We are excited to share our next exciting funding opportunity – The Fore’s Spring 2025 Funding Round.
What we offer successful applicants:
- An unrestricted grant – up to £30,000, spread across 1 to 3 years
- Access to skills and networks– including peers and pro bono support from experienced professionals
- Access to training– through our workshops programme and fully funded impact measurement support courses
Who we fund:
- Registered Charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), Community Interest Companies (CICs) limited by guarantee, and Charitable Community Benefit Societies (CBSs)/Non-Charitable CBSs with an asset lock
- Your annual revenue should be less than £500,000
To double check your eligibility, please take our short quiz here.
What we fund:
We offer unrestricted funding to help applicants grow, strengthen, become more efficient or resilient. We believe that by asking you and your charity what you need, our grants will create a transformational impact on your organisation.
For example, our grant might help your organisation to grow, increase your staff capacity, become more sustainable or make your systems more efficient. You can find examples of what we have previously funded here.
How to apply:
- Register your interest in applying (2–3 minutes). Registration will be open for one week from 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 4th December to 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 11th December. During this window, the link to register your interest will be on our Apply for Funding webpage.
- On Thursday 12th December, everyone who has registered will receive confirmation of whether they have been allocated a place on the funding round along with details of how to apply. If there are more applicants registered than places available, places will be allocated at random.
While we would really like to offer places to all who register for each funding round, The Fore is a charity and the number of places offered is limited by the amount of funding we have available to distribute and our wish to give feedback to every organisation who submits an application. This unfortunately means that while an organisation might register, they may not be invited to submit a full application. This is why registration is set up to take 2 to 3 minutes as we want to avoid taking up the precious time of charity leaders. We are continuously fundraising so we can offer more places per funding round and ultimately fund more applicants in the future.
- Once you have received confirmation of your place on the funding round, write and submit your application before the deadline of 5pm on Monday 13th January.
We are hosting an online Q&A session on Wednesday 4th December, 3pm to 4pm. If you want to hear more from The Fore team about our application process and pose your own questions before you register your interest in applying, you can sign up here. If you can’t make it on the day, please still register if you would like to receive the recording.
If you have any questions, we are happy to help – Please email us at info@thefore.org
Co-production is about a new way of doing things together and building a new partnership between statutory services, residents and the voluntary sector. It’s an exciting time in Hammersmith & Fulham, as coproduction is becoming the driving force for how decisions are made and services are developed.
At Sobus, we want to ensure the VCS are fully and meaningfully engaged in coproduction opportunities. We want to develop coproduction activities with statutory organisations, which enable and empower the voice of the VCS, and to build the skills and capacity of VCS orgs to coproduce their own services with local residents.
We are seeking an individual who is passionate about coproduction and the VCS to help take this work forward.
Closing date: 6pm, Wednesday 11th December
Interviews week commencing 16th December
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Strategic planning: Processes and tools for direction and decision making – 6 December (1 day) | Book your place
Discover essential tools and processes for effective decision-making, helping organisations stay focused on key priorities and adapt to changing circumstances. Learn to clearly articulate your organisation’s purpose, improve strategic planning and ensure your strategy stays on track. You can also attend this course on 23 January.
Managing people in the charity sector – 6 and 12 December (2 days) | Book your place
Equipping managers in the voluntary sector with essential skills to effectively lead staff, covering key areas such as motivation, workload management, and handling challenging situations. You can also attend this course on 8 and 15 January.
Project management in the voluntary sector – 9 and 12 December (2 days) | Book your place
This practical course is specifically tailored to the voluntary sector. It’s designed to give you all the principles and practical tools you need to plan, deliver and evaluate your project successfully. You can also attend this course on 14 and 17 January
Climate Change team at H&F Council and would love to share some information about the free training and support programme we’ve just launched – H&F Climate Champions!
It’s all about supporting people with a passion to make positive change happen locally, to bring their ideas to life.
The application process is a quick Microsoft form on our webpage: https://www.lbhf.gov.uk/environment/climate-and-ecological-emergency/hf-climate-champions
Schools and other not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of up to £1,500 for projects and activities that help children across the UK have a stronger start in life. Priority is given to initiatives that provide food and support to young people. These grants assist schools and organisations in offering nutritious food, healthy activities that promote physical and mental wellbeing—such as breakfast clubs or snacks—and equipment for healthy pursuits. Every three months, three local good causes or projects are selected for the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with grants awarded based on the number of votes each project receives. The funding is being made available through the Tesco Stronger Starts Programme, which is managed by Groundwork across the UK and is working with greenspace scotland to support applicants in Scotland. Applications can be made at any time. Funding to Tackle Hunger Amongst Young People (UK)
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to fund equipment and services to support disabled and disadvantaged children under 13 across the UK. The Toy Trust fund helps disadvantaged children and their families to alleviate suffering; support children through awful experiences; encourage achievement through adversity; purchase vital equipment; provide care; bolster existing initiatives; initiate brand new projects; and satisfy basic needs. Groups that have carried out some form of effective fundraising by themselves are particularly encouraged to apply. The next deadline to apply is mid-February 2025 for the March meeting of Trustees. Funding to Support Disabled & Disadvantaged Children (UK)
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 who are looking specifically to support projects helping offenders find work as well as projects that support marginalised groups. A secondary priority is given to projects aiding disadvantaged young people, including immigrants, in realising their potential and engaging in society. The Weavers’ Company has two funding streams: a Small Grants Programme offering up to £5,000, and a Main Grants Programme with no maximum limit. Funding covers both project and core costs. Applicants must demonstrate efforts to secure other funding and future sustainability. The next application deadline is the 13th March 2025. Funding to Support Disadvantaged Young People and Offenders (UK)
Wednesday 27 November at 2pm – “Pension Credit & the Winter Fuel payment”
Friday 29 November at 2pm – “Energy, Claiming Pension Credit/Winter Fuel payments”
Thursday 19 December at 2pm – “Claiming Pension”
sobus
20 Dawes Road, London, SW6 7EN
Telephone 020 7952 1230
Email info@sobus.org.uk
Registered Charity No.1071089
and Company Limited by Guarantee. Registered in England No.03471416
Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.