The Access Group Foundation is offering grants of between £25,000-£100,000 for organisations to mitigate the digital divide by making computing facilities, support and learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Charities, CICs, and educational establishments can apply for specific services, activities or projects – funding will not be provided for general IT-related overheads or operational costs.

The initiative invites employees working for either TK Maxx or Homesense to apply for a grant on behalf of a local charity. Grants can be as small as £500.

There’s no official application form - we suggest contacting the Stockport or Cheadle stores to find out more.

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.

GMCA’s new Foundational Economy Innovation Fund will provide grants for businesses and organisations in Greater Manchester’s “foundational” economy, to trial innovative new ideas and improved ways of working. The “foundational economy” is the “everyday economy”, or the “essential economy” – the businesses we all rely on for our daily needs.

It will provide £10,000 grants for 40 projects, plus expert support, to test innovations and ideas in stage 1, followed by £60,000 grants for 10 projects, plus expert support, to develop the best ideas from stage 1.

They are starting with four sectors: adult social care, early education and childcare, retail and hospitality, leisure and tourism.

The fund is for you, if you:

- own or run a business, social enterprise or cooperative in these sectors
- support or represent a cluster of businesses in one of these sectors
- can provide technology and / or innovative solutions or new ideas that could be used in one of these sectors

Funding of up to £5,000

Applications can be submitted between the following times only.

a. Dec 1st – Dec 20th for February Meetings

b. March 1st – March 31st for May meetings

c. 1st June – 30th June for August meeting

d. 1st Sept- 30th Sept for November meeting

Key Fund can support a range of activities, from restoring a derelict building to buying equipment or meeting start-up costs. Investment of between £5,000 and £150,000 to support:

Working capital to pay for staff or overheads.

Growth and development.

Contributing to the purchase and renovating of buildings.

Marketing & Promotion

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

Their initial focus is on grassroots organisations and projects, but they’re eager to hear from anyone who thinks Black Heritage Fund could help them support the Black community.

A variety of funds available including their regular Green Token Giving fund.

Green Token Giving supports small, local, grassroots organisations making a positive impact in their local community. Each year, Asda customers have the chance to nominate and vote for their favourite local good cause via the Green Token Giving programme. Each superstore will feature three community projects online that have been nominated by customers and colleagues. They will all be local, grassroots organisations having a positive impact on their local community. The group with the most online votes will receive a £500 donation with second receiving £400 and third place receiving £300.

Grants to Help People of Colour Develop & Deliver Creative & Cultural Projects.

Grants of £1,000 are available to support people of colour in the UK to develop and deliver a wide range of creative and cultural projects. The funding is made available by the Grand Plan, which awards ten grants every two months to support projects for which £1,000 would make a huge difference, ranging from poetry, paintings, fashion, zines, music, food, flowers, and photographs to workshops or events. It can be used to cover costs such as equipment, courses, time, materials or travel – anything needed to create and deliver a new cultural project.

Application deadlines are:

Early January - Mid February 2024

Early April - Mid May 2024

Early July - Mid August 2024

The Safer Streets Fund allows forces, local authorities and community organisations to invest in transformative crime prevention initiatives.The money will go towards the prevention of violence against women and girls in public, neighbourhood crime and anti-social behaviour. These projects will be able to roll out extra CCTV and streetlighting in their communities and expand work to change attitudes and behaviours and prevent these crimes happening in the first place.

Applications are on a rolling basis.

UK charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding from the national disability transport charity, Motability, to develop, expand and improve active travel options for disabled people. Grants of between £100,000 and £4 million are available over three years to help charities and organisations, including universities, to ensure disabled people have equal opportunity to make decisions about how they travel in the UK by providing access to quality and affordable active travel equipment and journeys – whether by walking, cycling, push scooters, or use of wheelchairs and other mobility aids.

Funding for grassroots groups supporting refugees, asylum seekers and marginalised migrants. Funds grassroots groups which aim to counter xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia. The fund is available for work to support and empower refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and other marginalised migrants, and ensure they are involved in public debate on migration.

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.

The programme is always open, and has a quick turnaround so they can respond to applicants' good ideas.

Charities and organisations working in the Community Transport sector catering for disabled people can apply for grants ranging from £100,000 to £4 million to expand and improve community transport options. Applications can be submitted at any time until March 2025.

Match funding (50%) of up to £50,000 to help organisations who are supporting social mobility, driving opportunity for education and employability in disadvantaged communities and supporting individuals from ethnic minorities as well as providing opportunities for girls in STEM. Funding will also target organisations who support and provide Health and Wellbeing services to those in need. There will also be funding available to support projects who help their local community become more sustainable by providing innovative ideas to prevent or reduce the impacts of climate change.

Support UK registered charities with a combination of grants, volunteering time and home improvement resources. Up to £5,000 available.

Ongoing deadline

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.