Funding

New grants supporting work with young women and girls. Now open for applications and will accept proposals for work supporting young women and girls who are either caught up in the criminal justice system or on the edge of it. Please read the criteria closely as this opportunity is only open for organisations that are led by and for women and girls.

The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust supports the arts, medical welfare and the environment.

Grants are available to large charitable groups and organisations in the UK for projects that further the objectives of the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, particularly those that educate young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty in rural areas.

The Foundation aims to transform communities and change lives across the UK by making grants to charities and grass-roots community organisations. The current grant programme is Kits 4 Kids with grants available for local kids’ sports clubs/organisations or teams to buy new kit.

2024-25 marks the third year of The Leathersellers’ strategic giving to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

The Asda Foundation supports small, grass roots organisations in several ways throughout the year. Working with Asda’s Community Champions in store, we are able to work with a range of organisations and groups on a variety of local community projects.

The object of the Trust is the relief of poverty, hardship or other distress by assisting people in need who are unable to meet the cost of water charges.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund provide different levels of funding to heritage of all shapes and sizes. Their grants range from £10,000 up to £10 million.

This programme is aimed at registered charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity.

The Fund provides long-term, core funding to organisations who work at the intersection of art and social change so they can continue the work they are already doing and for programmes which are central to their mission.

The Trust provides a small number of grants each year to support children, young people and adults in north west England who are experiencing a range of mental illnesses and mental disabilities. There is no specific maximum or minimum grant. Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Most grants range from £5,000 to £15,000 per annum. The Trustees are particularly keen to encourage new and, hopefully, sustainable volunteering projects. To this end, the Trustees are willing to consider grants covering three years, conditional on satisfactory interim progress reports. Around 31 charities received a grant last year.

Any charity working in the field of breast cancer can apply for a grant.

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation views culture as the heart of a just society, where all people and communities have a right to express themselves through art and culture. They believe that art and artists can help us see the world differently, bringing unheard stories and narratives to the fore and opening up new imaginative possibilities. To realise this potential, they believe the sector needs long-term structural and cultural change.

Grants are available for churches, cathedrals, denominational bodies, Christian charities, schools, and theological institutions across the UK to deliver projects and activities that have a positive impact on communities.

The FCC Community Action Fund provides grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 to not-for-profit organisations for community building projects.

The fund is aimed at finding and supporting creative approaches to reducing food waste. The fund will support UK registered organisations with an early-stage food waste project with potential for impact at scale. The funding is for initiatives that do one or more of the following: - Address pre-farmgate waste (the food production process, up to the point where the products have been harvested and prepared as produce for sale). - Prevent food from being wasted at the manufacturing and processing stage. - Minimise food waste from retailers. - Find creative ways to use surplus food in communities or at home. - The fund can support ideas that are ready to test, or concepts that have been tested and are ready to progress further. The focus for this funding is as high up the food waste hierarchy as possible. Priority will be given to prevention and edible recovery/ repurposing over initiatives that do not result in food being kept within the human food chain.

Help the Homeless makes grants to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. Grants are available to small and medium-sized charitable organisations to fund the capital costs of projects with grants of up to £5,000.

The Women and Girls Match Fund utilises their ‘1:1’ Model of match funding. Women and Girls charities apply to Big Give and have their application assessed. Successful charities are awarded a sum of match funding which is ring-fenced for their organisation. This match funding is unlocked by public donations given through Big Give’s online fundraising platform during the campaign.

The programme supports people returning to cycling, starting as complete beginners, and other people who do not cycle regularly. This includes reaching new people, including groups who are underrepresented in cycling or face challenges and perceived barriers to cycling.

The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust supports Sport and Recreational Facilities for young people, natural history and wildlife, charities in Cheshire. The deadlines for the rounds of applications are 30th June and 31st December in each year.

The DWF Foundation (also referred to as the Foundation) is an independent charity, founded by DWF. It has the sole aim of providing funds, resources and mentoring support to help individuals, groups and communities to achieve their full potential.

The Foundation aims to support excellence in the UK, generally through the funding of capital infrastructure in the fields of science and medicine, heritage, arts and humanities, education, and health and disability.

The funding is intended to support UK registered charities delivering high quality services specifically designed to respond to the needs of young women (aged 16 to 25 years) experiencing mental health difficulties in North West or North East England, Yorkshire and the Humber and Northern Ireland. This will be achieved by: supporting charities that directly engage with young women and who offer sustained and fully integrated programmes; and fostering greater collaboration from various service providers by facilitating grant recipients to come together as cohorts to share best practice, build a supportive peer-network as well as supporting advocacy to bring about policy changes.

Hilden provides funding to organisations which demonstrate charitable purposes and awards grants to projects both in the UK and in specific developing countries (Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda). In the UK, most funding goes to registered charities. Overseas projects will either work with a UK charity or show relevant legal status. The aim of the Fund is to address disadvantage, notably by supporting causes which are unlikely to raise funds from public subscriptions. Both the UK and overseas fund policy is directed largely at supporting work at community level. The UK funding is for activities which fall under one of two programme areas: - Asylum Seekers and Refugees - For organisations working to provide essential services which help meet the needs of asylum seekers and refugees and support their integration/participation in the wider community. - Penal Affairs - for work through the door where organisations go into prisons with projects and support to help prisoners (especially women) cope and/or maintain family bonds and to be better able to resettle positively when released. Post-release projects which support positive settlement and reduce the risk of re-offending are also welcomed.

The Steel Charitable Trust supports: Arts and Heritage Education Environment Health Social or Economic Disadvantage The average grant is £10000

The Hedley Foundation provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need. 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.

The Trust aims to support charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. Grants are available for small to medium-sized charities registered and working in the UK that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals. The values that underpin its work are: · Justice - it seeks to support disenfranchised and forgotten groups. · Collaboration – it aims to build mutually beneficial relationships with the people it works with. · Efficiency – it maintains high standards of administrative efficiency and cost effectiveness. · Learning – it is committed to learn from its grant making to inform future practice.

This fund aims to support community and local energy groups to grow, address barriers, and take action to meet net-zero. The fund will support projects that contribute to one or more of the following priorities: - Activity to seed the development of a community energy project. - Adopting a proven community energy approach or business model in a new community or situation. - Addressing a specific barrier that is holding back the development of community or local energy.

The funding aims to enable disadvantaged children under the age of 21 to access facilities for recreational or other leisure time occupations. Grants will generally be no more than £1,000 although the Trustees will consider applications above this figure in exceptional circumstances. Funding is available for the following: Equipment for the use of all members of the club. Maintenance of properties, as long as the property is owned by the club or there is a significant lease period. Applications may be submitted at any time.

The Ford Britain Trust supports local communities with grants to sow the seeds of change, with a particular focus on projects that centre around education, environment, children, people with disabilities, youth activities, and projects that provide clear benefits to their communities. They will be accepting applications for small grants from 1st April to 30th June 2024 for review in July 2024. Large grants for amounts over £250 and up to a maximum of £3000. They will be accepting applications for large grants from 1st March to 31st July 2024.

The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a registered charity which provides funding to voluntary organisations working in the field of learning disability. The funding is available for projects that aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability. The Trustees consider learning disability to cover the conditions generally referred to as severe learning difficulties, together with autism. Funding is available for projects concerning children or adults.

VCSE Energy Efficiency Scheme is offering independent energy assessments to help identify energy-saving opportunities in your building plus up to £150k in capital funding.

The funding aims to encourage the study and appreciation of the arts and sciences and to promote education, with a particular interest in activity in the North West of England, including Cheshire, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Merseyside and Cumbria.

Cheshire Community Foundation’s Small Grants are now open, closing on 31st October 2024. In this programme, organisations can apply for funding of up to £2,500 to help small, grassroots projects deliver. The Foundation will always prioritise applications for work which supports people who live in more deprived areas of Cheshire according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation.

This fund aims to support and promote grassroots sport within local communities by supporting people and projects that run sports activities that positively impact the local community and would tangibly benefit from funding. Individuals may nominate a sports club or organisation to receive a cash grant to continue delivering sports activities.

TNLCF offer funding from £300 to £20,000 and can support your project for up to two years. You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges. They can fund projects that’ll do at least one of these things: - bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities - improve the places and spaces that matter to communities - help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage - support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.

The Seven Friends Foundation offers small grants to organisations championing overlooked, unpopular, or stigmatised causes. Their mission includes fostering inclusive local communities by empowering marginalised individuals, enhancing skills, infrastructure, sustainability, and fostering collaboration within the third sector.

The Allen Lane Foundation offers three open grant programs: Improving Lives supports small to medium-sized organizations in the UK, Strengthening Communities aids grassroots groups in deprived areas, and Holiday Grants provide trips for disadvantaged children aged 13 and under.

The funder states that a growing number of large and small charities are now providing travel training schemes. Through their new Travel Confidence Grant Programme they will help them, and travel providers, to make an immediate impact for disabled people.

The Foundation award grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools). Grants are awarded towards capital projects, which they define as: - Buildings: purchase, construction, renovation or refurbishment. - Fittings, Fixtures, and Equipment: this includes but is not limited to office equipment/furniture, sports/gym equipment, digital/audio visual equipment, software and websites (more guidance on digital infrastructure can be found here), garden equipment, specialist therapeutic (excluding medical) equipment. It does not include equipment for one-off use, or which will be given to service users for personal use on a permanent basis. - Vehicles: This includes a minibus, car, caravan, people-carrier, or 4X4. We are unlikely to fund the total cost of a new vehicle and do not provide grants towards vehicle leasing. They fund both large and small projects.

The Foundation award grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools). Grants are awarded towards capital projects, which they define as: - Buildings: purchase, construction, renovation or refurbishment. - Fittings, Fixtures, and Equipment: this includes but is not limited to office equipment/furniture, sports/gym equipment, digital/audio visual equipment, software and websites (more guidance on digital infrastructure can be found here), garden equipment, specialist therapeutic (excluding medical) equipment. It does not include equipment for one-off use, or which will be given to service users for personal use on a permanent basis. - Vehicles: This includes a minibus, car, caravan, people-carrier, or 4X4. We are unlikely to fund the total cost of a new vehicle and do not provide grants towards vehicle leasing. They fund both large and small projects.

Children in Need often have several funding programmes open at any one time. These include: Project Costs grants – support the aims and delivery of a specific piece of work. This work will usually be time-limited and based on a defined set of activities. Core Costs grants – can be spent on an organisation’s central running and operational costs. Charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for these grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting disadvantaged children and young people, as well as vulnerable older people, in England and Wales. Their Charity Grants programme is open to registered charities in England and Wales working with any of their four main priority groups: - People with dementia and their carers. - Children affected by domestic abuse. - Early years. - Children with special educational needs and disabilities. Small grants are for charities whose annual income is between £25,000 and £500,000. These grants are unrestricted. Small grants range from £1,000-£5,000 per year, for up to three years. Large grants are for larger charities whose annual income is between £500,000 and £10 million. They must be restricted to a project. Large grants usually range from £10,000 to £60,000. They can be awarded over one to three years.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund provide different levels of funding to heritage of all shapes and sizes. Their grants range from £10,000 up to £10 million.

The £3 million grant fund, launched by the government in May 2022 for the Queen's Jubilee, provides £2,000 to £5,000 grants for rural community building improvements in England, covering up to 20% of project costs. Applications require confirmed funding for proposed works within six weeks, and the fund is expected to be open until December 2024, subject to possible early closure.

Community Grants are designed to aid and bolster the growth of smaller local charitable organisations directly serving beneficiaries. Although there's no strict size requirement, these organizations typically have an income/expenditure ranging from £100,000 to £500,000 annually and have been operational for at least three years.

The Tesco Stronger Starts scheme (in partnership with Groundwork UK) is open to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people.

The True Colours Trust supports disabled children and young people up to 25 years.

The Rayne Foundation supports projects that tackle young people's improved mental health, Arts as a tool to achieve social change, Improved quality of life for carers and for older people, and better opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers

The Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust meets three times a year to consider applications for grants from registered charities that are involved in but not confined to the areas of health, education, welfare and the arts.

The objectives of the fund are: - Cost of Living Support – funding to any registered UK charity or community group whose work directly supports those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, such as foodbanks, accommodation, poverty relief and where people/communities in the UK are the primary and immediate focus of investment. - Our Communities Support – funding to projects embedded in the communities in which Arnold Clark operates and is available to organisations who provide services widely accessible to those within Arnold Clark local communities, addressing the needs of those living within them. - Gear Up for Sport – 150 sports kits given away each month to support youth sports teams across the UK. Any youth team with up to 30 members aged 4 to 15 years can apply.

The Steve Morgan Foundation provide a range of grants for organisations that make a positive difference to those in need. Areas of support include poverty, homelessness, health and wellbeing, education and training. They also provide smaller grants to individuals requiring specialised disability equipment.

You can choose from two types of grant to apply for: strategic funding and small funding. The strategic funding can help an ambitious project with a robust plan. The Chester Bluecoat Charity award grants of at least £2,000 to schemes that aim to make a lasting difference in the community over several years. With their small funding programme, The Chester Bluecoat can offer organisations a single grant of less than £500, which could help buy much-needed new equipment.

This fund helps local causes build stronger communities across the UK. The are two key focus areas. • Financial wellbeing – helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything. • Climate action – promoting healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change.

The Bernard Sunley Foundation supports capital projects which include new buildings, extensions, refurbishments and recreational spaces. New minibuses and other vehicles that provide a vital service to those most in need in their local community. Applications are accepted all year round.

The charity's aim is to help people from the moment they first hear they have cancer, to ensure they get the best information, treatment and care at any stage of their illness and in any setting. The scheme offers small, one-off grants to help people with the extra costs that cancer can cause. It is aimed at those who have a low level of income or savings. One-off grants of £300 are available. Applications can be made through a healthcare professional, a social worker, a benefits adviser or someone acting in any other professional capacity with a person affected by cancer.

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.

The funding is for charitable work that supports the Foundation's current priorities.

Their aim is to help as many people as we can by funding trips, experiences, respite breaks and group activity holidays for those who need them most.

Grants are available for charitable organisations in England and Wales that access the benefits of the countryside to support projects designed to improve health and wellbeing, and to provide opportunities for education about the countryside. Priority is given to projects supporting children and young people who may be disadvantaged financially, physically or mentally, or from areas of deprivation.

Grants are available to UK registered charities whose work is within the field of care of and services for blind people; long-term care of people with learning disabilities; and care of and services for people suffering from cancer.

Small grants are available for UK registered charities that are concerned with health research and care for patients who have cancer, multiple sclerosis or other diseases and disabilities; as well as institutions that care for older people; and children's charities in the UK.

The Trust seeks to support young people, with an emphasis on education and health, refugees, and the promotion of the Arts. Their Charity Commission entry states England, but looking at their projects, they have funded UK wide and also environmental work. They support some 10-20 charitable organisations per year.

Supports UK registered charities (not CICs) that: Provide Hospice Care – core funding of hospices is a priority. Typical grant sizes range from £20,000-£40,000. Currently closed to capital funding. Provide support for the Homeless – typical core funding grant sizes range from £5,000-£10,000. They look to support organisations in this category with an annual fundraised income (non-statutory) of below £500,000. Currently closed to capital funding. Promote Health and Well-Being – core funding for areas such as family support e.g. Home Start, counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers support, cancer support, prisoner support and rehabilitation, community centres, food banks and debt advice. Typical grant sizes range from £1000-£5,000. They look to support organisations in this category with a total annual income of below £250,000. As this is a broad area, potential applicants are encouraged to contact them prior to applying for further guidance.

Grants of up to £5000 (most are under £2000) are available for schools, community groups, clubs, societies or other organisations in England to improve the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other activities.

BBC Children in Need support organisations that work in the heart of their communities, particularly in times of crisis, put children and young people at the centre of everything they do, from design to delivery, address the challenges the children and young people face, build their skills and resilience, empower them and extend their choices in life.

The Climate Action Fund is a commitment to help communities tackle climate change. It supports communities to be environmentally sustainable. With Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future the NLCF wants to involve more people in climate action. And they want to inspire bold and exciting change. They will fund formal partnership projects that reach more people by either: - linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities. And inspiring them to take action. - influencing communities at a regional or national level. Like linking up groups across locations. Or a campaign that inspires change across one country, or the whole UK. You do not have to be a climate or environment focused organisation to apply.

The Foundation awards grants for projects concerning Older People.

Grants are available for community organisations across England to buy an automated external defibrillators (AED) to install in a public place.

The Foundation aims to make a difference to the lives of older people and other adults with a physical, learning or mental disability; supporting practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity. The aim of this fund is on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. Applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged will receive highest priority.

The funding aims to get more people active and increase sports participation across England. Priority will be given to projects where there is the most need.

The foundation makes grants to projects which support young people (16 years and under) who are challenged by abuse or addiction, who are young carers, or who are homeless/without a safe place to call home.

The Garfield Weston Foundation supports a wide range of charities that make a positive difference, working in different sectors in the UK. These include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.

This Small Grants Scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. Online applications can be accepted from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme. The focus will be to make one-year grants only to cover core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial stability. The priority will be to support local charities still active in their communities which are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community either directly or through online support if possible.