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Funding

– At CWVA, we manage different funding pots to help distribute grants to community sector organisations.

We also signpost organisations to the funding opportunities available locally and nationally. Below is a list of funding pots that are currently open for applications.

Barclays community fund

Closing Date: 27/05/2026

Amount: £1000

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Barclays community fund in partnership with Sported. To support the delivery of football, tennis or cricket activities for women and girls.

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Youth Opportunities Grant funding 2026-27

Closing Date: 29/05/2026

Amount: Up to £5000

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Cheshire West and Chester Council are inviting voluntary and community organisations, charities and other groups focused on providing opportunities for children and young people in our borough to apply for the Youth Opportunities Grant (YOG) 2026-27 funding.  

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Paul Hamlyn Youth Fund

Closing Date: 31/08/2026

Amount: Up to £150,000 over 3 years

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Paul Hamlyn are interested in funding: organisations working with young people (14–25); targeted work with and for young people who face transitions in their lives which may be challenging or create barriers for example into or out of education, care settings, housing or the secure estate†; and work that recognizes young peoples multiple and overlapping identities (for example race, gender, sexual orientation, class, faith, migration status, ability).

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James Tudor Foundation

Closing Date: 30/09/2026

Amount: Up to £25,000

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The James Tudor Foundation supports UK-registered charities with a health focus through four funding programmes. Each programme is tailored to address specific needs within the health sector, enabling organisations to deliver meaningful and lasting impact to the communities they serve. We support a diverse range of physical health and mental health charities in the UK and internationally. Funding rounds are quarterly.

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Westminster Foundation

Closing Date: 30/09/2026

Amount: Up to £15,000 per year for up to two years

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The Westminster Foundation works with local charities and organisations that generate localised impact and create opportunities for children and young people up to 25 years old. Our funding is focused on helping provide a solid structure to children and young people, their families and the local communities around them. We prioritise awarding grants that benefit those facing deprivation or intergenerational inequality who might otherwise not have access to these life opportunities.

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Stagecoach Giving For Good Community Fund 2026

Closing Date: 01/12/2026

Amount: Up to £500

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For small, local charities and community groups based in the areas where Stagecoach operates. Funding supports projects that promote health and wellbeing, young people’s skills and employment, loneliness and social isolation, and accessibility and opportunity. Applications are reviewed monthly.  

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Grants for Good

Closing Date: 31/12/2026

Amount: £2,000 - £5,000

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Charities and organisations are welcome to apply all year around. This programme, funded by the John Good Group, offers unrestricted funds that can be used for any costs, including core running costs. These grants are designed for small and growing charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises making a big impact on communities, people or the environment, closing on 15 March 2024.

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Masonic Charitable Foundation

Closing Date: 31/12/2026

Amount: Small grants: £1,000-£5,000; large grants: £10,000-£60,000

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The Masonic Charitable Foundation has opened its small and large grant programmes for charitable organisations working with early years (up to five years of age), children affected by domestic abuse, children with special educational needs and disabilities, and people with dementia and their carers.

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