Welcome to March’s funding update.
This update is split into two parts. Section A features funders with a local or regional focus. Section B features funders who work across England. In both sections, funders are listed in order of deadline date, soonest first. Funders without a deadline date appear after this.
Many grants to support groups and individuals with the cost-of-living crisis have now closed. You will find those that are still open in our April 2023 funding update.
This update can only provide a snapshot of these funders so we recommend visiting the funders’ websites for full details before you apply. Most funders in this list have a website, which you can access by clicking on the name of the funder. Full contact details have been provided for funders that do not have a website.
A. Funders with a local / regional interest
Owen Family Trust
Who can apply: Eligible organisations must be a UK registered charity; however applications from ‘umbrella’ bodies that hold funds are also acceptable.
Organisations must be operating in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton.
Size of grant available: Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees, but grants tend to range from £1,000 and £5,000.
Priorities: Funding is intended to support Christian youth centres, community associations and national schemes and organisations undertaking a variety of charitable activities.
How to apply: Applications should be made in writing and should include:
- A project budget.
- The organisation’s annual report.
- A copy of the organisation’s accounts.
Contact the Owen Family Trust for further information.
Owen Family Trust
Mill Dam House, Mill Lane
Aldridge
Walsall
WS9 0NB
Tel: 01213531221
Email: owenmdh@btinternet.com
Grimmit Trust
Who can apply: Registered charities and other charitable organisations based and working in Birmingham City, Dudley, Walsall, Solihull and Wolverhampton can apply.
Size of grant available: Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Grants are generally up to a maximum of £4,000.
Priorities: Funding is intended to support community development projects, charities and voluntary bodies in the area.
How to apply: Applications can be made at any time and must be made in writing to the Secretary at the Grimmitt Trust.
The Trust does not maintain a website or a formal application form.
For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:
Grimmitt Trust
151B All Saints Road
Kings Heath
Birmingham
B14 6AT
Tel: 07576195955
Email: admin@grimmitt-trust.org.uk
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust
Who can apply: Registered charities working in the greater Birmingham area or North Wales may apply.
This includes the Church of England, Church of Wales, educational, medical, elderly and youth organisations.
Size of grant available: Although there is no minimum or maximum grant values specified, previous grants have been between £250 and £5,000.
Priorities: Funding is available to charitable organisations or for charitable activities. Sponsorships and research projects may also be eligible for grants.
Funding is for projects that address the following areas:
- Elderly.
- Care.
- Youth.
- Education.
- Theatre/arts.
- Heritage/buildings.
- Faith.
- Community.
- Health/medical
- Disabilities.
- People.
- Poverty.
- Animal welfare.
- Environment.
- Other Charitable Purposes.
How to apply: Applications can be submitted at anytime and are considered twice a year by the Trust in May/June and in November/December.
An online application form is available on the Trust’s website.
Please contact the Trust for further information.
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust
The Mearse
20 Mearse Lane
Barnt Green
Birmingham
West Midlands
B4 8HW
Tel: 0121 445 2544
Fax: 0121 447 8107
Email: enquiries@bernardpiggotttrust.org.uk
Anthony and Gwendoline Wylde Memorial Charity
Who can apply: Charitable organisations based and working in Dudley and Staffordshire are eligible to apply.
Particular emphasis will be given to applications from Kinver, Kidderminster and Stourbridge.
Size of grant available: Small grants of up to £1,000 are available, though the amount granted is normally less than this.
Larger grants are provided at the discretion of the Trustees.
Priorities: The funding supports local initiatives with general charitable purposes, particularly community or social projects.
How to apply: Applications can be submitted at anytime and are considered twice a year by the Trust in May/June and in November/December. An online application form is available on the funder’s website.
Grantham Yorke Trust
Who can apply: Charitable organisations based in the old West Midlands Metropolitan County area can apply.
To be eligible, applicants must meet the following requirement:
- Be working for the benefit of young people under the age of 25 years who are living in the old West Midlands Metropolitan County area.
- Have charitable status. If they are in the process of becoming registered their appeal may be deferred until this has been obtained (if approved). Organisations that are associated with a registered charity may be considered.
Size of grant available: There is no minimum or maximum funding level set by the Trust. Applicants are advised to contact the Trust directly to confirm the funding level available.
Priorities: The Trust offers grants to assist, by way of education and training, the prevention of juvenile delinquency; the abuse of drugs, alcohol and gambling; and the neglect or ill treatment of children.
How to apply: Applications may be made at any time. Trustees’ meetings are held every three months to consider applications.
Groups are advised to contact the Trust directly to discuss the likelihood of their project being eligible for a grant. The Trust may then offer to send out an application form.
Applicants must submit a copy of their report and year-end accounts along with the application.
They should send supporting literature only if it is specifically relevant to the subject matter of the application.
The Trust does not maintain a website. Contact the Trust for further information.
Grantham Yorke Trust
The Estate Office, Wharf Cottage
Broombank, Newnham Bridge
Tenbury Wells
Worcestershire
WR15 8NY
Tel: 07799784019
Email: chrissy@granthamyorketrust.org.uk
B. National funders
Deadline: 16th April 2024
Who can apply: Applications will be accepted from the following types of organisations:
Who can apply: Applications will be accepted from the following types of organisations:
- Registered charities which operate a community facility.
- Churches or Parochial Church Councils.
- Parish or Town Councils or Management Committees or User Associations acting on behalf of Parish or Town Councils.
- Local Authorities.
- CASC Registered Sports Clubs.
Other organisations may still be able to apply for funding if they apply as a secondary applicant with a Parish Council, Local Authority or Charity which has an involvement in their project site.
Applicants are advised to discuss their eligibility before applying.
The project site must be owned, leased or under long term formal management agreement by the applying organisation. Any lease or management agreement must be in place before any application is made and have at least five years left to run.
Projects must be based within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment waste facility.
Applicants should use the calculator to determine if their project is located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment waste facility site
Size of grant available: Grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 are available for projects with a maximum total project cost of £500,000 (including VAT if relevant).
All grant recipients are required to secure a ‘Contributing Third Party’ (CTP) payment. This is a very specific payment required to be paid to the landfill operator and it is not the same as match funding. Full details can be found in the guidance notes.
This is a highly competitive funding programme, which is oversubscribed.
Priorities: The funding is intended to support not-for-profit organisations with the costs of making physical improvements to single amenity sites that are open and accessible to the general public. The facility should be somewhere the general public can go, join, or use, for leisure or entertainment purposes without any limit or restriction of use.
How to apply:
- 2024-2 Round opens 20 March 2024 and closes at 5.00pm on 5 June 2024
- 2024-3 Round opens 19 June 2024 and closes at 5.00pm on 4 September 2024
- 2024-4 Round opens 18 September 2024 and closes at 5.00pm on 4 December 2024.
Funding decisions are made approximately three months after the closing date.
The guidance notes and online application system can be found on the FCC Communities Foundation website.
Applicants should refer to the guidance notes before starting the application process.
Deadline: 30th April 2024
Who can apply: Applications will be considered from organisations who require funding in the areas of:
Who can apply: Applications will be considered from organisations who require funding in the areas of:
- Abuse
- Addiction
- Child carers
- Homelessness
Organisations must have a turnover of under £1.5 million and be supporting young people aged 16 years and under.
Size of grant available: Up to £2,500
Priorities: The foundation makes grants to projects which support young people (16 years and under) who are challenged by abuse or addiction, who are young carers, or who are homeless/without a safe place to call home.
How to apply: The remaining 2024 funding rounds are as follows:
- 1 March to 30 April for a June funding review.
- 1 July to 31 August for an October funding review.
Guidance notes and an online application form are available from the 7stars foundation website.
Concertina Charitable Trust
Deadline: 30th April 2024
Who can apply: The Trust is keen to support smaller charitable organisations in England and Wales that might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly, to provide musical entertainment for residents.
Size of grant available: Grants of up to £250 are available.
Priorities: Funding is intended to provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly to provide therapeutic benefit for their health and wellbeing.
How to apply: The annual deadlines for application are 30 April and 31 October.
An application form is available to download from the Trust’s website. The completed form must be sent by post to the Trust Administrator.
No e-mail or telephone correspondence will be entered into regarding an application.
The Trustees will assess any application to ensure that any grant would be within the Trust’s objects, whether the charity is in financial need, the amount of benefit that would be derived from the grant (for example, the number of residents that would attend a concert or use the facilities) and any other factors the Trustees think important. As part of this process, the Trustees may ask for further information and, if feasible, one of the Trustees will meet a representative of the charity.
Simon Baynes
Administrator
The Concertina Charitable Trust
Nells Platt
Smithwood Common
Cranleigh
Surrey
GU6 8QY
Further deadlines: 31st October 2024
Home Instead Charities
Deadline: 30th April 2024
Who can apply: Applications are accepted from small community groups and charities in the UK.
Priority will be given to applications that have a connection to, and are championed by, a local Home Instead office.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Have a bank account in the same name of the group they are applying for funding under.
- Have a policy of being open and inclusive of all, irrespective of race, religion, sex or sexual orientation.
- Show that their group members are over 55 years old or the project for which they seek funding benefits people aged over 55 years.
Registered charities must be able to attach a copy of their governing documents and their last set of accounts as part of their application.
Applications will be considered from groups, associations and charities that do not service the over 50s directly but the project they require funding for does, i.e., a local school wishes to hold a special afternoon tea for its local care home residents.
Size of grant available: There are two levels of funding:
- Grants of up to £500 for small grass roots organisations.
- Grants of up to £1,500 for small local registered charities. Larger grants can be considered for exceptional projects.
The funder will only fully fund a grant request where the applicant holds no more than three months operating costs in reserve. For organisations that have more than this, up to 50% of the project costs will be funded.
Priorities: The funding is intended to support local community events that enhance and enrich the lives of people over the age of 55 to combat loneliness and sometimes isolation ensuring they stay fit, active, healthy and connected and contributing to their local communities.
How to apply: There are four application windows per year: January, April, July and October. Applications received outside of these windows will not be processed.
Applications received in:
- January will be processed and awarded in February
- April will be processed and awarded in May
- July will be processed and awarded in August
- October will be processed and awarded in November.
Applicants should complete the online form on the Home Instead Charities website. Small registered charities must attach their governing document and last set of accounts to their application.
Contact Home Instead Charities for further information.
Further deadlines: 31st July 2024 and 31st October 2024
Deadline: 30th April 2024
Who can apply: Applications are accepted from UK registered charities, educational establishments, and other organisations with a formal not-for-profit consititution, such as a community interest company; CICs limited by shares may also apply.
Size of grant available: Generally, grants of up to £15,000 are available. In exceptional circumstances grants of over £15,000 may be awarded.
Organisations can also apply for independent strategic-level pro-bono help for their IT projects from WCIT.
Funding applications for a small fraction towards the cost of a large project (e.g. £15,000 toward a £300,000 initiative) are unlikely to be successful.
Priorities: Funding of IT-related projects and provision of pro-bono IT consultancy which help achieve the WCIT Charity’s priorities.
How to apply: Applications can be submitted any time throughout the year and are considered four times per year. The next deadline for applications is 30 April 2024 (5pm).
An online application form can be accessed on the WCIT Charity website or a hard copy version can be obtained by emailing the Charity Coordinator.
Decisions are usually communicated 6–8 weeks after the application deadline.
Charity co-ordinator
charity@wcit.org.uk
Deadline: 1st May 2024
Who can apply: UK registered charities based and working in the UK may apply. They must have submitted their trustee annual report, annual return and latest audited accounts to the Charity Commission. Charities must have at least one year of published accounts covering a 12-month period.
Size of grant available: The maximum grant available is £6,000.
Priorities: The funding is intended for UK registered charities whose objectives are to:
- Benefit children and adults particularly those living in socially deprived areas, through education to develop core skills and support wellbeing and mental health.
- Benefit the wellbeing and welfare of children and adults by preventing or reducing poverty and homelessness in the community.
- Support the elderly and improve their wellbeing by reducing isolation, helping reduce the effects of Dementia and Alzheimer’s and support later life/palliative care.
How to apply: The trustees meet at the beginning of March, June, September and December. Submission deadlines are the first of the month prior to each meeting, i.e. 1 February, 1 May, 1 August and 1 November each year.
Applications received after the deadline will be considered at the next meeting.
Notifications of decisions can take up to 28 days from the trustees meeting date.
The online application form can be found on the Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation website.
Contact Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation for further information.
Deadline: 1st May 2024
Who can apply: Applications are accepted from UK registered charities working in the UK or abroad. (Charities with an annual income under £5,000 do not need to be registered to be eligible.)
The Trust favours applications from:
Smaller animal welfare charities registered as above and working in the UK and/or abroad:
- Which have independently examined up-to-date annual accounts.
- Demonstrate an active re-homing and rehabilitation policy for animals taken into their care, unless the animals are endangered species.
- Are involved with conservation of wildlife, where the rescue, rehabilitation and (when possible) the release of animals is their main aim.
Charities which also import animals from overseas into the UK must satisfy the additional criteria in order to be able to apply for a grant:
- Support work within the country of origin which benefits animals remaining within that country.
- Ensure each animal is imported legally and in accordance with current DEFRA guidelines applicable to the particular country of origin.
- Ensure each animal has been examined by a vet following its arrival in the UK.
- Have their own permanent premises in the UK suitable for assessing the animal.
- Have assessed the behaviour of the animal both in its country of origin and, for a period of at least three weeks, in its UK premises and found it to be suitable for its prospective adopter.
- Ensure the animal has been neutered or spayed before being rehomed (or have made arrangements to do this once it is safe to do so).
- Have arranged a face-to-face meeting between the animal and its prospective adopter in advance of the animal being rehomed.
- Ensure the new owner is given the option of returning the animal to the charity’s UK premises if it is found unsuitable for any reason. No such animal should then be sent back to its country of origin.
Size of grant available: Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Funding needs to be spent within 12 months from receipt of payment.
Priorities: The objectives of the Trust are to donate to projects or activities encompassing one or more of the following areas:
- The benefit and protection of animals.
- The relief of suffering in animals.
- The conservation of wildlife.
- The encouragement of a greater understanding of animals.
How to apply: Application forms and guidance are available on the Trust’s website. The forms (one for new applicants and one for past applicants) can be completed online or downloaded and returned by email.
Deadline: 1st May 2024
Who can apply: Registered charities and not-for-profit organisations based in the UK (including specialist not-for-profit schools) can apply.
Applications will be accepted from:
- Registered Charities with the Charity Commission for England and Wales.
- Registered Charities with OSCR
- Registered Charities with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland
- Registered Community Benefit Society with the FCA
- Registered Cooperative Society with the FCA
- Registered Community Interest Company (CIC) with Companies House.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Be supporting people in need in the UK by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress. The main beneficiaries could be:
- People suffering from sickness or disabilities.
- People from diverse groups.
- Disadvantaged or vulnerable people.
- People suffering from financial hardship.
- People suffering from mental health issues.
- Other.
- Be looking for funding to support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings.
- Have suitable governance to manage funds, e.g., financial reporting, committee meetings, etc.
Both national and local charities can apply.
Size of grant available: Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Funding needs to be spent within 12 months from receipt of payment.
Priorities: The funding is intended for both national and local charities across the UK so that they can fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities specifically for those in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress) in the UK.
How to apply: The guidelines and online application form can be found on The Screwfix Foundation website.
The trustees meet to review applications in March, June, September and December. The cutoff date for applications is 12pm on the 10th of the month prior to the Trustee meeting.
The application windows for 2024 are:
- 11 February to 10 May for the June Trustee meeting with a decision by 30 June 2024.
- 11 May to 10 August for the September Trustee meeting with a decision by 30 September 2024.
- 11 August to 10 November for the December Trustee meeting with a decision by 30 December 2024.
All projects that are successful will be listed on the Screwfix Foundation website.
Contact The Screwfix Foundation for further information.
Deadline: 7th May 2024
Who can apply: Not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are operating in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible to apply.
Employees of Warburtons are able to apply on behalf of organisations if they are actively involved with them (e.g. they are a volunteer, trustee, active supporter).
Size of grant available: Community grants of up to and including £400 are available.
Warburtons has a ‘limited amount of money for grant funding and will not be able to support all applications’.
Priorities: Funding is available for projects that are working towards one of Warburtons’ outcome areas:
- Health – supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:
- Improving physical health
- Improving wellbeing
- Place – supporting families to flourish in communities that are safer, greener and more inclusive:
- Making spaces safe and inclusive
- Connecting communities with the environment
- Skills – supporting families to gain useful skills for life and work:
- Developing useful life skills
- Developing useful skills for employment.
Grants can be used to cover specific costs that will benefit the cause (e.g. purchasing equipment to support an employability project).
How to apply: To access the application form, groups should click on the link on the Financial Giving section of the Warburton website. They will be redirected to the application form hosted by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).
CAF may get in touch with applicants directly, to ask for their bank account details and any documents they may need.
Contact Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) for further information. grantmaking@cafonline.org
Further deadlines: 5th August 2024
Deadline: 15th May 2024
Who can apply: Applications will be accepted from:
- Registered charities.
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs).
- Community Interest Companies (CICs) limited by guarantee, not by shares.
- Charitable Companies (must be registered both as a charity and a company)
- Excepted charities (see Excepted charities – GOV.UK for more information on these)
To be eligible for UK funding, charities that are registered and operating in the UK must:
- Have a project that meets the Foundation’s priority areas.
- Have a total annual income (from all sources) of under £250,000 in the last three financial years.
- Be able to demonstrate UK charitable purposes.
- Have adequate insurance and safeguarding policies and procedures for your service users, volunteers and employees, including DRB screening if necessary.
- Hold less than 12 months spending in cash reserves.
Size of grant available: Grants will usually be in the range of £5,000 to £7,000 per year for up to two years.
Priorities: Hilden provides funding to organisations which demonstrate charitable purposes and awards grants to projects both in the UK and in developing countries.
In the UK, most funding goes to registered charities. Overseas projects will either work with a UK charity or show relevant legal status.
The aim of the Fund is to address disadvantage, notably by supporting causes which are unlikely to raise funds from public subscriptions. Both the UK and overseas fund policy is directed largely at supporting work at community level.
The UK funding is for activities which fall under one of two programme areas:
- Asylum Seekers – For organisations working to provide essential services which help meet the needs of asylum seekers and refugees and support their integration into the wider community.
- Penal Affairs – Funding should support work “through the door” where organisations go into prisons with projects and support to help prisoners (especially women) cope and/or maintain family bonds and to be better able to resettle positively when released. Post-release projects which support positive settlement and reduce the risk of re-offending are also welcomed.
How to apply: There will be two application windows in 2024:
- Round 1 will open on 9 April (10am) and close on 14 May 2024 (15:00). Notification of decisions expected at the beginning of July 2024.)
- Round 2 will open on 10 September and close on 15 October 2024.
Groups can only apply to one round, not both.
The general guidance and priorities are available on the Hilden Charitable Fund website. Full details for each round will be provided nearer the opening.
Deadline: 23rd May 2024
Who can apply: Applications are accepted from UK registered charities working within the UK for the benefit of UK residents.
To be eligible, an organisation’s annual returns to the Charity Commission, the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland must be up to date.
Size of grant available: Grants generally range from £500 to £6,000.
Priorities: The funding is to be used for core costs and projects. The Trustees favour small-scale, locally based initiatives.
Projects that fall within the following fields of interest are eligible for support:
The Arts
- Access and participation in the arts for those who have least access to them with emphasis on choirs and singing to build community and bring people together.
- Performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers.
- Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.
Medical Welfare
- Music and art therapy and non-clinical interventions that use singing, drama and musical techniques to aid recovery from illness and improve quality of life and mental wellbeing.
- Support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources.
- The welfare of those who care for others through the provision of breaks for carers, with an emphasis on projects and schemes assisting young carers.
The Environment
- Active involvement in hands-on conservation activities, particularly those that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people living at the margins of society to improve their skills, build their confidence and break down barriers to their employment.
- Rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, with emphasis on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost.
- Social and therapeutic horticulture projects that embrace nature as a tool for mental wellbeing by using gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive changes in the lives of those who are living with disabilities or ill-health.
How to apply: The next deadline for applications is 23 May 2024, to be considered at the July 2024 meeting.
The Trustees usually consider applications three times a year in March, July and November.
Application forms are available to complete online at the Trust’s website. Applicants should read the guidelines before starting the application form.
National Lottery Community Fund – Climate Action Fund – New Funding
Who can apply: Applications will be accepted from partnerships with:
- A mix of organisations and sectors.
- Smaller groups that represent the people they are working with.
It is not necessary to be a climate or environment-focused organisation to apply.
Full details will be provided once the guidance notes are published.
Size of grant available: A total of up to 25 projects is expected to be funded.
The minimum grant is £500,000.
It is expected that most grants will be between £1 million and £1.5 million over three to five years.
Some exceptional projects of up to £3 million, for up to seven years, may be funded.
Priorities: The funding is for partnership projects that reach more people by either:
- Linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities and inspiring them to take action.
- Influencing work with communities at a regional or national level, for example by linking up groups across locations, or a campaign that inspires change across one country, or the whole UK.
How to apply: NLCF is holding three information sessions:
- 27 March 2024 (13:00 to 14:00) (including British Sign Language).
- 16 May 2024 (11:00 to 12 noon) (Welsh and English).
- 21 May 2024 (14:00 to 15:00)
Advanced registration is required and can be done on the NLCF website.
A session recording will be uploaded to the Climate Action Fund webpage after the sessions.
Full guidance and the online application form will be available once the fund launches on 27 March 2024.
Contact the National Lottery Community Fund for further information.
Adint Trust
Who can apply: UK registered charities may apply.Only national bodies can apply. (This funding is not available to local branches of national bodies.)
To be eligible, applicants must have a registered charity number and a bank account in the group’s name.
Size of grant available: The Trust awards around £300,000 in grants each year.
Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Grants tend to be in the range of £5,000 to £10,000.
Priorities: The Trust offers funding to UK registered charities for a range of general charitable work.
How to apply: The Trust does not maintain a website or a standard application form.
The Trust requests that applicants ‘make their case in hard copy by post or by e-mail in the manner that they think is best. Their request should show their registered charity number, the name and sort code of their bank and their account number. It will be considered by the Trustees at their next meeting.
No acknowledgements will be sent out to unsuccessful applicants.
The Trustees are unable to enter into correspondence or arrange meetings and will only contact an applicant if their application is successful.
Trust Administrator
The Adint Charitable Trust
Suite 512
571 Finchley Road
London
NW3 7BN
Email: adintct@btinternet.com
Ancaster Trust
Who can apply: Charitable organisations based in the UK are eligible to apply.
Size of grant available: Funding is at the discretion of the Trust. Most grants tend to range from £100 to £300.
Priorities:
The Trust will consider funding projects in the following areas:
- General charitable purposes.
- The advancement of health or saving of lives.
- Disability.
- Overseas aid/famine relief.
- Arts/culture/heritage/science.
How to apply: Applications can be submitted at any time.
This Trust does not maintain a website. Further information is available by either calling or writing to the Ancaster Trust.
For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:
Enquiries
Ancaster Trust
c/o Sayers Butterworth LLP
3rd Floor
12 Gough Square
London
EC4A 3DW
Tel: 020 7936 1910
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Who can apply: UK registered charities, based in the UK, can apply.
Applicants must:
- Have an annual income of less than £500,000.
- Have been registered as a UK charity for at least three years.
- Not have received a grant from the Trust in the last five years.
Size of grant available: Grants of up to £10,000 are available.
Priorities: The funding is intended for UK based charities working to help those who are vulnerable in society.
How to apply:
Applications can be made at any time and are considered twice a year in Spring and Autumn.
The Trust only accepts applications that are submitted via the online form available on the website of the Trust.
The Trust does not reply to unsuccessful applicants. The advisory committee will only get in touch with applicants if the Trustees decide to consider their request at one of the two Trustees Meetings.
Barbara Ward Children’s Foundation
Who can apply: Registered charities working to improve the lives of children and young people living in the UK and throughout the world may apply.
To be eligible, charities should be financially sound and should not be receiving funding from statutory bodies.
Size of grant available: Discretionary
Priorities: The aim of the Foundation is to help small, non-religious charities to serve severely disadvantaged children anywhere in the world. In recent years, the Foundation has provided grants to organisations working on youth projects in the following categories:
- Education.
- Health and wellbeing.
- Holidays.
- Sport, play and leisure.
- Support, care and respite.
How to apply: The application process is ongoing and interested applicants may apply at any time.
Applications should be made in writing to the Trustees detailing the specific purpose for which the grant is requested and should be accompanied by a copy of the organisation’s latest report and accounts.
For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:
Enquiries
The Barbara Ward Children’s Foundation
c/o Weightmans LLP
100 Old Hall Street
Liverpool
L3 9QJ
Tel: 0345 073 9900
Email: info@bwcf.org.uk
BBC Children in Need – Project Grants
Who can apply: Registered not-for-profit organisations who work with disadvantaged children and young people of 18 years and under living in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands are eligible to apply.
The following organisations can apply:
- Community interest companies (CIC).
- Companies limited by guarantee (CLG) including social enterprises.
- Housing associations.
- Industrial and provident community benefit societies.
- Registered charities.
- Religious institutions.
- Special schools (These are provisions for children with learning difficulties or disabilities which cannot be met within a mainstream setting).
- Hospices.
Applicants must be:
- Working with children aged 18 years and under.
- Working in the heart of their communities, particularly in times of crisis.
- Putting children and young people at the heart of everything they do, from design to delivery.
- Addressing challenges faced by children and young people, building their skills and resilience.
- Keen to keep learning about and developing their work with children and young people.
- Committed to making a difference in the lives of children and young people.
The funders will prioritise applications from smaller, local organisations with a turnover of less than £2 million.
In recognition of the fact that there are some organisations with a higher income delivering vital work for children and young people, the following types of organisations can apply regardless of their turnover:
- Hospices (including children’s hospices).
- Housing Associations.
- Groups delivering nationwide or UK-wide work.
Size of grant available: The project grants stream can support organisations for up to three years.
The maximum grant is £120,000 (or £40,000 over three years), though most grants made are for much less than this.
Priorities: The funding is intended for not-for-profit organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people, under the age of 18, living in the UK.
This stream offers project funding to organisations whose work aligns with the principles set out in the Children in Need Grantmaking Strategy 2022-2025:
- Sharing power with children and young people.
- Acting flexibly.
- Using its voice to build awareness and empathy around issues.
- Building partnerships to bring communities and investors together.
How to apply: Applications can be made at any time. There are no deadlines.
Groups requesting £15,000 or less will receive a quicker decision and be able to start sooner.
There is a two-stage application process:
- An initial Expression of Interest form can be found on the Children in Need website.
- Successful applicants will receive a link to the full application form and have 120 days to complete it.
Contact BBC Children in Need for more information.
For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:
Enquiries
BBC Children in Need
PO Box 648
Salford
M5 0LB
Tel: 0345 609 0015
Email: pudseygrants@bbc.co.uk
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