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Sport England’s Small Grants Programme – Some Changes
A few changes have been made to Sport England’s Small Grants programme. The key changes are highlighted below. Sport England’s Small Grants Programme seeks to develop opportunities for communities to get more people physically active. They’ll support projects through providing funding of between £300 and £15,000. Sport and physical activities funded can now run from…
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LitterSorters: Walking with a purpose
To help mark the Great British Spring Clean (March 15 to 31), we joined Transition Chesterfield for their monthly LitterSorters litter pick. Litter picking is a great way to make a positive difference to the environment as well as walking with a purpose. Insight from the Walk Derbyshire Consortiums also tells us that one of…
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Funding for Projects Working with Older People to Tackle Loneliness
The McCarthy Stone Foundation are now welcoming applications for their Spring 2024 Grant Programme. The Foundation runs a number of grant programmes throughout the year for organisations supporting people over 65. Their latest programme is looking to fund organisations working either in direct interventions to alleviate loneliness, or in group-based social isolation work. Organisations with…
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Tesco and The Sun Offer 150 One-off Grants Through the Footie for All Fund
Tesco and the The Sun newspaper, have joined together to provide a funding pot of £150,000. The fund is to encourage more children and young people to take up football or improve access to the game. The grants are part of The Sun’s Footie for All campaign. The fund is to highlight how financial struggles…
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The Fore’s Unrestricted Funding Programme Opens on 28 March – Apply Early.
The Fore offers unrestricted funding to small charities and CICs that are making a big impact. That is, organisations which want to significantly grow, strengthen, become more efficient or resilient. They won’t fund ‘business as usual’. They have a particular interest in supporting grassroots organisations working with underserved communities. Unrestricted grants of up to £30,000…
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Bank Accounts for Community Groups
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Making Movement a Priority in Communities
As part of our work with the Notts Falls and Physical Activity Community of Practice, we hosted our THIRD webinar in the Making Movement a Priority series, titled Making movement a priority in Communities. The interest in this session was truly overwhelming, with over 100 people signing up to attend the event and half of…
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Cycling UK Reopens Big Bike Revival Grants Programme for Summer 2024
Cycling UK is offering grants of up to £3,500 for voluntary and community cycle groups across England to deliver projects and activities that: For the Summer 2024 funding round, there is a focus on encouraging partners to inspire participants to return to subsequent events, to help sustain increases in cycling, and to help make a…
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One Stop Community Partnerships
Groundwork and One Stop Stores have teamed up to deliver the One Stop Community Partnership Programme to support groups and organisations who are working within 2 miles of a One Stop Store. This programme is designed to support community groups or organisations which are; • Tackling food poverty• Supporting the vulnerable• Supporting the elderly• Supporting…
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Postcode Places Trust – Grants for Smaller Community Organisations
This fund is open to small voluntary and community organisations. It has a wide range of priorities, some of which are listed below. However, a key aim is to help disadvantaged people or neighbourhoods. There are two grant thresholds depending on how the applicant organisation is constituted. One stream of the grant is up to…
