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Links CVS e-Bulletin: Funding

Issue: 186                             Date: 8th August 2025

 
We've collated all the latest funding opportunities into one easy-to-read funding e-bulletin. If your group is looking for funding or needs help with a grant application please get in touch by completing our funding questionnaire.
https://www.linkscvs.org.uk/funding-questionnaire
 
Included in this bulletin:
 
Do you have a good idea for a new project?
 
Links CVS Resource Centre – Funding Workshops

Fat Beehive Foundation

Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust

Jerwood Foundation
 
The King’s Fund
 
Covenant Fund
 
King Charles III Charitable Fund - Small Grants
 
The Different Foundation - AI for All
 
Woodroffe Benton Foundation - Small Grants Programme
 
 

Do you have a good idea for a new project?

Do you need funding to make it happen?

Links CVS can help you to find funding.

Simply complete a Funding Questionnaire and send it back to us and we will search for appropriate funding.

Here is the link:

https://www.linkscvs.org.uk/funding-questionnaire

 
 

Fat Beehive Foundation


What we fund

The Fat Beehive Foundation awards small grants of up to £2,500 to help charities improve their digital presence.

We support UK-based charities with an annual turnover of under £1 million, offering funding for a wide range of digital projects. Whether that’s building a new website, developing online resources, or improving digital accessibility, our aim is to help you reach more people, raise more funds and deliver more impact.

WEBSITE
 

Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust


The objectives of the Trust are:

  • To prevent cruelty to equine animals, to relieve suffering and distress amongst such equine animals, to care for and protect such equine animals including live horses being transported country to country for butchery if such animals are in need of care and protection by reason of sickness, maltreatment, poor circumstances or similar causes
  • To provide social services for help for the relief of the aged and infirm.
WEBSITE
 

Jerwood Foundation


Jerwood Foundation supports excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK and welcomes funding applications from organisations.

WEBSITE
 

The King’s Fund


GSK IMPACT Awards

We are pleased to announce that applications are now open for the 2026 GSK IMPACT Awards and GSK Community Health programme, funded by GSK and managed in partnership with The King’s Fund.

For charities with income between £150,000 and £3 million

The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.  Now in their 29th year, they are open to registered charities that are at least three years’ old, working in a health-related field in the UK.

The GSK IMPACT Awards are judged by a prestigious panel of judges and provide national recognition for the winning charities. Up to 15 awards will be made, ranging from £4,000 to £50,000. In addition, the training and development is valued at a further £13,500. Organisations will also receive help with press and publicity, be given a set of promotional materials and receive pro bono offers from GSK.

WEBSITE
 

Covenant Fund


Family Focus Programme 2025/26

Family Focus programme offers grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 to fund projects that explore and pilot solutions for family members-collectively and as individuals of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel or veterans.

WEBSITE
 

King Charles III Charitable Fund - Small Grants


The scheme provides small grants to support independent UK registered non-for-profit organisations for grassroots, community-based projects that fall within its core funding themes:

  • Heritage and conservation.
  • Education
  • Health and wellbeing.
  • Social inclusion.
  • Environment
  • Countryside

Grants of up to £3,000 are available per year for three years. The total cost of the project should not exceed £50,000. Approximately 100 community-based organisations are awarded grants each year.

WEBSITE
 

The Different Foundation - AI for All

The funding is intended to promote access and opportunity for members of underrepresented and diverse communities in AI innovation. It supports organisations committed to diversity in technology.

The current focus is addressing digital bias, elevating diverse voices, and developing AI that works for everyone.

The programme offers:

One-off grants of up to £2,500.

Four hours of specialised mentorship with respected leaders in AI. This mentorship provides practical guidance to enhance impact, improve programme delivery, and strengthen organisational capabilities.

WEBSITE
 

Woodroffe Benton Foundation - Small Grants Programme


The Foundation aims to support charitable projects in the UK that provide care for the sick and elderly, conserve and improve the environment, promote education, and help those in need as a result of disaster or as a consequence of social and economic circumstances.

The focus of the August 2025 round is on projects that improve the quality of life and social engagement for people with severe physical and/or learning disabilities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

One-off grants of between £500 and £2,500 are available.

WEBSITE
 
The Links office is open from 10:00am-3:00pm Tuesday to Friday.

Our main contact details are: 
Telephone: 01246 274844
Email address: 
info@linkscvs.org.uk 
 
Suite H, First Floor,
Market Hall, Market Place,
Chesterfield,
S40 1AR

Staff Contacts

Sandra Pink (Advice & Project Manager)
Email: sandra.pink@linkscvs.org.uk Mobile:07889 726846

Martin Conlan (ICT Support Worker)
Email: 
martin.conlan@linkscvs.org.uk

James Lee (Chief Executive)
Email: 
james.lee@linkscvs.org.uk
 
Dr. Shruti Vispute (Partnership Engagement Manager - BME)
Email: shruti.vispute@linkscvs.org.uk 
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Market Hall, Market Place,
Chesterfield,
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