Investing in effective early years parenting support

The Early Years Parenting Fund will support organisations that improve the development of children most at risk of poor early childhood outcomes, by investing in effective, culturally grounded parenting support.

We want to support work that makes a clear contribution to children’s physical health, social and emotional development, and cognitive development in the first five years of life.

In this round, we’re focusing on communities where outcome gaps are largest. We aim to fund organisations that are trusted by the communities they serve and that can evidence the difference their work makes.

The Early Years Parenting Fund is part of our Getting Started funding priority, which supports families to give young children a strong start in life. In this fund, ‘parents’ includes any caregiver.

Opens 3rd June, expression of interest deadline 1st July.

This round supports organisations working in our three priority areas, providing vital support to people and communities at the moments that matter. These areas are:

• Families experiencing financial hardship: Supporting families who are struggling to meet everyday costs such as food, housing, clothing and essential household needs.
• People facing sudden hardship or crisis: Helping individuals and families who need urgent support due to unexpected life events such as bereavement, illness, job loss or other crisis situations.
• Vulnerable children and young peoples: Supporting charities that provide safe spaces, practical support and opportunities that help children and young people thrive, particularly those facing disadvantage or instability.

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HMRC has worked with the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) for over 20 years to deliver support and access to services for customers the Department finds hardest to reach. The aim is to support customers back into mainstream HMRC channels by building their capability and confidence and resolving issues which may have become a barrier to direct engagement with HMRC. These may include, for example, HMRC debts and outstanding tax obligations.
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Your organisation must be one of the following:

• a registered charity
• a voluntary and community sector organisation
• a social enterprise
• a mutual
• a co-operative

Your organisation must have:

• three years’ financial history in place
• a turnover of no less than £80,000 per year
• sound and comprehensive financial systems and processes that enable you to track the amount of funding spent throughout the year and to demonstrate that you have allocated the funding to the specific activity detailed in your bid

Your organisation must not:

• have any directors who have been disqualified in the last 5 years, and or any directors, trustees, treasurers or anyone in a position of financial responsibility who has had a conviction such as for fraud, within the last 5 years
• use the grant to support or promote religious activity
• use the grant for any activity that is party political in intention, use or presentation

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In February 2026, a group of SEND young people supported by Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) called the Changemakers completed peer research into inclusion. Young Manchester, Manchester City Council's SEND Local Offer Team and Greater Manchester Youth Network (GMYN) are now launching this fund to support organisations to deliver the recommendations of the research.

For this fund, the Changemakers and other groups of young disabled people:

• Have explored the issues that are important to them and told us what to prioritise
• Will take part in training on how to be part of a decision making panel
• Will have full decision making responsibility for which projects are awarded funding
• Will share feedback on how they have found the process to help us learn and share best practice

What funding is available?

We have grants of £1,000 - £5,000 available to fund projects for young disabled people. There is a total of £25,000 available.

What kind of projects will we fund?

Projects must:

• Reflect one or more of the funding priorities set by the peer research (see below)
• Support inclusion for young disabled people
• Be for young people who are Manchester residents
• Be for young people aged 5 to 25.
• Not be delivered as part of formal education or during school hours

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Next Stage 1 deadline: 7 July 2026 (midnight)

Next Stage 2 deadline: you will be notified of this if you pass Stage 1

Grant size : Up to £50,000*

Works cost : Over £80,000 for urgent repairs; over £30,000 for facilities

This programme offers our largest grants of up to £50,000 towards the cost of major urgent structural repair projects costed at more than £80,000 including VAT.

*grants of £40,000 to £50,000 are extremely limited and reserved for cases which demonstrate a very high case for investment.

We will also consider projects that introduce kitchens and accessible toilets to enable increased community use, costed at more than £30,000 including VAT. Grants will never exceed 50% of the project cost.

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The Local Community Fund supports projects in our members’ communities that provide access to opportunities and resources to help people thrive.

For our next funding round, which starts in October 2026, Co-op Members will decide how we invest £3.5m through our Local Community Fund.

Are you a local cause looking for funding?

You can apply if you're a not-for-profit group that needs funding to deliver a specific project that benefits your local community. We will only accept one application per group.

If your funding application is successful, we'll work in partnership with you for 12 months.

Applications must be submitted by midnight on 24 June 2026.

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Movember is inviting Expressions of Interest from voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in England. £3 million is being committed to fund up to 15 organisations delivering community-led, non-clinical initiatives that improve young men’s mental health by strengthening social connection and encouraging earlier help-seeking.We are particularly looking for organisations working with young men aged 16–35 who face barriers to accessing support - particularly those experiencing poverty, social isolation or other forms of structural disadvantage - and organisations that demonstrate established capability in creating trusted, socially connective environments to improve young men’s health and well-being. Illustrative examples include peer-led groups, early fatherhood or family programmes that centre male relationships, sports or gaming initiatives, creative arts or nature-based initiatives, or faith-based peer support groups. These examples are not exhaustive.Funding available: Grants range between £150,000 and £300,000 for up to three years.

Funding for organisations working with secondary schools on healthy and respectful relationships education.

We know that supporting children and young people to develop the skills and understanding they need to build healthy and respectful relationships is an important early step to preventing the emergence of harmful behaviours in relationships - including physical, emotional and sexual abuse in relationships, coercive or controlling behaviour, harassment and exploitation, including online and technology-facilitated abuse. 

The full eligibility requirements are summarised below and explained in more detail in the Application Guidance. Please ensure your intervention meets all these requirements before proceeding with an application.   

• Location: your intervention must be delivered in England.  
• Your organisation: your organisation must be a registered charity, company, statutory body or CIC.   
• Activities: interventions must fit within one of the strands listed within this guidance. 
• Target schools and children: interventions must support outcomes for children and young people aged 11-16, in state secondary schools. 
• Outcomes: we’re primarily interested in interventions that are focussed on reducing violence against women and girls and harmful behaviours in teenage relationships over the long term. Within the timeframes of the delivery and evaluation, interventions should be aiming to change children’s knowledge and attitudes around healthy relationships, gender norms and harmful behaviours in teenage relationships. 
• Scale: you must be able to reach enough schools to support a robust and meaningful evaluation. We estimate that this will involve: 
• Strand 1: Delivery of the intervention to one or more year groups in 30 secondary schools (with another 30 schools being a control group where existing practice is continued) 
• Strand 2: Deliver of the intervention to one or more year groups across 20-30 schools (depending on the evaluation design, a further 30 schools may also be needed for the control group where existing practice is continued) 

Who can apply?

This funding has been provided by Kirklees Council and is being administered and distributed by One Community Foundation. CRF Community Coordination funding will be awarded as grants to VCSE organisations in Kirklees for activity that strengthens partnership working, referral pathways and the accessibility of local support.  

CRF Funding will be structured around the following support categories, aligned directly to CRF guidance:

Support Category 1: Community Coordination and Partnership Working 

Activity that strengthens collaboration between organisations and services. 

Support Category 2: Referral Pathways and Access to Support 

Activity that improves how residents and frontline staff navigate and access support.

Support Category 3: Community Infrastructure and Capability 

Activity that strengthens the infrastructure and capacity required for effective coordination. 

Support Category 4: Community Insight, Learning and Co-production 

Activity that uses lived experience and learning to improve how local systems operate. 

Other Community Coordination Activity 

Any other activity that demonstrably strengthens the local support landscape, improves coordination between services, and contributes to the outcomes of the CRF Community Coordination strand. 

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The Ironmongers’ Company provides grants to support projects that help disadvantaged children and young people reach their potential. Funding is aimed at initiatives that deliver clear educational benefits, such as developing life skills, improving learning and motivation, or supporting children with special educational needs. Projects that test new approaches and share learning with others are particularly encouraged.

The A B Charitable Trust was founded in 1990 and promotes human dignity and defends the human rights of marginalised and excluded groups in the UK.

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Funding is available to UK registered charities through their Open Programme (other programmes are by invitation only) which has 4 priority areas:

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Human Rights

Access to Justice

Criminal and Legal System and Penal Reform

Migrants and Refugees

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Charities must have a turnover of between £150,000 and £1.5 million a year to be eligible to apply.

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Grants range in size, with most grants awarded being in the range of £10,000 to £30,000. As far as is possible, the A B Trust aims to provide unrestricted funding to charities operating in their priority areas.

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Applications made through their online form.

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The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement.

The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects and are very conscious of the work involved in applying for a grant and encourage charities to consider whether their work aligns with the Trust’s priorities for the next three years before submitting an application.

We are committed to supporting the communities that we work and live in. That is why we created the Ford Britain Trust. Since April 1975 we have been able to help fund the education and advancement of our neighbours.

We pay special attention to projects focusing on education, environment, children, people with disabilities, youth activities and projects that provide clear benefits to the local communities close to our UK locations. The Ford Britain Trust particularly encourages applications supported by Ford employees, but is open to all, provided that the qualifying organisations meet our selection criteria.

We have five cycles each year for grant donations.

Small grant applications, up to £250, are welcomed three times a year during:
1st April to 30th June for review in July
1st August to 31st October for review in November
1st December to 28th February for review in April

Large grant applications, up to £3,000, are welcomed twice a year during:
1st March to 31st July for review by our Board of Trustees in September/October
1st September to 31st January for review by our Board of Trustees in March

All applicants will be informed of the outcome following the review.

Grants for organisations working with racially minoritised young men aged 18–25 in contact with the criminal justice system.

Your organisation will:

• Provide specialist services for racially minoritised young men, that meet their specific needs
• Have a track record of at least 18 months of delivering this type of provision
• Provide person centred, holistic and long-term services
• Have lived experience voice throughout their services, organisation and governance, although this may be less well-developed in some smaller organisations.

Funding guidelines

• Grant amount: £200,000
• Length: three to five years – we will ask you whether you’d like to receive that funding over 3, 4 or 5 years.
• Focus: specialist support for racially minoritised young men in contact with the criminal justice system
• Eligible organisations: registered, not-for-profit organisations with a charitable purpose (e.g. registered charity, CIC, community benefit society) providing direct service delivery
• Location: activity must take place within the UK
• Expression of Interest deadline: Wednesday 5^th August 2026, 5pm

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Warm Spaces Support Fund pilot

The programme offers flexible grants of £250–£1,000 to eligible organisations with an annual income of under £10,000. Funding can be used to maintain, enhance or expand warm hub or warm space activities.

This pilot scheme will run in four local authority areas with the highest levels of deprivation in our region: Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, the City of Kingston upon Hull, and Bradford.

What we fund

The programme takes a flexible, needs-led approach. Applicants are encouraged to request support for the item or resources that will make the biggest difference to their warm hub/ space. We welcome a wide range of requests, provided they directly benefit local people and align with the aims of the programme.

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To be eligible, organisations must:

• Be a registered charity, CIC, CIO or constituted voluntary organisation
• Operate within the Local Authority areas of Middlesbrough, Hartlepool, the City of Kingston upon Hull, or Bradford.
• Have an annual income below £10,000
• Have been active for at least 12 months and produced a first set of accounts
• Run an established warm hub or warm space offering:
  • At least one session per week during the winter months
  • A warm, safe place to sit
  • Access to a hot drink
  • Evidence that the service is promoted (e.g. social media, posters, website)

May close early if there is significant demand

The WCIT Charity is a national charity with a City of London home. Its purpose is to use the power of tech for impact through digital inclusion, education, charitable, and public engagement initiatives across the entire UK.

Every year, it supports a variety of charities through its grant-making programme and by providing pro bono support to a multitude of organisations.

Applications for funding may be submitted at any time and are considered by the Charitable Operations Committee at one of its four meetings a year.

Before you make an application to us, please familiarise yourself with our new eligibility criteria and application guidelines below. As we are receiving a high number of requests, the success rate for applicants is currently less than 1%.

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The Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust was established in 1970 by Barbara de Brye, Stanley Smith’s daughter, in recognition of his passion for plants and gardening. It’s purpose is to support horticultural projects for public benefit, mostly in the UK, through the provision of grants. The types of project supported include the creation, development and restoration of gardens, plant study field trips, publications, horticultural research and training.

This programme offers grants of up to £10,000 towards urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing up to £80,000. Also project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1, to support churches preparing for a major project, and in developing their project to the point at which they can approach a major grant funder. Grants will never exceed 50% of the net project costs (for this phase).

Next Deadline : Tuesday 18 August 2026

Grant Size : Up to £10,000

Works Cost : Up to £80,000 (incl VAT and fees)

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Its formal charitable objects are:

(a) to relieve persons who are sick, convalescent, disabled, handicapped or infirm and in particular, but not exclusively, such persons who are suffering mental illness in any of its forms;

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(b) to promote or assist in the promotion of research into the alleviation or cure of mental illness in any of its forms.

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Making grants to a wide range of charitable organisations.  The Trustees' preference is to support  registered charities  in the North West of England for mental health and mental disability projects where expertise in this area and financial stability can be demonstrated.

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The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund provides grants for general and research work with people with learning disabilities. “Learning disabilities” is the same as “intellectual disabilities”; these terms are inter-changeable.

People with learning disabilities have these three things:

• global intellectual impairment (intelligence quotient less than 70), and
• need for support/help to fulfil ordinary daily activities, and
• onset before the age of 18 years.

Learning disabilities may have a recognised cause, e.g. Down syndrome, Williams syndrome, but often the cause is not known.

Children, young people, and adults with learning disabilities often also have other physical and mental health conditions, disabilities, and/or impairments as well as having learning disabilities.

The Democratic Engagement Fund will provide grants to civil society organisations operating in England to deliver politically neutral, place-based activities that help people understand, engage with, and participate in democracy.

The Fund focuses on groups that are currently less democratically engaged and aims to generate evidence on what works to increase democratic participation, informing future policy and practice.

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We only fund organisations whose activities take place within the UK.

The trust has decided to prioritise its funding in favour of charities whose activities involve all or most family members where possible, in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. The objective is to reinforce the benefit and support that family members as a unit can give to each other.

The three areas of activity that the charity wishes to support are:

• Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, eg practical family support, relationship counselling, mediation
• Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit
• Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment

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The Grocers’ Charity awards about £1 million pounds each year to UK-registered charities. We can only fund charities registered with any of the following: the Charity Commission of England and Wales, the Scottish Charity Regulator, and the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland.

For our open grants, we typically provide one-off grants of up to £5,000. We receive over 1,000 applications a year and award 14% of the applications received, on average.

We only accept applications via our online form. Please do not send unsolicited information by post or email. If you are unable to apply online because of an impairment, please contact us before sending information by post.

Please note we do not accept applications from:

• Charities with a turnover of over £500,000 (except for Medical Charities, where the limit is £15m).
• Non-UK registered charities (e.g. Community Interest Companies, Mutual Societies).
• Charities whose beneficiaries are overseas.
• Individuals.
• Places of worship.
• Educational establishments (schools, colleges, universities).
• And other exclusions are listed under each funding category. Please read them here before contacting us.

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Location: England and Scotland

Total Grants Available: Approximately £1.6 million in England and £200K in Scotland annually.

Fund Provided by: SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK

The SUEZ Communities Fund supports community and environmental improvement projects through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund, distributing funds contributed by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK.

The Trust is committed to supporting community and environmental projects ­in the vicinity of Enovert’s operations across the UK. These include improving community halls, the creation of new play areas and skate parks, and restoring green spaces.

The Trust awards grants under the terms of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF), providing funding to a broad range of projects that have as big an impact on the community as possible.

The Trust is committed to supporting community and environmental projects across the UK. These include improving community halls, the creation of new play areas and skate parks, and restoring green spaces.

Applications need to be within 10miles of a Enovert Managment Limited site.

Up to £50,000 of National Lottery funding for equipment and coaching courses. For not-for-profit sports clubs or community groups in Wales.

Not-for-profit sports clubs and community groups can apply.

To apply, your project must:

• help more people take part in sport
• take place in Wales and be mainly for people who live in Wales
• not have started yet
• not include anything you’ve already bought

Depending on the sport or the type of request, the organisation applying for funding may need to be affiliated to their sport's National Governing Body (NGB).

Examples of projects include:

• equipment to help more people take part in sport
• coaching courses that upskill coaches and volunteers
• entry-level training courses, such as first aid or officiating
• hiring venues for new teams
• pitch improvement projects

You must contribute at least 10% of the total project cost. In general, for awards of:

• £300 to £25,000, we will fund up to 90% of the project costs
• £25,001 to £50,000, we will fund up to 80% of the project costs

Funding levels are not guaranteed. We assess each application individually.

Reopens 8th July, closing date 11th September

Your application should include at least the following:

• details of your current service to visually-impaired people, if any, and how it will be improved or enhanced by the proposed project. We do not need to see lengthy, generalised descriptions of the challenges faced by blind and visually-impaired people;
• an estimate if possible of how many blind and visually-impaired people currently use your service, and how many will use it in the future;
• any funding received or pledged to date for the project in question, and the names of other organisations to which you have applied;
• a copy of your latest annual report and accounts;
• confirmation that your organisation has a safeguarding policy for vulnerable children and/or adults, as appropriate;
• confirmation that your organisation has an equal opportunities policy.

Our Trustees meet quarterly to consider applications: in January (deadline 1 December),  April (deadline 15 March), July (deadline 15 June) and October (deadline 15 September). Please note: the dates of our meetings may be subject to change

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• Your organisation must be registered with the Charity Commission in England, Wales or Northern Ireland or a registered Scottish Charity.
• We are able to help only small charities with an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
• We can only accept applications towards the funding of capital projects. We are unable to accept applications towards running/core costs. Note: we are also unable to consider requests for computers and IT equipment.
• We provide small grants of up to £5,000. We do not consider multi-year requests.
• There should be a minimum period of two years between the receipt of a decision or grant from us and making a further application.

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We fund, support and champion charities in theChannel Island that make a positive difference the lives of people who are socially excluded and disadvantaged. The Foundation also provides developmental support including mentoring, to help charities improve their resilience and sustainability.


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Fidelio welcomes applications for grants in support of the Arts particularly for Music, including Opera, Lieder, Composition and Dance.

Fidelio aims to provide support for individuals (over the age of 21) or groups of exceptional ability, to enable them for example:

• To receive special tuition or coaching (e.g. in the case of musicians to attend Master Classes)
• To participate in external competitions
• To be supported for a specially arranged performance
• To receive support for a musical composition

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The Holiday Grants programme from the Henry Smith Foundation offers one‑off grants to help schools, youth groups and UK‑based non‑profit organisations take children aged 13 and under on recreational day trips or short residential trips. The aim is to provide fun and enriching experiences for children who face financial hardship, systemic inequity, or disability.

The Fat Beehive Foundation awards small grants of up to £2,500 to help charities improve their digital presence.

We support UK-based charities with an annual turnover of under £1 million, offering funding for a wide range of digital projects. Whether that’s building a new website, developing online resources, or improving digital accessibility, our aim is to help you reach more people, raise more funds and deliver more impact.

We know how important it is for small charities to have a strong, user-friendly digital presence – but we also know how hard that can be to fund. Our grants are here to help bridge that gap.

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The Oak Trust was founded by the Reverend Christopher Courtauld in 1963.

We are a small charity, which makes grants of £250 – £4000 to UK registered charities.

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We support people who are disadvantaged (in the widest sense), we also support medical and environmental charities.

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Grants will only be awarded to projects or programs being run by established charitable bodies and will not be awarded to individuals.

Applications must be submitted in writing using the Sasha Foundation grant application form which can be downloaded here. They can be submitted by email or by post to the Foundation’s accountants, Richardson Swift.

At minimum, the trustees will meet twice a year to consider applications: the associate deadlines each year for submitting applications are 01/04 and 01/10. In assessing applications they will follow the processes set out in the Sasha Foundation Grant Making Policy, which can be downloaded here.

Typically grants will be up to £10,000 and at most will be for 50% of the total budgeted cost of the proposed project/program.

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Research funding to understand the barriers and pathways to a racially just and inclusive society

Priority theme for 2026 applications: Inter-generational changes, continuities and challenges in racially diverse UK.

We are interested in: What generational shifts in outlooks, experiences and conditions mean for the potentials and challenges of the UK’s racially diverse future, in the context of its colonial past and a changing institutional, policy and political environment. This might include but would not be restricted to issues of:

• Identities, belonging and exclusions
• Aspirations and values
• Civic and political participation
• Life chances and experiences

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Your project must meet our purpose through one or more of the following criteria themes:

• Financial stress
• Security and refuge
• Quality and suitability of housing

Applications can also apply under the theme ‘Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness’ if it's part of wraparound support and the application also meets at least one of the other themes.

We welcome applications from those who take a Housing First and/or relationship-based approach. In your application we’d like to see evidence of:

• Strength-based practice
• Trauma-informed care
• Psychologically-informed environments

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We focus on less popular and harder to fund projects and with a spread of funding between local (North-East England), National (providing benefit across the UK) and International projects

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The trust provides support for both capital projects and core funding

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• The ability of the applicant to demonstrate that they provide public benefit
• The impact the grant will make
• The number of people the grant will benefit and for how long
• How any shortfall in funding for the project will be raised
• The time scale for the project

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Before making an application please note that:

• Awards cannot be used to finance operating costs or staff costs unless they are related to staff training costs to deliver a designated project.
• Awards for property or property related costs will only qualify if they relate to fitting out spaces for designated projects; purchasing equipment to allow access for disabled people, or building related expenditure where the building is used for delivery of a charity related project/purpose. Expenditure related to hire of premises will be excluded.
• Awards for transport or vehicles will only qualify if it is for the purchase or part purchase of vehicles to move beneficiaries of the charity, emergency equipment or medical supplies. Expenditure related to staff vehicles, maintenance of vehicles and insurance will be excluded.
• Applications should include evidence of charitable status, current funding, and the use you are making of that.
• Projects should be demonstrated to be practical and business-like.
• It is a condition of any grant given that a report is made as to how the funds have been used.
• Grants not used for the purposes stated, must be returned.

• If successful, applicants may not apply again for a minimum of 2 years (there must be a 4 further Commonweal Committee meetings in-between applications)

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At Point North, we offer a variety of grants to support local people, charities, and community groups across the North East, particularly in County Durham and Tees Valley.

Our aim is to make the application process as straightforward as possible. Whether you’re applying on behalf of an individual or as part of a group, you can apply online and get support from our Grants team if you need it.

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There are a range of grants available via the link below.

What we fund:

• 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.
• Churches and other places of worship with a strong, secular community focus.
• Charities or CIOs (Charitable Incorporated Organisations) registered in England and Wales.
• Certain organisations with exempt status such as specialist schools, scout and guide groups, housing associations, cooperatives and community benefit societies.

For more information and eligibility visit the link below.

National Lottery Awards for All England support community-led projects to help create healthier happier lives and a flourishing society. They offer funding from £300 to £20,000 and can support projects for up to two years.

Applicants 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.

The programme can fund projects that will do at least one of the following:

• 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.

You can only have one Awards for All England grant at a time.

You can find more information on the scheme below.

This funding is for communities in Scotland. By communities we mean people who share an identity, interest or experience. Or people living in the same place.

We're looking for projects that will help people connect more with each other. We'll support projects that are open, inclusive and led by their community.

We’ll fund new or existing projects.

Area: Scotland

Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations that are led by a community.

Application deadline: Ongoing

Our Emergency Essentials programme supports individual children and young people living with severe poverty, a lack of the basic facilities which most of us take for granted and additional pressures such as domestic violence, disability or poor health in the family.

The programme provides items for the most basic needs of vulnerable children and young people aged 18 and under who are:

• Affected by issues such as domestic abuse, substance misuse, estrangement, disability or serious illness, mental health or behavioural difficulties, abuse or neglect, and/or
• Living in severe poverty and suffering deprivation as a result.

Funding is available for essential household items, such as (please note that this may not be an exclusive list and other items may be permissible):

• Children's beds and bedding, including cots.
• Clothing.
• Electric cookers.
• Equipment for babies.
• Fridges and freezers.
• Furniture, kitchen equipment and small appliances, and
• Tumble dryers and washing machines.

This funding is for projects that support children, young people and families. Or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support.

Projects should support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.

Your project should be designed with the people you support. You should:

• Involve them in how it’s developed, delivered and led
• Make use of their existing skills and interests
• Complement and make connections with other services that support them.

Projects must meet one of these outcomes:

• Children, young people and families thrive.
• People have better relationships, connections, and physical or mental health.

We’ll fund new or existing projects.

Area: Scotland

Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations, public sector organisations.

Application deadline: Ongoing

The Charity is principally directed to encourage young people to improve their own lives by taking advantage of educational opportunites and organised recreational activities. The Charity is also empowered to help improve the standard of living of the elderly and disabled people and relieve the suffering caused by illness.

The geographical areas to which support is given is restricted to:-

Bebington and the Wirral, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Wakefield and York

The directors are particularly interested in supporting the following areas of charitable work:-

• Medical research
• Care of the elderly
• General welfare
• Hospices
• The Deaf and Blind
• Care of the physically & mentally disabled
• The Armed Forces

Appeals for consideration at the spring meeting should be made between 1^st January and 31^st January

Appeals for consideration at the autumn meeting should be made between 1^st July and 31^st July.

Appeals received outside this period will not be considered.

The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK (“Foundation”) was set up to continue the philanthropy of Sylvia Waddilove after her death in 2001. The Foundation provides grants to charities and some not-for-profit organisations. As a general rule, the Foundation provides grants to fund or part-fund the capital costs (defined below) of a new project. Applications involving innovative projects are particularly welcome.

The Foundation welcomes applications from the following:

• Registered charities or unregistered charities that are excepted, exempt or below the threshold for registration (if the charity is unregistered you must explain why).
• Community interest companies limited by guarantee.
• Registered societies.

The Foundation typically gives grants of £1,000-£5,000.

For more information visit the link below:

Grants for Good is funded by the John Good Group and is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Be a local community group, charity, voluntary group or social enterprise that has a positive impact on communities, people or the environment.
• Have an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months.
• Have a bank account in the organisation’s name.

As well as building good quality homes and creating well-paid, high-skilled jobs, our Community Champions scheme makes a real difference to people's lives. We do this by supporting local charities, sports clubs and good causes across the country.

We have 30 offices across the UK that will each make a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to those local organisations who are the lifeblood of our communities. Smaller donations are also available.

For more information and to apply follow the link below.

The Hedley Foundation provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need. Last year they supported hundreds of small charities, improving lives and lifting people’s aspirations.

Eligibility

We award grants to those charities that are able to demonstrate quantifiable outcomes to beneficiaries. Typically, grants of up to £5,000 are regularly made and occasional larger sums are given to charities where high impact can be achieved. Similarly, smaller charities often benefit from smaller grants of £250 upwards.

You should meet the following criteria:

• You are a small UK registered charity with an annual income below £1m
• Your application is not for core salaries, building construction, general running costs, transport, financial deficits or overseas projects
• Your application is not on behalf of a community interest company, for religious institutions, museum or for an individual
• You have not received a grant from The Hedley Foundation, or submitted an unsuccessful application to the Foundation, within the last two years

More information and to apply follow the link below:

The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is a grant-giving body founded in 2004 by members of the Kelly family.

We’re interested in funding charities whose activities involve all or most family members, where possible, in initiatives that seek to tackle problems facing one or more of its members. We’ve funded charities working in fields including early intervention, mediation, prison services and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence, among others.

We generally offer grants worth up to £5,000 – though trustees will consider requests for higher amounts. We’re happy to fund charities’ core costs and we encourage applications from relatively new charities to help them become established.

More information below:

We are looking to support projects that actively promote sustainable and eco-friendly approaches to travel and transport:

Vehicles: clean fuel, batteries, or both. This can include electric vehicles, hybrid power systems, and fuel cells.

Infrastructure: such as public transportation systems.

Energy source: Using renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels like coal.

Activity: Walking, cycling, or using a scooter instead of driving

Rolling deadlines between: January to February, May to June, and September to October (check website for exact dates).

• Currently, our responsive Funds (Wee Grants, Small Grants, Large Grants and Community Spaces) are aimed at constituted community groups and registered charities who are working to prevent and reduce poverty and associated trauma in Scotland, and who have an annual income of under £2 million. For more information see here.

• Our Big Change That Lasts Grants are available to registered charities, asset‑locked CIC limited by guarantee, housing associations and credit Unions with an annual income of over £200,000. For more information see here.

We wish to work with organisations that can demonstrate impact with ex-offenders, young offenders or young people at risk of offending, either within a local area or nationally.  It is up to you how you persuade us that impact is/will be delivered, but please note that general comments and statistics about the sector are not sufficient to demonstrate impact.

We prefer to fund new and innovative project. Applicants must also show they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for future funding.

• Size of organisation
  We will consider funding organisations with income of up to £5 million.
• Funding levels
  1.  Our Small Grants Programme has a cap of £5,000.
  2.  Our Main Grants Programme is uncapped, but you are advised to research typical grant sizes previously made through our Charity Commission Annual Reports.
• Organisations we will fund
  UK registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) only.
• Application Deadlines
  Please submit applications in good time prior to the deadlines as this really helps the Company deal with the usual high number and allows us to administer these correctly.

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The Northern Powergrid Foundation is passionate about supporting the communities where we live and work. The Foundation is committed to funding projects that support energy resilience initiatives and helps those located in our local communities who are most affected by changes in the economy, environment and society because of the shifting energy landscape.

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Location: North East of England, Yorkshire, Northern Lincolnshire.

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The Community Builders Fund provides access to loans of between £100k to £1.5m to charities and social enterprises who are tackling key societal challenges and nature and environmental work, to help grow their organisation, invest in assets and adapt to changing needs.

The Community Builders Fund is available to charities and social enterprises across England, Wales and Scotland. For more eligibility criteria information, click here.

This could be for many different reasons, for example reduced carbon emissions, energy cost savings, upgrading energy efficiency ratings to meet future regulations, increased use or comfort of buildings, replacing older vehicles and equipment with modern energy efficient versions.

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A grant-making charity with a clear charitable purpose to supportprojects that improve, fix and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by PEOPLE IN NEED throughout the UK. We donate grants in the region of £5,000 to charities and not forprofit organisations. Prioritising those that will create a longer-term difference and where our donation will make an impact and fund the total cost(or the majority) of a project.

Your organisation must be a charity or not for profit company based in the UK and:
• Registered as a charity in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland; or
• Registered as a Not for Profit company at Companies House or the registered on the FCA mutuals register.

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Rolling deadlines for next trustee meeting.

Patagonia supports environmental organizations with bold, direct-action agendas and a commitment to long-term change.

We support innovative work that addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities. We focus on places where we’ve built connections through outdoor recreation and through our network of retail stores, nationally and internationally.

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The Hospital Saturday Fund will consider giving grants to registered medical health charities within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.The Hospital Saturday Fund will also consider giving grants to individuals within the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland.

For medically related charities, hospitals, hospices and medical clinics:
The Hospital Saturday Fund will consider giving grants towards medical capital projects, medical care or research and in support of medical training. The Hospital Saturday Fund will also consider grants for running costs.

For Individuals:
The Hospital Saturday Fund will consider giving partial or full grants to individuals for the following:

• Specialised mobility equipment, wheelchairs, mobility scooters, car adaptions, medical appliances and aids, hearing aids, nebulisers, specialised vision aids, specialised computer equipment, therapeutic equipment/treatment, orthopaedic beds, mattresses or pillows, riser /recliners chairs, lift hoist/aids.
• Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy, Acupuncture, Speech Therapy, Osteopathy, Chiropractic treatment, Reflexology, Massage Therapy and Aromatherapy.
• Home adaptations, walk in showers, accessibility adaptations to bathrooms, access ramps, non-slip flooring, stair lifts.

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At the current time, we welcome applications from small UK based children's charities - working for the benefit of children across the UK. As part of your application you will be asked which area of the UK you work.

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The Sustainability Fund provides cash sponsorship, in-kind resources or staff volunteers to support not-for-profit organisations, community groups, and individuals to transform their local community or environment.

A successful project will provide evidence of one or more of the following:

• Enhancing biodiversity
• Promoting sustainable waste behaviours (reduce, reuse and/or recycle)
• Protecting or preserving resources and the environment
• Its use of recycled, reused or reclaimed materials
• Improving social wellbeing

Veolia’s team looks favourably on projects that have considered the long-term or ongoing benefits for the community and will consider all projects based on merit.

Any not-for-profit organisations, community groups or individuals can apply to the Sustainability Fund.

Our funding focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. We support applications from community health professionals, community groups and registered charities that combat isolation and loneliness and enable older people and adults with disabilities to be active and engaged.

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We are a small charity making a big difference in your local community to the lives of older people and other adults with a disability or mental health conditions. We help individuals, small community groups and small local charities.

We are open for group applications in January, April, July and October.

You can apply for an individual at any time.

It takes us up to two months to process an application.

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Application forms must be completed and sent via our website, although we are happy to discuss scenarios over the phone prior to application.

Anyone can apply, providing they are applying as an individual (or on behalf of an individual) in need of a one-off grant to support with:

• Relief of poverty
• The enhancement of educational opportunities
• Physical or mental health diagnosis and/or treatment
• Reducing social isolation

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Our Focus areas for funding are arts, crafts and education for the benefit of all persons but in particular those who are isolated or most in need in their community.  Applications are open to organisations based in and working with people in Wales.  We take a particular interest in applications with a sustainability and environmental focus.

The Foundation looks to fund projects that are true to these values:

• Wales – Our roots are in Wales and it continues to be our main funding priority. We especially look to maintain strong links with communities in mid Wales.
• Arts – We are keen to fund good small-scale arts projects and we support organisations that provide a wide range of educational and creative activities, including painting, illustration, design, textiles, music, dance, theatre, film and photography.  
• Crafts - We are supportive of crafts particularly those that include heritage skills that are at risk of being lost and contemporary craft skills.
• Education - We also fund education in the arts, crafts, sustainability and the environment, for people from Wales studying in either Wales or England.
• Rural – We are especially interested in projects that open up opportunities in areas where it might not otherwise exist and that help alleviate the isolation and other hardships that can affect rural communities.
• Community – We are attracted to projects that bring people together, to help each other out and make their community a better, more joyful place. We support a range of community projects, including those focused on helping people who suffer from isolation and/or social disadvantage.
• Sustainability – The future of our environment is very important to us and we are interested in applications making a positive environmental impact in their community.
• Small Charities – The Foundation has an affinity with small charities, the ones set up by people who are driven by the desire to help better the lives of those around them.

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Available to UK registered charities for humanitarian causes in the United Kingdom and/or overseas, particularly for the relief of suffering and supporting people at risk of harm.

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Open grant cycle: grants available typically up to £5000

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The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts (SFCT) are a group of independent family trusts set up by three generations of the Sainsbury family. They give funding to lots of different causes, from education, the arts, and science, to social projects, the environment, and keeping heritage, traditional culture, and old words alive. Each trust decides its own focus, and SFCT helps by coordinating their work and making sure the grants have the biggest impact.

The Geoffrey Watling Charity, established in 1993, distributes grants for charitable purposes to organisations throughout Norfolk and the Waveney District of Suffolk.

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What type of causes do we support?

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We will consider any application from any charitable organisation operating within Norfolk or the Waveney District of Suffolk.

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How much money can you apply for?

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We support smaller applications from £1000 or less to larger ones normally up to £30,000.

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Is it complicated to apply?

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It’s not complicated. You can register now and complete your application online within 15 minutes.

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How long does it take to get a grant?

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It can take up to 16 weeks, assuming that the application is completed correctly. Applications will be processed in the order in which they are received.

The Energy Resilience Fund is finance to enable community and social enterprises to retrofit energy generating/saving technology on community owned or managed buildings.

Fund Offer:

• Investment amount – from £10,000 to £150,000.
• Percentage grant – Up to 40% of total available as grant, where justifiable.
• Time period – Minimum Term: 12 months, Maximum Term: 7 years.
• Interest Rate – 6.5% flat.
• Arrangement Fee – 1%.
• Security – mainly unsecured.
• Energy Audit Grants available between £500 and £2,500 where these have not been completed.

Eligibility:

• Own your building or have a significant lease (12 years or more).
• Been declined by a bank.
• Be a social enterprise.
• Have clear social aims and objectives.
• Based in England.

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The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation has identified two focus areas through which it aims to drive social impact.

Helping people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups to:

• access a place to call home.
• and improve financial wellbeing.

The trustees will select charities based on their alignment with one or both focus areas. The Foundation has committed to fund UK registered charities, where successful, up to a maximum of £5,000.

Applications close when 150 applications are reached

1. Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs or
2. Multi-year grants for a maximum of 3 years, not to exceed £100,000 in total over this period, for core costs, salaries, running or project costs.

       No more than £50k can be applied for in any given year.

        Organisations should have a focus on Family Support

Organisations should have a focus on Family Support, this may further include:

• Early intervention
• Families coping with addiction
• Prisoners' families

The Community FLEX programme is open to registered charities with an income of £500,000 or less, with a least one year of annual returns published on the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland’s website.

In line with the priorities of The Halifax Foundation, your charity must directly support people in greatest need. For example, supporting people living in poverty; those who are unemployed; those with disabilities or mental ill health. (This is not an exhaustive list – other areas of need will be considered.)

Priority will be given to those charities whose core mission is to support a vulnerable group or for a project targeting a vulnerable group.

Community FLEX is a rolling programme, which means you can apply at any time. However, we may need to close the Programme later in the year, should our budget be fully allocated.

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Our vision is for a strong, sustainable and inclusive disability movement in London. One where Disabled people lead lasting change and have the power and resources to shape decisions that affect their lives.

We’re supporting an influential disability movement, where:

• Disabled people and Deaf and Disabled people's organisations (DDPOs) are regularly present in policy and decision-making spaces, invited to participate and have the capacity to engage effectively.
• Organisations and groups led by Disabled people can articulate and fight for the change they want to see without experiencing burnout.
• Campaigning is sustained, strategic and collaborative, drawing on research, lived experience and alliances with others.
• The full diversity of Deaf and Disabled people’s experiences, perspectives and voices are represented and heard.

Work we'll fund

We will fund groups working for long-term change for Deaf and Disabled Londoners.

This includes:

• Campaigning and/or advocacy work that challenges injustice at a local, regional or national level.
• New and/or creative ways of organising, mobilising or campaigning, either by individual DDPOs or groups of organisations working together.
• Work that builds the capacity of DDPOs to campaign influence and mobilise more effectively, particularly intersectional organisations.
• Campaigns led by groups or coalitions of DDPOs on issues important to the disability movement, especially where change feels achievable.

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The funding streams available are:    

• The Main Fund, containing £19 million – aimed at projects seeking grants between £50,000 and £2 million that will support households in vulnerable situations.
• The Impact Fund, containing £1 million – aimed at projects monitoring the impact to households, of energy advice and other interventions. Applicants can apply for grants between £20,000 and £500,000.
• The Small Project Fund, containing £1 million – aimed at projects seeking grants between £20,000 and £49,999 that will support households in vulnerable situations.  
• The Innovation Fund, containing £4.5 million – aimed at projects that will develop innovative products or services to benefit households. Applicants can apply for grants between £20,000 and £1 million.
• The Carbon Emissions Reduction Fund, containing £3 million – aimed at projects that will reduce UK carbon emissions and empower households to reduce their carbon footprint. Applicants can apply for grants between £20,000 and £1 million.
• The Just Transition Fund, containing £1.5 million – aimed at projects that will develop community renewable energy which will benefit energy consumers in vulnerable situations. Applicants can apply for grants between £20,000 and £250,000.

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