Deadline: 26th September 2024

Imperial Polythene is offering grants of up to £1,000 for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and community interest companies (CICs) across the UK to deliver projects and activities that benefit local communities across the themes of environment, sustainability, creativity, and local problem-solving.

Through the Imperial Community Impact Fund, a total of £10,000 is available annually for projects that drive meaningful change through environmental conservation, creative community participation, and solving pressing local challenges.  

To apply, groups must have an annual income of between £25,000 and £500,000 in their latest set of accounts.

There are typically two funding rounds per year.

Deadline: 27th September 2024

Links CVS has been successful in bidding for administration of the Women's Health Hub Small Grants Fund in Derbyshire (excluding Derby city) on behalf of NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board (ICB).

Groups operating or have coverage in Derby city should contact Community Action Derby in relation to this grant fund.

The objective of the Women's Health Hub Small Grants Fund is to enable local voluntary and community groups and organisations to facilitate community engagement and improving women's health services across Derby and Derbyshire. The Grant will support local voluntary and community sector groups in facilitating vital conversations about women’s health needs.

Grant awards between £200 and £1500 per organisation can be used for a defined ‘one off’ project.

Project duration: 1st October 2024 to 15th December 2024.

Monitoring report from the grant recipients is due by: 15th January 2025.

All the grant recipient organisations are expected to attend the Sharing and Learning Event on 12th February 2025 in Chesterfield.

Groups will need to provide evidence of how the grant has been spent.

If you are interested, please find the guidelines and fill in the application form and return it to Links CVS at shruti.vispute@linkscvs.org.uk by the closing date, Friday, 27th September 2024, 12 noon.

Deadline: 30th September 2024

Groundwork, in partnership with Postcode Lottery Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, is offering grants of between £500 to £2,000 for constituted charities, community interest companies (CICs), and voluntary and community groups with an annual income of less than £60,000 across England that are working to make a positive difference in their local communities.

The Grassroots Grants Programme will support the work of groups that provide vital services in their local communities, such as:

• Access to food or other basic essentials.
• Improvements to local greenspace.
• Cultural, support, or wellbeing activities.
• Volunteering opportunities to improve the local environment or support other people.

Priority will be given to:

• Groups with an annual income of £50,000 or under.
• Groups working in communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation.
• Groups that work to support communities classed as marginalised or vulnerable.

The funding programme is unrestricted and can be used flexibly for costs such as paying staff or volunteer expenses, costs for equipment or materials, core, ongoing running costs, training of staff and volunteers, or consultant time to help develop the organisation or key policies.

Deadline: 12th November 2024

Cash4Clubs is a grant programme funded by Flutter UK & Ireland, part of Flutter Entertainment, the global sports betting, gaming and entertainment provider. For this reason, groups must be delivering activities to adults (18+) with priority given to applications focused on 18 to 25 year olds.

Not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community groups and traditional sports clubs from across the UK and Ireland can apply for unrestricted grants of £2,000. The funding should be spent within a six-month period.

Applicants must demonstrate that they are using sport for a wider social purpose with a goal to increase participation of adults from underrepresented groups. 

Priority will be given to applications that:

• Increase participation in sport and/or physical activity for one or more underrepresented groups, including women and girls over 18, people with disabilities, those from racially diverse communities, from the LGBTQ+ community or from lower socio-economic groups.
• Encourage people who would not usually engage in sport to take part, such as providing activities that support physical and mental wellbeing or tackle issues such as loneliness.
• Address broader social issues for the local community, eg, reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, homelessness, or connecting communities.

Priority will be given to groups based in areas of high deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation 1-3).

Please note the programme may close early if oversubscribed as was the case in 2023.

Hundreds of thousands of trees are being given away to help the UK reach its 2050 carbon net-zero target. Schools, nurseries, colleges, universities, outdoor learning centres, and other groups such as resident associations, sports clubs, parish councils, scouts and guides from across the UK are among the organisations eligible to apply for up to 420 saplings to improve their local environment. Tree packs include hedging, copse, wild harvest, year-round colour, working wood, wild wood, wildlife, and urban trees. Applications are expected to close in January 2025 or sooner depending on stock availability.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to fund equipment and services to support disabled and disadvantaged children under 13 across the UK. The Toy Trust fund helps disadvantaged children and their families to:

• alleviate suffering;
• support children through awful experiences;
• encourage achievement through adversity;
• purchase vital equipment;
• provide care;
• bolster existing initiatives;
• initiate brand new projects;
• satisfy basic needs.

Groups that have carried out some form of effective fundraising by themselves are particularly encouraged to apply. The next deadline to apply is mid-November 2024 for the December meeting of Trustees.