Grants of £150,000 to £450,000 for 3 to 5 years work are available through Comic Relief’s Ahead of the Game: Sport and Mental Health programme for projects in the UK, Ghana, Rwanda and Uganda that combine improving mental wellbeing with sport or physical activities with specific therapeutic elements.

The programme targets the most marginalised people, in the most disadvantaged communities.

The Bupa UK Foundation is looking to fund practical, community-focused projects that will support and improve people’s mental health in mid-life. Grants of up to £20,000 will be available, with the next deadline of 31st May 2019.

Successful applications will meet all the following criteria:

The Bristol Older People's Funding Alliance is offering increased funds in 2019 for organisations that support older people in the city. Grants of up to £15,000 are available.

The Alliance consists of The Anchor Society, Bristol Ageing Better, The Dolphin Society, The Grateful Society, John James Bristol Foundation, Quartet Community Foundation, The Society of Merchant Venturers and the St Monica Trust. 

Grants can be used to:

The Home Office's Places of Worship Protective Security Scheme will open for the latest round of applications in July. This will provide grants to places of worship for increased security measures and protection against hate crimes - for example, installing lights, CCTV and alarms.

A £1.6 million investment into the scheme was announced in light of the horrific terrorist attacks on mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. Since the scheme began in 2016, 134 religious sites have received grants, totalling £1.5 million. 

The Community Learning Teams in Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire (Community Learning West) are seeking expressions of interest from organisations to deliver community learning courses to adults aged 19+ who do not have a full level 2 qualification, or unemployed adults on means tested benefits who experience significant barriers to entering formal learning or work.

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Sports clubs, local authorities, schools and community organisations can apply for grants of between £1,000 and £150,000 to enhance local sports and recreational facilities.

Arts and cultural organisations have until the 14th May 2019 to apply for capital grants of between £100,000 and £499,999 to improve their buildings and equipment as well as their capacity to engage with digital audiences.

Grants of £30,000 to £300,000 are available to voluntary sector organisations to support work in the criminal justice system.

The Wingate Foundation has announced that the next deadline to apply is Friday 7th May 2019. The Foundation supports projects, institutions and activities in three areas: Jewish Life and Learning; Performing Arts; and Music. Applications are invited from smaller charitable organisations only; the Trustees will not consider approaches from large charities who are well represented on the High Street or their local branch offices.

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The British & Foreign School Society gives grants to charities for educational activities. Grants are given to organisations with UK charitable status and are for the purpose of advancing educational opportunity in the UK and developing countries.

Applications from charitable organisations which meet the grant criteria are initially reviewed by the BFSS office, and may then be submitted to the Grants Committee, which normally meets three times a year.