Funding News – 02 September 2024
Your weekly roundup of funding news and deadlines from GrantTracker.
Funding News
Leathersellers Company Charitable Fund: Small Grants opens 2 September
The Leathersellers’ Company Charitable Fund provides a wide range of funding. This is a rolling funding programme for one-off grants of up to £5,000. Applications will be considered from charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) registered and operating in the UK. Charities and CIOs must deliver activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable members of the community, have a planned expenditure of under £200,000 during the financial year in which you are applying for funding, and have at least one year’s published accounts. An application window will open a few weeks before each Trustee meeting and will close when 40 applications have been received. The next window opens 2 September at 10am.
The Robert McAlpine Foundation Grants
The Foundation was established by the family of Sir Robert McAlpine and gives grants to support small charities situated throughout the UK that fall within specific categories - namely children, youth, the elderly, social and medical research. They particularly like to support projects where their funding can make a real difference. Grants are usually between £5,000 and £10,000. The Foundation supports registered charities which meet the following criteria: Total income should be less than £1m per annum, the funds must be used for a UK-based project, and the work of the charity for which the appeal is being made must fall within their specified categories.
Fight for Sight: The social change fund
The social change fund exists to ignite and accelerate projects that will change the lives of blind and vision impaired people in the UK. Fight for Sight fund projects and programmes that drive connections, build confidence and understand what it means to be blind and vision impaired. They’ve funded projects tackling issues including loneliness and isolation, employment, and domestic violence and abuse. Funding is open to organisations from across the UK and will provide grants of up to £30,000. Deadline 14 October 2024 (23:59).
Cash for Kids Northern Ireland
Cash for Kids Northern Ireland is a grant-giving charity helping the children that need it most. Their grant rounds support children from birth up to and including 18 years of age who are vulnerable, come from disadvantaged backgrounds or are living with an illness or disability. They also provide a lifeline to many other charities, organisations and community groups, funding much-needed services and life-changing equipment. The value of a grant is typically from £1,000 to £3,000 but we will happily consider applications for larger amounts.
Electrical Safety Fund opens 2 September
They are committed to helping those who are most vulnerable to electrical risk and injury in their homes. These risks are increasing due to the cost-of-living crisis, rocketing inflation, and rising energy prices. In response to this, they fund local projects which aim to keep people safe in their homes with a focus on tackling risks associated with electrical products, increasing the public’s awareness of electrical safety, and promoting changes in behaviour. Applications are invited for grants of up to £5,000 per organisation.
Jerwood Foundation supports excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK and welcomes funding applications from organisations with a focus on making art available for public benefit and working with their Collection. Trustees will only consider applications for projects starting more than 3 months, but less than 12 months, from the funding round closing date. Winter application deadline 4 October 2024 (5pm).
Upcoming Deadlines
The Scottish Connections Fund offers funding to set up new projects to promote Scotland’s reputation and interests. It is open to individuals and organisations who consider themselves to have a Scottish connection. You can bid for a grant between £2,000 and £5,000, from an available total sum of £50,000 in 2024 to 2025. Projects must be completed by the end of March 2025. Deadline 4 September 2024 (5pm).
Idlewild Trust awards grants in two areas: Arts: Nurturing Early-Stage Professionals Grants to improve opportunities for professionals working creatively within the arts at an early stage in their career. And Conservation: Objects and Works of Art Grants to support the conservation of historic or artistically important objects and works of art in museums, galleries, places of worship, historic buildings or their grounds. You can apply for 100% of the project costs or apply for funding towards a project where there might be multiple funding sources. The Trust awards grants of up to £7,000. Round one deadline 5 September 2024 (noon).
The Dunhill Medical Trust is a UK-based charitable trust which invests in innovation in the care of older people and research into the causes and treatments of disease, disability and frailty relating to ageing. They will be focusing on some key themes for support for their current plan period (2020-2025) and will be making periodic detailed calls for proposals focused on one or more of these themes. Current Open Calls: Implementing evidence-based interventions to support older adults’ independence - the expression of interest stage is open until 5pm on 6th of September 2024. Starter Grants for Clinical Lecturers - Round 32 of the scheme is now open to applications until 5 September 16.00 BST. DMT Academy Ignition Fund - Applications are open year-round and can be submitted at any time; however, completed and submitted applications will be considered by the assessment panel on the following dates: 5pm 6 December 2024 and 5pm 28 March 2025.
Legal and General: Health Equity Fund
Legal & General, Sir Michael Marmot and the UCL Institute of Health Equity (IHE) team (the Partnership) are working together to reduce health inequalities in the UK. The Partnership is addressing the health inequalities that were marked pre-pandemic and have been further exposed and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis. The partnership aims to reduce health inequities because they are unfair, unjust and avoidable. A total of £2 million is available for UK wide projects with grants of up to £75,000 per project. Applications will be considered from charities, social enterprises, community interest groups, NHS Trusts or primary care organisations, universities and academic organisations. Expression of Interest deadline 6 September 2024.
Department for Communities: Historic Environment Fund - Research and Revival streams
The Historic Environment Fund has been set up by the Department Support to stimulate heritage research work in Northern Ireland by funding initiatives that aim to carry out and/or share the results of research into the historic environment. Up to £10k per project is available based upon compliance with the terms of this stream. Deadline 6 September 2024 (5pm).
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