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Success stories
Kings Award for Voluntary Services (KAVS) 2024 – East Sussex awardees
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

Information and Guidance
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust
Power to Change - Community Led High street Innovators

Lottery
Arts Council England (ACE)
National Lottery Community Fund - It Starts with Community
National Lottery Open Week 2025
Sport England - Place Universal Offer
Sport England – Movement Fund

Government
Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) National Heritage Memorial Fund
East Sussex Arts Partnership
Wealden District Council – Sports Infrastructure Funding Programme 2024 - 27

Trusts and Foundations
The Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust
Amazon Literary Partnership 2025
Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust (AFMT)
Animal Defence Trust
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Supporting Serving Families Overseas Programme
Art Fund Prize - Museum of the Year
Association for Industrial Archaeology - Restoration Grants
Baobab Community Fund – Black and Global Majority Individuals and Organisations tackling racial injustice
Bexhill Trust
Chapman Charitable Trust
ChurchCare - Grants for Paintings and Wall Paintings
D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust
Fight for Sight – The Capacity Building Fund
The Fore – Unrestricted Grants for Small Organisations
Foyle Foundation Main Grants Scheme
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) - Your Station, Your Community Improvement Fund
Idlewild Trust – Arts and Conservation
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Laurel Trust – School Collaborations
Lloyd's Bank Foundation for England and Wales - Funding Programme for Specialist Small Charities
Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust - General Grants
Military Order of the Collar Foundation
Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity
National Archives - Resilience Grants
Nineveh Charitable Trust
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts Fund
Pearce Foundation – Grants and support for Sussex not for profits
Percy Bilton Charity - Grants for Organisations
Royal Countryside Fund – New Programme to Support Rural Communities
Southover Manor Trust - Capital grants for Education Providers
Steel Charitable Trust – Under 26 Fund
Truemark Trust
Turning Point - Community Innovation Fund
Ulverscroft Foundation
Universal Music UK Sound Foundation School Fund
Veterans' Capital Housing Fund – Refurbishment Grants Programme
WCIT – IT4Good Grant Programme
Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund
Whirlwind Charitable Trust
7stars Foundation

Funding Diary

Success Stories

Kings Award for Voluntary Services (KAVS) 2024 – East Sussex awardees

The King’s Award for Voluntary Service (KAVS) celebrates the outstanding work volunteer groups do in their community. It is the highest award given to local volunteer groups across the UK and the equivalent of an MBE. The award was created in 2002 for HM Queen Elizabeth II’s Golden Jubilee and renamed following the Accession of King Charles III.

Awarded each year to honour volunteer-led groups working across a wide range of fields including mental health, youth, environment, community, arts and heritage, The King’s Award for Voluntary Service showcases the continued range and significance of voluntary service carried out every day across the nation.

Six East Sussex groups are among 281 organisations who have received the Award:

Friends of Rye Harbour Nature Reserve support and develop Rye Harbour Nature Reserve and its wildlife for the benefit of local and wider interests
Havens Community Cars provides accessible community volunteer driver solutions to help solve local transport poverty
Mankind provides a safe place for men struggling with emotional and mental challenges
Rotherfield St Martin combat isolation and loneliness in older people in Rotherfield community and surrounding areas
Sanctuary, Eastbourne warmly welcome people seeking refuge and asylum in Eastbourne – offering connection and support
Time to Talk Befriending value older people, responding to their needs, and overcoming loneliness in meaningful ways

Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

The Old Bank Wellbeing Trust has been awarded £5,000 to help continue their therapeutic work with children and young people facing challenges such as trauma and hardship. This is in addition to their service providing lower cost counselling to East Sussex residents.

The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust supports Sussex charities working in the areas of youth; the elderly; welfare; disability; hospices; and environmental conservation.

Information and Guidance

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust have published their annual report for 2022/23 containing information on their commitments as an organisation, funding they have awarded and stories from those they have supported.

On 21st January 2025, 10am – 12pm, the Trust is holding a free webinar to announce plans for their new Thrive Together programme which aims to develop better, more joined up lasting support for local Veterans with mental health needs and is part of their Veterans People, Places and Pathways Programme (VPPP).

Power to Change – Community Led High Street Innovators

Are you working to make a community-led high street project a reality? Power to Change is looking to collaborate with a small number of community businesses that are working on innovative ways to renew their local high streets and town centres.

They’re particularly interested in innovators who are working to:

Enable communities to take space on the high street or town centre, whether through meanwhile use, lease or community ownership, or
Enable communities to have a greater say in the governance of their high street or town centre

Power to Change is able to invest between £25,000 – £50,000 to support you in implementing your ideas.

You must be able to commit to working actively on community-led solutions to your high street or town centre’s regeneration over 12 months, starting in April 2025. You must also be willing to be part of the Community-Led High Street Innovators learning partnership. This involves meeting (virtually or in person) with Power to Change and other innovators to learn from your experience. There are also opportunities to support Power to Change’s high street policy work and share your own ideas inspired by your work.

In addition to meeting the characteristics of a community business, Power to Change can only invest in organisations which are incorporated, have a charitable purpose and meet a charitable need, and benefit the public.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is Friday 20th December (midday).

Email: sam.watson@powertochange.org.uk

Lottery

Arts Council England (ACE)

Arts Council England (ACE) has commissioned several new studies and research projects to gain insight and report on issues facing the arts industry and the individuals who work within it:

Touring Research 2024 is a major study to gain in-depth intelligence on the current touring landscape. Research will cover those funded and not funded by the Arts Council. It will include producers and venues, including commercial touring, to create a broad and robustly evidenced snapshot of touring now. This research started in November 2024 and is expected to be complete by Spring 2025, with findings shared in the following months
Creative and Cultural Freelancers Study 2024 builds a picture of the creative and cultural freelance workforce in England. It has been carried out by independent researchers at the University of Essex on behalf of Arts Council England and aims to document the current challenges and opportunities experienced by creative and cultural practitioners in England. ACE remains committed to enhancing the support they currently provide to individuals in the workplace via their guidance on Supporting Practitioners, Fair Pay, and their Consulting with Creatives and Cultural Practitioners Policy.
Environmental Responsibility: New Annual Report : ACE has published their Culture, Climate and Environmental Responsibility Report 2023 - 24. It shares their National Portfolio Organisations’ environmental data along with their creative and inspirational responses to the climate crisis

ACE is also asking the arts sector to respond to their surveys:

Take Part in Research on ‘Access Culture’: All In’s ‘Access Culture’ survey is designed to help cultural organisations understand how visitor behaviour is impacted by access requirements. Areas of opportunity where an inclusive approaches may enhanced will also be highlighted. The free survey will be open until mid-December 2024 and the results will be shared in early 2025.
Theatre Green Book Webinars :This is a free resource for theatre-makers which offers access to guidance, case studies and training. Over the next five months they are hosting webinars to introduce attendees to the Theatre Green Book and how to use Theatre Green Books Production Calculator.

National Lottery Community Fund - It Starts with Community

Last year The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) published its ‘bold new vision’ and funding strategy - It Starts with Community – to support communities across England over the next five years. This includes distributing at least £3 billion in funds by 2030.

The changes start from Spring 2025 and TNLCF is currently seeking partners for the development phase of three new approaches which will focus on increasing the voice and resilience of communities that support them:

You Decide Fund – Development Phase TNCLF looking for partners with expertise in involving communities in decisions about grant making. You Decide awards up to £80,000 for delivery costs. The Fund provides a total of £2 million to distributed between up to 5 partners, of which at least £1.6 million is for onward granting to communities
Community Power Fund - Development Phase: TNLCF is establishing a £100 million, 10 year Community Power Fund which aims to help people influence and change the places they live, the services they use, and decisions that affect their lives across England. For this development stage TNLCF has up to £1.2 million funding available over one year. This work will shape how the Community Power fund runs in the future. This fund makes grants from £50,000 - £80,000. TNLCF wants to work with 10 to 15 partners on this one-year development phase to run activities that improve local community power
Grant Holder Support – Development Phase: TNLCF is committing £150 million of funding to this initiative until 2030. This funding aims to help increase the knowledge, skills and resilience of not for profit organisations. Funding is for a lead partner organisation to work in partnership with TNLCF over one year (Spring 2025 to Spring 2026) to support grant holders and other organisations that need it most. There is a total of £2.1 million which will be divided as follows: one grant of £200,000 for a lead partner, supporting around 8 – 10 partners; £1.9 million funding for organisations participating in the partnership and development work

All three funds are expected to open for Expressions of Interest on 8th January 2025.

Tel: 0345 4102 030

Email: EnglandPortfolioTeam@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk

National Lottery Open Week 2025

Are you a national lottery-funded project?

National Lottery Open Week will return next year from Saturday 15th to Sunday 23rd March 2025.

The National Lottery is inviting lottery funded organisations to take part by opening their doors to people who show a National Lottery ticket, Win Game or scratchcard.

This is your chance to say 'thank you' to National Lottery players for the funding your organisation has received and to talk about what a difference that support has made in a clear and direct way.

It is also a fantastic opportunity to engage with new audiences and welcome them to your venue/ project. Of the projects that completed the National Lottery’s 2024 participant survey, over 97% of their participating venues said they would take part again.

If you are an organisation looking to participate, you can register on the National Lottery’s website.

Sport England - Place Universal Offer

Sport England is rolling out £25 million across England to help Active Partnerships create the conditions for change and to support different parts of the sector to work together, so that everyone can be physically active.

These resources will also help partners evaluate the impact they're having in their most important communities.

This investment is a key aspect of their approach to Place, where £250 million of National Lottery and Exchequer funding is being invested into local communities across England in the next five years, to ensure those in greatest need are able to get active.

Place Universal Offer will support the whole sector to address these inequalities and help level up access to sport and physical activity across England and deliver on Sport England’s Uniting the Movement strategy.

Sport England – Movement Fund

Sport England’s - Movement Fund supports not for profit community groups, local sports clubs and grassroots organisations who have ideas on how to tackle inequalities and get more people active.

The Fund awards grants between £300 and £15,000 for projects and activities that address Sport England’s four ambitions:

Encouraging positive experiences of sport and physical activity
Involving the community in planning and delivery
Prioritising environmental sustainability
A good use of public money

The Fund is priorising sports and activities that need help to recover quickly from Storms Bert and Connall. Funding can be used to support emergency costs to help restore sports facilities.

They are also prioritising organisations providing opportunities for groups facing barriers, including people living on low incomes; disabled people or those with long-term health conditions; older people; people from culturally diverse communities; pregnant women and parents with very young children; girls aged 5-16; LGBTQ+ people; people in foster care; or unpaid carers.

The funding could be used for:

Equipment required for the delivery of the activity
Refurbishing or upgrading facilities to create opportunities to get more people active
Developing new capabilities and leadership skills by providing formal training for staff and volunteers to improve their skills and leadership abilities to help improve how the group tackles inequalities and gets more people active
Delivery costs: paying for the people and facilities needed, where these are new costs to the project
Emergency relief: e.g. damage from extreme weather, that could not have been avoided or insured

Apply any time.

Tel: 0345 8508 508

Email: funding@sportengland.org

Government

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) National Heritage Memorial Fund

The National Heritage Memorial Fund aims to defend the most outstanding parts of the UK’s national heritage by enabling organisations to buy items of outstanding interest and importance to national heritage.

The Fund makes discretionary grants. They don’t specify grant values, but please note they rarely fund total project costs.

Their grants can be used towards buying fine and decorative art, museum collections, archives, manuscripts, items of transport and industrial history or historic buildings and land.

In exceptional circumstances, the Fund considers emergency repairs when a heritage asset (excluding historic buildings and structures) is at imminent risk of irreparable damage.

Projects must meet the following criteria:

Importance to the national heritage - buying, maintaining or preserving objects, collections, buildings or land that are of particular importance to national heritage. Items less than 10 years old will not normally be considered
Items must be of outstanding interest. This could be because of rarity, quality, association with a historic figure or event or designations
Item(s) must be at risk in some way or be of memorial character by having a direct link with conflicts, or people who lost their lives during conflicts

The Memorial Fund accepts applications from not for profit organisations and local authorities.

The Fund runs a two stage application process, starting with an expression of interest. Successful applicants at this stage are invited to submit a full application.

Apply any time.

Tel: 07970 661 000

Email: Vanessa.Wells@heritagefund.org.uk

East Sussex Arts Partnership

East Sussex Arts Partnership supports local arts projects that provide clear benefits to residents and communities.

Not for profit organisations can apply for up to £500. Activity must take place in Rother, Wealden, Lewes or Eastbourne. Projects must be supported by an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant. Applications will be considered prior to an Arts Council National Lottery Project Grant being confirmed but any offer will be dependent on this grant being secured.

Arts projects and events will need to be open to the general public support the East Sussex Cultural Strategy priorities:

Create an environment where great cultural experiences are available to everyone to enhance their quality of life
Create an environment which enables the cultural and creative economy to expand and enhance the ability to attract and retain other businesses
Develop and promote well packaged cultural tourism offers which celebrate the identity of East Sussex, raise its profile and attract more visitors and businesses to the County

Apply by 3rd January 2025. Applicants must contact the relevant officer to discuss details of their project and check eligibility prior to submitting an application.

Rother District projects - lisa.simpson@rother.gov.uk
Lewes District and Eastbourne Borough projects - Helen.Browning-Smith@lewes-eastbourne.gov.uk
Wealden District projects - Katherine.Jenner@wealden.gov.uk

Tel: 0345 6080190

Wealden District Council – Sports Infrastructure Funding Programme 2024 - 27

Wealden District Council’s Sports Infrastructure Funding Programme has £600,000 to invest over the next three years to improve outdoor sports pitches and facilities throughout the district.

If you are an organisation looking to enhance or provide outdoor sports facilities and playing pitches to increase sports participation or physical exercise in Wealden, you may be able to apply for a capital sports grant.

Projects that are listed in Wealden’s Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy (PPOSS) will only be considered. For further details on the PPOSS go to Wealden District Council Playing Pitch and Outdoor Sports Strategy – Strategy and Action Plan 2023

The outdoor sports that could benefit from the funding programme include football, rugby union, tennis, cricket, lawn bowls, hockey, netball and stoolball.

The amount of funding awarded will be between £5,000 and £50,000. Match funding is a requirement.

The Programme accepts applications from local sports clubs, Town and Parish Councils, schools and community organisations. Funding will be subject to a community-use and/or a grant funding agreement, where appropriate.

For further information or to receive an application pack, please email the Fund. Your email should include a short summary of your project and confirmation that details are included in the PPOSS.

The Programme accepts applications on a rolling basis.

The funding programme will expire on 31st March 2027 or earlier, if all of the funding has been fully allocated.

Email: sportsinfrastructurefund@wealden.gov.uk

Trusts and Foundations

The Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust

The Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust provides funding for the care of older people and children, or for researching and caring for cancer patients, multiple sclerosis or other diseases and disabilities.

The Trust awards discretionary grants to registered charities. They are a small Trust which accepts applications from groups in Cornwall, Surrey and Sussex. The majority of the organisations who received donations are in the UK and concerned with health research and care for patients with cancer, multiple sclerosis, parkinsons and other diseases and disabilities. The Trust also support supports institutions that care for the elderly and children's charities.

The Trust does not have a website. Contact the Trust any time for further information on how to apply.

Tel: 01637 830272

Email: trustees@albertvandenbergh.org

Amazon Literary Partnership 2025

The Amazon Literary Partnership supports not for profit literary organisations in the UK and Republic of Ireland.

The Partnership accepts applications from registered non profit organisations, whose core mission is to develop emerging writers, support diversity, celebrate storytelling, and/or build authors’ careers. Organisations should be structurally and financially sound; display energy, passion, and reach; have an online presence and an enthusiastic membership or readership.

Previous grant recipients represented institutions large and small, national and local, and included writing centres, residencies, fellowships, after-school classes, literary magazines, national organisations supporting storytelling and free speech, and internationally acclaimed publishers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. See Amazon’s website for details.

Apply by 31st January 2025.

Email: community-uk@amazon.co.uk

Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust

The Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust (AFMT) supports disadvantaged young people to develop an existing interest in adventurous outdoor activities.

The Trust accepts applications from schools and not for profit organisations such as youth clubs. They generally award around £400. You should only apply for funding if you fulfil all these criteria:

You (or the young person/people for whom you are applying) are developing existing experience and interest
There is an element of adventure in your plans
The activity is taking place within the United Kingdom
You have done some fund-raising for the activity or adventure
You are prepared to write a short report after your adventure/s

Apply any time by submitting an email of no more than 1,000 words.

Tel: 01457 876139

Email: kalisang98@outlook.com

Animal Defence Trust

The Animal Defence Trust supports registered animal charities caring for animals which have experienced suffering and cruelty before rescue.

The Trust awards discretionary grants. Most however are usually £1,000 - £2,000.

Their next deadline for applications is 31st March. Contact the Trust by post for enquiries.

Roy Stokes Esq.
Trust Secretary

1A Dolphin Court Road
Plymstock
Plymouth
PL9 8RS

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Supporting Serving Families Overseas Programme

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund’s Supporting Serving Families Overseas Programme fits under the Trust’s theme of ‘ensuring Armed Forces communities are not disadvantaged’. It recognises issues affecting the partners, young people and children of armed service personnel serving overseas. This might include emotional wellbeing, mental health, social connections and overall family dynamics.

The Programme is aimed at projects addressing one or more of the following outcomes:

Provide new forms of personalised and targeted support in location for partners, young people, and children and their wellbeing whilst posted overseas
Increase serving families’ knowledge of existing services and recreational provision
Reduce isolation and the impact of loneliness in country for partners, young people and children

If oversubscribed, the Trust will prioritise projects that:

Help ensure that Armed Forces families located in different parts of the world, and in each of the Services, can benefit from this programme
Offer support for those affected by the longest deployments overseas

The Programme is open to registered charities. It awards £3,000 - £20,000 for projects running for up to 12 months.

Charities need to apply by 15th January 2025 (12pm) with a decision from the trustees by 31st March 2025.

Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk

Art Fund Prize - Museum of the Year

The Art Fund Prize – Museum of the Year celebrates the outstanding work of UK museums and provides a platform to encourage people to engage with them.

The Prize is open to museums and galleries participating in Arts Council England’s accreditation scheme.

The Art Fund’s Prize’s theme for 2025 is ‘the people who make you’. As well as looking at the overall achievements of applicant organisations, the Art Fund wants to hear about the people that make their achievements possible and bring their museum or gallery to life.

The Prize awards £120,000 to a winning organisation, with £15,000 going to each of four other finalists.

The Art Fund is running a webinar for applicants on 17th December 2024 (12 - 1pm).

Eligible organisations need to submit applications and documents to programmes@artfund.org (with emills@artfund.org in the cc line).

Apply by 27th January 2025 (12pm).

Tel: 020 7225 4800

Email: emills@artfund.org

Association for Industrial Archaeology - Restoration Grants

The Association for Industrial Archaeology is awarding capital grants to restore industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels.

Grants can be used either for new projects or ones which have begun but need further funding for completion. Projects must start within three years of a grant offer and be completed within five years.

Previous applications include listed buildings, railway trusts, museums, world Heritage Sites, canal trusts, and windmill societies.

Not for profit organisations including charities and Community Interest Companies can apply either of their two funding streams:

Major projects - up to £30,000. Grants must form a significant portion of the total project costs (normally, at least 20% of the total project costs)
Small projects - up to £10,000 for projects with total costs of no more than £12,500

The next deadline for applications is 31st March 2025.

Tel: 01952 416026

Email: secretary@industrial-archaeology.org

Baobab Community Fund – Black and Global Majority Individuals and Organisations tackling racial injustice

This funding programme from Baobab Foundation supports Black and Global Majority individuals and organisations tackling racial injustice in their collective work.

Their £3m fund is dedicated to Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority collectives, organisations and individuals dismantling systems of oppression for our communities in their work.

They offer grants ranging from £5,000 to £30,000 per year for up to 5 years. This is flexible funding. It could be for work that the group has been carrying out for years, or a new aspect of racial justice work in its development stages.

Applicants must meet the Foundation's four principles:

Representation: Groups and organisations have 75% or three quarters of leadership (e.g. director, founder, leader, coordinator, management or board) that identify as Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority people
Self-led: Individuals, groups and organisations centre and encourage lived experience in their practices and take an intersectional approach to serve the communities they represent. 75% or three quarters of leadership have lived experience of the issues they work on
Services: The main focus of the groups and organisations is to serve Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority communities. 75% of the people and communities accessing the services are Black African/Caribbean and/or Global Majority People of Colour
Purpose: The purpose and practices of groups are intentionally challenging oppressive systems.

They welcome people to register for Ask Us Anything:

Wednesday, 11th Dec 2024 (10:30am-11:30am): ‘Ask Us Anything’- Session 1
Wednesday, 18th Dec 2024 (4pm-5pm): ‘Ask Us Anything’- Session 2
Monday, 13th Jan 2025 (1pm-2pm): ‘Ask Us Anything’- Session 3
Wednesday, 22nd Jan 2025 (10:30am-11:30am): ‘Ask Us Anything’- Session 4
Friday, 31st Jan 2025 (12pm-1pm): ‘Ask Us Anything’- Session 5

Applications close on 3rd February 2025.

Email: info@baobabfoundation.org.uk

Bexhill Trust

The Bexhill Trust supports not for profit organisations that advance education and reduce poverty within the town.

Apply any time in writing.

The Bexhill Trust
Town Hall
Bexhill on Sea
East Sussex
TN39 3JX

Tel: 01424 210578

Chapman Charitable Trust

Chapman Charitable Trust supports registered charities working to improve mental and physical health (particularly for children); alleviate issues surrounding pollution and pesticides; increase accessibility to the arts; and sustain the natural environment.

The Trust prioritises projects addressing the root causes of problems. They also welcome research projects.

They generally award £1,000 - £2,000, although the trustees consider larger amounts in exceptional circumstances.

The trustees meet twice a year, in March and September.

The next deadline for applications is 28th February 2025.

Tel: 020 7782 0007

Email: cct@chapmancharitabletrust.org.uk

ChurchCare - Grants for Paintings and Wall Paintings

ChurchCare is funding the conservation of wall, canvas or wood paintings of artistic and historical significance and in need of urgent repair in Anglican parish churches.

They award up to £10,000.

Their deadline for applications is 27th January 2025.

Tel: 020 7898 1872

D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust is funding work to advance the arts, health and medical welfare, improvement or protection of the environment.

The Trust typically awards £500 - £6,000, and prefers to support smaller-scale, local charities with core and project funding grants for the following:

The Arts:

Access and participation for those with least access, with emphasis on choirs and singing to build community and bring people together
Performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers
Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion

Medical Welfare:

Music and art therapy and non-clinical interventions that use singing, drama and musical techniques to aid recovery from illness and improve quality of life and mental wellbeing
Support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources
The welfare of those who care for others through the provision of breaks for carers, with an emphasis on projects and schemes assisting young carers

The Environment:

Active involvement in hands-on conservation activities, particularly those that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people living at the margins of society to improve their skills, build their confidence and break down barriers to their employment
Rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, with emphasis on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost
Social and therapeutic horticulture projects that embrace nature as a tool for mental wellbeing by using gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive changes in the lives of those who are living with disabilities or ill-health

Their next deadline for applications is 4th February 2025. They are encouraging applicants to apply well ahead of the deadline if possible.

Tel: 0203 637 3003

Email: info@doylycartecharitabletrust.org

Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust

The Duke of Devonshire’s Charitable Trust supports projects in Eastbourne, focused on the arts, community, education, environment, youth, health, religion, or welfare.

The Trust makes discretionary grants. They accept applications from Not for profit organisations including charities, Community Interest Companies, schools and Charitable Incorporated Organisations.

Their next deadline for applications is 3rd January 2025.

Tel: 01246 565 438

Email: mollie.moseley@chatsworth.org

Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust

The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust supports projects that benefit residents of Sussex. The Trust’s areas of interest are care of the elderly; Disability; general welfare; hospices; wildlife and environmental conservation, and youth.

They accept applications from registered charities. Their levels of grants are:

Small grants up to £10,000
Medium grants between £10,001 - £20,000
Large grants of £20,001 and over (Please note, Large grants are restricted to charities with whom the trustees have built up a deep understanding and/or close relationship over a period of several years)

Applicants can use grants towards project or core costs. This includes a contribution towards a building/refurbishment project, specialist equipment or similar capital expenditure, or running costs. The Trust also considers awarding unrestricted funding where all of the applicant’s activities fall within the Trust’s remit.

The Trust accepts applications for Small grants at any time.

They have funding rounds with deadlines for Medium and Large Grants as follows:

Medium grants:

4th January – 4th February
18th April–12th May
10th July–13th August
9th October–12th November

Large grants are for charities with whom the Trust has built a relationship. The Trust accepts applications for large grant applications twice a year:

4th January – 4th March
10th July – 10th September

Tel: 07960 057742

Email: admin@ekct.org.uk

Fight for Sight – The Capacity Building Fund

The Fight for Sight – The Capacity Building Fund is supporting small and grassroots sight loss organisations to be sustainable, coherent, and resilient through the cost of living crisis.

They offer unrestricted grants between £10,000 and £20,000 to charities, Community Interest Companies and charitable organisations.

Their funding is aimed at helping organisations overcome barriers to increase their capacity. This could be through, for example, contributions to core costs; a merger of organisations; or the strengthening of systems and processes.

Apply by 7th January 2025 (9am).

Tel: 020 7620 2066

Email: socialchange@fightforsight.org.uk

The Fore – Unrestricted Grants for Small Organisations

The Fore provides unrestricted grants to charities and social enterprises throughout the UK.

They focus specifically on small organisations with an annual revenue of less than £500,000. They accept applications from newly set up organisations but note, you must be registered as a not for profit (not pending registration).

The Fund awards up to £30,000 which can be spread over three years. Organisations can use this unrestricted funding for any purpose, including core costs and capital funding.

The Fore’s intention is to have a transformational impact on the organisations they support by unlocking exponential growth, sustainability, efficiency or some other major step forward.

They are particularly interested in grassroots organisations working with underserved communities, working within any of the following charitable sectors:

Arts and culture
Disability
Economic development and employability
Environment
Health and well being
Housing and homelessness
Human rights, law and justice
Poverty and disadvantage
Sport
Women and girls
Youth and education

The Fund runs the following application process.

1. They open for registration. The first step is to register interest on their Applying for Funding Page (takes two or three minutes). Registered applicants will receive confirmation that they have been allocated a place on the funding round, with details about how to apply. If there are more applicants registered than places available, places will be allocated at random

2. There follows a three-stage application

Stage 1 – confirmed applicants have around three weeks to complete their application
Stage 2 – online meeting for long listed applicants who are invited via email for a meeting with one of the Fore’s Strategic Applicant Consultants
Stage 3 – shortlisted applications go to the funding panels

Successful applicants are announced within 12 weeks of the application deadline. The Fore offers feedback to unsuccessful applicants who can apply for future rounds.

The Fore provides an eligibility quiz, guidelines, frequently asked questions and case studies on their website.

There are three funding rounds each year (Spring, Summer, Autumn).

The Spring 2025 round opened on 4th December 2024 and closes on 11th December 2024 (midday) with confirmation of place on funding round on 12th December 2024. Funding decisions are expected late March/early April 2025.

Tel: 07858 339 981

Email: info@thefore.org

Foyle Foundation Main Grants Scheme

Foyle Foundation Main Grants Scheme supports the arts, knowledge and learning that will have a positive long-term impact.

The Foundation Schemes are split out as follows:

Foyles Arts is for projects making the arts more accessible by developing new and more diverse audiences; encouraging new work and supporting young and emerging artists, skilled freelancers and independent practitioners; or encourage sustainability by reducing overheads or help generate additional revenue. This might include environmental improvements to save energy and lower carbon emissions
Foyles Learning is for projects that increase access to places of learning/widen the diversity of visitors (e.g., museums and libraries); or support special educational needs

Due to unprecedented demand, the majority of revenue grants are in the range of £10,000 to £30,000. The maximum request amount for revenue applications is £50K.

Again, due to unprecedented demand, the majority of capital grants are in the range £25,000 to £50,000, and all requests must be under £75,000.

The Main Grants Scheme has stopped accepting applications from schools but remains open for applications from charities up until 31st January 2025. (Please note all projects/activities need to be completed by the end of 2025 to be eligible for consideration)

Apply by 31st January 2025.

Tel: 020 7430 9119

Email: mgs@foylefoundation.org.uk

Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR) - Your Station, Your Community Improvement Fund

Govia Thameslink Railway is funding projects which will make a positive impact on communities within 15 miles of a GTR network station (Southern) in the South East.

Their priorities are:

Enhancing stations to be a welcoming environment by regenerating redundant station spaces for enriching community hubs
Promoting positive mental health activities that work with local partners to signpost people to support services or wellbeing initiatives; taking positive action to prevent suicide; and using the station space to communicate positive mental health messaging
Helping to tell the story of the railway’s past, role today, and its importance to a sustainable future
Creating opportunities for socially and/or economically excluded groups (particularly digital exclusion and addressing antisocial behaviour, hate crimes and violence against women and girls); building on knowledge within the community; and facilitating spaces or events where communities can come together
Investing in skills for employability and confidence-building; working with socially and economically excluded groups to develop social enterprise; working with young people to create positive opportunities and addressing anti-social behaviour
Helping to reduce emissions and/or increase recycling; conserving and restoring natural spaces; and encouraging customers to make greener choices to travel by rail and get to stations sustainably - by bike, bus, foot, or electric car

GTR awards up to £50,000. They accept applications from not for profit organisations including charities, community groups, schools and Town or Parish Councils.

Please note, applications over £10,000 must participate in a follow-up call to discuss their applications with a member of the GTR team. Projects should be ready to start in April 2025 and funding spent by 31st March 2026. Please note, they consider up to 25% for core costs.

Apply by 18th December 2024.

Email: rob.whitehead@gtrailway.com

Idlewild Trust

The Idlewild Trust supports registered charities and museums who are exempt charities with projects focusing on arts or conservation.

They award up to £7,000. Projects must have a focus on one of the following areas:

Arts – (Nurturing Early Stage Professionals) supports training opportunities for emerging professionals, working creatively and backstage, within the performing and visual arts, post-training, and at an early stage in their career
Conservation Grants – (Objects and Works of Art) - supports the conservation of cultural heritage of recognised national and international importance in museums, libraries, galleries, historic buildings, or landscapes accessible to the public

The Trust has two annual funding rounds with meetings usually held in May and November.

The next application round closes 14th February 2025 (12pm).

Tel: 020 3909 0406

Email: info@idlewildtrust.org.uk

Kelly Family Charitable Trust

Kelly Family Charitable Trust supports registered charities delivering initiatives that encourage families to work together to overcome challenges.

They have three areas of funding:

1. Interventions supporting families to prevent the fracture of the family unit, e.g. relationship counselling or mediation

2. Families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drugs abuse

3. Prisoners and their families during and after the period of imprisonment

They also consider applications for core funding from relatively new organisations seeking to become established.

They offer both capital and revenue grants of up to £5,000 but will consider higher amounts. They expect applicants to declare any match funding.

The Trustees take a personal interest in the progress of who they support, and projects shortlisted for grants will usually be visited or contacted by the Trust's Grants Administrator or other representatives of the Trust.

The next deadline for applications is 1st March 2025.

Tel: 0131 315 4879

Email: mail@kfct.org

Laurel Trust - School Collaborations

The Laurel Trust is supporting school collaborations across England to deliver research projects focused on helping children and young people from educationally disadvantaged backgrounds. Priority areas include Hastings, Seaford and Bexhill.

Their theme for this year’s research is ‘Effective Transitions: educational readiness for every child at every phase’.

They fund collaborations that will:

Develop innovative, creative approaches that promote the continuity of learning, well-being, and resilience
Build sustainable relationships with teachers, parents/carers, and families to support pupil’s educational and social readiness for the next phase
Have positive approaches to behaviour and attendance
Have creative approaches to improve how children thrive and achieve at transition points

Projects should show how they will make a sustainable long-term impact and take place between September 2025 and January 2027.

The Trust awards discretionary grants. One of the collaborating schools must be rated good or outstanding by Ofsted and take responsibility for the leadership and management of the project.

Online briefings will take place at 11am on the 14th, 15th, 16th and 21st January 2025.

Apply by 28th February 2025.

Email info@laureltrust.org.uk

Lloyd's Bank Foundation for England and Wales - Funding Programme for Specialist Small Charities

Lloyd's Bank Foundation is funding small charities and charitable incorporated organisations to strengthen their capacity and capabilities supporting people facing complex issues.

Applicants must be providing in-depth services in either addiction; asylum seekers and refugees; care leavers; domestic abuse; homelessness; offending; sexual abuse and exploitation; or trafficking and modern slavery.

The Programme provides unrestricted grants of £75,000 for three years are being awarded alongside a range of tailored development support. In addition, grants of up to £500 are available for groups who need accessibility support, such as a BSL interpreter to apply.

Apply by 23rd January 2025 (5pm).

Tel: 0370 411 1223

Email: enquiries@lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk

Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust - General Grants

The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust supports projects helping young adults with learning disabilities to gain practical skills to lead independent lives.

They award up to £5,000 to charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations and Community Interest Companies. Please note, they favour match funding.

The Trust prioritise projects that meet two of the following criteria:

People with learning disabilities aged 18 to 25 outside of school. Those age 16+ not in formal education, training or work will also be considered
Opportunities for people to gain transferable life skills, which may include how to access support
Offer employment experience
Build in accredited training
Enable social interaction, confidence building and allow self-expression
Smaller organisations demonstrating an entrepreneurial approach to local issues
Partnership work with relevant local organisations and services

Apply between 1st January - 31st March.

Tel: 07958 366721

Email: secretarymdt@gmail.com

Military Order of the Collar Foundation

The Military Order of the Collar Foundation is supporting projects aiming to help those in need, particularly in the areas of poverty relief and education.

The Foundation awards discretionary grants to small to medium charities and other not for profit organisations.

The Foundation prioritises the following:

Relief and prevention of poverty
Relief of sickness
Advancing education
Religion
Preservation of good health, saving lives
General charitable purposes
Overseas aid and famine relief
Accommodation and housing

Apply any time.

Tel: 07973885784

Email: info@mocfoundation.org

Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity

Money Saving Expert Charity (MSE) is funding activities to help increase personal financial capability by making a lasting impact on the way people think, behave and manage their money.

MSE awards up to £10,000 and accepts applications from not for profits including charities and Community Interest Companies.

Some examples of the type of projects they want to fund include:

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

The application process is as follows:

Pre-Application - Grant Eligibility Quiz - If successful, applicants will unlock access to the Stage 1 form
Stage 1 - Outline Proposal
Stage 2 - Full Application - invited short-listed applicants are sent a link to complete a full application form with approximately one month to complete

The next grant round will open for Stage 1 proposals on 13th January 2025 and close on 31st January 2025.

Email: info@msecharity.com

National Archives - Resilience Grants

National Archives – Resilience Grants aim to support archives to be adaptable, resilient, sustainable, and contribute to the economy and communities.

This funder awards up to £20,000 to local authorities and not for profit organisations, for projects such as:

Proposals to increase organisational stability, including long-term organisational, financial and strategic planning
Increased staffing capacity and enhanced skills
Reduced costs
Increased income
Improving capacity to develop, care for and enrich physical and digital collections
Ensuring that collections are safely preserved, including digitally.
Work on diversity, equity and inclusion
Responses to climate change, such as developing energy-efficiency within an archives service
Developing existing archive networks or establishing new networks with a clear strategic focus

Apply by 10th January 2025.

Tel: 020 8876 3444

Email: archivegrants@nationalarchives.gov.uk

Nineveh Charitable Trust

Nineveh Charitable Trust supports a wide range of projects and activities that benefit the general public, with an emphasis on promoting better understanding of the environment and countryside, while facilitating improved access, education and research.

The Trust awards discretionary grants to registered charities and community interest companies. Their grants can be used to match funds promised by other grant-giving agencies.

Applications should meet the Trust's current charitable aims, which are:

The health, welfare and education of the general public
The study and appreciation of agriculture, silviculture, ecology and land management
The study and appreciation of land and estate management that encourages conservation of the countryside

You can apply anytime. The trustees consider applications four times per year.

Email: sally@ninevehtrust.org.uk

Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Arts Fund

The Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts Fund is providing long-term, core funding for organisations to become more sustainable and deepen the impact of their work in art and social change. Work can be in the areas of crafts; creative writing (including poetry); dance; design; film; music; opera; photography; digital arts and media; theatre and drama; visual arts; and cross-arts practices.

The Foundation prioritises applications which are actively anti-racist and intersectional in their approach. 75% or more of the people being supported should share these identities and/or experiences:

General population
Communities experiencing racial inequity
Faith communitie
People who have migrated and/or have experience of the immigration system
Deaf, disabled, neurodivergent people and/or people with mental health conditions
Older people (typically those aged over 60)
Children and young people (typically those aged under 25)
Women and girls
LGBTQI+ people
People who are educationally or economically disadvantaged
Other lived experience

The Foundation accepts applications from not for profit organisations including charities, Community Interest Companies and Charitable Incorporated Organisations.

They award £90,000 to £300,000 for activities lasting for up to three years. They also offer pre-application access support and a bursary of up to £750 to help organisations apply.

Applying involves a two stage application process. First, complete the online application form. Successful applicants will be invited to the second stage which involves a conversation with the Foundation and providing any additional information.

Their next deadline for stage one applications is 31st January 2025. They expect to notify organisations about decisions for stage one applications by end of May 2025. Stage two conversations will take place between April and June 2025.

Tel: 020 7812 3300

Email: arts@phf.org.uk

Pearce Foundation – Grants and Support for Sussex Not for Profits

The Pearce Foundation provides funding to the value of £2,000 and a range of tailored support activities to help strengthen an organisation’s capacity.

The Foundation is looking to support 4-5 more charitable and not-for-profit organisations for their 2025 cohort.

Organisations new to the Pearce Foundation need to have been operating for two years or less, with an income of less than £50,00 a year and are based in Sussex.

The Foundation adopts a personalised support model, informed by a coaching approach. More information can be found on their who we support and application pages.

They’d love to hear from you if you meet their minimum criteria and are interested in their approach. Please take the eligibility quiz first before applying.

The Foundation’s deadline for applications is 15th December 2024.

Email: admin@pearcefoundation.org.uk

Percy Bilton Charity - Grants for Organisations

The Percy Bilton Charity is awarding grants to registered charities helping disadvantaged young people under 25, people with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems) or older people over 60.

They provide capital funding for projects focusing on:

Disadvantaged young people under 25: supported housing schemes and educational and training to encourage young people who may be homeless and/or unemployed away from crime, substance/alcohol misuse and homelessness; or facilities for recreational activities and outdoor pursuits specifically for those educationally or socially underprivileged
People with disabilities: residential, respite care, occupational and recreational establishments for children, young people and adults with physical or learning disabilities, or mental health problems
Older people: day centres, nursing and residential homes, sheltered accommodation and respite care for the frail or those suffering from dementia or age-related disorders; or projects that encourage older people to maintain their independence

The Charity prefers to fund specific items of furniture and equipment (excluding office items).

They run two grant strands:

Large grants - one off payments for capital expenditure of approximately £2,000 and over for up to 12 months. The majority of grants will be between £2,000 to £5,000
Small grants - up to £750 for up to 12 months

Apply any time.

Tel: 07961 918 949

Email: information@percybiltoncharity.org

Royal Countryside Fund – New Programme to Support Rural Communities

The Royal Countryside Fund is launching a UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme on 10th January 2025. This new programme aims to support transformative, community-led initiatives, unlocking the huge potential for positive change in rural communities. The aim is to support innovative solutions that will “power up, not prop up” communities, inspiring change and encouraging economic vibrancy.

This new scheme is open to applications from not-for-profit and community-led organisations in rural areas with a turnover under £500,000 per year.

Organisations can apply for grants of up to £25,000 over a period of 24 months to deliver activities along the themes of:

Keeping young people in the countryside: supports projects that will increase access to skills training and employment opportunities in rural communities
Powering up rural communities: supports organisations aiming to provide financial benefits by developing innovative, replicable projects which address local needs
Increasing environmental sustainability: supports community-driven projects which aim to increase the environmental sustainability of their community through reducing emissions/environmental impact, creating positive benefits for the community and improving the quality of the local environment
Building emergency resilience in rural areas: supports communities to develop preventative measures and plans to respond to the impacts of climate change and extreme weather events

The Fund is holding a webinar for prospective applicants on 17th December 2024. You can sign up for the webinar via their website.

There will be a two-stage application process. Initially, you will need to send a short video and complete a simple Expression of Interest form.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 21st February 2025. The Fund will invite shortlisted organisations to submit a full proposal between 8th March 2025 and 5th April 2025.

Email: grants@countrysidefund.org.uk

Southover Manor Trust - Capital grants for Education Providers

Southover Manor Trust awards discretionary grants for educational purposes and the benefit of people under the age of 25 in Sussex.

They particularly provide grants to schools and other educational organisations for the development of their buildings. For example, science, arts, or special needs. Also, for new learning resources including science, technology and IT equipment, books and library resources, PE/sports, outdoor learning and playground equipment.

The Trust prioritises projects which widen educational access and opportunity and enhance achievement or are in areas of deprivation or educational disadvantage.

Their next deadline for applications is 31st March 2025.

Email: info@southovermanortrust.org.uk

Steel Charitable Trust – Under 26 Fund

Steel Charitable Trust is funding registered charities delivering projects that benefit children and young people under the age of 26.

The Trust awards grants from £10,000 and usually up to £25,000.

Projects should create educational and/or access opportunities for young people facing disadvantage, whether through personal circumstances or locations that face economic challenges or social marginalisation.

Apply any time. The Trust assesses applications quarterly.

Email: info@steelcharitabletrust.org.uk

Truemark Trust

Truemark Trust is funding small charities with innovative local projects that address social distress and disadvantage within their communities. They prioritise innovatory work with underrepresented groups.

The Trust awards discretionary grants, but most are usually between £1,000 and £5,000.

The Trust does not have a website. They ask organisations to contact them for further information on the application process.

Apply any time. The Trustees consider applications at their quarterly meetings.

Email: truemark.trust01@ntlworld.com

Turning Point - Community Innovation Fund

Turning Point – Community Innovation Fund is helping to deliver health and social care services related to substance use, mental health, learning disability, autism, acquired brain injury, sexual health, homelessness, healthy lifestyles, and employment. Turning Point are working to empower people to improve their health and wellbeing, learn, and bring about positive change to their lives.

This funder is awarding grants of up to £2,500 to not for profit organisations in Turning Point locations including Hastings.

Projects need to meet one or more of Turning Point’s five ways to wellbeing by supporting people to be more active; meet new people; learn new things; help other people; feel calmer; contribute to the local community; and bring different people and communities together. Turning Point is particularly interested in initiatives that use existing resources in different, new ways.

Apply any time. Applications are considered twice a year; the next being spring 2025.

Email: innovations@turning-point.co.uk

Ulverscroft Foundation

Ulverscroft Foundation supports organisations helping visually impaired people. The Foundation also funds medical research and facilities for the treatment or alleviation of visual impairment.

Ulverscroft prioritises projects that lead to longer-term benefits after their initial funding has ended. Eligible costs include equipment or materials. They also consider staffing costs for specific, time-limited projects and academic and clinical research.

They accept applications from schools and not for profit organisations including charities and Community Interest Companies. Ulverscroft’ s grants typically range between £100 to £500,000.

Their deadlines for applications are 15th December, March, June and September.

Tel: 0116 236 1595

Email: foundation@ulverscroft.co.uk

Universal Music UK Sound Foundation School Fund

The Universal Music UK Sound Foundation School Fund awards up to £1,000 to support schools to provide musical instruments and equipment.

Their next deadline for application is 22nd January 2025 (1pm).

Tel: 0203 932 6101

Email: umuksoundfoundation@umusic.com

Veterans' Capital Housing Fund – Refurbishment Grants Programme

The Veteran’s Capital Housing Fund – Refurbishment Grants Programme supports capital projects to refurbish and/or extend accommodation for veterans.

The Programme accepts applications from registered charities. They award up to £75,000 for projects lasting up to one year. Please note, most grants are generally below £40,000.

Applicants need to show how a refurbishment grant meets the wider aims of the Veteran Capital Housing Fund, with a particular focus on transitional/homeless accommodation; care homes; supported/sheltered accommodation housing; and social housing.

The Fund prioritises applications that show how refurbishment will extend the accommodation’s usable life and accessibility.

They also prioritise projects for:

Single Veterans
Veterans and their families, including veterans who have shared custody arrangements for their children
Veterans with disabilities
Homeless Veterans
Female Veterans
LGBT Veterans
Veterans leaving prison

Their deadline for applications is 3rd January 2025 (12pm).

Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk

WCIT – IT4Good Grant Programme

The WCIT – IT4Good Grant Programme aims to use technology to impact projects and activities focused on IT education; digital inclusion; use for charities; and public understanding.

WCIT accepts applications from all schools and not for profit organisations including charities and Community Interest Companies.

They award up to £15,000. Eligible projects include:

The development and delivery of new services, solutions, training, apps, analytics, AI, robotics, or accessibility features/hardware
Projects where WCIT is a material or sole funder
Projects where WCIT is the sole funder of the IT component of a larger project
Organisations that could benefit from pro-bono support

Projects should demonstrate an innovative use of IT, be scalable for wider replication and be sustainable over time.

Their deadline for applications is 10th February 2025.

Email: charity@wcit.org.uk

Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund

Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund is supporting projects making a difference to the lives of ex-offenders, young offenders or young people at risk of offending.

The Fund’s current priority areas are:

Supporting offenders and ex-offenders to get into work, specifically those looking to build skills and capability to get into sustainable work
Helping groups in the criminal justice sector that are less popular with funders than others

Their secondary funding area focuses on projects working with young people (up to 25 years) from disadvantaged and socio-economically challenged groups, including immigrants, to ensure they are given the chance to realise their full potential and participate fully in society.

Funding can be used for:

Pump-priming new approaches and where a grant would form a major part of the funding or where it would be matched by other funders
Project funding for an identified purpose
Associated project costs - applicants should include the cost of any overheads associated with the work, such as office/secretarial support
Core costs for new projects - including staff salaries, training and overheads to enable an organisation to develop and maintain expertise
Innovative or pioneering work that could inspire similar work in other areas of the country
Continuation funding for successful projects, which have proved their worth
Emergency or deficit funding for an established organisation - in exceptional circumstances. This usually goes to charities which the Company knows or has previously supported

They accept applications from charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations and, in exceptional cases, Community Interest Companies.

They provide two levels of funding:

Small grants of up to £5,000
Main Grants have no maximum amount

Grants are usually awarded for one year only, however, in exceptional cases, the Fund considers multi-year funding of up to three years.

The next application deadline is 13th March 2025.

Tel: 020 7606 1155

Email: charity@weavers.org.uk

Whirlwind Charitable Trust

The Whirlwind Charitable Trust is funding life-enhancing experiences for disadvantaged young people and those with disabilities.

The Trust prioritises projects involving maritime or outdoor pursuits. These activities should have the potential to bring about significant, life changing impact and ideally provide (directly or indirectly) post-project mentoring or support.

The Trust makes discretionary grants. Last year, grants ranged from £1,000 to £10,000.

They accept applications from registered charities.

You can apply anytime. Their trustees review applications every quarter.

Tel: 07885 500 550

Email: applications@whirlwindcharitabletrust.org.uk

7stars Foundation

7Stars Foundation is supporting projects for 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.

They offer funding across the following funding streams:

Project grants: for projects that respond to one or more of the funding priorities of the Foundation
Shine Bright - For registered charities to purchase items and resources to protect and support the children they serve through the cost of living crisis
Direct grants - For individuals affected by the Foundation's priorities, supported by outreach/social/care workers or legal professionals. (Applications must be submitted by the supporting professional/organisation.)
Social Impact - Funding for three charities across the year for projects that align with the following awareness days:

o 5th to 11th February - Race Equality Week

o 16th March - Young Carers Action Day

o 18th March - Child Sexual Exploitation Awareness Day

o 15th to 21st May - Mental Health Awareness Week

o 17th May - International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia & Biphobia

o 1st to 30th June - PRIDE month

o 3rd to 9th July - Alcohol Awareness Week

o 10th October - World Homeless Day

o 1st to 31st October - Black History Month

o 10th December - Human Rights Day

The Foundation’s grants are as follows: