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• Small Charity Week 2013 offers small charities free opportunities to raise funds

  April 16th

  Includes making text donations available to charities, free of charge through JustTextGiving by Vodafone

• The Wyseliot Charitable Trust has funding available for general charitable purposes.

  April 15th

  Applications can be submitted at any time

• The Paul Hamlyn Foundation Social Justice programme aims to help marginalised individuals and communities become integrated

  April 15th

  Applications can be submitted at any time

• Grants from Foyle Foundation for smaller charities working at local community level

  April 15th

  Applications are welcomed from charities that have an annual turnover of less than £100,000 per annum

• Funding for organisations working to support carers or offenders from the Triangle Trust 1949 Fund

  April 9th

  Maximum grant value is £120,000

• Esmée Fairbairn launches new Merger Fund

  March 15th

  Aim is to support organisations in the early phases of thinking about a merger

• The People’s Millions 2013 now open for applications

  March 14th

  Are looking for new projects that will improve local places and the lives of people in your community

• Yapp Charitable Trust make grants to small registered charities

  March 12th

  Find out if your registered charity is eligible to apply for a grant from the Yapp Charitable Trust

• The Magdalen Hospital Trust fund benefits deprived children and young adults

  March 12th

  Find out more about the small grants offered from The Magdalen Hosptial Trust, normally within the range of £500 – £2000. Are you eligible to apply?

• Grand Ideas Fund offers £1000 to groups which need financial support to help deliver activities within their local community

  March 12th

  Designed to support as wide a variety of projects as possible, the current fund will close on 31 March 2013

• Drapers’ Charitable Fund offers grants for befriending services for older people and families

  March 11th

  Grants awarded are normally for £10,000 or less and applications can be submitted at any time

• Technology4Good Awards celebrate the power of computers to make the world a better place – could your mentoring or befriending project win an award?

  March 8th

  Nominations to be received by 3 May 2013 (5pm)

• Howard League for Penal Reform Community Programmes Awards 2013

  March 8th

  These awards are looking for outstanding community programmes that work with individuals who have committed crime to promote positive practice in the delivery of community sentences

• The Young Carers Grant Programme 2013 aims to develop support services for young carers and their families

  February 18th

  Completed expressions of interest forms must be submitted online no later than midday on 11 March 2013

• BIG Lottery Reaching Communities – one of the key sources of funding for community projects

  February 18th

  Reaching Communities funds projects that help people and communities who are most in need

• Grants to support projects that encourage and promote volunteering in Wales

  February 4th

  The fund is looking to support and develop new volunteers through covering the cost of volunteer expenses and training; and through the recruitment of specialist staff to help recruit and support new volunteers

• Funding available for education, children’s and disability projects from Tesco

  January 17th

  Tesco Charity Trust Community Awards deadline for education projects is the 30 January 2013

• Spotlight on Funding Central

  January 17th

  Sources of funding for charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises

• Pfizer UK Foundation grants for community based projects addressing health inequalities

  January 14th

  Next application deadline is 30 January 2013

• Galaxy Hot Chocolate launches charity fund to help small community groups and charities

  January 11th

  For three months, 60 organisations will be selected to receive a donation of £300

• The Woodward Charitable Trust provides grants for a wide range of work

  January 3rd

  The Woodward Charitable Trust is one of the Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts providing a range of grants

• Small grants for work tackling domestic abuse, drug and alcohol addiction and offender rehabilitation

  January 3rd

  The UIA Charitable Foundation supports small organisations that help people in need

• Grants to help organisations support women into business

  January 2nd

  Applications are considered twice a year for the £500,000 funding pot -  next round opens 3 July 2013

• Procurement opportunity to deliver a family befriending service in Nottingham

  December 6th

  Application deadline is 31 December 2012

• J Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust to close in January – last chance to make an application

  December 6th

  One of the UK’s largest grant-making trusts has announced that it will permanently close to all online applications at noon on 18 January 2013

• BIG launches a new early years initiative – Fulfilling Lives: a better start

  December 3rd

  Aims to deliver a step change in the use of preventative approaches to improve the life chances of children up to three

• Trusthouse Charitable Foundation supports befriending projects addressing issues in rural communities and/or areas of deprivation

  November 19th

  Applications can be submitted at any time – a wide range of client groups can be supported

• Funding to support day/residential trips for disadvantaged children and young people

  November 16th

  Find out more about what Happy Days Childrens Charity and Breaks 4 Kids can offer

• Funding for older people in the community to improve mobility, independence and quality of life – grants between £100 and £5000

  November 11th

  Applications can be made at any time to Barchester’s Charitable Foundation

• Department for Education new VCS grant funding now open to applications

  November 1st

  Submit application proposals no later than noon on 30 November 2012

• Nesta £25m impact investment fund for solutions to address well-being of ageing population and educational attainment and employability of children and young people

  October 26th

  The fund will make investments in areas of health and wellbeing of an ageing population, educational attainment and employability of children and young people

• The Big Give website offers range of benefits to charities that register

  October 22nd

  Profile your charity free of charge to potential donors and access support

• The Funding Network enables individuals to join together to fund social change projects

  October 12th

  Described as the ‘Dragon’s Den’ for charities, they have raised over £2 million for over 350 local, national and international projects

• European Refugee Fund for Community Actions – call for proposals

  October 10th

  Application deadline 8 November 2012

• Peter Cruddas Foundation grants to support disengaged youth (mentoring of young people in London a funding priority)

  October 9th

  Applications welcome at any time

• The Allen Lane Foundation funds work supporting a range of people and groups – apply at any time

  October 7th

  Grants range from £500 to £5,000 per year

• Homelessness Transition Fund – grants of up to £200k to prevent and tackle rough sleeping

  September 20th

  Round 3 opens with deadline of 12 noon on 12 October 2012

• Congratulations to Mentor Link for securing Big Lottery Funding

  September 18th

  MBF congratulate Mentor Link, a children’s charity for securing Big Lottery funding

• Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation can donate to charities working in areas covered by their nationwide network of branches

  September 18th

  Donation usually for £250 to £1000 and to registered charities only

• LandAid, the property industry charity, is offering £1m in grants to support young people

  August 29th

  Aim of grants is to provide spaces, buildings and facilities that will help young people thrive

• TV documentary opportunity for small charities

  August 17th

  The deadline for applications is the 22 August 2012 (only first 1000 applications considered)

• The May and Stanley Smith Charitable Trust funds a range of opportunities

  August 16th

  Funds organisations that support individuals to achieve their highest potential

• localgiving.com fundraising platform for local voluntary and community organisations

  August 16th

  Supporters can make donations easily and quickly through the site through your very own webpage

• Thomas Wall Trust supports education and social welfare projects

  August 14th

  Can support both organisations and individuals

• The Lotus Foundation gives grants that advance social welfare in the UK

  August 14th

  Applications can be made at any time

• Time to Change grants to address mental health stigma now open for second round of applications

  August 9th

  Fund opens for second round of applications – deadline 21 September 2012

• BBC Children in Need fund a range of mentoring and befriending projects and welcome applications now

  August 9th

  Next grant deadline is 15 October 2012 – more details on their website

• Funding for youth music making activities – £5,000-£30,000 grants available

  July 17th

  Deadline for applications: 5pm on the 10 October 2012

• The Ageing Well Challenge offers prizes to test innovation in tackling isolation and loneliness

  July 16th

  Do you have a mentoring and befriending innovative model to test?

• Big Lottery wants to fund projects that reach men and for projects to consider needs of men when designing services

  July 16th

  Includes guidance to help charities engage more men in their project

• £10m literacy catch-up programme for disadvantaged pupils

  July 13th

  Bids welcomed from schools, charities, local authorities, or universities and other organisations with expertise in working with disadvantaged pupils

• New £2 million fund launched to support older people in England and Wales

  July 5th

  Lloyds TSB Foundation launch new funding programme – deadline 20 September 2012

• J Paul Getty Jnr Trust helps to support disadvantaged people – check out their current priorities

  June 20th

  Funding priorities include support for people in/leaving prison, young people looking for work, refugees, people who are homeless or have substance misuse problems

• Nominations for the Guardian Charity Awards 2012 are now open to celebrate the work of small charities

  June 20th

  Could a mentoring and befriending project be one of this year’s winners? Apply by 20 July 2012

• Lloyds TSB Foundation Community Programme

  June 15th

  Applications can be submitted at any time

• PAYROO free accredited payroll – 100% internet based

  June 15th

  Any organisation with less than 50 employees can use it free of charge

• Procurement opportunity: Mentoring and support of young people (NEET) – deadline 12 June 2012

  June 7th

  To provide mentoring for 16 and 17 year olds in Newcastle upon Tyne

• Chance UK to create two new early intervention programmes with funding from BIG’s Realising Ambitions fund

  May 21st

  Will work with 200 five to eleven year olds to prevent young children getting involved in crime

• Investment and Contract Readiness Fund – launches today!

  May 21st

  Aims to support social ventures to build their capacity to be able to receive investment and bid for public service contracts

• Could your project benefit from a grant to explore local heritage and history?

  May 18th

  ‘All Our Stories’ will fund visits, oral history projects, memory sessions with grants from £3,000 to £10,000

• Health and Social Care Volunteering Fund pre-application events

  May 4th

  The Fund will be open to applications shortly – book onto re-application events to find out more

• The Tilley Awards recognise crime fighting projects where police, community groups and public successfully work together

  April 30th

  Closing date for applications is 27 June 2012

• Peter Cruddas Foundation supports mentoring for disengaged young people

  April 23rd

  Will support mentoring in London area

• Big Lottery releases its new priorities for 2012-2015

  April 16th

  Looking to support social investment development and closer links with private sector

• Hedley Foundation grants mainly target support for young people

  April 16th

  Lesser-funded objectives include disabled people, the terminally ill and provision of specialist equipment and support for carers

• Big Lottery Fund’s Village SOS scheme – supporting rural communities with issues including isolation

  April 13th

  Projects based in communities that have a population of 3000 people or less can be funded

• Sport for change programme looks to fund mentoring

  April 12th

  Make your application by 8 June 2012

• Maurice Wohl Charitable Foundation grants

  April 11th

  Supports broad aims including care for children, older people plus support of the arts

• Awards to boost sporting talent

  April 11th

  Boost Charitable Trust champions overlooked sporting talent

• Youth volunteering grants for projects in Wales announced by GwirVol

  March 16th

  A range of youth volunteering opportunities funded for projects working in Wales

• Communitybuilders Feasibility Grants to research and develop an entrepreneurial idea that meets needs of local community

  March 14th

  Apply for up to £25,000 in first round of fund by 13 April 2012 (noon)

• The Prince’s Countryside Fund aims to help rural areas become more sustainable

  March 7th

  Application deadline for the first 2012 application round is Friday 13 April 2012 at 5pm

• Coastal Communities Fund – new government funding to promote economic growth and jobs

  March 6th

  First application deadlines: 25 March 2012 and 27 April 2012

• Fund for charities located near a RWE npower wind turbine development or power station

  March 1st

  Applications are ongoing and can be made at any time

• Wilkinsons Helping Hands Fund supports your local community

  February 20th

  Visit your local store and pick up an application form

• The Archer Trust gives small grants to support disadvantaged or disabled people

  February 20th

  Trustees meet to consider applications in March and September

• Grants to help change attitudes around mental health

  February 20th

  Next application deadline is 30 March 2012 (2pm)

• Tesco Charity Trust funding schemes

  February 20th

  This trust has funded befriending projects in the past

• Help the Homeless grants for capital costs

  February 20th

  Next deadline for grant application – 31 March 2012

• BBC Children in Need grants for children and young people

  February 20th

  Next deadline is 15 April 2011

• Barchester Healthcare Foundation grants for older people and disabled adults

  February 14th

  Grants range from £100 up to £5,000

• Steven Gerrard Foundation grants to support disadvantaged children and young people

  February 1st

  Mentoring is specified as an activity that could be funded – application deadline 9 March 2012

• Clinks sustainable funding road show in Exeter on 1 Feb for VCS organisations working with offenders – book now!

  January 20th

  Information and workshops on the current funding environment plus networking opportunities

• Tenders out for two youth mentoring support services in North Lincolnshire

  January 20th

  Deadline is 8 February 2012 (12:00)

• The Equitable Charitable Trust is an education charity giving grants for work with children and young people who are disabled or disadvantaged

  January 16th

  Applications are considered on a monthly basis

• Grants from ABCT to promote dignity with refugees, older people, prisoners and people with mental health problems

  January 16th

  Next application deadlines are 9 March and 25 May 2012

• The Pilgrim Trust gives grants to projects supporting people who misuse drugs/alcohol, prison projects and projects that provide alternatives to custody

  January 16th

  Applications welcome at any time

• 

  NCVO Annual Conference 2012

  January 16th

  Find out more information on the NCVO Annual Conference 2012

• Social Action Fund 2nd round opens for creation of social action opportunities

  January 9th

  Any organisation with an annual turnover of at least £100,000 can apply

• Managing Money Better: a new older people’s grants programme from Comic Relief

  December 16th

  Application forms available from 16 January 2012

• Cash prizes of £10,000 for charities turning lives around for people in poverty and disadvantage

  December 13th

  Centre for Social Justice annual awards – deadline 4 Jan

• Clinks’ Sustainable Funding Road Show for groups working with offenders – free for groups based in North West

  November 18th

  Strengthen your sustainability in a rapidly changing environment

• Near Neighbours Fund looks to create new relationships locally in multi-ethnic and multi-religious areas

  November 17th

  Check if your area is eligible for funding

• Age UK is calling for entries to its health and social care volunteering awards

  November 16th

  Nomination deadline is 25 November 2011

• Co-operative Community Fund awards grants of up to £2,000

  November 16th

  Apply for wide range of things ranging from equipment to event costs

• Beaufort House Trust supports schools, colleges, universities and charities that advance education, religion or other charitable purposes

  November 16th

  Applications can be made at any time

• Interested in music-making with children and young people? Youth Music Programme launches grants and knowledge network

  November 15th

  Current deadline for first stage applications is 5pm on 1 December 2011

• Do you know a great volunteer mentor or befriender aged 16-25?

  November 15th

  Nominations for vinspired National Awards close on 30 November

• Funding for projects that work with older people to use the internet to address social problems

  November 4th

  The Nominet Trust £250k Challenge: deadline 1 Feb 2012

• Working with funders – new advice area on NCVO’s website

  November 4th

  Sources of extra support to build strong funding relationships

• Millennium Now – a new Big Lottery fund looking to create stronger communities

  November 4th

  Registered charities can apply with up to £2million available – deadline 13 December

• People’s Postcode Trust small grants £500-£10,000: applications by 11 Nov

  November 3rd

  North East, Yorkshire and Humber, Liverpool and Merseyside and The Midlands are only English areas funded

• Charities invited to apply to cash machine donation scheme

  November 2nd

  Applications must be made by end of November 2011

• The Una Padel Award 2011 calls for nominations to celebrate good practice in support for offenders, victims, families and communities

  October 13th

  Deadline for nominations is Friday 11 November – winners receive cash prize

• More info on Government’s £80m Community First programme

  October 13th

  Find out about funding in your area

• Funding for social welfare projects from Rufford Maurice Laing Foundation

  October 12th

  Grants up to £5,000 – apply at any time

• The Silver Dreams Fund wants to invest in a great project idea that will help vulnerable older people deal more effectively with life-changing events

  October 11th

  £50,000 – £200,000 is available for up to 30 ideas – expressions of interest by 28 October

• Social Action Fund: a new grant fund to inspire organisations to create new social action opportunities in the community for all ages

  October 10th

  Supports social action activity for all ages, in the community and inspired by the Olympics

• Clinks Sustainable Funding Roadshow: Birmingham, 13 October

  October 5th

  For projects supporting work with offenders and their families – cost £20

• Realising Ambition: a Big Lottery fund to steer young people away from crime

  September 27th

  Aims to replicate the very best evidence based practice – expressions of interest by 9am on 10 October

• Comic Relief UK grants and Local Community Programme – still open for applications

  September 12th

  Grants to benefit the lives of people who are excluded or disadvantaged

• Community action against crime £5 million fund now open to bids

  September 11th

  Application deadline is 1 December 2011

• Grants for projects to support young people with genetic disorders

  August 31st

  Genetic Disorders UK grant programme – application deadline 30 September 2011

• Support for voluntary projects in health and social care through the Innovation, Excellence and Strategic Development Fund 2012-13

  August 8th

  The closing date for applications is 21 October 2011 and decisions will be made in Spring 2012

• Awards for strengthening positive identity and belonging in offenders

  August 2nd

  Prisoner ActionNet Awards prize of £1,500 – deadline for entries 30 September 2011

• Two new funds to empower communities to take action against crime and anti-social behaviour from the Home Office

  July 29th

  £14 million is available to the voluntary sector in England and Wales

• Do you run a project in which people help others via the internet? The Discover e-volunteering competition could be for you

  July 29th

  All organisations from the EU can apply – deadline 16 September 2011

• Apply to win a £6,000 award from NatWest’s new initiative Community Force

  July 28th

  Aims to support local projects making a difference – application deadline 4 September 2011

• Funding to get socially excluded people online – Community Outreach Fund targets grassroots organisations

  July 27th

  Applications of up to £5,000 are welcomed from any community organisation in England – deadline 19 August (12 noon)

• The Triangle Trust invites applications to support carers, disability, older people, integration and rehabilitation, community arts

  July 25th

  Grants normally in the range of £1,000 and £10,000 – deadline for applications 12 August 2011

• Funding for training, education or support programmes targeting disadvantaged young people

  July 25th

  LandAid grants of up to £25,000 maximum

• Grants for young people at risk of re/offending from the Weavers Company Benevolent Fund

  July 25th

  Up to £15,000 available for registered charities and community groups

• Small grants from The Edgar E Lawley Foundation – interests include children, young people, elderly and disabled people

  July 13th

  Typical grants given are in the region of £1,200 to £2,000

• Does your school bridge the generational digital divide through mentoring? Win up to £4,000 through BT Internet Rangers Awards

  July 13th

  Applications must be submitted by 24 October 2011

• Funding for charities working to improve people’s health

  July 8th

  Up to 15 Impact awards from GlaxoSmithKline

• BT Community Connections Awards provides IT equipment and internet access to voluntary and community groups

  June 20th

  The scheme is now open to applications – the deadline is 15 September 2011

• Age UK grants for organisations working with people in later life

  June 16th

  Organisations receiving grants must be independently constituted, not-for-profit and accessible to all people in later life

• Arts funding for projects that make a real difference to people’s lives

  June 16th

  Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation welcomes applications

• Know a young person who is exceptionally talented? Five mentoring prizes are available through the Ambition AXA Awards

  June 13th

  Five bespoke mentoring prizes for 11-18 year olds with exceptional talent in: sport, community, arts, science and enterprise

• £30m funding to improve financial confidence – with a focus on social housing residents

  June 13th

  Big Lottery funding programme – 16 September deadline

• Guardian Charity Awards open to applications

  June 9th

  £6,000 prize money plus personalised packages of support

• The Drapers Charitable Fund awards grants to help improve people’s quality of life

  June 6th

  For UK-based charities that target the disadvantaged and socially excluded

• Camden council launches new fund for mentoring and befriending

  June 6th

  New fund to support volunteering, giving and exchange in Camden – deadline 11 July

• Can digital media funding give your community a voice?

  May 24th

  Available for people that feel voiceless due to long-term illness, disability or older age – apply by 13 June 2011

• The Adult and Community Learning Fund’s grant scheme

  May 17th

  Grants between £10,000 and £75,000 are open for voluntary sector projects – deadline noon, Friday 10 June

• A B Charitable Trust – next deadline 27 May

  May 16th

  Grants for work with vulnerable, marginalised and excluded people in society

• The Percy Bilton Charity – small and large grants

  May 16th

  Grants for registered charities working with young people, disabled people or older people

• Reaching Communities programme from the BIG Lottery

  May 16th

  Funds projects that help people and communities most in need

• Anti-Human Trafficking – sub contracting opportunity for small, specialist providers

  May 10th

  The Salvation Army has been appointed to manage support services for victims of human trafficking

• The Truemark Trust – small grants for local projects

  May 9th

  Grants to projects that address social distress and disadvantage – average amount given is £2,000

• Vodafone and JustGiving launch free text donation service

  May 6th

  ‘JustTextGiving’ will enable all UK-registered charities to raise money through text donations for free

• Health and social care volunteering fund now open

  April 15th

  Closing date for applications to the Department of Health’s scheme is 25 May

• Northern Rock Foundation announces grant programmes for 2011

  March 9th

  £8 million available for grants and development support to tackle disadvantage and improve quality of life in North East England and Cumbria

• Towergate Charitable Foundation Special Grant Fund

  February 28th

  Support for a range of charitable causes

• The Rank Foundation offers grants for work with young people

  February 28th

  Grants available for projects supporting young people

• European Refugee Fund and European Integration Fund

  February 28th

  Calls for proposals: deadline Thursday 7 April

• APS bursary available for voluntary and community organisations

  February 22nd

  Projects providing mentoring and/or befriending to BME young people and/or young men can apply

• Grants available from the Ulverscroft Foundation

  February 15th

  To improve the lives of visually impaired people

• The Nationwide Foundation’s small grants programme

  February 13th

  For work with older and vulnerable people in housing need

• Kelly Family Charitable Trust grants for projects working to support families

  February 13th

  Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 available

• Grants for social welfare activities

  February 8th

  Support for parenting, women and learning activities

• The Monica Rabagliati Charitable Trust

  February 7th

  Grants to support work focusing on child deprivation

• Grants for projects in rural communities and/or areas of urban deprivation

  January 31st

  Community support, disability, healthcare, arts, education and heritage projects can be funded

• Ministry of Justice announce grant funding

  January 31st

  Grant funding announced for the victim and witness voluntary sector

• Hedley Foundation grants for young people, disabled people and the terminally ill

  January 17th

  Grants up to £5,000 available

• The Ford Britain Trust supports projects that benefit local communities

  January 17th

  Small grants up to £250 and larger grants up to £3,000 available

• Henry Smith’s Charity grants

  January 17th

  Grants available for disadvantaged or disabled children to go on holiday or outings

• Supporting the provision of care for older people

  January 17th

  WG Edwards Charitable Foundation grants

• Active at 60 Community Agents programme – applications open

  January 10th

  £1m funding for local groups to help older people keep active

• Grants for projects to support women in financial need

  December 6th

  Grants up to £50,000 available

• Grants to help young disabled people, their siblings and families

  November 22nd

  Grants up to £10,000 available from The True Colours Trust

• Small grants from Greggs Foundation

  November 10th

  Organisations in communities where a Greggs Bakery is located can apply