Tamworth Borough Council Councillor Grants
The Councillor Community Grants scheme enables councillors to provide grants to a wide variety of constituted community and voluntary, not-for-profit organisations for projects that further the Council’s aims and actively support the Tamworth community to enjoy a better quality of life. The total amount of funding is £30,000 per year. Each ward Councillor is allocated […]
Tamworth Borough Council Community Grants
The Tamworth Borough Council Community Grants scheme offers grants to a wide variety of community and voluntary, not-for-profit organisations. The Community Grants scheme is available for constituted community, not for profit organisations for identified not for profit projects to work collaboratively and flexibly to meet the needs of our communities. For 2024/2025 financial year, a […]
Lichfield District Community Lottery
Grants up to £1,000 are available! These grants will be awarded to organisations who provide facilities or services for local people. The aim is to enhance the provision of service, provide new services or to help make organisations more efficient or to improve the scope of their provision. This might include extending provision to other people. […]
We Love Lichfield
We Love Lichfield is an endowment fund, and provides funding to community and voluntary organisations across the whole Lichfield district, including in Burntwood and the surrounding villages. In 2017, Lichfield District Council devolved their local community grants to the We Love Lichfield fund, and there are currently 2 rounds of funding every year, one in […]
BBC Children in Need – Project Cost and Core Cost Grants
The funding is intended for not-for-profit organisations that work with disadvantaged children and young people, under the age of 18, living in the UK.
This stream offers core funding to organisations whose work aligns with the principles set out in the Children in Need Grantmaking Strategy 2022-2025:
- Sharing power with children and young people.
- Acting flexibly.
- Using its voice to build awareness and empathy around issues.
- Building partnerships to bring communities and investors together.
The core grants stream can support organisations for up to three years.
The maximum grant is £120,000 (or £40,000 over three years), though most grants made are for much less than this.
Priority will be given to applications from smaller, local organisations with an annual turnover of more than £1 million in the most recent, complete financial year.
Applications for more than £15,000 per year will only be considered from organisations registered with the appropriate regulatory body.
Core Costs grants are awarded as restricted funding and must be used to cover the organisation’s essential running expenses.
The funding is to be used for an organisation\’s central day-to-day operations, including:
- Management and administration.
- HR and payroll.
- General office expenses.
- Accountancy and audit.
- Communications and outreach.
- Monitoring, evaluation, and learning.
- Governance, regulatory, and compliance costs.
How To Apply
Applications can be made at any time. There are no deadlines.
Groups requesting £15,000 or less will receive a quicker decision and be able to start sooner.
There is a two-stage application process:
- An initial Expression of Interest form can be found on the Children in Need website.
- Successful applicants will receive a link to the full application form and have 120 days to complete it.
Organisations can only apply for and hold one grant at any time.
Organisations with a current BBC Children in Need grant that is due to end within 12 months can usually reapply. However, the new funding will not be released until the current grant has ended.
Lloyds Bank Foundation Funding
This programme is for small, local, specialist charities supporting people facing complex issues. Under this programme we will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000. We are committed to supporting charities that help people experiencing […]
Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation was established in 1971 and is a grant-giving charitable foundation which supports small to medium sized charities who work with the disadvantaged. The Foundation supports the following: The scheme is intended to support smaller charitable organisations undertaking projects for young people, the disabled, terminally ill patients and others in need. The main […]
National Lottery Awards for All England
Social connections and community activities are at the heart of creating healthier, happier lives and a flourishing society. That’s why we support amazing community-led projects. We offer funding from £300 to £20,000. And can support your project for up to two years. You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or […]
Severn Trent Community Fund
Our customers, and the communities we live and work in, are at the heart of everything we do. That’s why we decided to support local charities and community groups with over £20million in the ten years from 2020. If you’re helping to make a real and tangible difference in our communities, we want to know! […]
Tesco Stronger Starts
Tesco Stronger Starts is open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant of up to £1,500. Every three months, three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK. Who is eligible to apply? Grants will be awarded to schools, voluntary or […]
