The National Lottery Community Fund has launched a new £3.5million fund for community-led commemorative events and activities to celebrate The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022. The Platinum Jubilee Fund will award grants of up to £50,000 to seventy projects across the UK that bring people together to celebrate, build relationships, and create new opportunities and a legacy for future generations and the environment.

The National Lottery Community Fund has re-opened its Social Enterprise Support Fund to support social enterprises across England impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The fund, delivered in partnership with five social enterprise support agencies, will award grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 to help organisations rebuild and grow their income from trading, and help them to continue to support people facing increased social and economic challenges as a result of the crisis.

The Woodward Charitable Trust only makes grants for core costs rather than specific projects as they recognise that smaller charities can find these hard to fund. Their next deadline is 17th December.

Funding Priorities

The Fat Beehive Foundation is an independent UK registered charity that provides small grants for websites and digital products to other small UK registered charities.

Their aim is to help these organisations carry out their work in a more efficient and effective way, resulting in positive social benefit. They provide highly specialised grants up to £2500, to organisations with an income of less than £1m per annum.

The Asda Foundation has launched a new grants programme to help small grassroots organisations improve local community spaces and places across the UK. The Investing in Spaces and Places Grant will provide funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 to help with building repairs, building improvement/development, and/or outdoor improvement/development for properties which the community organisations either own or lease. Costs could include materials, tradespeople, and equipment purchases/rental. Funding will be awarded on a regional basis, with 50% match funding required.

NEW Power to Change programme - Powering Up. Up to £20,000 worth of support.

Opens 10th November. REGISTER for an information session here - https://lnkd.in/dPVYB36c

Community organisations can apply for funding of up to £10,000 if they have initiatives that encourage or support vaccination (not exclusively the COVID-19 vaccination) and might also:

help promote health and wellbeing, increase vaccination awareness, acceptance and uptake

or address a particular community need around reducing health inequalities.

All community groups are encouraged to apply, no matter how small or large their project is.

Bristol Redistro’s aim is to challenge inequality of wealth and power and to create positive alternatives. They give grants to support the struggles, fights, campaigns and projects of groups and communities facing discrimination (due to their class, ability, gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, sexuality, age, immigration status or other factors) and who are working towards justice and equality.  

The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme will be awarding to support initiatives that work towards a just transition and reduce the impact of the climate emergency associated with energy use.

The priorities of the Scheme are to support energy consumers in vulnerable situations, develop innovative products or services and empower consumers to reduce their carbon emissions.

Charities, community and voluntary groups, CICs, CIOs, and social enterprises across the UK that have been significantly affected by the coronavirus pandemic can apply for funding of up to £1,000 to support local communities during the winter months. The Arnold Clark Community Fund will accept applications from organisations working to support food banks, toy banks, poverty relief, and housing and accommodation. Only one application will be accepted per organisation and applicants will be randomly selected at the end of each month to receive funding.