Veolia Environmental Trust
Grants of up to £75,000 are available to constituted not for profit organisations within five miles of a Veolia site. (To check, please click here.). Eligible projects should fit under one of the following:
• Community Buildings and Room – including community spaces, village halls and spaces within religious buildings.
• Outdoor Spaces – including parks and nature reserves, community garden and footpaths, bridle ways and cycle paths.
• Play and Recreation – including play areas, pavilions, changing facilities and skate parks
• Supporting biodiversity – including the species related element of a BAP (national or local), the habitat related element of a BAP or HAP (national or local), and reintroduction programmes to a specific habitat
Initial enquiries can be made at any time but the deadline for applications is midday on:
• Fri 27th May
• Fri 26th August
For more information or to apply please click here.
Fields In Trust County Fund
£3,000 is available for projects or equipment on Queen Elizabeth II Fields in England. Applications are welcomed, and the fund will close once all the money allocated has been awarded. For more information or to apply please click here.
Greggs Foundation Environment Grants
Funding is available for schools and not for profit organisations that make a difference to local areas, with preference being given to project that benefit people who are disadvantaged. Projects will benefit the local environment. There are two streams of funding available:
• Small grants – up to £2,500
• Large grants – between £2,500 - £10,000
There are three deadlines this year:
• Fri 1st July -decisions at end of August
• Fri 30th September – decisions at end of November
For more information or to apply please click here.
Football Foundation’s Grow the Game
Not for profit organisations can apply for Grow the Game grants for projects that increase participation in football. Grants of up to £1,500 per team created are available for two to three years, with grants reducing in the second or third year of the project. The following types of team are eligible for grants:
• Male teams from aged under 14 and above
• Female teams
• Disability teams
The deadline for applications is Thurs 10th March. For more information please click here.
Armed Forces Day
The Ministry of Defence are offering grants of up to £10,000 to cover up to 50% of project costs that celebrate Armed Forces Day. Individuals, ex-service organisations, schools and other organisations are eligible to apply. Armed Forces Day takes place on Sat 25th June. The deadline for applications is Fri 25th March. For more information or to apply please click here.
Heart Research UK-Health Heart Grants - Deadline 30th March 2016
Healthy Heart Grants support innovative projects designed to promote heart health and to prevent or reduce the risks of heart disease in specific groups or communities across the UK. Please click here for further details.
BBC Children In Need - Deadline 15 May 2016
Grants for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and younger living in the UK. For further information please click here.
Hilden Charitable Trust Summer Playscheme Fund - 20 May 2016
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups in the UK to help run summer play schemes for the benefit of disadvantaged children. For further details please click here.
Energy Action Fund
Local community centres that need to improve their energy efficiency and schools or charities looking to add a spark to the area through energy education, can all apply for funding.
Applications for the E.ON Energy Action Fund can be submitted for a range of energy related improvements and activities, from appliances and insulation to educational events. Priority will be given to projects focused on reducing energy use and renewable energy.
Successful projects will receive anything from £50 up to £2,000 from E.ON to power their plans for a more efficient future. The E.ON Energy Action Fund is currently open for applications until Friday 8th April 2016.
https://www.eonenergy.com/About-eon/Community/energy-action-fund
Bring Joy Foundation
The Bring Joy Foundation will make donations to not-for-profit groups, organisations and charities that can demonstrate their commitment to creating activities designed to improve the lives of the elderly.
What we fund
Events, activities or pastimes that bring the joy and fun back into ageing. This is open to groups or organisations across the UK that work with the elderly.
You must also be able to prove that you are a not-for-profit organisation.
What you need to do to apply
Letters of Enquiry
You need to send us a Letter of Enquiry which must be submitted by post. We will send an email confirmation to acknowledge receipt of your Letter of Enquiry. Letters of Enquiry require approval by the Bring Joy Foundation Trustees. Please review the Letter of Enquiry Guidelines and the information on our procedures below.
Donation amounts
The Bring Joy Foundation will make donations in amounts ranging from £100 to £5,000. Donation requests of more than £5,000 will be considered in special circumstances.
http://www.bringjoyfoundation.org/
Reaching Communities funding is for projects that help people and communities most in need. Grants are available from £10,000, upwards and funding can last for up to 5 years. If you think you need more than £500,000 you must call Big Lottery before applying to discuss why you believe a larger project is appropriate. There is no upper limit for total project costs. Reaching Communities can fund salaries, running costs, a contribution towards core costs and equipment. Reaching Communities can also fund up to £100,000 for land, buildings or refurbishment capital costs.
All projects must address one or more of the following outcomes:
People have better chances in life, with better access to training and development to improve their life skills,
Stronger communities, with more active citizens, working together to tackle their problems,
Improved rural and urban environments, which communities are better able to access and enjoy,
Healthier and more active people and communities
There is a two stage application process. After submitting a Reaching Communities Stage One application form, applicants will be told within 6 weeks whether the project is one that might be considered for funding. If successful, the applicant will be sent a Stage Two application form. Applicants will usually have four months to complete this.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/reaching-communities-england
Reaching Communities Buildings – Big Lottery Fund
The buildings strand of Reaching Communities provides funding for land and buildings projects costing more than £100,000. It can also provide revenue funding to help to get the building running and deliver project activities (for revenue funding or funding for a land and buildings project of less than £100,000, see Reaching Communities England).
Funding is available for building grants up to 2015 and there are currently no deadlines for applications. However, the programme is regularly reviewed and applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as they are ready. To ensure that this funding makes the biggest difference to those most in need, it is targeted at buildings or sites based in the most deprived ‘Lower Super Output Areas’ in England.
http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global-content/programmes/england/reaching-communities-buildings-england
Premier League and The FA Facilities Fund – Football Foundation
The Premier League & The FA Facilities Fund provides grants for building or refurbishing grassroots facilities, such as changing pavilions and playing surfaces for community benefit, with money provided by the Premier League, The FA and the Government (via Sport England) and delivered by the Foundation. The Fund is available to football clubs, schools, councils and local sports associations and gives grants for projects that:
Improve facilities for football and other sport in local communities.
Sustain or increase participation amongst children and adults, regardless of background age, or ability.
Help children and adults to develop their physical, mental, social and moral capacities through regular participation in sport.
Grants are available for between £10,000 and £500,000.
http://www.footballfoundation.org.uk/funding-schemes/premier-league-the-facilities-fund/
