Music Grants for Older People (England & Wales)

Charitable organisations and care homes for the elderly can apply for grants of up to £250 for activities which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. Some of the charities that have received grants in the past include the Theatre Chipping Norton to help fund high calibre music recitals in six Care Homes in the area; and Sue Ryder Care, Lancashire to fund access to music therapy workshops at Birchley Hall near Wigan and St Helen’s. The grants are made available through the charity Concertina and the next closing date for applications is the 31st October 2021. Click here

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Grants for Children to Connect with Nature & Learn Outdoors (England, Scotland & Wales)

Schools in England, Scotland and Wales can apply for up to £500 worth of free outdoor equipment and two hours of professional outdoor training to help children connect with nature, become more active, and learn outdoors. Schools can choose from hundreds of different products to deliver outdoor learning and play. The funding is being made available through phase five of the charity Learning through Landscapes’ Local School Nature Grant scheme, and is funded by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery. This year, funding will also be open to Early Year’s settings which have their own building and more than five staff. There will be four funding rounds throughout the year.  The closing date for applications for round 2 is the 25th June 2021. Click here

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Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation Grant (UK)

UK registered charities, or those affiliated with a registered charity working to help those at disadvantage in society can apply to the Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation for support. Grants of between £250 – £1,000 are available to cover the costs involved in directly supporting those in need including those with disabilities, affected by homelessness, or with serious health issues. Previous grants have gone to organisations supporting young people in applying for jobs and towards the purchase of a portable multi-sensory environment, that will turn any room into a sensory room. The Foundation accepts applications from UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million per year. The next deadline for applications is the 2nd August 2021. Click here

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Funding to Support Disadvantaged Young People & Offenders (UK)

Small registered charities can apply for grants of up to £15,000 for projects working with young offenders; prisoners and ex-prisoners as well as young disadvantaged people at risk of criminal involvement. To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than £100,000. Those working across the UK or in larger areas should normally have an income of not more than £250,000. Grants are usually given for one year. The funding is being made available through the Weavers’ Company, a textile-related, charitable and sociable organisation and the next closing date for applications is the 19th November 2021. Click here

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Summer Schools Programme Opens to Applications to Help Students Recover Lost Learning (England)

Schools in England can now register to offer a summer school to help students recover learning they have lost during the Covid-19 pandemic. Schools are encouraged to bid for a share of £200 million in government funding to support children who have experienced the most disruption by offering two-week summer schools that provide a blend of educational, sport, enrichment and wellbeing activities, with a focus on pupils making the transition into year 7. The Summer Schools programme will provide schools with the flexibility to target the funding to whoever they think could benefit most. Schools will be expected to release plans of their summer schools to parents during May and June 2021. Click here

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Funding to Support the Creative Development of Individual Cultural & Creative Practitioners (England)

Arts Council England have reopened their Developing Your Creative Practice Fund to help individual cultural and creative practitioners explore new ways of working and to better respond to the changing environment as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available to help individuals with their own creative development which could include research, time to create new work, travel, training, developing ideas, networking or mentoring. Eligibility has been expanded to include practitioners such as DJs, performer/creators, arts and cultural educators, community practitioners/engagement specialists, movement directors, and creative technicians. Funding has been made available by the National Lottery. The deadline for applications for the current round is 12pm on the 27th May 2021. Click here

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Windrush Community Fund Event

Voice4Change England are currently accepting applications for the Windrush Community Fund. The aim of the fund is to raise awareness and support engagement for the government’s Windrush Compensation Scheme and Windrush Scheme. Voice4Change will be running a free information session to help applicants answer any questions and get guidance on the application process directly from our grants officers. Event on Thursday, 13 May 2021, 10:00 – 12:00 BST. Find out more here about the event here.

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Funders Meeting by Nigel Jacques at Sobus

On the 27th April, we met with some of our local funders: Hammersmith United Charities; Dr Edwards and Bishop King’s Fulham Charity; and UNITED in Hammersmith and Fulham. Kensington and Chelsea were also represented with a local funder.

We had 66 participant organisations interacting with the funders about potential applications. And what was really good was that the funders expressed what they liked to see in terms of applications, as well as talking about their priorities. The whole event lasted about 1 and a half hours and everyone, who wanted to, got to speak to the funder.

Read the report by Nigel Jacques

Read about Hammersmith United Charities grants programme

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Funding to Support People & Communities Living with Mental Ill-Health, Trauma & Distress (England & Wales)

Grants of between £200 and £500 are available to peer support, mutual aid or self-help groups in England and Wales for activities which benefit people or communities who live with mental ill-health, trauma and distress. The funding is being made available through the National Survivor User Network’s Side by Side Fund and can be used to help community member-led groups to connect remotely, prepare to move their activities to face-to-face, or make their group more sustainable. Applications are particularly encouraged from groups led by and for people from racialised communities/people of colour, young people aged 18 to 25 years, and groups who have been unable to meet during the coronavirus pandemic. The deadline for applications is the 31st May 2021. Click here

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Business & Academic Partnerships: Apply for Funding (UK)

Businesses across the UK are being invited to collaborate with an academic or research organisation on a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP), a scheme that helps businesses and not for profit organisations to innovate and grow. Up to £40 million in total is available for part funding of KTPs that will offer businesses the opportunity to access new skills and the latest academic thinking to help them deliver a specific, strategic innovation project. KTPs can last between 12 and 36 months, depending on the project and the needs of the business. The deadline for applications to Innovate UK for this round is the 30th June 2021. Click here

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