Applications are open to the Mental Health Sustainability Fund for organisations supporting those with health inequalities exacerbated by Covid-19. Applications are invited from organisations in England whose purpose is to support individuals suffering from mental health needs or illnesses. The funding is intended to support the sustainability of the organisation through the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond. Eligible organisations include registered charities, not for profit companies, CIC’s and CIO’s with an annual revenue of £250,000 or below. Opened for applications 26th July. For more information and to apply, see the website.

The 2022 GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards, run in partnership with The King’s Fund, are now open to applications from community-based charities across the UK. Up to twenty awards ranging from £4,000 to £50,000 will be made to recognise and reward charities working in a health-related field (operating for at least three years, with an income between £120,000 and £3 million) that are doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Award winners will also be offered training and development, have a film made about their work, receive help with press and publicity, and be given a set of promotional materials. Charities do not need to present a new project, and can decide how to spend the award money. The deadline for applications is 5.00pm on the 20th September 2021. GlaxoSmithKline IMPACT Awards (UK)

The Department of Education has announced a new £24 million fund that will ‘support projects tackling the issues facing the most vulnerable children in society in 2021-22, including Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) abuse, care for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, preventing adolescents from being caught up in harms outside the home such as gangs and reducing the pressure on the system by reducing court backlogs or improving technology’. The fund will be distributed among nine regions in England split into Regional Improvement and Innovation Alliances. Each region will be awarded between £2 million and £3million to support projects that address their regional priorities. This includes ‘a flat rate of £50,000 for each region to help local authorities play their part in accommodating unaccompanied asylum-seeking children’. Find out more here. 

Community organisations are invited to apply for funding to help tackle poverty and inequality in London. The Trust for London’s Connected Communities Programme will provide funding for initiatives which help disadvantaged and underrepresented people to access their rights and entitlements, and to speak out about issues which directly affect them. There is no minimum or maximum size of grant, however, the average grant will be around £80,000 and can be spread over one to three years. Grants do not normally exceed £150,000. Priority will be given to charities led by and for Black and minoritised groups and Deaf and Disabled people. The deadline for applications is 1pm on the 5th October 2021. London’s Connected Communities Programme Opens for Applications (London

The Primary Science Teaching Trust (PSTT) is inviting nominations for their Primary Science Teacher Awards 2021 which recognises talented science teachers from early years education through KS1 and KS2 across the UK. The Awards are open to innovative and creative primary school teachers (full or part-time) who inspire colleagues, engage pupils in science, and contribute to developing science in their school and beyond. Winners will receive a package including £1,000 prize money, science resources for their school, and an invitation to join the PSTT Primary Science Teacher College as a College Fellow. Anyone involved in primary education can make a nomination. The form is usually completed by the nominee’s Headteacher. The deadline for submissions is midnight on the 14th January 2022. Click here