Bristol City Council has launched an £80,000 fund for communities to clean up their high streets and local areas. Funding can be spent on equipment for litter picking and cleaning, training on how to remove graffiti, and to finance local events which will get people involved in cleaning up their community. There is a list of shopping areas eligible for the fund; these include Bedminster, Fishponds and Gloucester Road.

The next deadline for applications to the Friends Provident Foundation - Building Resilient Economies programme is 12 noon on the 7th October 2019.

This funding opportunity from Comic Relief aims to support vulnerable children and young people from underserved groups within the following age ranges: 5 to 24 years in the UK: 5 to 30 years in Bangladesh, India, Kenya, Nigeria and Zambia.

In the second round of the Elevate programme Arts Council England is investing £3 million of National Lottery funding into improving the resilience of Disability led and Black and minority ethnic led organisations with the aim of addressing their continued under-representation in the National Portfolio. The central aim of the programme and the funding is to:

Power to Change Trust's Community Business Fund has re-opened for applications. Grants of between £50,000 – £300,000 are available to existing community businesses looking to progress towards self-sufficiency. Businesses supported will be locally rooted; accountable to the community; trading for the benefit of the local community and delivering broad community impact.

Grants can cover up to 75% of revenue costs for the project and projects can last up to three years.

From the 3rd May 2019, voluntary and community organisation whose primary focus is Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Trans + (LGBT+) communities will be able to apply for funding through Round 2 of the LGBT+ Futures Fund.  A total of £200,000 will be available.

The type of activities supported will include:

Grants of £150,000 to £450,000 for 3 to 5 years work are available through Comic Relief’s Ahead of the Game: Sport and Mental Health programme for projects in the UK, Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda that combine improving mental wellbeing with sport or physical activities with specific therapeutic elements.

The programme targets the most marginalised people, in the most disadvantaged communities.

The Bupa UK Foundation is looking to fund practical, community-focused projects that will support and improve people’s mental health in mid-life. Grants of up to £20,000 will be available, with the next deadline of 31st May 2019.

Successful applications will meet all the following criteria:

The Bristol Older People's Funding Alliance is offering increased funds in 2019 for organisations that support older people in the city. Grants of up to £15,000 are available.

The Alliance consists of The Anchor Society, Bristol Ageing Better, The Dolphin Society, The Grateful Society, John James Bristol Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, The Society of Merchant Venturers and the St Monica Trust. 

Grants can be used to:

The Home Office's Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme will open for the latest round of applications in July. This will provide grants to places of worship for increased security measures and protection against hate crimes - for example, installing lights, CCTV and alarms.

A £1.6 million investment into the scheme was announced in light of the horrific terrorist attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since the scheme began in 2016, 134 religious sites have received grants, totalling £1.5 million.