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Category: Funding

  • Funding for charities working with either disadvantaged young people or older people

    Funding for charities working with either disadvantaged young people or older people

    Following a period of closure to review its grants processes, the Masonic Charitable Foundation has reopened its Small and Large Grants applications on a rolling basis. This announcement relates to grants in two main areas: The Foundation offers large grants starting from £10,000 up to around £60,000, and small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000…

  • Help with Energy Costs for Community Groups in Nottinghamshire

    Help with Energy Costs for Community Groups in Nottinghamshire

    Support is available is for community groups which need a contribution towards rising energy bills to help keep their welcoming and warm centres and halls open in Nottinghamshire (not Nottingham city). Groups can now apply for up to £5,000 until Sunday 29 January 2023. This is the first of three funding rounds, with applications expected…

  • New Derby and Derbyshire Mental Health Fund

    New Derby and Derbyshire Mental Health Fund

    Erewash Voluntary Action are administering a Grants Programme that will support small to medium voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises across Derbyshire and Derby city that work with people to improve their mental health. There will be two types of grants available:• Mini grants of up to £500 for small groups and organisations, including non-constituted groups•…

  • Funding Workshop: NLCF – Awards for All and Reaching Communities

    Funding Workshop:  NLCF – Awards for All and Reaching Communities

    Derbyshire Dales CVS will be hearing from Marc Lupson from the National Lottery Community Fund in the New Year. This will be on Zoom, and they hope to offer a further opportunity for a face-to-face meeting with the Lottery in the Spring.   The National Lottery Community Fund run programmes such as Awards for All…

  • Apply Now to Derbyshire County Council’s Warm Spaces Fund

    Apply Now to Derbyshire County Council’s Warm Spaces Fund

    Are you part of a charity, voluntary organisation, or community group? Could you offer a warm space to people who need it with some help from us? You’re invited to apply to Derbyshire’s Warm Spaces Fund to help you get set up. They’ve already had 63 applications totalling just over £51,000 and have now increased…

  • NEW Future Communities Fund – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    NEW Future Communities Fund – Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

    A NEW unrestricted fund from the Co-op will support organisations with charitable aims (although there is not a requirement to be a registered charity to apply) to help diverse young people become leaders and activists.  Unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 from this round are available from the £1.5m Future Communities Fund. Funding will be…

  • A boost for Nottinghamshire talented athletes

    A boost for Nottinghamshire talented athletes

    Funding to support the county’s budding Olympians, Paralympians and Special Olympians is available once again. Helping overcome potential financial hurdles such as training and equipment costs. Nottinghamshire County Council has continued its commitment to supporting Talented Athletes with a funding pot of £50,000 to help more up-and-coming athletes recognise their potential in their chosen sport, particularly…

  • Opening soon in parts of the East Midlands: People’s Health Trust

    Opening soon in parts of the East Midlands: People’s Health Trust

    Small local groups (income less than £350K) with great ideas to make their communities even better places to live will be invited to apply for funding to turn their ideas into reality.  The Active Communities funding programme opens on 16 November 2022 1pm in parts of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. What they fund: Small and local…

  • NEW: Future Communities Fund (Young People)

    NEW: Future Communities Fund (Young People)

    The Co-operative Foundation are hosting a webinar from 10am – 11am on Wednesday 23 November for voluntary organisations that want to find out more about unrestricted funding available soon from their new Future Communities Fund.  Sign up for the webinar. In this first round of funding they’ll look to support organisations building communities that are:  The fund…

  • YAPP Charitable Trust – Small Grants for Small Organisations

    YAPP Charitable Trust – Small Grants for Small Organisations

    The YAPP Charitable Trust – this small fund has just opened on 1st November to support running costs up to £3,000 for registered charities whose expenditure is less than £40,000 per year.  They fund ongoing core costs and one of their priorities is children and young people aged 5 – 25.  More information can be…