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  • Funding to Support Core Costs of Small Charities

    Funding to Support Core Costs of Small Charities

    Charities and social enterprises supporting children and young people, disadvantaged families, prisoners, and ex-offenders can apply for funding to help cover their core costs. Two types of grants are available: The funding will support small-scale, local initiatives.  Priorities include effective use of volunteers and encouraging past and current users to participate.  And ensuring that funds…

  • Defibrillator Funding for Community Spaces

    Defibrillator Funding for Community Spaces

    The Department of Health and Social Care is currently running a £1 million match funded Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund. The funding is aimed at increasing the number of AEDs in public places where they are most needed and to help save lives. All types of organisations may apply. To be eligible, applicants must: The funding…

  • New National Lottery Community Funding Programmes

    New National Lottery Community Funding Programmes

    The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) are looking for partners to work with them in the development stage of their new funding programmes including the Community Power fund. By community power, they mean local communities being able to influence and change the places they live. As well as the services they use, and decisions that…

  • The Derby Community Lottery is now approaching its fourth draw. Do you have your tickets?

    The Derby Community Lottery is now approaching its fourth draw. Do you have your tickets?

    Derby Community Lottery is a weekly lottery that directly supports local good causes and community initiatives. Through getting more people on board, the Derby Community Lottery raises funds and awareness of local good cause. When you play Derby Community Lottery you know that 60% of your ticket price goes to good causes. This is more…

  • Get Fishing Fund Reopens for 2025

    Get Fishing Fund Reopens for 2025

    The Get Fishing Fund supports organisations to deliver a programme of angling activities.  Supported activities should aim to help get more people into fishing and retain them within the sport. Building on the success of the original launch of the fund four years ago, the Environment Agency and Angling Trust have announced an additional £150,000 of investment. This is to encourage more people…

  • Weston Charity Awards – Youth, Welfare, Environment and Community

    Weston Charity Awards – Youth, Welfare, Environment and Community

    Garfield Weston Foundation, in partnership with Pilotlight, is accepting applications from registered charities working in the fields of youth, welfare, environment, and community, for the Weston Charity Awards. The Awards offer a package of support, worth over £22,000, intended to deliver long-term benefit to the charity, including a fully funded year of support from Pilotlight…

  • The National Education Nature Park: How Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Schools Can Get Involved

    The National Education Nature Park: How Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Schools Can Get Involved

    The National Education Nature Park is helping school children and young people around the country connect to the natural world, especially in urban and nature-deprived areas, by tracking their local environment through a virtual map across England. There is £7.5 million of funding available this academic year to help disadvantaged schools in nature-deprived areas to…

  • Barratt Foundation Grants Programme – Children and Young People

    Barratt Foundation Grants Programme – Children and Young People

    Grants are available for registered and exempt charities to help communities thrive by focusing on children, young people and those most disadvantaged. Priorities include: Grants are between £5,000 and £30,000. There are currently two application rounds per year. Click here for more information.

  • Grants to Help Older People and Adults with Disabilities Lead More Fulfilling Lives

    Grants to Help Older People and Adults with Disabilities Lead More Fulfilling Lives

    Barchester’s Charitable Foundation is a grant-giving charity. Their funding is to help older people and other adults with disability lead more fulfilled lives and reach their full potential. The Foundation focuses on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. Helping to combat isolation and loneliness and enabling people to be active and…

  • Grants to Improve the Lives of Disadvantaged People

    Grants to Improve the Lives of Disadvantaged People

    Charities working to reduce poverty and improve the health of disadvantaged people can apply for funding from the Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation’s Small Change Big Difference Fund. Applicant organisations must be nominated by the Society’s members and colleagues. Grants are up to £2,500 to support initiatives that benefit vulnerable groups, including children, the seriously…