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Young Gamechangers Fund (Round 2)
Grants are available for youth-led organisations across the United Kingdom to deliver projects and activities that support youth-led social action in local communities.
One-year grants of up to £20,000 are available. Groups or organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000 that wish to deliver youth-led projects and activities can apply. Partnership applications are welcomed.
Groups should first go through the online eligibility checker available from the Co-op Foundation website.
The deadline to complete the eligibility checker is Thursday 14 December
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CDL Fund
The CDL Fund welcomes applications from grassroots community groups based in the borough of Stockport.
The Fund aims to support the activities of local community or voluntary groups and projects that contribute positively to the quality of life, wellbeing and improved health of people and communities which address any or all of the priorities listed below:
- Digital inclusion
- Older people
- Children and young people
- Stronger communities
- Environment
- Health and Wellbeing
Up to £1,000 available for Stockport based groups and organisations.
Applications close Thursday 31 October
Tesco Footie for All Fund
Grants are available to support grassroots football clubs across the UK with a priority on supporting children up to the age of 18 access sport and physical activity and/or providing more equipment and opportunity for children.
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Arete Foundation
Funding and support to charitable organisations that help young people in North West England. It is made up of two funding streams. One-off unrestricted grants for small community organisations, the typical one-off grants range from £2,000-£2,500. The Foundation aims to support organisations with a turnover of less than £500,000. Funding stream two is based on long-term funding partnerships for small North West charities that want to strengthen and grow. Typical grants of £10,000-£30,000 pa for 3 years, to scale or strengthen operational health.
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BBC Children in Need Core Costs
The Core Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years.
They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.
BBC Children in Need Project Costs
Funding for specific projects and activities children and young people aged 18 or under. Priority to smaller, local organisations and rarely fund organisations with income above £1 million. For UK wide Hospices and Housing Associations there is no maximum income limit. They will only consider applications for over £15,000 pa, if you are a registered non profit.
Applications at any time.
Pilgrim Trust
Grants support organisations aiming to improve the mental health of women aged 16-25, by increasing their access to high quality, age and gender specific mental health services.
Grants support the preservation and conservation of historic buildings, structures and architectural features.
Eric Wright Charitable Trust
The Trust works with a broad range of charities, primarily in the North West of England, with particular emphasis on:
- Young Persons’ Wellbeing
- Elderly Services
- Education and Training
- Health
- Carers’ Support
- Mental Health
- Child / Family Support
Community Football Fund - Barclays
Grants of £500 are available for groups wishing to start offering football, those keen to expand their existing provision to new audiences or those already delivering football to under-represented young people. Alongside the grants, the programme will be offering training and support resources to groups to help reduce inequalities in the participation of football.
The programme will focus on including girls and young people from lower socio-economic and under-represented groups: including racially diverse communities, people with disabilities, and people from the LGBTQ+ community.
The Weinstock Fund
The Charity’s aims are to support a wide range of charitable causes, particularly in the fields of welfare, children, education, medicine, music and the arts.In particular, the Trustees prefer to support smaller charities or projects. Grants typically range from £2,000 - £5,000 per annum. Multi-year grants up to a maximum of three years are considered.
Quarterly meetings
Paul Hamlyn Foundation
There are 5 UK focused funding priorities: arts access and participation; education and learning through the arts; migration and integration; investing in young people; nurturing ideas and people. Organisations can request up to £90,000 spread over three years.
The Ironmongers Foundation
Support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. Grants range from a few hundred pounds up to £10,000. Registered charities only.
The deadlines for receipt of applications are 15 December and 31 July every year.
The Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund
Up to £15,000 is available for projects working with young offenders; prisoners and ex-prisoners as well as young disadvantaged people at risk of criminal involvement.
The committee meets February, July and October every year.
The 7stars Foundation
Offer a variety of funding streams including funding for breakfast clubs to tackle child food poverty and grants for projects supporting disadvantaged children.
Deadlines are quarterly end of January / April / July / October
The Wakeham Trust
Offer grants of up to £2,500 to small charities and projects that encourage community service by young people to their own neighbourhoods and communities.
Ongoing deadline
The Austin Hope Pilkington Trust
Between £1,000 - £5,000 for projects that support:
Application timelines
Disability will be the priority for the 1st and 2nd rounds – specifically projects and initiatives that improve employment and training.
Food poverty will be the priority for the 3rd and 4th rounds.
Awards for All - TNLCF
Funding between £300 to £20,000 for VCFSE organisations to:
bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.
Ongoing deadline
Garfield Weston Grants
Two grant options are available small grants of up to £100,000 and major grants of £100,000 or more. The types of grant made fall into one of three categories – Capital, Revenue (often called ‘core costs’) and Project work. The most important thing is that you apply for what you need.
Ongoing deadline
Blue Spark Grants
BlueSpark provides grants for projects that support the education and development of children and young people. The funding is for small-scale projects which might not happen or would only happen on a lesser scale without the support of BlueSpark. Funding provided by BlueSpark must be crucial to your project rather than marginally incremental to its funding.
Ongoing deadline
Funding for Community based projects - The Hilden Charitable Trust
Awards grants of an average of £5,000 to causes working at community level in the UK and developing countries which are less likely to be able to raise funds from public subscriptions. Current UK funding priorities are: Homelessness, Penal Affairs, Asylum Seekers and Refugees, Community-Based initiatives for Disadvantaged Young People Aged 16 to 25.
2024 deadlines:
Tuesday 9 April 2024 - Tuesday 14 May 2024
Tuesday 10 September 2024 - Tuesday 15 October 2024
Always open funds
These funds have a rolling deadline and can be applied for at any time.
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The programme supports development by allowing artists, cultural practitioners and organisations to work in new ways and to get their work out to new audiences.
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The Core Costs Funding Stream is for charities and not-for-profit organisations. Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year.
Find out more here
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Funding for specific projects and activities children and young people aged 18 or under. Priority to smaller, local organisations and rarely fund organisations with income above £1 million. For UK wide Hospices and Housing Associations there is no maximum income limit. They will only consider applications for over £15,000 pa, if you are a registered non profit.
Find out more here
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Minor Grants are aimed at supporting small local charitable organisations which deliver services directly to beneficiaries. They fund core costs, average grant size is £500 - £4,999
Community Grants are aimed at assisting and supporting the development of smaller local charitable organisations which deliver services directly to beneficiaries. Grant Size in the range of £5,000-£20,000
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Grants are available to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on Communities or people most affected being involved in campaigning or leading change / Work which makes connections across our aims: Our Natural World, A Fairer Future and Creative, Confident Communities. You must have an annual turnover of less than £100,000. Funds of £30,000 upwards
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The grant is always open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid for up to £1,500. Three projects in 575 local communities are voted on by customers in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with projects changing every three months.
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A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £20,000.
Suitable for Voluntary or community organisations
Apply at least 16 weeks before you want to start the activities or spend any of the money.
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Offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community thrive – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
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Offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for projects that last up to five years. They’re looking for projects that work with their community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
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