The National Lottery Community Fund – Growing Great Ideas Programme (UK)

The National Lottery Community Fund’s Growing Great Ideas Fund has £25 million available to fund projects that support long-term societal change and are future-focussed. The National Lottery Community Fund wants to invest in different combinations of people, communities, networks and organisations over the long term that demonstrate an ability to seed and grow alternative systems, develop and test new ways of building a stronger civil society, and to learn and adapt as they go. This could involve developing new ideas on how the economy could work or how society could be organised. Charities, CICs, CIOs, and voluntary, community and other not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply for grants of up to £150,000. The minimum length for projects is two years. Funding can be available for up to ten years in some circumstances. Applications can be submitted at any time. Click here

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Funding & Advice to Support Community Spaces at Risk Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic (London)

Local charities, community groups and other not for profit organisations affected by the pandemic can apply for grants of up to £25,000 of last resort to protect at-risk spaces such as cultural, youth and education centres, and social clubs. A total of £750,000 is available through the Community Spaces at Risk support programme which also provides one-to-one crisis support, specialist business and property advice. Eligible organisations will start to receive support and advice from March, with grants awarded on a rolling basis. Click here

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Funding to Tackle Poverty and Improve Health (London)

Registered London charities that are working with people with long term health conditions, mental ill-health or addictions can apply for grant of up to £10,000 to support their work. The funding is being made available through London Catalyst which runs a number of different grant making programmes. The next grant scrutiny meeting is on the 11th May 2021. Applicants are advised to submit bids at least four weeks prior to the meeting. This is for applications to the Project Grants and the Samaritan grants programme. To be eligible to apply, charities must be working with an expert health agency/provider and priority will be given to groups with an annual income of less than £250,000. Click here

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Youth Covid-19 Support Fund

The £16.5 million Youth Covid-19 Support Fund is open to grassroots youth clubs, uniformed youth groups, and national youth and umbrella organisations in England, to help to mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus pandemic, and ensure services providing vital support can remain open. The deadline for applications is 12th February at 5pm. Find out more.

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Funding to Develop & Improve Community Partnerships (England)

Not for profit organisations such as community organisations, charities, schools and social enterprises in England can apply for grants of over £10,000 for up to five years to develop a more strategic approach to improving their community by developing and growing new and existing partnerships. During the current Coronavirus crisis, The National Lottery Community Fund will support people and communities most adversely impacted by COVID-19. Support is available to continue to deliver activity to existing users, responding to the immediate crisis or undertaking recovery activity and to change and adapt, becoming more resilient in order to respond to new and future challenges. Applications can be submitted at any time. Click here

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Comic Relief & Paul Hamlyn Foundation Launch £1m Digital Development Fund

The fund is offering grants of up to £70,000. Civil Society has reported that it aims to support UK non-profits to test and develop digital service delivery solutions. Applications close at 12pm on 12 February 2021. Find out more.
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Emergency Investment Fund

Has your company or organisation been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 crisis and been unable to access suitable or sufficient investment from existing support schemes such as the Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme (CBILS), the Bounce Back Loan Scheme (BBLS) or SIB’s Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund?

The deadline is extended to 26th February 2021.

Click here

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New Funding from the London Community Response – Launching on January 14th

New funding from the London Community Response

With the capital in another lockdown and our communities facing even more difficult times ahead, London’s funders have once again come together to provide new funding for civil society organisations. The London Community Response is launching two new waves of funding next week on Thursday January 14th.

There will be a crisis response programme of grants of up to £10k – with a quick turnaround to ensure that urgent needs are met. And there will also be a programme of larger, longer-term ‘Renewal’ grants which will focus on supporting the needs of civil society in the year ahead. Full guidance for applicants on both strands will be published next week.

 

Webinar for potential applicants

To help you find out more about this funding, including what the priorities are for this programme and how the application process works, we’re hosting a webinar for London’s civil society groups on:

Wednesday 13th January at 2pm

As well as providing you with more information, we’ll also be on hand to answer any questions that you may have.

If you can join us then please click here to register for the webinar. It will also be made available on our YouTube channel before funding opens.

 

For further information, click here.

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Volant Charitable Trust – Covid-19 Response Fund

A new round of funding of the trust’s Covid-19 Response Fund opened on the 1st January. Grants are available to UK charities that have a focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Applications for medical equipment and PPE will also be accepted. The deadline for applications is 31 July 2021. Find out more.

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