Funding
Below is information which covers both ‘Small Grants’ and ‘Large Grants’. Each grant is for a specific cause, click the links to find out more information and to find out which is most relevant to your organisation.
Alternatively you can also check the Tower Hamlets Council’s website for information about current funding opportunities
Woman’s Resource Centre: Black & Minortised Women’s Fund
Comic Relief’s Change Makers programme is working with 45 small charities across 20 initiatives to tackle social issues that have been overlooked. Charities and groups that are led by and delivering services for black and minoritised women that have been disproportionately impacted by Covid-19 can apply for grants of £10,000 towards the running costs of their organisation. Deadline is 3pm on the 1st October 2021.
The Partner Up Fund – Spark Connections, Create Change
Do you have an idea for an innovative, collaborative arts-for-social-change project working with communities?
Do you want to join forces with unlikely allies to amplify your work and maximise your collective potential for social impact?
Do you need funding and strategic support to make this project happen? Up to £30,000 available. The application window launches on Tuesday 5th October – check back here for full details of how to apply then!
Jack Petchey Foundation – Funding for Internship programmes for youth charities
Providing funding to Youth charities in London & Essex to hire young interns for a year.
The Edge Foundation 2021 Innovation Grant Fund
The EIF is now open and looking for projects which are disruptive and innovative in their thinking and approach, challenging the current education system approach. Be innovative, address broad curriculum and address EIF priorities. Grant size between £20,000 and £100,000
PCN Community Microgrants Fund to support Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams – East London NHS Foundation Trust
Seeking applications from local voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations and groups to the PCN Community Microgrants Fund to support Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams. Grants of up to £5,000 per Primary Care Network (PCN) within City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets are available for projects to be delivered by the end of March 2022. Deadline is 15th October 2021
Isle of Dogs Grants Chest & Millwall Park Endowment Fund
EECF has two funding streams available, the Isle of Dogs Grants Chest and the Millwall Park Endowment Fund. Both funds will award grants to support positive community activities across their geographic areas of benefit.
Through our grant making, we aim to fund high quality projects or services that will make a positive and long-lasting difference to local residents. Grants of up to £10,000 either through the Isle of Dogs Grants Chest or Millwall Park Endowment Fund to support community needs. Applications can be submitted at any time and will be considered by the EECF Grants Committee and Board of Trustees usually within 4-6 weeks of submitting your application.
Faith New Deal Pilot Fund – Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (England)
Faith groups in England can apply to a new £1 million pilot fund to support projects combating loneliness and isolation, providing debt advice and helping those who were unemployed during the pandemic get back to work. The funding is being made available through the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s new Faith New Deal pilot fund and aims to meet the Governments Covid-19 recovery objectives. Organisations can bid in their own right or as part of a consortium of organisations. The maximum grant available is £200,000. The closing date for applications is the 7th October 2021.
Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)
Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £5,000 to small and medium-sized charitable organisations (with a turnover of less than £1 million) whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. Typically, such organisations may operate small or medium-sized residential or training facilities to assist homeless people. Deadline is 15th December 2021
Trust for London Grants
If you’re an organisation in London tackling the root causes of poverty and inequality and your work fits one of our seven funding programmes, Trust for London would love to hear from you.
How they support:
- They fund organisations undertaking charitable activities. They do not need to be a registered charity.
- They primarily support small and medium-sized organisations, usually with an expenditure of less than £2 million a year.
Deadline is 5 October 2021, 1pm.
KFC Community Grants Programme
The KFC Foundation is providing grants up to £2000 to support grassroots organisations in the heart of our restaurant’s communities. Organisations empowering young people to fulfill their potential by providing safe social spaces, mentoring or work, and social skills.
This grant programme is for registered charities, registered community interest companies, unincorporated clubs or associations or unregistered charities with a turnover of less than £300,000.
Sport Unites Fund – New Ideas Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 for community sport projects that haven’t yet been funded (by any funder). We’re looking for projects where you have a brilliant and exciting idea to tackle one or more of our priorities and would benefit from our investment and support. Deadline is Friday 12 November 2021
Veolia Environmental Trust
The Veolia Environmental Trust is a Registered Charity (1064144) established in 1997 under the Landfill Communities Fund. They support a wide range of community and environmental projects throughout England. The money they use for grants is made available through the Fund.
How they support:
Average grants: Between £10,000 and £75,000 available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community. Deadline: 30th September 2021
Tower Hamlets Council COVID Community Fund
Grants of up to £5,000 for VCS organisations based in Tower Hamlets
Deadline: Ongoing for a limited period
For a limited period, VCS organisations in Tower Hamlets will be able to apply for funding and organisational support. Two grants are being offered:
- Covid Organisational Support Fund– Up to £5,000 available for VCS organisations that need to restructure
- Covid Re-Purposing Fund– Up to £5,000 available for VCS organisations, either to deliver services differently to residents and beneficiaries, such as adapting services to remote delivery, or where Covid-19 has meant that there is good reason for the organisation to deliver different kinds of services
- Wider Support – Alongside the award of funding, council officers and Tower Hamlets Council for Voluntary Service (THCVS), will engage with organisations on the issues they face arising from or impacted by Covid-19
London Fund for Racialised Communities
The BME Health Forum will be offering a second funding round for organisations with incomes under £100,000 who want to help communities in London experiencing racial inequality. Register your interest via their mailing list.
The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) – Covid-19 Response Fund
Public sector organisations, charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations can apply for a share of £40 million in funding to protect nationally important heritage which is at risk due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) – Covid-19 Response Fund will allocate £20 million in funding to safeguard nationally important heritage assets within England such as works of fine and decorative art, museum collections, archives, and historic buildings. This funding has been made available by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media, and Sport through the Cultural Assets Fund to distribute alongside the NHMF’s own commitment of £20 million to applicants across the UK. Funding is available until the end of April 2023 and applications can be made at any time.
Culture Recovery Fund
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has launched the third and final round of the Culture Recovery Fund to help the cultural, heritage and creative sectors move towards reopening at full capacity. Approximately £220 million in funding will be available via two funding streams: the Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support programme will help organisations that have already received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund; and the Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support programme will provide support to organisations which haven’t received funding and are at imminent risk of failure. Funding will be distributed by Arm’s Length Bodies, including the Arts Council England. Guidance for each funding stream will be published shortly. The deadline for applications is ongoing.
Covid-19 Homeless Support Fund
Recognising that homeless people are particularly vulnerable to Covid-19 the Foundation, has pledged £500,000 towards its Homeless Support Fund to support charities working with homeless people. Areas of funding include outreach and support for rough sleepers, delivery of services in hostels and shelters and information and advice. The deadline for applications is ongoing.
The Foyle Foundation – Small Grants Scheme
support for smaller, grass roots and local charities, with a turnover of less than £150,000 per annum, during the Covid-19 pandemic. 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 for core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial sustainability. The deadline for applications is ongoing.
Sport England – Return to Play Fund
Sport England has launched a new fund that will support groups, clubs and organisations that have been impacted by restrictions brought in to tackle Covid-19. The Return to Play Fund includes:
- a £15m Return to Play: Small Grant Fund which will provide grants of between £300 and £10,000 to help sport and activity groups, clubs and organisations respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play in a Covid-19-safe environment
- a £2.5m Return to Play: Active Together fund which is a crowdfunding initiative will help sports clubs and organisations set up their own campaigns to help sustain them through the crisis. Sports England is matching crowd funds of up to £10,000 raised by clubs and organisations hit by the coronavirus crisis. Programme is open to sports clubs and also to charity, community, voluntary or social enterprise organisations that deliver sports or physical activity in the community but are not solely or primarily sports organisations. The deadline for applications is ongoing.
Sport England – Return to Play: Small Grants Fund
Sport and activity groups, clubs and organisations in England can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play in a coronavirus-safe way. The funding which is being made available through the Sport England Return to Play: Small Grants Fund and can cover costs such as minor amendments to facilities, additional sports equipment, signage, sanitation, and training courses for clubs in areas of high deprivation, the Fund will now also support ongoing running costs. Applications can be submitted at any time until the end of 2021.
Arts Council England – Culture Recovery Fund
The UK Government has announced an additional £400 million will be awarded to arts, culture and heritage organisations across England in the form of grants and loans from the Culture Recovery Fund. Funding, which was held back in previous rounds, will be available for Cultural organisations that were financially stable before Covid-19, but are now at imminent risk of collapse. £300 million in grants and £100 million in loans will be offered to support organisations’ transition back to their usual means of operating from April 2021. The Fund will be administered by the Arts Council England. The deadline for applications is ongoing.
Comic Relief – Capacity Building Grant
Grants of up to £1,000 to support small community organisations to become stronger and more robust and improve their ability to deliver, both during and after the Covid-19 crisis. The deadline for applications is ongoing.
Little Lives UK – Children’s Community Support Programme
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Little Lives UK are making grants of up to £1,500 available to support London based organisations working with underprivileged children who are in need of support during the crisis. Charitable children’s groups and organisations, such as play groups or sports classes, can apply for funding from the Children’s Community Support Programme to provide a range of initiatives which allow children to access free services and support. Funding could also be used for the purchase of equipment such as sports equipment or to help groups remain sustainable during the crisis. Little Lives UK will also promote successful applicants on their social media and website. Applications from start-up projects are also encouraged. The deadline is the 1st of each month.
The Portal Trust (previously the Sir John Cass Foundation)
The aim of the Trust is to enable young people, particularly those from disadvantaged or low-income backgrounds, to experience life-enhancing educational opportunities. There is no minimum or maximum grant amount that can be applied for. Sometimes projects are funded in their entirety while others require match funding. Areas funded include widening access and participation in further and higher education, truancy, and prisoner education. Applications can be made at any time and will be considered three times a year (usually in March, June, and October).
September
Veolia Environmental Trust
The Veolia Environmental Trust is a Registered Charity (1064144) established in 1997 under the Landfill Communities Fund. They support a wide range of community and environmental projects throughout England. The money they use for grants is made available through the Fund.
How they support:
Average grants: Between £10,000 and £75,000 available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community. Deadline: 30th September 2021
Funding for Organisations supporting disadvantaged young people
The Tweed Family Charitable Foundation has grants of up to £10,000 for three years for smaller charity organisations supporting community/educational projects to inspire socially disadvantaged young people under 25 to achieve their full potential. Deadline: 30th September.
October
Aviva Community Fund
For groups which fall within one of three key funding areas: building back from the pandemic, climate champions and financial empowerment. Organisations should be raising funds to help develop a new approach, product, or technology, implement pilot schemes, expand, or adapt services. All beneficiaries must be based in the UK. Each charity can apply for funding of up to a maximum of £50,000. Deadline 5th October 2021.
Faith New Deal Pilot Fund – Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government (England)
Faith groups in England can apply to a new £1 million pilot fund to support projects combating loneliness and isolation, providing debt advice and helping those who were unemployed during the pandemic get back to work. The funding is being made available through the Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government’s new Faith New Deal pilot fund and aims to meet the Governments Covid-19 recovery objectives. Organisations can bid in their own right or as part of a consortium of organisations. The maximum grant available is £200,000. The closing date for applications is the 7th October 2021.
PCN Community Microgrants Fund to support Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams – East London NHS Foundation Trust
Seeking applications from local voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations and groups to the PCN Community Microgrants Fund to support Neighbourhood Mental Health Teams. Grants of up to £5,000 per Primary Care Network (PCN) within City and Hackney, Newham and Tower Hamlets are available for projects to be delivered by the end of March 2022. Deadline is 15th October 2021
Local Giving – Magic Little Grants
Two thousand grants of £500 are available to small charities and community groups. Funding can be used for projects in 8 areas: improving mental wellbeing, enabling community participation in the arts, preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, supporting marginalised groups and promoting equality, improving biodiversity and green spaces, enabling participation in physical activity, responding to the climate emergency, or increasing community access to outdoor spaces. Deadline is 31 October 2021. Applications reviewed as received.
November
Theatres Trust – Small Grants Programme
The Theatres Trust has launched a £100,000 small grants programme for not-for-profit theatres across the UK to carry out essential works, particularly improvements to buildings that protect theatre use and remove barriers to participation and attendance. The Small Grants Programme, supported by The Linbury Trust, will provide grants of up to £5,000 to support small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, or accessibility. Eligible projects include small capital works, the installation of key plant and machinery and works that make theatre buildings digital-ready. Applications are also welcome for projects that help theatres reopen as Covid-secure. Deadline is 5pm on the 8th November 2021.
Sport Unites Fund
The Mayor of London’s community sport programme. Grants of up to £50,000 are available for community sports projects taking place between summer 2021 and June 2022 across two grant streams. Deadline: 12th November.
Force for Change Programme
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for community projects supporting Armed Forces communities. In particular, funding is available to support Armed Forces communities to become less isolated and engage more in their local area, and to support needs that have arisen as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. To be eligible to apply, the applicant organisation must be an established registered charity or Community Interest Company (CIC) with substantial recent experience of supporting Armed Forces communities; an Armed Forces unit or base; a local authority; or a school. The funding is being made available through the Armed Forces Covenant Fund’s Force for Change programme. The closing date for applications for this funding round is noon the 19th November 2021.
December
Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)
Help the Homeless makes grants of up to £5,000 to small and medium-sized charitable organisations (with a turnover of less than £1 million) whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. Typically, such organisations may operate small or medium-sized residential or training facilities to assist homeless people. Deadline is 15th December 2021
Along with pledges from your local community, there is an opportunity to get up to £10,000 from the council towards your crowdfunding campaign.
Small charities and constituted community groups with innovative ideas that benefit their community can apply for funding of up to £50,000 for projects that build more connected, more resilient communities and give people the tools to become more financially independent. In response to the Covid-19 Aviva are temporarily opening up the Fund to projects that will ensure organisations can adapt or maintain critical services and infrastructure in response to the impacts of COVID-19. Projects must still relate to one of Aviva’s key funding areas. The closing date for this funding round is the 19th January 2021.
Power to Change – Community Business Crowdmatch
Power to Change has teamed up with Crowdfunder to launch Community Business Crowdmatch to support new or existing community businesses responding to the Covid-19 crisis. The scheme will help community businesses, providing services or activities which help local people experiencing disproportionate challenge and difficulty as a result of the crisis, by match-funding each £1 raised, to a maximum of £10,000. Power to Change are keen to support new and existing projects in deprived areas, and to work with Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities across England. Funding could be used to support new ideas to help local neighbourhoods, help meet increased demand, save a community space or bridge a funding gap. Applications can be made at any time until all the funding has been awarded.
UK Aid Direct – Small Charities Challenge Fund
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to small UK-registered charities and not-for-profit organisations working with the most vulnerable people in countries that are ranked in the bottom 50 of the UN Human Development Index (HDI) or if it is considered of high or moderate fragility by the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID). Up to two years of funding is on offer for organisations with an annual income of £250,000 or less. Due to the outbreak of COVID-19, DFID will be prioritising applications that can demonstrate that they are responding to longer term impacts of COVID-19. The fund remains open for applications addressing a wide range of Global Goals in a variety of contexts. However, DFID will expect all applicants to be able to explain how their project will address anticipated longer-term impacts of the virus and outline how the risks of COVID-19 to project delivery could be mitigated as part of their application. The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) will remain open and all applications will be reviewed on a 6-monthly basis. The closing date for the next review of proposals is 5 pm on the 25th March 2021.
Sport England – Active Together Programme
Commitment of £1 million to combat the impact of Covid-19 on sports clubs and community activity groups, in the form of match funding through Crowdfunder. Sports England is matching crowd funds of up to £10,000 raised by clubs and organisations hit by the coronavirus crisis. Programme is open to sports clubs and also to charity, community, voluntary or social enterprise organisations that deliver sports or physical activity in the community but are not solely or primarily sports organisations.
Childhood Trust – Champions for Children Campaign
The Childhood Trust campaigns are run in partnership with The Big Give. Funds raised during Campaign Week are MATCHED from two different pots: pledge donors and Childhood Trust funds. The campaign offers unrestricted funding, as well as the opportunity to increase awareness and build up their donor base, to charities working with vulnerable children and young people across London.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Ideas & Pioneers Fund
Grants of up to £15,000 to support people with a vision of a better society to explore their ideas for change. Applicants can be individuals or groups of up to three people to charities, social enterprises or limited companies of up to five employees.
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
Funding for charities in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement.
All Churches Trust – Hope Beyond Fund
Grants of up to £50,000 to support churches and Christian charities to meet changing needs within their communities, helping them and the communities they support to adapt to the challenges and opportunities presented by the Coronavirus pandemic. In addition to funding capital projects, such as adaptation of buildings and the purchase of equipment, the programme will also fund project-related salaries and some other revenue costs (to the end of 2021), such as training of staff and/or volunteers.
BBC Children in Need – Emergency Essentials Programme
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, BBC Children in Need are expanding their Emergency Essentials programme to include a broader range of basic essentials to support children and young people living with severe poverty across the UK. The fund supports families with children who are living with financial, health and social difficulties, by providing items that meet children’s most basic needs such as kitchen appliances, furniture, baby equipment, beds, clothing, and other items and services that are critical to children’s wellbeing. Applications must come through a registered referral agency that is supporting the family or young person. The programme is delivered by Family Fund Business Services.
Comic Relief – Capacity Building Grant
Grants of up to £1,000 to support small community organisations to become stronger and more robust and improve their ability to deliver, both during and after the Covid-19 crisis.
Arts Council England – Culture Recovery Fund
The UK Government has announced an additional £400 million will be awarded to arts, culture and heritage organisations across England in the form of grants and loans from the Culture Recovery Fund. Funding, which was held back in previous rounds, will be available for Cultural organisations that were financially stable before Covid-19, but are now at imminent risk of collapse. £300 million in grants and £100 million in loans will be offered to support organisations’ transition back to their usual means of operating from April 2021. The Fund will be administered by the Arts Council England.
The Foyle Foundation – Small Grants Scheme
Support for smaller, grass roots and local charities, with a turnover of less than £150,000 per annum, during the Covid-19 pandemic. 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 for core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial sustainability.
Big Society Capital – Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund
A new fund for social enterprises and charities that are improving people’s lives across the UK who are experiencing disruption to their normal business model as a result of COVID-19. It has been established to make an existing government scheme, Coronavirus Business Interruption Loan Scheme, more easily accessible to charities and social enterprises.
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport – Culture Recovery Fund
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport has launched the third and final round of the Culture Recovery Fund to help the cultural, heritage and creative sectors move towards reopening at full capacity. Approximately £220 million in funding will be available via two funding streams: the Culture Recovery Fund: Continuity Support programme will help organisations that have already received funding from the Culture Recovery Fund; and the Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support programme will provide support to organisations which haven’t received funding and are at imminent risk of failure. Funding will be distributed by Arm’s Length Bodies, including the Arts Council England. Guidance for each funding stream will be published shortly.
Little Lives UK – Children’s Community Support Programme
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, Little Lives UK are making grants of up to £1,500 available to support London based organisations working with underprivileged children who are in need of support during the crisis. Charitable children’s groups and organisations, such as play groups or sports classes, can apply for funding from the Children’s Community Support Programme to provide a range of initiatives which allow children to access free services and support. Funding could also be used for the purchase of equipment such as sports equipment or to help groups remain sustainable during the crisis. Little Lives UK will also promote successful applicants on their social media and website. Applications from start-up projects are also encouraged.
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund – Development Grants
Triangle Trust’s Development Grant scheme enables organisations supporting young carers or the rehabilitation of offenders and ex-offenders to undertake a progressive development to improve future resilience. This might be a short piece of work requiring investment over a few months or a more significant programme of work requiring dedicated support for up to 3 years. Grants are available from £10,000 up to £80,000 for a duration of 6 months to 3 years.
The Clothworkers’ Foundation – Open Grant Programme
Grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools). Grants are awarded towards capital projects defined as:
- Buildings: purchase, construction, renovation, or refurbishment.
- Fittings, Fixtures, and Equipment: this includes but is not limited to office equipment/furniture, sports/gym equipment, digital/audio visual equipment, garden equipment, specialist therapeutic (excluding medical) equipment. It does not include equipment for one-off use, or which will be given to service users for personal use on a permanent basis.
- Vehicles: This includes a minibus, car, caravan, people-carrier, or 4X4. We are unlikely to fund the total cost of a new vehicle and do not provide grants towards vehicle leasing.
Masonic Charitable Foundation – Funding to Support Vulnerable Older People
Local and national charities in England and Wales can apply for grants of between £500 – £15,000 for projects lasting up to three years that support vulnerable and disadvantaged people over 50. To be eligible the charity needs to have an annual income of below £500,000 per year.
The Wakeham Trust
The Wakeham Trust provides grants to help people rebuild their communities. They are particularly interested in neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded. They favour small projects – often, but not always, start-ups and they try to break the vicious circle whereby you have to be established to get funding from major charities, but you have to get funding to get established. Apply at TheWakehamTrust@icloud.com.
Wooden Spoon Charity
Projects must fall within Wooden Spoons Vision Statement: Our aim is to make a positive impact on the lives of children and young people through our commitment to quality charitable work.
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Small and local charities in England and Wales helping people overcome complex social issues can now apply for two-year unrestricted grants of £50,000 from Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales. The funding will be open year-round, meaning charities can apply at a time that suits them and will not be restricted by deadlines. Successful charities will also get support from a regional manager who will work with them to access a wide range of organisational development support to help meet identified needs.
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
The aim of this foundation is to help raise the quality of life in the UK, particularly for those who are young, disadvantaged, or elderly. Each year grants totalling about 2.5 million are made to a wide range of charities.
True Colours Trust – UK Small Grants
The UK Small Grants programme supports local organisations and projects that work to improve the lives of disabled children and young people, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families. Grants of up to £10,000 are available, although many grants are smaller than this.
Asda Foundation – Healthy Holiday Grant
These grants are designed to support groups that typically would be holding summer holiday activities to ensure children are provided with a hot meal. If social distancing hasn’t been relaxed, the Asda Foundation will provide grants for groups to deliver provisions to children at home. The maximum grant available is £500.
Peter Cruddas Foundation
The Foundation gives priority to programmes designed to help disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the 14-30 age range to pursue pathways to education, training, and employment, with the ultimate aim of helping them to become financially independent. Past grants have been in the range of £2,000 to £20,000.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Applications are now open for projects that improve the natural world, secure a fairer future, and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK. Esmee’s new strategy will focus on the following three interdependent aims: Improving our natural world; Tackling injustice to deliver a fairer future; Nurturing creative, confident communities.
The Archer Trust
Supports organisations working in areas of high unemployment/deprivation and who make good use of volunteers. Funding of up to £4,000 is available.
The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts
The Sainsbury family. It exists to provide economies of scale in the management of the trusts’ activities. Each trust is an independent legal entity with its own separate and autonomous board of trustees, actively led by an individual member of the Sainsbury family. Each trust’s charitable giving follows the family member’s own interests, priorities, and ways of working. The trusts only fund registered charities or activities with clearly defined charitable purposes. They do not make grants directly to individuals.
Tesco – Bags of Help 2021
Community groups and schools can now apply for funding of up to £1,000 for projects in England, Wales and Scotland that benefit their local community. The funding has been made available by the Tesco Bags of Help programme and can cover a broad range of projects. It can be used to purchase sports kit, litter pickers, camping equipment; improvements to buildings; the development of outdoor spaces such as a play areas or woodland; running community events, or supporting seasonal activities. A public vote determines which groups will receive a grant. Following the vote, the project that received the most votes in its area will receive a grant of up to £1,000.
Marsh Christian Trust
The Trust focuses on providing funding which could help small organisations pay for various running costs, such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance and other core outgoings. Areas include arts and heritage, education and training, environmental causes and animal welfare, healthcare, and social welfare. Grants of between £300 and £2,000 are available.
National Lottery Community Fund
Mainstream National Lottery Community Fund’s priorities for funding are projects and organisations supporting communities through the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding will be prioritised for organisations who are:
- supporting people who are at high risk of Covid-19
- supporting communities most likely to face increased demand and challenges as a direct result of COVID-19
- support communities with the direct and indirect impact of COVID-19.
National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities
Large grants over £10,000 (grants are available for up to five years) are available to voluntary and community organisations in England for projects that make positive changes in their communities. The aim of the programme is to support communities to thrive by funding projects that:
- Build strong relationships in and across communities.
- Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities.
- Help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.
National Lottery Community Fund – Partnerships
Grants of at least £10,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations in England which work together with a shared set of goals and values to help their community thrive. The aim of the programme is to encourage organisations to work in partnership to help their communities thrive by focusing on the bigger picture, rather than just what their organisation can do on its own. The funding can support different types of partnership, including:
- Cross-sector partnerships.
- Local place-based collaboration.
- Local and national organisations working together around a particular theme.
National Lottery Grants for Heritage
Grants of between £3,000 and £100,000 for organisations working with heritage to adapt and respond to the changing environment they are now operating in due to the coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis. The funding is intended to help the UK’s heritage sector respond to the impacts of coronavirus/COVID-19 and to adapt and thrive again. This funding is designed to focus on organisational resilience or on projects that deliver inclusion in heritage.
National Lottery Awards for All
Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools, and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community. The aim of the grants programme is to support communities to thrive by funding projects that:
- Build strong relationships in and across communities.
- Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities.
- Help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.