This grant scheme aims to provide opportunities for sport and physical activity at a grassroots level. Activities should enable physically, mentally, socially or economically disadvantaged people to develop personal and life skills to fulfil their potential. The grants can be used for various purposes, such as funding new sports programmes, improving existing sports facilities, or…
Home Instead Charities’ mission is to end loneliness for ageing adults. The organisation exists to bring happiness and joy into the lives of Britain’s ageing population so that ageing adults are thriving, not just surviving. To this end, they offer funding to support local community events that enhance and enrich the lives of people over…
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…
It’s amazing how football and physical activity can bring people together, as evidenced in Derby during Refugee Week 2024, where we saw 91 refugees and asylum seekers, from more than 12 different countries, all united in their love of football and being more active. There were players based all across the East Midlands and representing…
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…
