Power to Change – Community Business Renewal Fund

The Community Business Renewal Fund provides grants to community businesses in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. The fund will have three application rounds with very short application windows of three hours. Round one will open on Tuesday 3 November between 10am and 1pm. Find out more.

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Funding to Tackle the Disproportionate Impact of Covid-19 on BAME Communities (England)

Small Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) -led charities, voluntary and community groups, and social enterprises in England can apply for support to help tackle the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities. Voice4Change England’s Covid-19 Partnership Fund will provide organisations with grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 to deal with emerging issues in the community, as a result of the continuing threat of coronavirus, the need for self-isolation, and potential for further exacerbation of loneliness and isolation. Funding can be used to cover running costs and small capital costs, and support for services such as foodbanks, domestic abuse and violence groups, tackling homelessness, and providing access to technology. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 3rd November 2020.Click here

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Pebble Grants Re-open for Applications (UK)

The Rank Foundation has reopened applications for Pebble Grants which provide funding of between £250 and £4,000 to small UK registered charities and recognised churches which are raising money for projects where the total cost is less than £150,000. Funding can be used for either: capital costs, such as funding for fixed, one-time expenses incurred on the purchase of land, building work, refurbishment, and equipment; or short breaks where funding is targeted towards annual respite breaks for disadvantaged young people, and short-term activities or programmes. Applicants must have already raised a third of the total costs. Applications must be received before December 2020 to be reviewed in the January 2021 meeting. Click here

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Funding to Improve Homes & Community Spaces (UK & Ireland)

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to local charities across the UK & Ireland for projects that support people experiencing bad housing or homelessness, as well as community projects looking to improve their spaces. The B&Q Foundation provides funding to support people in need including those suffering financial hardship, sickness, disability, or other disadvantage or distress. The Foundation has previously awarded grants to charities ranging from homelessness and abuse charities, to children’s hospices and rehabilitation centres. Funding could be used for projects including creating community gardens, redecorating properties, and converting rooms at hostels to additional bedrooms. Applicants are required to submit expressions of interest and funding will be awarded before the end of the year. Click here

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Voice4Change England

Applications to the Voice4Change Covid-19 Grants Programme opened today (14 October) at 4pm. The grants programme is for Black, Asian and Minority (BAME) led community groups and organisations in England, working primarily with BAME communities, with an annual income of less than £200,000. In exceptional cases, organisations with larger incomes will be considered, so all BAME community groups and organisations are encouraged to apply. All grant awards will be in the region of £5,000 to £10,000. Find out more.

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African Health Policy Network

Funding is available to small BAME led organisations providing support to people in their communities during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three levels of grant are available from £500 to £10,000. Funding can support core costs, capital costs and project/engagement activities. The application deadline is midnight on 30th October 2020. Find out more here.

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The Community Business Trade Up Programme

The Community Business Trade Up programme includes a free learning programme and a Trade Back grant of up to £10,000. Trade Up gives community businesses the skills to grow your income from trading and have more impact. This programme is designed to help people gain the head-space, support network and funding needed to grow a stronger, more sustainable community business.

Priority places will be given to community businesses that are:

  • BAME-led (with over 51% BAME leadership in staff or Trustees/Directors), or,
  • Located in and giving support to black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) local communities, or,
  • Located in and giving support to very deprived or disadvantaged local communities.

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Postcode Recovery Fund

The Postcode Dream Trust has launched its Postcode Recovery Fund which will provide funding for projects that address systemic societal issues related to the pandemic. The fund’s six focus areas are: educational inequalities; homelessness; domestic violence; health and wellbeing; social exclusion and isolation; poverty. The fund will offer a total award fund of £3 million for charitable organisations to deliver projects in Great Britain between 2021 and 2023.The stage 1 application form will be available to access from 1st October until 30th October at 5.30pm. Find out more here.

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Funding to Support the Wellbeing, Resilience, & Sustainability of BAME Communities Following Covid-19 (UK)

BAME-led charities, voluntary or community groups and organisations, and faith groups across the UK can apply for funding to help them continue to respond to the needs of their community during the Covid-19 pandemic. The African Health Policy Network are making three levels of funding available of between £500 and £100,000 to help small and medium Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) groups and their communities build wellbeing, resilience and capacity following the pandemic. The amount awarded will be dependent on annual income for each group/organisation. Funding can support a number of things including project staff salaries, project activities, engagement activities, running costs, and equipment. The deadline for applications is 12am on the 30th October 2020. Click here

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The Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation

The Betty Messenger Charitable Foundation has made available £50,000 to be administered by the Small Charities Coalition. Small grants of £100 to £1,000 are available to small charities (with an income under £1 million) who are temporarily struggling but otherwise viable. Applications are invited from UK registered charities that have been established for at least one year. The grant scheme runs on rolling basis with applications deadlines on the 20th of each month. Find out more here.

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