The objectives of the Trust are: Grants made for projects of significance to: The following is a non-exhaustive list of typical projects. Grants are normally

The Cadent Foundation has been working with charities and partners since 2019. Our aim is to help households find sustainable solutions to fuel poverty and

Applications open: 15th January to 1st March 2024Funding for activities & events: up to 1st September 2024 The Under 18s Better Starts (U18 BS) grant

The Nature Hubs Fund: creating and enhancing green spaces

Recent Hubbub polling found that spending time in nature makes three-quarters (78%) of people feel better1. Despite this, a third of people in the UK (36%) spend less than an hour a week in nature. The Nature Hubs Fund is designed to help change this.

Together with Starbucks, Hubbub is offering around 50 groups up to £6,000 of funding to develop green space initiatives and increase access to nature. Groups will be connected with a local Starbucks store, who will support projects in a number of ways.  We will support groups to create or enhance green spaces. Applicants must meet the eligibility criteria and relate to any one or more of these four themes:

1. Increasing Access
2. Bringing People Together
3. Upskilling the Community
4. Building Climate Resilience

Visit their website to read the application guidance, FAQ\’s and access the application form to apply

In late July 2023, the National Lottery Heritage Fund published the first three-year delivery plan for its new 10-year strategy, Heritage 2033 that aims to invest £3.6 billion across the UK.

Key points:

• In the next three years, £870 million will be invested through the National Lottery Grants for Heritage and a further £140 million strategic initiatives.
• In partnership with departments in England and Wales, NLHF will also distribute more than £43 million in government funding in 2023-24 alone.
• The funding plans amount to a total of £1 billion between now and 2026.
• The National Lottery Grants for Heritage application process will be simplified, making it more proportionate to the amount of money being requested.
• Recognition of rising costs. The upper grant limit has been raised to £10 million, and the lower grant threshold will be raised to £10,000 in January 2024.
• In Autumn 2023, announcement expected of the first nine of 20 location across the UK where NLHF will invest through its Place initiative.
• In Winter 2023, details of partnership to deliver urban nature recovery through Nature Cities and Towns initiative expected.

The funding will continue to support a broad range of heritage projects and activities, such as industrial sites, castles and historic places of worship, to the stories and memories of communities, and through to public parks, natural landscapes and native wildlife.

Priority will be given to heritage projects that:

• Promote inclusion and involve a wider range of people (mandatory outcome)
• Boost the local economy
• Encourage skills development and job creation
• Support wellbeing
• Create better places to live, work and visit
• Improve the resilience of organisations working in heritage

Two levels of funding are available:

• Grants from £10,000 to £250,000 (applications have temporarily closed but will reopen in January 2024 with new Heritage 2033 guidance.
• Grants from £250,000 to £10 million (development round applications have temporarily closed but will reopen in January 2024 with new Heritage 2033 guidance; expressions of interest and delivery round applications remain open).

How To Apply
All relevant document relating to priorities, application guidance, help notes and revised outcomes are available from the NLHF website. Applicants should read these documents before starting the application process.

The Tesco Stronger Starts programme (formerly Community Grants) supports local good causes across the UK. Since it launched in 2016, the programme has supported more

The Key Fund provide flexible loans and grants to help enterprises start up, become sustainable, and grow; creating jobs, reinvigorating communities and offering social investment.