The Princes Countryside Fund is now open for funding applications, and closes midnight on 13 Aptil The fund projects that make a positive difference to rural communities 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 […]

Comic Relief Local Communities Communities, Culture, Educating & Young People, Health | Clwyd, Dyfed, Gwent, Gwynedd, Mid Glamorgan, Powys, South Glamorgan, West Glamorgan Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available. The programme aims to empower local people, enabling them to create lasting change in their communities. Projects  should be run  by people directly affected […]

The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust The Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust was set up in 1982, by Mrs Jean Beryl Lilian Sainsbury, and is a registered charity (No. 326358). Since then, the Trust has given over £8 million to animal welfare charities. The Trust has seven Trustees including one solicitor and one retired solicitor […]

The Resource Alliance free virtual conference on digital fundraising, will be back on 11-12 May. Sign up for free here. Each year this conference bring together speakers from across the world to talk about digital fundraising. You can log in to watch talks live or watch saved talks at a later date. The programme of […]

This is a small trust, with spending around £100k in 2015.  They like to support small charities with an interest in work around: Disabled people Older people Young people Medical Research Environmental Heritage No other specific guidance is provided, their charity commission entry is here Mrs Susan Hickley Frognal Trust Wilson Solicitors LLP Alexandra House […]

Mr D D McPhail set up the trust in 1973. The trust made a variety of small annual grants until his death in 1995. The trust was then significantly enlarged by a bequest from his estate in 1997. Since then, the Settlement has mainly supported small and medium sized charities.  The objective of a grant […]

Toy Trust is a Childrens Charity raising money for young disadvantaged and disabled Children across London and the UK, predominately for the toy industry They make grants of up to £5000, and occasionally more. Grants are for capital and services and generally not salaries. The project should support children under 13 and clearly demonstrate how […]

This is the new name for the Santander Foundation. The aim of The Discovery Project is to help people have the confidence to make the most of their future. In this fast-paced world we know some find it hard to navigate the change and we want to help everyone have equal access to the best […]

Below is a checklist of things to try an include in funding applications to make your bid more appealing to the reader. They are taken from my course on the Psychology of giving; f you are interested and want to know more see my Training page for details Does your application engage with the readers […]

An introduction to CrowdFunding – 28 April For those new to Crowdfunding this course will provide you with the help to get started; from finding the right platform, to planning your campaign and strategies to help make your campaign a success Benefits: Participant will know if Crowdfunding is right for their project and have the […]