May’s Funding News

Welcome to May’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

Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust CIO

Deadline: 17^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only
Size of grant available: £1,000-£3,000
Priorities: This funder has an interest in supporting the following:

• Children and young people
• Disability and health
• Communities and social support
• Arts
• Hospices
• Environment
• Heritage

Types of costs funded: Project costs, capital costs, but not salaries
How to apply: Download an application form from the funder’s website and return it with supporting documentation to jenny@turnertrust.co.uk

Enovert Community Trust

Deadline: 25^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisation
Size of grant available: Usually up to £50,000
Priorities: Capital funding for community facilities within 10 miles of Enovert’s Kingswinford site. Projects must fall within one of these areas:

• Opening up access for the public to an area of land that has been closed or partially closed
• Cleaning up land that has been polluted because of now ceased activity
• Helping to improve, protect, provide and / or maintain land or a building as a public amenity
• Protecting the environment and conserving or promoting biological diversity
• Helping to preserve, maintain, restore and / or repair a religious building or one of historical or architectural interest

How to apply: Download an application form from the funder’s website. Return completed applications with all paperwork to Angela Haymonds ahaymonds@enovertct.org. You can also request a hard copy application form or discuss your project with Angela first
Further deadlines: 9^th September 2022 and 9^th December 2022

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

2. National funders

D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

Deadline: 15^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered, exempt and excepted charities only
Size of grant available: £500-£6,000
Priorities: This funder has an interest in supporting the following:

• Arts
• Health and medical welfare
• Environmental protection or improvement

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

The Toy Trust

Deadline: Mid-June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities that have been running for a minimum of one year
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000
Priorities: Work with disadvantaged children aged under 13 that can demonstrate how this work has real benefits in relieving hardship and suffering
Types of costs funded: Equipment and services but not salaries, wages and research
How to apply: Online at the funder’s website
Further deadlines: Mid-August and mid-November 2022

Ulversoft Foundation

Deadline: 15^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisation
Size of grant available: Any amount. Grants over £10,000 will be subject to more monitoring
Priorities: Projects that support visually impaired people
Types of costs funded: Costs associated with specific projects. Ongoing costs and salaries are not funded
How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website
Further deadlines: 15^th September and 15^th December 2022

Help the Homeless

Deadline: 15^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Registered charities with turnover below £1million only
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000
Priorities: Projects that work with homeless people to help them return to mainstream society
Types of costs funded: Capital and equipment only, but no computers / IT equipment
How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website
Further deadlines: 15^th September 2022 and 15^th December 2022

The Hedley Foundation

Deadline: 15^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Small to medium registered charities only
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000
Priorities: The Foundation aims to improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. It will fund charities that benefit young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers
How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website and posted along with supporting information
Further deadlines: Trustees meet quarterly to assess applications. Applications should be sent at least 6 weeks in advance of the trustee meetings, which will happen on 27 July 2022, 2 November 2022, 25 January 2023, 26 April 2023

BBC Children in Need We Move Fund

Deadline: 20^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Only registered not-for-profits – charities, companies, CICs, housing associations, industrial provident societies, religious institutions and special schools
Size of grant available: Up to £50,000
Priorities: Grants to organisations that work primarily with Black children and young people (at least 75%) for projects that are developed and led by the children and young people themselves. The fund arms to:

• Reach Black children and young people with opportunities to have their voices heard. It will empower them to create change about issues that matter to them
• Achieve positive outcomes for Black children and young people through Youth Social Action
• Learn about what Youth Social Action means to Black children and young people.

Successful applicants must go through a 6-month development phase so that they can help children and young people to take the lead in shaping their project
How to apply: Full guidance and application forms are available on the funder’s website

Dan Maskell Tennis Trust

Deadline: 21^st June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any group, club or project related to disability tennis
Size of grant available: Up to £1,500 for a group, £500 for an individual
Priorities: Projects that enable disabled people to participate in tennis. The funder offers the following:

• For individuals: equipment such as wheelchairs, tennis racket, tapes and gloves for individual players as well as a grant for costs such as coaching and course fees
• For groups: equipment such as wheelchairs, a package of new equipment for groups, clubs or disability programmes, as well as grants to cover things like court hire and coaching fees

How to apply: Download guidance notes and application forms from the funder’s website
Further deadlines: 18^th October 2022

Community Business Trade Up Programme

Deadline: 28^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Community businesses that are less than four years old
Size of grant available: This is a free learning programme but comes with a funding package of up to £5,000
Priorities: This is a free learning programme offering

• Support to help you build your income, confidence, resilience and impact
• Up to £5,000 Match Trading grant
• A community business peer mentor
• An opportunity to meet regularly with other people running similar organisations so that you can offer and receive peer support

The programme will support organisations that are:

• Locally rooted – and exist to benefit your local neighbourhood, village or town
• Accountable to the local community
• Trading for the benefit of the community
• Making a broad community impact

How to apply: At the website

Stop Loan Sharks Community Fund

Deadline: 30^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any type of not-for-profit (community groups, social enterprises, charities) as well as schools and statutory bodies
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000
Priorities: Funds can be spent on any worthwhile community project that meets the following criteria:

• Contributes to raising awareness of the dangers of using loan sharks
• Prevents crime and disorder and publicises the Stop Loan Sharks message
• Promotes the work of the Illegal Money Lending Team (IMLT) in communities
• Encourages reporting of loan sharks

Types of costs funded: Project costs only
How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website

Arnold Clark Community Fund

Deadline: 30^th June 2022
Types of organisation supported: Any constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisation
Size of grant available: Up to £1,000
Priorities: This funding is to provide financial support to community groups and charities that have been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic
How to apply: Using the online application form on the funder’s website

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

Woodward Charitable Trust small grants

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities and CICs (community interest companies)
When to apply: Apply between 6^th June and 29^th July 2022 (noon)
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 from 6^th June 2022

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

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

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

DMBC Short Breaks

Types of organisation supported: Any not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisation
Size of grant available: Up to £499
Priorities: Funding for groups to provide activities that can increase the reach and support social interaction for SEN (special educational needs) and disabled children and young people up to the age of 18
Types of costs funded: Project costs associated with providing activities for SEN and disabled children in Dudley borough, such as transport, venue hire and a contribution to staffing for bespoke activities
How to apply: On a form downloaded from the website which can be sent by email. The panel meets monthly (usually the last Thursday of each month)

John Porter Community Fund

Types of organisation supported: Any not-for-profit / community group and voluntary organisation based within four miles of South Road, Stourbridge as well as individuals living in that area
Size of grant available: Small contributions usually in the region of £200
Priorities: Run by H Porter & Sons Funeral Directors in Stourbridge, the fund is intended to benefit the local community
How to apply: In writing by post or email, there is no application form. Awards are made every March, June, September and December

Pedmore Sporting Club Trust Fund

Types of organisation supported: Any type of not-for-profit / voluntary and community group, as well as individuals or families
Size of grant available: Undefined. In 2019 the average grant size was £2,242
Priorities: Local good causes and activities that support disadvantaged people
Types of costs funded: No salaries or running costs
How to apply: In writing and posted to the address supplied on the website. There is no application form

Alfred Haines Charitable Trust

Types of organisation supported: Constituted not-for-profit and charitable organisations
Size of grant available: £250-£2,000
Priorities: This fund supports local projects aimed at improving people’s quality of life. There is a clear exclusion list on the funder’s website
How to apply: In writing and posted to the address supplied on the website. There is no application form

Oakley Charitable Trust

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only
Size of grant available: £1,000
Priorities: Funds West Midlands charities and is currently interested in supporting the arts, heritage, welfare and education
Types of costs funded: Project costs only
How to apply: In writing and posted to the address supplied on the website. There is no application form and the trust does not accept applications by email. Trustees meet to award grants in March, July and November 

Edward Cadbury Charitable Trust

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only
Size of grant available: £500-£10,000
Priorities: The trust focuses on supporting charities in the Midlands region. Grants fall into seven categories:

• Arts and culture
• Community projects and integration
• Compassionate support
• Conservation and environment
• Interfaith and multifaith relations
• Education and training
• Research

How to apply: Online at the funder’s website

Barrow Cadbury Trust Migration Programme

Types of organisation supported: Constituted not-for-profit / voluntary and community organisations
Size of grant available: Undefined
Priorities: Fund national work but also has links to Birmingham and the Black Country, so is open to funding local projects in this region. The programme will specifically focus on:

• Supporting migrant organisations, campaigners and others to advocate for changes to policies that will make the system fairer and more humane. Work to ensure that a broad range of voices are heard in the debate, particularly those directly affected by injustice
• Supporting work to deepen understanding of public attitudes and concerns about immigration and integration, and develop appropriate responses
• Work to promote integration and positive interaction between different groups in order to counter xenophobia, racism and anti-Muslim prejudice as they affect migration and integration debates. This is likely to be at policy level or promoting successful strategies rather than funding direct service delivery
• Supporting increased capacity and co-ordination within the refugee and migrant sector, including communications
• Funding research and policy work on specific areas of public policy with a view to developing workable solutions
• In Birmingham and the Black Country, the programme will support projects that build networks across sectors and communities in Birmingham to strengthen the voice of local people on issues relating to migration and integration

How to apply: Complete an enquiry form on the funder’s website. Do not complete an application until you have received feedback on your enquiry form

2. National funders

London Hearts Defibrillator Grants

Types of organisation supported: Communities, organisations, schools and individuals that are fundraising for a public access defibrillator
Size of grant available: Up to £300
Priorities: To improve access to live-saving equipment. London Hearts will provide up to £300 towards the cost of a defibrillator and cabinet
How to apply: By email from a link on the funder’s website

A Smile for A Child

Types of organisation supported: Not-for-profit organisations and individuals
Size of grant available: Undefined
Priorities: This charity will provide grants to help disabled children access and participate in sport. Funding could include a grant to cover the cost of a wheelchair for a disabled child or sports equipment for a club or other organisation that will help disabled children to take part
How to apply: Download the application form from the funder’s website and return by post. Email applications are not accepted

Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation

Types of organisation supported: Registered and legally exempt charities only
Size of grant available: Large grants over £20,000 / medium grants £5,001-£20,000 / small grants up to £5,000
Priorities: Capital projects including new building, extensions, refurbishments and recreational spaces, as well as minibuses that provide vital services for the most disadvantaged under the following themes:

• Community
• Education
• Health
• Social

Types of costs funded: Capital costs only (buildings, refurbishment, recreational spaces and minibuses)
How to apply: By completing the eligibility check to reach the application stage of the funder’s website

Screwfix Foundation

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities and registered not-for-profit companies
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000
Priorities: Grants for projects that will improve buildings or land used by people in need, such as

• Improved energy efficient lighting & heating
• Installation of new kitchen, bathroom etc.
• Installation of a sensory room
• General painting and decorating
• Improving safety and security of a building

How to apply: At the funder’s website. Trustees meet in March, June, September and December to assess applications

Motability Community Transport Grants Programme

Types of organisation supported: Medium and large charities and other formally constituted not-for-profits that support disabled people. Applicant organisations need to have been operating for at least three years and have had an annual income of at least £150,000 per year over that period
Size of grant available: £100,000-£4,000,000
Priorities: The aim of the programme is to help charities and organisations make an immediate impact for disabled people, by awarding funding to develop, expand and improve community transport options. Funding will be focussed on:

• Staff or volunteer training and costs
• Increasing the number of vehicles in the community to help organisations support disabled people
• Local, regional, or national initiatives to increase awareness of community transport and influence its inclusion in transport strategy and policy
• Supporting initiatives that already exist, and which provide best practice solutions, but need further support to remain operational or scale up the service they can provide to help more disabled people

How to apply: Full guidance and stage one application form provided on the funder’s website

Motability Wheelchair Sector Grants Programme

Types of organisation supported: Medium and large charities and other formally constituted not-for-profits that support disabled people. Applicant organisations need to have been operating for at least three years and have had an annual income of at least £150,000 per year over that period

Size of grant available: £100,000-£4,000,000

Priorities: The aim of the programme is to support charities and organisations to make an immediate impact for disabled people, by awarding funding to improve and expand their access to good quality affordable wheelchairs. Funding will be focussed on:

• Filling current gaps in provision for groups of people who are excluded from receiving help from existing sources/providers
• Enabling charities and organisations to help individuals by topping up self-funding
• Raising awareness of the challenges faced by disabled people in obtaining suitable, quality and affordable wheelchairs
• High quality and affordable equipment
• Initiatives that already exist, and which provide best practice solutions, but need further support to remain operational or scale up the service they can provide to help more disabled people.

How to apply: Full guidance and stage one application form provided on the funder’s website

Barclays Community Football Fund

Types of organisation supported: Community groups and clubs that are members of Sported
Size of grant available: Up to £5,000 as well as free training, kit and ticketing offers
Priorities: To make football more accessible and inclusive for communities. The programme will focus on including girls and young people from lower socio-economic and under-represented groups: including racially diverse communities, people with disabilities, and people from the LGBTQ+ community
How to apply: Visit the website to check eligibility or to sign up as a Sported member in order to apply

Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities that can supply accounts for their last financial year and which have an income between £30,000 and £3.5m per year
Size of grant available: Up to £90,000
Priorities: Disadvantaged young people (aged 14-25) who are socially excluded or marginalised and facing complex transitions to adulthood. This funder supports projects that will take an asset-based approach that recognises and builds on young people’s strengths and potential
Types of costs funded: Core costs. The website provides a list of exclusions
How to apply: A three stage process which should take around four months. Stage one is the online application on the funder’s website

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

Energy Saving Trust Energy Redress Scheme (main fund and small fund)

Types of organisation supported: Registered charities only that are registered with Energy Saving Trust
Size of grant available: Minimum grant size is £20,000
Priorities: The Energy Redress scheme aims to deliver the following basic outcomes:

• Support energy consumers in vulnerable situations
• Deliver benefits to the types of consumers that were negatively impacted by the specific issues that triggered the redress payment

Any additional priorities linked to a funding round will be included in the fund details published when each round opens
How to apply: First register on the Energy Saving Trust website to confirm you are eligible. You will then be notified about all future funding rounds and their priorities