FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES:
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Please note that TSI is here to help organisations with applications. Call 0300 303 4141 or email us at support@argylltsi.org.uk
Bank of Scotland Foundation Reach Programme (Very short deadline)
Description: Grants will be made available to charities that can demonstrate they address disadvantage and social exclusion to ensure that the most vulnerable people are supported and provide them with opportunity and equality. Examples include charities addressing primary disadvantage such as homelessness, abuse, mental health or poverty, or secondary disadvantage such as debt issues, learning disabilities, illiteracy, lack of employability skills or health issues; as well as charities addressing exclusionary challenges for minorities, people with disabilities, LGBT people, drug users, institutional care leavers, the elderly or the young.
Criteria: The funding is being made available through the Bank of Scotland Foundation's Reach Programme and is available to registered charities in Scotland that have been operating for a year or more and have an income of less than £1.5 million.
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £25,000
Closing Date: The next application window will open at 12 noon on the 26th July 2021 and will close at 12 noon on 29th July 2021.
Description: Grants will be made available to charities that can demonstrate they address disadvantage and social exclusion to ensure that the most vulnerable people are supported and provide them with opportunity and equality. Examples include charities addressing primary disadvantage such as homelessness, abuse, mental health or poverty, or secondary disadvantage such as debt issues, learning disabilities, illiteracy, lack of employability skills or health issues; as well as charities addressing exclusionary challenges for minorities, people with disabilities, LGBT people, drug users, institutional care leavers, the elderly or the young.
Criteria: The funding is being made available through the Bank of Scotland Foundation's Reach Programme and is available to registered charities in Scotland that have been operating for a year or more and have an income of less than £1.5 million.
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £25,000
Closing Date: The next application window will open at 12 noon on the 26th July 2021 and will close at 12 noon on 29th July 2021.
The National Lottery Heritage Digital Volunteering Fund
Description: The funding will aid organisations in developing their own understanding and use of digital volunteers – building vital skills and capacity. Digital volunteering opportunities might include activities that require technical skills, for example: collecting, uploading, or organising data; website design and maintenance; translating; running online events; providing training and improving online accessibility. We are also interested in organisations offering at distance volunteering opportunities. These can provide volunteers with flexibility to support heritage from any location and at times that may better suit them. This approach opens up opportunities to those who may not have had the capacity to volunteer previously due to location, personal commitments, time limitations or travel restrictions.
Criteria: Heritage organisations and partnerships of all sizes across the UK may apply.
Minimum: £10,000
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Project Enquiry Forms must be submitted by 12 noon on 16 August and full applications by 27 September.
Description: The funding will aid organisations in developing their own understanding and use of digital volunteers – building vital skills and capacity. Digital volunteering opportunities might include activities that require technical skills, for example: collecting, uploading, or organising data; website design and maintenance; translating; running online events; providing training and improving online accessibility. We are also interested in organisations offering at distance volunteering opportunities. These can provide volunteers with flexibility to support heritage from any location and at times that may better suit them. This approach opens up opportunities to those who may not have had the capacity to volunteer previously due to location, personal commitments, time limitations or travel restrictions.
Criteria: Heritage organisations and partnerships of all sizes across the UK may apply.
Minimum: £10,000
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Project Enquiry Forms must be submitted by 12 noon on 16 August and full applications by 27 September.
Sustaining Support for Armed Forces Communities
Description: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a new £6 million programme to provide short-term support for existing charitable projects supporting Armed Forces communities in the UK.
Criteria: The Sustaining Support to Armed Forces Communities programme will award one-year grants to Armed Forces charities and charities with an existing track record of supporting Armed Forces communities.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Midday 9th September 2021
Description: In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a new £6 million programme to provide short-term support for existing charitable projects supporting Armed Forces communities in the UK.
Criteria: The Sustaining Support to Armed Forces Communities programme will award one-year grants to Armed Forces charities and charities with an existing track record of supporting Armed Forces communities.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £100,000
Closing Date: Midday 9th September 2021
Woodward Charitable Trust
Description: Woodward Charitable Trust gives priority to projects that make good use of volunteers, encourage past and current users to participate, ensure that funds awarded are being well used and fall within the following areas: Children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour. This covers gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community; Disadvantaged families, this covers parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects and would also include projects that benefit travellers, ethnic minorities and refugee families; Prisoners and ex-offenders and specifically projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoner’s families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release.
Criteria: Charities, social enterprises, and community interest companies may apply for funding.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Noon on 30th July 2021
Description: Woodward Charitable Trust gives priority to projects that make good use of volunteers, encourage past and current users to participate, ensure that funds awarded are being well used and fall within the following areas: Children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour. This covers gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community; Disadvantaged families, this covers parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects and would also include projects that benefit travellers, ethnic minorities and refugee families; Prisoners and ex-offenders and specifically projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoner’s families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release.
Criteria: Charities, social enterprises, and community interest companies may apply for funding.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £3,000
Closing Date: Noon on 30th July 2021
The Anchor Foundation
Description: The Anchor Foundation provides grants to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through ministries of healing and the arts. Funding can be awarded for up to three years. The Foundation will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work.
Criteria: Christian charities that encourage social inclusion are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £10,000 per year
Closing Date: 31st July 2021
Description: The Anchor Foundation provides grants to Christian Charities that encourage social inclusion through ministries of healing and the arts. Funding can be awarded for up to three years. The Foundation will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding. Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work.
Criteria: Christian charities that encourage social inclusion are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £10,000 per year
Closing Date: 31st July 2021
Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation Grant
Description: UK registered charities working to help those at disadvantage in society can apply to the Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation for support. Grants are available to cover the costs involved in directly supporting those in need including those with disabilities, affected by homelessness, or with serious health issues. Donations usually fund items of capital expenditure. Previous grants have gone to organisations supporting young people in applying for jobs and towards the purchase of a portable multi-sensory environment that will turn any room into a sensory room.
Criteria: The Foundation accepts applications from UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million per year.
Minimum: £250
Maximum: £1,000
Closing Date: 2nd August 2021
Description: UK registered charities working to help those at disadvantage in society can apply to the Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation for support. Grants are available to cover the costs involved in directly supporting those in need including those with disabilities, affected by homelessness, or with serious health issues. Donations usually fund items of capital expenditure. Previous grants have gone to organisations supporting young people in applying for jobs and towards the purchase of a portable multi-sensory environment that will turn any room into a sensory room.
Criteria: The Foundation accepts applications from UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million per year.
Minimum: £250
Maximum: £1,000
Closing Date: 2nd August 2021
Funding to Build the Digital and Financial Skills of Disadvantaged People
Description: The Santander Foundation has announced the launch of a new £1.8million fund to support UK charities and CICs working to build people’s digital and financial skills. The Financial & Digital Empowerment Fund will award grants to twelve projects which help to equip disadvantaged people with the tools, knowledge and confidence to make better, informed decisions about money, and to help them achieve new opportunities for employment and education. This could include lone parents, single pensioners, migrants and refugees, those with long term illnesses and disabilities, those struggling to find sustained employment, and households headed by students or part-time workers.
Criteria: To be eligible, the applicant organisation will have to have a minimum annual income of £75,000.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £150,000 over 3 years
Closing Date: 13th August 2021
Description: The Santander Foundation has announced the launch of a new £1.8million fund to support UK charities and CICs working to build people’s digital and financial skills. The Financial & Digital Empowerment Fund will award grants to twelve projects which help to equip disadvantaged people with the tools, knowledge and confidence to make better, informed decisions about money, and to help them achieve new opportunities for employment and education. This could include lone parents, single pensioners, migrants and refugees, those with long term illnesses and disabilities, those struggling to find sustained employment, and households headed by students or part-time workers.
Criteria: To be eligible, the applicant organisation will have to have a minimum annual income of £75,000.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £150,000 over 3 years
Closing Date: 13th August 2021
Screwfix Foundation
Description: The Screwfix Foundation is open for applications for projects that will fix, repair, maintain and improve the properties and community facilities of those in need by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability, distress or other disadvantage. Grants are available for all kinds of projects, from repairing buildings and improving facilities in deprived areas, to decorating the homes of people living with sickness and disabilities.
Criteria: Charities and not-for-profit organisations are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: 14th August 2021
Description: The Screwfix Foundation is open for applications for projects that will fix, repair, maintain and improve the properties and community facilities of those in need by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability, distress or other disadvantage. Grants are available for all kinds of projects, from repairing buildings and improving facilities in deprived areas, to decorating the homes of people living with sickness and disabilities.
Criteria: Charities and not-for-profit organisations are encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: 14th August 2021
Arctic Connections Fund
Description: The Arctic Connections Fund has been established to help Scottish organisations and communities collaborate with partners in the Arctic. It promotes exchange of expertise on shared issues and aims to raise awareness of common ambitions. The fund will support initiatives including (but not limited to) seminars and conferences, hackathons and workshops, community learning opportunities and academic research. Projects that set the scene for longer-term initiatives are also eligible.
Criteria: Organisations based in Scotland are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £10,000
Closing Date: Noon on 27th August 2021
Description: The Arctic Connections Fund has been established to help Scottish organisations and communities collaborate with partners in the Arctic. It promotes exchange of expertise on shared issues and aims to raise awareness of common ambitions. The fund will support initiatives including (but not limited to) seminars and conferences, hackathons and workshops, community learning opportunities and academic research. Projects that set the scene for longer-term initiatives are also eligible.
Criteria: Organisations based in Scotland are eligible to apply.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £10,000
Closing Date: Noon on 27th August 2021
Grants to Support the Performing Arts and the Conservation of Historic Objects
Description: Through the Performing Arts funding strand, the Leche Trust supports projects that promote excellence in professional performance in music, dance and theatre, with particular emphasis on new work and on the development of young professionals aged 18 or over. Trustees are sympathetic to projects that widen geographical access to the performing arts, for example through festivals and touring.
Through the Conservation funding stream, the Trust will support projects to conserve historic objects, collections and features of buildings and landscapes which date from the Georgian period or earlier, i.e. pre-1830s. Projects may include acquisition costs (for objects) and conservation surveys as well as remedial work.
Criteria: Grants are available to UK registered charities, public authorities or institutions in the areas of the Performing Arts and Conservation. Trustees are inclined to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where their contribution can make a greater impact. In the case of churches, Trustees will consider supporting the conservation of such features as monuments, wall paintings, stained glass, and historic furniture and fittings.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: 27th August 2021
Description: Through the Performing Arts funding strand, the Leche Trust supports projects that promote excellence in professional performance in music, dance and theatre, with particular emphasis on new work and on the development of young professionals aged 18 or over. Trustees are sympathetic to projects that widen geographical access to the performing arts, for example through festivals and touring.
Through the Conservation funding stream, the Trust will support projects to conserve historic objects, collections and features of buildings and landscapes which date from the Georgian period or earlier, i.e. pre-1830s. Projects may include acquisition costs (for objects) and conservation surveys as well as remedial work.
Criteria: Grants are available to UK registered charities, public authorities or institutions in the areas of the Performing Arts and Conservation. Trustees are inclined to give grants to smaller projects, or specific elements of projects, where their contribution can make a greater impact. In the case of churches, Trustees will consider supporting the conservation of such features as monuments, wall paintings, stained glass, and historic furniture and fittings.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: 27th August 2021
Child’s Charitable Trust
Description: The Childs Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust, supporting Christian UK registered charities and organisations both in the UK and overseas. During 2017 the Trust awarded grants to 81 different organisations all based in the UK but operating in more than 100 different countries worldwide. Projects will be considered that fall into the following categories: Youth, Outreach, Society and Education.
Criteria: Registered charities or ‘excepted charities’ may apply. Please note that in view of the present Coronavirus pandemic and international financial instability, the trustees are having to critically review all applications with regard to the financial viability of both the organisation and project. Applications for funding should not be made if the project in question has been postponed or is likely to be cancelled.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: 31st August 2021
Description: The Childs Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust, supporting Christian UK registered charities and organisations both in the UK and overseas. During 2017 the Trust awarded grants to 81 different organisations all based in the UK but operating in more than 100 different countries worldwide. Projects will be considered that fall into the following categories: Youth, Outreach, Society and Education.
Criteria: Registered charities or ‘excepted charities’ may apply. Please note that in view of the present Coronavirus pandemic and international financial instability, the trustees are having to critically review all applications with regard to the financial viability of both the organisation and project. Applications for funding should not be made if the project in question has been postponed or is likely to be cancelled.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: 31st August 2021
Funding to Tackle Problems within Families
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 through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust. The objective is to reinforce the benefit and support that family members as a unit can give to each other. 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. Criteria: The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: 1st September 2021
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 through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust. The objective is to reinforce the benefit and support that family members as a unit can give to each other. 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. Criteria: The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered.
Minimum: £1,000
Maximum: £5,000
Closing date: 1st September 2021
Grants for Churches for the Conservation of Decorative Feature and Monuments
Description: The William and Jane Morris Fund accepts applications from churches, chapels and other places of worship built before 1896 for grants to carry out small programmes of conservation work to decorative features and monuments. Eligible work could include stained glass windows, sculpture, furniture, internal monuments, tombs and wall paintings.
Criteria: All work funded must be directed by a professional architect or established conservator and completed according to the principles of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: 31st August 2021
Description: The William and Jane Morris Fund accepts applications from churches, chapels and other places of worship built before 1896 for grants to carry out small programmes of conservation work to decorative features and monuments. Eligible work could include stained glass windows, sculpture, furniture, internal monuments, tombs and wall paintings.
Criteria: All work funded must be directed by a professional architect or established conservator and completed according to the principles of the Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings (SPAB).
Minimum: £500
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: 31st August 2021
Grants to Support Animal Welfare Charities
Description: The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust offers grants to charities working to offer sanctuary, rehoming and rehabilitation to animals in the UK and/or internationally. Organisations involved with the conservation of wildlife, the rescue, rehabilitation and (where possible) release of animals are also eligible to apply. The funding supports general running costs or capital purchases.
Criteria: Charities registered in the UK may apply for grants. The Trust encourages repeat applications from charities when further financial support might be given if funds allow.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £35,000
Closing Date: 1st September 2021
Link: Applications must be made in writing only to:
Mrs. Madeleine Orchard, Administrator
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
P.O.Box 469
London
W14 8PJ
Description: The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust offers grants to charities working to offer sanctuary, rehoming and rehabilitation to animals in the UK and/or internationally. Organisations involved with the conservation of wildlife, the rescue, rehabilitation and (where possible) release of animals are also eligible to apply. The funding supports general running costs or capital purchases.
Criteria: Charities registered in the UK may apply for grants. The Trust encourages repeat applications from charities when further financial support might be given if funds allow.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £35,000
Closing Date: 1st September 2021
Link: Applications must be made in writing only to:
Mrs. Madeleine Orchard, Administrator
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
P.O.Box 469
London
W14 8PJ
Funding for Projects to Increase Literacy, Numeracy and Digital Skills
Description: Thomas Wall grants are available to registered charities to assist with specific projects or core activities that support literacy, numeracy, digital and additional skills for people aged 11 or older in order to increase their employment prospects within the UK.
Criteria: To be eligible the applicants must: be a UK charity that has been registered with OSCR for at least 3 years, be a project or running costs for a charity that equips people (aged 11 and over) with the skills ready for employment and have an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is 3rd September 2021.
Description: Thomas Wall grants are available to registered charities to assist with specific projects or core activities that support literacy, numeracy, digital and additional skills for people aged 11 or older in order to increase their employment prospects within the UK.
Criteria: To be eligible the applicants must: be a UK charity that has been registered with OSCR for at least 3 years, be a project or running costs for a charity that equips people (aged 11 and over) with the skills ready for employment and have an annual turnover of less than £500,000.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: The deadline for submitting expressions of interest is 3rd September 2021.
People’s Postcode Trust
Description: The People’s Postcode Trust re-opened for applications on 1st February 2021 and will award grants on a monthly basis until October 2021. Funded by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, the Trust makes grants to support smaller charities and good causes in Scotland under many themes.
Criteria: To be eligible to apply, organisations will need to have an annual income of below £1 million with preference given to those with an income of below £500,000 per year. The funding is available for 12 months.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Registered charities £20,000 Other constituted groups £2,000
Closing date: 1st October 2021
Description: The People’s Postcode Trust re-opened for applications on 1st February 2021 and will award grants on a monthly basis until October 2021. Funded by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery, the Trust makes grants to support smaller charities and good causes in Scotland under many themes.
Criteria: To be eligible to apply, organisations will need to have an annual income of below £1 million with preference given to those with an income of below £500,000 per year. The funding is available for 12 months.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Registered charities £20,000 Other constituted groups £2,000
Closing date: 1st October 2021
Funding to Support Disadvantaged Young People and Offenders
Description: The Weavers' Company, a textile-related, charitable and sociable organisation, has announced that its grants programme is now open. Small registered charities can apply for grants for projects working with: Supporting offenders and ex-offenders, particularly those under 30 years of age; Helping disadvantaged young people. Applicants must show that they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for the future, which should include replacement funding if appropriate.
Criteria: To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than £100,000. Those working across the UK or in larger areas should normally have an income of not more than £250,000. Grants are usually given for one year.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £15,000
Closing Date: 19th November 2021
Description: The Weavers' Company, a textile-related, charitable and sociable organisation, has announced that its grants programme is now open. Small registered charities can apply for grants for projects working with: Supporting offenders and ex-offenders, particularly those under 30 years of age; Helping disadvantaged young people. Applicants must show that they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for the future, which should include replacement funding if appropriate.
Criteria: To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than £100,000. Those working across the UK or in larger areas should normally have an income of not more than £250,000. Grants are usually given for one year.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £15,000
Closing Date: 19th November 2021
Grants to Support Work which Improves Financial Wellbeing
Description: The Standard Life Foundation’s grant programme invites proposals from organisations across the UK seeking funding for policy work, campaigning and research focused on three areas that influence financial wellbeing: income; spending; assets. These areas might include wages, pensions and taxation, gambling, borrowing and repayment problems, and savings. Between 15 and 20 grants are awarded each year and priority is given to work focusing on younger generations. More specifically the Foundation is looking to support work that examines and promotes measures to: Increase incomes for those on low-to-middle incomes; Ensure people have an adequate safety net, building savings and assets; Reduce the cost of living, making sure those on lower incomes are not paying more; Address issues related to spending and borrowing, particularly where it becomes problematic.
Criteria: Charities, voluntary organisations, think tanks, campaigning groups, research bodies, and universities may apply for grants for strategic work which improves financial wellbeing.
Minimum: £10,000
Maximum: £200,000
Closing Date: 1pm on 4th February 2022
Description: The Standard Life Foundation’s grant programme invites proposals from organisations across the UK seeking funding for policy work, campaigning and research focused on three areas that influence financial wellbeing: income; spending; assets. These areas might include wages, pensions and taxation, gambling, borrowing and repayment problems, and savings. Between 15 and 20 grants are awarded each year and priority is given to work focusing on younger generations. More specifically the Foundation is looking to support work that examines and promotes measures to: Increase incomes for those on low-to-middle incomes; Ensure people have an adequate safety net, building savings and assets; Reduce the cost of living, making sure those on lower incomes are not paying more; Address issues related to spending and borrowing, particularly where it becomes problematic.
Criteria: Charities, voluntary organisations, think tanks, campaigning groups, research bodies, and universities may apply for grants for strategic work which improves financial wellbeing.
Minimum: £10,000
Maximum: £200,000
Closing Date: 1pm on 4th February 2022
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
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
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
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 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
Emergency Funding for Charities Financially Impacted by the Covid-19 Crisis
Description: The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK will provide support to organisations struggling to manage the financial impact of the pandemic either because of increased demand for their services or from loss of income. Support will be available to organisations in a critical position and operating in education relating to non-domestic animals, visual and performing arts, medical research, the relief of disability or severe illness or the accommodation of those in need.
Criteria: Small- and medium-sized charities, CICs and registered societies may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK will provide support to organisations struggling to manage the financial impact of the pandemic either because of increased demand for their services or from loss of income. Support will be available to organisations in a critical position and operating in education relating to non-domestic animals, visual and performing arts, medical research, the relief of disability or severe illness or the accommodation of those in need.
Criteria: Small- and medium-sized charities, CICs and registered societies may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £1,000
Closing date: Applications can be made at any time.
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.
