NatWest Skills and Opportunities Fund: Re-open in September 2018 The NatWest Bank has announced that its £2 million Skills and Opportunities Fund will re-open for applications in early September. Charities, social enterprises, community groups, state-funded schools and colleges across the UK and Ireland will be able to apply for funding of up to £35,000 to […]

Holiday Grants for Disadvantaged and Disabled Children (UK) Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities have until the 2nd July 2018 to apply for grants of £500 to £2,500 to support recreational trips or holidays within the UK between the 1st September and 31st December 2018 for groups of children experiencing disadvantage or […]

Grants to Support the Armed Forces Community (UK) The next application deadline for Stage 1 applications to the Royal British Legion’s external grants scheme is 3rd August 2018. Grants of up to £50,000 are available to any not-for-profit or non-statutory organisation running, or planning, charitable activities in support of the Armed Forces community. Priority will […]

The Darkley Trust has recently been established entirely due to the generosity of Robert Maskrey OBE, who sadly died before the trust was enabled. The Trust will be working principally in the areas of the arts and homeless charities, and predominantly to the benefit of Wales and her Borders. It was Robert’s wish that the […]

The Ashley Family Foundation (formerly The Laura Ashley Foundation) is a UK registered charity, founded by Sir Bernard Ashley and his wife Laura Ashley following the success of the Laura Ashley brand. The Community Foundation in Wales is proud to be working with The Ashley Family Foundation to distribute its funding in Wales. The ethos […]

Great Blog post from NFP Synergy on the growing decline in the number of charity shops. The article goes on to look at ways for charities to try and reverse this trend; innovation being the key; from cafe style shops to providing information about the shop and its fundraising targets to online shopping. Read the […]

The Architectural Heritage Fund’s advice, grants and loans are designed to help us deliver our overall strategic objectives and outcomes for heritage and communities priority to projects: involving historic buildings that have statutory protection and at risk to that have the potential to make a significant positive social impact, particularly (but not exclusively) in disadvantaged areas. applications that can provide at least 50% partnership funding from […]

The Small Charities Challenge Fund (SCCF) is open to small UK-registered charities and not-for-profit organisations. Grants of up to £50,000 are available for projects of up to 2 years. The projects should strengthen the capacity of grassroots development organisations working with the poor, vulnerable and most marginalised to carry out work in priority countries and work towards […]

The Fore has announced that the next funding round to support the development of small charities, social enterprises and community interest companies will open for registrations on the 23 July 2018 at 10 am The Fore is the only open-access funder in the UK offering development funding and strategic support to early-stage charities and social […]

The Prince’s Countryside Fund provides more than £1m in grants each year to projects across the UK. They have grants of up to £50,000 available for innovative projects that will provide a lasting legacy to the individuals and communities they seek to benefit. They recognise that rural communities face a range of challenges. One way […]