Grants and Funding

Funding for Work with Communities Experiencing Racial Inequality in the UK

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One-off grants for small-to medium sized registered charities and community interest companies who are working with communities facing racial inequality within the UK.

Deadline alert 8 April 2021

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Grants are available for locally based small-scale registered charities in the UK to support children's summer playschemes.

Sustaining Support for Armed Forces Communities Programme

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Grants are available for existing charitable projects to provide short-term help to enable activities and services that are important to Armed Forces communities to be able to continue.

Funding for Legal Work to Help Asylum Seekers, Refugees and Migrants in UK

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A small number of grants to support not-for-profit strategic legal work in the UK which benefits asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants who are experiencing disadvantage or discrimination as a result of their migration status.

Canoe Foundation

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Grants are available for clubs, community groups and Local Authorities across the UK for projects that improve the accessibility of available waterways and canoeing facilities and protect the natural environment.

Friends of the Lake District Landscape Grants

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Grants are available to charitable organisations, voluntary and community groups, schools, social enterprises and local councils or conservation agencies for projects and activities/events that focus on protecting, enhancing and experiencing the landscape in Cumbria.

Fund for UK’s Smallest Sports Clubs in Financial Difficulty Due to Open Shortly

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The £4 million Clubs in Crisis Fund aims to support the UK’s smallest sports clubs that are at risk of closing their doors for good due to the impact of the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. Grants of £2,021 will be available to help with core, programme or capital costs. Grassroots sports clubs across the UK can apply for unrestricted grants from 12 April 2021.

Deadline for applications is today 6 April 2021

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One UK based hospitality business will have the chance to win a support package to help with reopening this year following the coronavirus lockdown.

Cumbria COVID-19 Response Fund

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Grants are available for groups providing charitable activities in response to the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in Cumbria.

Summer Schools Fund Opens to Help Pupils Prepare for High School

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Grants available to secondary schools in England to help support those who have suffered the most disruption to their education as a result of the pandemic.

Funding body:: Department for Education (DfE)
Maximum value:: Discretionary
Application deadline:: 30/04/2021

Cumbria CVS Focus on Funding Update 30 March 2021

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Focus on Funding Update – another bumper edition from the Health and Care Project at Cumbria CVS with lots of funding related information and news.

Cumbria CVS Focus on Funding Update 30 March 2021

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Please find attached the latest edition of the Focus on Funding Update – another bumper edition from the Health and Care Project at Cumbria CVS with lots of funding related information and news. Please feel free to include in any newsletters and please circulate to your contacts and through your networks to help bring much needed funding into the third sector in Cumbria – thank you.

Triangle Trust 1949 Fund Launches New Grants Programme

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Applications are invited from not-for-profit organisations working with young carers and young adult carers across the UK.

Funding body: The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund
Maximum value: £ 60,000
Application deadline: 11/05/2021

Sky Media Announces £2m Sky Zero Footprint Fund

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Media agencies, creatives and brands across the UK can access funding to help accelerate and amplify positive environmental messages and behavioural change, through TV advertising.

Funding body: Sky Media
Maximum value: £ 1,000,000
Application deadline: 14/05/2021

Launch of £250,000 Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs Competition

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The Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs Competition aims to help businesspeople bring their enterprising ideas, imagined during the coronavirus lockdown, to fruition.

Successful participants will be awarded grants to grow or buy the basics they need to commence trading.

The competition has an overall budget of £250,000.

Funding scheme extended Carlisle community sports clubs

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A coronavirus funding scheme for Carlisle community sports groups has been extended and is now available for groups planning to reopen later this month.

Sports clubs wanting to apply or to find out more about the funding scheme should contact [email protected]

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

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Grants are available to smaller charitable and not-for-profit organisations in the UK to fund community and family support projects in areas of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas.

Welcome to the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation | Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Volant Charitable Trust - COVID-19 Response Fund

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Grants are available to UK charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

How to Apply Covid-19 – Volant Charitable Trust (volanttrust.org)

Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) - Project Development Grants

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Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland to cover some of the costs of developing and coordinating a building project and taking it towards the start of work on site.

The Architectural Heritage Fund (ahfund.org.uk)

UK Community Renewal Fund | Cumbria County Council

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This Fund aims to support people and communities most in need across the UK to pilot programmes and new approaches and will invest in skills, community and place, local business, and supporting people into employment.

Completed Project Proposal Forms are to be submitted to [email protected] no later than noon on 17 May 2021.

Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Force for Change Programme

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This programme will award grants of up to £10,000 for community projects that reduce isolation and promote integration; supporting post-Covid recovery in local Armed Forces communities affected by isolation.

https://covenantfund.org.uk/programme/armed-forces-covenant-fund-force-for-change-programme/

Woodland Carbon Fund

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The Woodland Carbon Fund has been set up to allow landowners to plant millions of additional trees across England; helping to meet future carbon targets.

Scheme - Application Form

Link to Application Form

Useful Link

Woodland Carbon Fund

Government Announces Changes to Plug-in Vehicle Grants

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The Plug-in car, van and truck grants will be targeted at more affordable models to allow additional people to make the switch.

Useful Links

Programme overview

Boost Choose Now Change Lives Programme

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Grants are intended to support groups delivering projects and activities for the benefit of people in their local communities. This may include:

Community groups that bring the local community together, whether it be through sport, art, music or just generally providing a place for people to come together.
Homeless charities that help rough sleepers to find shelter and help provide them with the support they need.
Food banks that provide food and essential supplies for families or individuals in crisis.

Applications will be accepted from the following: Charities, Community Interest Companies (CICs), Community groups, Lower-tier local authorities, Health authorities, Social housing, Other not-for-profit organisations. Maximum value: £10,000 Application deadline: 23/05/2021

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme Relaunches Next Month

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The new vouchers, worth up to £3,500 for businesses will go live on 8 April 2021 and mean that rural areas will not have to wait for supplier contracts under Project Gigabit to reach them.

More details will be reported when the UK Gigabit Voucher launches next month.

Football Foundation – Return to Football - Deadline Alert!

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This fund is providing grants of up to £2,500 to support the costs of resuming football activity following the Covid-19 lockdown period. Closing date: 28^th March.

https://footballfoundation.org.uk/grant/return-to-football

Youth Centre Recovery Fund Deadline Alert!

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The Youth Centre Recovery Fund has been established by Julia and Hans Rausing to help charities running youth centres to be able to survive and recover from the impact of Covid-19. A total of £8 million is available to provide core funding and funding for youth work, covering the period 1st April to 30^th September 2021. Applications close at 4pm on 31^st March.

https://www.juliahansrausingtrust.org/youth-centre-recovery-fund/

Magic Little Grants

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The Magic Little Grants Fund provides charities and community groups that are either in their first year of operation or have an annual income under £250k the opportunity to apply for a £500 grant. Fund priorities include physical activity, increasing access to outdoor spaces and mental health. The fund is open until 31^st October 2021.

https://grants.localgiving.org/mlg/

Sport England - Return to Play

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In addition to regular funding streams, which have been affected by the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis, Sport England have opened a £16.5m Return to Play Fund.

There are three parts to this new fund - Small Grants and the Community Asset Fund, which have been adapted from pre-coronavirus funds, and Active Together crowdfunding, which has been extended - with all three now focusing on a safe return to play and narrowing the inequalities gap in sport and physical activity.

The Pixel Fund

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The focus of the fund is the mental health and well-being of children and young adults, providing grants of up to £5,000.

https://www.pixelfund.org.uk/

The Good Cloud Foundation

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The Good Cloud Foundation will make grants (for both core and capital costs) of up to £12,500 to UK based charities and good causes which have a clear and measurable benefit to local communities.

It is anticipated that the first grant round will be open for applications in late Spring 2021. To register for updates go to the fund website below.

http://goodcloud.foundation/

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust

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The aim of Postcode Neighbourhood Trust is to support smaller charities and good causes in the north of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet, including physical activity projects. The maximum grant is £20,000 for charities and £2,000 for other community organisations.

https://www.postcodeneighbourhoodtrust.org.uk/

Masonic Charitable Foundation – Children and Young People’s Grants

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The Foundation is accepting applications to the small grants programme (up to £15,000) until 31^st May and the large grants programme (over £10,000) until 5pm on 31^st March (for stage 1 applications).

https://mcf.org.uk/get-support/grants-to-charities/children-and-young-people/

BBC Children In Need

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Both the small grants programme (up to £10,000 per annum for three years) and the large grants programme (over £10,000 per annum for three years) are currently open. The closing date for this round is 11.30am on 12^th April.

https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/

The closing date for this round is the 7th April 2021.

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Aviva has launched the next round of its Community Fund. Aviva has teamed up with the fundraising platform Crowdfunder to offer funding of up to £50,000 to small charities, schools and community interest groups in the UK with innovative ideas that benefit their community.

Applications can be made at any time.

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A UK bank is launching a £15 billion lending fund for SMEs across the UK to support recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

The Fellfoot Forward LPS has a rolling application window for its community fund.

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Grants are available for groups and organisations who are involved in community projects that benefit the sustainability and well-being of Fellfoot Forward communities and are in, partly within or demonstrating a clear benefit to the Fellfoot area. A fund of £100,000 is set aside for community initiatives delivered over the four delivery years 2020-2023 via the Community Fund.

Triodos Bank

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Triodos Bank provides financial services to UK charities, businesses and organisations that are committed to making a positive cultural, social or environmental impact.

Farmers Invited to Participate in Sustainable Farming Incentive Pilot

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England’s farmers are invited to take part in the first phase of piloting a new funding stream for actions around biodiversity, cleaner air, improving soil, and carbon reduction on their land.

Applications will close on 30 June 2021 or earlier if all funding is allocated prior to this date.

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Grants are now available to help small UK businesses in respect of changes to trade rules with the EU.

Funding Available for Return of Grassroots Football in England

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Applications are invited to a new fund that seeks to support grassroots football clubs and organisations in England with restarting or delivering new activities.

The deadline for applications is 31 March 2021 (4pm).

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A national fund has launched to help charities running youth centres in England survive and recover from the financial losses associated from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deadline for entries is 31 March 2021 (23:59 Pacific Time).

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Running enthusiasts who have come up with enterprising ideas during time spent running can apply for a chance to receive funding to help bring these ideas to fruition.

Grants and External Funding