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Information and Guidance

The King's Award for Voluntary Service – open for 2025 nominations
New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - How to make evaluation more proportionate

Lottery
Sport England - New report on physical activity and children’s mental health

Government
Department for Education - Condition Improvement Fund (CIF)
Department for Education (DfE) - School-Based Nursery Capital Grants
Department of Health and Social Care - Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund
Protective Security for Mosques Funding Scheme
Public Engagement Spark Awards 2024B Grant
South Downs National Park School Grants
Wealden District Council – Community Grants Programme

Trusts and Foundations
Adamson Trust
Albert Hunt Trust – Core costs
Alec Dickson Trust
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – Family Focus Programme
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Bernard Sunley Foundation
BlueSpark Foundation
CLA Charitable Trust
Clothworkers' Foundation
Comic Relief Community Fund for England- Flexible funding for Small Organisations
CRASH
The DPO Centre – Charity and Community Fund
Energy Redress Scheme - Just Transition Fund
Fisheries Improvement Programme (FIP)
GEM Road Safety Charity Grants
Groundwork - One Stop Community Partnership Programme
Heinz, Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation
Hinrichsen Foundation
Isabel Blackman Foundation – Hastings and St Leonards
Kellogg's Breakfast Club Grants
Leeds Building Society Foundation – Small Grants for Safe and Secure Homes – imminent deadline
Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust
Magdalen and Lasher Charity
Masonic Charitable Foundation – Grants for Older People with Dementia and Their Carers
Material Focus - Electricals Recycling Fund
Morrisons Foundation
National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) Scaling Innovation Programme 2025
Ogden Trust – School Partnerships Programme – Grants for Schools
Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme
RYA Foundation
Theatres Trust Small Grants Scheme
Thomas Wall Trust
UnLtd - Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
The Will Charitable Trust
Woodward Charitable Trust - General Grants for Core costs
Yapp Charitable Trust – Core Costs
Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) - Open Call

Funding Diary

Information and Guidance

The King's Award for Voluntary Service – open for 2025 nominations

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.

By attaching His Majesty’s name to these awards, The King is continuing Queen Elizabeth’s legacy of recognising the significant contribution of volunteers.

Groups cannot nominate themselves, someone else must nominate them. To nominate a group, you must: know about the group’s work and supply two letters of support from people who know the group well.

East Sussex organisations who have received the King’s Award for Voluntary Service include Pedal People, The Sussex Heart Charity, Brighter Uckfield, National Coastwatch Institution - Newhaven, The Monday Group and New Note Orchestra.

To find out more about previous winners and for advice about nominating a local group, please visit the East Sussex Lieutenancy website.

The Nomination window for 2025 closes on the 1st of December.

Email: lordlieutenant@eastsussex.gov.uk

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) - How to make evaluation more proportionate

New Philanthropy Capital’s interactive workshop is for charities who want to evaluate their work and measure their impact but have limited resources.

Hosted by Elliot Trevithick, NPC’s Principal of Charities Evaluation and Learning, this workshop will be interactive, and there will be plenty of space and opportunity to ask your questions. The workshop will ask:

What do we mean by proportionate evaluation?
Why evaluate at all?
What are the different levels of evidence?
How do Theories of Change fit in?
How to structure and word survey questions in a proportionate way?
How to collect and analyse data in a proportionate way?

New Philanthropy Capital (NPC) has a limited number of bursary places are available for small charities, ethnic minority charities of all sizes and ethnic minority representatives from charities of all sizes. Bursary spaces are available on a first come, first served basis. Email NPC to apply.

This online workshop takes place on the 20th of November (10:30 am – 12:00 pm).

Email: events@thinkNPC.org

Lottery

Sport England - New report on physical activity and children’s mental health

Sport England has published a new report that shows there's "strong and consistent evidence that sport and physical activity interventions had positive effects on the diagnosed mental health problems of children and young people".

The findings come from research Edge Hill University who were commissioned by Sport England. Previously there had been little documented evidence on the role of sport and physical activity in the treatment of diagnosed mental health conditions in children and young people

Sport England has also published two blogs on their website – one from Dr Cooper on the importance of physical activity to the nation's mental health, and the other from Mind on how the sports sector can be part of the solution to a growing crisis.

Government

Department for Education - Condition Improvement Fund (CIF)

The Department for Education – Condition Improvement Fund is intended to improve school buildings and expand academies, voluntary aided schools and sixth-form colleges rated Good or Outstanding by Ofsted.

CIF’s core priority is to keep school and college buildings safe and in good working order. Most funding aims to address building issues with significant consequences that revenue or Devolved Formula Capital (DFC) funding cannot meet. For example, building safety, fire protection systems, gas safety, electrical safety or emergency asbestos removal. CIF also prioritises critical replacements of coal and oil-fired boilers with low carbon heating alternatives where there is a risk of school closure and to projects that ensure weather tightness of buildings or continuous heating and water supply.

CIF also supports a small proportion of expansion projects where the school needs to expand their existing facilities and/or floor space to either increase admissions or address overcrowding.

The Fund makes the following grants:

Primary and special schools: £20,000 - £4 million
Secondary schools, all-through schools and sixth-form colleges: £50,000 - £4 million

The majority of funds will be allocated for projects that complete by 31st March 2026. Larger projects may last up to two years, but all projects must complete by 31st March 2027.

Apply by 17th December 2024 (12pm). New applicants must register for an account on the CIF portal before applying. The deadline for this is 10th December 2024 (12pm).

Tel: 0370 000 2288

Customer Help Portal

Department for Education (DfE) - School-Based Nursery Capital Grants

The Department for Education is providing one-off grants through the School-Based Nursery Capital Grants to state-funded or voluntary-aided primary schools in England to convert surplus space so that it is suitable for nursery provision.

The programme supports the Government’s plans to deliver 3,000 school-based nurseries across England with support for 300 during this initial phase.

Eligible expenditure could include:

Conversion of a building within the school estate
Renovations, refurbishments and refits of existing school space into nursery provision, including works required to meet any SEND requirements
Upgrading or carrying out alterations to essential systems like heating, plumbing, fire alarm and electrical, where this is needed within affected space to support the expansion or opening of a nursery
Purchasing new physical assets for the nursery (to be considered capital expenditure, the asset must bring an economic benefit and be able to be of sufficient value to be depreciated over more than one financial year, for example, computer equipment and furniture)
Improving outdoor spaces, such as playgrounds, or flow between indoor and outdoor space, where this is part of the nursery provision
Project team Technical Advisor fees and survey costs

The Fund awards up to £150,000. Projects should aim to be operational in the 2025-2026 academic year with funding spent by 31st March 2027.

Applicants must secure support from their local authority and obtain consent from their Schools who are interested in expanding but are not currently ready to apply will be able to register an interest for future phases of the programme.

Applicants who wish to apply but do not have a DfE sign-in account (required to access the online application service) must request an account by 12th December 2024.

The deadline for applications is 19th December 2024 (12pm) with notification of decisions in Spring 2025.

Contact: Customer Help Portal

Department of Health and Social Care - Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund

The Department of Health and Social Care is offering a £500,000 Community Automated External Defibrillators (AED) Fund, aimed at increasing the availability of defibrillators in public places where they are most needed.

The fund will provide 1,100 new defibrillators and cabinets. To participate, the Fund requires match funding of £750 for a defibrillator with an external locked cabinet, or £660 for a defibrillator with an internal cabinet.

The Grants are managed by DHSC’s Grant Administration partners Smarter Society and London Hearts.

For public access defibrillators, applications can be made by using this link
For internal defibrillators, applications can be made using this link

Please note, the fund is distributed on a first-come, first-served basis, so early application is encouraged.

Email: hello@defibgrant.co.uk

Tel: 0300 302 1388

Protective Security for Mosques Funding Scheme

The Home Office’s Protective Security for Mosques Funding Scheme is part of the Government's Hate Crime Action Plan to reduce the risk and impact of hate crime at places of worship and associated faith community centres.

Funding is for protective security measures to places of worship that have been subject to, or vulnerable to a hate crime attack. The Fund is also open to Muslim faith schools.

Funding be used for:

CCTV (fixed cameras, not pan-tilt cameras)
Fencing and/or railings (no more than 2.1m high)
Manually operated pedestrian and vehicle gates
Door hardening, locks and mail box/mail bag
Reinforcing single glazed windows (with anti-shatter film or bars/grilles only)
Intruder alarms including integrated smoke/heat detection
Door entry access control (fob or keypad)
Video intercom systems
Lighting (building mounted)
Some security guard services

Mosques and associated faith community centres can also apply for some security guarding services, where they feel security guards will improve the safety of their site and those worshipping there.

Applicants do not need to choose what they would like to apply for in advance. If successful, a survey will be carried out at the place of worship. During this survey, the most appropriate measures for the site will be discussed.

Apply any time.

Email: pow_2022@esotec.co.uk

Public Engagement Spark Awards 2024B Grant

The Public Engagement Spark Awards 2024B Grant scheme supports public engagement initiatives to inspire and involve audiences with Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) supported science, technology and facilities.

This fund awards up to £20,000 for projects lasting between 12 and 36 months.

The awards are intended to support projects that do one or more of the following:

Deliver high-quality public engagement activities in the areas supported by STFC
Introduce STFC science and technology to new audiences
Highlight the achievements of STFC science and technology
Demonstrate the value to the UK of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
Work with STFC's public engagement and communication teams

Eligible applicants include schools, museums, Community Interest Companies and community groups.

Apply by 28th November 2024 (4pm).

Tel: 01793 442000

Email: stfcpublicengagement@stfc.ac.uk

South Downs National Park School Grants

The South Downs National Park’s Outdoor Learning Grant scheme helps contribute towards the costs of educational trips in the South Downs National Park.

Schools and Colleges can apply for a grant of up to £750 towards the costs of a trip with an education provider, or for a self-led visit.

The Scheme is open to schools and colleges with over 10% of their students eligible for Free School Meals. An educational trip must take place before March 31st, 2025.

Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. If your application is successful, you will be sent an email to confirm the grant. The Fund aims to respond within ten working days.

Contact

Wealden District Council – Community Grants Programme

Wealden District Council’s Community Grants Programme 2025-2028 supports and enables partners to deliver projects and services to support Wealden residents and its communities.

Wealden District Council is asking registered charities, not for profit organisations and Community Interest Companies to apply. Commercial organisations, Town and Parish Councils, schools or similar statutory organisations cannot apply to this programme.

Applications will be considered from organisations who wish to apply for funding of £5,000 or above per annum for a period of three years.

Organisations must contribute the same level or more match funding (cash and/or in-kind) against the funds they are asking the Council.

Successful organisations will receive funding over the course of three years, between the period of April 2025 – March 2028 (subject to annual budget reviews and availability). Successful applications will be paid on a quarterly basis over the three-year period, April 2025 to March 2028.

Organisations applying for funding must demonstrate how the work that they carry out supports the Council Strategy priorities.

The deadline to apply is Wednesday 4th December 2024.

If you have any queries, please contact Wealden District Council’s Economic Development and Wellbeing Team.

Email: communitygrants@wealden.gov.uk

Trusts and Foundations

Adamson Trust

The Adamson Trust supports registered charities providing assistance with the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children (aged 3 to 17 years) with physical, mental, or emotional impairments.

Funding amounts are at the discretion of the trustees.

The next application deadline is 31st December 2024.

Email: info@theadamsontrust.co.uk

Albert Hunt Trust

The Albert Hunt Trust awards core and project running cost grants to registered charities that provide hospice care, support for the homeless or promote health and wellbeing.

The Trust provides the following grants:

Core funding of hospices (typically between 10,000 and £30,000)
Core funding support for the homeless (typically between £4,000 and £7,000)
Promoting health and wellbeing (typically between £1,000 and £5,000)

Hospice care is the Trust’s priority. Promoting health and wellbeing includes family support e.g., Home Start, children and young people counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers support, cancer support, prisoner support and rehabilitation, community centres, food banks and debt advice.

The Trust usually reviews applications on a rolling monthly basis. The deadline for submissions is the last working day of each month.

Tel: 0330 113 7280

Email: jane.dellerray@alberthunttrust.org.uk

Alec Dickson Trust

The Alec Dickson Trust welcomes applications for up to £500 from volunteering or community service projects, organised and run by people under 30 years old.

The Trust aims to support projects which:

Encourage youth volunteering - particularly those which involve lots of volunteers and encourage people to continue volunteering long term
Have a positive impact on disadvantaged communities and individuals - particularly projects which address a specific need and have a long lasting and meaningful effect on those it reaches
Are innovative and try to do things a bit differently, such as using social media creatively or using existing resources in new ways.

The trustees review applications around every three months. Their next deadline for applications is 13th November 2024.

Email: secretary@alecdicksontrust.org.uk

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – Family Focus Programme

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s Family Focus Programme is for projects supporting family members who care for serving personnel and Veterans who are wounded, injured and sick.

The Programme supports work that explores and pilots solutions. Projects meet at least one of the following outcomes:

Improved access to support for families, through information, advice and guidance
Improved family bonds, through meaningful opportunities together
Increased resilience for family members with a caring role, through wellbeing activities
Family members feel that their needs are recognised and that they can receive targeted support that addresses these changing needs over time
Parents are better supported to respond to changes in family life, where there are children within the family unit
Family carers have enhanced employability, through access to skills development which enables them to plan for the future
Organisations and agencies can demonstrate that they are equipped with the skills and knowledge to address the specific needs of the families of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel and/or Veterans

The Fund is open to applications from registered charities, Community Interest Companies and local authorities.

Organisations can apply for £50,000 - £100,000 for projects lasting 12-18 months starting between 1st April 2025 and 1st July 2025. Grants can pay for most of the things needed for the project or activity, including people’s time, costs of delivering work online or buying/hiring equipment.

Apply by 18th December 2024 (noon).

Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk

Ashworth Charitable Trust

Ashworth Charitable Trust primarily supports smaller registered charities with funding for humanitarian causes.

The Trust's underlying principles are humanity; true justice; education for all; financial hardship; and that all people should be able to benefit and participate in the construction of a just, prosperous and sustainable society.

Eligible projects include:

Ones initiated by people living at the grass roots who are empowered to find the solutions to their own problems
Those with a relatively simple, clear set of objectives and actions that further the vision of the Trust
Ones that develop the capacity of individuals, their communities or their institutions to help them help themselves
Enhancing learning for individuals, their communities or their institutions
Beneficiaries participating in its management and running
Ones where beneficiaries have suffered, or are suffering, from injustice, poverty or personal circumstances

Examples of previously funded projects include rehabilitation; support for illness or disability; support for the isolated, vulnerable, or at risk or disadvantaged; support for victims of torture or human rights abuses; supporting carers; holidays for disadvantaged children; youth clubs; women's refuges; and homeless shelters.

This funder provides grants of up to £3,000. In exceptional circumstances, grants may be awarded up to £5,000.

The next grant round closes 28th February 2025.

Contact Information

Bernard Sunley Foundation

Bernard Sunley Foundation supports one-off capital projects, for example new buildings, purchasing leaseholds, major refurbishments and transport. The Foundation particularly focuses their grant giving towards rural and isolated communities.

The Foundation offers three levels of grants:

Large grants of £20,000 and above
Medium grants up to £20,000
Small grants of £5,000 and under

The majority of the Foundation’s grants are under £5,000. Grants for more than £25,000 are exceptional and typically awarded to major capital projects.

The Foundation’s themes are as follows:

Community: building or refurbishing scout huts, village halls, community centres, youth clubs, boxing clubs, outdoor activity centres, farm and outdoor learning centres, sports centres and pavilions, playing fields and playgrounds. The Foundation also supports purchasing new minibuses to assist those most in need in their local communities
Education: improvements and new facilities at special needs schools and the purchase of new, adapted minibuses that benefit children with special needs and disabilities. The Foundation also supports educational nature centres, new education and learning centres at museums, galleries and other arts organisations
Health: building and refurbishment projects, specialist new transport and the creation of outdoor or recreational spaces for care homes, hospices, day centres and other facilities that provide relief and sanctuary for patients, their families and those with special needs. The emphasis is on helping charities that are providing an excellent standard of care and support within their communities.
Social Welfare: projects for veterans, the elderly, ex-offenders and those in prison and schemes that enable people with mental and physical disabilities to live fuller lives in the community

The Foundation accepts applications from Charities registered with the Charity Commission. They also consider applications from churches, specialist schools, uniformed youth groups (scouts, guides etc) and housing associations as well as co-operative societies and community benefit societies registered with the FCA (Financial Conduct Authority).

You can apply anytime. The Foundation usually responds to small grant applications within three months. Their response time for Projects with budgets of £100,000 is longer, so you need to apply at least six months before your project start date.

Tel: 020 3036 0090

Email: office@bernardsunley.org

BlueSpark Foundation

BlueSpark Foundation supports the education and development of children and young people aged between 5 and 22 by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.

This funder awards grants of up to £5,000 to schools, community groups, clubs, societies and other not-for-profit organisations. They favour match funding favoured for applications over £2,000.

Their grants are for relatively small-scale projects that help children and young people reach their full potential. Projects focuses include encouraging independence; developing team working skills; developing self-confidence; promoting creativity and individuality; encouraging aspiration; enhancing educational achievement and widening educational horizons.

Eligible projects include academic education; art and design; community projects; debating; drama; educational excursions; enterprise projects; music; public speaking; sport; or vocational training.

You can apply any time.

Tel: 020 8661 9997

Email: contact@bluesparkfoundation.org.uk

CLA Charitable Trust

CLA Charitable Trust supports projects helping those who are disabled or disadvantaged to visit and participate in learning experiences about the countryside.

The Trust prioritises applications focused on children and young people, disadvantaged financially, physically, mentally, or from areas of deprivation.

Small and medium sized charities and not for profit organisations such as CIC’s with clear social purpose can apply for up to £5,000. CLA’s grants can be used for running costs, project works and capital works.

Complete the expression of interest form to apply any time.

Tel: 07557 752840

Email: charitabletrust@cla.org.uk

Clothworkers' Foundation

Clothworker’s Foundation supports organisations working in the following areas: communities experiencing racial inequalities; disabilities; domestic and sexual abuse; economic disadvantage; homelessness; LGBT+ communities; older people facing disadvantage; prison and rehabilitation; substance misuse and addiction; and young people facing disadvantage.

The Foundation provides grants for capital costs, for example:

Buildings – purchase, construction, renovation and/or refurbishment
Fittings, fixtures, and equipment – including office equipment/furniture, sports/gym equipment, digital/audio visual equipment, software and websites, garden equipment, specialist therapeutic (excluding medical) equipment
Vehicles – including minibuses, cars, caravans, people-carriers, 4x4 and boats. The Foundation is unlikely to fund the total cost of a new vehicle or award funding to an organisation that already owns a large number of vehicles

They also consider one-off costs for some types of digital software and products:

Moving paper-based processes online so organisations can make better use of digital technology
Support for developing or updating the digital tools used to communicate, such as websites, apps or messaging platforms
Adding new digital features to services an organisation already has to make them easier for people to use and access

The Foundation provides two levels of funding. Their Small Grants Programme awards up to £15,000. Their Large Grants Programme awards over £15,000 and typically not more than £150,000.

They accept applications from registered charities, community interest companies, and other registered not-for-profit organisations (including special schools).

Apply any time. You need to complete an online eligibility quiz first to start your application.

Email: foundation@clothworkers.co.uk

Comic Relief Community Fund for England

Comic Relief’s Comic Relief Community Fund supports grassroots community-led local organisations to drive change in their local communities and draw on the ‘lived experiences’ of people who have experienced the issues being tackled.

This funder awards up to £5,000 for core and project costs. This flexible funding is aimed at small organisations that align with Comic Relief’s new funding strategy:

Tackling immediate impacts of hardship - Directly address the immediate impacts of poverty, including providing food, warmth, shelter and financial advice such as foodbanks, community hubs, homeless shelters or welfare advice agencies
Building resilience to poverty and hardship - Deliver activities to empower people to take positive steps out of poverty in the longer term. Examples include skills training, job search, volunteering, mental resilience and financial confidence skills
Working to support equity and inclusion - Champion social justice, diversity and inclusion. This could involve service or projects to tackle inequalities which can lead to poverty and exclusion including gender, sexuality, age, race, language or ability
Working to support climate justice - Supporting activities that improve energy efficiency, environmental education and resilience-building within communities most vulnerable to the effects of climate change, such communities at risk of flooding or urban heat islands and those more vulnerable to extreme weather events, such as older people, isolated communities or people with disabilities. Projects might include community awareness sessions, carbon literacy training and practical measures

The Fund accepts applications from not for profit organisations including charities, Community Interest Companies and voluntary/community groups.

Apply by 8th November 2024 (5pm).

Tel: 0121 237 5800

Email: comicrelief@groundwork.org.uk

CRASH

CRASH’s aim is to support homelessness charities and hospices with practical elements of their building projects, improving their experience of the construction process and helping them to create better places for people to live and work.

CRASH provides the following types of practical assistance:

Professional expertise - CRASH will try and find free-of-charge (pro bono) consultancy services for applicants to help them develop their project. This might be include professional advice on the suitability of a property before purchase; input from an architect or engineer with the design plans; guidance on statutory matters; tendering and procurement advice; site surveys and reports; help with costings and building plans pre-construction; or guidance on maintenance and advice on dilapidation post-construction
Construction products - Introduction of product specifiers to ensure the correct products are selected, and can help source free-of-charge or discounted construction products
Cash grants – Discretionary grants are awarded which are made possible through donations from the construction and property industry

CRASH prioritises Priority applications that provide residential and day services. Buildings must deliver services to single homeless men and women over 18 for at least four days a week.

Apply any time.

Tel: 020 8742 0717

Email: info@crash.org.uk

The DPO Centre – Charity and Community Fund

The DPO Centre - Charity and Community Fund aims to provide access to data protection consultancy advice and services that ensure organisations can run efficiently; reduce risk; increase engagement; and remain compliant with the law.

Eligible projects include:

Information asset registering and data mapping
Policy drafting and review
Impact assessments and gap analysis
Data protection training
Data sharing and international transfers
Privacy-by-design
Data protection readiness

This funder awards grants of up to £10,000 to charities, voluntary and community groups, and not-for-profit organisations. 80% of the project will be funded.

Submit a brief online application by 30th November 2024. Applicants will then receive a confirmation email and the DPO Centre will get in touch to request further information to complete the application.

Tel: 0203 797 1289

Email: hello@dpocentre.com

Energy Redress Scheme - Just Transition Fund

The Energy Redress Scheme – Just Transition Fund is piloted under the scheme’s Carbon Emissions Reductions priority and aims to build the capacity of the community energy sector and deliver impactful renewable energy projects to those most in need.

The funding is intended to enable greater community ownership and social benefit from the historic growth in renewable energy over the next few years as the UK transitions to net zero. Projects can, for example, support vulnerable people with their energy bills and back the development of innovative products and services.

This funder awards £20,000 - £250,000 to registered charities, community interest companies and community benefit societies that are registered with the Energy Redress Scheme and have passed the due diligence process.

The first round application deadline is 19th November 2024 (5pm). Before applying, organisations need to pre-register by visiting the Energy Redress registration page. After which, they will be able to access the online application form. This must be done at least 10 working days before the fund closes.

Tel: 020 7222 0101

Email: energyredress@est.org.uk

Fisheries Improvement Programme (FIP)

The Fisheries Improvement Programme is funding projects improving habitats and facilities for anglers and helping fisheries become more resilient to the impact of climate change.

This funder awards grants usually under £5,000 to community groups and local authorities. They require match funding.

Their funding is for:

Coarse, trout and eel habitat/passage projects
Proactive management of prolonged dry weather and/or climate impacts including equipment to monitor water quality and limit the impact of an incident
Improving fisheries management - expert advice or investigations to better understand and manage fish stocks
Accessible angling: providing better angling access and safe facilities for all, including angling infrastructure that considers the needs of less able-bodied anglers and health/well-being benefits. Also community and urban fisheries - supporting partners to develop and manage fisheries in local areas where a need has been identified

Applications will open on 16th December 2024 (9am) and close on 14th February 2025 (5pm).

Tel: 07495 433626

Email: roger.handford@environment-agency.gov.uk

GEM Road Safety Charity Grants

GEM Road Safety’s Charity Grants programme supports projects to help improve the safety of all road users throughout the UK through research, education, engineering or enforcement.

GEM’s funding is for projects that:

Demonstrate a road safety benefit to the wider community at a regional or national level (very localised projects will be considered but are less likely to be successful due to their limited impact/reach)
Highlight a well-researched identified need and demonstrate a clear understanding of the road safety issue(s) to be addressed
Demonstrate how the proposed project will be sustained over its lifetime and beyond

Grants being awarded to registered charities, schools and community groups are discretionary, with a total of £10,000 allocated for funding. Match funding is favoured.

Apply by 31st December 2024.

Email: charity@motoringassist.com

Groundwork - One Stop Community Partnership Programme

The Groundwork – One Stop Community Partnership Programme supports local community projects within two miles of a One Stop store that address social welfare and environmental issues.

Projects should focus on tackling food poverty; supporting the vulnerable and/or elderly; supporting low income families; running youth sports teams; reducing/recycling waste; or improving the environment.

The programme provides partnership as well as financial assistance. You can apply for a grant up to £1,000, and the opportunity to create a long-term tailored programme of support from your local store team. The tailored support from the store teams will help community causes to increase or improve their service by assisting in areas such as, but not limited to, volunteering support, fundraising and awareness-raising.

This funder accepts applications from voluntary and community groups; registered charities; schools; parish/town councils; social enterprises; community interest companies; and local authorities.

The next application round will open on 2nd December 2024 and close 24th January 2025. Applicants should use the store locator to check they are within an eligible area.

Tel: 0121 236 8565

Email: onestop@groundwork.org.uk

Heinz, Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation

The Heinz, Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation provides grants to assist individuals suffering from poverty and hardship and have an ongoing medical problem. Applications to support victims of domestic violence and the homeless are also considered.

This funder awards discretionary grant amounts to charitable organisations applying on behalf of individuals.

Apply any time in writing or by email. Applications are considered by the trustees at bi-monthly meetings.

Heinz, Anna and Carol Kroch Foundation
PO Box 327
Hampton
TW12 9DD

Tel: 020 8979 0609

Email: hakf50@hotmail.com

Hinrichsen Foundation

The Hinrichsen Foundation is supporting charities undertaking projects to promote music. Grants will help fund contemporary music performances, which may include commissioning of new work, non-commercial recording or publication.

The Foundation provides two levels of funding:

One-off small grants typically between £500 and £2,500 (for new applicants and former beneficiaries)
Larger projects or concert series generally £2,000 and over

The Foundation also considers multi-year partnerships.

Apply by 12th December 2024.

Email: hinrichsen.foundation@editionpeters.com

Isabel Blackman Foundation

The Isabel Blackman Foundation supports projects that support children and young people; older people; and people with disabilities in Hastings and St Leonards.

Funding priorities are education/training; advancement of health or saving of lives; religious activities; arts, culture, heritage and science; amateur sport; and environment, conservation and heritage.

This funder awards charities, including hospices and youth clubs, discretionary grants. However, most tend to be between £1,000 and £3,000. Match funding is looked upon favourably.

Apply any time in writing.

Isabel Blackman Foundation
Stonehenge
13 Laton Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 2ES

Tel: 0142 4431756

Email: ibfoundation@uwclub.net

Kellogg's Breakfast Club Grants

Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants are being awarded to schools to help them provide breakfast to children who need it most.

They award £1,000 to schools with pupils between reception class and year 13.

They are prioritising schools that either:

Have 35% and above of children eligible for pupil premium funding
Are based in an area classified as falling in the 10% of most deprived areas according to the Index of Multiple Deprivation

Apply any time. The fund may close at short notice if oversubscribed.

Tel: 0161 214 0940

Email: kelloggs@forevermanchester.com

Leeds Building Society Foundation – Small Grants for Safe and Secure Homes – imminent deadline

The Foundation’s Small Grant scheme is for projects supporting those in need of a Safe and secure home.

The scheme is open to registered charities throughout the UK. Your project must provide support though one or more of the Foundation’s funding themes:

Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness
Quality and adequacy of housing
Financial stress
Security and refuge

Charities can apply for £250 - £1,000. The Foundation’s grants may only be used for capital expenditure (that is, to purchase items used to directly help those in need).

The deadline for applications is 11th November 2024.

Tel: 03300 081 604

Email: foundation@leedsbuildingsociety.co.uk

Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust

The Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust aims to support charities that are providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people.

Funding is for project costs and core funding. Priority will be given to innovative, new ideas. For example, music in hospitals, or Wheelyboats enabling people in wheelchairs to go fishing.

Some organisations that have received funding in the past include East Sussex Association of Blind and Partially Sighted People; East Sussex Hearing Resource Centre; and Sussex Association for Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus.

The average grant awarded is around £400 but have gone up to £3,000.

Apply any time. Applications are assessed in December each year.

Tel: 020 8969 2361

Email: info@lionelwigrammemorialtrust.org

Magdalen and Lasher Charity

The Magdalen and Lasher Charity funds not for profit organisations dealing directly with need, hardship and distress of Hastings residents.

Examples of eligible spends include:

Emergency payments to relieve distress
Travelling expenses for hospital or prison visits
Assistance with the cost of meals on wheels or child minding
Assistance with the cost of recuperative holidays
Assistance with cost of special diets or medical aids
Assistance with services in the home such as chiropody, home help, etc
Assistance with heating and lighting especially in winter
Assistance at Christmas with household bills

This funder awards discretionary grants.

Apply anytime.

Tel: 01424 452646

Email: mlc@oldhastingshouse.co.uk

Masonic Charitable Foundation – Grants for Older People with Dementia and Their Carers

The Masonic Charitable Foundation’s grant programme supports targeted interventions such as carers support and social groups, Maintenance Cognitive Simulation Therapy, or other interventions working to achieve outcomes such as the following:

Improved ability of carers to meet the needs of people with dementia (i.e. resources, knowledge, skills)
Reducing loneliness, isolation and creating social connection
Improvements to physical health and cognitive function
Better access to support services
Increased independence and influence over their own lives and treatment

The Foundation accepts applications from organisations registered with the Charity Commission.

They provide two levels of funding:

Large grants between £10,000 and £60,000 in total which can be spread over three years. This level of funding is open to charities with an annual income of between £500,000 and £5 million.
Small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 per year for up to three years. This level of funding is for charities with an income of between £25,000 and £500,000

As part of their commitment to being an evidence-led funder they consider funding project evaluation costs, particularly when it is a new project, and the charity will then be able to use the evaluation to support its future funding.

Please note, as a general rule, the Foundation doesn’t generally fund more than 20% of an organisation’s income per year.

This is a rolling programme. Apply anytime.

Tel: 020 3146 3337

Email: charitygrants@mcf.org.uk

Material Focus - Electricals Recycling Fund

Material Focus wants to make it easier for people to reuse and recycle their electricals.

Their Electricals Recycling Fund supports projects that build on existing methods or test new, creative and practical ways of recycling household electricals. The Fund has a total of £750,000 to support two types of projects:

Growing existing services – grants up to £100,000 for projects that grow existing collection methods for small electricals. This could be community drop points in libraries and other community locations, adding cages under refuse collection vehicles, bring banks
Innovating new methods – grants up to £50,000 to come up with new approaches to repair, reuse and/or recycle electricals, for example the repair of small electricals, diversion of electricals for reuse/recycling during household (kitchen) refits, moves or clearances or projects that support tackling the growing concerns around digital inclusion.

A range of registered organisations can apply, including charities, local authorities, waste partnerships, and private waste contractors.

Material Focus will provide successful applicants with project management support.

There is no deadline for submissions as applications will remain open on a rolling basis.

Email: funding@materialfocus.org.uk

Morrisons Foundation

Morrisons Foundation supports charities making a positive difference in local communities.

Charities registered with the charity commission can apply for up to £10,000. Grants can be spent on capital spend or direct project delivery costs.

Applications should deliver on (at least) one of three objectives to be considered for support, these are:

Tackling poverty and social deprivation
Enhancing community spaces, facilities and services
Improving health and wellbeing.

Apply any time. The Foundation accepts applications on a continual basis.

Tel: 0845 611 5364

Email: foundation.enquiries@morrisonsplc.co.uk

National Centre for Accessible Transport (ncat) Scaling Innovation Programme 2025

The Scaling Innovation Programme is funding projects that will shape the future of accessible transport for disabled people across the UK and create a transport ecosystem that works for everyone. The voices and experiences of disabled people are at the heart of ncat’s research and partnerships to identify the most critical issues they encounter when seeking to access transport services.

The programme focuses are physical barriers in the street, interactions with other people, and an open call (for ideas that fall outside the defined challenges).

This funder is awarding grants of up to £150,000 to organisations including charities and local authorities.

On 12th November 2024, there is webinar to learn more. The session will cover the programme offering, challenges, application process, scoring criteria, and assessment process.

Apply by 28th November 2024 (5pm).

Email: scaling.innovation@cp.catapult.org.uk

Ogden Trust – School Partnerships Programme – Grants for Schools

The Ogden Trust - School Partnerships Programme aims to support schools who want to collaborate on projects that enhance the teaching and learning of physics. Funding is available over five years and partnerships must include a minimum of six schools in total.

Priority will be given to:

Secondary schools without a physics specialist (including those with years of experience teaching physics, with or without a physics degree)
Schools with students in under-represented/disadvantaged groups
Schools with science/physics teachers in under-represented/disadvantaged groups
Schools with above national average free school meals (24.6% as of June 2024)

The following grants are available:

A local cluster partnership can apply for up to £2,500 per academic year for the first three years and £1,000 in the fourth year. The Trust also provides annual Phizzi CPD for primary schools registered in a partnership worth £250 per school for four years. A time-buy-out of half a day a week (at a set rate of £3,000 for 0.1 FTE) is available in the first year of a partnership
Each established collaboration partnership can apply for up to £2,000 per academic year for the first three years and £1,000 in the fourth year. The Trust also provides annual Phizzi CPD for primary schools registered in a partnership worth £250 per school for four years. A time buy-out of half a day a week (at a set rate of £3,000 for 0.1 FTE) is available in the first two years of a partnership; there is also an optional third year time buy-out

A contact at the lead school in the proposed partnership should complete the expression of interest by 10th January 2025. Following an assessment period, successful applicants will be invited to bid for partnership funding.

Tel: 020 8634 7470

Email: office@ogdentrust.com

Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme

Parkinson’s UK Physical Activities Grants Programme is funding the development of new opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active, help increase their levels of physical activity and improve social wellbeing.

Examples of the types of projects and activities they support includes new physical activity provision for people with Parkinson’s; buying equipment; essential maintenance or replacement of equipment; facility hire; coaching fees; specific qualification training; developing activities demonstrating a pathway to sustained activity; online support to become more active; and up to 10% of core costs.

This funder accepts applications from not for profit organisations. They award £300 - £5,000. Projects must run for a minimum of three months and a maximum of 12 months and must start within three months of receiving the grant.

Apply by 15th November 2024. First, contact your local Parkinson’s UK staff. Second, submit an application through the grants page.

Tel: 020 7931 8080

Email: parkinsonpower@parkinsons.org.uk

RYA Foundation

The RYA Foundation seeks to promote participation in boating for those who may otherwise find it difficult to partake due to age, infirmity or disability, financial hardship or social circumstances.

RYA’s funding supports:

Volunteer recruitment - Activities that seek to increase the number and capacity of volunteers to assist with boating for disadvantaged people
Training - Activities that raise members’ awareness of issues surrounding disability and other disadvantages affecting participation in boating; seek to increase the participation of disadvantaged people in assisting others to sail; and those that require the involvement of RYA-qualified instructors to increase on-water activity
Provision for children and young people - applications will be considered for activities with people aged from five to 21 years which encourage the involvement in boating of pupils of schools which make provision for disadvantaged people; encourage the involvement of young people; and encourage organisations for young people to develop sailing activities
Equipment provision – Boats, equipment and items which increase boating opportunities, including for those with disabilities. Minor adaptations to buildings, equipment, or boats to improve use by people with disabilities

RYA does not specify minimum or maximum grant amounts. They accept applications from registered charities, charitable companies or members-only clubs.

Apply any time. RYA’s Trustees consider applications at their quarterly trustee meetings.

Tel: 023 8060 4271

Email: info@ryafoundation.org

Theatres Trust Small Grants Scheme

The Theatres Trust Small Grants Scheme is funding small capital improvements to theatres run by charities and not-for-profit groups that will make a big impact to a theatre's resilience, sustainability or accessibility, or to improving the diversity of audiences.

Eligible projects include improvements and repairs to the building fabric; the installing key plant and machinery; and purchasing key equipment (not software) to improve digital infrastructure.

This scheme will prioritise improvements to buildings that protect theatre use and remove barriers to participation and attendance.

This funder awards grants up to £5,000.

Apply by 17th January 2024 (12pm).

Tel: 020 7836 8591

Email: grants@theatrestrust.org.uk

Thomas Wall Trust

Thomas Wall Trust supports projects that improve communication skills for disadvantaged adults and support NEET people into employment.

The Trust offers grants up to £5,000. Eligible projects must support beneficiaries to gain at least one accredited vocational qualification during delivery or within two months of project completion.

The Trust accepts applications from charities that have been registered with the Charity Commission for at least three years and have an annual turnover between £25,000 and £500,000.

They particularly welcome proposals targeting people experiencing multiple deprivation or other groups demonstrably facing major hurdles to employment, especially women, people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities, and refugees.

The Trust’s application process is divided into two stages: Stage one is to complete the Expression of Interest form with some basic contact details and a description of what you require funding for. If successful, you will be invited to Stage two

The deadline to submit a stage one applications is 6th January 2025.

Contact page

UnLtd - Awards for Social Entrepreneurs

UnLtd’s Awards help social entrepreneurs nurture their social ventures and grow their impact.

Their Awards programme provides the following levels of funding:

Starting Up provides up to £8,000 for social entrepreneurs with an idea for a venture which has not yet been established, or which has been running for less than a year. Funding can cover essential start-up costs (not including wages)
Scaling Up provides up to £18,000 to grow an existing social enterprise that has been operating for between one and four years. Funding is intended to support wages and living costs as the venture grows

Together with funding, award recipients will be assigned to one of UnLtd's dedicated programmes to provide support aligned with the needs of their social venture for up to one year.

UnLtd is prioritising social ventures tackling inequality and focusing on the most marginalised communities and those with high levels of need.

They accept applications from social entrepreneurs who are the founder of the social business. The Programme is committed to providing 50% of their awards to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs.

The deadline for applications is 31st December 2024, with assessment decisions to be made in March 2025.

Tel: 0207 566 1100

Email: awardapplications@unltd.org.uk

The Will Charitable Trust

The Will Charitable Trust supports registered or exempt charities whose activities fall within the following three categories:

Care of and services for blind people, and the prevention and cure of blindness.
Long-term care of people with learning disabilities either in a residential care or supported living environment in a way that provides a family environment and wide choice of activities and lifestyle or by providing long-term day/employment activities
Care of and services for people suffering from cancer, and their families

The Trust awards up to £30,000. Charities can apply for the following:

Unrestricted grants for core funding/ongoing costs as long as the applicants can demonstrate a clear need for unrestricted rather than project funding. This need might be related to the pandemic and/or to substantial rises in costs because of the current economic conditions. Priority will be given to smaller charities as they are most likely to benefit from an award. Charities with healthy unrestricted funds are unlikely to be successful
Project grants for a wide variety of projects

The Trust provides examples of previous grant awards on their website. They are due to temporarily to enable the trustees to review their grant giving strategy.

Until they close temporarily, the Trust is open for applications until 15th November 2024.

Tel: 020 8941 0450

Email: admin@willcharitabletrust.org.uk

Woodward Charitable Trust - General Grants

The Woodward Charitable Trust supports work with isolated children and young people, disadvantaged families, prisoners and ex-offenders.

The Trust awards up to £3,000 for core costs, although most grants are for £1,000 or less.

They accept applications from small charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations and Community Interest Companies with annual turnover less than £200,000.

The Trust favours projects that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcomes for users. The Trust especially encourages applications from organisations that promote volunteering and involve both past and present users in their operations or management in the following areas:

Children and young people (up to 25 years old) who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in antisocial behaviour - Tackling gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring, as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community
Disadvantaged families - Parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects
Prisoners and ex-offenders - Specifically projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoners' families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release

The next deadline for applications is 13th December 2024 (noon).

Tel: 020 7410 0330

Email: contact@woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk

Yapp Charitable Trust – Core Costs

Yapp Charitable Trust helps small charities sustain their existing work.

The Trust offers grants up to £3,000 per year for up to three years. Most grants are for more than one year because the Trust likes to fund ongoing needs.

Their grants are specifically for core funding, which is defined as the costs associated with regular activities or services that have been ongoing for at least a year.

The Trust accepts applications from charities registered with the charity commission and have an annual expenditure less than £40,000.

Yapp also accepts applications from newly registered charities who appointed a management committee and adopted a governing document at least three years ago.

They will only fund work that fit into one of the Trust's priority groups:

Elderly people
Children and young people
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 such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending
Education and learning, with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children

They prioritise:

Charities that are delivering services in areas of high deprivation
Work that is unattractive to the general public or unpopular with other funders
Services that help to improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged or isolated people
Applicants that can demonstrate an effective use of volunteers
Applicants that can demonstrate (where feasible) an element of self-sustainability by charging subscriptions/fees to service users

Charities can submit applications at any time. The Trustees meet three times a year. Decisions can take up to five months from the date you apply.

Tel: 0191 389 3300

Email: info@yappcharitabletrust.org.uk

Youth Endowment Fund (YEF) - Open Call

The Youth Endowment Fund’s Open Call programme is aimed at organisations working to reduce children’s involvement in violence and have the potential for rigorous impact evaluation.

Projects need to primarily support children and young people (aged 10 to 18 years) who are either at risk of crime or violence (‘secondary prevention’), or already affected by violence, offending or exploitation (‘tertiary prevention’).

Projects also need to be working in one of the following sectors: Youth sector; Children’s services; Youth Justice; Policing; Neighbourhoods; Health, or Education.

Projects must recruit a minimum number of children and young people for impact evaluation. The exact number will depend on the intervention type, but as a guide:

Secondary prevention projects should deliver the intervention to at least 200 participants and recruit 200 more for a control group (400 total)
Tertiary prevention projects should deliver the intervention to at least 400 participants and recruit 400 for a control group (800 total)

The impact of projects will be measured against one of YEF’s primary outcomes:

Reducing violent offending
Reducing non-violent offending
Reducing victimisation by crime
Reducing behavioural difficulties
Reducing drug and alcohol use
Reducing sexually violent offending
Reducing bullying perpetration
Reducing influence of criminal peers

The Programme awards discretionary grant amounts. 20% match funding is required. If the organisation is led by representatives of Black and/or racially minoritised communities and are unable to meet the 20% supplementary and in-kind target, they should apply as their application will be assessed separately.

The Fund is open to registered charities, companies, statutory bodies and community interest companies (CICs) supporting children and young people.

Organisations need to fit one of the following:

Delivering an intervention or service which should be evaluated
A partnership between an organisation delivering an evaluable intervention or service, and an independent evaluator
Leading a consortium or partnership which delivers an intervention or service which should be evaluated
A lead organisation proposing a multi-site trial of an intervention or service which should be evaluated

Apply any time.

Email: grants@youthendowmentfund.org.uk