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Grants are available to registered charities who make a positive difference to local communities in England, Scotland or Wales.
Further details
Background
Based in Bradford, the supermarket chain Morrisons established the Morrisons Foundation in 2015 to support local good causes across Great Britain. The Foundation, a charity registered in England, Wales and Scotland, receives its funding from a number of different sources including the proceeds of the sales of carrier bags from its stores.
The funding is for specific projects which make a difference to people’s lives, with special consideration for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
Morrisons colleagues act as ambassadors for the Foundation and help to raise awareness at a local level, encourage charities to apply for funding and organise presentations.
Objectives of Fund
Projects should address the following criteria:
- Tackle poverty and social deprivation.
- Enhance community spaces, facilities and services.
- Improve health and wellbeing.
The funding is for specific projects that make a difference to people’s lives, with special consideration for vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.
Value Notes
Grants up to £10,000 are available.
Match Funding Restrictions
Match funding supports the charities that Morrisons colleagues spend their time fundraising for, and provides a cash boost to their efforts. Match funding is limited to two applications per colleague per year.
Who Can Apply
UK charities that improve the lives of people and communities in England, Scotland or Wales can apply. To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be registered with the Charity Commission (England and Wales) or the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator Scotland (OSCR) for a minimum of one year
- Have filed their accounts on time and in accordance with the Charity Commission / OSCR requirements.
Both local and national charities are eligible.
Charities cannot apply for the same project for a period of 12 months following an unsuccessful request.
Applications from small charities, those with an income of less than £1 million are prioritised. However, larger charities may apply.
Restrictions
The following are not eligible for funding:
- Part-funded projects.
- CICs and social enterprises.
- Salaries and other running costs
- Support of ongoing service delivery
- Grants, bursaries etc. to individuals
- Expeditions recreation or overseas travel
- Fundraising events
- Work that is primarily the statutory responsibility of public agencies
- Promotion of religious or political messaging
- Event sponsorship
- Advertising, promotion or marketing of events or services
- Overseas appeals
- Conferences or seminars
- Equipment which will be retained by individuals rather than the charity
- Animal charities, unless the objective is to improve the lives of vulnerable or disadvantaged people
- Projects being delivered outside England, Scotland or Wales
- Sports-based charities, unless the objective is to improve the lives of vulnerable or disadvantaged people
- Projects which could harm the reputation of the Foundation
Eligible Expenditure
Capital spend or direct project delivery costs are supported.
How To Apply
Applications can be made at any time.
An online application form is available on the Foundation's website.
The Foundation aims to respond to completed applications within eight weeks of receipt. Match funding applications are normally processed within six weeks.
Documents & links
Contacts
Morrison Foundation Making a difference to people's lives
For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:
Enquiries
The Morrisons Foundation
Hilmore House
Gain Lane
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD3 7DL
Tel: 0845 611 5364
Email: foundation.enquiries@morrisonsplc.co.uk
The Million Hours Fund Opens for Applications (Eligible Areas of England)
The Million Hours Fund is provided by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF).Reopening after a two-year gap, this third round is offering grants of between £30,000 and £100,000 to provide extra support to young people in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour in England.
The funding will provide extra hours of youth work to give these young people more places to go and positive things to do. The extra hours could be used for things like learning, arts, and playing sports, or for activities like mentoring, and developing social or life skills.
To be eligible, projects must:
- Benefit young people aged 10 to 18, or up to 25 if they have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)
- Effectively engage with young people at risk of taking part in anti-social behaviour
- Deliver more hours of youth work than currently provided
- Involve young people in decisions about the work
- Deliver youth work that is open to as wide a range of young people as possible.
- Be run by trusted adults such as qualified youth workers, youth support workers, or experienced volunteers.
The extra youth work being delivered must help young people:
- Have improved emotional wellbeing
- Have improved life and practical skills
- Feel safer and have access to trusted relationships with adults.
Organisations can only apply if their work either is in an eligible ward area or will benefit young people living in one or more eligible ward areas. The eligible wards for this round are based on the youth population and levels of antisocial behaviour recorded by the police.
Most of the funding being requested should be for the direct costs of running extra hours of youth work and can be used for:
- Staff salaries to deliver this work
- Volunteer costs to deliver this work
- Training costs
- Other direct costs to deliver youth work, like materials, equipment and food
- The cost of reporting back to NLCF about the funding.
The funding can also include overheads, such as part of the rent, insurance, part of a salary for someone not directly involved in this work, such as a senior manager or an office admin worker.
Groups are encouraged to apply as soon as they are ready and not wait for the deadline as the programme may close before the deadline if more applications are received than expected.
The deadline for applications is 22 October 2025 (12 noon).
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/million-hours
Background
The Community Grants Programme is provided by Warburtons, a family run bakery business, and is administered on their behalf by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
Objectives of Fund
The principle aim of this funding is to focus on supporting families that need help the most, in a way which adheres to their principles of transparency, trust and transformation.
The aim of these small community grants is to support projects, activities and organisations that will be of real direct benefit to families and have a direct and tangible social impact on people’s lives.
Value Notes
Community grants of up to and including £400 are available.
Warburtons has a 'limited amount of money for grant funding and will not be able to support all applications'.
Match Funding Restrictions
Match funding is not a specified requirement.
Who Can Apply
Not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are operating in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible to apply.
Employees of Warburtons are able to apply on behalf of organisations if they are actively involved with them (e.g. they are a volunteer, trustee, active supporter).
Location
England, Scotland and Wales
Restrictions
Funding is not available for the following:
- Individuals
- Organisations that:
- Are not charitable and do not operate on a not-for-profit basis.
- Are not based in and working in England, Wales or Scotland.
- Discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, or national origin.
- Primarily promote political or religious viewpoints to their beneficiaries.
- Primarily focus on animals.
- Solely seek support for salaries. However, consideration will be given to funding a proportion of a salary or sessional worker fees where these are directly linked to funded project delivery.
- Use funds to make grants, bursaries or financial donations to other organisations or individuals.
- Soley seeking to purchase something, (eg, the buying of a building or other significant purchase) other than small items.
- Cannot supply appropriate registration and financial documents, bank details and personal details of trustees/directors.
- Cannot report back on outcomes.
- May be harmful to the Warburtons business.
- Activities or projects that:
- Have a negative impact on the environment.
- Benefit Warburtons' commercial business.
- Have already taken place.
- Are for sponsorship, advertising and promotion alone, which primarily generate commercial returns.
- Need raffle prizes.
Eligible Expenditure
Funding is available for projects that are working towards one of Warburtons' outcome areas:
- Health - supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:
- Improving physical health
- Improving wellbeing
- Place - supporting families to flourish in communities that are safer, greener and more inclusive:
- Making spaces safe and inclusive
- Connecting communities with the environment
- Skills - supporting families to gain useful skills for life and work:
- Developing useful life skills
- Developing useful skills for employment.
Grants can be used to cover specific costs that will benefit the cause (e.g. purchasing equipment to support an employability project).
How To Apply
Applications are considered quarterly with deadlines in November, February, May and August. Decisions are typically made within six weeks of the deadline.
Applications are currently being accepted with a deadline of 4 November 2025. Groups can expect a decision by 19 December 2025.
To access the application form, groups should click on the link on the Financial Giving section of the Warburton website. They will be redirected to the application form hosted by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
CAF may get in touch with applicants directly to ask for their bank account details and any documents they may need.
Contact Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) for further information.
Useful links
Warburtons
http://www.warburtons.co.uk/
Warburtons - Financial Giving
https://www.warburtons.co.uk/our-company/sustainability/within-the-community/giving-donating/financial-giving/
Addresses and contacts
For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:
CAF Grant Making
Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
25 Kings Hill Avenue
Kings Hill
West Malling
Kent
ME19 4TA
Tel: 03000 123 334
E-Mail: grantmaking@cafonline.org
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