A short summary of funding opportunities that have came to our attention this week.
The Stephen Beard Foundation [CLOSING SOON]
The Stephen Beard Foundation, a charitable trust set up to raise money to support existing mental health projects based on the Wirral, has extended the deadline for their small grants programme to next Monday.
The fund can support community groups, charities and projects based on Wirral that focus on helping the community with mental health needs, and will award small grants of up to £1000 for this funding round.
Current deadline: 13th January 2025
To read more: The Stephen Beard Foundation | Facebook
The Charles Hayward Foundation
Grants of up to £7,000 are available from the Charles Hayward Foundation. They wish to fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent. They are interested in programmes which can demonstrate their effectiveness in improving the quality of life of older people. They favour projects that offer a consistent and sustained benefit rather than one-off events or short-lived activities.
They fund projects in the following sub-categories:
Programmes aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities.
Programmes which give practical help, assistance and support for older people living in their own homes.
Programmes addressing the emotional and practical needs of older carers.
Programmes designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.
To read more: Older People - Charles Hayward Foundation
The National Lottery Community Power Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund is inviting organisations to join the development stage of the Community Power Fund, a new £100 million programme over ten years designed to help communities across England take greater control of local decisions and services. Up to £1.2 million will be provided to support 10 to 15 partner organisations in this initial phase.
Community power is defined as enabling communities to have influence over where they live and the services they rely on. Selected partner organisations will lead or expand initiatives that strengthen this influence, especially for excluded, marginalised, and underrepresented groups. The programme aims to identify effective strategies, overcome obstacles, and establish sustainable approaches for building community power.
Eligible applicants include voluntary and community organisations, registered charities, community interest companies, and charitable incorporated organisations. Schools, statutory bodies like local councils, and community benefit societies can also apply if their projects benefit the surrounding community.
Grants will range between £50,000 and £80,000 for each organisation involved.
Current deadline: 5th February 2025
To read more: Community Power | The National Lottery Community Fund
The Adamson Trust
Families and groups of children, schools, organisations, and other registered charities can apply for financial assistance from the Adamson Trust for the cost of holidays or respite breaks for disabled children with physical, mental, or emotional impairments.
To be eligible, the child must be a resident of the UK and between the ages of 3 and 17. The Trust requires evidence of their disability or illness from a medical or social services professional. Grants from the Trust usually only cover a portion of the holiday expenses.
Current deadline: 31st March 2025
To read more: The Adamson Trust
The 7stars Foundation
Grants of up to £2,500 are available to charitable organisations supporting challenged and vulnerable young people under the age of 16 in the UK.
The 7stars Foundation provides funding for projects which support children and young people living in areas of deprivation and socioeconomic disadvantage who are affected by:
Abuse
Addiction
Homelessness
Responsibilities as young carers
Examples of eligible projects include recreational activities, mentoring programmes, and counselling sessions.
The grants are available to registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £1.5 million.
Current deadline: 5th February 2025
To read more: the7stars foundation
The Baily Thomas general grants programme
UK charities, parent-teacher Associations, and schools can apply for grants to help children and adults suffering severe learning difficulties, including autism.
The funding is being made available through the Baily Thomas General grants programme and can be used to purchase equipment, support capital works, and cover project and core costs.
Previous grants have been used to support:
Capital building/renovation/refurbishment works for residential, nursing and respite care, and schools
Employment schemes including woodwork, crafts, printing and horticulture
Play schemes and play therapy schemes
Day and social activities centres including building costs and running costs
Support for families, including respite schemes
Independent living schemes
Support in the community schemes
Snoezelen rooms
The Fund does not currently accept appeals from Community Interest Companies.
Current deadline: 1st March 2025
To read more: Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
The Weavers' Company
Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, and in exceptional circumstances Community Interest Companies can apply for grants for projects that support offenders and ex-offenders as well as into work and helping specific less popular groups within the criminal justice sector.
The funding is being made available through the Weavers' Company. In allocating funding, priority is given to projects that support offenders into work and projects that work with less popular groups in society. A secondary priority is given to supporting projects that work with young people from disadvantaged and socio-economically challenged groups, such as immigrants, to ensure they are given every possible chance to realise their full potential and to participate fully in society.
The Company operates two funding streams:
A Small Grants Programme that provides grant of up to £5,000
A Main Grants programme which has no maximum grant limit
The funding is available for both project and core costs. Applicants must show they have investigated other sources of funding and made plans for future funding.
Current deadline: 13th March 2025
To read more: Charitable Grants – The Weavers' Company
The Masonic Charitable Foundation Charity Grants programme
Funding is available for registered charities that are working to support disadvantaged children and young people, as well as vulnerable older people and their carers in England and Wales.
The Masonic Charitable Foundation Charity Grants programme awards small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000, and large grants of between £10,000 and £60,000 to support projects that are focusing on: children affected by domestic abuse; early years; children with special educational needs and disabilities; and people with dementia and their carers.
Applicants are invited to submit an expression of interest (EOI), and if successful, will be invited to complete a full application. EOIs can be submitted at any time.
To read more: Grants to charities - The Masonic Charitable Foundation
Onward Community Fund
Community organisations located in Merseyside, Greater Manchester, and Lancashire can apply for grants of up to £2,500 to support projects that make a positive difference in their locality.
The funding is being made available through the Onward Community Fund. This year, the fund is interested in supporting projects that help people and communities facing increased challenges due to the cost-of-living crisis.
Current deadline: 1st February 2025
To read more: Onward Community Fund | Onward
Our past Funding Bulletins will also have grant opportunities that are still open!
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