Fundraising Opportunities
Links to ways to apply for funding for your space.
Aviva Community Fund
NLCF (Scotland) - Community Action
We're looking for projects that will help people connect more with each other. We'll support projects that are open, inclusive and led by their community.
We’ll fund new or existing projects.
Area: Scotland
Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations that are led by a community.
Funding size: £20,001 to £250,000. For up to 5 years.
Application deadline: Ongoing
NLCF (Scotland) - Fairer Life Chances
Projects should support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.
Your project should be designed with the people you support. You should:
involve them in how it’s developed, delivered and led
make use of their existing skills and interests
complement and make connections with other services that support them.
Projects must meet one of these outcomes:
Children, young people and families thrive.
People have better relationships, connections, and physical or mental health.
We’ll fund new or existing projects.
Area: Scotland
Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations, public sector organisations.
Funding size: £20,001 to £500,000. For up to 5 years.
Application deadline: Ongoing
Bank of Scotland Foundation
Our Empower programme provides unrestricted funding. Unrestricted funding gives charities much greater scope to cover all essential costs and deal with challenges quickly and effectively. Unrestricted funding can be used towards core costs, delivery costs, project costs and/or general running costs enabling charities to use their funding in the way that helps them best.
Through our Empower programme we’ll also be collaborating with Lloyds Banking Group to identify opportunities to add value for funded charities. Through strategic development support and colleague volunteers, we aim to help charities grow stronger and thrive beyond the lifetime of their grant.
Deadline: 12noon, Wednesday 12th February 2025
Visit the link below for details on eligibility and for more information.
BCBN Grant Initiative
Grant applications are open to non-profit organisations, charities, and community groups (including local branches of national charities) that work for the betterment of local communities through charitable initiatives. To be eligible, all organisations and community interest groups must be registered with a recognised governing body (such as the Charity Commission or Companies House) for a minimum of 18 months (they should have annual accounts available and submitted). If selected for a grant award, applicants will also need to provide their organisation’s articles of association or constitution, demonstrating clear objectives related to community interest and improvement.
Deadline: 16/02/2025
More information via the link below:
The Hedley Foundation
Eligibility
We award grants to those charities that are able to demonstrate quantifiable outcomes to beneficiaries. Typically, grants of up to £5,000 are regularly made and occasional larger sums are given to charities where high impact can be achieved. Similarly, smaller charities often benefit from smaller grants of £250 upwards.
You should meet the following criteria:
* You are a small UK registered charity with an annual income below £1m
* Your application is not for core salaries, building construction, general running costs, transport, financial deficits or overseas projects
* Your application is not on behalf of a community interest company, for religious institutions, museum or for an individual
* You have not received a grant from The Hedley Foundation, or submitted an unsuccessful application to the Foundation, within the last two years
Deadline: 26/02/2025
More information and to apply follow the link below:
Naturesave Insurance
* Vehicles: clean fuel, batteries, or both. This can include electric vehicles, hybrid power systems, and fuel cells.
* Infrastructure: such as public transportation systems.
* Energy source: Using renewable energy sources instead of fossil fuels like coal.
* Activity: Walking, cycling, or using a scooter instead of driving
Deadline: 27/02/2025
The Inman Charity
* Medical research
* Care of the elderly
* General welfare
* Hospices
* The Deaf and Blind
* Care of the physically & mentally disabled
* The Armed Forces
Deadline: 28/02/2025
More information:
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust
We’re interested in funding charities whose activities involve all or most family members, where possible, in initiatives that seek to tackle problems facing one or more of its members. We’ve funded charities working in fields including early intervention, mediation, prison services and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence, among others.
We generally offer grants worth up to £5,000 – though trustees will consider requests for higher amounts. We’re happy to fund charities’ core costs and we encourage applications from relatively new charities to help them become established.
More information below:
The Anchor Foundation
* We receive many applications from worthwhile causes but sadly cannot support them all
* We will consider applications for projects in the UK or overseas
* The maximum grant provided is £12,000
* Only in exceptional circumstances will grants be given for building work
* Charities with a number of projects operating should select a single project for their application
* We do not give grants to individuals
* The Trustees look favourably on organisations whose Boards demonstrate equal opportunities
Grow Wild Community Programme
Your group will receive:
A £2000 grant to transform an urban space with UK native plants or fungi, encourage wildlife and involve your local community.
Invitations to online knowledge sharing sessions and talks featuring special guests from Kew and beyond. These sessions are designed to support your project delivery and provide opportunities to connect with other groups taking part in the programme.
The opportunity to apply for a £500 follow-on grant for spring 2026, to help support your ongoing activities.
For eligibility requirements follow the link below.
Deadline 13th February 2025.
The Royal Countryside Fund
Organisations can apply for grants of up to £25,000 over a period of 24 months to deliver activities along the themes of:
* Keeping young people in the countryside
* Powering up rural communities
* Increasing environmental sustainability
Building emergency resilience in rural areas.
Deadline: 21st February 2025
For more information visit the link below.
The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK
The Foundation welcomes applications from the following:
* Registered charities or unregistered charities that are excepted, exempt or below the threshold for registration (if the charity is unregistered you must explain why).
* Community interest companies limited by guarantee.
* Registered societies.
The Foundation typically gives grants of £1,000-£5,000.
Deadline: 14/02/2025
For more information visit the link below:
Bernard Sunley Foundation
* Capital projects which include new buildings, extensions, refurbishments and recreational spaces.
* New minibuses and other vehicles that provide a vital service to those most in need in their local community.
* Churches and other places of worship with a strong, secular community focus.
* Charities or CIOs (Charitable Incorporated Organisations) registered in England and Wales.
* Certain organisations with exempt status such as specialist schools, scout and guide groups, housing associations, cooperatives and community benefit societies.
For more information and eligibility visit the link below.
Matthew Good Foundation: Grants for Good
To be eligible, applicants must:
* Be a local community group, charity, voluntary group or social enterprise that has a positive impact on communities, people or the environment.
* Have an average income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months.
* Have a bank account in the organisation’s name.
Deadline: 15th March 2025
Yorkshire Building Society
* The Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation will consider any project providing employability support to increase job prospects in Bradford.
* All projects must be delivered within the following Wards of Bradford; Bowling & Barkerend, Bradford Moor, City, Clayton & Fairweather Green, Eccleshill, Great Horton, Little Horton, Manningham, Royds, Tong and Wibsey.
* Applicants can apply for between £100,000 and £500,000, for a funding period of up to three years.
* Applications will only be considered from charities registered with The Charity Commission, that have submitted their annual returns on time.
* The funding is open to all registered charities that meet the criteria, including those who have previously received funding from the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation.
Deadline: 31st March 2025
For more information follow the link below.
SUEZ Communities Fund
England and Scotland
Total Grants Available:
Approximately £1.6 million in England and £200K in Scotland annually.Fund
Provided by:
SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK
The SUEZ Communities Fund supports community and environmental improvement projects through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund, distributing funds contributed by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK.
Deadline: 19th February 2025
Delamere Dairy Foundation
* The advancement of agriculture and of environmental protection
* The advancement in life of young people by developing their capabilities so that they may mature as contributory members of society
* The relief of financial hardship
* The advancement of education
* The relief of sickness
Applications for grants and financial support will be considered from charities and other organisations based in England, Scotland and Wales whose work benefits local communities, and whose purpose aligns with the Foundation’s objects (see list above).
Deadline: 28th February 2025
Follow the link below for more information:
KFC Foundation
The organisations we work with provide spaces that allow young people to feel safe and secure, helping them to unlock talent, build life skills, provide mentoring or improve their chances to gain meaningful employment. We want to fund work that helps young people to create firm foundations, by addressing their needs through early intervention.
If you are a small organisation in the UK (income under £400k) who are empowering financially disadvantaged young people aged 11-25 to break the barriers to aspiration, then why not take a closer look at our eligibility criteria (follow the link below).
Deadline: 14th February 2025
Persimmon
We have 30 offices across the UK that will each make a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to those local organisations who are the lifeblood of our communities. Smaller donations are also available.
For more information and to apply follow the link below.
Charles Brotherton Trust
The geographical areas to which support is given is restricted to:-Bebington and the Wirral, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Wakefield and York
BBC Children in Need - Emergency Essentials
The programme provides items for the most basic needs of vulnerable children and young people aged 18 and under who are:
* Affected by issues such as domestic abuse, substance misuse, estrangement, disability or serious illness, mental health or behavioural difficulties, abuse or neglect, and/or
* Living in severe poverty and suffering deprivation as a result.
Funding is available for essential household items, such as (please note that this may not be an exclusive list and other items may be permissible):
* Children's beds and bedding, including cots.
* Clothing.
* Electric cookers.
* Equipment for babies.
* Fridges and freezers.
* Furniture, kitchen equipment and small appliances, and
* Tumble dryers and washing machines.
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation
We help individuals with:
Manual and powered wheelchairs
Mobility scooters
Specialised trikes / bikes
Car adaptations
Our grants for individuals range from £100 up to £1,000.
The Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Fund 2024
Organisations running village halls in rural areas across England could be eligible for capital grants of between £7,500 and £75,000. A wide range of organisations, including charities, social enterprises and statutory agencies, are invited to apply to enhance, upgrade, extend, improve, and construct halls so that, as a result, new activities can take place and help bring communities together. Please check the criteria for eligible requests.
- Application deadline: none – applications may be made at any time. However, any projects for which a grant is awarded must be completed by Monday 31 March 2025.
- Funder: The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (the Fund is being managed by Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE) on behalf of the DEFRA).
- Who can apply: Funding is available to a wide range of organisations and we imagine many rural Warm Welcome Spaces (that are not CICs, companies or sports halls) could be eligible - please do check the criteria.
Organisations delivering the following through their space:
- Improved health and/or wellbeing and/or reduction in rural loneliness.
- Positive impact on the local environment, contributes towards net zero.
- Support for the local rural economy, and/or
- Promotion of community cohesion.
Applications may be made for a grant between £7,500 and £75,000 (20% of project costs).
Please note - to progress, you must contact your local hall adviser as they will support your project applications.
Further information and guidance is available on the Action with Communities in Rural England Fund (ACRE) website.
Cash for Kids
General Funding:This grant is to support families with children up to and including 18, that come from disadvantaged backgrounds, living with disabilities or living with an illness or disability. The value of the grants are typically from £1,000 to £3,000 but they may consider applications for larger amounts. To apply for the general funding, please click here.
Cost of Living Funding: There is also a cost of living grant - This grant is to provide essentials for children to support their physical and mental wellbeing. These could include food, clothing and household energy costs, but we'll also consider anything that helps meet children's most basic needs. Grants are £50 per child per household, and we aim to get the funds to families as soon as possible. To apply for the Cost of living grants, please click here.
Screwfix Foundation
To be eligible for funding from the Screwfix Foundation, your organisation must:
- Be a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation.
- Help those in need. This could be because of financial hardship, sickness, distress or other disadvantages in the UK.
- Be looking for funding to support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of. homes, community buildings and other buildings.
Applications are considered at three meetings this year, the deadlines are 10th February, 10th May, 10th August and 10th November.
Charity Excellence Cost of Living Crisis Grants
Your Local Supermarkets
Morrisons Foundation
Crowdfunder
Welsh Government - Direct Food Support
The Welsh Government has provided Welsh local authorities with funding to help community food organisations to meet the needs of an increased number of people facing food poverty. This includes capital funding which can be used in a variety of ways, for example but not limited to, purchasing fridges, freezers and cooking equipment. The revenue funding can be used to support voluntary organisations, community groups and housing associations etc. to develop or strengthen projects such as social supermarkets, community cafes, lunch clubs and community cookery classes. The funding should support community food organisations to purchase additional supplies of good quality food and essential goods, boosting their capacity to meet the needs of their customers. Organisations wishing to access the funding should approach their local authority.
Welsh Communities Together Grants Programme
Welsh Communities Income Maximisation
Halifax Foundation (Northern Ireland)
Costs considered:
*Materials & Equipment
*Salary Contributions
*Overheads / Core costs
*Transport costs
*Volunteer expenses
*Training / Tutor costs
*Activity costs
*Minor refurbishment
McCarthy Stone
Although current rounds are closed McCarthy Stone is one to watch for smaller organisations with some great grant programmes available throughout the year. We will update here when programmes become available.
Our foundation runs a number of grant programmes throughout the year for organisations supporting people over 65 and an annual income under £250,000 p.a.
The Hobson Charity
* The relief of poverty, suffering and distress of those in need in the United Kingdom, including the provision of facilities for recreation and leisure in the interests of their social welfare.
* The advancement of education amongst the inhabitants of the United Kingdom
* The furtherance of other charitable purposes beneficial to such communities of the United Kingdom as the charity may think fit
* To make grants to such associations, trusts, societies or corporations established for charitable purposes.
The trustees will consider applications for grants which are in accordance with the stated objectives of the charity and:
* Are from a registered charitable organisation based in England and Wales
* Do not include salary, people or core running costs of any kind
* Are not repeat or multi-year requests
* The items have not already been purchased.