Deadline 10th May 2024

The Community Champions scheme aims to support the local community in Lincolnshire, to help make life better in our communities. The fund comes from the Lincolnshire co-op outlets to support the scheme.

The successful organisations can receive up to £500 – £1,000.

The fund can be spent on the following:

• Items of equipment such as tables, crockery, gardening tools, laptops and tablets, craft materials etc
• Community events & Projects
• Running costs such as hall hire, insurance, petrol for community car schemes, refreshments etc. (not Salary)

Any charity, community group, not-for-profit, co-operative, school or council can apply.

https://www.lincolnshire.coop/community

Create North East Lincolnshire funds are to deliver one-off non-profit creative projects for the benefit of everyone in North East Lincolnshire (NEL), by:

• Empowering and uniting a creative community.

• Celebrating and sharing creative skills and talents.

• Linking creativity, heritage and community for social and environmental benefit.

• Creating opportunities and supporting development and growth in creative careers and businesses.

These grants are for new activity and ideas or new programmes or additions to existing regular events. You can also apply for funds to develop an idea to undertake research and development.

Large Creative Project Grants: available grants are between £1,500 and a maximum of £7,500. Deadline: 7th May.

Small Project Grants: available grants are between £500 and a maximum of £1,500. Deadline: date remains open on a rolling basis.

For more information, click here to visit their website.

Deadline 6th September 2024

The object of the Fund is to improve the wellbeing of people living in Greater Lincolnshire and to make life more comfortable, ease distress and isolation for those most in need.   

Grants of up to £6,000.

Themes:

• Social cohesion: Community activities; access to essential services; support for people leaving Prison and their families, women’s groups, projects that contribute to strong and cohesive communities
• Advice and Support: Debt counselling; Citizens Advice Bureau; welfare advice services, nutrition and diet
• Older People: Care at home, integration projects; projects tackling isolation, loneliness and dementia, volunteer costs, sitter and companionship
• Homelessness: Interventions/support to assist vulnerable homeless people, e.g. accommodation, advice, food/clothing
• Food Security: Seed swaps, community growing schemes, advice about food sovereignty and sustainability

Click here for Lincolnshire Community Foundation website.

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The Wharfedale Foundation

The Foundation will provide grants of £500 – £25,000 over the next 2 years in 4 application rounds, to organisations operating in Y&H under 3 priority areas: breaking down barriers in society; integration of marginalised groups; tackling disadvantage.

What we fund

Grants for not-for-profit organisations with income under £300,000 for projects in Yorkshire & Humber addressing divisions in society and bringing communities closer together.

Grants will be for up to £10,000 over 1 or 2 years for organisations with an annual income of under £150,000. Grants will be for up to £25,000 for organisations with an annual income of under £300,000.  We encourage applications particularly from smaller organisations.

We will fund projects/activities/core and development costs (including staff salaries, training, pilot projects, on-going services etc.) and are particularly keen to support organisations to be more sustainable.

Our priorities are: breaking down of barriers in society, the integration of marginalised groups in communities and tackling disadvantage.  

Who can apply

We are open to applications from:

• registered charities
• charitable companies
• charitable incorporated organisations (CIO)
• Community Interest Companies (CIC). 

(CIC’s must be limited by guarantee, with at least 3 unrelated directors and no persons with significant control and have an asset lock).

• voluntary/community/faith organisations (with a constitution)
• other non-profit organisations will be considered

When can you apply

Applications will be considered over 2024-2025 over 4 rounds:

1. Round 1 opens on 1/3/24 to 22/3/24 for expressions of interest, with full applications invited to submit between 1/4/24 – 26/4/2024
2. Round 2 opens on 6/9/24 to 27/9/24 for expressions of interest, with full applications invited to submit between 7/10/24 – 1/11/2024

There will be 2 further rounds in 2025.

How to apply

Organisations are asked to submit a brief expression of interest on the Foundation’s website to check eligibility. If eligible applicants will be sent a full application form.

Further information

The Foundation will also be running short Meet the Funder on-line information sessions where you can find out more.  These will be:

• Thursday 22nd February at 2pm register here;
• Wednesday 6th March at 6pm register here; 
• We will also be delivering a session in partnership with Community Matters Yorkshire on Monday 18th March register here

Email: info@wharfedalefoundation.org.uk

To find out more visit website here.

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Lincolnshire Community Foundation are delighted to be working in partnership with SWEF Enterprise grants in being able to provide small start up grants to young people of Lincolnshire (aged between 18-30), looking to start up their own businesses.

Click here for more information.

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Deadline 31st July 2024

Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups, parish and town councils, and local authorities for community projects that benefit the coasts of the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.

Two levels of grants are available:

• Small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000.
• Main grants of between £5,001 and £50,000.

Groups can apply for both revenue and capital costs in the same application. For projects involving revenue costs, groups can apply for funding for up to two years. Grants awarded to cover salaries can be spread over a two-year period if necessary. Match funding is not required for small grant applications. Match funding of at least 20% is required for main grant applications.

The funding can be used for:

• Community buildings and facilities:
  • Capital improvement works to village halls, community centres, museums, heritage centres and community cafes.
• Community activities and services:
  • Projects addressing health and wellbeing, social isolation, community cohesion and access to amenities.
  • Young and old people’s projects.
  • Projects providing support for local clubs and groups.
• Environmental and public open space projects:
  • Projects involving parks, nature reserves, community growing schemes, and habitat/species conservation.
• Sports, recreation and play:
  • Playgrounds, skate parks, indoor climbing walls.
  • Sports equipment.
  • Sports field drainage projects.

All applicants with projects located on school grounds should contact GrantScape before applying.

For more information click here.

Closing date: 18 January 2024

UK Year of Service’s aim to deliver projects with a clear social purpose to enable young people, 18–24-year-olds, into socially beneficial jobs; plus build their work experience, skills, confidence, as well as support their ability to find employment, training and access further education.

The grants will focus on 3 regions: North East, North West, and Yorkshire & Humber

• Funding organisation: National Citizens Service Trust
• Who can apply: Public Sector, Non-profit, Private Sector
• How much you can get: From £9,700 to £614,000
• Total size of grant scheme: £816,140

For more information, click here to visit website.

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Application closes: 10 January 2024

If you lead a charity working in the fields of Community, Environment, Welfare, or Youth, and based in the North or Midlands of England, or Wales, you could be eligible for a package of support worth just over £22,000. Unrestricted grants of £6,500 are available for up to 22 ambitious charities through the Weston Charity Awards.

Alongside grants, winning applicants also receive:

• free access to the Pilotlight 360 programme (a ten-month package of leadership coaching worth an estimated £16,000).
• collaborative opportunities and events through Pilotlight’s network of UK charities
• two peer-to-peer support sessions with other award winners to share best practice.
• a celebratory event for all award-winners on conclusion of the programme
• the enhanced profile associated with receiving this award grant for excellence.

Who is eligible to apply for an award?

To be eligible to apply, your charity must have:

• A registered charity number
• At least one paid full-time member of staff in a leadership position
• Delivered a service for at least two years
• Income of less than £5 million per year
• Provide direct services to beneficiaries or take practical action on the environment
• A degree of financial stability that enables full engagement in the programme
• A majority of activity or beneficiaries based in the North or Midlands of England or Wales. To check that your area is eligible to apply to the Awards, take a look at our full location list here.
• A willingness to meet in person for four out of ten meetings (three in London and one at your charity’s location).

Your charity must also be working to alleviate disadvantage in one or more of the following fields:

• Community: This includes volunteering work, practical projects to improve an area, running community centres and providing a range of services for their local community, especially for those who may be vulnerable or in need.
• Environment: This includes practical action around sustainable land use and fishing, renewable energy, recycling schemes, biodiversity, species preservation, marine life, education, climate change science and conservation.
• Welfare: This includes helping adults experiencing exclusion, social or economic hardship; people experiencing homelessness; people who are at risk of offending or reoffending; and charities supporting older people or people with disabilities.
• Youth: This includes providing services to children and young people up to the age of 25, such as offering advice and guidance, work experience, training and coaching. Schools are not eligible to apply to the Awards.

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