoring programme offers the following to each of the 10 programme participants in 2025:

  • An unrestricted grant of £5,000 to give participants the time to think and the freedom to take part in the programme.
  • One to one mentoring support
  • Meeting fellow collaborators (field trips and online)
  • Place visits by the Footwork team
  • Access to Footwork’s space in London
  • Connection with a network of fellow community innovators

  Who Can Apply

  Local voluntary and community groups and organisations who have innovative ideas to deliver long-term change for their community can apply.

  Applicants will need to commit 12 days in total to the People and Place programme, spread out over 12 months.

  
  

  How To Apply

  Applications for the 2025 programme will be accepted from 15 July to 9 September 2024 (23:59).

  Shortlisted applicants will be visited by the programme’s team between 30 September and 9 October 2024.

  
  

  Useful links

  Footwork Trust

  https://www.footwork.org.uk/(External link)

  Footwork - People and Places Programme 2025

  https://www.footwork.org.uk/peopleandplace2025(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Early Support Hubs Fund

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 500,000

  Application deadline: 09/09/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  This fund aims to support drop-in mental health hubs for young people aged 11 to 25 that are integrated within the local healthcare and voluntary sectors to maintain existing services, strengthen relationships with clinical partners, or add new services to their model.

  
  

  Value Notes

  A total of £1.5 million is available.

  It is expected that around three to four grants of between £250,000 and £500,000 will be awarded.

  Grants of up to two years are available.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  To apply, groups must meet the following criteria:

  • They are a registered charity or community interest company (CIC) with an annual income of at least £1 million.
  • The charity or CIC must run an early support hub in a physical space, open to young people aged between 11 and 25 who need support or guidance.
  • The organisation must have experience running a hub for at least the past three years.

  Partnership applications are welcome.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding can be used to support core costs that support the delivery of high-quality early support hubs, ensure that the model has a strong evidence base and quality assurance process, and ultimately get these hubs to a place where they can better leverage future funds. This can include:

  • Staff time to deliver services.
  • Training for staff or volunteers.
  • Costs for evaluation or quality assurance of hub services.
  • Costs supporting the development or strengthening of relationships with local clinical services.

  
  

  How To Apply

  There is a two-stage application process:

  1. The first step is to complete an online Expression of Interest form. The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 9 September 2024 (14:00).
  2. Successful applicants will then be invited to complete a full application. The deadline to complete a full application is 21 October 2024 (14:00).

  An online information webinar will be held on 23 August 2024 (10:30).

  Guidance notes and an Online Expression of Interest form are available from the Prudence Trust website.

  
  

  Useful links

  Prudence Trust - Early Support Hubs Fund

  https://theprudencetrust.org/what-we-fund/early-support-hubs/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 30,000

  Application deadline: 10/09/2024

  
  

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The aim of the Trust is to give people of all ages the opportunities to access, participate in and enjoy the arts (particularly the performing arts), and support projects that widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on local communities.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Grant awards generally start at a few hundred pounds.

  The Trust has previously awarded multi-year grants of up to £30,000 per annum, however applicants are advised that the majority of grants awarded are considerably less than this.

  The Trust only awards a small number of grants each year.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  The Trust mostly supports registered charities.

  Applications will also be considered from social enterprises, community groups, and other third sector organisations, as long as they are formally constituted and have clear charitable purposes.

  Priority will be given to small and medium sized organisations.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding is for projects in a particular area of the performing arts in each grants round:

  Round 3 - Instrumental and choral music groups.

  Music education and engagement projects for children will be considered at every grants round.

  Most grants will be awarded for specific projects, but the Trust will also contributions towards the core costs of smaller organisations where a grant could make an impact.

  
  

  How To Apply

  The deadline for applications is 10 September 2024.

  Applicants will be notified of any decisions made by 30 November 2024.

  The application process is as follows:

  1. To start the application process, organisations should first take complete the eligibility checks which can be accessed on the Scops Arts Trust website.
  2. Organisations that fulfill the criteria will be invited to make a Stage 1 online application.
  3. A Stage 2 shortlist will then be drawn up and the selected applicants will be invited to complete a Stage 2 online application form.

  
  

  Useful links

  Scops Arts Trust

  https://www.scopsartstrust.org.uk/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 3,000

  Application deadline: 10/09/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is for UK registered charities which promote a proactive approach to the physical and mental wellbeing of people who are over 65 years of age.

  The charity's work should fall into one of the following categories:

  • Health and welfare - grants are for the refurbishment of residential care housing for the elderly and for building projects which are nearing completion. Consideration will also be given to the provision of equipment and furniture to enhance care and improve quality of life.
  • Community and innovation - grants for community initiatives such as exercise classes for the over-65s, lunch clubs, horticultural therapy and day trips. Consideration will also be given to technology projects aimed at benefitting the over-65s.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Although there is no set minimum or maximum grant, grants tend to be between £1,000 and £3,000. The average grant is £1,500.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  UK registered charities may apply.

  To be eligible, charities must:

  • Be based in the UK.
  • Be registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator, or the Regulator for Charities in Northern Ireland.
  • Have as their aim ‘to help people over the age of 65’.
  • Be applying for assistance towards a capital project such as refurbishment, furniture or equipment.
  • Be applying for assistance towards an innovative project such as IT for the elderly, fitness classes, lunch clubs, gardening projects, etc.

  If the charity has a mixed age group of beneficiaries, the Foundation will consider a donation if approximately 80% are over the age of 65.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  The funding is for:

  • Capital projects, such as refurbishment, furniture or equipment.
  • Innovative projects such as IT for the elderly, fitness classes, lunch clubs, gardening projects, etc.

  How To Apply

  The next application window will open on 1 September 2024 with a deadline of 10 September 2024.

  There is no formal application form. The details of how to make an application can be found on the Foundation's website on the 'How to Apply' page.

  Applications should be submitted by email to the Trustees.

  
  

  Useful links

  The W.G. Edwards Charitable Foundation

  http://www.wgedwardscharitablefoundation.org.uk/(External link)

  
  

  Grant Fund

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 10,000

  Application deadline: 13/09/2024

  Objectives of Fund

  The Neat Streets Grant Fund is administered by Hubbub and funded by McDonald's.

  The funding is intended to support local authorities or those who manage public realm space in the UK to replicate Hubbub campaigns in local communities to reduce litter and boost recycling.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Five projects will receive £10,000 each of grant funding.

  In addition, recipients will also receive support from Hubbub in the form of project management and design time.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Applicants must provide £5,000 from their own resources or from other sources.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications are accepted from:

  • Local authorities
  • Business Improvement Districts
  • Major property owners or those who manage public space
  • Transport hubs eg airports, train stations
  • Companies limited by shares or guarantee
  • Charities
  • Social enterprises

  Eligible Expenditure

  Projects should be based on the replicable campaigns on the Neat Streets website:

  • Tidy Roadsides - targeted at drivers and roadside litter.
  • (Name of city)'s Binning (eg Bristol's Binning) - targeted towards young adults and aimed at urban environments.
  • Love Your Forest - targeted towards visitors to forests and other areas of natural beauty.
  • Neat Streets - targeted at tourists to the beach.
  • In The Loop - targeted to tackling recycling on-the-go in towns and cities.

  Grants can be used to support the purchase of new bins and signage, events and the development of a campaign. Approximately 70% of the funding must be spent on purchasing or upgrading infrastructure with the rest going towards communication materials, event budgets and litter picking equipment, and overheads.

  Projects are expected to be ready to launch within three months of receiving the grant.

  
  

  How To Apply

  There are two application rounds:

  Round one - applications must be submitted by 13 September 2024 (5pm).

  Round two - applications will open in October 2024.

  Applicants should complete the online application form available on the Neat Streets website.

  
  

  Useful links

  Neat Streets Grant Fund

  https://neatstreets.org.uk/neat-streets-grant-fund(External link)

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 1,000

  Application deadline: 15/09/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  This is an access grant which aims to help improve access to football for all. The funding is for groups that are running football activities for one or more of 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.

  
  

  Value Notes

  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.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  Operate in an area of high deprivation and support the hardest to reach young people facing multiple disadvantage. Only organisations located in or supporting young people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply. (Please note that disability football applications from groups that sit outside of IMD areas 1-3 will be considered.)

  Be already delivering football activities to young people under the age of 25, or you are wanting to start with support from the Access grant.

  Be delivering services directly to beneficiaries from one or more of the priority groups as follows; women and girls, young people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community and from lower socio-economic groups.

  
  

  How To Apply

  There will be two funding rounds in 2024:

  Round two opens 15 July and closes 15 September 2024.

  Groups who are not a Sported member or existing grantee will need to create an account to start their application.

  
  

  Useful links

  Barclays Community Football Fund

  https://sported.org.uk/barclays-community-football-fund-2/(External link)

  (External link)

  Sported - Barclays Community Football Fund

  https://thehub.sported.org.uk/barclays-community-football-fund/apply-now.html(External link)

  Grants for Registered Charities

  Maximum value: £ 5,000

  Application deadline: 16/09/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The Trust views communication skills as critical capabilities for people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience, and life chances.

  The funding is for registered charities that are working to develop communication skills for people from disadvantaged groups who want to improve their employment prospects.

  As an inclusive charity, the Trust welcomes proposals which target people experiencing multiple deprivation or other groups demonstrably facing major hurdles to employment, especially women, people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities, and refugees.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Grants of up to £5,000 are available.

  The Trust will support annual repeat funding for up to three years – subject to satisfactory annual reviews of progress and impact.

  
  

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Priority will be given to match funded projects.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be a UK charity that has been registered with the Charity Commission for at least three years.
  • Have an annual turnover of between £25,000 and £500,000.

  Proposals are particularly welcome which target people experiencing multiple deprivation or other groups demonstrably facing major hurdles to employment, such as women, people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities, and refugees.

  Beneficiaries must gain at least one accredited vocational qualification during delivery or within two months of project completion.

  
  

  How To Apply

  There is a two-stage application process.

  Stage one is to complete an online Expression of Interest form (available on the Trust's website) which requires some basic contact details and a description of what the funding is required for. The next deadline to submit a first stage application is 16 September 2024 for assessment at the November 2024 meeting.

  Stage two is by invitation only and involves completing a more in-depth application form and to submit a Project Plan, budget, latest set of financial accounts and any relevant policies.

  
  

  Useful links

  Thomas Wall Trust

  https://www.thomaswalltrust.org.uk/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 1,000

  Application deadline: 22/10/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The scheme provides grants to support innovative projects, designed and led by young people in the UK, which aim to increase access to local natural spaces and encourage a deeper appreciation and understanding of nature.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Grants of up to £1,000 are available, however applications for significantly lower amounts are welcome.

  The Society will co-fund projects along with other organisations.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Individuals and organisations who are linked to a school or community-based organisation that works directly with young people (16 and under) within the UK are welcome to apply. This includes (but is not limited to):

  • School staff.
  • Student groups.
  • Home education groups.
  • Community groups.
  • Small charities.

  Applications should be created in partnership with and ideally led by young people.

  Eligible Expenditure

  More than half the grant cannot be spent on refreshments or project specific staff costs.

  Funding is intended for projects which affect change or empower local young people and the surrounding communities to increase access to natural spaces and improve understanding of the local biodiversity.

  Grants 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/events.

  
  

  How To Apply

  The next application period will open in September 2024 and will close on 22 October 2024.

  A youth panel of 16 to 18 year olds from across the country will select who should receive an award.

  
  

  Useful links

  The Linnean Society – 'Our Local Nature' Grants
  https://www.linnean.org/the-society/medals-awards-prizes-grants/our-local-nature-grants
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  Trading for Good:

  Community Business Funded Programme

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 4,000

  Application deadline EXTENDED: 07/08/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme aims to support early stage community businesses across England by helping them to develop skills to:

  • Generate income to be invested in their community through trading.
  • Create a resilient, growing community business.
  • Adapt to changes in external environments.
  • Develop emotional resourcefulness.
  • Build and benefit from new networks.
  • Positively impact their community.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Grants are calculated according to the organisation's increase in trading income over a year, compared to the previous year. The amount awarded will be matched pound-for-pound... Continue reading

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Trading for Good:

  Community Business Funded Programme

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 4,000

  Application deadline EXTENDED: 07/08/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme aims to support early stage community businesses across England by helping them to develop skills to:

  • Generate income to be invested in their community through trading.
  • Create a resilient, growing community business.
  • Adapt to changes in external environments.
  • Develop emotional resourcefulness.
  • Build and benefit from new networks.
  • Positively impact their community.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Grants are calculated according to the organisation's increase in trading income over a year, compared to the previous year. The amount awarded will be matched pound-for-pound based on the increased trading income, up to the maximum of £4,000.

  Who Can Apply

  Eligible organisations must be committed to and working towards being a community business. A community business is run by and for a local community for a social or environmental purpose. Its profits are reinvested for the benefit of that community.

  Applicants must be aiming to be:

  • Locally rooted. It should be based within a defined geographical area (e.g. a village or town, or a ward, or borough).
  • Accountable to the local community. It must demonstrate that the local community is involved in planning and supporting the community business, as well as simply using its services.
  • Trading for the benefit of the local community. It must be trading or planning to trade with profits reinvested in the community or to support activity in the community.
  • Making a broad community impact. It must either be working with a broad section of the community or have a specific focus on a particular group, e.g. people from minoritized ethnicities or disabled people, in the local community.

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be based in England.
  • Plan on starting or growing the income it makes from trading.
  • Be established within the last 1-5 years.
  • Have an income of less than £100,000 per year.

    
    

  Eligible Expenditure

  This free learning programme will be a mix of online and in-person sessions with delivery in Birmingham, London or Manchester.

  The programme will run from 17 December 2024 to 1 August 2025. It is 12 days spread over nine months: six days are in person and six are online. Multiple options can be selected.

  Topics covered:

  • Engaging with the local community.
  • Developing the link between trading and impact goals.
  • Growing business and enterprise skills.
  • Testing and refining marketing skills and growing a customer base.
  • Financial resilience and sustainability.
  • Planning and management.
  • Confidence-building, adaptability and emotional resourcefulness.
  • Improving leadership skills.
  • Developing networks.

  How To Apply

  The online application form and guidance notes can be accessed by registering an interest on the SSE website.

  An online information session will be held on 17 July (3pm - 4pm). Registration is required(External link).

  Useful links

  School for Social Entrepreneurs - Community Business Trade Up Programme(External link)

  
  

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  Maximum value: £ 5,000

  Application deadline: 10/08/2024

  
  

  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.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is intended for both national and local charities across the UK so that they can fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities specifically for those in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress) in 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 Charities with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
  • 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:
    1. People suffering from sickness or disabilities.
    2. People from diverse groups.
    3. Disadvantaged or vulnerable people.
    4. People suffering from financial hardship.
    5. People suffering from mental health issues.
    6. Other.
  • 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.

  
  The following are not eligible for funding:

  • Items that are easily removable from a property such as soft furnishings, curtains, tables, chairs etc.
  • White goods or electronic items.
  • Grants for research.
  • Purchase of vehicles.
  • Purchase of garden machinery or removeable furniture such as lawnmowers, chairs or plants.
  • Repayment of loans.
  • Annual Rent or service charges.
  • Sponsorships.
  • Salaries.
  • Projects which will be used by general members of the public, eg, sports clubs and association, uniformed groups such as scouts and girl guide groups or organisations that support wildlife or animals as their main beneficiary.
  • Groups that have received funding from the Screwfix Foundation within the last two years.

  
  

  The trustees meet to review applications in March, June, September and December. The cutoff date for applications is 12pm on the 10th of the month prior to the Trustee meeting.

  Useful links

  The Screwfix Foundation
  https://www.screwfix.com/help/screwfixfoundation(External link)

  
  

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  GSK Community Health Programme

  
  

  Maximum value: £10,000

  Application deadline: 12/08/2024

  
  

  Awards programme that offers unrestricted funding and leadership support to small charities tackling health inequalities in the UK.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is aimed at very small charities working in their communities to address health inequalities and who find it hard to access unrestricted funding and support for their leaders. This is particularly true for organisations led by and supporting the most disadvantaged communities – such as those supporting ethnic minority communities, people with disabilities, people from the LGBTQ+ community and others.

  The Programme will support aspirational leaders who want to develop their organisations to tackle health inequalities. It is designed to run alongside the GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) IMPACT Awards and support the next generation of award winners.

  Up to 15 places are available on an online leadership programme. The programme will be delivered by The King’s Fund, and provide participants with the opportunity to develop their capability and confidence to lead both operationally and strategically.

  Who Can Apply

  Small charities that are working, located and registered in the UK are eligible to apply.

  Charities must:

  • Be a registered charity by the application deadline of 12 August 2024.
  • Have existed for a minimum of one year by 12 August 2024.
  • Have a total annual income of between £20,000 and £150,000 as shown in their most recent accounts.
  • Be independently constituted from any national umbrella organisation.
  • Be able to demonstrate how they are tackling health inequalities in their community, which can be defined as a geographical community or a community of interest.

  Restrictions

  Community Interest Companies (CICs) and other organisations that are not registered charities are not eligible to apply.

  Useful links

  The King's Fund - GSK Community Health Programme 2024
  https://www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-analysis/projects/gsk/community-health-programme(External link)

  
  

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  National Churches Trust - Medium Grants Programme

  
  

  Maximum value: £10,000

  Application deadline: 13/08/24

  
  

  Grants are available for listed and unlisted Christian places of worship of any denomination in the UK to support project development and medium size repairs.

  The National Churches Trust is the national charity dedicated to supporting and promoting places of worship of historic, architectural and community value used by Christian denominations throughout the UK through advice, support and funding.

  The Trust supports church and chapel buildings open for worship throughout the UK. It funds urgent repairs and modernisation, provides expert advice on church maintenance and on how churches can continue to serve local communities and promote church heritage and tourism.

  Objectives of Fund

  The Medium Grants programme (formerly Gateway Grants) will support churches preparing for a major project, and in developing their project to the point at which they can approach a major grant funder. Some funding will be awarded to local church trusts for strategic or capacity building projects.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Match funding of at least 50% is required. Applicants should have already raised 50% of the total project cost.

  
  

  Restrictions

  Funding is not available for the following:

  • Buildings that have been converted into places of worship, such as shops, offices or houses.
  • Chapels within hospitals, hospices, schools or prisons or other such institutions.
  • Projects that have started before the application was submitted.
  • Construction of new places of worship or separate structures.
  • Works to cathedral buildings.
  • Works to buildings that were not originally constructed as a place of worship.
  • Works to an existing building that is separate from the existing place of worship (even if it is on the same site, a church hall, or owned by the church).
  • Works required due to negligence.
  • Repairs to, or scheduled maintenance of boilers, clocks, organs, wall paintings, bells, monuments, fittings and fixtures and solar panels.
  • Reordering, lighting, electricity, and AV.
  • Works to boundary walls, paths, churchyards, churchyard monuments or car parks.
  • Stained glass restoration (unless urgent repairs to window structure, or the building is no longer watertight).
  • Construction of new places of worship or church halls.

  Eligible Expenditure

  Grants can be used either for:

  • Project development - developing a church building project such as feasibility studies, options appraisals, investigative work and development work up to RIBA Planning Stage 1.
  • Urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing between £20,000 and £80,000 including VAT.

  Grants of up to £10,000 will also be awarded to local church trusts to fund projects that support organisational development, increase their capacity to churches in their area, or that deliver new ways of supporting churches in their area.

  Useful links

  National Churches Trust - Grants
  https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/our-grants(External link)

  National Churches Trust - Medium Grants
  https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/medium-grants(External link)

  
  

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  Primary Fund (England): Maximum value: £50,000 Application Deadline: 14/08/2024

  Small Project fund: Maximum value: £ 20,000 Application deadline: 14/08/2024

  
  

  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.

  Objectives of Primary Fund

  The LCF Primary Fund Programme supports capital improvement works to public amenity projects for community use

  Objectives of Smaller Projects Fund

  The Smaller Projects Fund supports community improvement projects that make physical improvements to community facilities such as village halls, public parks and sports facilities, and to projects that restore or repair buildings of religious worship or buildings of architectural or historic interest.

  Value Notes of Primary Fund

  Grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 are available. Projects must have an overall cost of no more than £250,000. Projects must start within six months and complete within 12 months of funds being awarded.

  Value Notes of Smaller Projects Fund

  Grants of between £1 and £20,000 are available.

  Projects must have an overall cost of no more than £40,000.

  Projects must start within three months and complete within 12 months of funds being awarded.

  Applicable to both funds

  Contributing Third Party Payment (CTP)

  Before the Trust can release funding for a project, they need to receive a payment called the Contributing Third Party Payment. This payment is necessary because, under the rules of the Landfill Communities Fund, SUEZ UK (the donor) can reclaim, as a tax credit, most (but not all) of the landfill tax contribution it makes to the Trust. The scheme regulator also requires a fee and each successful application incurs other minor costs. To make up the shortfall, SUEZ UK requires that 11.5% of the money provided is recovered from third parties.

  SUEZ Communities Trust provides an online calculator to work out the CTP that will need to be paid.

  Eligible third party contributors include the following:

  • Applicant's organisation (providing it is not a registered Environmental Body).
  • Donations from the community.
  • Donation from an individual.
  • Award from County Councils, Borough Councils, Parish Councils, 'Friends of' or other supporters of a project.
  • Local businesses.
  • Grants and other awards (not sourced from the LCF).

  The CTP cannot be received from a person or organisation that has exclusive benefit from the project being funded (such as a contractor working on a project who receives payment through the project).

  Applicants that can demonstrate successful efforts to raise contributory funds in support of the project (over and above the CTP) will be considered favourably, although those that don't will still be considered.

  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.

  Restrictions

  Grants are not available for:

  • Core cost funding.
  • Retrospective funding.
  • Bus services, minibus services, or vehicles.
  • Projects at hospitals, or hospices, or day care centres.
  • Staff posts and costs where they are not based, or specifically undertaking works, at the actual project site
  • Allotments, or fruit growing projects.
  • Charity buildings, offices of charities, and advice centres.

  Eligible Expenditure

  To be eligible, projects must meet the following criteria:

  • The project site must be in England and within a SUEZ Communities Trust funding zone.
  • All projects must have unrestricted public access for a minimum of 104 days per year; that is no less than four evenings, two days each week. Applicants will be asked to provide details of public access in their application.
  • Applicants can only apply for funds for the same site or project through one of the main SUEZ Communities Trust funding programmes in any three-year period.
  • All applications need to clearly demonstrate that all costs applied for are directly attributable to the physical delivery of a project. Funding is typically awarded for the purchase of materials/equipment and the appointment of a contractor to undertake the improvement work.

  
  

  Useful links

  Grantscape - SUEZ Communities Fund England
  https://grantscape.org.uk/fund/suez-communities-fund-england/(External link)

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  McCarthy Stone Foundation -

  Community Grants

  Maximum value: £ 7,500

  Application deadline: 23/08/2024

  
  

  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.

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme aims to support organisations to address loneliness and the wellbeing of people over 65 years old by supporting one-to-one projects, particularly for residents in areas of deprivation.

  Who Can Apply

  Community organisations, registered charities and other groups (including CICs limited by guarantee) may apply.

  Organisations must be working with adults over 65 years of age and providing direct person-centred interventions in deprived areas. However, applications from all areas that can demonstrate a local level of need are considered.

  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.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding is available for a range of project/core costs and activities e.g. befriending initiatives, etc.

  Projects must provide either direct one-to-one service provision to alleviate loneliness or group-based activity to address social isolation.

  
  

  Useful links

  McCarthy Stone Foundation
  https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/(External link)

  McCarthy Stone Foundation - Grants Programme
  https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/our-grant-programmes/(External link)

  
  

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  Cash for Kids - Sports Challenge
  

  Maximum value: Discretionary

  Application deadline: 02/09/2024

  A fundraising competition for grassroots junior community sports groups to engage children and young people who are disadvantaged or disabled to be more involved in physical activities.

  Objectives of Fund

  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.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Fundraising is required.

  Who Can Apply

  The following organisations who work for the benefit of disadvantaged young people (up to and including the age of 18 residing in the UK) are eligible to apply:

  • Local sports groups with a formal governance document (e.g. constitution, articles of association, club rules and regulations).
  • Charities, community, and voluntary groups that deliver sport or physical activity in their community with a formal governance document (e.g. constitution, articles of association, club rules and regulations).
  • Community amateur sports clubs.
  • After-school sports clubs (but only to use the funding to support disadvantaged children).

  Eligible organisations must have:

  • Appropriate financial planning relative to the size and structure of the group.
  • Any financial decisions and processing (e.g. payments) are managed by more than one or two unrelated persons (or persons living at the same address).
  • Financial records ad accounts signed should be off by a person unrelated to management.
  • A safeguarding policy reviewed within the last 12 months.
  • A bank account in the name of the group.

  Only one application per group is permitted.

  Eligible Expenditure

  Costs such new equipment, new kit, updating facilities and recruiting new members are supported by the Sports Challenge.

  Useful links

  Cash for Kids - Sports Challenge
  https://cashforkids.org.uk/sports(External link)

  
  

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  Maximum value: £25,000

  Application deadline: 02/09/2024

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding aims to support smaller charities and good causes in the west of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.

  Value Notes

  Grants of between £500 and £25,000 are available in 2024.

  The amount of grant depends on the type of not-for-profit legal structure:

  • Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity with the Charity Commission can apply for between £500 and £2,500 in funding. These grants are intended for constituted organisations with no charity number, excepted and exempted charities and companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock
  • Applicants that are registered with the Charity Commission and can provide a charity number can apply for between £500 and £25,000 in funding. These grants are intended for community interest companies with an asset lock (schedule 1 and 2 only), community benefit societies, and charities registered with the Charity Commission.

  Who Can Apply

  Local charities and other not-for-profit organisations based and working in the west of England can apply.

  To be eligible, applicants must have:

  • An income of less than £1 million in the last year.
  • A governing document in the name of their organisation
  • A bank account in the name of their organisation with two unrelated signatories.
  • Signed accounts for the most recent financial year or a financial forecast for new organisations.
  • A registered Charity Commission number (not for a parent organisation) if applying for over £2,000.

  If the round is oversubscribed, priority may be given to charities and good causes which meet some or all of the following criteria:

  • Organisations with an annual income of £250,000 and below.
  • Communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation
  • Groups that are led by and provide services for people from the following minority/marginalised groups:
    1. Communities experiencing racial inequity
    2. Disabled people.
    3. LGBT+ people.

  The following organisations can apply for grants of between £500 and £2,500:

  • Constituted voluntary organisations with no charity number
  • Excepted and exempted charities
  • Companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock
  • Parochial Church Councils.

  The following types of organisations can apply for grants of between £500 and £25,000:

  • Community Interest Companies with an asset lock
  • Community Benefit Societies
  • Charities registered with the Charity Commission.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  The funding is for projects that have a clear alignment with one of the Trust's 2024 themes:

  • Enabling participation in physical activity
  • Enabling participation in the arts
  • Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
  • Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality
  • Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency
  • Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
  • Providing support to improve mental health with a focus on organisations that are actively supporting specific mental health issues rather than general mental wellbeing activities.

  The funding offered is unrestricted and therefore flexible. It can be used however it is most needed.

  The funding should be spent within 18 months.

  
  

  Useful links

  Postcode Local Trust
  http://www.postcodelocaltrust.org.uk/(External link)
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  Discretionary

  Deadline: 7/7/2024

  
  

  Grants are available for small, locally based voluntary and community groups to support projects which benefit local communities around Co-op food stores and funeral homes across the UK or the Isle of Man.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications will be accepted from the following types of organisations:

  • A church or chapel that is an excepted charity.
  • Charity registered in the UK or Isle of Man.
  • Community Benefit Society (CBS).
  • Community Interest Company (CIC).
  • Co-operative Society.
  • Credit Union.
  • Social Enterprise.
  • Scouts, Guides or Woodcraft Folk groups.
  • Any other group that can prove they are not-for-profit.

  Organisations must have their... Continue reading

  Discretionary

  Deadline: 7/7/2024

  
  

  Grants are available for small, locally based voluntary and community groups to support projects which benefit local communities around Co-op food stores and funeral homes across the UK or the Isle of Man.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications will be accepted from the following types of organisations:

  • A church or chapel that is an excepted charity.
  • Charity registered in the UK or Isle of Man.
  • Community Benefit Society (CBS).
  • Community Interest Company (CIC).
  • Co-operative Society.
  • Credit Union.
  • Social Enterprise.
  • Scouts, Guides or Woodcraft Folk groups.
  • Any other group that can prove they are not-for-profit.

  Organisations must have their own bank account to be eligible for funding.

  Useful links

  Co-op Local Community Fund
  https://causes.coop.co.uk/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Energy Redress Scheme - Small Project Fund

  £20,000 - £49,000 - Deadline: 8/7/24

  
  

  Small Project Fund offers grants of between £20,000 and £49,999 for projects that will support households in vulnerable situations.

  
  

  Grants are available to registered charities for projects supporting people in or at risk of fuel poverty across England, Scotland and Wales.

  Projects lasting up to two years can be funded.

  The funding is for projects that:

  • Support energy consumers in vulnerable situations.
  • Deliver benefits to the types of consumers that were negatively impacted by the specific issues that triggered the Redress payment.

  Examples of the kind of activities that can be funded through the Energy Redress Scheme include:

  • Engaging vulnerable consumers with energy issues and delivering energy advice and support that does not duplicate existing services.
  • Installation of energy saving or renewable energy measures that cannot be funded from other sources.
  • Training and education on energy issues that are targeted at supporting vulnerable consumers.
  • Crisis support, linked to energy bills or the energy efficiency of a property, only as part of a wider energy advice project aimed at providing sustainable change for a client.

  Useful links

  Energy Saving Trust - Energy Redress Scheme
  https://energyredress.org.uk/about-us(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  £40,000

  Deadline: 8/7/24

  
  

  
  

  Grants are available for charitable organisations across the United Kingdom to deliver projects and activities that support marginalised people, including women, young people, and refugees, and help build resilience to poverty.

  Who Can Apply

  Organisations with charitable purposes can apply, such as:

  • Local community groups and/or faith-based organisations.
  • Charities (including local branches of national charities) acting for the benefit of the local community.
  • Voluntary and community organisations.
  • Registered charities, including charitable incorporated organisations.
  • Registered not-for-profit companies.
  • Registered community interest companies.

  Applicants must be constituted and have an organisational bank account.

  Groups must provide:

  • Trustee/directors/senior employee(s) information.
  • Their bank account details.
  • Their organisational structure.
  • A certified copy of their registration/incorporation.

  Useful links

  Islamic Relief - Grants Programme
  https://www.islamic-relief.org.uk/giving/areas-of-work/united-kingdom/grants-for-uk-domestic-programmes/apply-for-funding/

  
  

  
  

  (External link)£2500

  Deadline : 8/7/24

  
  

  Grants are available once a year to UK registered charities and charitable organisations across the UK that are seeking to help specific groups of people move towards paid employment.

  Who Can Apply

  Applications are accepted from the following:

  • UK registered charities.
  • Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO) or Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO).
  • Organisations with a governing document showing a clear charitable aim/purpose as defined by the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Have a turnover under £500,000 per annum.
  • Work with one or more of the following groups
    1. The recently homeless or vulnerably housed.
    2. Ex-offenders.
    3. 16-24 years olds not in employment, education or training.
  • Be able to show that they increase the employability of their beneficiaries.
  • Be able to supply at least one year of independently verified accounts.

  Useful links

  The Society Foundation
  https://society-foundation.org/about(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  National Grid Community Matters Fund

  Future Skills

  £5000

  Deadline: 10/7/24

  Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations to deliver practical, focused programmes to boost skills and improve employability for those furthest from the job market in communities in the Midlands, South West England and South Wales where National Grid distributes electricity.

  Who Can Apply

  The following types of organisations may apply:

  • Registered charities.
  • Non-profit companies limited by guarantee.
  • Constituted charitable organisations with no charity number.

  
  Organisations must be based and projects must be delivered in the National Grid's electricity distribution area in one of the following regions:

  • East Midlands.
  • West Midlands.
  • South West England.
  • South Wales.

  Applicants can confirm they are eligible by using the National Grid postcode checker

  The following funding limits are in place for applicants:

  • Registered charities or non-profit companies limited by guarantee can apply for up to £5,000
  • Constituted charitable organisations with no charity number can apply for up to £2,000.

  
  

  Useful links

  Localgiving: National Grid - Community Matters Fund
  https://localgiving.org/community-matters-fund-2024-future-skills(External link)

  
  

  
  

  £5000

  Deadline: 17/7/24

  Grants are available to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need in the UK. The Trustees seek to help and improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is achieved by making grants, within budget, to registered charities for the benefit of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers.

  Who Can Apply

  Small to mid-sized UK registered charities that are based and working in the UK can apply.

  Applicants may apply if they have not received a grant from the Foundation within the previous two years (or submitted an unsuccessful application within the last 12 months).

  Useful links

  Hedley Foundation
  https://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  £1000

  deadline: 26/7/24

  
  

  Grants are available through a partnership programme to support not-for-profit organisations with local community projects that address social welfare and environmental issues.

  The programme is designed to create a partnership of support to community groups, operating within two miles of a One Stop store, who are working to:

  • Tackle food poverty.
  • Support the vulnerable.
  • Support the elderly.
  • Support low income families.
  • Running youth sports teams.
  • Reducing/recycling waste
  • Improving the environment

  Who Can Apply

  The following organisations may apply:

  • Voluntary and community organisations.
  • Registered charities.
  • Schools.
  • Health bodies.
  • Parish/Town councils.
  • Social enterprises.
  • Community Interest Companies (running for a minimum of two years).
  • Community councils.
  • Local authorities.
  • Housing organisations.

  Applications from organisations such as women's refuges, food banks, hospices, homeless charities, charities supporting the elderly or children are typically welcome. However, this list is not exhaustive and other organisational types will be funded.

  Useful links

  Groundwork - One Stop Community Partnership
  https://www.groundwork.org.uk/one-stop-community-partnership/(External link)

  One Stop Community Partnership Programme
  https://www.onestop.co.uk/community-partnership-page/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Asda Foundation - Investing in Spaces and Places Grant

  £25,000

  Deadline: 28/7/24

  Grants are available for small, local groups in the UK to improve community spaces and places where local people can be together and thrive.

  Who Can Apply

  Applications are accepted from grassroots, community-led organisations in the UK, including registered charities, CICs, companies, unincorporated club or association, small community groups or government entity/public body.

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be not-for-profit.
  • Have an annual income of less than £100,000.
  • Have community groups of people as their end beneficiaries.
  • Have a presence locally with work that benefits their local community.
  • Have unrestricted reserves below £100,000, unless they can provide an explanation.
  • Have a bank account in the group’s name and be able to provide proof.
  • Have suitable governance to be able to manage the grant.
  • Have the ability to report back on progress throughout the project.
  • Be able to show clear positive impacts for communities.

  Since the Asda Foundation does not accept nominations or applications sent directly from community groups, applications must be submitted to a Community Champion from an Asda superstore.

  To be eligible, applicants must either:

  • Own and have full responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the building/space; or
  • Have a lease of over five years and full responsibility for upkeep and maintenance.

  The funder is looking for groups that are:

  • Committed to the community mission.
  • People-centred and they promote equality, inclusivity and diversity.
  • Efficiently run.
  • Locally focused with spaces that are focused on the local community, delivering services and support to multiple beneficiaries.

  Useful links

  Asda Foundation Grants
  https://www.asdafoundation.org/foundation-grants(External link)

  
  

  
  
  

  
  

  £25,000

  deadline: 30/7/24

  
  

  Grants are available for not-for-profit women’s and girls’ organisations delivering frontline services in the UK addressing male violence against women and girls.

  Who Can Apply

  Not-for-profit organisations may apply.

  To be eligible, they must:

  • Be a women’s and/or girls’ organisation. Rosa defines women’s and girls’ organisations as those which are run by, for and with women and girls. This means that organisations will be governed and led by women, with the main object of working with women and girls.
  • Be an organisation delivering a frontline service to women and/or girls who have been affected by male violence and abuse including (but not limited to) domestic violence, coercive control, rape, sexual abuse, forced marriage, ‘honour’ based violence, Female Genital Mutilation (FGM), sexual harassment, economic and financial abuse.
  • Undertake activities which are charitable, legal and for the benefit of women and/or girls (but organisations do not need to be registered charities).
  • Have an income of between £100,000 and £500,000 from their last set of accounts.
  • Have unrestricted reserves of no more than 12 months expenditure.
  • Have a written governing document.
  • Have a governing body with at least three unrelated members.
  • Have a UK-based bank or building society account in the name of the organisation, with at least two unrelated signatories.
  • Have an appropriate safeguarding policy in place.
  • Deliver all their work in one or more of the four UK Nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.

  Priority will be given to organisations which are:

  • Led by and for Black and minoritised women and girls.
  • Led by and for women and girls with disabilities.
  • Led by and for LGBTQ+ women and girls.
  • Operating in the top 10% of the most disadvantaged areas in the UK – based on the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD).
  • Based in Scotland, Wales, or Northern Ireland.

  Useful links

  Rosa - Stand With Us Fund
  https://rosauk.org/our-programmes/stand-with-us/(External link)

  
  

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  £10,000

  deadline: 31/7/24

  
  

  
  

  A limited number of grants are available to small to medium-sized UK not-for-profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications will be accepted from UK registered charities, community interest companies (CICs), credit union, not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee, and social enterprise companies.

  To be eligible, applicants must be based in the UK, looking for funding for UK based activities, and have:

  • An annual income of less than £750,000and less than six months free reserves.
  • Been established and active for at least 18 months.
  • Unrestricted reserves that are less than six months of their running costs.
  • A governing document (a constitution, rules, or articles of association)
  • A governing body of at least three unconnected individuals
  • A bank account in the group’s name with at least two unconnected signatories required to authorise payments.
  • An Equal Opportunities Policy
  • A Child Protection Policy or Vulnerable Adults Policy, as appropriate.

  Community interest companies and social enterprise organisations must have a governing document which shows the name, aim/purpose, objects of the group, including a dissolution clause - what happens if the group ceases to function. This clause should show that they are a not-for-profit group by confirming that any assets remaining after all debts are paid will be given to another voluntary group with similar aims. This document should also include details of their Trustees or management committee.

  Useful links

  MSE Charity
  http://www.msecharity.com/
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  £ 60,000

  Deadline 21/06/2024

  
  

  Grants are available to small, local community organisations who are providing frontline services for women in England to manage the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme will provide emergency funding for organisations delivering frontline services and is led by, for and/or serving women enabling them to respond to the spike in demand of priority basic needs from women who are most at risk of poverty, because of the cost-of-living-crisis.

  The funding is for projects that meet at least one of the core objectives of the fund:

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  £ 60,000

  Deadline 21/06/2024

  
  

  Grants are available to small, local community organisations who are providing frontline services for women in England to manage the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The programme will provide emergency funding for organisations delivering frontline services and is led by, for and/or serving women enabling them to respond to the spike in demand of priority basic needs from women who are most at risk of poverty, because of the cost-of-living-crisis.

  The funding is for projects that meet at least one of the core objectives of the fund:

  • Frontline organisations led by and/or supporting women can respond to an identified increase in demand, brought on by the cost-of-living crisis.

  • Frontline organisations can meet the basic priority needs of women at most risk of poverty, because of the cost-of-living crisis.

  • Frontline organisations led by and/or supporting women will be strengthened during the cost-of-living crisis.

  The programme will provide emergency funding which helps to meet the following objectives:

  • Women affected by the cost-of-living crisis and poverty gain confidence, tools, skills and support to build their financial resilience and improve their mental health.

  • Vital frontline jobs/roles and services will be protected or enhanced by additional funding enabling organisations led by and serving women to meet increased demand for their services.

  Value Notes

  Grants of between £15,000 and £60,000 over three years are available. This should be split across the three years, with a maximum of £20,000 per year.

  Projects must start by November 2024 and all funds must be spent by November/December 2027.

  This is a highly competitive fund. Round 1 received 475 applications with funding awarded to 63 organisations.

  Who Can Apply

  The following types of non-profit groups can apply:

  • Registered charities.

  • Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs).

  • Charitable Trusts.

  • Co-operative Societies.

  • Community Benefit Societies.

  • Community Interest Companies limited by Guarantee.

  • Community Interest Companies limited by Shares.

  • Company limited by Guarantee.

  • Unincorporated organisations/associations.

  To be eligible to apply, organisations must:

  • Be delivering frontline services which are led by, for and/or serving women.

  • Be responding to identified need and demand as a result of the cost-of-living crisis.

  • Be based in England, especially within the priority geographic areas.

  • Have an annual turnover of less than £1 million.

  • Have their own UK based bank account with at least two unrelated signatories.

  • Have their own management committee with at least three unrelated members.

  • Have a written governing document.

  Priority will be given to organisations and/or services supporting the following groups:

  • Women experiencing racial inequality.

  • Women with No Recourse to Public Funds.

  • Women that are the sole parent to children under 18 years.

  • LGBTQ+ communities experiencing financial insecurity.

  • Disabled women (this can include women with long term health conditions)

  • Faith communities

  • Migrant women

  • Educationally/economically disadvantaged women

  • Older and younger women

  • Women who have experienced domestic violence, economic abuse or sexual abuse

  • Women that are care-experienced or care-givers

  • Women that have had contact with the criminal justice system

  • Women that have experience of homelessness or are currently homeless

  • Other specific groups.

  At least 50% of grants will be committed to projects that support women experiencing racial inequality and/or disabled women.

  Applications from smaller organisations are encouraged.

  Applications from partnerships will be accepted.

  
  Eligible Expenditure

  The aim of the funding is to protect essential services for women most impacted by poverty and the cost-of-living crisis.

  The fund can cover the following types of costs:

  • Emergency support and to meet the priority basic needs of women in the community through, for example, normal charitable support including welfare packs, food or clothing (these should be purchased by the organisation to distribute to women in their community, using their usual policy and processes).

  • Dedicated organisational capacity development.

  • Staff salaries.

  • Project activities.

  • Running costs.

  • Equipment.

  • Organisational development.

  • Contributions to fixed costs.

  How To Apply

  Round 2 is a two-stage application process:

  • Stage 1: Complete an online Expression of Interest Form by the deadline of 21 June 2024 (5pm).

  • Stage 2: Smallwood will invite around 100 organisations to submit a full application

  Full guidance notes, FAQs and an online Expression of Interest form can be found on the Smallwood Trust website.

  Groups can also submit their Expression of Interest as a video or audio file.

  Contact Smallwood Trust for more information.

  Documents & links

  https://www.smallwoodtrust.org.uk/grants-to-organisations-2/(External link)

  
  

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  £ 75,000

  Deadline: 27/06/2024

  
  

  Grants for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities for projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment that are located near a qualifying Veolia site in England.

  Objectives of Fund

  The Trust currently offers three grant schemes:

  • Community Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities to create or improve community buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.

  • Environmental Improvement Grants are for Environmental Bodies that are enrolled with ENTRUST, the regulator of The Landfill Communities Fund, and are a registered charity. Grants are available to enable landscape scale improvement projects such as habitat creation/management, and/or species protection.

  • Habitat and Biodiversity Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations that are enrolled with ENTRUST to support structural improvements to a single habitat, such as a waterway, woodland, or nature reserve.

  The funder is looking for projects that:

  • Protect and enhance biodiversity and natural habitats

  • Inspire the creation of a sustainable carbon neutral space.

  • Promote community action and wellbeing.

  • Are inclusive and accessible to everyone and anyone to use.

  
  

  Value Notes

  Three different grants are available:

  Community grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 for:

  • Projects with a total cost of no more than £350,000 (including VAT and professional costs).

  • Projects where the 10% Contributing Third Party (CTP) payment has been secured.

  Habitat and Biodiversity Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 for:

  • Projects with a total cost of no more than £350,000 (including VAT and professional costs).

  • Projects where the 10% Contributing Third Party (CTP) payment has been secured.

  Environmental Improvement Grants start at £75,000. There is no upper limit. CTP payment is applicable.

  Grants will be paid by BACS transfer in three separate payments.

  Match Funding Restrictions

  Match funding of at least 10% is required for projects before the full application is submitted.

  For all awards, an independent third party contributor will need to reimburse the landfill operator the 10% shortfall to release the grant. This contribution can be made by another funder, a local council or an individual.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Community grant applications will be accepted from:

  • Constituted not-for-profit organisations with governing documents that state members or directors receive no financial benefit, have a minimum of two directors, and have been established for a minimum of two years.

  • Local authorities.

  Applicants must use the Postcode Checker(External link) to check that their project is located within the proximity of a qualifying Veolia site.

  Habitat and Biodiversity Grant applications will be accepted from:

  • Constituted not-for-profit organisations with governing documents with at least two unrelated trustees that has been established for a minimum of two years.

  • Environmental bodies already enrolled with ENTRUST.

  To be eligible for an Environmental Improvement Grant, organisations must:

  • Be already enrolled with ENTRUST as an Environmental Body, and a registered charity.

  • Have experience of delivering projects funded through the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF).

  • Have a track record proven expertise in delivering similar successful environmental improvement projects.

  • Have a project located in England that meets ENTRUST requirements.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Community Grant Funding is available for capital improvement projects at a single site with discrete start and end dates.

  Funding can be used for the construction and/or improvement of buildings or outdoor spaces, such as:

  • Physical improvement to a building or outdoor space with public access, such as community centre or space, public park, play area, skate park, MUGA, sports ground, woodland, nature reserve, community garden, public right of way, inland waterway

  • Fixed items, including kitchen cupboards and worksurfaces, boilers and radiators, windows and doors, toilets, and fencing.

  Funded projects must be completed within 12 months of the start date.

  Habitat and Biodiversity Grant Funding is for projects resulting in structural improvements for a single habitat, such as woodland or nature reserve to improve natural habitats and help native species thrive.

  Funding can be used for:

  • Physical improvement works that result in habitat improvements and/or increase biodiversity.

  • Staff costs that directly relate to completing the physical improvements at the project site.

  • Equipment required for project delivery.

  Funded projects must be completed within 12 months of the start date.

  Environmental Improvement Grants are for ambitious and imaginative projects which will make a local, regional, national and global impact on the environment by:

  • Protecting and expanding threatened habitats.

  • Protecting and increasing biodiversity.

  • Having the widest impact on the environment.

  • Monitoring, assessing and promoting the impact.

  
  

  Location

  Within the proximity of a qualifying Veolia site in England.

  https://www.veoliatrust.org/funding/index.php?page=Postcode_Checker_1(External link)

  
  Documents & links

  https://www.veoliatrust.org/(External link)

  https://www.veoliatrust.org/funding/(External link)

  
  

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  £1000, £3000 or £6000

  Application deadline: 06/06/2024

  Grants are available for National Digital Inclusion Network members to boost their digital inclusion support offer.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is for National Digital Inclusion Network members to reduce digital barriers faced by people living locally or using their services.

  The Network is free and open to any organisation that wants to or is already delivering digital support for people.

  The £1 million Fix The Digital Divide Fund offers the following grants at different times during the year, which are only available to their Network members, with full details available once the grant scheme opens for application:

  • Digital Inclusion Capability Grants for hubs in the Network to build their capacity to provide digital inclusion support.

  • Digital Inclusion Impact Grants for hubs to provide digital inclusion support to more members of their local communities, predominantly skills via Learn My Way and access to data through the National Databank.

  Value Notes

  Grants range in value:

  • Activation Grants of £1,000.

  • Impact Grants of £3,000 (to support 60-90 people) or £6,000 (to support 120-150 people).
    

  Who Can Apply

  The Network is free and open to any organisation that wants to or is already delivering digital support for people.

  Capability Grant applications will be accepted from organisations from across the UK who have some experience delivering digital inclusion support already and who want to develop their inclusion offer.

  Impact Grant applications will be accepted from organisations from across the UK who have experience delivering digital inclusion support already and want to expand their digital inclusion offer.

  Groups cannot apply for a Capability Grant and an Impact Grant at the same time.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  The Capability grants support the further development of the organisation’s capacity to deliver digital inclusion support and ultimately help more people to either gain digital skills or access free mobile data.

  The Impact grant is aimed at funding new proposals that support organisations to reach and support the hardest to reach members of their community.

  
  

  How To Apply

  Applications are currently being accepted for Impact Grants and Capability Grants with a deadline of 6 June 2024.

  Grant guidance, further descriptions and the application form for each of the grants can be found on the Good Things Foundation website

  Information on how to become a National Digital Inclusion Network member (which is free) can be found on the Good Things Foundation website. The joining application needs to be submitted at least five business days before the deadline of any funding round.

  Contact the Good Things Foundation for further information.

  Documents & links

  https://network.goodthingsfoundation.org/funding-and-services(External link)

  https://www.goodthingsfoundation.org/network/join/(External link)

  
  

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  £ 10,000

  Application deadline: 16/06/2024

  Grants are available for non-profit community groups and registered charities in specific wards within the West Midlands to help increase walking and cycling in their communities.

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is intended to empower communities within the Cycling for Everyone Wards to deliver walking, wheeling, and cycling activities.
  

  The aims are to benefit people and increase access to active travel, and engaging one or more of the following priority audiences:

  • Children (16 years old and under).

  • Families.

  • Women.

  • Disabled people.

  • Ethnic minority groups.

  Value Notes

  Grants of up to £10,000 are available.

  Projects need to start within a month of application approval and be completed by 15 September 2024.

  Payment will be made 50% up front and the remaining 50% upon purchase of the items and/or activity. VAT will be excluded from grant payments.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications will be accepted from:

  • Formally constituted clubs, associations, or trusts

  • Registered charities

  • Social enterprises

  • Company Limited by Shares

  • Company (limited by guarantee)

  • Registered CASC

  • Community Interest Companies

  • Unregistered clubs or associations.

  
  

  Faith groups are welcome to apply as long as the funded activity is not used to promote the religious beliefs of the organisations.

  
  

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Have a written constitution or governing document which sets out the rules on how the organisation is run.

  • Be a not-for-profit organisation

  • Have an organisation committee or Board that includes three or more unrelated or cohabiting members with an equitable distributed decision making/voting rights.

  • Have appropriate organisational safeguarding policies and procedures, including separate policies for children and adults at risk.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  The funding needs to support walking, wheeling, and cycling activities.

  Examples include but are not limited to:

  • Equipment, including bikes (for loan), cargo bikes (for loan), helmets, locks, lights, walking boots, umbrellas, maps.

  • Led walk-and-ride training to encourage the community to enjoy their local path.

  • Access to bike maintenance training, learn-to-ride training, walk leader training, and other forms of training to build walking and cycling capacity.

  
  

  Groups are encouraged to suggest their own ideas of how the funding could be used to get more people out cycling, walking, and wheeling.

  
  

  The funding is to be used for direct project costs, such as:

  • Equipment hire / purchase

  • Coaches fees / expenses

  • Hire of facilities

  • Promotion / publicity

  • Staff costs

  • Transport / travel

  • Other expenditure.

  
  

  Location

  Organisations applying for a grant must be in one of the following wards:

  • Local Authority Coventry. Wards: Foleshill, Longford, Canley (Westwood ward), Henley, Willenhall (Binley/ Willenhall). Lower Stoke.

  
  

  How To Apply

  Guidance notes, FAQs and the application form can be found on the Sustrans website.

  The deadline for applications is 16 June 2024 (23:59).

  Applications will be reviewed by Transport of West Midlands and relevant Local Authority colleagues on an ongoing basis.

  Notification of decisions to successful applicants is expected the week of 24 June 2024.

  Project delivery, monitoring and reporting will need to be completed by 15 September 2024.

  Contact Sustrans for further information.

  
  

  Documents & links

  https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/news/2024/may/grant-applications-open-to-support-walking-and-cycling-in-the-west-midlands/(External link)

  
  

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  £ 150,000 | Application deadline: 20/06/2024

  
  

  Free independent energy assessments and/or capital grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations delivering frontline services in England to improve the energy efficiency of their buildings.

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  This scheme offers voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) based in England the opportunity to apply for a free Independent Energy Assessment (IEA), a comprehensive evaluation of their building’s energy usage, efficiency and potential for energy savings.

  
  

  The IEA will be carried out by a team of independent energy assessors who will work with successful applicants to help identify energy-saving opportunities in their building.

  In addition, those who qualify may apply for a capital grant which can be used to install capital energy efficiency measures, identified in the applicant’s IEA, to reduce their building’s energy costs and support the delivery of their frontline services.

  
  

  
  

  Value Notes

  A total of £25.5 million is available.

  The scheme offers:

  • Free independent energy assessments

  • Option of capital grants of between £2,000 and £150,000

  
  

  All funds must be spent and projects completed by March 2025.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  To be eligible for an Independent Energy Assessment, applicants must be:

  • A single applicant with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes. If the organisation distributes surpluses to individuals such as members or shareholders, they must have an asset lock and reinvest a minimum of 51% into charitable, benevolent, or philanthropic purposes. In addition, the organisation must have one of the following legal structures/statuses:

    • Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

    • Community Benefit Society (CBS)

    • Trust

    • Unincorporated Association

    • Co-operative society

    • Community Interest Company (CIC)

    • Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG)

    • Company Limited by Shares (CLS)

  • Based and operating in England.

  • Delivering frontline services or managing a building as a hub that delivers multiple frontline services.

  • Able to evidence a need for energy efficiency support.

  • Financially sustainable, and likely to continue operating for at least the next two years.

  • Able to upload their organisation’s governance document, last set of annual accounts and, if available, their building’s energy bills from 1 October 2022 to 30 September 2023.

  
  

  
  

  To be eligible for a Capital Grant (in addition to the above), applicants must:

  • Have been operating for at least two years.

  • Have an existing IEA that identifies capital energy efficiency measures, includes potential cost savings, has been completed within the past two years and was conducted by a qualified and experienced independent energy assessor.

  • Provide evidence that the energy efficiency measure(s) being requested will enhance their financial resilience and support the delivery of their frontline services.

  • Have a long-term arrangement with their premises, either owning the building or having a minimum of two years left on their lease and be able to provide documents evidencing this.

  • If they have a lease, have the building owner’s permission to carry out the capital works and they must complete the Building Owners Permission Form.

  
  

  The scheme’s intended outcome is to support diverse organisation types and ensure a good geographic and demographic spread of funding, so these are also factors that will be considered during assessment.
  

  
  

  If the scheme is oversubscribed, priority will be given to:

  • Organisations directly supporting individuals and communities with critical needs, particularly those related to the rising cost of living.*

  • Organisations for whom energy is the biggest concern.

  • Micro, small and medium-sized organisations. Priority will be given to organisations with an income of less than £1 million per year.

  
  

  *Examples include:

  • Services that address poverty, including by providing food, warmth, emergency supplies or personal grants.

  • Shelter, accommodation and housing for those most in need.

  • Advice services for people experiencing financial, housing or legal challenges.

  • Services that address specific physical and mental health issues (such as disability, addiction and dementia).

  • Education, training and employment services that improve employability.

  • Community hubs or centres, out of which a number of these services operate.

  
  

  Full details can be found in the guidance notes.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Capital Grants can be used to install capital energy efficiency measures, identified in the applicant’s IEA, to reduce their building’s energy costs and support the delivery of their frontline services.

  
  

  How To Apply

  The guidance notes, frequently asked questions and eligibility checker can be found on the Groundwork UK website.

  
  

  The first step in the application process is for groups to use the online eligibility checker to see if they are eligible to apply for the cost and delivery of an Independent Energy Assessment (IEA).

  
  

  Those who are successful will be matched up with an independent energy assessor who will assess the building and help identify energy-saving opportunities.

  
  

  Applications for IEAs are currently open with notification of decisions within 15 working days. The deadline for Independent Energy Assessment applications is 20 June 2024.

  Groups are encouraged to apply as early as they can to ensure their independent energy assessment is completed and satisfactory, and they have sufficient time if they decide to apply for a Capital Grant.

  The deadline for Capital Grant applications is 14 August 2024.

  Webinars will be held for each Capital Grant round. The next webinars will be held for the spring and summer rounds with bookings via the Groundwork UK website.

  
  

  
  

  The scheme will close to IEA and Capital Grant applications on 30 August 2024.
  

  
  

  
  

  Documents & links

  https://www.groundwork.org.uk/vcseenergyefficiency/?utm_source=Groundwork+Updates&utm_campaign=80b575792f-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_12_06_08_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-80b575792f-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D(External link)

  
  

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  £ 5,000

  Application deadline: 27/06/2024

  
  

  Grants are available to community groups, charities and social enterprises for environmental projects across the UK.

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  
  

  The funding aims to support specific UK-based environmental, conservation and community renewable energy projects.

  The theme for the current round is soil health.

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications are accepted from a range of UK based organisations, including charities, social enterprises, voluntary organisations, small grassroots community groups and businesses.

  To be eligible, the organisation and/or project must:

  • Be entirely based in the UK.

  • Have a website or social media presence.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  Funding supports small environmental projects across the UK.

  The latest round of funding is targeted towards projects and initiatives working to combat the problem of soil degradation, the way land is managed and increasing soil organic matter levels in UK arable and horticultural soils in the next 20 years.

  
  How To Apply

  Applications are open for the May to June application window. The funding window will close 27 June 2024 (12 noon).

  The Trust operates three funding windows per year:

  • January to February.

  • May to June.

  • September to October.

  The guidelines and online application form can be found on the Naturesave Trust website.

  Contact Naturesave Trust for further information.

  
  

  Documents & links

  https://naturesave.co.uk/naturesave-trust/(External link)

  
  

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  Discretionary (average £3,500) | Application deadline

  Grants are available to local charitable organisations working with young people aged up to 25 years in England and Wales.

  
  

  Objectives of Fund

  The funding is intended for local organisations with charitable aims that are working with young people from 0 to 25 years of age in England and Wales.

  There is particular interest in projects that lead to employment, accreditation, further education, training and integration. The Fund looks for innovation and entrepreneurship. The panel looks for strong evidence of how closely applicants consult young people in developing their service, and for any community involvement or local financial support.
  

  
  

  Who Can Apply

  Applications will be accepted from the following organisations provided they have charitable aims:

  • Organisations set up as Community Interest Companies, or a recognised Social Enterprise that can demonstrate that they have clear charitable purposes and that their work has a defined social benefit.

  • Faith based organisations as long as the grant benefits the wider community and is not intended to influence people’s religious choices or promote a particular belief system.

  • National charities with a base in the area and a significant local presence can apply if the grant is for the benefit of local people. However, priority is given to small, local organisations.

  • Schools seeking funding for activities that are outside the scope of statutory provision.

  
  

  To be eligible, applicants must have:

  • A written constitution/set of rules that sets out the organisation’s purpose, and how it is managed.

  • A list of those involved in running the organization, including trustees if appropriate.

  • A copy of their most recent annual accounts or financial records showing the balance of funds, income and expenditure. If they do not have financial records that cover a full year, they will need to provide what records they have currently.

  • A bank account in the name of the organisation with at least two signatories, and original bank statements. Alternatively, small organisation that do not have a bank account could ask another charitable organisation to look after the funds for them as long as they provide written authorisation from the organisation that will do this.

  • A safeguarding policy if the organisation works directly with children or vulnerable adults.

  • An equal opportunities policy if the organisation employs staff.

  
  

  Eligible Expenditure

  The grants can be used for running costs, both project and core costs, as well as capital costs.

  
  

  How To Apply

  Applications can be made throughout the year. The Trustees meet three times per annum to consider applications. Contact the Foundation's office for the date of the next meeting.

  General grant guidelines and online application form can be found on the Herefordshire Community Foundation website.

  
  

  Documents & links

  https://www.herefordshirecf.org/funds/joanies-fund-england-wales/(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  
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  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

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  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:
    1. People suffering from sickness or disabilities.
    2. People from diverse groups.
    3. Disadvantaged or vulnerable people.
    4. People suffering from financial hardship.
    5. 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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  £ 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.*

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  £ 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.

  
  

  Useful links

  https://sported.org.uk/barclays-community-football-fund-2/

  
  

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  £50,000

  Deadline: 8/4/2024

  
  

  One-off grants are available to UK registered charities based in Birmingham and the West Midlands in the areas of social welfare, medical and healthcare, education and training, conservation, penal reform and the arts.

  UK bodies legally exempt from registration with the Charity Commission may also apply and small grants are sometimes made to unregistered groups in the West Midlands who have a constitution, an elected committee and a bank account controlled by two or more committee members

  Useful links:

  https://wa-cadbury.org.uk/

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  £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/

  
  

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  £10,000

  Deadline: 15/4/2024

  
  

  Small grants of up to £2,000 and Large grants of up to £10,000 are available to support projects addressing the local needs in Coventry which will enable the community to be better off through life.

  Grants will be considered from charities, constituted voluntary and community groups that support communities by focusing on improving:

  • Isolation & Vulnerability for people aged over 60 year – e.g. support services for the elderly, befriending services and support and befriending with bereavement

  The following types of organisations may apply:

  • Registered charities.
  • Constituted community groups.
  • Companies limited by guarantee with charitable aims.
  • Community interest companies.
  • Co-operatives – registered community benefit societies and registered industrial and provident societies.
  • Social enterprises.

  Applications from mutual aid groups will be considered; however any such groups will need to work with a constituted group/registered charity who will need to hold the funds on their behalf.

  Groups must:

  • Have been running for at least two years.
  • Have an income level of less than £500,000, as shown in their most recent annual accounts.
  • Be applying for projects in Coventry and/or Warwickshire (priority will be given to groups based in Coventry).

  
  

  Useful links:

  https://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/coventry-building-society-small-and-large-grants/

  
  

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  £50,000

  Deadline: 23/4/2024

  Grants are available to arts organisations in the UK for projects that promote the role of creativity in the lives of people with mental health problems from ethnically diverse backgrounds. The current call is for projects focused on men, creativity and mental health.

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Be an established arts organisation of any kind (including museums) operating in the UK. This could be a charity or a regulated social enterprise, such as a Community Interest Company.
  • Have delivered creative opportunities to people with mental health problems for at least two years.
  • Have had an annual income of over £75,000 for the last two years.

  In this case, ‘arts organisation’ means an organisation whose primary purpose is around the arts and creativity broadly defined. Applicants working in partnership with relevant community groups and sharing resources are encouraged to apply.

  Useful links:

  https://baringfoundation.org.uk/our-grant-making/current-funding-opportunities/

  
  

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  £500

  Deadline: 26/4/2024

  What you can get:

  • £500 worth of products
  • NEW - An additional Climate Curriculum Pack (valued at £150)
  • 4 hours of CPD on your setting’s site, broken down as follows:
    • 2 hours of CPD on the topic chosen from the LSNG training list for any adults from your setting. This is an opportunity for the staff to benefit, not just the lead applicant. This part of the offer is perhaps more valuable than the products, the value lies in the skills and understanding that this part of the award offers. This is not a visit to look at potential physical changes to your site, it will look at how you use your existing space to teach the curriculum outdoors. Your trainer will be in touch before the session to discuss the content.
    • 2 hours on site on the same day to undertake LtL’s Climate Ready School Grounds digital tool. This will generate a report on how your school grounds can be improved, particularly from a climate perspective. We value and encourage input from the Sustainability Lead and the cohort of Eco Committee and/or Pupil Council members. Click here(External link) to find out more information about this
  • 1 years membership to Learning through Landscapes. This sees access to exclusive discounts, offers and outdoor learning resources.
  • 3 webinars on a variety of topics.
  • A plaque from the players of the People's Postcode Lottery to display in your setting's reception area.

  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.

  Useful links:

  https://naturegrants.ltl.org.uk/

  
  

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  £2,500

  Deadline: 30/4/2024

  Grants are available to support young people challenged by abuse and addiction, those who are young carers, and those who are homeless or without a safe place to call home.

  Organisations must have a turnover of under £1.5 million and be supporting young people aged 16 years and under.

  Useful links:

  https://the7starsfoundation.co.uk/

  
  

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  £1,000

  Deadline: 30/4/2024

  Grants are available to support grassroot football clubs across the UK with a priority on supporting children up to the age of 18 access sport and physical activity and/or providing more equipment and opportunity for children. The Footie for All grants will support grassroots clubs in providing more spaces, better equipment and new kits – anything they need to help support children in their local communities.

  Applications are open to grassroots football clubs across the UK. Groups must be constituted and have a governing document and safeguarding policy in place.

  Useful links:

  https://tescostrongerstarts.org.uk/footiefund/

  
  

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  Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation

  £6,000

  Deadline: 1/5/2024

  Grants are available to UK registered charities for charitable work in the UK that benefits children, through their education and/or welfare, youth projects, and the elderly and their welfare.

  UK registered charities whose purpose is to:

  • benefit children and adults particularly those living in socially deprived areas, through education to develop core skills and support wellbeing and mental health.
  • benefit the wellbeing and welfare of children and adults by preventing or reducing poverty and homelessness in the community.
  • support the elderly and improve their wellbeing by reducing isolation, helping reduce the effects of Dementia and Alzheimer's and support later life/palliative care.

  UK registered charities based and working in the UK may apply. They must have submitted their trustee annual report, annual return and latest audited accounts to the Charity Commission. Charities must have at least one year of published accounts covering a 12-month period.

  Successful applicants must wait three years before re-applying. Unsuccessful applicants must wait two years before re-applying.

  Useful links:

  https://www.skiptoncharitablefoundation.co.uk/
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  £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.

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  £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)

  
  

  
  

  Heritage Fund(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:

  
  

  
  

  • 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

  
  

  Hedley Foundation

  
  

  
  
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  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.

  
  

  
  

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  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 they work with. The Fund will serve as a catalyst to address inequalities, forging deeper connections between individuals and organisations to continue the legacy of the Games.

  
  

  
  

  This Fund shares the four original core mission principles of the Commonwealth Games:

  • Bringing people together

  • Improving health and wellbeing

  • Helping the region to grow

  • Putting the region on the map

  
  

  
  

  Grants will be available for works, activities and services that will contribute to the four core missions, and which fall within one or more of the following three themes:

  • Physical activity and sport

  • Mental health and well-being

  • Arts, culture and creativity

  • All grant thresholds open on 6th November 2023.

  • Small Grants (up to £15,000) and Medium Grants (£15,000 to £75,000) will close 5pm 5th February 2024

  
  

  
  

  Figure out which fund you'll apply for...(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value: £7,500 - £25,000

  
  

  
  

  Application deadline: 12 noon 09/02/2024

  
  

  
  

  Grants are available for regionally based voluntary and public sector organisations to help reach adults who are without essential digital skills, primarily those who are aged 75+ and living in England, Scotland or Wales.

  
  

  
  

  Grants of between £7,500 – £15,000 and £15,001 – £25,000 are available.

  
  

  
  

  The funding is available to organisations that can help engage people and communities across Britain with information about how to get and use smart meters. Applications will be considered from regionally based organisations preferably with local networks that can deliver support to people in one of the target groups. This includes charities, housing associations and local authorities.

  
  

  
  

  Projects need to address the fund’s objectives, which are to support those who might find it difficult to engage with the smart meter rollout.

  
  

  
  

  This year, the funding is aimed at partners who can evidence reaching people with a number of these characteristics, including:

  • Aged 75+.

  • Have at least one disability or impairment (for example, but not limited to, relating to sensory, physical, mental health or learning/memory).

  • From lower socioeconomic groups.

  • Lower literacy.

  
  

  
  

  The funding is for organisations who can deliver two types of activity:

  • Direct activity: direct contact with people in the target audience, such as face-to-face events, advice or via telephone.

  • Indirect activity: communication or marketing channels used to indirectly reach the target audience and convey information about smart meters, such as the use of advertising (for example, but not limited to, newsletters, posters, leaflets and radio advert

  
  

  
  

  All projects must start by 1 April 2024 and finish by 4 December 2024.

  
  

  
  

  An online drop-in Zoom session to answer questions about the application process or the proposed project will take place on 23 January 2024 (11:30am - 12:30pm). Registration is required (Meeting Registration - Zoom(External link))

  Useful Links

  
  

  NEA(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Smart Energy GB in Communities Grants Programme 2024(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value

  
  

  £ 1,000

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Application deadline

  
  

  12/04/2024

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations operating in an area of high deprivation to support delivery of their of football activities to engage with young people from 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.

  
  

  
  

  
  The funding will ideally be spent within a six-month period.

  
  

  
  

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Operate in an area of high deprivation and support the hardest to reach young people facing multiple disadvantage. Only organisations located in or supporting young people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply. (Please note that disability football applications from groups that sit outside of IMD areas 1-3 will be considered.)

  • Be already delivering football activities to young people under the age of 25, or you are wanting to start with support from the Access grant.

  • Be delivering services directly to beneficiaries from one or more of the priority groups as follows; women and girls, young people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community and from lower socio-economic groups.

  
  

  
  

  The funding can be used for anything that will support delivery of football activities to under-represented groups such as:

  • Venue hire including floodlights and heating.

  • Coaching costs

  • Volunteer expenses

  • Equipment

  • Kit

  • Marketing and communications

  • Training and qualifications

  • Insurances and affiliation

  
  

  
  

  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.

  
  

  
  

  The FAQs, application guidance, and online application form can be found on the Sported website.

  
  

  
  

  Groups who are not a Sported member or existing grantee will need to create an account to start their application.

  Useful links

  
  

  Barclays Community Football Fund(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Sported - Barclays Community Football Fund(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value

  
  

  £ 2,000

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Application deadline

  
  

  -

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for energy efficiency projects in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire.

  
  

  
  

  The funding must be spent within one year.

  
  

  
  

  Applications will be accepted from the following local organisations with an income of or less than £250,000 as shown in their most recent annual accounts:

  • Registered charities

  • Constituted community groups

  • Companies limited by guarantee with charitable aims

  • Community interest companies

  • Co-operatives - registered community benefit societies and registered industrial and provident societies

  • Social enterprises

  
  

  
  

  
  

  To be eligible, applicants must:

  • Have a management committee/board of trustees/board of directors with at least three unrelated people as members, a list of those directors will be required showing who has bank authorisation.

  • Have a written constitution/articles/set of rules.

  • Have a copy of their most recent annual accounts or financial records showing their organisation's balance of funds, income and reserves.

  • Have a bank account in the organisation's name with at least two unrelated signatories.

  • Have a bank statement from the last three months.

  • Have copies of their safeguarding policy (if working with children or vulnerable adults).

  • Have an equal opportunities policy.

  • Be able to provide quotes for capital items over £300.

  
  

  
  

  
  The fund aims to:

  • Support the development and installation of renewable energy projects.

  • Encourage the sustainable use of energy and reductions in carbon emissions.

  • Promote public awareness of environmental issues and support educational initiatives.

  • Encourage the implementation of sustainable initiatives to community buildings.

  
  

  Useful links

  
  

  
  

  Heart of England Community Foundation - Funding(External link)

  
  

  
  

  Community Energy Warwickshire Fund(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value: £ 25,000 | Application deadline: 26/02/2024

  
  

  
  

  The Talent Development Network is PRS Foundation's new approach to funding organisations, consolidating existing support into one holistic programme for organisations working at the frontline of talent development.

  
  

  
  

  The programme offers:

  • Up to three consecutive years of grant support providing organisations the opportunity to plan longer term initiatives.

  • Between £10,000 and £25,000 each year to organisations to provide crucial, transformative, and impactful support to the UK's most talented music creators to develop their careers.

  • Access to a network of pioneering talent development organisations across the UK where organisations can share and learn from each other.

  
  

  
  

  Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organisations, with a track record of transformational talent development of at least 18 months, based in the UK with an eligible programme of activity. This includes:

  • Talent development-specialist development organisations.

  • Festivals.

  • Venues.

  • Promoters.

  • Commissioning organisations.

  • Orchestras and large ensembles (large performance groups would include orchestras, choirs, jazz bands or folk groups with 12 or more performers).

  • Curators.

  • Organisations that are limited by guarantee and/or a registered charity.

  • CIC organisations.

  • Collectives including creator-led collectives.

  • Non-music organisations including local authorities, museums, etc where they are responsible for the management and delivery of music creator development-focused activities.

  Useful links

  PRS Foundation & Talent Development Network(External link)

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

  Maximum value: £250 - £2,000

  
  

  
  

  Application deadline: 31/03/2024

  
  

  
  

  Grants are available to individuals and families across Great Britain to be used to help write off their energy debts.

  
  

  
  

  The Trust currently offers two funds:

  • Individuals and Families Fund

  • British Gas Energy Support Fund

  
  

  
  

  Both are intended to tackle fuel poverty by clearing the energy debts of struggling households and respond to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis.

  
  

  
  

  
  It should be noted that the Trust does not award cash payments, and will instead credit the householder account.

  
  

  
  

  Applicants must:

  • Live in England, Scotland or Wales.

  • Be a pre-payment meter customer.

  • Not have received a grant from the British Gas Energy Trust within the last two years.

  • Be seeking a grant to clear an outstanding debt on a current or open gas, electricity or dual fuel energy account in their name or be a member of that household. The energy account must relate to a main residence.

  • Have electric and/or gas debt.

  • Be facing fuel poverty.

  • Have received help from a money advice agency.

  
  

  
  

  It is not a requirement to be a British Gas Customer, though the majority of the funding pot is set aside for customers.

  
  

  
  

  Non-customers should check with their own provider first, as there may be funds available to support them.
  

  
  

  
  

  Restrictions

  
  

  
  

  The following energy suppliers all offer their own funds to their customers:

  • Eon

  • Eon Next

  • EDF

  • Scottish Power

  • OVO

  • Boost

  • SSE

  • Octopus

  
  

  
  

  Customers with any of these suppliers should apply directly to them.

  
  

  
  

  The Trust cannot make part payment toward an energy debt.

  Useful links

  
  

  
  

  https://britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/grants-available/(External link)