FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
Please note that TSI is here to help organisations with applications. Call 0300 303 4141 or email us at support@argylltsi.org.uk
Please note that TSI is here to help organisations with applications. Call 0300 303 4141 or email us at support@argylltsi.org.uk
Funding to Support Members of the Armed Forces and their Families (UK)
Description: Army, Air and Naval units are encouraged to apply for funding for projects that improve the quality of life for serving personnel and their families living on or near an Armed Forces base or station in the UK or overseas.
Criteria: Grants of up to £25,000 are available through the NAAFI Fund for projects that help serving personnel and their families be healthier and more active, as well as providing activities or enhancing spaces to socialise in order to improve their mental health.Grants of up to £50,000 will be considered for larger projects that aim to make more substantial change.
Maximum: £50,000
Closing Date: Applicants must submit a 50-word summary of their project by the 25th May 2022.The deadline for full applications is 12pm on the 13th June 2022.
Description: Army, Air and Naval units are encouraged to apply for funding for projects that improve the quality of life for serving personnel and their families living on or near an Armed Forces base or station in the UK or overseas.
Criteria: Grants of up to £25,000 are available through the NAAFI Fund for projects that help serving personnel and their families be healthier and more active, as well as providing activities or enhancing spaces to socialise in order to improve their mental health.Grants of up to £50,000 will be considered for larger projects that aim to make more substantial change.
Maximum: £50,000
Closing Date: Applicants must submit a 50-word summary of their project by the 25th May 2022.The deadline for full applications is 12pm on the 13th June 2022.
Grants for Projects Encouraging Veganism (UK & Worldwide)
Description: Grants available for projects in the UK and worldwide that raise awareness of veganism in a positive way, promote it in an exciting or unique way to non-vegans, and support people from marginalised backgrounds to access veganism.
Criteria: The Vegan Society is making funding available to individuals and not-for-profit organisations for projects that will encourage non-vegans to go vegan and stay vegan. Previously supported projects have included an event to engage Christians with veganism, an art exhibition with a focus on activism, vegan culinary training for newly independent young adults, and a vegan food bank project.
Maximum: £1,000
Closing Date: The deadline for applications is the 30th June 2022.
Description: Grants available for projects in the UK and worldwide that raise awareness of veganism in a positive way, promote it in an exciting or unique way to non-vegans, and support people from marginalised backgrounds to access veganism.
Criteria: The Vegan Society is making funding available to individuals and not-for-profit organisations for projects that will encourage non-vegans to go vegan and stay vegan. Previously supported projects have included an event to engage Christians with veganism, an art exhibition with a focus on activism, vegan culinary training for newly independent young adults, and a vegan food bank project.
Maximum: £1,000
Closing Date: The deadline for applications is the 30th June 2022.
Grants available to Social Entrepreneurs (UK)
Description: Grants plus business support are available to social entrepreneurs that are looking to start or grow an existing social venture. The funding is being made available through UnLtd the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK.
The grants are being made available through two funding streams:
Closing Date: The closing date for this funding round is the 30th June 2022.
Description: Grants plus business support are available to social entrepreneurs that are looking to start or grow an existing social venture. The funding is being made available through UnLtd the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK.
The grants are being made available through two funding streams:
- Grants of up to £15,000 to grow an existing social enterprise
- Grants of up to £5,000 to start a new social enterprise.
- · Aged 16 and over
- Living in the United Kingdom
- Willing to participate in a learning experience
- Working to benefit people living in the United Kingdom
- Have a real social impact
- Fulfil a clear need and demand
- Have clear outputs and goals
Closing Date: The closing date for this funding round is the 30th June 2022.
Dunlossit and Islay Community Trust
Description: Dunlossit and Islay Community Trust provides charitable support and expertise. It's focus is to engage with groups and individuals within the local community, Islay, wider Scotland and occasionally abroad.
Supported activity includes -
Closing Date: On-going
Description: Dunlossit and Islay Community Trust provides charitable support and expertise. It's focus is to engage with groups and individuals within the local community, Islay, wider Scotland and occasionally abroad.
Supported activity includes -
- Supporting the development of community resilience
- Improving the health & wellbeing of older people
- Improving the health & wellbeing of people with disabilities
- Improving the health & wellbeing of younger people
- Promoting the development of good citizenship within communities
- Advancing the education of individuals and communities
- Supporting artistic, literary, social & cultural activities
- Preserving the heritage of communities
- Caring for and preserving the natural environment
Closing Date: On-going
The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust
Description: The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust offers grants to registered charities active in Great Britain. The funding is intended to support projects relating to young people, people with disabilities, the environment and the arts.
Criteria: Eligible organisations must be charities registered with one of the following:
Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time online and will be considered quarterly. Next meeting is in July.
Description: The Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust offers grants to registered charities active in Great Britain. The funding is intended to support projects relating to young people, people with disabilities, the environment and the arts.
Criteria: Eligible organisations must be charities registered with one of the following:
- Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator.
- Charity Commission for England and Wales.
Closing Date: Applications may be submitted at any time online and will be considered quarterly. Next meeting is in July.
The Anchor Foundation
Description: The Anchor Foundation provides grants of between £500 and £10,000 per year to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through ministries of healing and the arts. The Foundation will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work.
Criteria: Funding can be awarded for up to three years.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £10,000
Closing Date: 31st July 2022
Description: The Anchor Foundation provides grants of between £500 and £10,000 per year to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through ministries of healing and the arts. The Foundation will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work.
Criteria: Funding can be awarded for up to three years.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £10,000
Closing Date: 31st July 2022
The Cruach Trust (UK)
Description: The Cruach Trust, which is a small charity, which provides grants to preserve gardens throughout the United Kingdom.
Criteria: The funding is available to registered or recognised charities, societies, trusts or other bodies. There is a preference for small local and national charities.
The trustees have discretion to make donations to a wide range of organisations in the UK and abroad, with charitable objectives of whatever nature.
Previous projects supported have included:
Closing Date: 12th September 2022
Description: The Cruach Trust, which is a small charity, which provides grants to preserve gardens throughout the United Kingdom.
Criteria: The funding is available to registered or recognised charities, societies, trusts or other bodies. There is a preference for small local and national charities.
The trustees have discretion to make donations to a wide range of organisations in the UK and abroad, with charitable objectives of whatever nature.
Previous projects supported have included:
- Supporting a horticultural apprenticeship, arranged through the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
- Grants for gardens, wildlife and the natural environment.
- Grants for music, the arts and cultural charities.
- Grants for medical research and support.
- Grants for organisations working with children, the elderly and vulnerable.
Closing Date: 12th September 2022
Baille Gifford Community Awards
Description: This fund is aimed at supporting grassroots community organisations across Scotland.
Criteria: The fund will consider applications that fit at least one of the following priorities:
People affected by homelessness, Young people Children and families, People affected by substance abuse, People affected by loneliness, The environment, People affected by domestic abuse, Care experienced (young) people, The elderly, Food/ financial/ digital security, Education, Health and disability, Veterans, Women, Grassroots sports and Improvements to IT equipment.
The fund can support core costs as well as project costs. However, it can only support applications where the grant request is at least 25% of the total costs. Please do not apply if your project as a whole costs more than £20,000.
Please note this fund is only open to organisations with an annual income of under £250,000.
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: There is no deadline and applications can be made at any time. Decisions take approximately 10 weeks from receipt of application.
Description: This fund is aimed at supporting grassroots community organisations across Scotland.
Criteria: The fund will consider applications that fit at least one of the following priorities:
People affected by homelessness, Young people Children and families, People affected by substance abuse, People affected by loneliness, The environment, People affected by domestic abuse, Care experienced (young) people, The elderly, Food/ financial/ digital security, Education, Health and disability, Veterans, Women, Grassroots sports and Improvements to IT equipment.
The fund can support core costs as well as project costs. However, it can only support applications where the grant request is at least 25% of the total costs. Please do not apply if your project as a whole costs more than £20,000.
Please note this fund is only open to organisations with an annual income of under £250,000.
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: There is no deadline and applications can be made at any time. Decisions take approximately 10 weeks from receipt of application.
Funding to Support Educational Trips to the Loch Lomond & Trossachs National Park
Description: One-off grants of up to £200 are available for schools and groups working with disadvantaged people in Scotland to support educational visits to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The Educational Travel Grant Scheme will fund up to 75% of the total transport costs (up to a maximum of £200), to enable schools and groups to deliver educational day trips to the National Park, including:
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £200
Closing Date: There is no deadline and applications can be made at any time.
Description: One-off grants of up to £200 are available for schools and groups working with disadvantaged people in Scotland to support educational visits to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park. The Educational Travel Grant Scheme will fund up to 75% of the total transport costs (up to a maximum of £200), to enable schools and groups to deliver educational day trips to the National Park, including:
- Transport to and from school or group meeting place to Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park, such as rail fares or van hire.
- The costs of accessing Inchcailloch Island for Outdoor Learning activities.
- Raise awareness and understanding of Loch Lomond and The Trossachs National Park.
- Involve National Park Ranger Services where possible.
- Help deliver Curriculum for Excellence through Outdoor Learning experiences.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £200
Closing Date: There is no deadline and applications can be made at any time.
Government Funded Digital Scheme to Help SMEs Grow (UK)
Description: The UK Government has launched a new digital scheme to support small and medium sized businesses in adopting digital technologies so they can grow.
Under the Help to Grow: Digital scheme, businesses can receive discounts of up to £5,000 off the costs of buying approved Digital Accounting and Customer Relationship Management software that will help them to effectively manage their finances and build customer relationships, enabling them to scale up their operations.
Businesses can also access free, impartial online support on how to choose the right digital technologies to boost their growth and productivity. Discounts for additional software products, including e-Commerce software, are expected to become available soon.
Closing Date: No application deadline has been specified.
Description: The UK Government has launched a new digital scheme to support small and medium sized businesses in adopting digital technologies so they can grow.
Under the Help to Grow: Digital scheme, businesses can receive discounts of up to £5,000 off the costs of buying approved Digital Accounting and Customer Relationship Management software that will help them to effectively manage their finances and build customer relationships, enabling them to scale up their operations.
Businesses can also access free, impartial online support on how to choose the right digital technologies to boost their growth and productivity. Discounts for additional software products, including e-Commerce software, are expected to become available soon.
Closing Date: No application deadline has been specified.
Funding of up to £5,000 Available to Tackle Problems within Families (UK)
Description: Registered charities whose activities support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 (but trustees will consider requests for higher amounts) through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust.
Criteria: The Trust will consider both capital and revenue grants. The Trust is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants, and actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. The three areas of activity that the charity wishes to support are:
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: The next closing date for applications is the 1st September 2022.
Description: Registered charities whose activities support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 (but trustees will consider requests for higher amounts) through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust.
Criteria: The Trust will consider both capital and revenue grants. The Trust is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants, and actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. The three areas of activity that the charity wishes to support are:
- Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, eg. practical family support, relationship counselling, mediation.
- Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit.
- Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: The next closing date for applications is the 1st September 2022.
National Churches Foundation Grant Reopens for Applications (UK)
Description: Churches across the UK can apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000 towards the cost of urgent maintenance works and small repairs through the National Churches Trust Foundation Grant
Programme. Project costs should be up to £10,000 excl. VAT and awards will never exceed 50% of the costs.
Criteria: Applications are accepted from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until the 31st October 2022
Description: Churches across the UK can apply for grants of between £500 and £5,000 towards the cost of urgent maintenance works and small repairs through the National Churches Trust Foundation Grant
Programme. Project costs should be up to £10,000 excl. VAT and awards will never exceed 50% of the costs.
Criteria: Applications are accepted from listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Applications are being accepted on a rolling basis until the 31st October 2022
Funding to Improve Online Digital Presence for Small Charities (UK)
Description: UK charities can apply for funding of up to £2,500 to help them improve their online digital presence. The Fat Beehive Foundation awards small grants to charities with an average income of less than £1 million a year to support hard-to-fund digital expenditure that other funders will often not cover.
Funding will help organisations to build websites and apps, digitise services, and purchase digital products.
Criteria: Priority will be given to projects which focus on:
Maximum: £2,500
Closing Date: Applications are considered on a rolling basis at quarterly trustee meetings which are normally held in April, July, October, and January.
Description: UK charities can apply for funding of up to £2,500 to help them improve their online digital presence. The Fat Beehive Foundation awards small grants to charities with an average income of less than £1 million a year to support hard-to-fund digital expenditure that other funders will often not cover.
Funding will help organisations to build websites and apps, digitise services, and purchase digital products.
Criteria: Priority will be given to projects which focus on:
- environmental protection or climate change mitigation,
- human rights,
- international development,
- equality and diversity,
- social justice/refugees/housing, education,
- art and culture,
- health and wellbeing &
- prisoner rehabilitation.
Maximum: £2,500
Closing Date: Applications are considered on a rolling basis at quarterly trustee meetings which are normally held in April, July, October, and January.
Funding to Support the Beauty Industry Following the Covid-19 Pandemic (UK)
Description: To support the UK beauty industry following the Covid-19 pandemic, the Beauty Backed Trust is due to re-launch its Grant Programme for those that need extra support and guidance while they get back on their feet.
Criteria: Two types of grants are available through the programme which will award funding of up to £5,000 along with training and mentoring support.
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: To support the UK beauty industry following the Covid-19 pandemic, the Beauty Backed Trust is due to re-launch its Grant Programme for those that need extra support and guidance while they get back on their feet.
Criteria: Two types of grants are available through the programme which will award funding of up to £5,000 along with training and mentoring support.
- Start-up Grants will support individuals whose plans to enter or continue a career in the beauty industry were ended last year because of the pandemic. Funding will assist with meeting training needs, securing suitable workspace and purchasing equipment;
- Support Grants will support established businesses and freelancers that need additional help and guidance to recover and evolve. Funds may be used to support the continued running of the business, additional training or the purchasing of new stock.
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
COVID 19 TENANT GRANT FUND
GUIDANCE FOR LANDLORDS AND TENANT APPLICANTS
The purpose of the Tenant Grant Fund is to mitigate the short to medium term financial challenges being experienced by tenants adversely impacted by restrictions and regulations introduced since March 2020, to control the spread of COVID-19.
This fund enables local authorities to prevent homelessness and sustain tenancies by directly reducing, alleviating or paying off rent arrears altogether where a tenant is either in the social or private rented sectors, and has faced difficulties due to Coronavirus.
The main focus of the grant funding is to support those most at risk of homelessness, in circumstances where tenancies can be saved through such intervention. By contributing to the payment of rent arrears, this funding may also assist the landlord and tenant in reaching a repayment agreement as part of the pre-action requirements process.
The grant fund is flexible, it can be used alongside other existing tools and financial support such as Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs), benefits checks etc., and it can cover a proportion, or all, of a tenant’s rent arrears.
Link: To apply, contact Argyll and Bute Council at housingservices@argyll-bute.gov.uk or Tel 01631 572180.
GUIDANCE FOR LANDLORDS AND TENANT APPLICANTS
The purpose of the Tenant Grant Fund is to mitigate the short to medium term financial challenges being experienced by tenants adversely impacted by restrictions and regulations introduced since March 2020, to control the spread of COVID-19.
This fund enables local authorities to prevent homelessness and sustain tenancies by directly reducing, alleviating or paying off rent arrears altogether where a tenant is either in the social or private rented sectors, and has faced difficulties due to Coronavirus.
The main focus of the grant funding is to support those most at risk of homelessness, in circumstances where tenancies can be saved through such intervention. By contributing to the payment of rent arrears, this funding may also assist the landlord and tenant in reaching a repayment agreement as part of the pre-action requirements process.
The grant fund is flexible, it can be used alongside other existing tools and financial support such as Discretionary Housing Payments (DHPs), benefits checks etc., and it can cover a proportion, or all, of a tenant’s rent arrears.
Link: To apply, contact Argyll and Bute Council at housingservices@argyll-bute.gov.uk or Tel 01631 572180.
Forces in Mind Trust
Description: Each year approximately 15,000 people leave the UK Armed Forces and for the vast majority they transition successfully into the civilian world, their lives having been enormously enriched by their time in service. However, some need additional support, and it is these most vulnerable people that Forces in Mind Trust exists to help. We fund projects that align to our four Change Mechanisms: Knowledge and evidence, Influencing and Convening, Collaboration and Leadership and Capacity Building. We fund across seven programme areas – Employment, Health, Housing, Criminal Justice, Relationships, Finance and our Enabling Programme.
Criteria: We welcome applications from various organizations from small not-for-profit groups and charities to larger institutions such as universities.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: Each year approximately 15,000 people leave the UK Armed Forces and for the vast majority they transition successfully into the civilian world, their lives having been enormously enriched by their time in service. However, some need additional support, and it is these most vulnerable people that Forces in Mind Trust exists to help. We fund projects that align to our four Change Mechanisms: Knowledge and evidence, Influencing and Convening, Collaboration and Leadership and Capacity Building. We fund across seven programme areas – Employment, Health, Housing, Criminal Justice, Relationships, Finance and our Enabling Programme.
Criteria: We welcome applications from various organizations from small not-for-profit groups and charities to larger institutions such as universities.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: Ongoing
“I’ve got an Idea” Fund (UK)
Description: Individuals or small groups or organisations in the UK who have a novel technical idea which they want to try out can apply for grants of between £250 and £3,000. Schools and groups of school children can also apply as long as the idea is being technically inventive and novel and, if it worked, delivering either an environmental or social benefit. The fund has been set up in memory of Peter Williams by his family. Peter spent his life generating a diversity of technical ideas and experimenting to see if they might work. The process always involved others and was always part of the fun. Some of his ideas worked and some of them didn’t but they all left the world a better and more interesting place. The fund is being run in that spirit of imagination, potential impact and fun.
Criteria: The fund is looking for ideas that; are based on a technical idea or innovation, could deliver a social or environmental benefit or are intriguing, inventive and have an element of fun.
Minimum: £250
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Applicants will be informed within 4 weeks of submission if their application has been successful.
Description: Individuals or small groups or organisations in the UK who have a novel technical idea which they want to try out can apply for grants of between £250 and £3,000. Schools and groups of school children can also apply as long as the idea is being technically inventive and novel and, if it worked, delivering either an environmental or social benefit. The fund has been set up in memory of Peter Williams by his family. Peter spent his life generating a diversity of technical ideas and experimenting to see if they might work. The process always involved others and was always part of the fun. Some of his ideas worked and some of them didn’t but they all left the world a better and more interesting place. The fund is being run in that spirit of imagination, potential impact and fun.
Criteria: The fund is looking for ideas that; are based on a technical idea or innovation, could deliver a social or environmental benefit or are intriguing, inventive and have an element of fun.
Minimum: £250
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Applicants will be informed within 4 weeks of submission if their application has been successful.
Funding for Projects that Support Vulnerable Migrants (UK)
Description: Not for profit organisations that promote positive interaction between different groups in order to counter xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia can apply for funding through the Barrow Cadbury Trust’s Migration Programme. Through its Migration Programme the Trust want to fund grassroots groups working with refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and other marginalised migrants. The Trust seek to enable grassroots groups to support the most vulnerable migrants as well as empower migrants and ensure they are not excluded from the public debate on migration. The Trust is particularly interested in:
· Work promoting positive interaction between different groups in order to counter xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia. This could include the identification of spokespeople, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to challenge extremism and promote a liberal, inclusive sense of national identity. It could also include highlighting promising practice and practical examples of where integration has worked within communities.
· Supporting migrant organisations, campaigners and others to influence national policy and promote the fair and dignified treatment of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, particularly undocumented migrants.
· Ensuring a broad range of voices is heard in the debate about migration and integration, including those affected by injustice.
· Supporting work to deepen understanding of public attitudes and concerns about immigration and integration and develop appropriate responses.
· Funding research and policy work on discrete areas of public policy with a view to developing fair and workable solutions to policy challenges.
Criteria: Potential applicants should in the first instance complete an enquiry form. The Trust will aim to respond within 10 working days.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Not specified.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: Not for profit organisations that promote positive interaction between different groups in order to counter xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia can apply for funding through the Barrow Cadbury Trust’s Migration Programme. Through its Migration Programme the Trust want to fund grassroots groups working with refugees, asylum seekers, undocumented migrants and other marginalised migrants. The Trust seek to enable grassroots groups to support the most vulnerable migrants as well as empower migrants and ensure they are not excluded from the public debate on migration. The Trust is particularly interested in:
· Work promoting positive interaction between different groups in order to counter xenophobia, racism and Islamophobia. This could include the identification of spokespeople, both Muslims and non-Muslims, to challenge extremism and promote a liberal, inclusive sense of national identity. It could also include highlighting promising practice and practical examples of where integration has worked within communities.
· Supporting migrant organisations, campaigners and others to influence national policy and promote the fair and dignified treatment of asylum seekers, refugees and migrants, particularly undocumented migrants.
· Ensuring a broad range of voices is heard in the debate about migration and integration, including those affected by injustice.
· Supporting work to deepen understanding of public attitudes and concerns about immigration and integration and develop appropriate responses.
· Funding research and policy work on discrete areas of public policy with a view to developing fair and workable solutions to policy challenges.
Criteria: Potential applicants should in the first instance complete an enquiry form. The Trust will aim to respond within 10 working days.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Not specified.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Henry Smith Charity Projects that Improve People’s Lives
Description: The Charity provides grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to 3 years for charitable organisations that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or simply not available. Funding priorities are help at a critical moment, positive choices, accommodation/housing support, employment and training, financial inclusion, rights and entitlements, and support networks and family.
Criteria: Eligible organisations include charities and not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises) in the UK with a turnover of £20,000 - £500,000. The Henry Smith Charity are aware that current services are likely to be affected by coronavirus. However, as the application process takes approximately 6 months, they would like applicants to detail how they would wish to deliver their services once the current government restrictions have been lifted.
Minimum: £20,000
Maximum: £60,000
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time
Description: The Charity provides grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to 3 years for charitable organisations that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or simply not available. Funding priorities are help at a critical moment, positive choices, accommodation/housing support, employment and training, financial inclusion, rights and entitlements, and support networks and family.
Criteria: Eligible organisations include charities and not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises) in the UK with a turnover of £20,000 - £500,000. The Henry Smith Charity are aware that current services are likely to be affected by coronavirus. However, as the application process takes approximately 6 months, they would like applicants to detail how they would wish to deliver their services once the current government restrictions have been lifted.
Minimum: £20,000
Maximum: £60,000
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time
Supporting the Most Vulnerable to Get Online
Description: The Connecting Scotland Programme aims to get 60,000 digitally excluded households online by the end of 2021. Organisations can apply for support on behalf of the people they work with. This includes: Digital devices – iPads and/or Chromebooks; Internet connectivity – a mobile WiFi hotspot with 24 months unlimited data; Training and support – for staff and volunteers to become ‘digital champions’ to support people to use the internet confidently and safely.
Previous application rounds have targeted those at high clinical risk from coronavirus, families with children, young care leavers, older people, disabled people and residents in care homes.
Criteria: Organisations working to remove barriers related to digital exclusion for unemployed young people and adults (aged 16+) are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: The Connecting Scotland Programme aims to get 60,000 digitally excluded households online by the end of 2021. Organisations can apply for support on behalf of the people they work with. This includes: Digital devices – iPads and/or Chromebooks; Internet connectivity – a mobile WiFi hotspot with 24 months unlimited data; Training and support – for staff and volunteers to become ‘digital champions’ to support people to use the internet confidently and safely.
Previous application rounds have targeted those at high clinical risk from coronavirus, families with children, young care leavers, older people, disabled people and residents in care homes.
Criteria: Organisations working to remove barriers related to digital exclusion for unemployed young people and adults (aged 16+) are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: Ongoing
New Fund to Support Victims, Survivors and Witnesses of Crime
Description: The Scottish Government has launched a new three-year funding programme which will invest at least £10 million per year to provide practical and emotional support to victims, survivors and witnesses of crime across Scotland. The Victim-Centred Approach Fund will award core funding, project funding or a mixture of both to help support specialist services for those bereaved by crime in Scotland or abroad, provide court advocacy support for survivors of gender-based violence, fund support and assistance for victims of human trafficking and enable better long-term outcomes for victims including improved mental and physical health.
Criteria: Third sector organisations, community interest companies and public bodies are able to register their interest now.
Minimum: Unspecified
Maximum: Unspecified
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: The Scottish Government has launched a new three-year funding programme which will invest at least £10 million per year to provide practical and emotional support to victims, survivors and witnesses of crime across Scotland. The Victim-Centred Approach Fund will award core funding, project funding or a mixture of both to help support specialist services for those bereaved by crime in Scotland or abroad, provide court advocacy support for survivors of gender-based violence, fund support and assistance for victims of human trafficking and enable better long-term outcomes for victims including improved mental and physical health.
Criteria: Third sector organisations, community interest companies and public bodies are able to register their interest now.
Minimum: Unspecified
Maximum: Unspecified
Closing Date: Ongoing
Funding to Turn Ideas into Positive Change (Scotland)
Description: Grants of up to £500 are available to individuals aged 16-26 looking to make a positive change in the issues that matter to them. The funding can be used by individuals to get their idea up and running and will help cover some of those costs. In addition, business support is available for those who decide to turn their idea into a business.
Criteria: The funding is being made available through the Pounds for Purpose grants programme and to be eligible the idea must primarily be for the benefit of people or communities within Scotland.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing Date: Applications can be submitted at any time. Decisions are usually made within 6-8 weeks.
Description: Grants of up to £500 are available to individuals aged 16-26 looking to make a positive change in the issues that matter to them. The funding can be used by individuals to get their idea up and running and will help cover some of those costs. In addition, business support is available for those who decide to turn their idea into a business.
Criteria: The funding is being made available through the Pounds for Purpose grants programme and to be eligible the idea must primarily be for the benefit of people or communities within Scotland.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £500
Closing Date: Applications can be submitted at any time. Decisions are usually made within 6-8 weeks.
Social Entrepreuners Fund
Description: The SEF offers three funds: Pounds for Purpose if you are aged 16-26 and want to put an idea that creates a positive impact into action; Start-It for the start-up costs of your social enterprise idea; Build It if you have tried and tested your social enterprise idea and want to turn it into your full-time job.
Criteria: Wherever you are on your social enterprise journey.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Pounds for Purpose £500; Start It £5,000; Build It £25,000
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: The SEF offers three funds: Pounds for Purpose if you are aged 16-26 and want to put an idea that creates a positive impact into action; Start-It for the start-up costs of your social enterprise idea; Build It if you have tried and tested your social enterprise idea and want to turn it into your full-time job.
Criteria: Wherever you are on your social enterprise journey.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Pounds for Purpose £500; Start It £5,000; Build It £25,000
Closing date: Ongoing
Development Funding for UK Food and Farming Social Enterprises
Description: A national programme is accepting applications. A blend of loan finance and grant funding is available to cooperatives, social enterprises and community businesses working in the UK's agriculture and food production sector to support and develop their work, helping to increase their social impact. The Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP) forms part of the Funding Enlightened Agriculture (FEA) initiative provided by the Real Farming Trust. The programme is accepting applications from community-based food and farming enterprises in the United Kingdom. Priority will be given to organisations with the following ownership/governance structures; Community Interest Companies, Community Benefit Societies, Cooperative Societies and Charitable Incorporated Organisations.
Criteria: The programme offers a blend of affordable loans and grants, together with business advice and support. Loan features:
Minimum: £20,000
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Applications may be made at any time.
Description: A national programme is accepting applications. A blend of loan finance and grant funding is available to cooperatives, social enterprises and community businesses working in the UK's agriculture and food production sector to support and develop their work, helping to increase their social impact. The Loans for Enlightened Agriculture Programme (LEAP) forms part of the Funding Enlightened Agriculture (FEA) initiative provided by the Real Farming Trust. The programme is accepting applications from community-based food and farming enterprises in the United Kingdom. Priority will be given to organisations with the following ownership/governance structures; Community Interest Companies, Community Benefit Societies, Cooperative Societies and Charitable Incorporated Organisations.
Criteria: The programme offers a blend of affordable loans and grants, together with business advice and support. Loan features:
- Unsecured loans for a 5-year term.
- For amounts of between £20,000 and £100,000.
- Can be used for capital or revenue costs.
- Interest rate of 5%, calculated on a declining balance, equal instalments basis.
- One-off administration fee, charged at 2% of the loan amount.
Minimum: £20,000
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Applications may be made at any time.
The Fore Transformational Grants
Description: The Fore makes unrestricted grants which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. Transformational impact includes helping an organisation become more sustainable, more efficient, to grow significantly or enabling an organisation to take a major step forward of some kind. The Fore is particularly looking to fund small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access trust and foundation funding in the past.
Criteria: Any registered charity, CIC, CIO or Community Benefit Society with turnover of under £500,000 in the last financial year is eligible to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £30,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: The Fore makes unrestricted grants which have the potential to have a transformational impact on an organisation. Transformational impact includes helping an organisation become more sustainable, more efficient, to grow significantly or enabling an organisation to take a major step forward of some kind. The Fore is particularly looking to fund small organisations working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that may have found it hard to access trust and foundation funding in the past.
Criteria: Any registered charity, CIC, CIO or Community Benefit Society with turnover of under £500,000 in the last financial year is eligible to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £30,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
The Marsh Christian Trust
Description: The aim of The Marsh Christian Trust is to create a sustainable way to give something back to society by supporting organisations and people who are making a difference. The Trust focuses on funding which could help organisations pay for various running costs. Charities will be working in the areas of arts and heritage, social welfare, environmental causes and animal welfare, education and training and healthcare.
Criteria: Applicants must be registered charities. This does not include Community Interest Companies.
Minimum: £300
Maximum: £2,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
Description: The aim of The Marsh Christian Trust is to create a sustainable way to give something back to society by supporting organisations and people who are making a difference. The Trust focuses on funding which could help organisations pay for various running costs. Charities will be working in the areas of arts and heritage, social welfare, environmental causes and animal welfare, education and training and healthcare.
Criteria: Applicants must be registered charities. This does not include Community Interest Companies.
Minimum: £300
Maximum: £2,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
Seafarers UK COVID-19 Emergency Fund
Description: In response to COVID-19’s impact on merchant seafarers, fishers and their families, this new £2m fund is intended for distribution in 2020/21, with 75% allocated to the international merchant seafaring community and 25% to UK coastal fishing fleets.
Criteria: Grants are offered to charities and other organisations providing frontline and support services to merchant seafarers, UK fishers and their families.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time and should be made via email to grants@seafarers.uk
Description: In response to COVID-19’s impact on merchant seafarers, fishers and their families, this new £2m fund is intended for distribution in 2020/21, with 75% allocated to the international merchant seafaring community and 25% to UK coastal fishing fleets.
Criteria: Grants are offered to charities and other organisations providing frontline and support services to merchant seafarers, UK fishers and their families.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time and should be made via email to grants@seafarers.uk
Funding to Support Single Parent Families in the UK Fashion or Textile Industry Affected by the Coronavirus (UK)
Description: Grants from the Fashion and Textile Children’s Trust can help single parents and carers who have worked in the UK fashion or textile industry and whose household income has reduced as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, or those who were struggling financially before the outbreak.
The Trust can fund items for children such as clothing, bedding and essential household items. The Trust cannot fund household bills, food costs or replace lost income.
Applicants may wish to apply if their income has recently been affected in any of the following ways:
· Made redundant or were already redundant and now can't get a new job
· Have been furloughed (temporarily laid-off) and can't afford to fund the 20% or more reduction in income
· Have been put on reduced working hours
· Have been made to take unpaid leave to care for your children
· Have lost self-employed income and are not eligible to apply for the new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and can't fund your lost income. OR can't fund your lost income until the SEISS scheme pays out
· Have to self-isolate and are not entitled to furlough/sick pay or your employer can't/won't pay it
The Trust encourages single parents and carers to apply for items their children will need for the year ahead, including:
· Essential clothing, e.g. seasonal clothing and school uniform and PE kit to get you ahead for September
· Baby clothing, equipment or bedding
· Children's bedroom furniture, e.g. beds, bedding, clothes storage furniture (chest of drawers)
· Essential White Goods, e.g. replacing a broken appliance such as fridge/freezer, washing machine, cooker/oven.
· Specialist items for children with additional needs, e.g. sensory toys, adaptive clothing or SEN adapted computers
Criteria: Applicants must have worked in the UK fashion and textile industry, for at least one year within the last nine years.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Not specified
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: Grants from the Fashion and Textile Children’s Trust can help single parents and carers who have worked in the UK fashion or textile industry and whose household income has reduced as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, or those who were struggling financially before the outbreak.
The Trust can fund items for children such as clothing, bedding and essential household items. The Trust cannot fund household bills, food costs or replace lost income.
Applicants may wish to apply if their income has recently been affected in any of the following ways:
· Made redundant or were already redundant and now can't get a new job
· Have been furloughed (temporarily laid-off) and can't afford to fund the 20% or more reduction in income
· Have been put on reduced working hours
· Have been made to take unpaid leave to care for your children
· Have lost self-employed income and are not eligible to apply for the new Self-Employed Income Support Scheme (SEISS) and can't fund your lost income. OR can't fund your lost income until the SEISS scheme pays out
· Have to self-isolate and are not entitled to furlough/sick pay or your employer can't/won't pay it
The Trust encourages single parents and carers to apply for items their children will need for the year ahead, including:
· Essential clothing, e.g. seasonal clothing and school uniform and PE kit to get you ahead for September
· Baby clothing, equipment or bedding
· Children's bedroom furniture, e.g. beds, bedding, clothes storage furniture (chest of drawers)
· Essential White Goods, e.g. replacing a broken appliance such as fridge/freezer, washing machine, cooker/oven.
· Specialist items for children with additional needs, e.g. sensory toys, adaptive clothing or SEN adapted computers
Criteria: Applicants must have worked in the UK fashion and textile industry, for at least one year within the last nine years.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Not specified
Closing Date: Ongoing
Funding for Research and Projects that Address Severe Learning Disabilities
Description: The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund provides research and project funding in the area of severe learning difficulties, including autism, for both children and adults. Grants are made to cover capital projects and core costs.
Criteria: Registered charities, schools and PTAs, and Industrial and Provident Societies may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
Description: The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund provides research and project funding in the area of severe learning difficulties, including autism, for both children and adults. Grants are made to cover capital projects and core costs.
Criteria: Registered charities, schools and PTAs, and Industrial and Provident Societies may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £10,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time.
Community Justice Fund
Description: Specialist social welfare legal advice organisations can apply for grants to help cope with the immediate impact of the pandemic and lay the foundations for longer-term renewal.
Criteria: Registered charities working in the UK
Minimum: £25,000
Maximum: £75,000
Closing date: Wave one is ongoing
Description: Specialist social welfare legal advice organisations can apply for grants to help cope with the immediate impact of the pandemic and lay the foundations for longer-term renewal.
Criteria: Registered charities working in the UK
Minimum: £25,000
Maximum: £75,000
Closing date: Wave one is ongoing
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Description: Funding is available to support families in need. Organisations applying should have a focus on family support in local areas of deprivation and this may include early intervention, families coping with addiction and prisoners’ families. Funding is available for core costs, salaries, running and project costs.
Criteria: Charitable organisations with a focus on family support are encouraged to apply. The applicant organisation’s postcode or project area must be ranked within the most deprived 15% SIMD for urban areas or most deprived 50% for rural areas.
Minimum: £10,000
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: Funding is available to support families in need. Organisations applying should have a focus on family support in local areas of deprivation and this may include early intervention, families coping with addiction and prisoners’ families. Funding is available for core costs, salaries, running and project costs.
Criteria: Charitable organisations with a focus on family support are encouraged to apply. The applicant organisation’s postcode or project area must be ranked within the most deprived 15% SIMD for urban areas or most deprived 50% for rural areas.
Minimum: £10,000
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Capital Projects Benefiting Disadvantaged People
Description: The Clothworkers Foundation awards grants towards capital projects and may cover the cost of buildings, fittings, fixtures, equipment and vehicles. The work of organisations applying must fit within one or more of the Foundation’s programme areas which include alcohol and substance misuse, disadvantaged young people, domestic and sexual abuse, homelessness, older people and people with disabilities.
Criteria: Registered charities, CICs and other registered not-for-profit organisation, including special schools, may apply.
Minimum: Decision within eight weeks for grants and projects less than £10,000.
Maximum: Decision within six months for grants over £10,000.
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: The Clothworkers Foundation awards grants towards capital projects and may cover the cost of buildings, fittings, fixtures, equipment and vehicles. The work of organisations applying must fit within one or more of the Foundation’s programme areas which include alcohol and substance misuse, disadvantaged young people, domestic and sexual abuse, homelessness, older people and people with disabilities.
Criteria: Registered charities, CICs and other registered not-for-profit organisation, including special schools, may apply.
Minimum: Decision within eight weeks for grants and projects less than £10,000.
Maximum: Decision within six months for grants over £10,000.
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
