Community organisations across England looking to improve spaces where people can connect and co-operate can now apply for grants of up to £50,000 from Space to Connect – a £1.6 million partnership between the Co-op Foundation and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

The next round of the Co-op Local Community Fund is available for applications from causes that support Co-op's values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity. Priority is given to local charities and other voluntary organisations with an income of less than £1 million per year.

Enovert Community Trust awards grants under the terms of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF), providing funding to a broad range of projects that have as big an impact on the community as possible. 

There are three levels of grant:

• Small – up to £5,000
• Medium – £5,001 to £30,000
• Large – over £30,000

Single and multi-year grants for up to three years can be requested.

Trustees have a particular interest in projects supporting disadvantaged young people and projects that tackle homelessness.

The Trust is looking to support work which will improve the life chances for some of the most disadvantaged children in England and Wales by investing in early intervention and preventative work.

They are looking to support work with targeted groups of 0-3 year olds in England and Wales which will specifically improve the reach to these targeted groups and bring about improved defined outcomes for these targeted groups.

The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation offers one-off grants for capital projects, i.e. new buildings, major refurbishments, transport and equipment. Rented premises are expected to have a lease of at least 10 years. Applications for transport should be for new, not used, vehicles. Applications for equipment should be for single, high cost (£5,000 and over), durable items (for exclusions, see below).

The Small Grants Scheme is designed to support smaller charities registered and operating in the United Kingdom, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities.  Applications are welcomed from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered.

Yapp Charitable Trust offers grants to registered charities that have been formally established for a minimum of three years with an expenditure of less than £40k per annum.  Newly registered charities may apply but the organisation must have appointed a management committee and adopted a governing document at least 3 years ago.

Priorities;

Grants of up to £20,000 are available for projects that help integrate Armed Forces and civilian communities across the UK, and/or deliver valuable local services to the Armed Forces Community such as financial advice, housing, mental and physical health, employability or social support for serving armed forces personnel, veterans, and their families.

A new £7.5 million funding programme has been launched to support Armed forces families.

The focus of the programme is on supporting the families rather than serving personnel or veterans. The funding will be available for projects that focus on one of the following: young people from armed forces families; families and carers of veterans and serving families.