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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Grants for Black-led Social Enterprises & Charities that Benefit Ethnic Minorities (UK)

Black-led social enterprises, as well as charities with ethnic minority beneficiaries can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £25,000 for projects which help to build an inclusive culture and tackle racial inequality. The size of the grants will depend on their scale, activity and impact of the social enterprise. The funding is being made available through the PwC Foundation’s ColourBrave Charity Committee and the closing date for applications is 5pm on the 30th October 2020. Click here

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Covid-19 School Holiday Activity Fund (London)

Grants of up to £4,000 are available to enable registered charities and mainstream state schools to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays. The John Lyon’s Charity’s Covid-19 School Holiday Activity Fund (SHAF) will pay for the running costs of holiday programmes which provide activities in accordance with current Government Guidelines for young people in the boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London. Costs could include sessional staffing costs, transport for children with special needs and/or disabilities, digital delivery, equipment, and food during activities. Applications for the Christmas School Holiday 2020 must be submitted by the 16th November 2020. Click here

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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 now open and will close on the 13th November 2020. 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; and the promotion of rights and justice for refugees and other migrants. The Trust makes grants to a range of organisations including registered, excepted or exempt charities across the UK. Click here

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Grants Available for Projects Benefitting Children & Young People (London)

Grants of up to £5,000 are available for small one-off projects lasting up to one year that promote the life-chances of children and young people through education and family support. State schools; Independent schools with charitable status; Local authorities; Exempt and Registered charities and national organisations with a track record and reputation of working to benefit children and young people can apply. The work must be carried out in one of the John Lyon’s Charity’s nine boroughs of Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, City of London. Applications can be submitted at any time. Click here

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