The Parental Engagement Fund is aimed at assisting children from disadvantaged backgrounds who are in the early years and early primary phases (ages 2-6 years). The Fund wishes to support the growth, increased effectiveness and measurement of the impact of parental engagement projects aimed at improving children’s cognitive development. Esmee Fairbairn FoundationThe Fund will support […]

The Foundation provides grant funding in England and Wales in support of a wide range of charitable projects in the areas of: Community; Education; Arts; Health; Social Welfare; Emergency and Armed Forces; Environment; Animal Welfare; and Amateur Sports. They prefer capital projects and the forms can be completed online, making it a relatively quick and […]

World Development Grants TWF aims to support organisations which help the economically disadvantaged build the basis of sustainable prosperity.  TWF is committed to providing support to developing countries which will be used in a sustainable way with lasting impact, and which avoids promoting a culture of aid-dependency. All grant applicants should be able to demonstrate […]

The Foundation has a range of smaller grant schemes available across Wales. This includes Comic Relief small grant scheme and the Dulverton Trust small grants. There are also several local grants schemes often available for specific purposes. Well worth keeping an eye on to see what opportunities are available. Their website has full details and application forms The […]

The People’s Health Trust – Active Communities provides funding for local groups and organisations ‘to help create fairer places, to grow, live, work and age. Community groups and not-for-profit organisations with an income of less than £350,000 a year can apply for a grant of between £5,000 and £50,000 to help with projects lasting between […]

My partner, Fiona, is currently out in Uganda to see the great work that WaterAid is doing to improve the health care of local communities. Thanks to intervention from WaterAid one school visited has had latrines since 2012 – there are three blocks, each with 5 cubicles and also two disabled latrines. Water for handwashing […]

Charities, voluntary organisations and community groups are invited to take part in a major survey being carried out by a coalition of sector networks and support bodies.   They want to find out more about the support that charities need, which will help them inform and lobby funders and key decision makers. The survey has 20 questions […]

SIB have funds open throughout the year that could benefit a social venture . They offer a range of grants from pre start-up looking for seed funding to an established social venture looking for loan investment to expand your service. Visit their Website to find the grant that may be best suited to your needs

The Third Sector Loan Fund has been set up by fund management company Social and Sustainable Capital (SASC) with financing of £13.5 million from the high street bank Santander, £15 million from the social investment bank Big Society Capital and £1.5 million from the social finance company Social Investment Business (SIB). Loans of between £250,000 […]

UK Aid Direct is a competitive challenge for small and medium-sized UK and international Civil Society Organisations working in the health sector to reduce poverty. The first funding round will focus on finishing the job on the Health Millennium Development Goals (MDGs 4, 5 & 6 – Reduce child mortality, improve maternal health and combat […]