Funding

Grants are available to local charities delivering community benefit projects in the North West of England.

The Charity supports families with children aged 3-17 by funding trips, experiences, respite breaks and group activity holidays for those who need them most.

Funding is provided to UK registered charities benefit one or more of the following groups: · Disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (under 25years old). · People with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems). · Older people (aged over 60).

Applications are taken all year for The Steel Charitable Trust’s United Kingdom Under-26 Fund. This fund aims to improve outcomes for children and young people in the UK (regardless of their nationality, culture or ethnic origin) who are wholly or mainly under 26 years of age. The overarching focus is on creating educational and/or access opportunities for young people in circumstances, groups or locations that face economic challenges or social marginalisation that may lead to significant disadvantages in later life.

There's a wide range of funding programmes and activities. Their fundamental aim is to improve the civic health of society, mainly through education and research. More specifically, they support excellence in the fields of education, science & medicine, health & disability, and heritage, humanities & the arts.

The National Lottery Community Fund is looking for 10 to 15 partners to work with them in the development stage of their Community Power fund. By community power, they mean local communities being able to influence and change the places they live. As well as the services they use, and decisions that affect their lives. For this development stage there is up to £1.2 million funding available over one year. This work will shape how the Community Power fund runs in the future. As a partner you’ll deliver activities in and with communities to increase their agency, power and control. This can be new or existing work.

The National Lottery Community Fund is looking for up to 5 partners with expertise in involving communities in decisions about grant making. There is £2 million funding for this one year development phase. Partners will support communities to decide how to give out this funding to good causes. And will involve communities in decisions in a way that builds their skills, resources and ability to work together.

The National Lottery Heritage Fund provide different levels of funding to heritage of all shapes and sizes. Their grants range from £10,000 up to £10 millions. Current programmes include: National Lottery Heritage Grants - £10,000 to £250,000. National Lottery Heritage Grants - £250,000 to £10 million. The Fund also has a number of strategic initiatives as follows: Heritage places Landscape connections Heritage in need: places of worship Nature cities and towns

Funded by our investment portfolio, our grants enable charities and volunteer organisations to both reach and benefit even more people in our local community. Our grants can be used for project-related initiatives or to cover core operating costs including wages, utility bills, equipment and office space costs.

Under the Reducing Veteran Homelessness programme, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust will award grants on behalf of the Office for Veterans’ Affairs (OVA), towards projects that contribute to the aims of the government’s ambition to reduce veteran homelessness and end rough sleeping.

We believe in Arts for All and will use our grants to make a positive contribution to people's lives through the arts. Never has there been a greater need to support our local arts organisations and museums and continue the vital contribution of skills development in the arts and heritage sector. We welcome applications from UK Registered Charities whose main activity is in the arts, crafts and heritage sectors with a turnover of less than £3 Million. Applicants may apply for a grant up to a maximum of £2000.

The funding aims to support smaller charities and good causes in the north of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.

Big Give, Global’s Make Some Noise, and NCVO are thrilled to announce the launch of our inaugural Small Charity Week match funding campaign. This seven-day online campaign, running from the 23rd – 30th of June 2025, aims to support small charities across the UK, helping to build the resilience, skills and profile of the small charity sector while raising vital, unrestricted funding. Applications open now open and close on the 5pm Wednesday 2nd of April, with funding offers announced by the Wednesday 7th of May. To be eligible, charities must have an annual income between £5,000 and £1 million (as per at least one year’s filed accounts or one year’s recorded income on the Charity Commission). The funds raised through this campaign will provide small charities with crucial unrestricted funding, enabling them to continue tackling social challenges and transforming lives across the UK.

This programme will offer a single portfolio grant of up to £1.8 million, to achieve long term, transformational change in the non-statutory support provided to bereaved military families. This programmes has a two-stage application process. In the first instance, applicants can submit an expression of interest in leading a portfolio of work. Successful applicants will then be asked to submit a full application detailing the work your portfolio will undertake. There is more information about this below and in our Programme Guidance document.

The Trust award grants towards projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment. The Trust’s Community Grant Scheme is available to constituted not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and Environmental Bodies (EBs). Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community. The Habitat and Biodiversity Grant Scheme offers grants between £10,000 and £75,000 whilst the Environmental Improvement Grant Scheme offers grants over £75,000. Nature Conservation grants are also available.

The Fore provides unrestricted grants to small charities and social enterprises based in the UK. The funding is intended to have a transformational impact on the organisations being supported by unlocking exponential growth, sustainability, efficiency or some other major step forward. There is particular interest in grassroots organisations working with underserved communities.

The Tree Council and Network Rail work in partnership to deliver a programme of community tree planting. Together, they have already planted more than 300,000 trees in 108 communities across the UK. Funding for projects is awarded in three bands: Main Grants - Projects between £2,500 and £5,000 Large Grants - Projects between £5,000 and £10,000 Flagship Grants - Projects over £10,000 and up to £15,000 Flagship Grants will be awarded in limited numbers to those projects that deliver a significant impact across our programme priorities. Funding is now open and all details are on the website.

This programme will support collaborations led by small charities seeking to influence and achieve local or regional change around improving the social security system, improving access to suitable accommodation, and support for asylum seekers and refugees. Collaborations can apply for grants of £100,000 over two year.

The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation (“the Charitable Foundation”) was established in February 2000 supporting registered charities throughout the UK and distributing donations. Skipton Building Society makes an annual payment to the Charitable Foundation to fund these donations. Independent of Skipton Building Society, the Charitable Foundation's decisions are made by its Board of Trustees. The Charitable Foundation is run by eight trustees, including six who are independent of Skipton Building Society. The Trustees decide which good causes will benefit from the Charitable Foundation's support. The Charitable Foundation is supported by volunteer administrators.

This report details a funding programme which is available through the Landfill Communities Fund, an initiative which allows landfill operators to release tax credits to environmental and community groups. The scheme broadly aims to benefit local communities in the vicinity of a landfill site. Previously known as WREN, FCC Communities Foundation was established in 1997 and has provided over £250 million to more than 7,500 projects across the UK. It is a non-profit-making Environmental Body registered to fund projects under the Landfill Communities Fund. The Landfill Communities Fund must be used for the purposes of implementing social, environmental and community based projects complying with specific 'approved objects' or categories in the Landfill Tax Regulations. The funding is intended to support not-for-profit organisations with the costs of making physical improvements to single amenity sites that are open and accessible to the general public. The facility should be somewhere the general public can go, join, or use, for leisure or entertainment purposes without any limit or restriction of use.

This fund aims to support a variety of projects and activities that make local communities a better place and improve the lives of those within it, such as through sports, arts, education, helping the disadvantaged or improving the environment.

This programme is for small local charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity. 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.

A seven-day online match funding campaign working with exceptional charities dedicated to serving the women and girls in our communities, fostering a future where every individual can thrive without limitations.

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds United Kingdom Registered Charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects and are very conscious of the work involved in applying for a grant and encourage charities to consider whether their work aligns with the Trust’s priorities for the next three years before submitting an application.

Cheshire West and Chester Council has launched a sixth funding round on the Cheshire West Crowd, with funding pots totalling £230,000 available to community projects across West Cheshire. An on-line workshop will be held on Tuesday 1 April providing an opportunity for would-be project creators to hear more about the Cheshire West Crowd and how projects have benefitted from the initiative in the past. Visit our Events page for details and to register.

This programme will award grants of between £75,000 and £500,000 towards projects that support significant refurbishment, including extensions and new builds, of rental accommodation that will offer high quality support for Veterans with a housing need. To be eligible for this funding, you must be one of the following: A registered Charity that can show it works with Veterans, or A registered social housing provider or Registered Social Landlord in Scotland that can show it works with Veterans Larger grants of between £500K to £1M may be available for exceptional projects which meet additional criteria as outlined in the programme guidance.

Finance to enable community businesses to retrofit energy generating or saving technology on community-owned or managed buildings, with an initial focus on stabilising or reducing energy costs. Investment amounts are available from £10,000 to £150,000. Up to 40% of the total is available as grant, where justifiable to support cost stabilisation or reduction. The minimum loan term for the remainder is 12 months, with a maximum of 7 years. Energy Audit Grants are also available between £500 and £2,500 where these have not been completed.

We provide a range of grants for organisations that make a positive difference to those in need. Areas of support include poverty, homelessness, health and wellbeing, education and training. We also provide smaller grants to individuals requiring specialised disability equipment. Our eligibility checker below will help you quickly determine your eligibility to apply for one of our grants and, once an application has been made, our friendly team will support you through the process.

The Large Grants programme (formerly Cornerstone Grants) supports structural repairs and maintenance issues costing more than £100,000 or the installation of kitchen and toilets costing over £30,000. The National Churches Trust supports church and chapel buildings open for worship throughout the UK. It funds urgent repairs and modernisation, provides expert advice on church maintenance and on how churches can continue to serve local communities and promote church heritage and tourism.

Welcome to the Marshes Community Benefit Fund website. The Fund was created in 2016 as an independent entity by the Frodsham Windfarm Limited partners, the Fund is managed by a Panel of independent volunteers and is governed by its Constitution. The Fund receives an annual grant from Frodsham Windfarm Limited of up to £120,000. This annual payment will be provided every year the wind farm operates and is expected to amount to some £3 million. The Marshes Community Benefit Fund (MCBF) Panel will control the administration of the MCBF and will consider applications from groups and organisations for awards of between £250 and £60,000 from the MCBF in each of the two application rounds to be held each year.

The Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust meets three times a year to consider applications for grants from registered charities that are involved in but not confined to the areas of health, education, welfare and the arts.

The Foundation award grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools). Grants are awarded towards capital projects, which they define as: - Buildings: purchase, construction, renovation or refurbishment. - Fittings, Fixtures, and Equipment: this includes but is not limited to office equipment/furniture, sports/gym equipment, digital/audio visual equipment, software and websites (more guidance on digital infrastructure can be found here), garden equipment, specialist therapeutic (excluding medical) equipment. It does not include equipment for one-off use, or which will be given to service users for personal use on a permanent basis. - Vehicles: This includes a minibus, car, caravan, people-carrier, or 4X4. We are unlikely to fund the total cost of a new vehicle and do not provide grants towards vehicle leasing. They fund both large and small projects.

The funding is intended for charities and other not-for-project organisations that are working with disadvantaged and vulnerable people in England, Scotland and Wales. The funding aims to tackle digital inequality, to help ensure that people from all backgrounds and walks of life have access to the same opportunities.

Single year grants between £2,000 and £10,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Projects must have a focus on Community Support.

The Trust seeks to improve the effectiveness of literacy teaching in primary and secondary education for children with learning difficulties, including dyslexia. Their work has a particular focus on areas of social need and those who are at risk of non-inclusion in society and the world of work. The Trust’s small grants scheme funds charities and community groups that directly help children and young people develop literacy skills, with a focus on supporting those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia. They are keen to see applications for projects that use volunteers and reading mentors and those that help during transitional points. For example, when students move from primary to secondary school, and when they transition to further education, college, or the workplace. They will consider grants for literacy support at any primary or secondary key stage. You can apply for grants between £5,000 and £20,000. You can apply for a multi-year grant, over a maximum period of 3 years.

Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are available for core costs, salaries, running and project costs or multi-year grants for a maximum of 3 years, not to exceed £100,000 in total over this period, for core costs, salaries, running or project costs. No more than £50k can be applied for in any given year. Organisations should have a focus on Family Support, this may further include: Early intervention Families coping with addiction Prisoners' families

The Foundation offers grants in the categories of Community, Education, Health or Social Welfare. They offer three levels of grants. These are large grants of £20,000 and above; medium grants of up to £20,000 and small grants of £5,000 and under. Grants can be used for: Capital projects which include new buildings, extensions, refurbishments and recreational spaces. New minibuses and other vehicles that provide a vital service to those most in need in their local community. Churches and other places of worship with a strong, secular community focus. Charities or CIOs (Charitable Incorporated Organisations) registered in England and Wales. Certain organisations with exempt status such as specialist schools, scout and guide groups, housing associations, cooperatives, and community benefit societies. Applications are accepted all year round.

Children in Need often have several funding programmes open at any one time. These include: Project Costs grants – support the aims and delivery of a specific piece of work. This work will usually be time-limited and based on a defined set of activities. Core Costs grants – can be spent on an organisation’s central running and operational costs. Charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for these grants for up to three years. They aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year. There is no application deadline.

This programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, and is delivered by Family Fund Business Services. The programme provides items that meet a child’s most basic needs such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items or services critical to a child’s wellbeing. All applications must be made by a registered referrer.

Biffa Award’s Main Grants Scheme is aimed at community and cultural groups and organisations, situated in the vicinity of landfill sites, that are in need of funding to improve the quality of life in their community or to conserve wildlife. There are four themes - Community Buildings, Recreation, Cultural Facilities and Rebuilding Biodiversity. Under these themes we provide funding to create or improve community amenities. For example, upgrading kitchens, meeting rooms and toilets in village halls and community facilities; creating new playparks; installing new seating, lighting and exhibitions within theatres and museums; or establishing, protecting and enhancing habitats for biodiversity. Between £10,000 and £75,000 can be awarded to projects that have a total cost of less than £200,000 including VAT. This is a rolling programme and as such there are no deadlines to submit an Expression of Interest in the Main Grants Scheme.

The Foundation is dedicated to supporting disadvantaged children and young people, as well as vulnerable older people, in England and Wales. Their Charity Grants programme is open to registered charities in England and Wales working with any of their four main priority groups: Improving the health and wellbeing of older people with dementia and their carers. Children affected by domestic abuse. Early years (0-5) with a focus on poverty and neglect. Children with special educational needs and disabilities. Small grants are for charities whose annual income is between £25,000 and £500,000. These grants are unrestricted. Small grants range from £1,000-£5,000 per year, for up to three years. Large grants are for larger charities whose annual income is between £500,000 and £10 million. They must be restricted to a project. Large grants usually range from £10,000 to £60,000. They can be awarded over one to three years. No deadline, rolling programme for both Small and Large grants.

The Foundation support a wide range of charities that make a positive difference, working in different sectors in the UK. These include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith. They fund small local organisations and large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to several million pounds, depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. The grants can be for your organisation’s running costs, for a specific activity or for capital projects. The Foundation are flexible and fund what charities need the most. Normally, capital grants are no more than 10% of a total project cost. However, for local community projects (e.g. village halls, community centres, places of worship, etc.), grants are unlikely to be over £30,000 regardless of the project size. If your organisation wants to apply for £100,000 or over, they expect your annual income or project to be over £1 million. No deadline, rolling applications.

Awards for All: TNLCF 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 to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges. They can fund projects that’ll do at least one of these things: bring people together 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 support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis. Reaching Communities England: TNLCF fund projects and organisations that work to make positive changes in their community. By community they mean people living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences. They offer funding that starts at £20,001. TNLCF can fund projects or organisations that’ll do at least one of these things: bring people together 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. Partnerships: This funding is for organisations working together in partnership to help their community. This funding also starts at £20,001 and can fund projects that do at least one of the things also specified under the Reaching Communities programme. No application deadline, ongoing applications.

National Lottery Project Grants is an open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual artists, community and cultural organisations. Individual artists and practitioners, community and cultural organisations, museums and libraries can all apply. National Lottery Project Grants is open all the time, there are no deadlines. Grants of between £1000 and £100,000 are available. No deadline, rolling applications.

Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to Blue Spark Foundation for a wide range of projects. The Foundation value academic, vocational, artistic and sporting endeavour in equal measure but are particularly keen to support projects which will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. Many grants will be under £2,000 and none are more than £5,000. Projects which could be supported include drama, music, sport, art and design, debating, public speaking, academic education, vocational training, community projects, enterprise projects and educational excursions. This list is illustrative and not exclusive as to the types of projects that the Foundation support. No deadline, rolling applications.

Cash for Kids is a grant-giving charity that supports children from birth up to 18 years old across the UK. The children's mental health grant is part of the General Grant programme, looking to address areas like poverty, mental health and wellbeing, sport and physical wellbeing, disability or life-limiting illness, education and essential skills, and diversity and inclusion.

Hays Travel created Hays Travel Foundation in 2015 to focus on supporting causes that benefit people who, for one reason or another, need a bit of help to achieve their potential. The funding is intended for local groups that operate or have an impact in an area where Hays Travel has a branch, particularly those that help young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.

The Capacity Building Fund is designed to support the creation of a sight loss sector that is coherent, sustainable and resilient to the rising demand for equal services across the UK. The fund offers unrestricted grants for organisations in the sight loss sector across the UK whose growth and sustainability are challenged by the uncertain economic climate and cost of living crisis. The grants will focus on two key areas: collaboration between organisations within the sight loss sector and between the sight loss sector and external organisations, and small charities and grassroots organisations.

The foundation looks to fund projects that are trying to help communities come together to work effectively on the issues that matter to them, working in partnership with others to build trust and cohesive communities, providing advice and support, and trying to change attitudes and broaden horizons. Funding can be used towards running costs, salaries, capacity building, volunteer training and out of pocket expenses.

The trust makes grants to a wide range of charitable organisations and the trustees' preference is to support registered charities in the north west of England for mental health and mental disability projects where expertise in this area and financial stability can be demonstrated. While not excluding large UK-wide charities, the trust normally only makes grants to such organisations where there are strong relationships in the north west of England and the proposal has the potential to achieve a substantial impact.

The specific objectives of Alpkit Foundation are to help young people, especially but not exclusively through leisure time activities, to develop their capabilities that they grow to full maturity as individuals and members of society, plus other areas.

Family Action aims to support families during times of hardship to enable them to become stronger, happier and healthier.

The Albert Hunt Trust is a grant-giving charitable trust that provides grants to UK registered charities that are based and working locally in the UK. It has distributed more than £40 million in grants since it was established in January 1979. Core funding is available to support local charities throughout the UK that: · Provide hospice care - this is a priority area. · Provide support for the homeless. · Promote health and wellbeing for areas such as family support eg Home Start, children and young people counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers support, cancer support, prisoner support and rehabilitation, community centres, food banks and debt advice.

The Happy Days Charity is a national children's charity dedicated to providing holidays, days out, and theatre trips for disadvantaged young people with special needs. The Charity supports families with children aged 3-17 who have learning difficulties, physical or mental disabilities, acute, chronic or life limiting illnesses, been abused or neglected, witnessed domestic violence, been bereaved or act as carers for a parent or a sibling.

The Chances for Children Grant scheme is provided by Buttle UK, a registered charity based in the UK that is dedicated to helping children and young people who are in crisis reach their potential. The funding aims to improve the social and emotional wellbeing of children and young people and their capacity to engage in education and learning.

The Community Award fund is intended to assist small organisations and good causes from Chester and surrounding areas. The objective is to support organisations with a small grant that will make a ‘real difference’.

We award funding for charitable purposes across the UK. Our focus is on funding specific groups that experience marginalisation and/or discrimination and we currently make grants through seven funding programmes. Applications open all year round.

Our Stobart Sustainability fund is aimed at supporting community-led sustainability projects and initiatives lead by non-profit organisations, community groups and educational facilities, such as schools and colleges, to help them transform their local community through projects that tackle climate change, reduce carbon emissions or that protect and enhance the environment. Applications are open all year round.

Family Action was established in 1869 and aims to strengthen families and communities, build skills and resilience, and improve the life chances of those involved. Family Action aims to support families during times of hardship to enable them to become stronger, happier and healthier. Applications open throughout the year.

This fund aims to support Christian organisations to deliver projects that will make a positive and transformative impact on lives and communities and contribute to the following objectives: · Growing congregations and Christian communities. · Addressing social challenges facing communities. · Enabling wider community use of church buildings. · Empowering Christian education.