Get more outdoor space to trade from with Our Space is Your Space campaign.
We’re offering local business owners the chance to use extra outdoor space near their business and residents a safer way to support the local economy.
Our hugely popular Funds Online free webinar returns on Wednesday 30 September. Getting your hands on funding is #NeverMoreNeeded so find out how to get your share of £8 billion from more than 8,000 funders. Find out more and book here.
Association of Charitable Organisations is raising awareness of grant-giving charities that can provide assistance to people who need support, in anticipation of more redundancies as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and the government’s Job Retention Scheme ending. The Here to Help Campaign (#HeretoHelpAlways) will be working with key advice and referral agencies, charities and other organisations that work closely with people who may be in need of assistance, along with the media, to raise awareness of the services available from grant-giving charities. Find out more.
Not for profit organisations and private law firms working with vulnerable young migrants can apply for grants of up to £30,000. Grants will enable the organisation to undertake strategic legal work to benefit young migrants (under the age of 25) living in poverty who face significant disadvantage or discrimination in connection with their (or their parents’) migration status. Applicants should note that the average grant size is around £12,000. The funding is being made available through the Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for Vulnerable Young Migrants and the closing date for applications is the 20th October 2020. Click here
10 councils have become the first in England to add their support to the call for the Community Wealth Fund (CWF) a new independent endowment to invest in the most ‘left behind’ neighbourhoods in the country. Establishing a CWF is a key part of the ‘5 point plan’ of the #NeverMoreNeeded campaign. Find out more.
The National Emergencies Trust’s £1.5 million funding programme for Disabled People’s Organisations (DPOs) is now open for applications. Grants of between £1,000 and £25,000 are available for DPOs who are responding to the COVID-19 needs of disabled people.The funding period is eight months from November 2020 to June 2021. The deadline for applications is 5 October 2020. Find out more here.
Ten charities are collaborating to raise £500,000 between them through a virtual evening of celebrity entertainment, performances and prize draws, in a less competitive approach to fundraising organised by Volunteering Matters.
The Massive Get Together on 17 September will be hosted by Gaby Roslin and Amanda Byram with a line up of well known singers, comedians and television personalities. Proceeds will be shared between Marie Curie, the Children’s Trust, FareShare, St John Ambulance, Royal Voluntary Service, Love Your Neighbour, Crisis, the Conservation Volunteers, Thames Hospice and Volunteering Matters. Get your ticket here.
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. Click here
The True Colours Trust has adapted its Small Grants Scheme in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Grants of up to £5,000 will be available. The deadline for applications is 5pm on 21 September. Find out more.
LGBT Consortium and the National Emergencies Trust have announced a new £350,000 grants programme to support UK based LGBT+ non-profit groups, organisations and projects most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Applications will be considered on a rolling basis until all the funding has been awarded. Find out more.
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.