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Get Grants FREE Introduction to Storytelling in Fundraising Workshop
Get Grants will be delivering a FREE one hour workshop session to help groups and organisations maximise their fundraising efforts and influence potential supporters through storytelling. In this 60-minute session, attendees will receive an outline of Storytelling for Fundraising and get a chance to meet Get Grants experts, receiving top tips and tailored advice on…
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Funding Without Fatigue: Alternatives to grant dependency
Helen Oparinde, Sector Growth Coordinator at Nottingham CVS, explores income options are open to charities that don’t fall under the grant umbrella. She also explores what rules groups and organisations need to follow, and how changes in fundraising regulation and public procurement could affect their future plans. Click here to read the full article.
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Grants for Gardening: Community Gardens Award
Delivered by the National Garden Scheme, the Community Gardens Award provides grants of £1,500 and £5,000 for gardening projects carried out by charities and CICs within local communities. The scheme is committed to funding projects that ensure sustainability in gardening (using peat-free compost, for example), and celebrate biodiversity and wildlife. Applicant proposals should aim to…
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First ever Derbyshire Forest Games
The first ever Derbyshire Forest Games was hosted at Lea Green on Tuesday 1 July, for young people aged seven to ten, many of which may not usually get the chance to be active outdoors. The event saw over 180 students take part from a range of schools including Buxton Junior School, Darley Dale School,…
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Meet the Funder in Erewash
For groups in Derbyshire seeking funding, several grant-providing representatives, in addition to Edwina Archer, our Funding Lead at Active Derbyshire, who will be available to provide support and answer any funding-related questions. Join us at Erewash Voluntary Action, Granville Avenue, Long Eaton, NG10 4HD on Tuesday September 16th 2025 from 10am to 2pm. Please feel…
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County Grants Fund: England and Wales Cricket Board
Grants between £1,000 and £10,000 are available to fund affiliated cricket clubs in broadening participation in the sport, enhancing facilities, and addressing the impacts of climate change. The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) provides funding support for: Priority is given to clubs actively engaged with ECB programmes such as All Stars, Dynamos, women’s and…
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The Climate Action Fund: NLCF
Funding is available through The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF)’s Climate Action Fund to to help communities tackle climate change and support them in being environmentally sustainable. Organisations in partnership can request grants from a minimum of £500,000 over multiple years to support projects that: The Climate Action Fund is only available to fund projects…
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Round 3 information announced: Postcode Places Trust
Postcode Places Trust has updated their funding guide to include new criteria for Round 3 of the 2025 block, adopting a new, multi-year approach to the funding offered. Organisations will now be able to apply for up to £50,000 of funding across a three year period. Charities, CICs, and Community Benefit Society groups are able…
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Where People Meet – funding for community centres
The Rayne Trust are supporting the development of holistic community centres in underserved areas across the UK to build social capital and enable thriving communities. With a focus on community-led regeneration projects that deliver social, economic, and environmental benefits, expression of interest applications are encouraged from: There will be two information webinars to give an…
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Social welfare funding
Voluntary groups, not-for-profits, and independently managed charities can apply for grant funding up to £10,000 to support the delivery of charity work improving social welfare in communities once served by Hillards stores. These areas include: Derbyshire: Alfreton, Glossop, Mickleover. Nottinghamshire: Hucknall, Retford, Worksop. Gay & Peter Hartley’s Hillards Charitable Trust’s funding is most frequently awarded…
