Asda Foundation – Investing in Spaces and Places
  The Asda Foundation supports small, grass roots organisations in several ways throughout the year. Working with Asda’s Community Champions in store, we are able to work with a range of organisations and groups on a variety of local community projects. 

Investing in Spaces and Places is Asda Foundation’s higher value grant for local groups aimed at improving spaces in the heart of local communities. We know small grass roots organisations play a vital role in their community, making positive change and improving people’s lives every day, but the challenge for many is having the appropriate space and place to bring people together to deliver this fantastic work.

Asda Foundation will be investing £500,000+ for this grant in 2023 to support bigger community projects within local communities where local people can be together and thrive. Grants will be between £10,000 and £25,000 and the application window opens on 6th February with funding announced in June 2023. The grant criteria will focus on investing in community spaces and places and projects must fall into at least one of the following categories:
1. Building Repairs
2. Building Development
3. Outdoor Development

Please read the guidance fully and if you meet criteria and have a project in mind, talk to your local Asda Community Champion.

Foundation Grants | Asda Foundation
Deadline: 19th March 2023.

Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF)
Funding for public bodies, non-government organisations, community groups, charities, individuals and private companies, to support the planting and establishment of large and small trees in urban and peri-urban areas of England.
Application deadline: 30 June 2023 Further information here: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/urban-tree-challenge-fund

The Greenham Trust Escalator

For 2023, Greenham Trust has launched a new fundraising challenge – The Escalator – where two local charitable organisations will be able to raise up to £50k in one week in matched funding. Each day the successful applicant will be required to raise a set amount of money which will be matched by Greenham Trust.

As the week progresses the amount to be raised increases, and so does the level of matched funding. So, on Monday they will need to raise £500 to receive £500, and by Friday they will need to raise £4800 to receive a huge £24,000.

There will be two opportunities to take part in this scheme – one in June and the other in September.

The closing date for applications is Friday 31 March and Friday 30 June respectively. More information here: https://greenhamtrust.com/escalator/

Delamere Dairy
Delamere Dairy Ltd has been instrumental in the concept and thinking behind the Delamere Dairy Foundation and is proud of the association and the support it can provide. Delamere Dairy’s sustainable approach to business, its ethics, values and vision inspired the concept of the Corporate Foundation, driven by a desire to ‘do the right thing’, now and in the long term, by giving back to the communities in which it operates.
Though financially supported by Delamere Dairy Ltd and affiliated by name, the Delamere Dairy Foundation, established in October 2020, is a self-governing, independent registered charity with a clear purpose of giving back to local and wider communities through the provision of discretionary grants and other financial assistance.
The Foundation is run by independent trustees and grant panel members who consider applications for funding in line with the Foundation’s objects as set out in its Constitution and with the charitable support of Delamere Dairy. Applications are welcome from charities and organisations whose purpose fits with the objects of the Delamere Dairy Foundation for the benefit of the public, namely
• The advancement of agriculture and of environmental protection
• The advancement in life of young people by developing their capabilities so that they may mature as contributory members of society
• The relief of financial hardship
• The advancement of education
• The relief of sickness
A minimum of £250 up to £5000. Charities and organisations may apply once per calendar year.

Further details: https://delameredairyfoundation.org.uk/ Deadline: 31st August 2023.

CLA Charitable Trust

We support charitable organisations that access the benefits of the countryside to pursue the health and wellbeing of people and to provide opportunities for education about the countryside in England and Wales. The CLA Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making trust. It is funded almost entirely by CLA members’ donations.
It was founded in 1980 by members of the CLA. Since then the trustees have continued the aims of the trust: to expand knowledge of, and access to, the countryside, particularly for disadvantaged people, through grants totalling more than £2m.

In 2021, the Trust supported 38 charities and projects providing funding of more than £140k including multiannual grants to three specific charities whose work is particularly aligned with the Trust’s vision.

Areas we fund: Children and young people, disadvantaged financially, physically, mentally, or from areas of deprivation.
Organisations we fund: Small and medium sized charities and not for profit organisations such as CIC’s with clear social purpose based in England and Wales, who have not been in receipt of a grant from CLACT in the previous three years and have a current safeguarding policy.
What we fund: Applications for running costs, project works and capital works. Evidence of need should be demonstrated.
No maximum or minimum grant amounts listed.

Further details here: https://www.cla.org.uk/about-cla/charitable-trust/

Deadline: 2023 grant making 26th April for the June meeting; and 31st August for the October meeting.

The UK Youth Fund in partnership with Pears Foundation

About Us: This new fund is a three-year unrestricted grant programme aimed at mitigating the devastating impact the cost of living crisis is having on the youth sector.
Criteria: Charitable and not-for-profit youth organisations delivering high-quality youth provision whose work is being hindered, curtailed, or cut back due to rising core costs can apply for funding to address these unprecedented demands.
Grant Size: Through the Cost-of-Living Fund, a total of £4.5 million is available to provide multi-year grants of approximately 10% of the turnover of an organisation per year. For example, an organisation with a turnover of £250,000 can apply for up to £25,000 a year for three years.

Find out more

B&Q Foundation Grants

About Us: The B&Q Foundation Grants programme is provided by B&Q Foundation and managed by Neighbourly
Neighbourly is a ‘multi-award winning giving platform used by thousands of local Good Causes across the UK and Ireland to seek help from businesses in the form of funding, volunteer time and surplus products’.
Criteria: UK registered charities based and working in the UK can apply. The funding is intended for charities working with people in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability, other disadvantage or distress) in the UK and who need funding for the following:
• Projects that provide, maintain, repair or improve housing or community space.
• Supporting people experiencing bad housing or homelessness.
Grant Size: up to £5,000

Find out more

Physics Education Grants
Applications close Sunday 26th March.
Grants are available to schools, colleges and charities for projects and activities that enhance physics opportunities and aspirations. Projects must be clearly based around physics and developed with current evidence in mind;
Part-funding may be considered for general science projects where there is a clear physics component. Funding can be requested at any level up to £5,000 but the cost per person
should be proportionate to the anticipated
impact on that person. Find out more.

Football for Fitness Fund
Applications close on Friday 31st March.
Greenham Trust is launching this £30,000 fund
to coincide with the new school term which has been inspired by the amazing Lionesses’ Euro 2022 win. It is a fund to encourage girls and women of all ages and abilities, who wouldn’t normally have access to football, to have an opportunity to play the game to get more active and healthy and use it as a reason to socialise and meet new people. Learn more.

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – deadline 28 March 2023

JRCT is keen to support work that responds to the dual harms of the Covid-19 pandemic and systemic racism. Specifically, they wish to encourage work within or across our existing programme areas that scrutinises the responses and policies of powerful institutions and actors, and which envisions and builds support for transformative social change based on justice, peace and sustainability.

What can the funding be used for?
JRCT is interested in funding work which:

• is about removing problems through radical solutions, and not simply about making problems easier to live with,
• has a clear sense of objectives, and how to achieve them
• is innovative and imaginative,
• where the grant has a good chance of making a difference

Link to fund: Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.

National Lottery Reaching Communities
 

This programme offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for organisations that work with their community, whether that is for people living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.

We’re here to support communities with the things that are important to them, including mitigating the impact of the cost-of-living crisis and supporting them as they seek to recover, rebuild and grow following the Covid-19 pandemic.

In order to support communities, we fund projects and organisations which aim to:

• build strong relationships in and across communities
• improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
• help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.

You can expect us to be flexible and responsive to your community’s needs:

• whether you need long- or shorter-term funding
• whether your request is for a particular activity or to create more fundamental change
• whether the funding is to support a single organisation or to bring organisations together.
• Support for people, communities and organisations that are facing increased demands and challenges as direct result of the cost-of-living crisis
• Support for organisations so that they can address the immediate issues that are impacting their delivery as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis during this year and future years.

For further details click here.

Henry Smith Charity
 The Henry Smith Charity aims to use its resources to help people and communities at a time of need and to bring about positive change. We achieve this by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.

Improving Lives

• Grants for small and medium sized organisations in the UK to support projects and the running costs of organisations.
• 20-70k per year
• 1-3 years

Strengthening Communities

• Running costs grants for small, grass roots, community based organisations working in the most deprived areas of the UK.
• 20-70k per year
• 1-3 years
• For more information please click here.

Cost of Living Grants
Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Cash for Kids is granting out of £1 Million of Help across the UK, to support children and young people through the cost-of-living crisis. In response to the crisis hitting so many
families right now we’ve launched this new fund, to provide emergency essentials that support the physical and mental well-being of children who are struggling. These could include food, clothing and household energy costs, but we’ll also consider anything that helps meet children’s most basic needs. Grants are £50 per child per household, and we aim to get the funds to families as soon as possible. Grants are also available to charities, community groups and professionals to help disadvantaged children across the UK during the current
cost-of-living crisis. Read more here.

Aviva Cost-Of-Living Boost
Application accepted on a rolling basis.
The Aviva Community Fund has launched an additional £2m funding pot to help non-profit organisations deal with the cost-of-living crisis. The fund is for charities and social enterprises with an income of up to £2m whose work supports financial wellbeing in their communities and/or tackles climate change. Up to £50,000 of match funding is available and Aviva said it will match every individual donation applicants receive up to £250. Find out more here.

Community Ownership Fund (COF) is open to help community businesses.

The next application window of the Community Ownership Fund (COF) is open.
The £150 million fund exists to help local communities across the UK to take control of  assets, amenities or facilities that are at risk of closure – from parks to pubs, lidos to libraries. Groups can apply for up to £250k through the Community Ownership Fund to purchase or lease a local asset or to help pay for refurbishments. All funds provided through COF must be ‘matched’ £1 for £1 from alternative sources.

We are working together with 9 other community support organisations as official delivery partners of the Community Ownership Fund support programme. Find out if the fund is right for your organisation and how the Plunkett Foundation can help by visiting the Community Ownership Fund support programme page on My Community. For more information click here.

National Citizens Service (NCS) – Targeted Grants
Grants are available to local organisations delivering community-based experiences at a grassroots level for young people in England. Click here for more details.
Application deadline: 20 March 2023

Thank you to Berkshire’s fabulous CVS’s who have provided content for the article, namely Volunteer Centre West Berkshire, Reading Voluntary Action, Slough CVS and Wokingham and Bracknell InVOLve.