BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme (UK)

The BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme which supports children and young people up to the age of 18 living with severe poverty as well as additional pressures such as domestic violence, disability or poor health in the family is currently open for applications. The fund will cover the purchase of critical items such as gas or electric cookers and other essential household items. Applications need to be submitted by a referrer organisation on behalf of the family. The Emergency Essentials Programme is currently operating as normal and we aim to process applications within 10 working days. Funding is also available to families affected by the recent severe flooding. Click here

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Funding for Charities Working with Older People (UK)

Grants of between £15,000 and £75,000 are available to charitable organisations which provide care and services for older people, particularly if they have a neurodegenerative condition or are isolated. The Wolfson Foundation will provide funding for new build, refurbishment or equipment projects which aim to provide increased access to services for new and existing users, improve the quality and range of services, and improve the financial stability of the organisation. Match funding is required for projects costing more than £50,000. There is a 2-stage application process and the next stage 1 closing date is the 5th January 2021. Applications successful at this stage will have until the 1st March 2021 to complete the stage 2 application. Click here

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The Volant Trust Funding

The Volant Trust’s current round of funding will close for applications on 31 December. The Covid-19 Response Fund looks to support charities operating in the UK and internationally, that ‘demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable people’, particularly those who have been impacted by the coronavirus crisis. The trust will also consider applications for medical equipment and the production or distribution of PPE. Prospective applicants are advised to complete an Eligibility Checklist before making an application, which can be found here.

 

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£1m Innovation Fund Opens for London Charities

Charities have been invited to help address the “biggest challenges” facing London, through a fund backed by the city’s mayor Sadiq Khan. Civil Society has reported that the £1m Resilience Fund, which will be funded through the Greater London Authority and managed by the innovation foundation Nesta, will make grants of up to £40,000. Find out more.

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Community Business Crowdmatch

Crowdfunder and Power to Change are working together to help community businesses develop and adapt services in response to the Covid-19 crisis. Find out more.

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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Rights and Justice (UK)

The next round of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust’s Rights and Justice programme is open for applications. The Funding priorities for this scheme are the protection and promotion of human rights and their enforcement in the UK; promoting rights and justice for minorities who face the most severe forms of racism; the promotion of rights and justice for refugees and other migrants; and responding to the dual harms of Covid-19 and systemic racism. The Trust makes grants to a range of organisations including registered, excepted or exempt charities across the UK. The deadline to register is the 5th March 2021 and the deadline to apply is 5pm on the 22nd March 2021. Click here

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Funding for Projects that Improve People’s Lives (UK)

Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years are available to charitable organisations that help people at times of crisis in their lives. In particular, funding is available when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. The funding is provided through the Henry Smith Charity Improving Lives Programme. Eligible organisations include charities and not-for-profit organisations (including social enterprises) in the UK with a turnover of £50,000 – £2 million (in exceptional circumstances up to £5 million). Applications can be submitted at any time and decisions are usually made within 6 months. Click here

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The Alec Dickson Trust

The Alec Dickson Trust supports young people who, through volunteering or community service, aim to help others, particularly those most marginalised by society. The trust has set up this round of funding to help young people volunteer in response to Covid – 19. Funding, of up to £500, can be awarded to UK-based volunteering or community service projects that are run by people under 30 and directly or indirectly respond to Covid – 19. The application deadline is 17 December. Find out more.

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£1.4 Million Funding to Develop Local Social Prescribing Activities (England)

The National Academy for Social Prescribing and Arts Council England have announced the launch of a new £1.4 million Thriving Communities Fund, established to develop local social prescribing activities across England. Social prescribing is a way of connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Funding will encourage partnerships led by voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups and organisations working in the arts, nature, sport, financial wellbeing, and health and care to increase social prescribing activities that benefit their communities and provide support for people impacted by Covid-19, particularly Black, Asian and ethnically diverse communities. Grants of between £25,000 and £50,000 will be available and partnerships will need to provide 20% match funding. The deadline for applications is 12pm on the 8th January 2021. Click here

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Comic Relief Funding for Projects Which Deliver Change in Local Communities (England)

Charities, constituted voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises, and CIC’s across England can apply for grants of up to £4,000 for projects which deliver change in their local communities. Through Comic Relief’s Project Delivery Grants, organisations with an annual income of less than £250,000 can apply for funding for projects that address one of their four strategic themes: children survive and thrive; fighting for gender justice; a safe place to be; and mental health matters. Grants should fund direct work with beneficiaries, examples of which might include training for parents and carers to help support their children’s development before starting school, room hire for homeless people to access support, and activities for girls or women to help them make healthier life choices. The Comic Relief ‘Project Delivery Grant’ Fund has been open since September 2019 and almost all of the funding has been allocated.  As a result, the fund will close on Monday 7 December 2020 at 10am. Click here

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