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The Henry Smith Charity's Strengthening Communities Programme
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The Strengthening Communities grant programme aims to support small, grass roots organisations who are embedded in the community, working within the most deprived areas of the UK. Through this grant programme they want to make sure that their funding reaches organisations that provide services which are widely accessible to the whole community and respond to, and address the needs of the people living in it.
They fund established organisations with a track record of delivering services directly to beneficiaries and want to fund work that enables:
- People from across the community to participate in activities which improve connectedness, opportunities and wellbeing
- People who are excluded, vulnerable or facing other forms of hardship to have access to community-based services that support positive lasting change
- A stronger, active, more engaged community
Funding: Between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for 1-3 years. Funding can be used to support running costs.
Deadline: Applications are being accepted on an ongoing basis.
To apply, click HERE
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GSK Impact Awards 2023
The GSK IMPACT Awards are an annual programme, funded by GSK as part of the company’s commitment to promote community health and wellbeing.
The awards have been running since 1997, and are managed in partnership with The King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and care. The GSK IMPACT Awards recognise and reward charities that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.
Funding: Up to ten winners will receive £40,000, with one overall winner receiving an additional £10,000.
• Up to five runners-up will receive £4,000
• The awards are designed to recognise success and achievements for existing work – you do not need to present a new project
• Award winners will also be offered training and development valued at an average of £9,500 and have a film made about their work
Deadline: 1st September 2022.
To apply, click HERE
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The National Lottery Community Fund – Climate Action Fund
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Climate Action Fund
This funding aims to help communities across the UK to address climate change.
They’re looking for projects that focus on the link between nature and climate. They want to fund projects that use nature to encourage more community-led climate action. TNL expect these projects to bring other important social and economic benefits, like the creation of strong, resilient and healthy communities or the development of ‘green’ skills and jobs.
They’re interested in projects that can do at least one of the following:
- show how creating a deeper connection with nature will lead to changing people’s behaviours and greater care for the environment
- show how by bringing nature back into the places we live and work, we can help communities to reduce or adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Deadline: Ongoing
Funding: Up to £1.5 million over 2 to 5 years, with most projects between £300,000 and £500,000. Development grants of £50,000 to £150,000 over 12 to 18 months.
For further information, click HERE
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Youth Hostel Association’s Breaks Programme
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Youth Hostel Association’s Breaks Programme
Organisations seeking to offer breaks for disadvantaged young people and families with the most challenging lives can apply for support for a residential stay in England and Wales.
Organisations can apply on behalf of any individual or group of young people who are experiencing disadvantage including homelessness, disability, long-term illness, bereavement, and other circumstances that limit children’s opportunities.
The funding is made available through the Youth Hostel Association’s Breaks Programme which will accept applications from school groups in the Alternative Provision sector of education, along with schools who are interested in taking pupils on a residential break from primary to secondary school; organisations who work with families; and groups who are seeking support for a residential stay.
Deadline: Ongoing.
Funding: Undisclosed.
To apply, click HERE
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Habitat Creation Fund
Grants are available for partnership-led pilot projects to research carbon storage in new and restored habitats.
The funding is made available by the Environment Agency through the Habitat Creation Grant which aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote carbon sequestration. The fund will be administered by Natural England, which will work with successful pilot projects to carry out research and monitoring to compare carbon storage and uptake across different habitats of different ages in an area of at least 500 hectares in size, including native woodland, peaty pockets, hedgerows, heath, fen, and semi-natural grassland.
Deadline: 29th August 2022
Funding: Undisclosed. 15% match funding is required.
To apply, click HERE
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Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Innovation Fund
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Rewilding Innovation Fund
Funding is available for locally-led land and marine rewilding projects. Rewilding Britain’s Rewilding Innovation Fund will support up to ten innovative projects seeking to create new opportunities for large-scale nature restoration through community engagement, business plans for enterprises such as ecotourism that generate income for the local economy, feasibility studies, or using new technology in rewilding.
Applicants must be members of the Rewilding Network.
Deadline: 14th October 2022
Funding: up to £15,000.
For more information, click HERE
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Night Shelter Transformation Fund
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Funding is available to advance the development of Shelters and increase the variety and quality of services they provide.
The funding is made available by the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, working in partnership with Homeless Link and Housing Justice, through the Night Shelter Transformation Fund.
Who can apply: Community and voluntary groups in England working directly with people experiencing rough sleeping in a Night Shelter.
Deadline: 26th August 2022.
Funding: up to £100,000.
For further information, click HERE
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Media Literacy Taskforce Fund
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Media Literacy Taskforce Fund
Funding is available for projects piloting new methods of delivering media literacy projects interventions to ‘hard to reach’ people across England.
The aim is to educate and empower internet users across the UK to manage their online safety. The funding is made available by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport through the Media Literacy Taskforce Fund which will support projects working through local communities that help disengaged people, such as those who are digitally excluded or from lower socio-economic backgrounds, to improve their critical thinking of what they see in the media through ways that are tailored to their needs and relevant to their daily lives.
Who can apply: To be eligible to apply, the applicant organisation must:
- be registered to operate in the UK
- have experience of delivering media literacy interventions or equivalent subject matter expertise
- target a local area in England (e.g. a town or county)
Partnership and consortia applications are encouraged.
Funding: up to £250,000.
Deadline: The deadline for applications is 9am on the 30th August 2022.
For more information, click HERE
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Asda Foundation’s Empowering Local Communities Fund
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Grants are available to support a broad range of activities that contribute towards transforming communities and improving lives across the UK. The focus of this funding round is to address the impact the rising cost of living is having on communities and supporting refugees arriving in the UK.
Who can apply: Community groups and organisations.
Funding: up to £1,500.
Deadline: Applications should be made through each local Asda store’s Community Champion by the 19th August 2022.
To apply, click HERE
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The directors of the corporate trustee ('the directors') operate a grant giving policy with a view to making annual distributions of £350,000. They support a wide range of UK Registered Charities.
The directors are particularly interested in supporting the following areas of charitable work:-
- Medical research
- Care of the elderly
- General welfare
- Hospices
- The Deaf and Blind
- Care of the physically & mentally disabled
- The Armed Forces
Deadline: 31st August 2022
Funding: c£5,000
For further information, click HERE
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