UK-registered charities that work towards combating abuse and violations of human rights can apply for grants of up to £20,000. Applications are particularly welcomed from charities working to support migrants, refugees and asylum seekers; criminal justice and penal reform; and human rights, particularly access to justice. The funding is being made available through the A B Charitable Trust. The Trust generally makes one-off grants to charities registered and working in the UK with annual incomes of between £150,000 and £1.5m that do not have substantial investments or surpluses. The next closing date for applications is the 29th January 2023. Funding for Projects that Combat Abuse and Violation of Human Rights (UK)
Registered charities, churches, parish councils, local authorities and CASC registered sports clubs can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 for the provision, maintenance or improvement of community facilities. This can include village halls and community centres, public play areas; publicly available multi use games areas, skate parks and BMX tracks; sport and recreation grounds including pavilions and clubhouses with full public access; churches – community spaces only; nature reserves; public gardens, parks, country parks and woodlands with at least dawn to dusk access; and Museums. The funding is being made available through the FCC Community Action Fund and is available to projects located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment site. The fund is currently closed but will re-open for applications from the 21st December until 5pm on the 8th March 2023. Grants of up to £100,000 Available for Community Facilities (England)
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support small, grass-roots and local charities which are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community across the UK. The funding, which is being made available through Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants Scheme, can be used to cover projects, core costs, building projects, or essential equipment to enable ongoing service provision for charities with a turnover of less than £150,000 per annum that can show financial stability and a clear need for their services. Competition for funding is expected to be strong. Applications can be submitted at any time. Grants of up to £10,000 to Support Grassroots Charities (UK)
Comic Relief has launched a cost-of-living appeal in partnership with the Evening Standard and the Independent, to raise urgent funds for people in need this winter. Money raised through the On the Breadline Cost of Living Christmas Appeal will support community organisations working to get help to people across the UK who need it most. This could include supporting foodbanks, and providing help, advice and mental health support, along with warm winter clothes, electric blankets and water bottles, energy top cards, and food vouchers. Comic Relief has donated £1 million to launch the appeal and help organisations tackle the cost-of-living crisis. Comic Relief Launches Emergency Cost of Living Appeal (UK)
The Charity Excellence Framework was set up to advise and help charities with a huge online resource base including a completely free funding finder. It links you to 400+ other less well known free funding directories and online funder lists, enabling you to:
- Click through to more trust and foundations than any other directory and;
- Making finding the right grant funding quicker and easier by finding online funder lists, where someone has already done the hard work for you.
- Latest Funding.It’s updated weekly, with the latest funding opportunities displayed using its ‘Recent Additions’ search category.
- Small Charities.Its small charities & community groups search category makes finding grant funding much easier for small organisations.
- Core Funding.It’s core funders search category finds grant makers that fund core costs, including many less well known and niche grant makers; there are 150+.
- It’s the only UK directory that searches globally, so you can find funding in areas, such as the US and Europe.
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Registered charities that work to tackle family problems or problems facing one or more of its members can apply for grants of up to £5,000. Funding is available for both capital and revenue grants as well as grants for core funding and projects-based grants. The funding is being made available through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust which actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered. The next closing date for applications is the The next closing date for applications is the 1st March 2023. Funding of up to £5,000 Available to Tackle Problems within Families (UK)
How to make sure your proposal stands out
‘As fundraisers, we are all faced with two main constraints: our budget and time. This can lead to feeling overwhelmed and the need to rush and churn out proposals. However, the art of proposal writing is not just in the narrative but is in the preparation, planning and research that needs to go beforehand.’ Read more here.
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‘Select your supporters and donors wisely. We are, of course, very grateful for the financial support, gifts in kind, time given to fundraising, partnerships and the like provided to our charities. And it is only right that we should recognise that a pensioner giving £5 could be as much of a sacrifice as an employed person at the peak of their career giving £10K.’ Read more here.
Funding to Support Communities Facing Financial Hardship (UK)
New Philanthropy Capital is making funding available to charities and other not-for-profit organisations working to support disadvantaged and underrepresented groups in the UK who are facing financial hardship.
The Open Philanthropy Fund – Tackling Financial Hardship Funds will award funding via two streams to support groups including asylum seekers, young people, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, those with experience of domestic violence, single parent households, women and girls, and people with disabilities.
Panel A’s Fund offers grants of up to £15,000 to organisations with a turnover of less than £100,000, and Panel B’s Fund offers grants of up to £25,000 to organisations with a turnover of less than £200,000.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 16th December 2022.
https://www.thinknpc.org/npc-labs/blog/apply-for-open-philanthropy-funding/
Grants of up to £3,000 Available to Charities Supporting Vulnerable & Disadvantaged People (UK)
The Leathersellers Company is seeking applications from small charities that are providing vital services for vulnerable people in deprived communities across the UK.
The Small Grants Programme will award grants of up to £5,000 to organisations with an annual income of less than £200,000. Partnerships are encouraged. The number of applications will be capped and accepted on a first-come, first-served basis e.g. the first 45 applications after each round opens will be able to be submitted.
The Committee will meet regularly to ensure charities receive a decision within a month of submitting their application.
Applications are now open for the 6th December 2022 committee meeting. Submissions will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis until the first 45 applications have been received.
https://leathersellers.co.uk/small-grants-programme/
Funding to Promote Community Resilience (UK)
Registered charities can apply for grants of between £25,000 and £50,000 for projects that support vulnerable people, and build community resilience across the UK.
The Lloyd’s of London Foundation is looking to partner with charities to deliver projects in the areas of:
- employability,
- social mobility,
- mental health,
- climate,
- disaster avoidance and relief.
The funding can be used to cover costs including salaries, materials and equipment, training of charity employees, and activities for the project.
Charities will also have an opportunity to engage with Lloyd’s Corporation and wider insurance market through fundraising and volunteering initiatives.
The deadline for applications to the 2023 Charity Partnerships Programme is 11:59pm on the 11th December 2022.
https://www.lloyds.com/foundation
Grants to Help People of Colour Develop & Deliver Creative & Cultural Projects (UK)
Grants of £1,000 are available to support people of colour in the UK to develop and deliver a wide range of creative and cultural projects.
The funding is made available by the Grand Plan, which awards ten grants every two months to support projects for which £1,000 would make a huge difference, ranging from poetry, paintings, fashion, zines, music, food, flowers, and photographs to workshops or events.
It can be used to cover costs such as equipment, courses, time, materials or travel – anything needed to create and deliver a new cultural project.
Grand Plan award ten grants every two months, and the current round closes on 30th November 2022.
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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.