The Prince’s Countryside Fund provides more than £1m in grants each year to projects across the UK. We 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 […]

The Greggs Foundation Environmental Grants scheme is funded by the 5p levy on carrier bag sales in Greggs shops. There is also a Local Community Projects Fund makes small grants of up to £2,000 to help organisations based in local communities to deliver activities that they wouldn’t otherwise be able to. Organisations are able to […]

The Marr-Munning Trust is an independent grant making trust supporting charitable projects in the Indian Subcontinent, South East Asia or Sub-Saharan Africa. The Trust’s priorities are the education of poor children and training for poor and disadvantaged adults which will help them to earn a decent living. They wish to make a real difference to the lives of people in […]

The Morrisons Foundation has been set up to make a positive difference to people living in England, Scotland and Wales. We provide match funding for Morrisons colleagues and offer grants to charities undertaking projects that improve people’s lives. Donations are only available for charities registered with the Charity Commission or the Scottish Charity Regulator OSCR. […]

These are a couple of useful (and free) tools to improve the impact and reach of tweets Canva Canva is a useful site that lets you very easily create images that you can add to social media posts. The big benefits of this is that images attract a lot more attention – retweets, impressions etc […]

The Third Sector Awards 2017 have announced that they are now open for entry. The awards recognise those who give back to the community and celebrate organisations and social leaders from across the sector. This year, the Awards have 26 categories for organisations to enter, including: Volunteer team of the Year Small charity, Big achiever […]

CAF has launched a new programme to help smaller charities strengthen their long-term organisational health, so they can continue delivering vital services for their communities. Ten charitable organisations whose work has a strong focus on ‘problem prevention’ will receive financial and professional support for two years. Together with grant funding of up to £50,000 per year to […]

Reaching Communities provide grants between £10,000-£500,000 for voluntary or community groups. If you’re looking to make a positive change to your community, this could be the fund for you. They are looking to hear from projects that support: Lasting and sustainable changes to places and spaces Communities to develop happier and stronger relationships with each […]

The Postcode Local Trust is now open until 10 Feb, there will be a second round opening in August. In 2017 Postcode Local Trust will fund projects that are of local importance across Great Britain which support wildlife areas, sustainability initiatives, local indoor and outdoor spaces and citizenship (local volunteering projects). Registered charities in England […]

Looking for funding if you are a CIC can be really hard, as there are few funders willing /able to offer funding. The main large funders are the Big Lottery, Esmee Fairbairn and Tudor Trust Below are a couple of  useful websites I have found recently that may also generate some leads for you: http://www.entreprenurses.net/social/funding.php […]