MAKING A DIFFERENCE TO PEOPLE’S LIVES The Morrisons Foundation has been set up to make a positive difference to people living in England, Scotland and Wales. They provide match funding for Morrisons colleagues and offer grants to charities undertaking projects that improve people’s lives The Foundation provides grants towards projects undertaken by registered charities.They  believe that good […]

Community Business Bright Ideas Fund  The£1.85m Community Business Bright Ideas Fund is now open for applications! Aimed at local people who need help developing their budding community business ideas, the programme is jointly funded by Power to Change and the Department for Communities and Local Government. Delivered by Locality, it will offer tailored support and […]

The aim of the scheme is to: • Support formal volunteering projects that aim to recruit, support, train and place new volunteers • Support volunteering projects working towards meeting the Volunteering Wales Grants themes (based around Welsh Government’s Volunteering Policy). The Volunteering Wales Grants themes are: • Young people • Welsh language • Tackling poverty • Underrepresented Groups (BAME, Asylum seekers […]

The Rural Community Development Fund (RCDF) offers grants which are primarily aimed at LEADER Local Action Groups and other community-based organisations. The grants will provide investment funding for a wide range of activities to help meet local needs and strengthen communities so that they can grow and thrive. Key areas for support will include: drawing […]

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 in […]

The Office for Civil Society and Nesta have announced new funding to explore how more charities and public services in England can better tap into the skills and experience of volunteers over 50 for the benefit of all society. The three grant funds are the first to be funded by Government through the second phase […]

The Plunkett Foundation are looking for great examples of community co-operation from all over the UK and Ireland. There are 9 geographic categories to enter, and they’re open to all forms of trading activity, from shops and pubs to farms, woodlands and broadband projects – the list truly is endless! The important thing is that they […]

People’s Health Trust is now on Instagram. And to celebrate, they are launching a photo competition giving you the chance to win a brand new camera. This autumn, People’s Health Trust celebrates its five-year anniversary. That’s five years and over 390,000 people across Great Britain who, through projects funded by the Trust, are working together to […]

Transform grants offer up to £100,000 over two years to strengthen the domestic and sexual abuse sectors – it does not fund service delivery or capacity building for individual charities. It is focused on projects which bring wider benefits for the sector. Seek to inform and influence responses to domestic and/or sexual abuse Strengthen the […]

The focus for this funding is to support organisations that help people in disadvantaged communities develop, create or access the skills and opportunities they need to help themselves; skills that will enable them to get into work or start a business, now or in the future. With the aim of helping people gain such skills and […]