Stockport Council is interested in hearing from organisations (large, medium or small, new or old) who offer activities for children and young people, who are ambitious to develop their organisation to be fully inclusive for children with SEND.

Grant funding is available for organisations that provide day, evening, weekend and school holiday activities for disabled children and young people, in the community.  The aim is to enable the child to participate in fun, interesting and safe activities and to provide a break from caring for the parents/carers.

To be eligible for grant funding, the activities must be for children and young people:  

• resident in Stockport 

• aged under 18 

• with a disability, including those with autistic spectrum conditions, profound and multiple learning disabilities and complex health needs. 

The grant funding will be for activities running between 1 April 2025 and 31 March 2026.

Applications plus cost schedule should be sent to David.hulley@stockport.gov.uk no later than 5pm on Monday 10 February 2025.

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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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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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.

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.

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.

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

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Offer grants for core funding to registered charities with a total annual expenditure of less than £40k who are undertaking work that focuses on one of the following:

• Elderly people
• Children and young people aged 5 - 25
• People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
• Social welfare
• Education and learning

Grants of up to £3,000 per year for three years are available.

Trustees meet 3 times per year to consider applications and a decision time can take up to 5 months from the date of submission.