SPECIFIC FUNDING
- Birmingham City Council
Grants up to £10,000 for community grants to help children and families
https://www.birmingham.gov.uk/Covid19CYPF
- Greggs Coronavirus Emergency Appeal
Grants up to £500 for food parcel support
https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/?mc_cid=33a4718109&mc_eid=e1e7976521
- Halifax Foundation
Grants from £1,000 – £50,000 for Community Group Activities and Benefits (Covid-19 activities prioritised)
- Antonio Carluccio Foundation
Grants up to £10,000 to agencies operating in the food industry
https://antoniocarlucciofoundation.org/covid-19-response/
- Sylvia Adams Charitable Trust – COVID Early Years Preventative Work
Grants up to £5,000 for charities working with children 0-3 -year olds – Closing date 28th April
- Persimmon – Community Champions
Grants up to £1000 to support the over 70’s
https://www.persimmonhomes.com/community-champions?mc_cid=33a4718109&mc_eid=e1e7976521
- HEART OF ENGLAND – £1,500
Name of Fund: Coronavirus Resilience Fund
https://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/coronavirus-resilience-fund/
- John Lewis Partnership (UK)
Name of Fund: Community Support Fund (details ongoing)
https://waitrose.pressarea.com/pressrelease/details/78/NEWS_13/12169
- Arts Council England
Name of Fund: Covid-19 Support to organizations and individuals (details ongoing)
https://www.artscouncil.org.uk/covid19
- Heritage Emergency Fund (three to six-month duration)
Organizations can access over the next three-six months as short-term funding to stabilize operations and manage unforeseen risks.
https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/coronavirus-update
- Sport England Emergency Fund
To help community sport and physical activity organizations who are experiencing short term financial hardship or the ceasing of operations due to the ongoing coronavirus crisis.
https://www.sportengland.org/how-we-can-help/our-funds/community-emergency-fund
- Cloth Workers Foundation
Small capital grants of up to £5,000 for essential capital items to adapt or increase services
https://www.clothworkersfoundation.org.uk/clothworkers-emergency-capital-programme/
- Cadent Foundation –
CLOSES 31st May – (open for general community projects including Covid 19 activities)
https://cadentgas.com/cadent-foundation/
- Crisis Homeless Fund
Grants of £5,000 for short term responses & £50,000 for long term needs on expansion or change in service delivery
https://www.crisis.org.uk/get-involved/in-this-together/emergency-grants-fund/
- Elton John Aids Foundation Covid-19 Emergency Fund (Closing date 23rd April)
Aims to support lifesaving interventions to help mitigate adverse effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on HIV response efforts
http://ejaf.org/Docs/COVID19_EmergencyFund_RfP.pdf
- Fashion and Textile Children’s Trust
Grants to help parents & carers who have worked in the UK. fashion or textile industry & whose household income has reduced due to coronavirus outbreak
https://www.ftct.org.uk/support-for-families-affected-by-coronavirus
- Help Musicians UK
Applications of £500. to alleviate some of the immediate financial pressures that many professional musicians are currently facing due to their mounting household expenses.
- Princes Trust and Natwest
To help young entrepreneurs (18-30) across the UK to keep their businesses afloat during the coronavirus crisis.
- Tesco’s Bags of Help – Covid 19 Communities Fund
£500 for organocations that support vulnerable residents
https://tescobagsofhelp.org.uk/tesco-cv-fund/
- Thomas Pocklington Trust – Emergency Covid19 Support
Charities dealing with blind or partially sighted clients. Grants up to £10,000 to include new initiatives or core costs up to two months running costs
https://www.pocklington-trust.org.uk/covid-19-emergency-fund-for-the-sight-loss-sector/
- LeatherSellers Company
Grants up to £3,000 for projects on homelessness, food provision, domestic abuse, nursing care
https://leathersellers.co.uk/small-grants-programme/
- The Yap Charitable Trust
Grants up to £3,000 for Charities with an income below £40,000 per annum
https://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/
- Local Giving
Grants up to £500 for organizations to provide physical activity (including remotely)
https://localgiving.org/magic-little-grants/
- Neighbourly Fund
Only open to current Neighbourly Members. Grants up to £400 for neighborhoods affected by the Covid Virus
https://www.neighbourly.com/NeighbourlyCommunityFund
- The Raft Foundation
Only Open to current recipients. Grants up to £5,000 to enable group resilience through the current crisis
https://www.thefore.org/news/covid-19-response-help-for-small-charities-and-social-enterprises/
- Standard Life Foundation
Only Open to current recipients (or previous applicants) Grants from £5,000+ on financial inclusion
https://www.standardlifefoundation.org.uk/funding/coronavirus_funding
- Youth Futures Foundation
Ongoing, long term support for youth employment. Grants for £30,000- £800,000
https://youthfuturesfoundation.org/grants/
The biggest of the local funders such as Big Lottery / Sport England / Tudor Trust / Esmee Fairbairn/ Henry Smith / Comic Relief, have all offered assurances that their funding will be flexible in the current crisis. Groups in receipt of funding should contact their respective Project Officers
ADVICE FOR COMMUNITY GROUPS AND CHARITIES
- NCVO
https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/information/coronavirus?carousel
- CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FINANCIAL AID FOR BUSINESSES
- FINANCIAL LOANS
NAT WEST – Loans up to £5,000,000 interest free for first 12 months https://www.business.natwest.com/business/support-centre/service-status/coronavirus.html
BIG SOCIETY CAPITAL- – £100m to be released
https://bigsocietycapital.com/
TO BE REVIEWED
- Martin Lewis £1,000,000 CURRENTLY CLOSED (POTENTIAL FOR A SECOND ROUND DEPENDING ON NEW DONATIONS)
- CAF Coronavirus Fund – Applications up to £10,000
https://www.cafonline.org/charities/grantmaking/caf-coronavirus-emergency-fund
- Youth Music Network
To offer additional support to music making organizations. Grants up to £10,00 (first round closing date 9th April)
https://network.youthmusic.org.uk/youth-music-launches-emergency-fund
- UFI Charitable Trust (UK)
Name of Fund: VocTech Now (To assist Vocational Training Providers to Digital – Closing date – 6th April 2020 https://www.cafonline.org/charities/grantmaking/caf-coronavirus-emergency-fund
https://www.ufi.co.uk/voctech-now-guidelines
GENERAL ADVICE & SUPPORT
- WM Funders Network
- LOCALITY
https://locality.org.uk/services-tools/resources/coronavirus-covid-19-information-and-support/
- NCVO
Neighbourhood Development and Support Unit
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