Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF)

Access Sport, a charity that works to increase opportunities for young people in disadvantaged areas to play sports, is providing the Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF) with grants ranging between £2,500 and £5,000 to local community groups, sports clubs, and charities working in deprived areas of Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, Greater London, and the West Midlands. Larger grants may be available. Projects should focus on including young people (up to 25) who otherwise be excluded from sport, such as disadvantaged young people; women and girls; disabled children and young people; and young people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as projects intending to grow capacity to reach more young people. To find out more about applying to the AIPFF, please email Aipff@AccessSport.org.uk.

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Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust

Charities working to improve the lives of socially disadvantaged and disabled individuals of all ages across the UK are invited to apply for funding from the Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust. To be eligible, charities must be registered in the UK and have an annual income of less than £1 million. Funding amounts are determined by the Trustees and have typically been in the range of £1,000 to £6,000 in the past.

Deadline: applications can be made at any time and are considered twice a year in spring (May) and autumn (November).

Apply here.

Barclays Community Football Fund

Grassroots community groups across the UK can apply for grants of £1,000 to launch or expand accessible football for under-represented young people living in the UK's most deprived areas. The funding will support activities working with women and girls, racially diverse communities, young people with disabilities, and the LGBTQ+ community from lower socio-economic areas. The funding can be used to cover costs such as venue hire including floodlights/heating; coaching costs; volunteer expenses; equipment and kit, etc.

Deadline: 12 April; 15 September.

Apply here.

Diabetes UK

The Health Inequalities Project Grant will provide funding for research addressing health inequalities in diabetes. Research shows that diabetes does not affect everyone equally, with disparities reported in care for those from ethnic minority groups, socioeconomically disadvantaged individuals, and people with other protected characteristics. Diabetes UK welcomes applications that tackle these inequalities and strongly encourages submissions co-led by people with diabetes, community organisations, or researchers from underserved groups.

Deadline: 1 December 2024.

Apply here.

Dorset Community Foundation: Community Wellbeing and Mental Health Fund

Dorset Community Foundation will offer grants of up to £10,000 for non-clinical, early intervention activities supporting adults with mental health issues. Funded activities should aim to improve wellbeing and mental health, and ultimately reduce the likelihood of individuals needing clinical NHS interventions.

Deadline: midday, 2 August.

Apply here.

Douglas Arter Foundation

Grants are available to UK registered charities for projects benefiting people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities within the UK. Funding is provided at the discretion of the Trustees, with previous grants ranging from £250 to £500, and occasionally up to £2,000. Applications must be made in writing and include the organisation’s most recent accounts.

Deadline: rolling. Applications may be submitted at any time. Trustees meet in March, June, September, and December, and successful applicants will be notified within two weeks of meetings.

Applications must be made in writing to the trustees, found on the Charities Commission website.

Groundwork

Groundwork is working with One Stop Stores Ltd to administer the One Stop Community Partnership programme. Successful applicants will receive an initial grant of up to £1,000 and begin a partnership with their local One Stop store.

This programme is designed to support community groups or organisations operating within two miles of a One Stop store and which are;

• Tackling food poverty
• Supporting the vulnerable
• Supporting the elderly
• Supporting low-income families
• Running youth sports teams
• Reducing / recycling waste
• Improving the environment

Deadline: quarterly. The next deadline is 26 April 2024.

Apply here.

Leeds Building Society Foundation

The Leeds Building Society Foundation provides funding to support projects aimed at improving the health, wellbeing, and financial literacy of individuals experiencing homelessness.

The Foundation offers two levels of grants: Small Grants of between £250 and £1,000 for organisations with a turnover under £1 million, and Large Grants ranging from £25,000 to £100,000 for organisations with a turnover up to £5 million, operating in or delivering work in Yorkshire and/or the North East of England.

Deadline: 9 September and 11 November 2024

Apply here.

Nuffield Foundation Oliver Bird Fund

The Fund aims to improve the well-being of individuals with musculoskeletal (MSK) conditions, including rheumatoid diseases, through coordinated policy, practice, and research efforts. Each grant round has a specific theme relating to living with MSK. This round of funding continues to explore links between MSK conditions and wellbeing across the life course. Up to £6 million in grant funding is available to support high-quality, high-impact projects.

Deadline: 16 September 2024.

Apply here.

Sport England

This funding from Sport England is about supporting local clubs and organisations through the Covid-19 crisis and with the return to play. This may be the implementation of changes needed to ensure you’re adhering to the latest government guidelines around social distancing, it may be the need for additional coaching, facility hire or the purchasing of personal protective equipment to make sure everyone who takes part in activity at your venue is safe. It could be that a loss of income has severely impacted your ability to survive, or the need to undertake essential maintenance of your facilities that are now not possible due to the crisis. Active Together is a crowdfunding initiative helping sports clubs and other organisations to set up and run their own crowdfunding campaigns to help sustain themselves through the Covid-19 crisis. Initially with a £1 million budget from the National Lottery, Active Together was designed to help with the immediate financial impact of coronavirus and in the longer-term, the return to play.

Deadline: none currently.

Apply here.

The Shears Foundation

The Shears Foundation welcomes applications for grants of £5,000 from registered charities. The Foundation will support core costs, including staffing but will not contribute to capital projects. Charities must be working in one of their priority areas, currently:

• The development of culture and the arts.
• The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
• Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
• Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
• Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education. They currently don't consider applications from Hospices.

Deadline: applications considered on a quarterly basis. The next deadline is 29th February.

Apply here.

The Wellcome Trust

Wellcome is a global charitable foundation supporting science to solve the urgent health issues facing everyone. The Wellcome Trust funds research related to health across a wide range of disciplines, including physical, social, data and life sciences, the humanities and clinical research.

Deadline: various.

For available funding opportunities, see here.