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  • Funding for Small Charities

    Funding for Small Charities

    The Foyle Foundation’s grants scheme priority is to support those delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community. The grant covers core costs, projects, essential equipment or building projects. Online applications can be accepted from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £150,000 per annum.Charities can apply for between…

  • Funding for the Care and Education of Children and Young People with Severe Learning Difficulties

    Funding for the Care and Education of Children and Young People with Severe Learning Difficulties

    The Daniel Trust is looking to support organisations focused on the following areas: The care and education of children and young people with severe learning difficulties. Environmental conservation, including projects with a wildlife focus combined with local community engagement. Grants of between £50,000-£250,000 are available.  Awards are made after a two-stage process requiring applicants to complete…

  • BBC Children in Need – Project Costs Funding

    BBC Children in Need – Project Costs Funding

    BBC Children in Need – Project Costs Funding support projects which are: Applications for grants of £15,000 or less per year will receive a quicker decision. They’ll only consider applications for over £15,000 per year from organisations who have registered with the appropriate regulatory body. There are no application deadlines. Derby is a geographic area…

  • BBC Children in Need – Funding for Core Costs

    BBC Children in Need – Funding for Core Costs

    The BBC Children in Need fund which covers core costs will support: Grants of £15,000 or less per year will receive a quicker decision.  They will only consider applications for over £15,000 per year from organisations who have registered with the appropriate regulatory body. Derby is a geographic area of particular interest for the fund…

  • Lloyds Bank Foundation – Specialist Grant Programme

    Lloyds Bank Foundation – Specialist Grant Programme

    The Lloyds Bank Foundation Specialist Programme closes on the 3rd March.   The focus is to support small, local, specialist charities with an income of £25,000–£500,000 where their three-year unrestricted £75,000 grant and support to develop, can make the greatest impact. They’ll support charities that understand the complexity of the issues people face and are…

  • The National Lottery Funding Workshop – South Derbyshire

    The National Lottery Funding Workshop – South Derbyshire

    The National Lottery raises grant funding for extraordinary things. If you are part of a group in South Derbyshire, why not find out if they have a funding programmes for you. South Derbyshire CVS has arranged a session for you to find out more about the programme.  The session will run online, on Monday, 6…

  • Meet the Funder in the Derbyshire Dales – National Lottery Community Fund

    Meet the Funder in the Derbyshire Dales – National Lottery Community Fund

    This spring, in the Derbyshire Dales, there’s the chance to meet Vijay Kumari from the National Lottery Community Fund to talk about your proposed application to the Reaching Communities programme or Awards for All. Derbyshire Dales CVS have arranged a few 40-minute slots for Wednesday 22nd March at Cromford Mills for groups and community organisations…

  • Sport England Small Grants: Sustainable Activity and Developing Young People’s Skills

    Sport England Small Grants: Sustainable Activity and Developing Young People’s Skills

    Additional to supporting projects in the most deprived neighbourhoods, Sport England is looking at two other areas which reflect King Charles’ personal passions. Sport England is inviting projects that focus on sustainable activity while reducing the impact on the environment, to put forward their ideas.  This could include activity which could involve purchasing locally made…

  • Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt

    Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt

    The Wednesday Night Project at William Allitt started as a number of local opportunities aligned in Swadlincote (South Derbyshire). Through place-based working in Newhall with Thriving Communities, a Newhall Community Network helped to bring local stakeholders and community members together every 6-8 weeks, to better understand the need and opportunities within communities. This highlighted the…

  • Fancy a Fun Run/walk/wheel in the Derbyshire Dales?

    Fancy a Fun Run/walk/wheel in the Derbyshire Dales?

    Derbyshire Dales District Council are hosting a number of entry level active events for the local communities in each of their four market towns, Matlock, Bakewell, Wirksworth and Ashbourne. The events are open to any age or ability and are designed to introduce those people who are less confident when it comes to being physically…