VCEL Monthly Funding Update | January 2023
Funding Categories:
ARTS & CULTURE
BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
CHILDREN & FAMILIES
COMMUNITY FUNDING
ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
GENERAL FUNDING
HEALTH
LAND & PROPERTY
POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
SPORT FUNDING
YOUNG PEOPLE
1 | ARTS & CULTURE
Idlewild Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities for arts and conservation projects in the UK.
Deadline: 13 February 2024
https://www.idlewildtrust.org.uk/
Jerwood Foundation
Grants between £1,000 and £25,000 are available for arts organisations across the UK to support a variety of projects and activities that make the arts available for public benefit.
Deadline: 01 March 2024
https://jerwood.org/funding/
Art Fund - Student Opportunities
Applications for up to £10,000 are available to harness the talent of university students to help realise a project at a museum or gallery in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.artfund.org/supporting-museums/programmes/student-opportunities
Creative Scotland – National Lottery Open Fund for Organisations
Grants of between £1,000 and £100,000 are available to projects lasting up to 18 months for constituted artistic, creative, or cultural organisations across Scotland to deliver a variety of creative projects and activities and enable business changes or development projects that make the organisation more financially sustainable.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.creativescotland.com/funding/funding-programmes/open-funding/national-lotteryopen-fund-for-organisations#support
Fenton Arts Trust
Funding is available to support individual works, activities, performances or prizes in the fields of drama, painting, sculpture, ballet, music, poetry and architecture in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.fentonartstrust.org.uk/
Foundation Scotland - Cockaigne Fund
Grants up to £5,000 are available for charities, unincorporated organisations and individuals involved in classical and traditional music, with emphasis on community initiatives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/cockaigne-fund
Victoria Wood Foundation
Grants are available for arts projects and initiatives in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://victoriawoodfoundation.org.uk/
2 | BUSINESS & ENTERPRISE
The Scottish EDGE
Funding of up to £100,000, taking the form of a 30% grant, 70% loan is available to help entrepreneurs realise their growth ambitions and to contribute to Scotland's economic success.
Deadline: 06 March 2024
https://scottishedge.com/
Harvesting and Processing Grant
Funding is available for tree nurseries from Great Britain that supply trees to Scotland.
Deadline: 23 March 2024
https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures/topics/all-schemes/forestry-grantscheme/harvesting-and-processing/
UnLtd - Awards for Social Entrepreneurs
Funding and specialist support up to £18,000 is available for UK social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Deadline: 31 March 2024
https://www.unltd.org.uk/awards
Co-operative and Community Finance
Loans from £10,000 to £75,000 are available for the support of the development of cooperatives or employee-owned businesses and social enterprises in the UK for general business needs, including loans on property, business purchase, capital equipment and working capital.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://coopfinance.coop/
Co-operative Loan Fund
Loans between £10,000 and £85,000 are available to assist the start-up and development of co-operative enterprises.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://loanfund.coop/#welcome
LaunchMe
Grants of £10,000 are available through an accelerator programme for ambitious, social enterprise start-ups in Scotland that have the commitment and ambition to grow and achieve greater social impact.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.firstport.org.uk/business-support/launchme/
Pub is the Hub
Pub is the Hub advises and helps rural pubs, owners, licensees and communities in Great Britain to make a positive impact in responding to and supporting the needs of their local communities by using pubs for the co-location of necessary services and articulating their specialist local needs.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.pubisthehub.org.uk/
Redundancy Payments - Financial Assistance
Assistance to help employers in the UK with severe cash flow problems to make necessary redundancy payments.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.gov.uk/staff-redundant/redundancy-pay
The Access Foundation
Grants of between £25,000 and £100,000 are available to registered charities, CICs, educational establishments and CIOs for projects that mitigate the digital divide by making computing facilities, support and/or learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://theaccessgroupfoundation.com/about/
3 | CHILDREN & FAMILIES
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available for registered charities, working locally or regionally in the United Kingdom, whose activities nurture and support family life.
Deadline: 01 March 2024
https://kfct.org.uk/
Henry Smith Charity - Holiday Grants for Children
One-off grants of between £500 and £2,750 are available available for schools, youth groups, not-for-profit organisations, and charities to provide access to recreational trips or holidays for groups of children aged 13 years and younger who experience disadvantage or disability and live in an area of high deprivation.
Deadline: 19 March 2024
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/holiday-grants-forchildren/holiday-grants-for-children-overview/
BBC Children in Need - Project Grants
Grants up to £120,000 to cover core costs are available for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 years or under who are living in the UK.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/project-costs-funding-stream/#
Casey Trust
Grants are available for UK registered charities (or UK affiliates) for start-up projects, or new initiatives, taking place in the UK that exclusively support children (up to 18 years) and their welfare.
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.caseytrust.org/#
Happy Days Children's Charity
Funding for families with children aged 3-17 who are disabled, have a special need or have been abused.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.happydayscharity.org/applications
The Family Recovery Initiative Fund (FRIF)
One-off grants of up to £5,000 are available to organisations and groups working to support families affected by alcohol and drugs in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.sfad.org.uk/communities/fund-for-families
4 | COMMUNITY FUNDING
Sustrans – Love Your Network Grant
Small grants up to £1,000 are available for local projects, activities and organisations that have charitable aims and that will be of real direct benefit to families in England, Scotland and Wales.
Deadline: 05 February 2024
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/our-blog/projects/2019/scotland/the-love-your-networkgrant-for-community-groups-in-scotland/
Music for All - Community Project Funding
Grants are available to UK-based community groups that aim to bring musical projects to their local communities.
Deadline: 01 April 2024
https://www.musicforall.org.uk/
DWF Foundation
One-off grants up to £5,000 are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that enable communities achieve their full potential.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://dwfgroup.com/en/about-us/dwf-foundation
Henry Smith Charity - Main Grants - Strengthening Communities
Grants between £20,000 and £70,000 per year for up to three years are available to support the running costs of small community-based organisations working in the most deprived areas of the UK to help people to make positive changes in their lives.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/strengtheningcommunities-grants/strengthening-communities-overview/
Morrisons Foundation
Grants up to £25,000 are available to registered charities for new projects which directly improve the lives of local people or communities, especially those that are vulnerable or disadvantaged, in England, Scotland or Wales.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/
5 | ENVIRONMENT & CONSERVATION
Naturesave Trust
Grants between £500 and £5,000 are available to community groups, charities and social enterprises for environmental projects across the UK.
Deadline: 29 February 2024
https://www.naturesave.co.uk/naturesave-trust/
Rewilding Britain - Rewilding Innovation Fund
Grants up to £15,000 are available to boost locally led land and marine nature recovery projects across Britain.
Deadline: 29 February 2024
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/support-rewilding/the-rewilding-network/rewilding-innovation-fund
Paths for All’s Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Programme
Grants up to £100,000 are available for public, third and community sector organisations in Scotland that want to change people's everyday travel behavior; encouraging people to use sustainable travel choices for longer journeys, walking and cycling for short journeys, and home-working to replace daily commutes.
Deadline: 29 February 2024
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/active-travel/smarter-choices-smarter-places/open-fund
Waterloo Foundation - Environment Programme
Grants up to £100,000 are available are available for projects that can help mitigate the damaging effects that humans are having on the environment, both in the UK and worldwide. The fund has two main themes: marine and tropical rainforests.
Deadline: 01 March 2024 http://www.waterloofoundation.org.uk/environmentAboutTheProgramme.html
HDH Wills Charitable Trust
Grants up to £50,000 are available to support registered charities that are concerned with the preservation of wildlife and the environment.
Deadline: 01 December 2024
https://hdhwills.org/
Aviva Community Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Grants up to £50,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign for projects that address Aviva’s current themes of climate champions and financial empowerment.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk/start-
crowdfunding?utm_source=Newsletter&utm_medium=SEO&utm_campaign=ACF
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation - Grants
Grants starting from £30,000 are available to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on the Foundation's funding priorities of improving the natural world, securing a fairer future, and strengthening the bonds in communities in the UK. Most grants are for three years or longer.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/
Let’s Do Net Zero: Off Electricity Grid Communities Fund
Grants up to £25,000 are available for the decarbonisation and futureproofing of local independent electrical grids in communities that are not connected to the national electricity grid in Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://localenergy.scot/funding/lets-do-net-zero-off-electricity-grid-communities-fund/
Network Rail Community Tree Planting Fund
Grants up to £15,000 are available for community groups, charities, community interest companies, schools, and other organisations to support tree-planting projects across the United Kingdom.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://treecouncil.org.uk/grants-and-guidance/our-grants/network-rail-community-tree-planting-fund/
Smarter Choices, Smarter Places Open Fund
Grants up to £100,000 are available for public, third and community sector organisations in Scotland that want to change people's everyday travel behaviour; encouraging people to use sustainable travel choices for longer journeys, walking and cycling for short journeys, and home-working to replace daily commutes.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.pathsforall.org.uk/pfa/get-involved/smarter-choices-smarter-places-open-fund.html
6 | GENERAL FUNDING
Universal Music UK Sound Foundation School Fund
Grants up to £1,500 are available to schools to support the purchase of musical instruments and equipment.
Deadline: 07 February 2024
https://www.umuksoundfoundation.com/umuksf-school-awards/
Fat Beehive Foundation
Grants of up to £2,500 are available to small UK registered charities to help them improve their digital presence.
Deadline: 29 March 2024
https://www.fatbeehivefoundation.org.uk/
Hedley Foundation
Grants up to £5,000 are available to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need in the UK.
Deadline: 13 March 2024
https://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Henry Smith Charity - Main Grants - Improving Lives
Grants between £20,000 and £70,000 per year for one to three years for registered charities, social enterprises and constituted charitable groups to help people in the UK when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk/explore-our-grants-and-apply/improving-lives-grantsprogramme/improving-lives-grants-programme-overview/
National Lottery Awards for All - Scotland
Grants up to £20,000 are available for voluntary, community and public sector organisations in Scotland to carry out projects that will improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/national-lottery-awards-for-all-scotland
7 | HEALTH
Agnes Hunter Trust
Grants up to £10,000 for up to three years are available for registered charities in Scotland that help disabled people to lead fulfilling lives.
Deadline: 29 February 2024
https://www.agneshunter.org.uk/
Sustrans Scotland – Places for Everyone
Grants are available for local authorities, businesses, charities, and community organisations to support the design and construction of active travel infrastructure that encourages people across Scotland to walk, wheel, or cycle.
Deadline: 23 April 2024
https://www.showcase-sustrans.org.uk/places-for-everyone/
Hamish Ogston Foundation
Grants/investments starting from £1.5 million are available for charities across the UK to deliver heritage, music, and health projects that promote long-term sustainability and measurable social outcomes.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.hamishogstonfoundation.org/
Marsh Charitable Trust
Grants from £300 to £2,000 are available for UK registered charities that are working in the fields of social welfare, healthcare, arts and heritage, environmental causes and animal welfare, and education and training.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.marshcharitabletrust.org/
Scottish Forestry Community Fund
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support voluntary and community organisations, development trusts, social enterprises, charities and local authorities for projects and activities that encourage people to use woods more
Deadline: Ongoing
https://forestry.gov.scot/forests-people/communities/community-fund
The February Foundation
Grants up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities for a range of charitable projects, including end-of-life care, healthcare and patient support, and education.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.thefebruaryfoundation.org/
8 | LAND & PROPERTY
Screwfix Foundation
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to eligible organisations that support activities that deliver UKSPF objectives.
Deadline: 10 February 2024
https://www.screwfix.com/landingpage/screwfix-foundation
National Churches Trust - Large Grants Programme
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to support the conservation and sustainable use of church buildings in the UK, focusing on larger and more complex projects with priority given to urgent structural repairs or the introduction of kitchens and accessible toilets.
Deadline: 05 March 2024
https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/cornerstone
Sports Facilities Fund
Grants of up to £200,000 are available for the provision or upgrading of sports facilities in local communities throughout Scotland.
Deadline: 01 April 2024
https://sportscotland.org.uk/funding/sport-facilities-fund/
National Churches Trust - Medium Grants Programme
Grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 are available for listed and unlisted Christian places of worship of any denomination in the UK to support project development and medium size repairs.
Deadline: 16 April 2024
https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/medium-grants
Heritage Impact Fund
Loans of £25,000 to £500,000 are available for charities, social enterprises and community businesses in the UK to support the acquisition, reuse or redevelopment of buildings that are of historic or architectural importance and that will provide social and economic benefits to the local community.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://ahfund.org.uk/loans/our-loan-funds/
Scottish Land Fund
Grants between £5,000 and £1,000,000 are available to organisations in both urban and rural Scotland which are community-led, community-controlled and defined by a geographic area that can demonstrate significant positive impact for the community as a whole. Applicants will have the opportunity to test out and develop their ideas with support from a Scottish Land Fund Adviser.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/scottish-land-fund#section-2
9 | POVERTY & COST OF LIVING CRISIS
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
Grants up to £5,000 are available to registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK for projects that address specific categories set out by the Trust each year.
Deadline: 28 February 2024
https://austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/
Inman Charity
Grants up to £5,000 are available for registered charities in the UK carrying out medical, social welfare or general welfare activities.
Deadline: 29 February 2024
http://www.inmancharity.org/
Britford Bridge Trust
Grants between £10,000 and £30,000 are available to UK registered charities involved in the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science.
Deadline: 30 March 2024
https://thebritfordbridgetrust.org/about/
BBC Children in Ned Emergency Essentials Programme
Funding for the purchase of essential items to meet the most basic needs of children and young people in the UK who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.familyfundservices.co.uk/emergency-essentials/
British Gas Energy Trust
Grants to cover arrears of up to £1,500 will be paid and are available to individuals and families across Great Britain to be used to write off their energy debts.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://britishgasenergytrust.org.uk/grants-available/
Chelsea and Mr French Fund
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to local dog welfare and animal health charities working to support dog owners in the UK in times of personal struggle.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.kennelclubcharitabletrust.org/dog-health/the-chelsea-mr-french-fund
COSARAF – Hardship Grants
Grants of up to £2,000 but only in exceptional circumstances will individuals receive a grant of more than £500 these are available for third party social organisations to support individuals and families across the UK who are in financial need and have exhausted all other sources of funding.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.cosaraf.org/apply-for-funding/hardship-grants-application-guide/
Faith in Community Scotland - Greener Spaces, Fairer Places
Grants of up to £500 are available to local faith groups and other related organisations for projects that address poverty and climate change in communities across Scotland.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.faithincommunity.scot/gsfp
Family Fund Trust
Grants up to £300 are available to support families and individuals for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.familyfund.org.uk/
Family Action - Welfare Grants Programme
Grants are available to help families, or groups applying on their behalf, in the UK who are raising a disabled or seriously ill child or young person up to the age of 18 years. Groups in Scotland can apply for help with the higher costs of living. Fund is currently closed to applicants living in Wales and Northern Ireland. Applications are encouraged from Scotland
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.family-action.org.uk/what-we-do/grants/welfare-grants/
Hollyhock Charitable Foundation
Grants from £5,000 to £400,000 are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which bring general benefit to residents and communities across Great Britain, with a focus on health, poverty, education and Christianity.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.hollyhockfoundation.co.uk/
Kellogg's Breakfast Club Grants
Grants of £1,000 per club are available to help fund a breakfast club. A limited number of grants are available so priority will be given to those schools that have 35% and above of children in receipt of pupil premium funding..
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/our-story/feeding-people-in-need/support-for-schoolbreakfast-clubs/grants-for-schools.html
Merchant Navy Welfare Board
Grants are available to support serving and retired seafarers, fishers and their dependants.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.mnwb.org/Grants_to_Organisations
Military Order of the Collar Foundation
Grants for not-for-profit organisations that are based in the UK which offer assistance to those in need. Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.mocfoundation.org/
National Lottery Community Fund - Cost of Living Support Scotland
Grants of between £10,001 and £75,000 are available for voluntary groups, community organisations, and other notfor-profit organisations across Scotland to help support individuals, families, and communities currently experiencing hardship as a result of the cost-of-living crisis.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/cost-of-living-support-fund#section-1
Randal Charitable Foundation
Grants are available for UK based charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to support projects and activities that directly assist people in the most desperate need, with a particular focus on directly saving lives and improving quality of life.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.randalfoundation.org.uk/FAQ
Robertson Trust - Wee Grants
Grants of £300 to £2,000 are available for small charities and community groups in Scotland carrying out charitable work in local communities to address poverty and trauma.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.therobertsontrust.org.uk/funding/wee-grants/
The Rozelle Trust
Financial assistance is available to smaller charities in Scotland that work to support the poor and disadvantaged in their local communities
Deadline: Ongoing
http://www.rozelletrust.org/default.asp
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Grants of £2,000 to £10,000 are available for small and medium sized local charities and not-for-profit organisations in the UK with a track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/our-grants
The Worshipful Company of Fuellers - Charitable Trust Fund
Funding is available for the relief of poverty, advancement of education and research, and to provide assistance.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://www.fuellers.co.uk/charitable-trust-fund/
10 | SPORT FUNDING
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
Grants of up to £1,600 are available to help disabled people in the UK to play tennis through the purchase of wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching.
Deadline: 04 February 2024
https://www.danmaskelltennistrust.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/grant-criteria-application-notes/
Rowing Foundation
Grants of £4,000 are available for equipment that will support the participation of young people and disabled people in rowing in the UK.
Deadline: 22 February 2024
https://www.therowingfoundation.org.uk/home/
Barclays Community Football Fund
Grants up to £500 are available for not-for-profit groups in the UK to help improve access to football for all by running football activities for underrepresented groups. This is only open to new groups who have not already received a grant through this fund.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://thehub.sported.org.uk/barclays-community-football-fund/apply-now.html
Sports Charity Scotland
Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available to charitable organisations in Scotland who operate within sectors representing children, young people and sport.
Deadline: Ongoing
https://sportscharityscotland.com/
11 | YOUNG PEOPLE
Barcapel Foundation
Grants up to £100,000 are available to registered charities in Scotland for projects and activities that promote the Foundation's priority areas of health, heritage and youth.
Deadline 22 March 2024
http://www.barcapelfoundation.org/
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust
Grants up to £50,000 are available to large charitable groups and organisations in the UK for projects that further the objectives of the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, particularly those that educate young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty in rural areas.
Deadline 24 May 2024
https://www.nfumutual.co.uk/about-us/charitable-trust/
Allander Youth Activities Charitable Trust
Grants ranging from £5 to £150 per head for voluntary organisations to support activities that promote the welfare and advance the education and training of young people in Scotland.
Deadline Ongoing
http://www.allandertrust.org.uk
Foundation Scotland - Mary Janet King Fund
Grants up to £5,000 are available to support community groups working with young people in music in Scotland.
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.foundationscotland.org.uk/apply-for-funding/funding-available/mary-janet-king-fund
National Lottery Community Fund - Young Start Fund
Grants of between £20,001 and £100,000 for up to three years are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for work that helps young people to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential.
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/young-start
Percy Bilton Charity - Grants for Organisations
Grants up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities with primary objectives to assist one or more of the following groups:disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (under 25 years old); people with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems); older people (aged over 60).
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org/applyOrg
Scottish Gambling Education Hub – Gambling Education Youth Fund
Grants up to £1,000 are available for groups of young people across Scotland to deliver gambling education and prevention projects and activities.
Deadline Ongoing
https://gamblingeducationhub.fastforward.org.uk/youth-fund/
Tesco Stronger Starts Grants
Grants up to £1,500 are available to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people.
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.greenspacescotland.org.uk/grant-funding
Youth Scotland - Stand Up to Sectarianism Small Grants Scheme
Grants up to £5,000 are available to community-based youth groups to tackle local experiences of sectarianism in Scotland.
Deadline Ongoing
https://www.youthlink.scot/funds/stand-up-to-sectarianism-small-grants-scheme/
