Ecclesiastical are offering a grant of £50,000 to 10 charities who have an annual income of under £5 million to support a project that will support the education, community development, or arts, heritage or culture of their area and beneficiaries. The application process is currently open and will close on Friday 24 July 2020. Find out more.
The Corra Foundation has announced a community research tender on social action during the coronavirus pandemic. The project forms part of the wider Social Action Inquiry Scotland which aims to understand how social action can realise its potential to being about sustainable change. Social action has been at the heart of society’s response to Coronavirus and this research tender aims to further understanding of that. A total budget of £68,200 is available to deliver this project.
In recognition of the fact that the homeless are particularly vulnerable to COVID-19 because of increased likelihood of underlying health conditions and less access to basic sanitation, the Morrisons Foundation Trustees have pledged £500,000 towards its Homeless Support Fund. Registered charities that serve the homeless through outreach and support; delivery of services in hostels and shelters; and/ or the provision of information and advice can apply for grants to a maximum of £10,000. Applications are being considered on a weekly basis until the £500,000 emergency fund is depleted. After this, homeless charities are still welcome to submit applications for support under the established grant funding process. More details on eligibility and how to apply can be found here.
The Chancellor has announced that a second and final grant can be claimed under the Self-employment Income Support Scheme (SEISS) by eligible self-employed individuals. The grant will be payable in a single instalment, as before, but this time will be capped at £6,570 in total. Read more
NatWest Social and Community Capital are launching a £1m Coronavirus Response Fund on Monday 22 June. Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 will be available to organisations across the UK that employ people from vulnerable or disadvantaged groups. Applications will open through NatWest’s websites at 9am on Monday 22 June and the fund will stay open for at least one week. Find out more.
Registered charities, voluntary and community organisations, CICs, and social enterprises can apply for grants of between £20,000 and £50,000 to help communities transition from the immediate Covid-19 crisis towards recovery and renewal. The National Lottery Community Fund have launched a £1 million Emerging Futures Fund to help organisations look at how things are changing, what is needed in this transition, and what is possible in the future. Due to social distancing rules it is expected that a lot of projects will take place online. Consideration must be given to people who are digitally excluded, or need support with their digital capabilities. Funding can be used for costs such as staff salaries, project activities, running costs, and equipment. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 25th June 2020. Click here
As we enter a new phase of the pandemic, charity leaders and trustees are having to adapt their organisations, and quickly. Our most recent (and upcoming) webinars are packed with expert advice to help you make the right decisions under pressure.
A quick reminder that the government’s emergency covid-19 support grants are available to apply for.
And #SmallCharityWeek starts on Monday. Here’s what we’re doing and some resources
The Christmas Challenge is the largest online match funding campaign, raising over £15m for nearly 600 charities in December 2019. Each year we have millions of pounds of match funding from our Champions on offer to charities, enabling them to double donations to campaigns they support on the Big Give platform. The Christmas Challenge each year opens on #GivingTuesday, which in 2020 will be 1st December and runs for 7 days. Applications are now open for charities who wish to participate.
We are hosting a webinar on the Christmas Challenge and how it can help your charity – this will include a short presentation by us, followed by a Q&A session – on Friday 19th June at 11am. If you want to find out more about the Christmas Challenge or ask us a question, please visit the Eventbrite page to sign up to attend. (Please note: there are only spaces for 100 attendees, so please sign up as soon as possible if you are interested – if you are unable to attend, we will be recording the webinar and putting it up on our YouTube channel)
See what charities who took part in the 2019 Christmas Challenge have to say about their experience of the campaign and we have also written a guest blog for #GivingTuesday on what makes a successful campaign.
To apply for Christmas Challenge 2020:
1. Log in or sign up for Big Give account
2. Click on Big Give Campaigns
3. Click on Apply now for Christmas Challenge 2020
Deadline for the stage 1 application is 5pm Friday 3rd July. The deadline to collect the pledges is 5pm Friday 28th August. Remember you can start collecting your pledges as soon as you have submitted your stage 1 application, so the sooner that is submitted, the more time you have to collect the pledges.
In response to the Coronavirus, the Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust have reviewed their grant criteria to enable them to spread their funds as widely as possible to help those with greatest need. The Trust awards grants to UK registered charities or organisations that are exempt from registration with projects that address specific categories set out by the Trust each year. The next round of funding will be aimed at supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable people aged 60 and over affected by the crisis. UK registered charities with an income and expenditure of £1,000,000 and over will be able to apply for grants of £1,000 to continue their much-needed support. The next round of funding will be open for applications from the 1st of July 2020 through to the 31st July 2020. Click here
The Foyle Foundation has re-opened its Small Grants Scheme to support smaller, grass-roots and local charities across the UK during the Covid-19 crisis. Organisations which are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community either directly or through online support can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £10,000. Funding can be used to cover core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services for charities with a turnover of less than £150,000 per annum that can show financial stability and a clear need for their services. Competition for funding is expected to be strong. Applications can be submitted at any time. Click here
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.
