Grants / Funding available to Yelvertoft

LOCAL FUNDING

Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northants

Grants up to £3,000. Northamptonshire Community Foundation has launched this fund, which will help build a sustainable and safe future for Northamptonshire communities. The fund will focus local goals that address poverty, hunger, health and wellbeing, quality education, inequality, economic growth, sustainability, climate action, and peace and justice. Visit the website for further information.

Lilbourne Windfarm Fund

Circa £2,000-£3,000 available annually to Yelvertoft village organisations. Priority will be given to groups who attend the Annual Parish Meeting. Deadline: 31st January annually. Application forms and criteria: Lilbourne Windfarm Grant Procedure and Application Form Nov 2017

From January 2025 the following application form and criteria are to be used:

Windfarm fund – Funding criteria – FEB 24 – from Jan 25
Windfarm Fund – Application Questions and Guidance FEB 24 – from Jan 2025
Windfarm fund – Application Form – FEB 24 – from JAN 25

Yelvertoft Solar Farm Fund

Grants of up to £10,000 available annually to Yelvertoft village organisations. Priority will be given to groups who attend the Annual Parish Meeting. Deadline: 31st January annually. Application forms and criteria:

Solar farm fund – Funding criteria – FEB 24
Solar farm fund – Application Questions and Guidance FEB 2024
Solar farm fund – Application Form – FEB 24

Maud Elkington Charitable Trust

Grants up to £10,000 for organisations in Northamptonshire, including councils. Funding can be for a wide variety of projects if they have a lasting benefit to the community. Contact Helen Pole, 03300 240 333, email helen.pole@shma.co.uk.

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner – Road Safety Community Fund 

Grants £500 to £5,000 to groups and organisations to help them run projects that tackle speeding, enhance road safety, and other anti-social road use. Uses money that has come from fines paid by drivers who attend speed workshops. Visit the website for further information.

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner – Safer Streets Fund

Grants available for projects that help to make our streets safer, including CCTV, speed signs, crime prevention initiatives. Visit the website for further information.

Yelvertoft Windfarm Fund

Grants available up to £7,000 although larger projects may be considered. Available to any constituted group / organisation in Yelvertoft. For further information and to apply visit the NCF website here.

Yelvertoft Community Funding Initiative.   ‘Friends of Yelvertoft’

Yelvertoft has access to a many sources of funding available which could enhance and support our community, however each source of funding has its own rules and regulations and many of these are not available for the Parish Council (PC) to apply to.  The route to obtaining this funding is often complex and the PC has asked for help in providing support on these applications. To be clear, although the Funding Initiative is a PC initiative, it will have no link to the PC, takes no direction from the PC, and is a completely independent initiative supporting each organisation separately and possibly several in competition for the funding.  In fact, one of the funders it can apply to for project funding is the PC itself.  The PC will support (under auditable procedures) ”in confidence” if required, any application from any organisation or potential organisation offering your group advice and support; either in a procedural context or if you feel appropriate leading your request on behalf of your group.

Northampton Town Football Community Trust

Run a range of projects across the town and county to engage young people and adults in the areas of physical and mental health, education training and employment, women’s and girls’ football, anti-crime, disability, tackling loneliness and social isolation. Staff for the Tackling Loneliness project making befriending phone calls, doorstop visits, online social groups, walks and stadium visits. (when allowed) I was looking to find out if we can support any agencies doing this?

Funding to deliver adult mental health aware courses, via Mental health England,  free places for voluntary charity/community groups.

For further information please visit the website or email Anna Letts anna.letts@ntfc.co.uk

Northamptonshire Federation of Disability Sport Fund

Up to £1,000 funding available. Bursary scheme designed to support the county’s sports clubs, groups and non-profit organisations. Grants of up to £1,000 for sport activities catering for any disability, sensory impairment and/or mental health problem.  For further information and to apply visit the website here.

West Northamptonshire Council – Community Grants

Grants available for community organisations up to £15,000. Grant can be used for a variety of purposes such as events, equipment, training, capital projects, websites plus lots more.  For further information and to apply visit the website.

West Northamptonshire Council – Covid Support Fund Grant

Grants available for voluntary or community organisations up to £2,500. Each WNC Councillor has been allocated £2,500 to make local decisions on grant funding awards for the benefit of the communities’ they represent. The grant must be used within the electoral ward of the Councillor and needs to be used to empower local residents to be active in their communities’ recovery from the impact of Covid. The minimum grant award is £200.  For further information and to apply visit the website.

Daventry Council – Care and Repair

Grants of up to £30,000 now available! Home Repairs Assistance Grants (HRAs) can provide up to £30,000 to fund a range of work and essential repairs to your home including repair/replacement  central heating boilers and radiators, new security measures, replacement windows and doors, roof repairs and replacements, and so much more. If you are a homeowner over the age of 18 and in receipt of a qualifying income related benefit why not give Care & Repair a call today. Interest free ‘Top-up’ loans are now also available. To find out if you could be eligible for a HRA Grant or Interest Free Loan contact Care & Repair. Email: careandrepair@daventrydc.gov.uk. Phone:  01327 871100. Website.

Daventry Town Council – Community Grants

£1,000 grants available to community groups/organisations whose services or events are of benefit to the community. For further information and to apply visit the website.

West Northamptonshire Council – Community Funding Grant

Community Funding Grants are capped at £15,000 and £5,000. The initial funding round, within each financial year, will be open to all applications seeking a Community Funding Grant up to the value of £15,000. All subsequent funding rounds, within the financial year, will be capped to projects / services where the total value of the Community Funding Grant requested is up to the value of £5,000. For further information and to apply please visit the website.

Funding Information and Help

Voluntary Impact is a website that gives details of funding and grant opportunities. They also have great advice on how to complete forms, obtain funding etc. Visit the website for further information.

GENERAL FUNDING

Alpkit Foundation – Go Nice Places Do Good Things

Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities

The Reaching and Supporting Armed Forces Communities programme will award grants of up to £100,000 over a period of up to three years. For exceptional projects, larger grants may be available. We are looking for projects that are specific and targeted; and this could include addressing hidden needs, as well as needs that are more well known. We will be more likely to fund projects that focus on specific groups of people within Armed Forces communities, rather than more general approaches. We are also keen to see that the people who will benefit from the project have been able to shape how it will be delivered. Charities and CICs can apply for a grant. Please visit the website for further information.

Arnold Clarke Community Fund

Grants up to £1,000. Open to charities, local community groups, CICs, charitable incorporated organisations and social enterprises. Visit the website for further information.

Arts Council England – Developing your Creative Practice

Arts Council England – 2023-26 Investment Programme

Are you an arts organisation, library or museum in England? As a National Portfolio Organisation or Investment Principles Support Organisation, you could receive regular investment between 2023 and 2026 to help deliver our strategy.  Grants available – discretionary.  Please visit the website for further information.

Arts Council England – Volunteering Futures

A ring-fenced, time-limited fund, making £4.7m available through National Lottery Project Grants. Organisations will be able to apply for over £100,000 to support high quality volunteering opportunities for young people and those that experience barriers to getting involved in volunteering across arts, heritage, museums, libraries, sport and other community settings.  Visit the website for further information.

Asda Foundation – Cost of Living

Grants £400 to £1,600 for local groups aimed at supporting the increased running costs group are facing as a result of the crisis. Visit the website for further information.

Asda Foundation – Empowering Local Communities Grant

Offers the chance to get funding for an important cause in your community. Open to everyone – Aviva customers, employees, insurance brokers or financial advisers (whether associated with Aviva or not) and the general public. Get enough votes from friends, family and supporters in your community and your project could be entered into the Finals, where a judging panel will award the funds. Awards up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information and to apply.

BBC Children in Need – We Move Fund: Youth Social Action

Grants of up to £50k are available to not-for-profit groups delivering projects which build Black children and young people’s confidence and skills across the UK. Funding is intended to support organisations to bring social action and youth empowerment opportunities to Black children and young people, to help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face. For further information please visit the website. 

BBC Children in Need – Youth Social Action Fund

Grants of up to £50k are available to not-for-profit groups delivering projects which build children and young people’s confidence and skills across the UK. Funding is intended to support organisations to bring social action and youth empowerment opportunities to children and young people, to help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face. For more information and to apply please visit the website. 

Biffa Award

Award grants to projects that provide or improve biodiversity, community spaces, cultural facilities, and places for outdoor recreation. Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 available. You will need to find a third party contributor(s) to provide 10% of the grant you are applying for. For further information and to apply visit the website.

Biffa – Community Buildings

Grants of up to £200,000 available. Projects include those which improve buildings at the heart of their communities – such as village halls, community centres and church halls. They can include building refurbishments and internal works to kitchens, toilets, roofs, flooring, window, doors and heating systems. Applications from churches must be able to demonstrate a wider community use and benefit – such as youth groups, special interest groups, exercise groups etc. Under this theme an applicant will have to show evidence of wider community use, involvement and consultation. The project site must be within five miles of a significant Biffa operation or within 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site. Visit the website for further information.

Biffa – Cultural Facilities

Grants of up to £200,000 available. Projects which improve recreation, interest and education. They could include exhibition and interpretation improvements, interactive displays, outdoor amphitheatre spaces or auditorium seating.  Project could be based within a theatre, gallery, museum, concert hall, arts or heritage centre. Project site must be within five miles of a significant Biffa operation or within 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site. Councils are not eligible to apply. Visit the website for further information.

Biffa – Recreation

Grants available up to £200,000. Projects can include new play equipment; landscaping works, trees and shrubs; skate parks; woodland walks; nature trails; outdoor gyms; and building works within communal areas of sporting clubhouses (such as kitchen and toilet facilities) which have a wider community use and are not for the sole use of sports club members. It generally includes projects that benefit people within their free time. The project site must be within five miles of a significant Biffa operation or within 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site. Organisations must be not for profit. Local authorities and schools cannot apply.  Visit the website for further information.

Blue Spark Foundation

Grants of up to £5,000 for projects which aim to improve the education and development of children and young people by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. Gives particular consideration to projects which they consider will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. Visit the website for further information.

British Airways – Community Fund

A community fund that supports organisations and projects that align with all the elements of BA Better World including community engagement, diversity, wellbeing, waste reduction, tackling climate change, promoting nature and biodiversity and engaging our colleagues in positive action in the communities we serve. Will add up to £50.000 to your crowdfund campaign.  Visit the website for further information.

British Council – International Collaboration Grants

Supporting UK and overseas cultural partnerships to develop digital, face-to-face and hybrid artistic projects. This inaugural £5 million programme of grants aims to support UK artists to develop creative artwork with international peers, encouraging innovative ways of working and collaborating. 94 projects from 41 countries have been successful, receiving grants between £5,000 and £75,000. Visit the website for further information.

British Cycling – Improving Places to Ride

Building Business Community Network

A grant initiative aiming to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects. This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve.  Please visit the website for further information.

Card Factory – Community Grant Fund

Supporting projects and charitable causes to benefit communities.  Grants of up £2,500 available. Visit the website for further information.

Charles Hayward Foundation

Grants up to £7,000 that fund preventative and early intervention programmes being delivered at the community level which allow older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent.  Particularly interested in programmes which show some creativity in improving the quality of life of older people. * Programmes aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities. * Programmes which give practical help, assistance and support for older people living in their own homes. * Programmes addressing the emotional and practical needs of older carers. * Programmes designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia. Visit the website for further information.

Civic Power Fund

Grants £2,500 to £20,000 for projects that Bring About Long term Community Change. Grassroots Community organisations can apply for projects working towards long-term change through community organising, campaigning, and democratic engagement. These grants are intended for organisations that are based in and accountable to their community but lack the resources to achieve their goals. Prioritises organisations led by individuals who have first-hand experience of the injustice they are trying to address. In addition to financial support, successful applicants will also receive support from the Civic
Power Fund Governance Hub and may have the opportunity to participate in capacity building programmes. Visit the website for further information.

CLA Charitable Trust

Grant funding for charities and CICs – Dedicated to helping those who are disabled or disadvantaged to visit and participate in learning experiences about the countryside.  Visit the website for further information.

Community Energy Fund

The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero announced a £10 million fund to support local communities across England in setting up local energy projects.  Communities will be able to apply to help develop local renewable energy projects. This funding will aim to help kickstart projects proposed, designed and owned by local people including small-scale wind farms and rooftop solar partnerships, battery storage, rural heat networks, electric vehicle charging points, and fuel poverty alleviation schemes.  Please visit the website for further information.

Community Groups tackling Loneliness Grant

Grants of between £300 and £2,500 available. Funding will be available to small charities and community groups in England with an annual income of £50,000 or less, which are working to reduce loneliness by helping people feel more connected.  For further information and to apply visit the website here.

Community Ownership Fund

Have you got your eye on a building, open space, or business that your council might wish to take over and run for the benefit of the local community?  The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) has just launched the third round of its £150 million Community Ownership Fund. Parish and town councils are eligible to apply direct.  Projects can bid for £250,000 to £1 million.  Visit the website for further information.

Friends Provident Foundation – Developing a Fair Economy Grants Programme

Grants of up to £200,000 are available for charities, social enterprises, and private companies across the United Kingdom to support projects that seek to address systemic economic inequalities. The aim of this fund is to support projects that seek to tackle the causes of economic disparity, such as inequality, poverty, or climate breakdown, and create an economy that works for everyone. Funding is available for projects that seek to address the structural problems of the current economic system. Funding operates on two levels: Systems change – projects that involve a radical assessment of how ‘disruptive innovation’ might change the financial system, exploring and informing changes to the regulatory, policy or other systemic level that would develop financial system innovations, and Local economies – smaller projects that focus on testing and reviewing small scale initiatives that support local economies through diversity, flexibility and building capacity in communities. Visit the website for further information.

Friends of the Elderly

Grants programme to assist older individuals facing financial difficulties. Aim is to provide support to older people who are struggling to make ends meet, and to ensure they are able to live with dignity and in comfort. Grants can be used to cover essential expenses such as purchasing a new fridge, paying unexpected bills, food, clothing, or covering gas and electricity costs. Visit the website for further information.

Garfield Weston Foundation

Funds small charitable local organisations and large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to several million pounds, depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. Grants can be for  organisation’s running costs, for a specific activity or for capital projects. Flexible and fund what charities need the most. Visit the website for further information.

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (Government Funding)

The Government is providing up to £210m worth of voucher funding as immediate help for people suffering from slow broadband speeds in rural areas. Vouchers worth up to £4,500 for homes and businesses help to cover the costs of installing gigabit broadband to people’s doorsteps. Visit the website for further information.

Greene King – Proud to Pitch In

We’d love you to help us find these great causes and clubs to support by nominating your local community club for a cash grant. If you have a team or a club that you think would benefit from our support then you can nominate simply and quickly through our nominations page and we will do the rest. An initiative paying cash grants to grassroots and community sports clubs across the UK. Every pint we sell will add 10p to our fund supporting local clubs from the ground up, providing them with the tools they need to continue to play the sport they love. From football, rugby and cricket to roller hockey or netball, we want to support as many local teams as we can with donations which can go a long way to keeping everyone in action. Please visit the website for further information.

Henry Smith Charity

Aims to use its resources to help people and communities at a time of need and to bring about positive change. Funds organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.   Also small grants to support recreational trips and holidays for groups of children in the UK who are disabled or disadvantaged. Visit the website for further information.

Impetus – Youth employment and race equity

Looking for impact-led organisations who support young people from both ethnic minority andsocio-economically disadvantaged backgrounds into work. We are looking for four new partner organisations to join our portfolio, who will receive between £30k-£100k in unrestricted grant funding per year for two years, as well as hands-on support from our experienced investment team and additional support from our network of pro bono supporters. Please visit the website for further information.

“I’ve got an idea”

A fund for either individuals or small groups or organisations who havea novel technical idea which they want to try out. Looking for ideas that are based on a novel technical idea, that would deliver a social or environmental benefit, that are intriguing, inventive and have an element of fun. Grants ranging from £250 to £3,000.  Visit the website for further information.

Janet and Bryan Moore Trust

Grants available up to £20,000 projects that help enhance and unite local communities such as childcare, scout groups, fitness groups and churches.  For further info and to apply please visit their website.

Keep Britain Tidy – Chewing Gum Litter

Grants of up to £20,000 are available to individual councils in England to fund street cleansing and/or the purchase of cleaning equipment. Larger grants of up to £70,000 are available for two or more councils working together to achieve greater impact. Councils will also benefit from a bespoke gum litter prevention package, including targeted behaviour change signage and advice to encourage people to bin their gum.  Visit the website for further information.

KFC Foundation Community Grants Programme

Grants up to £2,000 to registered charities, registered community interest companies, unincorporated clubs or associations or unregistered charities with a turnover of less than £300,000. Seeks to fund work that helps young people to create firm foundations, by addressing their needs through early intervention, and welcomes applications from organisations which benefit young people aged 11-25 years old, support those in a position of economic disadvantage (including one of the following: care leavers, those experiencing homelessness, young carers, young parents, refugees, young people at risk of or with experience of the criminal justice system), empower young people to fulfil their potential and build a positive future by providing spaces that allow young people to feel safe and secure, helping them to unlock talent, build life skills, provide mentoring and improve their chances to gain meaningful employment, will demonstrate positive results from their project within 12 months of funding being received. Visit the website for further information.

Landfill Communities Fund (Entrust)

Projects must be within 10 miles of an Environment Agency registered landfill site. Funding for * the reclamation, remediation or restoration of land which cannot currently be used * the prevention of potential for pollution or the remediation of the effects of the pollution * provision, maintenance or improvement of a public park or another public amenity * conservation or promotion of biodiversity * restoration of a place of religious worship or of historic or architectural interest. Visit the website for further information.

LEADER

Grants available from between £5,000 and £50,000 for rural businesses in Northamptonshire. Applications considered from rural businesses: Enhancing farm productivity, Supporting farm diversification, Local food based projects, Local forestry based projects, Businesses with a link to agriculture or forestry, Supporting tourism , those which have a quantifiable positive impact on rural economy e.g. village shops, pubs, transport, village halls etc. , woodland owners. Visit the website for further information and to apply.

Little Lives UK

Grants of up to £1,500 are available for smaller UK community organisations that work with children to help them deliver activities and services. The aim of the programme is to support smaller organisations that work with children, which may be struggling financially as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Visit the website for further information.

Little Lives UK

Grants of up to £2,200. The programme aims to support children’s groups and organisations, such as play groups or sports classes. However, they are open to applications from other projects, as long as their primary objective focuses on providing services to children. Visit the website for further information.

Local Giving – Magic Little Grants

Grants of £500 to small, local charities and community groups (including charitable organisations that are schools or connected to schools) delivering projects that: Improving mental wellbeing, Enabling community participation in the arts, Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, Supporting marginalised groups and promoting equality, Improving biodiversity and green spaces, Enabling participation in physical activity, Responding to the climate emergency and promoting sustainability, Increasing community access to outdoor space.  Visit the website for further information.

Lloyds Bank Foundation – Deaf and Disabled

For small and local charities with an income between £25,000 to £500,000 which are led by and working with d/Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty. Organisations can apply for a three year unrestricted grant of £75,000. Visit the website for further information. 

London Hearts

Gives £300 grant for heart defibrillators to sports clubs in the UK.  Visit the website for further information.

Magic Little Grants

Grants up to £500 for organisations that provide support to improve mental health: Enabling participation in physical activity, Enabling participation in the arts, Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality, Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency, Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors. Visit the website for further information.

Masonic Charitable Foundation – Children and Young Peoples Grants

Matthew Grant Foundation – Grants for Good

Every three months, they share £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment.  Visit the website for further information.

McCarthy Stone Foundation – Small Grants Programme

Support available to charities for community projects that focus on the health and wellbeing of older people, intergenerational projects and regeneration of the local community.  The Small Grants Programme offers grant funding of up to £5,000 for grassroots and volunteer-led charities. The Foundation supports: older people facing isolation, loneliness, or poor health; young people who may be falling behind personally and academically; and communities in need of regeneration. Visit the website for further information.

Morrisons Foundation

Grants of up to £10,000 to supports registered charities making a positive difference in local communities. Capital spend or direct project delivery. Prioritises applications from small charities, those with an income of less than £1m, but applications from larger charities are welcome. Visit the website for further information.

Motability – Community Transport Grant

Charities and organisations can apply for grants from £100,000 to £4 million. Each application
will be assessed consistently against our criteria to ensure fair and transparent awarding of
funding and to deliver the greatest impact to as many disabled people as possible.  Visit the website for further information.

National Allotment Gardens Trust

Grant of £250 to £2,000 funding for registered Allotment Associations and Committees for the improvement and development of facilities on registered and permitted sites. Please visit the website for further information.

National Heritage Memorial Fund – COVID-19 Response Fund

Closing date: 30th April 2023. Grants are available to community and public sector organisations in the UK for projects to protect nationally important heritage assets that are at risk due to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19). A £40 million fund being distributed by the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The purpose of the fund is to help safeguard and save the UK’s most important heritage assets which are in jeopardy due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Visit the website for further information.

Nationwide Building Society Community Grants

If you’re a local organisation with a great housing solution, you can apply for a grant of up to £60,000. Your project will need to support one of three aims: helping people into a home, preventing them from losing their home, or supporting them to thrive at home. Visit the website for further information.

NFU Mutual Charitable Trust

Grants up to £50,000. Funding for rural community and educational projects focusing on the education of young people and  the relief of poverty within rural areas. Usually large projects.  Visit the website for further information.

Ocado – BizGive

Plunkett Foundation – More Than a Pub Programme

The More than a Pub programme provides business development support to enable the community control of pubs in both rural and urban communities.  Combined finance packages of up to £100,000 are available (£50,000 loan and £50,000 grant) to help community groups secure control of their local pub.  For further information please visit the website.

Postcode Lottery

Quite a flexible grant scheme and consider lots of funding ideas and projects – Providing support to
* improve mental health * Enabling participation in physical activity * Enabling participation in
the arts *Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty * Supporting marginalised groups and tackling
inequality * Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency * Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors. Visit the website for further information.

Power to Change

For every £1 you raise through Crowdfunder, Power to Change will match-fund each £1, to a maximum of £10,000. This programme will support community businesses, whether it’s for launching new ideas to help your neighbourhood, help meet increased demand, save a community space or help bridge a funding gap. Crowdfunding helps to increase your profile and gain more supporters.  Through this fund Power to Change are particularly keen to support new and existing projects in more deprived areas of the country, and to work with communities experiencing racial inequity across England. Please visit the website for further information.

Prince’s Countryside Fund

Grants of up to £50k available for projects that will provide a lasting legacy to the individuals and communities they seek to benefit. Applications should support activity that results in a long-term positive impact on rural communities by helping the people that live and work in the countryside e.g. improve the prospects of viability for family farm businesses, community shops, support aid delivery in emergency and building resilience helping children learn about food and farming. Visit the website for further information and to apply.

Rees Jeffreys Road Fund

The Fund supports research, education and roadside improvement projects that promote advances in road related  UK transport policy, design, management and practice through a grants of £5,000 to £25,000. Trustees favour proposals which have national, rather than local, significance and those which involve other funding partners. They welcome proposals and ideas for innovative topics and projects and, from time to time, they will identify areas of potential interest. Visit the website for further information.

Rural Business Hub Grants for Village Halls and Community Buildings

The programme offers grants from £500 up to a maximum of £10,000 and can fund projects such as:

• Creating or improving an existing room so it is suitable for a meeting room with AV equipment and Wi-Fi capability
• Improving the building fabric and comfort of the hall to attract more bookings from micro-businesses such as fitness instructors and educators. Examples include new flooring, new doors and windows, better insulation, a more efficient heating system. Decorations and new furnishings might also qualify if they are part of a more substantial project to improve the actual building fabric
• Provision of new space or improvement to existing space for a community service such as a day nursery or pre-school

The programme will also cover the installation of Wi-Fi and the first year of its contract. Improvements don’t have to be exclusively for business use, they can benefit all users of the facility but must demonstrate in what way the improvements could support new or existing use by businesses or social enterprises. Match funding for the scheme is 50% although this can include in-kind support from volunteering time to enable these improvements which set at £10 per hour. Visit the website to apply.

SUEZ Communities Fund

Provides grants of up to £50,000 to not-for-profit organisations. Supports community and environmental improvement projects through the Landfill Communities Fund, distributing funds contributed by SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK. Applications for capital projects, i.e. those that focus on physical improvement at an identified site, will be considered. Funding is typically awarded for the purchase of materials/equipment and the appointment of a contractor to undertake the improvement work. A request for funding for salaries, running costs, project management or design fees will not be considered. Visit the website for further information.

Suicide Prevention Fund

The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) has made available a £4 million Suicide Prevention Fund to support voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations that work to prevent suicide. This includes supporting the sector’s ability to continue to meet increased demands or needs for their services as a result of COVID-19. The strategic objectives of the fund are: service provision: to support suicide prevention VCSE organisations to meet the increased need or demand for suicide prevention services because of the pandemic, and to support service provision particularly to people considered to be at a higher risk of suicide, through the work of the diverse range of suicide prevention VCSE organisations and enhancing service provision to high-risk groups. The funding will support organisations to continue providing services. Part of the Suicide Prevention Fund will be ring-fenced specifically for micro-organisations and groups (user-led, community-led or peer support groups or organisations who may be unregistered or unconstituted) and who have experience of delivering activity intended to prevent suicide.  Visit the website for further information.

Tesco Community Grants 

Open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant of up to £1,500. Every three months, three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK. Visit the website for further information.

The Alpkit Foundation 

Grant support to grassroots direct action projects that tackle issues such as the community response to Covid-19, diversity and inclusion in the outdoors, participation, education, conservation and protection of our natural environment and health and wellbeing.  £50 to £500 cash to individuals, community groups, schools and organisations to encourage people to get outdoors and have great experiences that otherwise couldn’t happen; e.g. giving a cash grant to a school to fund transport costs; or provide discounted equipment for outdoor adventures and trips to individuals, groups, schools and organisations that wouldn’t be viable without support from the Alpkit Foundation. Seeks to support: outdoor educational programs; e.g. grants for outdoor First Aiders or Mountain Leader Training that wouldn’t be possible without Alpkit Foundation support; proactive conservation and environmental projects; e.g. community gardens and allotments or grants to help re-wild woodland and protect our wild places; or projects which encourage the development of facilities for outdoor skills and activities to be experienced by wider groups who otherwise may miss out e.g. cycling, climbing, outdoor swimming facilities.  Visit the website for further information.

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

Grants of up to £300,000 available. Aim is to bring about systemic change for Armed Forces communities by delivering sustainable new approaches to addressing unmet needs. Charities that are not Armed Forces specific can apply, but will be expected to show that they will work in partnership with Armed Forces organisations. Visit the website for further information.

The Compton Fund

Up to £5,000 funding available to voluntary and community groups that support arts, culture and heritage projects across Northamptonshire.  For further information and to apply visit the website here.

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

Grants £500 to £6,000 available to charities for arts and medical welfare. Arts – * Access and participation for those who have least access to them with emphasis on choirs and singing to build community and bring people together * support for seeking to engage with, and inspire, young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion * performance development opportunities in the performing arts for those in the early stages of their careers. Medical Welfare – * Music and art therapy and non-clinical interventions that use singing, drama and musical techniques to aid recovery from illness and improve quality of life and mental wellbeing * support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources *  welfare of those who care for others through the provision of breaks for carers, with an
emphasis on projects and schemes assisting young carers. Visit the website for further information.

The Finnis Scott Foundation Awards

Grants of up to £10,000 to projects in the areas of horticulture and plant sciences, as well as art history and the enhancement, conservation and preservation of art. Preference is given to smaller charities where a grant would have a significant impact. Funds both capital and revenue projects. Visit the website for further information.

The Fore

Grants up to £30,000 for charities that make a big impact. Offers unrestricted funding to help applicants grow, strengthen, become more efficient or resilient. Particularly keen to hear from grassroots organisations working with underserved communities.  Visit the website for further information.

The Hedley Foundation

Grants up to £5,000. Supports small to medium sized UK registered charities seeking to help and improve the quality of life of people, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. To benefit  young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers. Visit the website for further information.

The Leatherseller’s Company – Small Grant Scheme

Considers applications from charities to provide assistance to vulnerable people in their community, in geographical areas of deprivation (within the UK) – we recognise all relative measures of deprivation as tracked by the Indices of Deprivation or similar tools. We ask you who your work helps and why this is needed for that group or in that area so you can explain the need that exists there. Must have annual income of under £200,000 (secured for the coming year).  Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Awards For All

Grants between £300 and £10,000 to support communities with the things that are important to them, including helping with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis. You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges. Projects need to do at least one of these things: * bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities. * improve the places and spaces that matter to communities * help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage *support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Bringing People Together

Grants for voluntary and community organisations up to a maximum of £1 million for up to five years. They expect most of the funding will go to projects that request between £200,000 and £500,000. There will be a smaller number of awards for projects above £500,000. Interested in projects that: * deliver across at least two UK countries (England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales) – you can work in a network or partnership * are bold and experimental responses to bringing people together using new approaches, or a new combination of approaches *can demonstrate clear positive impacts for communities, including those communities most in need of support *have a clear focus on equality, diversity and inclusion *can demonstrate they can learn and adapt as they go. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Forces in Mind

Supports the psychological wellbeing and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life. The Trust will invest and spend £35 million over the next 20 years to support the psychological wellbeing and successful and sustainable transition of veterans and their families into civilian life. It will provide long-term help that supports and joins up with the valuable work already being carried out by a range of organisations. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Heritage Funds

Grants of between £3,000 to millions.  Projects should have at least one of the following aims: * promote inclusion and involve a wider range of people (a mandatory outcome) * boost the local economy * encourage skills development and job creation * support wellbeing * create better places to live, work and visit  * improve the resilience of organisations working in heritage. In addition, all projects must also consider long-term environmental sustainability. Visit the website for further information. There are three different funds depending on the value – see this website for an overview.

The National Lottery – Partnership Fund

Grants of over £10,000 available for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community. Supports communities, including mitigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and supporting them as they seek to recover, rebuild and grow following the Covid-19 pandemic. Aims: * build strong relationships in and across communities * improve the places and spaces that matter to communities *help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Power to Change

Grants available £50,000 to £500,000, distributed through several targeted programmes with different objectives.  Aim is to accelerate the growth and impact of community business in England, through growing the sector, transforming places and making the case for investment in the community business sector. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Reaching Communities

Grants of over £10,000 available for organisations that work with their community, including mitigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and supporting them as they seek to recover, rebuild and grow following the Covid-19 pandemic. They fund projects and organisations which aim to * build strong relationships in and across communities * improve the places and spaces that matter to communities * help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage. Visit the website for further information.

The Prince of Wales Charitable Foundation

Wide range of funding. Heritage, conservation and restoration projects at places of worship and community buildings. Interested in funding non-capital projects that improve the fabric of buildings for the benefit of local communities. Welcomes applications from organisations that seek to deliver education and training projects outside of The Prince’s Trust scope and age-range including support for those with special educational needs. Community projects and initiatives which support health and wellbeing of people with disabilities or life limiting illnesses. Consider funding applications for respite care, young carers, complementary therapies etc.  Community and art projects that aim to relieve poverty, loneliness and other social issues or support the welfare of the elderly, veterans and interfaith cohesion. Community environmental projects (including the circular economy), economic sustainability initiatives and conservation of the natural environment.  Support and sustain rural communities by funding initiatives which help to preserve and enhance our countryside and the people who live and work there. Visit the website for further information.

The Santander Foundation – Digital & Financial Empowerment Fund

Grants of up to £150,000. Supports projects that help people to become digitally and financially empowered. Supports UK charities to give people the digital confidence, knowledge, and skills to enable then to make better, more informed decisions about money and have access to financial services. Visit the website for further information.

The Vegan Society Grant

Open to individuals and grassroots organisations. It exists to support projects which will encourage non-vegans to go vegan and stay vegan.  A typical award is £1000 which is granted to projects that meet our criteria and are selected by our cross-department panel. Please visit the website for further information.

The Wolfson Foundation

TNL Community Fund – Growing Great Ideas

Looking to invest in different compositions of people, communities, networks and organisations over the long term. They might be better described as ecologies, platforms, ecosystems, assemblages, networks and constellations.  The minimum grant size is £150,000. The minimum length is two years. Funding can be available for up to ten years in some circumstances. Visit the website for further information.

True Colours Trust 

Provides grants of up to £10,000 to support local organisations and projects that work with * disabled children and young people * children and young people with life-limiting conditions * and their families. Visit the website for further information.

UK Community Renewal Fund

The government has launched a £220 million Renewal Fund for 2021/22 to invest in skills, business, communities and place, and supporting people into employment.  The fund is 90% revenue funding and 10% capital funding, and grant monies must be fully spent by 31 March 2022.  A secondary priority list of “Other Places” includes Wellingborough, Daventry and Northampton.  South Northamptonshire is included in the fund, but not as a priority.  Bids must be submitted in early May 2021. Projects that might fit include large-scale projects to improve the environment, maintenance or opening up of active travel routes, feasibility studies for capital projects, and pilot projects aimed at unlocking future funding.  For further information please visit the website.

Variety

Provides grants for specialist disability equipment that isn’t available through statutory services such as in-home and mobile hoists, Orthopaedic beds, cots, and seating, Personal monitors and alarms, Sensory equipment, Car seats, Standers, walkers and gait trainers, Specialist sports equipment, Communication aids and software, Bathing, showering, and toileting adaptive equipment, Sleep systems and travel pods, Tough furniture, Defibrillators, Electrotherapeutic, lycra and scoliosis suits, Oxygen generators and airway clearance systems, Through-floor lifts, Splints. Eligibility – child or young person aged 18 or under, has a recognised disability or long term health condition. Visit the website for further information.

Velocity

Grants available for small to medium businesses in Northamptonshire. Growth revenue grants (£1,000-£10,000) will fund up to a maximum of 33% of the total price of the goods or services. This type of grant will support specialist consultancy, projects, goods and services related to increasing sales, improving productivity and profitability and improving business processes. Grants have previously been awarded to support market research, website design, re-branding, marketing collateral, customer relationship management software and recruitment for hard-to-fill posts. Maximum Velocity capital grants (£5,000 to £50,000) will fund up to a maximum of 25% of the total price. Project ideas include investment in technology or processes that facilitate growth and create jobs, such as plant equipment, new machinery, and an extension to land or premises.  Visit the website to apply.

Waitrose – Community Matters

In-store scheme offers a share of £25,000 between three local organisations every 3 months. The proportion of that share is decided by store customers placing a token in a voting box after their shop. For more information and how to apply visit your local Waitrose store.

Wickes Community Programme

A dedicated product fund to support local initiatives in helping them maintain and renovate community areas.  Visit the website for further information.

Winter Grant Scheme

The £170 million COVID Winter Grant Scheme will be made available to support those most in need with the cost of food, energy (heating, cooking, lighting), water bills (including sewerage) and other essentials. This will be distributed via local authorities, who are encouraged to provide support to a broad cross section of vulnerable households in their area. £16m will be available to fund local charities through well-established networks and provide immediate support to front-line food aid charities.  For further information please visit the website.

Your Best Friend Fund

A project that aims to increase understanding about healthy, unhealthy, and toxic relationships and give young women, girls, and non-binary people the knowledge and confidence to keep their friends safe. We want to distribute £300,000 in grants to organisations and groups based in England and Wales to create their own ideas and projects that support these aims. These grants were available as small grants of £1,000 – £10,000, and large grants between £10,000 and £25,000.  Visit the website for further information.

Climate / Environmental Grants

Biffa Award – Rebuilding Biodiversity

Grants of up to £200k. Supports a variety of living things, including all species of plants and animals and the natural systems/habitats that support them. Work can include habitat improvement works, tree surgery, scrub removal, and the purchase of plants, seeds and trees. Ideally projects will have a strong element of public access or inclusion such as volunteer involvement. The project site must be within 15 miles of a significant Biffa operation and the project site must also be within 10 miles of any licensed landfill site. The majority of costs should be direct capital delivery work. Staff costs must not exceed 7.5% of the deliverable capital elements. The project must have specific targets in relation to a Biodiversity Action Plan and must deliver a direct improvement to habitats and/or species. Research will not be funded. There must be a strong element of public access or inclusion, such as volunteer involvement. There must be a management plan in place for the key species/habitat(s) involved for each site. Visit the website for further information.

Bupa Foundation – Green Community Grants

Grants £250 – £2,500, and open to all schools, registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities. Supports practical projects which help both people and planet health, Visit the website for further information.

Carbon Reductions Emission Fund

This new £1 million fund launched by Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme is offering grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 to charity initiatives that reduce the climate change impact associated with energy.  For further information please visit the website.

Co2Sense

Typically invests between £100k – £2 million per investment. Can provide senior debt, subordinated debt and equity at project or corporate level. Normally looks to exit within 5 years or less. Projects or companies should contribute to the development of an innovative and vibrant low carbon sector, be commercially viable and provide an attractive risk/reward and portfolio balance for CO2Sense. Visit the website for further information.

Co-Op – Carbon Innovation Fund

Funding of between £75k and £100k to support food and farming projects that are tackling the climate crisis by reducing greenhouse gas emissions. Fund will support projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and could be related to one of the following: * Farming and food production practices  * Initiatives around regenerative agriculture/agro-ecology  * Community supported agriculture initiatives  * Supporting diversity, resilience and learning amongst key players in the food & farming sector  * Behaviour change among consumers or producers. Visit the website for further information.

DEFRA – Landscape Recovery Scheme 

Grant up to £750,000. Councils can apply. Will fund projects that support net zero, protected sites and habitat creation. You could apply if you are planning a project to: create, improve or sustainably manage woodland, restore and maintain peatland, improve the conditions of protected sites and link them so they’re better connected. Visit the website for further information.

Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure – Office for Low Emission Vehicles

The government offers grants to support the wider use of electric and hybrid vehicles. Includes: *  Workplace Charging Scheme – voucher-based scheme that provides support towards the up-front costs of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle charge-points, for eligible businesses, charities and public sector organisations. * On-street Residential Chargepoint Scheme – grant funding for local authorities towards the cost of installing on-street residential chargepoints for plug-in electric vehicles. Visit the website for further information.

England Woodland Creation Scheme (Government funding)

The England Woodland Creation Grant provides funding to create new woodland. Landowners, land managers and public bodies can apply for support to create new woodland, including through natural colonisation, on areas as small as 1 hectare.

EV Chargepoint Grant

Provides funding of up to 75% towards the cost of installing electric vehicle smart charge points at domestic properties across the UK. Grants up to £1,500. Visit the website for further information.

Greggs Foundation – Environmental Grant

National Lottery – Trees Call to Action Fund

Grants to support the development of new and existing projects and partnerships, helping to deliver the England Trees Action Plan. This is part of the Nature for Climate Fund, which the government has created to treble tree planting rates in England by 2025. TCAF aims to build the capacity of organisations working with the trees and forestry sector in England. These projects should aim to deliver the objectives of the England Trees Action Plan: expanding and connecting our trees and woodlands, trees and woodlands as part of the green economy, protecting and improving our trees and woodlands, connecting people with trees and woodlands. Grants of £250,000 to £500,000 available. Please visit the website for further information.

Patagonia

Supports innovative work that addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities. Focus on places where we’ve built connections through outdoor recreation and through our network of retail stores, nationally and internationally. We believe local battles to protect a specific stand of forest, a stretch of river, an indigenous wild species or a community from a polluting refinery build public support and confront larger, more complex issues like climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental justice. Grants of between 5,000 and 15,000 euros available. Visit the website for further information.

Rewilding Britain 

Grants up to £15,000 to help remove barriers to rewilding projects, whether they’re at the early planning stages or want to move a project one step wilder. Particularly keen to encourage those who are taking an innovative approach to land and marine rewilding, which will help develop learning and evidence for others within the Rewilding Network. Funds are awarded to projects with potential for the highest impact for people and nature. Visit the website for further information.

Save our Wild Isles

Grants available up to £5,000, match funding required. In partnership with WWF and the RSPB, supports community groups to protect and restore nature in their local area. From creating community gardens and replanting wildflower meadows, to protecting local wildlife and promoting community connection to nature. Visit the website for further information.

Seed Sourcing (Government funded)

The Green Heat Network Fund

A £288m capital grant fund that will provide support to organisations in the public, private, and
third sectors.  The GHNF builds on the progress and development made by the Heat Network Investment Project (HNIP) and the £10m Green Heat Network Fund Transition Scheme. Supporting the development of low and zero carbon (LZC) heat (and cooling) networks, the GHNF is a core element of the Government’s Heat Network Transformation Programme (HNTP). With the aim to continue to develop and grow the heat network market the GHNF also looks to address some of the challenges of decarbonising the UK’s heat sector.  Visit the website for further information.

The National Forest

A Sustainable Tourism Grant Scheme funding new and innovative activity which will help providers of tourism accommodation, hospitality, attractions, and experiences to improve and promote access for all visitors to surrounding woodlands and habitats, strengthen visitor connections to the Forest, protect and enhance nature to improve the visitor experience and raise awareness of the National Forest story and our future vision.  Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000. We expect that the work funded by these grants will take place within the National Forest boundary, although organisations who apply need not be based in the Forest.  Please visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Climate Action Fund – Climate & Nature

Grants of up to £1.5 million over 2 to 5 years, with most projects between £300,000 and £500,000. Development grants of £50,000 to £150,000 over 12 to 18 months. Community and voluntary organisations, charities, public sector, working in partnerships considered.  Projects need to show how creating a deeper connection with nature will lead to changing people’s behaviours and greater care for the environment and show how by bringing nature back into the places we live and work, we can help communities to reduce or adapt to the impacts of climate change. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Energy & Climate

Grants up to £1.5 million over 2 to 5 years, with most projects awarded £1 million. Minimum grant £500,000. Aims to fund around 8-12 projects. Energy Learning Network funding of up to £1.5 million is available for one partnership over 3 to 5 years. Aims to inspire and support communities to address the energy and climate crisis. Looking for projects that show how communities can address climate change while tackling the energy challenges through community-led climate action: * encourage communities to use energy in an environmentally friendly way * bring communities together so that they can explore ways to promote energy efficiency * enable communities to understand and engage with opportunities for clean energy generation, which do not use fossil fuels. Looking for projects that will bring a range of benefits to communities, including * improving health and well-being * creating local ’green’ jobs, such as jobs providing low-carbon heat for homes, community energy champions and energy advisors * reducing carbon emissions * supporting communities to be more resilient. Visit the website for further information.

The National Lottery – Growing Great Ideas

Grants up to £150,000. The minimum length is two years. Funding can be available for up to ten years in some circumstances. Looking to invest in different compositions of people, communities, networks and organisations over the long term. They might be better described as ecologies, platforms, ecosystems, assemblages, networks and constellations. Visit the website for further information.

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

Grants £500 to £6,000 available to charities for environmental projects * social and therapeutic horticulture projects that embrace nature as a tool for mental wellbeing by using gardening or other environmental activities to bring about positive changes in the lives of those who are livingwith disabilities or ill-health * active involvement in hands-on conservation activities, particularly those that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people living at the margins of society to improve their
skills, build their confidence and break down barriers to their employment * rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation, with emphasis on increasingly rare skills that would otherwise be lost. Visit the website for further information.

The Rhododendron, Camellia & Magnolia Bursary Fund

Fund for bursaries, maximum £1,000 per year, to support research and education projects specifically relating to Rhododendrons, Camellias or Magnolias, which further our knowledge of and/or promote these three genera. This could also be a grant towards travel expenses involved in carrying out the research.  Visit the website for further information.

The Royal Society – Tomorrow’s climate scientists

Woodland Creation Grants

Various grants available grants available for woodland creation as part of a Woodland Creation Partnership (WCP). The WCP’s are where Defra has joined forces with forests and other organisations around the country to target specific areas of local tree planting through the Nature for Climate Fund. Visit the website for further information.

Woodland Grants (Government)

Improving environmentally significant sites and woodlands. CS Higher Tier Capital Grants 2023 offers standalone capital grants to improve environmentally significant sites and woodlands. Visit the website for further information.

Woodland Management Plan (Government funding)

The CS WMP grant is a capital grant under which you can apply for a one-off payment to create a UK Forestry Standard (UKFS) compliant 10-year WMP.  Calculates the amount to be paid using the total area of eligible woodland on the holding. This can include a maximum of 20% newly planted woodland (this is woodland that is under 10 years old at the time of application). The WMP must cover all the woodland on the holding (including all newly planted woodland). Visit the website for further information.

SPORTS SPECIFIC FUNDING

Barclays – Community Football Fund

Offers grants of up to £500 for training and exclusive ticketing offers to make football more accessible. Visit the website for further information.

Cash for Clubs

Grants up to £2,021 for clubs that work with young people to promote positive outcomes including developing life skills such as communication, teamwork and discipline, providing employment opportunities and reducing crime and anti-social behaviour.  Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (3G Pitches)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Artificial Playing Surfaces)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Defibrillators)

Grants to install automated external defibrillators and external storage cabinets at grassroots football facilities. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Energy Support Programme)

Grants of up to £25,000 to help clubs with the cost of energy. Visit the website for further information. 

Football Foundation (Fencing)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Flood Lights)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Goal Posts)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Grass Pitch Improvement)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Multi-Use Sports Play Zones)

Grants to build MUSAs – you will need to contribute 25% of the total cost. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Pavilions and Club Houses)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Pitch Maintenance & Machinery)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Football Foundation (Storage Containers)

Grants of up to £25,000. Visit the website for further information.

Northamptonshire Sport – Couch to Coach Fund

Poundland Foundation

Grants of up to £750 are available to local children’s sports clubs or organisations to purchase new kits. Applications will be considered for any kind of team sport, from football to netball, hockey to volleyball. Open to registered charities, community interest companies, and some unregistered organisations. Visit the website for further information.

Various grants available.  Small grants £300 to £10,000 for non-profit organisations to help people play more sport. A larger community asset fund dedicated to enhancing public spaces in our local community. Any outdoor space could be considered. New grants available all the time so a website to keep revisiting.  Visit the website to apply.

Sport England – Places & Spaces

Grants of up to £10,000 to improve your place or space and keep your community physically active. Visit the website for further information.

Sport England – Storm Relief Fund

Storm-damaged facilities could soon be back up and running thanks to this fund. Organisations with facilities – such as clubhouses, courts and pitches – affected by the recent storms can now apply for grants of up to £15,000 after we added an emergency storm damage option to our Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund. Please visit the website for further information.

NB: Some of the grants will have closed but it is worth checking back as they often re-open the funds, or offer an alternative. 

If you cannot find a grant suitable, Grants Online can be a great website.