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Persimmon Homes Community Champions
They are giving away up to £2,000 every month to fund local community initiatives.
Ongoing applications
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.
Help the Homeless Fund
Up to £5,000 is available. All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than offering shelter or other forms of sustenance.
The quarterly deadlines for applications for funding each year are: 15 March / 15 June/ 15 September/ 15 December
Arnold Clark Community Fund
This charitable fund is back open for applications, making grants of up to £1,000 to UK registered charities and community groups. For this winter round of funding, the Fund will only accept applications from projects delivering:
Food banks, Toy banks, Poverty relief, Housing and accommodation
Ann Rylands Small Donation Programme
Charities supporting sick and disadvantaged people across the UK can apply for grants of up to £2,500. Funding supports projects of a humanitarian nature or supplement core funding, with priority given to organisations supporting the elderly, people with disabilities or living with serious illness, or those facing challenges with mental health, social exclusion, homelessness or other difficulties in their lives.
On going applications
Lush Charity Pot
'Charity Pot' is a Lush hand and body cream where 100% of all sales (minus local taxes) are distributed as grants, to groups working in the areas of Animal Protection, Environment or Human Rights (incl. social justice, peace & equality). Charity Pot grants range from £100, up to a maximum of £10,000 per project/application. The average Charity Pot grant is between £2,000 - £4,000.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
Strengthening Communities - The Henry Smith Charity
Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years are available to grassroots level community-led charities and not-for-profit organisations working to support communities in the most deprived areas of the UK.
Decisions are made quarterly
Trusthouse Small Grants
Single year grants between £2,000 and £10,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Projects must have a focus on Community Support.
Ongoing deadline
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 Clothworkers Foundation
Grants are awarded towards capital projects which they define as buildings; fittings, fixtures and equipment or vehicles. They fund both large and small projects. The size of grant awarded will depend on a number of factors including the size of your organisation and the cost and scale of your capital project.
Rolling deadline.
The Wolfson Foundation
These grants are for capital initiatives, i.e. buildings (new build or refurbishment) and equipment. They fund a broad range of organisations working across the fields of education, science & medicine, health & disability, heritage, humanities & the arts.
Decisions are made June and December annually
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 AB Charitable Trust
Funding of £10,000 - £20,000 is available to small-medium sized charities who work in three priority areas: migrants and refugees, criminal justice and penal reform and human rights - particularly access to justice.
Application deadlines are four times a 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 Schroder Charity Trust
Up to £5,000 is available to projects focused on arts, culture and heritage; environment & conservation; strengthening communities; education, training & employment; health & wellbeing.
Decisions made twice a year
The Hedley Foundation
Grants are available from £250 - £5,000 to small and medium sized UK charities.
The next meetings are as follows:
24 January 2024
24 April 2024
17 July 2024
13 November 2024
Applications should be received at least 6 weeks prior to the meeting date
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Awards grants of up to £5,000 to UK registered charities whose activities involve all or most family members, where possible, in initiatives that seek to tackle problems facing one or more of its members.
Deadline to apply is 1 March and 1 September annually
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.
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.
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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.
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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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