The Cash for Kids Sports Challenge is a fundraising competition for grassroots sports groups. The funds support initiatives to encourage the participation of disadvantaged or disabled children and young people in sports. The following organisations who work for the benefit of disadvantaged or disabled young people (up to and including the age of 18) may apply: If selected, the group…
The McCarthy Stone Foundation offers grants to community organisations for projects to improve the health and wellbeing. Their funding focuses on older people over the age of 65 years, particularly in areas of deprivation. Community organisations, registered charities and other groups (including CICs limited by guarantee) with a governing document and a registered bank account…
More than 300 young people from schools across Nottingham and Nottinghamshire took part in the Notts Forest Games. The targeted School Games event gave Year 3 and Year 4 pupils from 30 schools the chance to take part in a variety of outdoor activities that they may never have tried before at Sherwood Pines. This…
Bassetlaw District Council is pleased to announce an online session looking at Sport England’s new Movement Fund. Join Edwina Archer, Funding Lead from Active Notts for an online session on Teams. The session will be held on Thursday 11th July at 6:00pm. Edwina will be sharing information about Sport England’s NEW Movement Fund. The Movement…
Young leaders from City of Derby Academy, The Bemrose School and Djanogly City Academy have taken part in a Girls Active event which they co-created, co-designed and co-delivered. The event was held at the Sports Hub at Nottingham Trent University’s Clifton Campus on Friday 28 June. It included activities focussing on strength, flexibility and functional…
In celebration of Morrisons 125th Anniversary, the Foundation has created the ‘Community Spaces Fund’. This new fund will see 125 charities receive a share of £1 million with grants of up to £8,000 each to enhance their community space facilities, making a difference for many more years to come. Morrison’s are asking Community Champions in…
The Booster Fund supports new and existing community businesses including some sports clubs that are at all stages of launching a community share issue. This includes the very early stages of exploring whether it is the right choice, through planning a community share issue to being ready to launch, or in exceptional cases, recently launched…
Being active can have a significant impact on living well with Parkinson’s, regardless of symptoms or time since diagnosis. The Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme supports activity providers, communities, networks, organisations and others to develop opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active. Parkinson’s UK are looking for innovative and new projects…
Schools and colleges in areas of high deprivation can apply for support towards the cost of a residential stay at a Youth Hostel Association (YHA) owned hostel. The funding is made available through the YHA Bursary scheme. The scheme is open to primary schools, secondary schools, special schools, schools offering alternative provision, and colleges based in…
Community organisations in England can apply for a share of £250,000 of funding to reduce energy usage and carbon footprint. The funding is being made available through the Energy Efficiency Sharematch fund. It can be used to install on-site energy generation measures. This could include solar panels and heat pumps, improve building energy efficiency through…
