The Trust will consider proposals so long as they closely match one of the following areas of interest: Arts & Heritage UK Regional museums and galleries, with special consideration for curatorial support and acquisitions; The display, study and acquisition of British ceramics; Conservation of industrial, maritime and built heritage; Archaeology; Arts education/outreach and access to […]

To celebrate the Foundation’s anniversary and the vital role of volunteers and community charities, the foundation are running an additional grants scheme that will be open to applications frountil 30th June 2018 exclusively – the Weston Anniversary Fund. This is a Capital grants scheme and applying is a simple one-step process. More information is available […]

COMIC RELIEF are very pleased to announce the launch today of a £4 million grant initiative to support organisations that are working to end violence and abuse experienced by women and girls across the UK. The application phase will run from 17 April to midday, 2 July 2018. The initiative is funded by Comic Relief […]

We’ve made changes to our funding so that it’s easier to apply for National Lottery funding. We have nearly tripled the number of staff we have across England, and they will be working more closely with communities that we support. This means you’ll have the same local point of contact throughout your application. We’re also moving away […]

The funding aims to help build resilience within a local community. Grants of up to £2,000 are available for projects and providing equipment for people in need at the heart of local communities. All projects must support a community of interest, for example people who are: Disabled or suffering chronic illness. Living in poverty. Voluntary […]

This Sport Relief, we are launching the Safe, Secure, Settled fund. This initiative will invest in projects that are using sport to improve the lives of young people without a safe or secure place to live, helping them to gain the skills and resources to lead safe and positive lives. We will consider work that […]

The Foundation seeks to help charities to transform their digital presence to reach more people, raise funds and better serve their beneficiaries Funding of up to £18,000 to cover the strategy, design, build, content strategy, training, QA and launch of a new mobile optimised website, with sophisticated marketing, fundraising, appeals, social media, e-commerce and website […]

It includes over 100 new funders, registered with the Charity Commission or the Scottish Charity Regulator in 2016/17, whose giving criteria are general enough to be relevant to the greatest number of charities. At a glance you can find the details of each new grant-maker, their aims and objectives, the kinds of project they fund […]

1) There is no significant charity exemption to data protection or marketing law. Maybe there should be. There isn’t. 2) The ends never legalise the means. 3) If a donor or other individual does not understand what you are doing with their personal data, the practical effect is that you can’t do it, whatever it […]

I’ve been interested in psychology and giving for some time now; this paper from Behavioural Insights Team show how smalls actions ‘nudges’ can make significant improvement to the number of people who give. This paper celebrates the generosity of the UK public, and explores new and innovative ways of increasing charitable giving further. It also recognises the important […]