Funding Opportunities: May
Grants are a vital source of income for charities large and small, but trawling through databases for relevant opportunities is a time-consuming task.
Enter Bamboo.
Each month, we scour the internet and highlight a range of funding opportunities from trusts, corporates and the public sector.
Let’s get into it.
Comic Relief
Amount: Up to £200,000
Deadline: May 7, 2024
Comic Relief’s ‘Safe & Supported Beyond Homelessness’ fund aims to support charities that help young people who are at risk of or experiencing homelessness to access the support they need.
Funding Priorities
They’ll provide core funding to organisations that:
Specialise in the provision of holistic support to people aged 16-25 in the UK, who are at immediate risk of, or experiencing homelessness. Support services should be tailored, inclusive and accessible, to meet the multiple and diverse needs of beneficiaries.
Involve young people with lived experience of homelessness, or who have been at risk of homelessness, in the development of their work or the running of the organisation.
Although not an essential requirement, they’re interested in hearing from organisations that work to change public attitudes towards youth homelessness and/or reduce the stigma and discrimination that young people face.
Find out more and apply here.
Peter Harrison Foundation
Amount: Between £5,000 - £30,000
Deadline: July 1, 2024
Under its ‘opportunities through sport and physical activity’ programme, the Foundation funds charities that enable people in the UK who are physically, mentally, socially, or economically disadvantaged to partake in sport and physical activity.
Applications for capital, revenue or project funding will be considered.
The Trustees will prioritise physical activity initiatives that:
Focus on skills development and confidence building.
Have a strong training and/or educational theme.
Provide specialised sporting equipment or facilities required to open opportunities.
Have a high degree of involvement from beneficiaries and those with lived experience.
Have a plan for sustainability and seek to deliver a lasting legacy.
Applications will be accepted from charities and CASCs (Community Amateur Sports Clubs) throughout the United Kingdom.
Find out more and apply here.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation Arts Fund
Amount: £90,000 - £300,000 (for 3 years)
Deadline: May 31, 2024
The Arts Fund provides core funding to cultural organisations that work at the intersection of art and social change.
They prioritise applications from charities that:
build capacity and resources for culture within historically underfunded communities.
explore the role that artists can play in addressing issues of social justice.
create the infrastructure for a more equitable cultural sector.
centre the lived experience of people affected by injustice in their programmes, leadership, and governance.
are exploring how values of care, equity, and justice can be embedded in their own organisational culture.
have a clear sense of their own role in supporting change as part of a wider ecosystem.
are generous with their learning and working with other organisations towards mutual aims.
use their creative practice to challenge traditional cultural hierarchies of genre and art form.
Find out more and apply here.
Yapp Charitable Trust
Amount: £3,000 a year for up to three years
Deadline: Rolling
The Trust awards grants for core funding, which it defines as: ‘the costs associated with regular activities or services that have been ongoing for at least a year.’
Funding priorities
Work that is unattractive to the public or unpopular with other funders.
Services that improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged, or isolated people.
Applicants that can demonstrate an effective use of volunteers.
Applicants that can demonstrate (where feasible) an element of self-sustainability by charging subscriptions/fees to service users.
Applications that don't address at least two of the above are unlikely to receive a grant.
Priority groups
Elderly people.
Children and young people.
People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges.
People trying to overcome addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, or offending.
Adults or children who are educationally disadvantaged.
Applications will only be considered from charities with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000.
Find out more and apply here.
The Morrisons Foundation
Amount: Up to £10,000
Deadline: Rolling
The Morrisons Foundation supports registered charities making a positive difference in local communities across England, Scotland, and Wales.
The Foundation prioritises applications from charities with an income of less than £1m that deliver on (at least) one of the following objectives:
Tackling poverty and social deprivation
Enhancing community spaces, facilities, and services
Improving health and wellbeing.
Funding can be used for capital spend or direct project delivery.
Find out more and apply here.
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