Supporting Voluntary Action
We’ve gathered a list of relevant funding opportunities for local organisations. They range from small one-off grants to larger long-term programmes. Please check the deadline, funding priorities and criteria for each opportunity before applying – your organisation won’t be eligible for everything.
If you would like support to improve your fundraising skills, please contact our development team. We also offer regular courses on funding applications, fundraising and funding strategy; see our dedicated training and events website, the VCSE Academy, for details.
Organisations can apply for up to £10,000 each in match-funding from the National Emergencies Trust’s Coronavirus Appeal to help local charities and groups to counter the financial impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic. Deadline 22 October 2021.
Eligible Services:
Persimmon Housing are offering two grants of £1,000 each month for community projects in the Bristol area.
The application is only 250 words - so make every letter count!
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With more than 50 years’ experience and over 69,000 homes across England, Sanctuary Housing is one of the UK's leading social landlords.
Their fund is open to projects that will make a difference to the lives of Sanctuary residents in communities impacted by Covid-19.
Eligible...
Alpkit offers small grants (typically £300 - £500) to grass-roots direct action projects that tackle issues such as diversity & inclusion in the outdoors, participation, education, conservation and protection of our natural environment and health & well-being.
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We’re offering from £1,000 to £10,000 of National Lottery funding to support communities across the UK to take action on climate change.
Projects should reflect what matters to your community and can be small in scale. They could cover an area like:
food
transport
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Local School Nature Grants
Product Catalogue
If successful you will be able to mix and match items from a product catalogue of hundreds of items, up to the value of £500. The packages offer a wide mix of products to appeal to a broad range of ages, are customisable, enabling...
About the SLF
The SLF supports strategic legal work in the UK which benefits asylum seekers, refugees and migrants. We define this as those:
• Who are living in poverty, and
• Who face significant disadvantage or discrimination in connection with their immigration status....
Women’s voluntary and community organisations are a cornerstone for sustainable and stable communities, and are crucial to the advancement of equality and women’s rights.
Women’s Resource Centre (WRC) is a national charity committed to working towards human-rights by supporting and...
Bristol City Council has set up the Youth Sector Support Fund to support Bristol-based organisations working with local children and young people, aged 8-19 years. This grants programme will support community-based activities that are preventative and focussed on children and young...
The UK government has announced that Round 2 of the new £150 million Community Ownership Fund is due to re-open for applications in December 2021. The fund is part of the UK Government’s strategy to build back better from the pandemic and to foster a sense...
