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
Funding to Support the Historic Environment Sector
Description: Funding is made available through Historic Environment Scotland’s Partnership Fund to support the costs of delivering up to three different areas of activity for up to three years. The types of activities that will be eligible for grant under the Partnership Fund will vary, but some examples include: professional or volunteer training programmes addressing recognised historic environment skills gaps at a national level; developmental, advocacy or capacity-building activities enabling the sector to achieve strategic outcomes in line with national priorities; outreach activities or learning programmes delivering high-impact outcomes for audiences across Scotland.
Criteria: Third sector organisations across Scotland will be able to apply for multi-year funding to support projects and activities delivering national impact for Scotland’s historic environment sector.
Closing Date: Expressions of Interest by 15th August 2022
Description: Funding is made available through Historic Environment Scotland’s Partnership Fund to support the costs of delivering up to three different areas of activity for up to three years. The types of activities that will be eligible for grant under the Partnership Fund will vary, but some examples include: professional or volunteer training programmes addressing recognised historic environment skills gaps at a national level; developmental, advocacy or capacity-building activities enabling the sector to achieve strategic outcomes in line with national priorities; outreach activities or learning programmes delivering high-impact outcomes for audiences across Scotland.
Criteria: Third sector organisations across Scotland will be able to apply for multi-year funding to support projects and activities delivering national impact for Scotland’s historic environment sector.
Closing Date: Expressions of Interest by 15th August 2022
Grants for the Planting and Care of Trees, Hedges and Orchards
Description: The Tree Council has announced that it will re-open its Branching Out Fund in July. Through the Fund, schools, community groups, parish and town councils, and tree warden networks within the UK will be able to apply for grants of between £300 and £1,500 to get communities and young people up to the age of 21 involved in planting and caring for trees, hedges and orchards.
Criteria: The funding will cover the cost of trees, hedges and fruit trees; reasonable costs of non-plastic protection and supports, as well as peat-free compost and/or soil improvers.
Minimum: £300
Maximum: £1,500
Closing Date: Branching Out Fund opens in July.
Description: The Tree Council has announced that it will re-open its Branching Out Fund in July. Through the Fund, schools, community groups, parish and town councils, and tree warden networks within the UK will be able to apply for grants of between £300 and £1,500 to get communities and young people up to the age of 21 involved in planting and caring for trees, hedges and orchards.
Criteria: The funding will cover the cost of trees, hedges and fruit trees; reasonable costs of non-plastic protection and supports, as well as peat-free compost and/or soil improvers.
Minimum: £300
Maximum: £1,500
Closing Date: Branching Out Fund opens in July.
Funding to Improve the National Cycle Network
Description: Constituted community groups can apply for grants of £2,500 for projects which will make artistic and aesthetic improvements along the National Cycle Network in Scotland, with the ultimate aim of encouraging more people to travel by bike or foot, and making cycle routes more attractive and enjoyable. Sustrans’ Scotland ArtRoots Fund encourages the showcasing of local talent and expression for youngsters through their arts, and encourages local communities to shape their local environment and become more active.
Criteria: Applications from non-constituted groups will be considered, as will grants of £5,000 if applicants can demonstrate that higher funding will lead to a significant increase in new active travel journeys.
Maximum: £2,500 and £5,000
Closing Date: Funding rounds typically run every two months. Community groups are encouraged to submit an expression of interest at any point in the year.
Description: Constituted community groups can apply for grants of £2,500 for projects which will make artistic and aesthetic improvements along the National Cycle Network in Scotland, with the ultimate aim of encouraging more people to travel by bike or foot, and making cycle routes more attractive and enjoyable. Sustrans’ Scotland ArtRoots Fund encourages the showcasing of local talent and expression for youngsters through their arts, and encourages local communities to shape their local environment and become more active.
Criteria: Applications from non-constituted groups will be considered, as will grants of £5,000 if applicants can demonstrate that higher funding will lead to a significant increase in new active travel journeys.
Maximum: £2,500 and £5,000
Closing Date: Funding rounds typically run every two months. Community groups are encouraged to submit an expression of interest at any point in the year.
Equipment to Deliver Outdoor Learning
Description: Schools in England, Scotland and Wales can apply for up to £500 worth of free outdoor equipment and up to half a day of professional outdoor training to deliver outdoor learning and play. The funding is being made available through the charity Learning through Landscapes’ Local School Nature Grant Programme and is funded by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Funding will also be open to Early Years’ settings which have their own building and more than five staff.
Criteria: There will be four funding rounds throughout the year which will support a total of 900 schools.
Maximum: £500
Closing Date: 2nd September 2022
Description: Schools in England, Scotland and Wales can apply for up to £500 worth of free outdoor equipment and up to half a day of professional outdoor training to deliver outdoor learning and play. The funding is being made available through the charity Learning through Landscapes’ Local School Nature Grant Programme and is funded by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. Funding will also be open to Early Years’ settings which have their own building and more than five staff.
Criteria: There will be four funding rounds throughout the year which will support a total of 900 schools.
Maximum: £500
Closing Date: 2nd 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 Local Green Spaces (Scotland)
Description: The funding is being made available through the Volunteering Matters Action Earth Grants who will be awarding a total of 150 grants on a first come first served basis.Priority will be given to volunteer groups which:
Minimum : £50
Maximum: £250
Closing Date: Applicants should register their interest and submit their applications as soon as possible.
Description: The funding is being made available through the Volunteering Matters Action Earth Grants who will be awarding a total of 150 grants on a first come first served basis.Priority will be given to volunteer groups which:
- Work in areas where there is substantial social or economic deprivation
- Improve and develop the health and wellbeing of their local community
- Involve disabled people, vulnerable people or those at risk of exclusion
- Encourage and involve people under 26 in practical outdoor conservation
Minimum : £50
Maximum: £250
Closing Date: Applicants should register their interest and submit their applications as soon as possible.
Let's Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund
Description: The new Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Criteria: Funding is available for many types of self-managed community buildings, including
village halls, community centres, community hubs, sports facilities and faith buildings. Applicants must be constituted non-profit distributing community organisations, including organisations with charitable status, that are established and operating across a geographically defined community or faith groups.
Maximum: Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Closing Date: The fund is planned to run until the end of March 2025, subject to funding availability.
Description: The new Let’s Do Net Zero Community Buildings Fund under CARES will help community organisations reduce their building energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions.
Criteria: Funding is available for many types of self-managed community buildings, including
village halls, community centres, community hubs, sports facilities and faith buildings. Applicants must be constituted non-profit distributing community organisations, including organisations with charitable status, that are established and operating across a geographically defined community or faith groups.
Maximum: Grant funding is available for up to 80% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £80,000.
Closing Date: The fund is planned to run until the end of March 2025, subject to funding availability.
Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund
Description: The Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund will support social enterprises, charities, and community organisations to become carbon neutral through activities including waste reduction, reducing energy consumption, transitioning to sustainable transport options, and developing circular economy products, services, processes and practices.
Criteria: The fund provides flexible loans from £10,000 to £1,500,000. Organisations which have a particular focus on circular economy projects that deliver new or additional re-use, repair, or leasing/sharing activity, may also be eligible for a small grant of up to £20,000. Organisations should produce an expression of interest form in the first instance.
Amount: Minimum – £10,000 Maximum – £1,500,000
Interest rate: 3% Fixed
Term: Loans must be settled in full by 31st March 2031
Description: The Social Enterprise Net Zero Transition Fund will support social enterprises, charities, and community organisations to become carbon neutral through activities including waste reduction, reducing energy consumption, transitioning to sustainable transport options, and developing circular economy products, services, processes and practices.
Criteria: The fund provides flexible loans from £10,000 to £1,500,000. Organisations which have a particular focus on circular economy projects that deliver new or additional re-use, repair, or leasing/sharing activity, may also be eligible for a small grant of up to £20,000. Organisations should produce an expression of interest form in the first instance.
Amount: Minimum – £10,000 Maximum – £1,500,000
Interest rate: 3% Fixed
Term: Loans must be settled in full by 31st March 2031
Scottish Landfill Communities Fund Accepting Applications for 2022
Description: Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations to enhance the environment of communities affected by landfill operations in Scotland. Viridor Credits Environmental Company is offering grants of up to £25,000 for constituted, not-for-profit organisations for projects that address one or more of the following objectives as defined by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA):
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing Date: The deadlines for applications in 2022 are 31 July and 31 October.
Description: Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations to enhance the environment of communities affected by landfill operations in Scotland. Viridor Credits Environmental Company is offering grants of up to £25,000 for constituted, not-for-profit organisations for projects that address one or more of the following objectives as defined by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA):
- Object A - The reclamation, remediation, restoration, or other operation on land to facilitate economic, social, or environmental use.
- Object B - Community-based recycling, reuse, and waste prevention projects.
- Object C - To provide, maintain or improve a public park or other public amenities.
- Object D - The conservation or promotion of biological diversity through the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat or the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat.
- Object E - The maintenance, repair or restoration of a building, other structure or a site of archaeological interest which is a place of religious worship, or a site of historic or architectural or archaeological interest and is open to the public.
- Object F - The provision of financial, administration and other similar services to projects.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £25,000
Closing Date: The deadlines for applications in 2022 are 31 July and 31 October.
Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust Sustainable Futures Fund (UK)
Description: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures fund focuses grant making on:
Maximum: £100,000 (may be single payments or spread over up to three years).
Closing Date: To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system. The deadline to register is the 28th October 2022 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 14th November 2022
Description: The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust recognises that climate change caused by human activity is threatening the well-being of humanity and that the wealthiest countries and individuals are responsible for a disproportionate share of emissions, whilst the poorest countries and sections of society are the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. In order to tackle this issue, the Sustainable Futures fund focuses grant making on:
- Identifying the true costs and risks of resource depletion, climate change and other environmental problems
- Campaigns, initiatives and work that promote alternatives to consumerism
- Campaigns and movements that give a voice to young activists and marginalised groups on issues of economic and environmental justice.
- Better economics – with grants funding work that explores how sustainability rather than traditional forms of economic growth.
- Beyond consumerism – funded work will include that which engages people individually and collectively in moving culture away from consumerism and towards more sustainable ways of living.
- New Voices – funding for campaigns and movements that enable marginalised groups and young activists to have a voice in decisions which affect them.
- Responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism.
Maximum: £100,000 (may be single payments or spread over up to three years).
Closing Date: To apply, organisations need to register with the Trust's grants management system. The deadline to register is the 28th October 2022 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 14th November 2022
Free Trees for Community Groups and Schools
Description: The Woodland Trust has announced that it has thousands of free tree packs available to community groups and schools across the UK, plus nurseries, colleges, universities and outdoor learning centres. The trees are available for planting on an area that is accessible to the public so that it can be used and enjoyed by others. Tree packs available include hedging, copse, wild harvest, year round colour, working wood, wild wood and urban trees. If applying as a school, trees should be planted on either the school grounds, land the school has arranged regular access to or in an area that is publicly accessible.
Criteria: Applications for a tree pack for a community group need to: state that the land is accessible to the public, make sure the local community is aware of the plans to plant and is happy for the project to go ahead, be applying for up to 420 trees in each application cycle or season. There are two delivery periods per year in November and March, when the trees are dormant and perfect for planting.
Closing Date: Applications for November 2022 delivery being taken now.
Description: The Woodland Trust has announced that it has thousands of free tree packs available to community groups and schools across the UK, plus nurseries, colleges, universities and outdoor learning centres. The trees are available for planting on an area that is accessible to the public so that it can be used and enjoyed by others. Tree packs available include hedging, copse, wild harvest, year round colour, working wood, wild wood and urban trees. If applying as a school, trees should be planted on either the school grounds, land the school has arranged regular access to or in an area that is publicly accessible.
Criteria: Applications for a tree pack for a community group need to: state that the land is accessible to the public, make sure the local community is aware of the plans to plant and is happy for the project to go ahead, be applying for up to 420 trees in each application cycle or season. There are two delivery periods per year in November and March, when the trees are dormant and perfect for planting.
Closing Date: Applications for November 2022 delivery being taken now.
Funding to Support the Manufacturing Industry to Reduce Emissions & Cut Waste
Description: More than £25 million in funding is available over the next four years to support the Scottish manufacturing industry to reduce emissions and cut waste. The funding will support businesses that wish to pursue business growth by developing low carbon products, processes, technologies or services.
Criteria: Businesses will be required to fund the rest of the project independently once an amount has been allocated.
Maximum: Grants of over £150,000 are available, with amounts varying depending on the type of proposal – whether it is a research and development, a capital investment, or an environmental aid project.
Closing Date: Funding will be available from 19 May 2022 until 31 March 2026 and applicants should submit an expression of interest in the first instance.
Description: More than £25 million in funding is available over the next four years to support the Scottish manufacturing industry to reduce emissions and cut waste. The funding will support businesses that wish to pursue business growth by developing low carbon products, processes, technologies or services.
Criteria: Businesses will be required to fund the rest of the project independently once an amount has been allocated.
Maximum: Grants of over £150,000 are available, with amounts varying depending on the type of proposal – whether it is a research and development, a capital investment, or an environmental aid project.
Closing Date: Funding will be available from 19 May 2022 until 31 March 2026 and applicants should submit an expression of interest in the first instance.
First Port Social Entrepreneurs Fund – Start it
Description: This fund is specifically for individuals with a social business idea that addresses social, environmental and or community issues. A Start It award can help you pay for start-up costs. The kind of costs we can cover are quite wide-ranging; typical examples include: legal fees for setting up a legal entity for the enterprise and/or registration as a charity or Community Interest Company; rent, website, branding, logo design and marketing materials; stationery, insurances.
Criteria: You can apply for Start it if you have an idea for a social enterprise but need some funding to get it up and running. The idea should be new, not a continuation of something already existing. Applicants who have never had an award from us before will be prioritised.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Description: This fund is specifically for individuals with a social business idea that addresses social, environmental and or community issues. A Start It award can help you pay for start-up costs. The kind of costs we can cover are quite wide-ranging; typical examples include: legal fees for setting up a legal entity for the enterprise and/or registration as a charity or Community Interest Company; rent, website, branding, logo design and marketing materials; stationery, insurances.
Criteria: You can apply for Start it if you have an idea for a social enterprise but need some funding to get it up and running. The idea should be new, not a continuation of something already existing. Applicants who have never had an award from us before will be prioritised.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Scottish Forestry Community Fund
Scottish Forestry Community Fund supports groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more. Funding is available for schemes including those that promote physical activity such as walking, safe routes to school, natural play and adventure play; develop materials that promote the health and well-being benefits of using woodlands; facilitate volunteering for skills training, health improvement and community development; establish volunteer groups and the induction of volunteers; provide resources to involve communities in the decision making process of managing their local woodland.
Criteria: Eligible applicants need to support the above outcome and objectives. Applicants can include: community groups, voluntary groups, development trusts, social enterprises, charities, local authorities. Private individuals are ineligible. The minimum requirement is that the applicant has a bank account, and for community-based groups, a basic constitution.
The level of funding will be on a sliding scale. Follow the link below for more details.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Scottish Forestry Community Fund supports groups and organisations that encourage people to use woods more. Funding is available for schemes including those that promote physical activity such as walking, safe routes to school, natural play and adventure play; develop materials that promote the health and well-being benefits of using woodlands; facilitate volunteering for skills training, health improvement and community development; establish volunteer groups and the induction of volunteers; provide resources to involve communities in the decision making process of managing their local woodland.
Criteria: Eligible applicants need to support the above outcome and objectives. Applicants can include: community groups, voluntary groups, development trusts, social enterprises, charities, local authorities. Private individuals are ineligible. The minimum requirement is that the applicant has a bank account, and for community-based groups, a basic constitution.
The level of funding will be on a sliding scale. Follow the link below for more details.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Electric Bike Loan Scheme for Individuals
Description: To encourage sustainable and active travel, Transport Scotland are making interest-free loans available to help Scottish residents purchase new electric bikes, including cargo and adapted cycles. The scheme offers interest-free loans for individuals, repayable over four years, that can be used for: 2 x ebikes capped at £3,000 each; 1 x family eCargo bike capped at £6,000; or 1 x adapted cycle.
Criteria: Applicants must not make any other payment towards the purchase of the ebike(s) before receiving a loan offer as funding is not provided retrospectively.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £6,000
Closing Date: The fund is administered by Energy Saving Trust, which will process applications on a first come, first served basis all year round, subject to the availability of loan funds.
Description: To encourage sustainable and active travel, Transport Scotland are making interest-free loans available to help Scottish residents purchase new electric bikes, including cargo and adapted cycles. The scheme offers interest-free loans for individuals, repayable over four years, that can be used for: 2 x ebikes capped at £3,000 each; 1 x family eCargo bike capped at £6,000; or 1 x adapted cycle.
Criteria: Applicants must not make any other payment towards the purchase of the ebike(s) before receiving a loan offer as funding is not provided retrospectively.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £6,000
Closing Date: The fund is administered by Energy Saving Trust, which will process applications on a first come, first served basis all year round, subject to the availability of loan funds.
The Scottish Land Fund
Description: To help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable, the National Lottery Community Fund is awarding grants to enable voluntary, community and public sector organisations to take ownership of land and buildings. Successful applicants will clearly demonstrate that their project will help their local community to: achieve more sustainable economic, environmental and/or social development through ownership of land and buildings, have a stronger role in and control over their own development, own well-managed, financially sustainable land and buildings. Delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The Scottish Land Fund enables both urban and rural communities to successfully manage local land and land assets to meet local need and deliver benefit for the whole community. Practical support will also be provided to help communities to develop their aspirations into viable projects.
Criteria: Applicants can be from one of a wide range of representative community bodies, including voluntary organisations, social enterprises or community councils.
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £1m
Closing Date: Applications can be made at any time.
Description: To help urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable, the National Lottery Community Fund is awarding grants to enable voluntary, community and public sector organisations to take ownership of land and buildings. Successful applicants will clearly demonstrate that their project will help their local community to: achieve more sustainable economic, environmental and/or social development through ownership of land and buildings, have a stronger role in and control over their own development, own well-managed, financially sustainable land and buildings. Delivered in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund and Highlands and Islands Enterprise, The Scottish Land Fund enables both urban and rural communities to successfully manage local land and land assets to meet local need and deliver benefit for the whole community. Practical support will also be provided to help communities to develop their aspirations into viable projects.
Criteria: Applicants can be from one of a wide range of representative community bodies, including voluntary organisations, social enterprises or community councils.
Minimum: £5,000
Maximum: £1m
Closing Date: Applications can be made at any time.
National Lottery Community Fund – Growing Great Ideas Programme
Description: The Growing Great Ideas programme, part of the UK portfolio, funds projects that support long-term societal change.
Criteria: Lead organisations need to be a registered charity, CIC, SCIO, Community benefit society, Co-operative society, voluntary or community organisation , statutory body (including community councils - they can be part of the initiative but not lead it), Company limited by guarantee (if it has a not-for-profit clause). The minimum length for projects is two years.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £150,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis.
Description: The Growing Great Ideas programme, part of the UK portfolio, funds projects that support long-term societal change.
Criteria: Lead organisations need to be a registered charity, CIC, SCIO, Community benefit society, Co-operative society, voluntary or community organisation , statutory body (including community councils - they can be part of the initiative but not lead it), Company limited by guarantee (if it has a not-for-profit clause). The minimum length for projects is two years.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £150,000
Closing date: Applications can be submitted on an ongoing basis.
Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund
Description: A new five-year £70 million Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund to improve recycling services and treatment infrastructure has opened to applications. New innovations and improvements could include: promoting waste prevention or reuse; improving the consistency of collections; collecting problematic materials such as electrical items; improving sorting and treatment infrastructure; introducing new low-carbon technologies that would deliver wider environmental benefits, or encouraging behaviour change.
Criteria: Local authorities, groups of local authorities and local authority-led partnerships involving the third and private sectors are invited to apply to the Recycling Improvement Fund to help drive new innovations and improvements to recycling in their area and across the country.
Minimum: £16m is available in the first year
Maximum: £16m is available in the first year
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: A new five-year £70 million Scottish Government Recycling Improvement Fund to improve recycling services and treatment infrastructure has opened to applications. New innovations and improvements could include: promoting waste prevention or reuse; improving the consistency of collections; collecting problematic materials such as electrical items; improving sorting and treatment infrastructure; introducing new low-carbon technologies that would deliver wider environmental benefits, or encouraging behaviour change.
Criteria: Local authorities, groups of local authorities and local authority-led partnerships involving the third and private sectors are invited to apply to the Recycling Improvement Fund to help drive new innovations and improvements to recycling in their area and across the country.
Minimum: £16m is available in the first year
Maximum: £16m is available in the first year
Closing date: Ongoing
Funding for Projects that Promote a Better Understanding of the Environment and Countryside
Description: The Nineveh Charitable Trust funds a broad range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research.
Criteria: UK schools and not-for-profit organisations may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000 per year for up to three years.
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Description: The Nineveh Charitable Trust funds a broad range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research.
Criteria: UK schools and not-for-profit organisations may apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £5,000 per year for up to three years.
Closing date: Applications can be submitted at any time
Garfield Weston Foundation
Description: The Foundation aims to be responsive to where need is greatest and therefore supports a wide range of charitable activity in the following categories: Arts, Education, Youth, Health, Museums & Heritage, Community, Environment, Faith and Welfare. The Trustees have a preference for charities directly delivering services and activities to those in need, and are especially keen to see applications from charities in the Welfare, Youth and Community sectors and also in regions of economic disadvantage.
Criteria: From small community groups to large national institutions, the Foundation’s aim is to support organisations that have effective solutions to helping those most in need.
Minimum: Regular grants up to £100,000
Maximum: Major grants £100,000 and over
Closing date: Ongoing
Description: The Foundation aims to be responsive to where need is greatest and therefore supports a wide range of charitable activity in the following categories: Arts, Education, Youth, Health, Museums & Heritage, Community, Environment, Faith and Welfare. The Trustees have a preference for charities directly delivering services and activities to those in need, and are especially keen to see applications from charities in the Welfare, Youth and Community sectors and also in regions of economic disadvantage.
Criteria: From small community groups to large national institutions, the Foundation’s aim is to support organisations that have effective solutions to helping those most in need.
Minimum: Regular grants up to £100,000
Maximum: Major grants £100,000 and over
Closing date: Ongoing
Funding Available for Green Projects
Description: Delivery company DPD has announced that grants of up to £2,000 are available through its Eco Fund. Previous projects supported included £1,000 to purchase seven recycling bins for a school canteen; these bins allowed pupils to segregate waste, reducing the amount of waste going into landfill and £1,700 funding to a primary school to redevelop its forest school facility and plant hedgerows creating an environment for wildlife to thrive.
Criteria: The fund is open to anyone but schools and educational facilities across the UK working on green projects with their students and start-up companies working on developing environmentally friendly products are particularly encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £2,000
Closing date: Applications are reviewed monthly and there are no application deadlines.
Description: Delivery company DPD has announced that grants of up to £2,000 are available through its Eco Fund. Previous projects supported included £1,000 to purchase seven recycling bins for a school canteen; these bins allowed pupils to segregate waste, reducing the amount of waste going into landfill and £1,700 funding to a primary school to redevelop its forest school facility and plant hedgerows creating an environment for wildlife to thrive.
Criteria: The fund is open to anyone but schools and educational facilities across the UK working on green projects with their students and start-up companies working on developing environmentally friendly products are particularly encouraged to apply.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: £2,000
Closing date: Applications are reviewed monthly and there are no application deadlines.
Funding to Help Save Nationally Important Heritage Assets at Risk of Loss Due to the Coronavirus Pandemic
Description: The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s Covid-19 Response Fund will support a broad range of heritage, from fine and decorative arts to museum collections and archives, historic buildings and land, and items of industrial, transport and maritime heritage. Successful applications could include: acquisition costs, urgent conservation works necessary as a result of COVID-19, fixed term support to enable heritage assets to be sustainably re-homed, interim safeguarding costs and investment in permanent solutions to support heritage assets for the long term.
Criteria: Charities, not-for-profit and public sector organisations can apply for funding to help save nationally important heritage assets at risk of loss due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: The fund will remain open to applications until the end of April 2023.
Description: The National Heritage Memorial Fund’s Covid-19 Response Fund will support a broad range of heritage, from fine and decorative arts to museum collections and archives, historic buildings and land, and items of industrial, transport and maritime heritage. Successful applications could include: acquisition costs, urgent conservation works necessary as a result of COVID-19, fixed term support to enable heritage assets to be sustainably re-homed, interim safeguarding costs and investment in permanent solutions to support heritage assets for the long term.
Criteria: Charities, not-for-profit and public sector organisations can apply for funding to help save nationally important heritage assets at risk of loss due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
Minimum: £0
Maximum: Unknown
Closing Date: The fund will remain open to applications until the end of April 2023.
