National Lottery: Places Called Home

Places Called Home will offer eligible groups funding awards of between £1,000 and £5,000 for activities and equipment that meet at least two of the following criteria:

• Build on the relationships created during the COVID-19 pandemic to increase community activity and the number of people taking part.  
• Encourage people to work together, creating opportunities for communities to live in a sustainable and healthy way. 
• Raise awareness amongst the public of the importance of connected households, neighbourhoods and resilient communities.  
• Develop a new idea, activity or way to come together that has emerged in response to the pandemic.  
• Revive or redesign community and common spaces to encourage shared community activities.     

Applications when we have received 1,500 applications or on 6 July 2021, whichever comes first. 

Apply online or you can email placescalledhome@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk to request a pdf form to complete offline if you’d prefer.

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Youth Provisions

Woodward Charitable Trust

Small grants – up to £3,000, but usually £1,000 or less;
Large grants – Only a few large grants are awarded over £3,000 each year

• Children and young people 
• Disadvantaged families
• Prisoners and ex-offenders 

Registered Charities, CIOs and CICs.
Closing date: 30th JulyT(noon)

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The Ironmongers' Company

Grants are only given to registered charities. 

For children and young people under the age of 25 who are disadvantaged
Consist of educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills

​Grants range from a few hundred pounds up to around £10,000.
Closing date: 31st July

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Asda Foundation: Bringing Communities Back Together Fund

The Asda Foundation has launched a new grant to reunite communities, celebrate togetherness, and support groups as Coronavirus restrictions begin to ease across the UK during July, August and September.

Through the Bringing Communities Back Together fund, grants of between £250 and £1,000 are available to either get activities back on track such as gardening clubs, lunch clubs and recreational activities; hold a get-together event such as a welcome back party or community celebration; or a combination of the two.  

Registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, CICs, and unincorporated clubs or associations can submit their applications in store to an Asda Community Champion.
Closing Date is 16th Aug

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Trust for London 

London organisations tackling the root causes of poverty and inequality 

Eligibility:
Organisations undertaking charitable activities - you do not need to be a registered charity. 

The majority of the work supported is solely focussed on London. However, we are also interested in work that has the potential to influence national policy and practice, provided that a strong case is made as to how Londoners would benefit. In such cases we would fund a proportion of this work.

Area: London
Opens: July 1st 2021
Closes: October 5th 2021
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Closing Date is Oct 5th

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National Lottery Reaching Communities

Grants above £10000
Larger grants are made through a variety of programmes that cover every nation within the United Kingdom. This kind of flexible, longer-term funding is aimed at organisations whose ambitions are shaped by the people they serve.

And with the COVID-19 pandemic still with us, we'll continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by COVID-19.

Applications can be made at any time.

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Power to Change

Power to Change has teamed up with Crowdfunder to launch Community Business Crowdmatch to support new or existing community businesses responding to the Covid-19 crisis. The scheme will help community businesses, providing services or activities that help local people disproportionately affected due to the crisis, by match-funding each £1 raised, to a maximum of £10,000.

Power to Change is keen to support new and existing projects in deprived areas and work with Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic (BAME) communities across England. 

Applications can be made at any time.

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Lloyds Bank Foundation

Unrestricted two-year grants of £50,000 available for small, local charities based in England and Wales with income of at least £25,000 p.a. Work must focus on helping people overcome complex social issues (see website for specific priority areas).

At least 25% of all funding this year will be allocated to charities led by and for Black, Asian, and Minority Ethnic communities. 

A separate funding strand for charities specifically working on Racial Equity has just opened. This strand is for charities that have more than half of their Trustee Board self-identify as belonging to a Black, Asian or minority ethnic community.

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Tesco Community Grants

The Tesco Bags of Help Programme has been relaunched as the Tesco Community Grants programme to support local good causes that focus on helping children, young people and their families across the UK.

Registered charities, community organisations, and other not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of £500, £1,000 or £1,500. Three projects from each local area will be shortlisted to go to the public vote by Tesco customers every three months, with grants awarded depending on the number of votes their project receives.

Eligible projects include the provision of counselling and mental health support. 

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