Your weekly guide to current funding opportunities is below
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Who: Commonweal housing
How much: £5,000 to £10,000
Goal: The fund is for a feasibility study for original ideas for housing solutions to tackle injustices affecting vulnerable individuals in contact with the criminal justice system
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 29 September

Who: The Community Organisations Cost of Living Fund
How much: Between £10,000 and £75,000
Goal: This funding is for organisations that support people and communities in England under severe pressure because of the increased cost of living.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 16 October 2023


Applications with rolling deadlines

Cost of Living and related funding

Who: City of London Corporation campaign
How much: Up to £2,000
Goal: For projects or services that are being delivered within the City of London Square Mile or the City of London Corporation housing estates across London to fund activity and access where people can come together and stay warm.
How to apply: To apply, fill in a form here

Children and Young People

Who: The Noel Sweeney Foundation
How much: No defined minimums or maximums
Goal: Predominantly support young people and those who are disadvantaged through programmes that provide learning, education and better quality of life. We also seek to support the education of young people seeking a career in the construction industry.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Support for children and young people
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: To fund projects and organisations working in three priority areas: support for vulnerable parents and carers of preschool children (aged 0–5), support for children and young people engaged in child criminal exploitation, work that addresses the needs of disadvantaged young women and girls
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Young Start Scotland
How much: £100,01 to £200,000
Goal: Helping young people aged eight to 24 to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential.
How to apply: To apply, go here
Support for older people

Who: City Bridge Trust - Support and services for older people
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: Support older people to lead active, independent, and healthy lives that are rich and fulfilling.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Criminal Justice

Who: City Bridge Trust - Criminal justice: building settled lives for those leaving custody or serving community sentences
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: It will fund services which prepare people for release from the custodial system or who are reaching the end of community sentences.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Support for disabled people

Who: City Bridge Trust - Support and services for deaf and disabled people
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: City Bridge Trust wants to fund work which removes or reduces the barriers preventing Deaf and Disabled People from participating in society and living independently.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Capital funding for access improvements
How much: Up to £150,000
Goal: Funding to carry out the work to make your community building more accessible for Deaf and disabled people, including people with sensory impairments and learning disabilities.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Disadvantaged and minority support

Who: City Bridge Trust - Advice and support for disadvantaged individuals
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: Fund projects and organisations providing advice on: welfare benefits, money, fuel poverty, employment problems, housing, immigration status and/or debt
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Migrants, refugees and people seeking asylum: rebuilding lives in London
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: Support for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers to fully participate in their communities and neighbourhoods, to build flourishing lives and to tackle the barriers they face by providing access to resources.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Tackling abuse, exploitation and hatred
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: This funding is to help organisations working to prevent and to support survivors of all types of abuse, exploitation and hatred, as well as preventative services.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Improving Lives Scotland
How much: £100,01 to £200,000
Goal: To help people facing challenging circumstances.
How to apply: To apply, go here

Climate Change funding

Who: City Bridge Trust - Revenue funding: Making London a greener city for all
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: It will fund local projects that take an equitable approach to mitigating and/​or adapting to climate change.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Capital funding for building works
How much: Up to £150,000
Goal: It can fund improvements to your office, community building or other charitable space that have been recommended by an Eco Audit or Refresher Eco Audit carried out by approved consultants.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Health and wellbeing support

Who: City Bridge Trust - Mental Health Services
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: Support mental health services for people experiencing disadvantage and inequality.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Community Led Scotland
How much: £100,01 to £150,000
Goal: Funding to support community-led activity and wellbeing.
How to apply: To apply, go here

Infrastructure

Who: City Bridge Trust - Increasing the quality and scale of giving
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: To fund organisations whose sole focus is on increasing the quality and scale of the giving of time, assets, skills and/​or funding.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Place-based giving
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: Support the growth of local partnerships that use local insight, ideas and resources to find new and better ways to address the needs in their own communities.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Infrastructure funding: Capacity building and representation
How much: No minimum or maximum, but it cannot be more than 50% of turnover/income in any one year
Goal: Funding is available to second-tier and infrastructure organisations, and for infrastructure initiatives and services setting out to provide high-quality support to wider networks of London frontline voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations that will help them in the delivery of their work.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Who: City Bridge Trust - Voice and leadership
How much: £100,000
Goal: Support specialist organisations who work with under-represented or marginalised communities, and the organisations that support them, to strengthen voice and leadership.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here

Community support

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - for all areas
How much: Funding between £300 and £10,000
Goal: The fund is for projects and organisations with the aim to: build strong relationships in and across communities, improve the places and spaces that matter to communities, help more people to reach their potential by supporting them at the earliest possible stage and support people, communities and organisations that are facing increased demands and challenges as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis.
How to apply: For England, click here, Wales here, Scotland here and Northern Ireland here.

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Communities England
How much: £10,001 or more, for up to five years
Goal: For organisations that work with their community, whether that is for people living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
How to apply: To apply, visit this website.

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Partnerships England
How much: £10,001 or more, for up to five years
Goal: For organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
How to apply: To apply, take a look at the website here.

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - People and places (medium grants) Wales
How much: £10,001 to £10,000
Goal: For projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most.
How to apply: To apply, go here.

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - People and places (large grants) Wales
How much: £100,001 to £500,000
Goal: For projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most.
How to apply: To apply, go here.

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Scottish Land Fund
How much: £5000 to £100,000
Goal: Supporting urban and rural communities to become more resilient and sustainable through the ownership and management of land and land assets.
How to apply: To apply, go here

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Bringing People Together
How much: Up to a maximum of £1 million for up to five years. It's expected most of the funding will go to projects that request between £200,000 and £500,000. There will be a smaller number of awards for projects above £500,000.
Goal: This funding is for projects that build stronger connections across communities. It's looking for ideas that strengthen these connections by exploring and developing the conditions needed to build better and longer-lasting ways of bringing people together.
How to apply: To apply, go here

For any funders looking to be included, please email melissa.moody@charitytimes.com

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