FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Organisations focused on empowering young people in the UK to fulfil their potential and build a positive future by providing spaces that allow young people to feel safe and secure, by providing mentoring and helping to unlock talent and build life skills to improve their chances to gain meaningful employment.

Projects MUST evidence they are meeting specific needs as highlighted on an area by area basis by young people in our Listening Project 2022-23.

Membership must be open to Basildon Residents.

The Trust will only consider applications for charitable purposes within the geographical area covered by Southend on Sea, Rochford and Castle Point local authorities.

• to support non-profit organisations to configure their suicide prevention services and activities to better meet the increased demand seen in recent years
• to support a range of diverse and innovative activity that can prevent suicides, both at a national and community level

This fund focuses on:

• • children and young people
  • middle-aged men
  • people who have previously self-harmed
  • people in contact with mental health services
  • people in contact with the justice system
  • autistic people
  • pregnant women and new mothers
    

You are still encouraged to apply to this fund if your project meets part of or none of the criteria.

• Funding for communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indicies of Deprivation

• Funding for groups that are led by and provide services for people from the following minority/marginalised groups

• Communities experiencing racial inequity

• People with disabilities

• LGBT+ Community

Priority may be given to charities and good causes which meet some or all of the following criteria:

• Funding organisations with an annual income of £250,000 and below
• Funding for communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indicies of Deprivation
• Funding for groups that are led by and provide services for people from the following minority/marginalised groups
• Communities experiencing racial inequity
• People with disabilities
• LGBTQ+ Community

You should meet the following criteria:

• You are a small- to mid-size UK registered charity
• Your application is not for building construction, general running costs, transport, financial deficits or overseas projects
• Your application is not on behalf of a church, museum or an individual
• You have not received a previous grant from The Foundation within the last 2 years (or submitted an application which was unsuccessful within the last 12 months)

• Women and girls
• Young people with disabilities,
• From racially diverse communities,
• From the LGBTQ+ community
• From lower socio-economic groups.

• Enabling participation in physical activity.
• Enabling participation in the arts.
• Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty.
• Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality.
• Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency.
• Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors.

Working with Asda’s Community Champions in store, they are able to work with a range of organisations and groups on a variety of local community projects

These include helping victims of crime, working with young people and informing them about the dangers of drugs, alcohol, gangs and anti-social behaviour, and initiatives that contribute to keeping elderly residents safe in their homes and the wider community.

Projects must meet all of the following criteria:

​For children and young people under the age of 25 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

• ​Are within the UK

We’ll enable children and young people to thrive by:

creating opportunities for children and young people from all backgrounds to enjoy community experiences

helping children and young people shape the decisions that affect them and their communities

providing children and young people access to safe spaces to play, participate, socialise and get support.

We’ll enable people to live healthier lives by:

helping reduce health inequalities

increasing opportunities for community participation to shape better health services

taking a preventative approach to health.

In order to support communities, we fund partnerships which 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.

In order to support communities, we fund projects and organisations which 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.

The fund is available to local community groups, sports clubs, and charities:

• Based in Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, Greater London, or the West Midlands, supported by Access Sport’s Changing Places programme
• Based in or serving a borough or ward within the top 20% Indices of Multiple Deprivation

Grants will typically be in the range from £2.5k - £5k although a larger grant may be possible in some circumstances.

Must be within the area of Benefit that is a 10-mile radius of the airport with extensions to reflect areas directly affected by operations at London Stansted Airport.

We want to fund projects that:

• strengthen relationships between people whose experiences of life have not been the same. For example, relationships between people of different ethnic backgrounds, generations, occupations or geographies.
• create connections between online and offline worlds.
• help make sure people from all backgrounds can shape the future of their communities.

We will prioritise work which is committed to anti-racism and to applying an intersectional lens to inequity. We define anti-racism as ‘the active work to identify and oppose racism, which includes changing systems, structures, policies and practices, as well as attitudes to create a more equitable society.

This funding will run from Monday 11^th September 2023 and will close as soon as all of the funding is allocated.

We also particularly want to support projects focusing on environmental sustainability.

We believe that communities that work together and share resources provide a stronger and more sustainable impact.

PHAB will make a difference to the lives of many vulnerable residents across Essex. The programme focuses on closing the health inequalities experienced in the county.

To give 1 million children a Stronger Start by helping fund healthy food and fitness activities that can improve their physical health and mental wellbeing - from breakfast clubs to playground equipment, football kits to gardening classes.

Grants are available for up to £10,000 for capital spend or direct project delivery.

The Morrisons Foundation prioritises applications from small charities, those with an income of less than £1m, but applications from larger charities are welcome.