UK charities and community interest companies helping people with digital and financial skills are being invited to apply for grants of up to £150,000 from the Santander Foundation. Requirements include having income of more than £75,000 a year, at least three unconnected trustees, directors or management committee members, and at least one set of filed annual accounts. Deadline 23rd September 2022. Find out more and apply online here.
Grants of between £100,000 and £1 million are available to UK charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that help disabled people feel empowered and supported to travel independently on public transport. The funding is made available through Motability’s Travelling with Confidence Grants Programme, which has been designed to look at both the policy and practice to make the transport sector more inclusive as well as provide information, support and training to enable disabled people to use public transport. There is a two-stage application process. Motability aim to respond to all stage one applications within four weeks. The programme will run until the end of March 2025. Grant Programme Launched to Encourage Disabled People to Travel Independently (UK)
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UK charities can apply for funding of up to £2,500 to help them improve their online digital presence. The funding is available to charities with an average income of less than £1 million a year to support hard-to-fund digital expenditure that other funders will often not cover. Funding will help organisations to build websites and apps, digitise services, and purchase digital products. Priority will be given to projects which focus on environmental protection or climate change mitigation, human rights, international development, equality and diversity, social justice / refugees / housing, education, art and culture, health and wellbeing, and prisoner rehabilitation. The funding is being made available through the Fat Beehive Foundation and applications are considered on a rolling basis at quarterly trustee meetings. Funding to Improve Online Digital Presence for Small Charities (UK)
H&F Giving and Hammersmith & Fulham Council have launched the Ukrainian Support Fund, awarding grants to Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) groups which support Ukrainian refugees living in the borough. The funding has been raised via community and corporation funding.
They will distribute grants of up to £2,000 to local (VCS) organisations to support Ukrainians who have fled the war to live in Hammersmith & Fulham. This is to support local services, activities and events such as:
- Cultural
- Sports
- Social activities
- Music
- Arts & crafts
- English language learning
- Advice services
The funding criteria
- There is a total of £7,000 available for distribution.
- Projects must have distributed or fully committed the funding by 20 January 2023
- Funding is to provide direct support to residents of Hammersmith & Fulham who have fled the war in Ukraine in 2022.
- Deadline for applications midnight Thursday 15 September 2022.
For further information and to apply visit the website Ukrainian Support Fund – H&F Giving (hfgiving.org.uk). If you have any queries about your project’s eligibility, or for support in completing the form, please contact Flora, Executive Director, at flora@hfgiving.org or on 07881 103827
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to support the needs of vulnerable children and young people who have experienced a recent crisis or change in life that has had a significant impact on their social and emotional wellbeing and their education.
The funding is being made available through the Buttle UK’s Chances for Children Grants. Support might include items and activities to support learning and development such as laptops, books, wi-fi, educational toys, tuition, etc; clothing and school uniforms; and social, sporting and leisure activities; and items for children/young people’s bedrooms.
Buttle UK will only accept applications from frontline professionals (from a registered charity, housing association or public sector organisation):
- who are working directly with the children/young person
- ideally, have carried out at least one home visit
- and have made a full assessment of the children’s or young person’s needs
Applications can be made at any time.
https://buttleuk.org/apply-for-a-grant/chances-for-children-grants/
The deadline for applications to the Summer Household Support Pensioner Fund has been extended until Thursday 18 August, midnight. This is to allow more groups supporting vulnerable pensioners to apply for vital funding for food, fuel and other essential items.
The funding has been provided by the Government and is being administered by H&F Giving via Hammersmith & Fulham Council. This funding is from money left over in the Summer Household Support Fund from the share for pensioner households. These grants are to provide direct support to pensioners facing crisis or poverty. We are looking to distribute £30,000 to local Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) organisations to support pensioner households in Hammersmith & Fulham, which otherwise might face crisis. It is to provide them with food, fuel and other essentials.
We are inviting established VCS organisations with a track record in supporting vulnerable residents in Hammersmith and Fulham to apply for a grant of between £2,000 and £30,000. With applications for amounts over £20,000, we require them to be made for a project that is being run in partnership with another VCS group in the Borough. Deadline for applications is midnight Thursday 18 August, 2022. Applications will be assessed by an adjudication panel by 25 August, 2022. We hope to inform you of the outcome of your application by 30 August, 2022.
Application details are here Summer Household Support Fund – Pension Households – H&F Giving (hfgiving.org.uk)
Flora Taylor, Executive Director, H&F Giving, Dawes Road Hub, 20 Dawes Road, London SW6 7EN, 07881 103827.
Hammersmith & Fulham Council and H&F Giving have launched the Summer Household Support Pensioner Fund. This funding is from money left over in the Summer Household Support Fund from the share for pensioner households. An application process for this unallocated £30,000 has been launched. These grants are to provide direct support to pensioners facing crisis or poverty. The funding has been provided by the Government and is being administered by H&F Giving.
We are inviting established VCS organisations with a track record in supporting vulnerable residents in Hammersmith and Fulham to apply for a grant of between £2,000 and £30,000. With applications for amounts over £20,000, we require them to be made for a project that is being run in partnership with another VCS group in the Borough.
Deadline for applications is midnight Friday 12 August, 2022.
Applications will be assessed by an adjudication panel by 25 August, 2022. We hope to inform you of the outcome of your application by 30 August, 2022.
Application details are here Summer Household Support Fund – Pension Households – H&F Giving (hfgiving.org.uk)
Flora Taylor, Executive Director, H&F Giving, Dawes Road Hub, 20 Dawes Road, London SW6 7EN, 07881 103827.
Registered charities (including Schools that are registered as charities for young people with disabilities) that work with disadvantaged children under the age of 25 can apply for funding of up to £10,000. Of particular interest are projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential and educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills. Projects could, for example, support special educational needs; address behavioural problems or promote citizenship; and parenting or life skills. Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches to disseminate the outcomes to a wider audience. The funding is being made available through the Ironmongers Company’s grants programme. The next closing date for applications is the 15th December 2022. Funding to Enable Disadvantaged Young People Reach their Potential (UK)
Not-for-profit organisations led by and for under-represented groups within the LGBT+ community in England can apply for a share of £465,000 in funding to help them stay well resourced, sustainable and resilient. The LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund will award grants of up to £25,000 to intersectional organisations for projects that prioritise: D/deaf and/or Disabled LGBT+ People; LBT+ Women; LGBT+ People from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities and LGBT+ People of Colour; Older LGBT+ People; and Trans and Non-Binary People. The funding is made available by the Consortium of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Voluntary and Community Organisations, in partnership with the National Lottery Community Fund, and is intended to be as flexible as possible. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until the 30th October 2022. Funding to Support Not-for-Profit LGBT+ Organisations (England)
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.