Equipment Grants for Disabled & Disadvantaged Young People (UK)

Schools and not for profit organisations have the opportunity to apply for funding for equipment that help mentally, physical and socially disadvantaged children. Funding is available for buildings and extensions; equipment and activity aids; sensory rooms and gardens; playgrounds and sports areas; transport and soft playrooms. The funding is being made available through the Wooden Spoon Society’s Capital Grants programme. Wooden Spoon is the British and Irish Rugby charity which supports mentally, physically disadvantaged children. Projects funded in the past have included Ashmount School in Leicestershire, which received a grant of £13,500 towards a sensory room; Enfield Heights Academy in London which received a grant of £23,000 to improve its play areas; and the Colehill & Wimborne Youth & Community Centre which received a grant of £8,000 towards a wheelchair lift. Applications can be submitted at any time. Click here

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Lloyds Bank Foundation £7.4 million COVID Recovery Fund

Lloyds Bank Foundation has announced a £7.4 million COVID recovery fund for small and medium-sized charities that support people with complex social issues such as mental health, homelessness or domestic abuse. Around 140 charities will be given a two-year grant of up to £50,000 as well as a development partner. To ensure funding is distributed equally, at least a quarter of the funding will be given to charities that are led by, or that benefit people from BAME communities. Applications open on 3 August at 10 am and close on 11 September at 5 pm. For more information, the grants team is holding a webinar on 11 August at 2 pm. Find out more here.

 

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Funding to Help Small Charities & Social Enterprises Recover from the Covid-19 Pandemic (UK)

The Fore has launched the second round of their RAFT funding in response to the Covid-19 pandemic to support small charities and social enterprises as they recover and adapt to the post-lockdown world. The Transition Fund will offer grants of up to £15,000 in two rounds for organisations with an annual turnover of less than £500,000 to enable them to become more sustainable and refocus on the new needs of their beneficiaries. Those working with marginalised groups and led by people in the community that have found it hard to access funding in the past are encouraged to apply. A webinar will be held on the 23rd July 2020 to help with applications. The closing deadline from successfully registered organisations is 5pm on the 7th September 2020. Click here

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MSD: Covid -19 Dedicated Grants Programme

MSD have launched a Covid – 19 dedicated Grants Programme to support health charities and vulnerable populations around the UK. Grants are available up to £20,000 or 20% of the charity’s annual turnover (whichever is the lowest amount). The application deadline is 5pm on 31 July. Find out more.

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The Waste & Resources Action Programme

The Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) Covid–19 Emergency Food Surplus Grant has opened for Phase 2 of applications from small not-for-profit organisations in England who redistribute surplus food to people in need. Grants close on 28 August but are awarded on a ‘first come first served basis’. Find out more here.

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Funding to Help BAME-Led Organisations Access Coronavirus Funds (UK)

In response to the coronavirus, the UK Community Foundations is making a £250,000 Infrastructure Fund available for BAME-led infrastructure organisations that can help other BAME-led organisations apply for National Emergency Trust (NET) grants though their local Community Foundations. Grants of between £50,000 and £20,000 are available to fund work such as the mentoring/supporting of groups; awareness-raising via marketing and communications; support with monitoring and reporting; the provision of micro grants to enable applications for NET funding through community foundations; and to help build relationships to help community foundations identify and address barriers to funding BAME-led organisations and communities. Applications can be made on a rolling basis and will be considered by an independent panel every week with awards made as quickly as possible thereafter. Click here

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Funding for the Redistribution of Surplus Food (England)

Small and micro not for profit food redistributors can apply for grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 to redistribute surplus food from retailers, wholesalers and food manufacturers to vulnerable people and those in need who are affected by the coronavirus. The funding is being made through the available the Waste and Resources Action Programme’s (WRAP) Emergency Surplus Food Grant – Phase 2 and can help with capital and revenue costs such as transporting the surplus food or any increased demand and capacity issues. The deadline for applications has been 1pm on the 28th August 2020. Click here

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The Julia & Hans Rausing Trust £10 million Charity Survival Fund

The Julia and Hans Rausing Trust have launched their £10 million Charity Survival Fund which will provide core funding to small and medium sized charities. Charities must actively operate across one of the trust’s three priority areas: Health and Wellbeing; Welfare and Education; Arts and Culture. Grants from £5,000 – £250,000 are available, dependent on the charity’s annual income. The submission deadline is 5pm on Monday 27 July. Full details are available here.

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Inspiring Futures Programme

BBC Children in Need and Youth Futures Foundation have partnered to deliver Inspiring Futures, a £6 million programme to fund activities which support children and young people to achieve their potential on their journey towards employment. Not-for profit organisations in the UK will be able to apply for between £10,000 and £80,000 for work commencing in October 2020. Funding will be for project and organizational costs and will support between 12 and 18 months of delivery. In England projects can work with children and young people aged 10 to 24 and in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland aged 10 to 18. Applications opened on Friday and close at 11.30am on Friday 31 July. Find out more here.

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The National Lottery Community Fund

At the start of this week, The National Lottery Community Fund announced it is working alongside five expert partnerships to ensure almost £45 million of National Lottery funding reaches communities most vulnerable to the impact of COVID–19. The five funds are:

· COVID -19 Social Enterprise Support Fund Partnership – £19.7 million of funding to provide grants to social enterprise organisations that are best place to support local, vulnerable communities in response to the Covid–19 crisis. Find out more here.

· COVID–19 Community-Led Organisations Recovery Scheme – £10 million of funding to support community led organisations in England. Particularly interested in funding BAME-led or BAME-supporting organisations. Find out more here.

· Barrow Cadbury Trust COVID–19 Support Fund – £5.15 million of funding specifically targeting small and medium sized voluntary sector groups supporting migrants and refugees. Find out more here.

· Community Justice Fund – £5 million of funding to support specialist social welfare advice organisations who provide advice and support to people who are pushed into crisis. Find out more here.

· COVID–19 Homelessness Response Fund – £5 million of funding to provide funding for small and medium sized homelessness charities to adapt their service delivery to respond to the crisis. Find out more here.

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