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Aims/priorities: BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances. This Fund is administered by Family Fund Business Services. This programme provides items for the most basic needs of vulnerable children and young people who may be:
- Living in severe poverty and…
Aims/priorities: Be One Percent are accepting applications for grants to create effective funding partnerships and support different areas of poverty alleviation across the developing world.
Twelve projects are available for funding in 2022, with priority given to ‘efficient and effective’ organisations working in the following areas:
- …
Aims/priorities: The Cinderella Fund can be used by groups or individuals to support the cost of a short respite holiday, day trip or activity for disabled, sick, convalescent or disadvantaged children whose family are unable to afford the cost. Grants are available to residents who live within the geographical areas of Greater Manchester, East Lancashire, North East…
Aims/priorities: The aim of the foundation is to help raise the quality of life in England and Wales, particularly for the young, disadvantaged and older people.
The funding is for one-off capital projects (not running costs) such as new buildings, major refurbishments, transport and equipment. Rented premises are expected to have a lease of at least 10 years…
Aims/priorities: The Eric Wright Charitable Trust was established by Mr. Eric Wright in 1990 to fulfil his belief that the role of business in society is not to create wealth for the few, but rather to help to build a strong community.
The Trust offers:
- Major Grants - by invitation only
- Community Grants - aimed at assisting and supporting the…
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for smaller capital projects that help to support grassroots football in England, improving the experience of playing football for everyone involved. The following can be funded:
- Fencing.
- Goalposts.
- Minor works to changing rooms and club house refurbishment.
- Pitch maintenance -…
Aims/priorities: We are a grant making foundation giving grants to small and medium sized local organisations in the UK with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Trusthouse’s mission is to improve vulnerable lives in disadvantaged communities of the…
Aims/priorities: Community groups across the UK are being invited to apply for funding for local projects that matter to them.
The Tesco Community Grant scheme will award grants to charities and community organisations to fund local good causes whose focus is on supporting children and families.
Originally launched in 2016 as Bags of Help the scheme…
Aims/priorities: The Victoria Wood Foundation was set up following the death of comedian Victoria Wood in 2016. The Trustees are former friends of Victoria and are interested in supporting areas that would have interested her, namely the arts, in all forms.
Who can apply? Arts organisations and groups in the UK are welcome to apply.…
Aims/priorities: Grants are available for projects in the UK concerned with heritage preservation and social welfare, especially improving the life chances of vulnerable members of society (particularly women and girls). The Trustees are particularly keen to assist projects which have encountered difficulties in raising funds from other sources, and to fund projects…
Aims/priorities: The Foundation helps disadvantaged and underprivileged youth, affording them an opportunity they might not otherwise have. They focus their very limited funds on helping young people in a broader range of projects that will help them fulfil their potential, or get their life back on track, in whatever way they need.
Who can apply?…
Aims/priorities: Grants are available for purchasing equipment and items to enable grassroots football organisations in England to restart activities after the period of COVID-19 restrictions. The charity's aim is 'to transform lives and strengthen communities through the power of football'. The funding is intended for smaller capital projects and the maintenance/…
Aims/priorities: The Toy Trust grant scheme is provided and administered by the British Toy and Hobby Association. It is available to registered charities working with children in the UK and throughout the world.
The funding is intended to help disadvantaged children under the age of 13 years and their families to:
- Alleviate suffering
- Support…
Aims/priorities: The Idea Fund is a micro fund for individuals (or small groups or organisations) who have a novel technical idea which they want to try out. Proposals for projects will be welcomed that:
- Are based on a novel technical idea.
- Would deliver a social or environmental benefit.
- Are intriguing, inventive and have an element of fun…
Aims/priorities: Grants are available for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment. The Grants for Good Fund has been launched to extend the impact of the Matthew Good Foundation, and allow small charities, community projects and social…
Aims/priorities: The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust offers grants to UK based charitable organisations that work in the following areas of interest:
- Serious illness - to assist many fundraising initiatives by charities and charitable institutions which help those suffering from serious illness. The needs addressed include nursing, residential facilities,…
Aims/priorities: The funding is for charitable activities that seek to support children, young people and adults with mental illness and mental disability in north west England. Applicants should be able to demonstrate how the work will be financed after the Trust's grant has ended. Priority is given to local organisations. National organisations will need to…
Aims/priorities: Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in England which work together with a shared set of goals and values to help their community thrive. The aim of the programme is to encourage organisations to work in partnership to help their communities thrive by focusing on the bigger picture, rather than just what their organisation…
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for projects with the following aims:
- Improving the natural world.
- Securing a fairer future.
- Strengthening the bonds in communities in the UK.
Our Natural World: Ensuring that the natural world is restored and protected, and that people benefit from that recovery.The…
Aims/priorities: Grants for equipment is available to youth clubs in the UK that provide opportunities for improving social skills, team spirit and self esteem for young people aged from 8 to 18 years.
Occassionally, applications for improvement of youth club premises, equipment and facilities will also be considered including, but not limited to, the following:…
Aims/Priorities: 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. Our focus will be to make one-year…
Aims/priorities: Schools and not for profit organisations have the opportunity to apply for funding through the Wooden Spoon Society’s Capital Grants programme. Wooden Spoon is the British and Irish Rugby charity which supports projects help mentally, physically disadvantaged children. Each year the charity supports around 70 projects. Through the programme funding is…
Aims/priorities: The grants programme supports a broad range of creative and cultural projects that benefit people living in England. Projects can range from directly creating and delivering creative and cultural activity to projects which have a longer term positive impact, such as organisational development, research and development and sector support and development.…
Aims/priorities: Persimmon Community Champions is here to fund good causes across the UK and have supported thousands of community groups and charities over the years, but from 1st April for the foreseeable future, they want to focus on organisations that support the over-70s – a vulnerable group in society that Persimmon Community Champions feel need their support at this…
Aims/priorities: The Lawrence Atwell's Charity aims to help young people free themselves from poverty and disadvantage by heading into the job they want. Through tailored grant-making to those people who are most in need, the Charity will invest in their talents and aspirations to help them find their way – either straightaway or through a series of steps - into…
Aims/priorities: The BlueSpark Foundation’s objective is to fund or part-fund projects that aim to improve the education and development of children and young people by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. The funding is intended to support projects that have the following objectives:
- Encouraging independence
- Developing team…
Aims/priorities: The Trust only make grants for ongoing core funding to groups which support:
- Elderly people
- Children and young people aged 5 – 25
- People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
- Social welfare – people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (…
Aims/priorities: Applicants should be working to produce significant impact in one of the following priority areas: youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation, preservation, Africa, and peace and humanitarian support. Grant-making will be focused on:
- charities which meet their funding criteria and are well-placed to support vulnerable communities through…
Aims/priorities: This grant scheme support for teachers, teaching assistants, nursery workers, caretakers and lunch supervisors who have worked within the education sector for at least five years. The grants can be used to help with bills, household costs, travel or other essentials. They are not loans and it costs you nothing to apply.
For further information or to…
Aims/priorities: The trust supports organisations that:
- Provide hospice care
- Provide support for the homeless
- Promote health and wellbeing – areas of support under this heading have included physical and learning disability, physical and mental health and social challenge and deprivation. They look to support organisations in this category…
Aims/Priorities: The grants programme is designed to find, fund, support and evaluate promising practice; to understand what is effective and what is not; and to learn, more broadly, ‘what works’ when tackling youth unemployment. We will recognise the importance of national learning and local context, as well as promoting strong coordination and partnership across government,…
Aims/priorities: We support organisations who help people who are lonely and isolated, by giving free free TVs, tablets, and radios for clients. This technology is often used in communal spaces or as part of specific projects. For people who are lonely, a simple radio, television, or tablet can feel like a lifeline and we help people who have become lonely through lots of…
Aims/priorities: Alpkit welcome any applications from individuals or organisations serving those affected by coronavirus, across the country. Examples include:
- Being active in your local community to help elderly or vulnerable people
- Minimising the impact of self-isolation for those in quarantine and need access to food, medicines or social care
- …
Aims/priorities: The Clothworkers' Foundation is the independent charitable arm of The Clothworkers' Company, and is one of the top 50 charitable grant makers in the UK.
The Clothworkers' Foundation aims to use its funding to improve the quality of life for people and communities that face disadvantage. Grants are available to UK charities under its Open Grants…
