Deadline: 24th May 2024

Groups from across the UK can now apply for the next round of Poundland Foundation’s Kits for Kids programme, which will see local children’s teams and clubs provided with new sports kit.

The funding is available for local charities, community interest companies and unregistered community organisations across the UK, providing they have an annual income of less than £10,000 and reserves of less than £5,000.

Organisations can apply for grants of up to £750. These must be spent on kit (clothing) for under 18s sports clubs.

Applicants must have a child safeguarding policy in place and their own bank account.

Successful organisations must agree to display the Poundland Foundation logo on their kit.

Previous grant recipients are eligible to apply but they must have received their last grant before 7 November 2022.

Arnold Clark, the UK’s largest independently owned, family-run car retailer, has been offering grants to communities in the areas in which it operates since 2021.

This year, registered charities and other not-for-profit groups and organisations from across England, Scotland and Wales can apply for the following support:

• Cost of Living Support – funding to any registered UK charity or community group whose work directly supports those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, such as foodbanks, accommodation, poverty relief and where people/communities in the UK are the primary and immediate focus of investment.
• Our Communities Support – funding to projects embedded in the communities in which Arnold Clark operates and is available to organisations who provide services widely accessible to those within Arnold Clark local communities, addressing the needs of those living within them.
• Gear Up for Sport – 150 sports kits given away each month to support youth sports teams across the UK. Any youth team with up to 30 members aged 4 to 15 years can apply.

Projects applying for 'Our Communities Support' must address one of the following categories:

• Animal welfare (benefiting humans)
• Arts and culture
• Community development
• Disability
• Education
• Recreation
• Relief support
• Mental health support

Funding is at the discretion of Arnold Clark Community Fund with a possible maximum grant of £2,500.

Applications are expected to be accepted until the end of December 2024.

Deadline: 27th June 2024

Naturesave Trust is currently accepting applications to its Spring 2024 round.

This small, registered charity is the charitable arm of Naturesave Insurance, an ethical insurance provider, and provides funding three times a year to support specific UK-based environmental, conservation and community renewable energy projects.

The theme for the current round is soil health. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for projects and initiatives working to combat the problem of soil degradation, the way land is managed and increasing soil organic matter levels in UK arable and horticultural soils in the next 20 years.

Applications are accepted from a range of UK based organisations, including charities, social enterprises, voluntary organisations, small grassroots community groups and businesses.

To be eligible, the organisation and/or project must be entirely based in the UK and have a website or social media presence.

Deadline: 30th June 2024

A small number of grants are available for non-for-profit organisations and registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales to support projects which are doing good in their local communities.

Applications will be considered from registered charities, community groups, social enterprises and other non-for-profit organisations that are based in England, Wales and Scotland.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Have a bank account.
• Have a constitution or governing document which shows they are set up for community benefit and their aims are broadly charitable.

New groups without a constitution or bank account will need to nominate an established group that will be responsible for holding and administering the grant on their behalf.

The funding is for projects that benefit the public and last no more than 12 months.

The grants will support costs directly related to projects such as:

• Schools and education.
• Sports clubs.
• Wellness and mental health support.
• Tackling social issues.
• Improving children’s or adult skills.
• Other areas that benefit the local community.

The maximum grant is £5,000. 

Hilden Charitable Trust has announced instead of holding two funding rounds this year, there will be only one round which will open on 30 May.

The Fund aims to address disadvantage by supporting causes which are less likely to raise funds from public subscription or statutory services.

Applications will be accepted from the following groups providing they have a total annual income of less than £250,000 in the last three years and they are registered and operating within the UK:

• 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

Grants will usually be in the range of £5,000 to £7,000 per year for up to two years. Unrestricted grants of core or project funding are available. However, to be eligible for unrestricted funding all of an organisation's work must meet the Fund's criteria. All unrestricted grants must be used for charitable purposes.

Activities must fall into one of two programme areas:

• Asylum Seekers and Refugees - for organisations working to provide essential services which help meet the needs of asylum seekers and refugees and support their integration/participation in the wider community.
• Penal Affairs – for 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.

Grants are available for registered charities in England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland to support a range of good causes that will benefit those most in need.

Previous grants have ranged from £5,000 to £2.25 million.

The funding is for charitable work that supports the Foundation's current priorities which include:

• Amateur sport - to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.
• Elderly people - to allow quality care for those who cannot afford private care or continue living at home.
• People with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers - to provide hospice care to support individuals and give respite to their carers to assist them with their mental health and other ambitions.
• Care leavers - to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people.
• Victims of domestic abuse - to provide emergency safety and to support victims through associated poverty and mental health issues.
• Drug and substance misuse - to support rehabilitation and the journey back to independent living and work.
• Ex-offenders and their families - to support the ex-offenders back to work and contributing positively to society and to support their families whose lives can be severely impacted.
• Homelessness - to provide facilities for and support people, especially young people, on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• People with intellectual disability - to provide support with personal care, job skills and supported living.
• Medical research - to support research that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen the symptoms where the charity is a member of the Association of medical Research Charities (AMRC).
• Worship and associated community outreach - to ensure places of worship are energy efficient and watertight with an emphasis on wider community use of church halls or Church buildings where those buildings are redundant or too large and where the parish has a focus on non-conditional outward facing work.
• Victims of modern slavery - to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.