Deadline: 29th March 2023

Community groups and voluntary organisations are reminded to check if they are eligible for grant funding from a scheme designed to help boost grassroots projects.

Over £59,900 of funding has already been allocated to organisations across the borough as part of Chesterfield Borough Council’s Community Grants Fund – and applications are still open, giving even more eligible groups the chance to apply.

With grants ranging from £500 to £6,000, the Community Grants Fund scheme aims to support local projects that will help to build resilient, healthy, and safe neighbourhoods, as well as initiatives which will help reduce the borough’s impact on the climate and wider environment by promoting greener choices.

Funding can also be used to develop volunteering opportunities, help people prepare to get in to work, and to support organisations to expand their reach into different areas of the borough.

Deadline: 30th April 2024

7Stars Foundation is offering grants of up to £2,500 for registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £1.5 million across the UK to deliver projects and activities that support young people aged 16 years and under across the priority themes of abuse, addiction, child carers, and homelessness.

Project grants of up to £2,500 to cover the costs of projects that:

• Enable young people to have the best start in life and aim high.
• Have a direct impact and respond to a need in an immediate manner.
• Are hosted in geographical areas of deprivation and socioeconomic disadvantage.
• Respond to one or more of the funding priorities of the 7stars Foundation.
• Address a lack of provision (due to a lack of funding from alternative sources).

Funding is also offered across the following steams:

• Provide immediate support, not just in the short-term but with long-term benefits too.
• Shine Bright grants of up to £1,500 for registered charities to purchase educational, well-being, or recreational items for young people, aged 16 years old or under.
• Social Impact funding for three charities across the year for projects that align with various awareness days (such as Race Equality Week, PRIDE month, World Homeless Day or Black History Month).

Defra funded grant scheme reopens for those managing rural community buildings. This is managed by ACRE who have also announced a new Chief Executive

This round has a lower award threshold of £2,000 to support smaller projects and make it accessible to more groups.

The grant fund has re-opened to new applicants who wish to undertake smaller projects such as disability access, toilet upgrades and new kitchens. Grant awards of between £2,000 to £5,000, and up to 20 per cent of eligible project costs, are on offer. Project expenditure must take place before 31 March 2025.

Deadline: The fund is expected to stay open until December 2024, however it may be withdrawn before this.

Deadline: 25th March 2024

The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust is a Quaker trust which supports people who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.  Their main priority areas are:

• Peace and Security.

• Power and Accountability.

• Rights and Justice.

• Sustainable Future.

• Grassroots Movements.

Potential applicants should be aware that they must have an account with the Trust’s grant management system in order to apply. Groups who do not already have one must register for an account at least two weeks before the application deadline.

Deadline: 5th April 2024

Each year the Trustees of the Woodward Charitable Trust set aside funds for summer playschemes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds between the ages of 5-16 years. 

Trustees only fund programmes that run for a minimum of 2 weeks, 10 full days or 20 half days across the summer holidays. 

Please note that Trustees will only fund up to 50% of the total cost of a scheme. Most grants awarded are in the range of £500 to £1,000. Around 35 grants are made each year. 

Preference is given to: 

• Small local playschemes that provide a wide-ranging programme of activities. Trustees prefer activities that are relatively inexpensive such as crafts and cooking, as well as outdoor activities and sport.
• Schemes that involve a large number of children.
• Schemes where past users are encouraged to come back and help as volunteers. 

Deadline: 31st March 2023

The Vinci UK Foundation provides one-off grants to small and medium size registered community interest or non-profit organisations for innovative projects which address at least one of the four areas of action in the fight against social exclusion:

• Access to employment.

• Insertion through housing.

• Inclusive mobility.

• Building better communities.

At least one Vinci employee has to be involved in the project as a sponsor. Funding is granted between £3,000 and £10,000.

The VINCI UK Foundation supports small and medium size registered community interest or non-profit organisations that are registered with either Companies House, Charity Commission or both.