Funding and Tender Alerts
In addition to posting funding and tender alerts on this page, we also send out a monthly Funding Newsletter - you can read past issues here. If you wish to sign up to receive these bulletins, you can subscribe here.
Men's Health Grant
Through the Derby Health Inequalities Partnership (DHIP), Community Action Derby in partnership with Derby City Council is commissioning a small grants fund to support conversations with local communities, with the aim of gaining a better understanding into the specific health needs of men*.
The Men's Health Grant will support voluntary and community sector organisations to engage local communities across Derby City to help shape the design and delivery of health services.
The aim is to listen to health experiences specific to men and what they would want from a service should they need it (present or future need) and use this to shape the way services are delivered, communicated and accessed in Derby City.
Small grants of £200 - £1000 are available for voluntary and community sector organisations that currently work with or support men, to carry out this engagement work.
*Please note that for the purposes of this grant, the term ‘men’ includes younger men (13+), non-binary, trans men and people who do not identify with the gender they were assigned at birth.
Applications should be submitted by Friday 14 March 2025. Late submissions will not be considered.
For more information about, and to apply for the Men's Health Grant, please download the Grant Guidance Notes and Expression of Interest Form.
For support with your application please email:
- Natasha Cover: natasha.cover@communityactionderby.org.uk or
- Ailya Habib: ailya.habib@communityactionderby.org.uk
Call to participate in pilot programme for Derby New Arrivals Alliance
Community Action Derby is leading a call on behalf of the New Arrivals Alliance Steering Group to secure a suitably qualified, locally based partner that can support a twelve month fixed term pilot.
The pilot is to test the viability and evidence the impact of delivery of a Single Point of Contact (SPOC) service for Derby City's New Arrivals Alliance (NAA). The NAA is a partnership of organisations and interested individuals that have come together to support new arrivals (asylum seekers and resettled refugees) to Derby City.
There will be two elements to this call:
- Provide and measure impact of SPOC service
- Provide an impact report on the work, with recommendations for future support. The report is to include an outline of approach, challenges, successes and recommendations for a future Derby SPOC approach.
A maximum budget of £40,000 is available, to include all costs for the pilot period.
Submissions will only be accepted from organisations currently working in Derby City that are working directly with new arrival communities.
The deadline for submissions is 5pm, Monday 24 February 2025.
For the full information about this opportunity, including how to make a submission, please download the NAA Pilot Programme Expression of Interest document here.
January 2025 Funding Newsletter
We've just sent out our latest Funding Newsletter!
Opportunities include:
- Meet the Funder event with Foundation Derbyshire - Book your FREE place for our next Meet the Funder event on Wednesday 12 February 2025.
- Leeds Building Society Foundation - Grants of between £250 and £1,000 available for projects that support those in need of a safe and secure home.
- Grow Wild Community Programme - Grants of up to £2,000 available for groups to transform urban spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife.
- BCBN Grant Initiative - Grants of up to £3,000 for charities and community projects that are able to demonstrate a positive impact on their communities.
- Naturesave Trust - Grants of up to £5,000 available for projects that actively promote sustainable and eco-friendly approaches to travel and transport.
- Foundation Derbyshire - The Police & Crime Commissioner Community Initiative Fund - Grants of up to £2,500 available for projects in Derby/Derbyshire that reduce crime and improve safety.
- The Masonic Charitable Foundation – Dementia Grants - Grants of up to £60,000 available for projects supporting people living with dementia and their carers.
- And more!
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Derby Community Lottery - Register as a good cause today!
Derby Community Lottery is a weekly online lottery. All funds raised go to good causes that benefit the local community in Derby.
Good causes that support Derby can get their own page on the site. For every £1 ticket sold, the chosen cause will receive 50p, with an additional 10p going into a Central Fund that will be distributed to other causes in the community.
Who can apply?
Your organisation must:
- Provide community activities or services within Derby, which are of benefit to the residents of Derby
- Have a formal constitution or set of rules
- Have a bank account requiring at least two unrelated signatories
- Operate with no undue restrictions on membership
And be either:
- A constituted group with a volunteer management committee with a minimum of three unrelated members that meets on a regular basis (at least three times per year)
- A registered charity, with a board of trustees
- A registered Community Interest Company.
How to apply:
- Visit the Derby Community Lottery site or click here.
- Follow the instructions on the screen and fill in the required details.
- Community Action Derby will check and approve the good causes.
- Once the cause has been approved, causes will have their own Derby Community Lottery web page and can start selling tickets in 1-2 working days.
- All the good cause needs to do is market the lottery to their supporters.
- Every month the good cause will get funds they’ve raised directly into their nominated bank account.
Deadline: There is no deadline to be a good cause
If you have any questions regarding the Derby Community Lottery or signing up to be a good cause, see our Frequently Asked Questions brochure here
Alternatively, you can contact us here:
Email: support@DerbyCommunityLottery.co.uk
Call: 01332 307308
Grants of up to £5 Million Available to Foster Stronger Community Connections
Charities and other not-for-profit organisations that want to help communities come together and make the UK a better-connected society can apply for grants of between £500,000 and £5 million through the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF)—UK Fund.
The fund is open to UK-based registered charities, community interest companies, charitable incorporated organisations, community benefit societies, co-operative societies, constituted voluntary or community organisations, statutory bodies, companies limited by guarantee, and partnerships of organisations.
The fund will fund up to 20 organisations annually for projects that can run for up to 10 years.
The fund is looking to support projects that:
- Improve relationships between people with different life experiences. For example, bring together people from different backgrounds, generations, or places.
- Help people and communities who find it difficult to meet face-to-face to make meaningful connections online - For example, because of physical or mental health or poor transport links. Or because they live far apart from other people who have a shared identity or experience to them.
- Help people from all backgrounds influence the future of their communities, such as by setting up ways for communities to influence decisions that affect them.
- Help children and young people facing specific challenges change the systems that affect them by making their voices heard and acted on.
- Help more organisations involve and listen to children and young people, using what they say to improve their communities and the systems and services they rely on.
The funding can be used for:
- Staff costs, including sessional workers
- Development work (testing new ways of working, staff training and development, developing governance, tech or IT upgrades and purchases, sharing learning)
- Transport
- Utilities and running costs
- Volunteer expenses
- Learning and evaluation
- Equipment
- Capital costs (we can consider funding capital costs but do not expect these costs to be a significant amount of the proposed budget)
- Costs associated with delivering your project in other languages – for example, in Welsh.
Projects must demonstrate that they have the potential to benefit communities across the UK, scale their impact, and focus on equity.
There is no deadline and applications can be submitted at any time.
For more information / to apply visit: www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/the-uk-fund
Grants for small UK registered charities operating across the spectrum of social need
The Hedley Foundation is an endowed grant giving charitable foundation which supports small UK registered charities operating across the spectrum of social need.
The Trustees seek to help and improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is achieved by making grants, within budget, to registered charities for the benefit of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers.
Grants are awarded to charities that are able to demonstrate quantifiable outcomes to beneficiaries. Typically, grants of up to £5,000 are made with occasional larger sums to charities where high impact can be achieved. Similarly, smaller charities often benefit from smaller grants of £250 upwards.
Grants will not fund core salaries, building construction, general running costs, transport, financial deficits or overseas projects.
UK registered charities with an annual income below £1m can apply, except those that received a grant from The Hedley Foundation, or submitted an unsuccessful application to the Foundation, within the last two years.
Applications submitted on behalf of a CIC, for religious institutions, museums or for an individual will not be accepted.
Trustees meet four times per year to review grant applications.
For more information, please visit: www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk/apply-now
Grants to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential.
Registered charities that work with disadvantaged children under the age of 25 can apply for grants from £500 up to around £10,000. The average grant awarded is £4,000.
Projects must meet all of the following criteria:
- For children and young people under the age of 25 in the UK who are disadvantaged
- Consist of educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills
- Have clear aims and objectives to be met within a planned timescale
Projects could, for example:
- support special educational needs,
- address behavioural problems
- promote citizenship, parenting or life skills.
Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be disseminated to a wider audience.
There are two application rounds per year, which open in Spring and Autumn.
For more information and to apply, please visit: www.ironmongers.org/helping-charitable-organisations
Help The Homeless Grant Scheme
UK-registered charities that support the homeless can apply for up to £5,000 in funding from Help the Homeless.
Funding will only be provided for 'capital' projects, not core or running costs. All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offering shelter or other forms of support.
In order to be eligible for this funding, your organisation must be registered as a UK charity with the Charity Commission and have an annual turnover of under £500,000.
The quarterly deadlines for applications for funding each year are: 5pm on 15 March/15 June/15 September/15 December.
For more information, please visit: www.help-the-homeless.org.uk/applying-for-funding
Music for All Grants
Music for All is a UK charity that promotes music making. Grants are available for both individuals and community projects. This includes, but is not limited to: schools or any form of educational establishment, community projects, charities, organisations and companies. You do not have to be a registered charity to apply. Grants tend to be up to £2,000 for projects and up to £800 for individuals.
For more information please visit: www.musicforall.org.uk/apply-for-funding/application-process
Funding focusing on arts, education and learning, migration and young people
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has several funds, with a focus on arts, education and learning, migration and young people.
The Foundation's current funds with a rolling application cycle are:
Migration Fund
- Aim: To bring about a world in which everyone is free to move, and no one is forced to move.
- Amount: Up to £60,000 per year (3 to 4 years); up to £50,000 per year (5 years)
- Duration: 3 to 5 years
Youth Fund
- Aim: To fund organisations who work with young people (14–25) to drive change so that future generations of young people can thrive.
- Amount: Up to £150,000
- Duration: 3 years
Arts-based Learning Fund
- Aim: To support arts and cultural organisations to work in partnership with schools and make arts-based learning a core part of education.
- Amount: £30,000 to £300,000; up to £100,000 per year
- Duration: 1 to 4 years
For more information, please visit: www.phf.org.uk/funding
Grants for projects that enhance and support the lives of disadvantaged children and young people
Wooden Spoon is the children’s charity of rugby, and funds projects across the UK and Ireland. Schools and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding for UK projects that enhance and support the lives of children and young people who are disadvantaged physically, mentally, or socially.
Projects must fall within Wooden Spoon’s Vision Statement: “Through the power of rugby, every child and young person has access to the best life opportunities, no matter what their background”. Projects must have a minimum predicted lifespan of five years. Grants will not be considered for salaries, administration costs, professional fees and ongoing overheads related to a capital project. There is no minimum or maximum grant limit.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
For more information and to apply, please visit: https://woodenspoon.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant
Grants for musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly
The Concertina Charitable Trust makes grants of up to £250 to charitable bodies that provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. They are particularly keen to support smaller organisations that might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding.
Some of the charities that have received grants from Concertina include:
- Theatre Chipping Norton to help fund music recitals in six care homes
- Sue Ryder Care for music therapy workshops at Birchley Hall
- Care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents.
Trustees review applications on a twice-yearly basis, with deadlines of 30 April and 31 October.
For more information, please visit: www.concertinamusic.org.uk/Grants
Co-operative Bank - Customer Donation Fund
Community Directplus is a Charity and Community bank account available from the Co-operative Bank.
Registered Charities, Community Interest Companies, Co-operatives and Credit Unions with a Community Directplus account can apply for up to £1,000 from the Customer Donation Fund.
Previous projects supported include:
- Digital Life Skills CIC which works to give children and young people a better digital future by empowering them to navigate the growing online world.
- Wiltshire Wood Recycling, a not for profit organisations, which received funding towards new tools, boots, hard hats and high-viz jackets for the workers.
Applications are open all year round: Applications received from 1 October to 31 March are assessed in April whilst applications received from 1 April to 30 September are assessed in October.
For more information please visit:
www.co-operativebank.co.uk/business/community/customer-donation-fund
Children in Need - Core Costs Funding
Charities and not-for-profit organisations can now apply for the Children in Need Core Costs Funding Stream, which supports day-to-day operational expenses such as management, HR, office expenses, accountancy, communications, and governance.
Organisations must be not-for-profit and serve young people aged 18 or under in the UK, Isle of Man, or Channel Islands.
Eligible organisations can receive up to £120,000 over three years (£40,000 annually). Quicker decisions are available for grants of £15,000 or less per year. Applications over £15,000 per year require registration with the appropriate regulatory body.
There is no application deadline, organisations can apply at any time.
For more information please visit: www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/core-costs
National Churches Trust Grants
The National Churches Trust supports a variety of churches, chapels and meeting houses across the United Kingdom with its grants programmes.
Various grants are available to any Christian place of worship in the UK that is open for regular worship. The grants are focused on helping to keep church buildings in good repair, open for worship and community activities, and to allow them to continue to serve people, communities and visitors in all sorts of ways.
For example, you could be looking to repair your roof, install a kitchen or accessible toilets, clear asbestos or simply need help undertaking regular essential maintenance to your building.
Decisions on all applications are made by the Grants Committee, which meets three times a year (usually March, July and November).
For more information please visit: www.nationalchurchestrust.org/get-support/grants/medium-grants
Severn Trent Water Community Fund
Local charities, voluntary and community groups, schools, colleges and local authorities or parish councils in the Severn Trent Water region can apply for grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 to support local community projects.
The funding will support projects that help people lead healthier lifestyles, gain new skills, create better places to live in and use, and protect the natural environment.
There are currently two pots of funding available:
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New project funding - Grants of between £2k and £100 for brand new projects that have genuine community need and a real impact on improving community wellbeing.
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Core funding - Grants of between £5k and £20k for organisations that deliver vital community services, continue existing delivery.
For more information, please visit: www.stwater.co.uk/about-us/severn-trent-community-fund