Deadline: 6th September 2024

Not-for-profit organisations have until 6 September 2024 to submit an expression of interest for funding to support projects that address health inequalities within the UK.

A total of £2 million is being made available with grants of up to £75,000 per project.

The funding is intended to support place-based projects delivered in regions and communities across the UK that address the social determinants of health: non-medical social and economic factors, such as housing, education, infrastructure, or quality of work.

There is particular interest in proposals that can demonstrate:

• Local impact on reducing health inequality, addressing under-served communities
• Potential to scale up and be replicated nationally
• Potential to become financially sustainable in the medium term
• Particularly innovative approaches

Initiatives which can demonstrate local support and key stakeholder engagement (including support from Local and / or Combined Authorities)

Applications will be considered from charities, social enterprises, community interest groups NHS Trusts or primary care organisations, universities and academic organisations.

The first step in the application process is to register to be a member of the Health Equity Network.

Deadline: 9th September 2024

People and Place is Footwork’s name for the programme of support Footwork offer community innovators to turn bold ideas into projects that deliver long-term change for your neighbourhoods. The programme brings together a network of community innovators and connects you with mentors who offer helpful input as you develop your project.

This fund offers grants of £5,000 and support to help community innovators to turn their ideas into projects that deliver long-term change for their neighbourhoods. The programme is for small groups or individuals whose experience of an issue in their neighbourhood has motivated them to act and address it. Footwork covers 100 per cent of the running costs of the People and Place programme, such as, mentor fees and travel to field trips. 

Deadline: 10th September 2024

Scops Art Trust is offering grants of up to £30,000 to registered charities, and other constituted, not-for-profit organisations across the UK, to deliver projects that help people to understand, participate in, and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts (music, drama, opera, and dance).

In 2024, the Trustees have decided to move towards a more focused grants-making process, focusing on a particular performing arts area in each grant round.

For the third and final trustee meeting of 2024, the Trust is interested in applications to support instrumental and choral music groups, alongside children’s music education.

Priority will be given to small-to-medium-sized organisations. Most grants will be awarded for specific projects, but the Trust will also contribute towards the core costs of smaller organisations where a grant could make an impact.  Both one-off and multi-year grants will be considered.

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first complete an eligibility check before being invited to submit a Stage 1 application.

Deadline: 16th September 2024

HelpFilm works with professional filmmakers and video producers to create free or low-cost films for small and medium sized charities across a broad range of causes. HelpFilm pay these filmmakers a proper fee for their work once the film is completed and signed off by them and the charity we are working with. Registered charities with an income of under £1 million can request HelpFilm’s services. 

Deadline: 14th October 2024

Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK to deliver innovative and sustainable projects that support and empower blind and vision impaired children and young people living in the UK.

The funding is for projects that support and empower blind and vision impaired children and young people with the tools to live independent and fulfilling lives. The work needs to build social, digital and self-advocacy skills, so that vision impaired children and young people feel connected with each other, with their sighted peers, and with the wider communities around them.  There is particular interest in applications from organisations who are collaborating in order to share best practice, deliver at scale or meet previously unmet need. Grants of up to £30,000 are available.

Application open on 2nd September 2024.

Deadline: 21st October 2024

Erewash Voluntary Action is the lead agency of this Small Grant Scheme, commissioned by Joined Up Care Derbyshire.

In partnership with Erewash Voluntary Action, Derby and Derbyshire Infrastructure Alliance and Derbyshire Voluntary Action, Links CVS invites applications for the Mental Health Small Grants.

For the purpose of this small grant scheme, the role of Links CVS is to provide guidance and support to Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) groups in Derbyshire in completing the application form.

The objective of this grant is to enable local voluntary and community groups and organisations to improve or extend their work supporting Derby and Derbyshire residents aged 18 plus to maintain good mental health.

Maximum Grant Award £5,000 per Organisation.

Applicants will be expected to show a clear link between the activity they are applying to fund and the impact this has on participants’ mental health.

Grants can be used for a defined ‘one off’ project. All funds need to be spent and evaluations completed by 31st March 2025. Groups will need to provide evidence of how the grant has been spent and it’s impact on local residents.

A second funding round may be opened if all funds are not allocated during the first round.

Please Note: This grant is for Capital expenditure only. This could involve the purchase of assets or the refurbishing of existing assets. As such, grants can be used for small items of equipment to support delivery. Examples include (but are not limited to) laptops, kitchen equipment, repairs to building etc.

Please ensure you have completed all the questions and have provided the relevant estimates etc.

If you require help with your application, please contact Shruti.vispute@linkscvs.org.uk.