Deadline: 1st October 2024

In 2024, grants range from £500 to £25,000.

The amount of grant depends on the type of not-for-profit legal structure:

• Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity with the Charity Commission can apply for between £500 and £2,500 in funding. These grants are intended for constituted organisations with no charity number, excepted and exempted charities and companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock
• Applicants that are registered with the Charity Commission and can provide a charity number can apply for between £500 and £25,000 in funding. These grants are intended for community interest companies with an asset lock (schedule 1 and 2 only), community benefit societies, and charities registered with the Charity Commission.

The funding is for projects that have a clear alignment with one of the Trust's themes for 2024:

• Enabling participation in physical activity
• Enabling participation in the arts
• Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
• Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality
• Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency
• Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
• Providing support to improve mental health with a focus on organisations that are actively supporting specific mental health issues rather than general mental wellbeing activities

The funding offered is unrestricted and therefore flexible. It can be used however it is most needed.

Deadline: 4th October 2024

CharityJob, the UK’s largest charity job board, has opened its annual charitable giving fund for applications.To qualify for a ‘donation’, applicants must:

• Be a UK-based charity (not a CIC) with 50 or fewer employees.
• Have an annual income of less than £1 million.
• Spend less than 25% of their income on fundraising.
• Have less than six months of reserves.

This campaign is open to UK-based registered charities only. Only one application per charity. No previous recipients will be considered.

Although no grant amount has been specified, last year five charities received grants ranging from £10,000 to £20,000. The 2023 recipients can be found on the CharityJob website.

Deadline: 11th October 2024

The application deadline for Severn Trent’s NeighbourGOOD Scheme has been extended to 11th October.

How It Works:

• Community Projects or initiatives can apply for up to £2500 in funding and 20-30 Severn Trent volunteers for 2 days.
• A panel of local experts will shortlist projects.
• Customers will vote for the most impactful projects.

Who Can Apply? Projects that:

• Empower people (e.g., mentoring, skill development)
• Enhance places (e.g., community spaces)
• Promote a healthier environment (e.g., conservation efforts)

For questions, email Severn Trent Community Fund at theneighbourgoodscheme@severntrent.co.uk

Opens: 1st October 2024

Founded by Home Instead, the UK’s leading provider of home care, Home Instead Charities’ mission is to end loneliness for ageing adults. The organisation exists to bring happiness and joy into the lives of Britain’s ageing population so that ageing adults are thriving, not just surviving.

To this end, they offer funding 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.

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.

The grants can be used for:

• Regular weekly or monthly events and activities such as weekly cinema club, weekly knit and natter or Thursday lunch club.
• One off activities such as a day trip or a Christmas lunch.
• Activities such as yoga or a guest speaker for the group such as a local historian.

Deadline: 16th October 2024

This round aims to reach under-served and marginalised children and young people, up to 18 years old. For example, poverty, discrimination, and exclusion, which could include care experienced or disabled children and young people and those from minoritised ethnic communities. Open to UK non profits with income under £100,000 pa. Grants £1,000 – £15,000 pa for up to 3 years. Will fund core costs. 

The DWF Foundation supports registered charities with an impact in one or more of the following areas:

• Homelessness
• Health and wellbeing
• Employability
• Education
• Environment and Sustainability

The Foundation has been set up to help with initiatives that develop and improve local communities by:

• Tackling a specific community issue.
• Helping voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient.
• Encouraging the involvement in the community of those too often excluded.
• Enabling young people to develop skills for the benefit of the community.

Funding is usually at the discretion of the Foundation but the majority of grants are under £5,000.