June’s Funding News

Welcome to June’s funding update.

This update is split into two parts. Section A features funders with upcoming deadlines. You’ll find funders with a local or regional focus first, and national funders second. The funders are listed in order of deadline date, soonest first.

Section B features funders who welcome applications at any time. Again, you’ll find funders with a local or regional focus first, and national funders second.

This update can only provide a snapshot of these funders. We recommend visiting the funders’ websites for full details before you apply. Every funder in this list has a website, which you can access by clicking on the name of the funder.

A. Get in quick – deadlines coming up!
1. Funders with a local / regional interest

South Staffs Water Pebble Fund

When to apply: Apply between 1^st May and 31^st July 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisation
Size of grant available: £500-£10,000
Priorities: Funding for projects that will improve, restore or create habitat within South Staffs Water supply area
How to apply: Using the online application form on the funder’s website

Central England Co-Operative Community Dividend Fund

Deadline: 31^st July 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any not-for-profit / voluntary and community group as long as an individual involved has been a full member of Central England Co-operative for at least six months
Size of grant available: £100-£5,000
Priorities: Projects should align with one or more of the themes of the fund, which are:

• Access to food – improving access to food in a way that encourages healthy, balanced choices to be made
• Health and wellbeing – projects that directly or indirectly promote physical and mental health and wellbeing
• Inclusion projects – directly or indirectly support greater inclusion of vulnerable, excluded, or hard to reach groups
• Environment – inside and outside spaces that support increased sustainability e.g. energy saving projects, sustainable travel, biodiversity and food security

How to apply: Online at the funder’s website

C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust

Deadline: 15^th September 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered and exempt charities only
Size of grant available: Average grant £3,000
Priorities: Grants given to projects in the West Midlands which are intended to solve local problems and improve the quality of life within communities. Grants are made in the following categories:

• Social welfare – including children and young people, older people, disabled people, homelessness, women-led initiatives, counselling and mediation, hospice and bereavement services
• Education – including adult literacy schemes, employment training, youth work and mental health education
• Penal affairs – including word with offenders and ex-offenders to reduce re-offending and help reintegration, support for families of offenders, police-backed initiatives, youth projects

Types of costs funded: Project costs
How to apply: The application window opens on 4^th July and will be on the funder’s website. Find full guidance on the website too

2. National funders

The Happiness Fund

Deadline: This fund opens on 1 July and will only accept the first 50 applications
Types of organisation supported: Any locally-focussed not-for-profit with income less than £50,000
Size of grant available: Up to £2,500
Priorities: The fund will support setting up of new groups and activities. To be successful, applicants will need to show how the group and activity will become self-sustainable in the longer term. The fund aims to build happy, strong, resilient communities by supporting grassroots, not-for-profit projects that enable sustainable outcomes in

• Mental health, wellbeing and happiness
• Inclusion
• Learning and skills development

How to apply: At the funder’s website

Hilden Charitable Fund

Deadline: 3^rd July 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities, excepted charities and CICs
Size of grant available: £5,000-£7,000
Priorities: Hilden Charitable Fund has two programme areas:

• Asylum Seekers and Refugees – supporting organisations and projects that support asylum seekers and refugees, provide services to meet their needs and support their integration into wider society
• Penal Affairs – this programme aims to reduce reoffending. The fund will support organisations that go into prisons with services that help prisoners cope or maintain their family bonds. It will also fund projects that give post-release support to help ex-offenders resettle into the community

Types of costs funded: Core and project funding
How to apply: Complete an eligibility form on the funder’s website in order to access the application form
Further deadlines: Further application windows are:

• Monday 3^rd October 2022 – Sunday 27^th November 2022
• Monday 3^rd February 2023 – Sunday 26^th March 2023

National Churches Trust Cornerstone Grants

Deadline: 4^th July 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only
Size of grant available: £10,000-£50,000 (though grants of £40,000 or more are extremely limited). Maximum grant size will be capped at 50% of the total cost of your project
Priorities: Funding is available for churches and Christian places of worship for:

• Urgent structural repair projects that cost over £100,000
• Kitchens and toilet installation to increase community use (the total cost of the project should be over £30,000)

Types of costs funded: Capital
How to apply: Using the online form on the funder’s website

British and Foreign School Society

Deadline: 13^th July 2022 (stage one)
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only with income normally between £25,000 and £2.5m per year
Size of grant available: Between £30,000 and £100,000 for projects lasting between 1 and 5 years. Multi-year projects are capped at £30,000 per year
Priorities: The funding is for projects that work with young carers and care experienced young people under the age of 25. Projects should:

• Improve educational outcomes – including the support of Care Experienced Young People and Young Carers to attend and engage in mainstream school life, improving their access to out of school support and increasing the number of education professionals able to understand their needs.
• Improve life chances – including improving the support for Care Experienced Young People and Young Carers (aged 16-24) to access further education, employment or training opportunities and improving support for them to remain engaged with these opportunities.
• Encourage innovation – supporting new or innovative interventions that are evidence based, with an emphasis on evaluation and the intention that the intervention will be scaled up or replicated if successful.

How to apply: Using the funder’s online application form

The MSE Charity – Developing Resilience theme

Deadline: Apply between 20^th June and 22^nd July 2022 (closes sooner if 40 applications have been accepted)
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities, CICs and other registered not-for-profit organisations
Size of grant available: Up to £7,500
Priorities: Projects focused on providing urgent money guidance and emergency debt help to those in need of support through the cost of living crisis
Types of costs funded: Project costs
How to apply: Follow the instructions on the funder’s website. There is also a helpful FAQ section and applicants are welcome to email questions to the Operations Manager before submitting an application

Woodward Charitable Trust small grants

Deadline: 29th July 2022 (noon)
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities and CICs (community interest companies)
Size of grant available: Up to £3,000, but grants are typically for £1,000 or less
Priorities: This funder only considers applications for core costs and are looking for organisations which aim to achieve a positive impact in at least one of the following areas:

• Children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour and projects to help those who have been in the care system. This also covers gang violence and knife crime, education and mentoring as well as projects that work to raise self-esteem and employment opportunities and encourage an active involvement in and contribution towards the local community
• Disadvantaged families, this covers parenting support and guidance, mental health, food poverty, refuges and domestic violence projects
• Prisoners and ex-offenders and specifically projects that maintain and develop contact with prisoners’ families and help with the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners and/or ex-offenders after their release.

How to apply: At the funder’s website

Volant Charitable Trust – Covid-19 Response Fund

Deadline: 31^st July 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities, CICs and social enterprises
Size of grant available: Undefined – values are at the discretion of trustees
Priorities: This fund will award grants for the alleviation of social deprivation and vulnerable groups who have been particularly affected by the Covid-19 pandemic
How to apply: At the funder’s website

The Radcliffe Trust

Deadline: 31^st July 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community group
Size of grant available: £2,500-£7,500
Priorities: This funder has two programme areas:

• Heritage and crafts – supporting the development and practice of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s heritage and crafts sector. This includes support for emerging craftspeople of high quality, craft and conservation projects and training, projects demonstrating creative outcomes by designer-makers, projects with potential for capacity building within the sector, and some special needs projects focusing on the therapeutic benefits of skills development.
• Music – supporting classical music performance and training, especially chamber music, composition and music education. Particular interests within music education are music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research

Types of costs funded: Project costs
How to apply: The funder’s website contains a useful FAQ, guidance notes and eligibility criteria for each programme area as well as links to its online application form
Further deadlines: 31^st January 2023

VCSE Health and Wellbeing Fund 2022 to 2025: women’s reproductive wellbeing in the workplace

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), and NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSEI) are seeking applications for voluntary and community sector organisations for the next round of the Health and Wellbeing Fund
Deadline: 5^th August 2022
Types of organisation supported: Not-for-profit organisations that are either registered charities or registered companies
Size of grant available: Grants of £200,000-£600,000
Priorities: This fund aims to support VCSE organisations who can provide a holistic support offer to assist women experiencing reproductive health issues (for example, menopause, fertility problems, miscarriage and pregnancy loss, menstrual health and gynaecological conditions) to remain in and return to the workplace. The Health and Wellbeing Fund will support projects and programmes that are working with target communities and provide:

• workplace awareness and training for small and medium enterprises (SMEs) where assistance schemes are unlikely to be available
• low-intensity expert work and health support for women experiencing reproductive health issues that are impacting their experience in the workplace. In particular, those women at risk of leaving employment or who have recently fallen out of work who are less likely to have access to occupational health support via their employer, for example, those working for small employers or the self-employed

Applicants are required to provide a supporting letter from their local statutory commissioner – for example, clinical commissioning group (CCG), sustainability and transformation partnership (STP), integrated care system (ICS), or local authority, and are strongly encouraged to obtain additional funding that supports their project or programme from statutory or non-statutory partners
How to apply: Full information, guidance and application instructions are provided on the gov.uk website

Community Ownership Fund (Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Deadline: 19^th August 2022 (but an expression of interest can be submitted at any time)
Types of organisation supported: Voluntary and community organisations
Size of grant available:  Up to £250,000
Priorities: Funding to help communities take ownership of local assets that are at risk. The Fund supports projects which fulfil one or a combination of the following aims:

• acquire a physical community asset at risk, such as land and buildings which deliver a benefit to local people
• renovate, repair or refurbish the asset, only where it is a community asset at risk of closure and where this is critical to saving the asset and making it sustainable for long-term community use
• set up a new community business or buy an existing business in order to save an asset of importance to the community
• the purchase of associated stock, collections or intellectual property, where it is associated with buying a physical asset or buying a business to save an asset
• move a community asset to a new, more appropriate location within the same community. This might be because a different location offers better value to continue the asset, or because the venue is in itself an asset of community value

Types of costs funded: Match funding for the purchase or renovation costs of community assets
How to apply: Complete an expression of interest form at any time. Once you have passed the expression of interest stage, you will be sent a link to the full application form, which will need to be submitted by 19^th August 2022. There will be two further chances to apply before March 2023.

Emerton-Christie Charity

Deadline: End of August 2022
Types of organisation supported: Charities and voluntary organisations
Size of grant available: Most grants up to £3,000
Priorities: Funding is focused on the following themes:

• Education / training
• The advancement of health or saving of lives
• Disability
• Arts / culture / heritage / science
• Environment / conservation / heritage

Types of costs funded: Project and core costs
How to apply: By email. Please see FAQs on the funder’s website

The Robert McAlpine Foundation

Deadline: 31^st August 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only with annual income below £1million
Size of grant available: Usually in the region of £5,000-£10,000
Priorities: The funder awards grants in the following themes:

• Children
• Social
• Elderly
• Youth
• Medical

How to apply: Complete the criteria form on the funder’s website in order to apply. The website details what applicants should cover in their application

Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust

Deadline: 1^st September 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only
Size of grant available: Up to £35,000
Priorities: Animal welfare charities. The types of project funded include:

• General running costs associated with the rescue, rehabilitation and re-homing or release of domestic, wild and exotic animals
• Costs associated with the direct protection of endangered species
• Feeding, capture, neutering and release of feral cats
• Assistance with vets’ fees and neutering costs of animals owned by those on low incomes
• Donations towards capital purchases involving land, buildings, vehicles, equipment and educational material

How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website and send completed forms and requested documents by email
Further deadlines: January 2023, May 2023

B. No deadlines
1. Funders with a local / regional interest

Active Black Country

Active Black Country has a number of Sport England funds available to support Black Country residents to get active during 2022/23, and the team can support organisations with identifying the most appropriate funding to meet their needs
Priorities: Active Black Country is seeking organisations to come forward if they are working with any of the following audiences:

• Disabilities
• Long term health conditions
• Lower socio-economic groups
• Culturally diverse communities
• Children and young people
• They are also interested in working with other groups in addition to those listed above but need to understand the needs and details initially
• Active Black Country is keen to talk to organisations looking to maximise the impact of the upcoming Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games and are particularly interested in talking to groups and their audiences that have been impacted by the pandemic and organisations looking to strengthen their workforce and sustainability

How to apply: Visit the Active Black Country website and fill in the expression of interest form. One of the team will contact you to discuss your funding requirements

Severn Trent Community Fund

Types of organisation supported: All types of constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisations. Applications over £10,000 can only be made by registered charities or registered companies
Size of grant available: There are three levels of grant funding:

• £2,000-£10,000
• £10,001-£75,000
• £75,001-£250,000

Priorities: There are three themes:

• People – projects that facilitate healthier lifestyles and skills development
• Place – projects that create better places to live in and use
• Environment – Projects that facilitate a healthier natural environment, greater access to the environment or that support the preservation of water

Projects over £75,000 will need to cover all three themes
Types of costs funded: Project and capital costs
How to apply: Online at the funder’s website. Comprehensive guidance and examples of funded projects are also provided. You are also encouraged to contact the fund to talk through your project before you start or submit your application

The Saintbury Trust

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only
Size of grant available: Between £1,000 and £5,000
Priorities: The trust has a wide range of interests, but a particular focus on:

• The arts
• Heritage
• Environment
• Disabled people

How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website and return by post. The website also contains full guidance notes and exclusions

Birmingham and Black Country Communities Fund – Heart of England Community Foundation

Types of organisation supported: Any constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisation
Size of grant available: Up to £2,000
Priorities: The fund aims to support people in Birmingham and the Black Country. Applications must meet one of the following aims:

• Promote health and wellbeing
• Tackling disadvantage
• Support local solutions to meet local needs
• Promote community cohesion
• Develop sustainable and supporting communities

The Foundation’s priorities this financial year are:

• Youth Opportunities – including skills development, raising employment aspirations, positive engagement with communities
• Health & wellbeing – including mental health, dementia, domestic abuse
• Building Stronger & Cohesive Communities – including tackling loneliness & isolation, support for migrants, developing community connection and integrating together

Types of costs funded: Project costs, start up costs, purchase of equipment and resources
How to apply: Online at the funder’s website

Worcestershire and Dudley Historic Churches Trust

Types of organisation supported: Any Christian Church within the Worcestershire diocese
Size of grant available: Generally up to £5,000
Priorities: Grants toward the preservation, repair, maintenance, improvement, upkeep or beautification of any Christian Church within the geographical area of the Diocese of Worcester or the county of Worcestershire. The Trust also promotes the education of the public in the history and architecture of churches. Grants may go towards the large and small scale restoration of historic buildings of all periods including twentieth century, including roof and wall repairs, rewiring or archaeological investigation, as well as the conservation of ancient or more modern features including stained glass, wall paintings and monuments
How to apply: Using an application form downloaded from the funder’s website

2. National funders

The Steel Charitable Trust

Types of organisation supported: Registered and exempt charities only with turnover over £50,000
Size of grant available: £10,000-£25,000
Priorities: Applications must be for charitable purposes that fall into one of the five core categories below; applications for purposes outside these categories are only permitted at the direct invitation of a Trustee:

• Arts and Heritage
• Education
• Environment
• Health
• Social or Economic Disadvantage – Children/homelessness

Types of costs funded: Any
How to apply: Using the application form on the funder’s website

The True Colours Trust

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities and CICs with annual income below £350,000 that work with disabled children and young people up to age 25
Size of grant available: Up to £10,000
Priorities: Grants are for projects that support disabled children and children with life-limiting conditions and their families. Projects could include:

• Activities for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families
• Activities which support siblings of disabled children or siblings of children with life-limiting conditions
• Bereavement support for children and young people
• Family support / parent-led peer support for parents of disabled children
• Respite which supports the whole family
• Support for disabled children and children with life-limiting conditions who are shielding or unable to return to school due to Covid-19
• Adaptations to services including PPE, digital service provision and physical changes to spaces to make projects Covid-19 compliant
• Technology to support children and families who are isolated due to Covid-19
• Renovation, upgrading and additional equipment for hydrotherapy pools and multi-sensory rooms
• Minibuses
• Specialised play equipment / access to play and leisure for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

How to apply: Using the application form on the funder’s website

Clothworkers Foundation (Open Programme)

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities, CICs and other registered not-for-profits
Size of grant available: Both large and small projects. The size of grant awarded will depend on a number of factors including the size of your organisation and the cost and scale of your project
Priorities: Applicants must be able to demonstrate that the work of the organisation fits within one or more of the Foundation’s programme areas which are:

• Alcohol & substance misuse
• Disadvantaged minority communities
• Disadvantaged young people
• Domestic & sexual abuse
• Homelessness
• Older people
• People with disabilities
• Prisoners & ex-offenders
• Visual impairment

Types of costs funded: Capital only, including:

• Buildings: Purchase, construction, renovation or refurbishment
• Fittings, Fixtures, and Equipment: Including (but is not limited to) office equipment/furniture, sports/gym equipment, digital/audio visual equipment, garden equipment, specialist therapeutic (excluding medical) equipment
• Vehicles: Including a minibus, car, caravan, people-carrier, or 4X4 (new vehicles are unlikely to be funded)

How to apply: Complete the eligibility quiz on the funder’s website. If you are eligible, you will receive a link to the application form. Please make sure to read the exclusions too.

The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only with annual income below £500,000
Size of grant available: Undefined
Priorities: Funding for activities that promote the care, safety and upbringing of children by:

• Supporting and assisting those in need, their families and carers
• Promoting their welfare and support
• Advancing their education

Types of costs funded: The funder is willing to fund specific projects as well as ongoing costs such as staffing and rent
How to apply: Complete the application form on the funder’s website. Applications need to be received by 30^th September and 31^st March each year