Learning and cognitive challenges
This award is for community-based groups providing opportunities to make music to those with learning and cognitive challenges. These include but are not limited to autism, aphasia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, attention deficit and memory loss. A grant of up to £2000 is available for this award.
For groups working with those facing financial hardship
Our Community Innovation Fund is open to Turning Point services and the organisations, enterprises and groups that we are connected to in areas where we are located. If you have an idea for a project that would improve wellbeing for people in your local area, you can apply for up to £2500 to bring your idea to life. There are videos and full information on the website.
Funding is available for registered charities, community groups and voluntary organisations to assist individuals who are disadvantaged, sick, have a disability and/or living in poverty within Greater Manchester.
The Charity Service will award grants of up to £3,000 per year for up to three years (£9,000 in total) for activities that aim to:
The Weir Charitable Trust aims to support Scottish-based community groups and charities to provide services across Scotland to help the Scottish community including Culture, Health, Recreational activities.
In addition to our commitment to supporting education, care for older people and social enterprise, SMV has a tradition of supporting a broad range of local causes that benefit Greater Bristol. The fund is administered by the Charity Sub-Committee. The members of this committee meet four times a year, typically in January, April, July and October, to consider applications for funding. Grants awarded are usually between £500 and £5,000.
Our current funding priorities are for projects or initiatives that will:
We can fund:
Bentley’s Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme provides grants up to £500 to support charitable organisations working with vulnerable, disadvantaged or under-represented communities.
Application deadline: 7 October 2024, and quarterly thereafter
The programmes areas of focus are:
Access: Remove the barriers and improve access to services, education and employability.
Empowerment: Development of the life skills that enable people to be more self-confident, successful and thrive in life.
Grants for Good is funded by the John Good Group and is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment. To be eligible, applicants must: Be a local community group, charity, voluntary group or social enterprise that has a positive impact on communities, people or the environment. The programme is unrestricted, and money can be used to cover any of the organisation’s costs, including running costs.
Themes of the Fund - grants available up to £4000 (applicants must be based in Manchester).
See list of deadlines and decision dates.
Nobody knows what's best for our communities better than the communities themselves. We listen to their ideas and help where we can. Applications must meet at least one of the fund’s core themes. We’re happy to discuss whether your project fits our themes before application.
The aim of this programme is to support individuals and organisations who have experienced barriers to accessing Arts Council Wales funding. Creative Steps aims to address this by supporting artists, creatives, and organisations throughout their developmental journey.
You can apply if your organisation is led by ethnically and culturally diverse people, Deaf, disabled and/or neurodivergent people, or people who have experienced racism or discrimination.
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