The People’s Postcode Lottery has recently launched the Postcode Community Trust; a new £1.4 million charity that has been created to support local, community-based, grassroots projects across Great Britain at a time when there is overwhelming demand for funding. The Trust is keen to support projects that are for the advancement of community development, which […]
Peter Cruddas Foundation
The Peter Cruddas Foundation gives priority to programmes designed to help disadvantaged and disengaged young people between the ages of 14-30, to pursue pathways to Education, Training and Employment with the ultimate aim of helping them to become financially independent. The foundation focuses on three main funding streams, which are: Pathways/support for young disadvantaged or […]
Grant for Learning Disability projects – The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a well-known funder of projects that positively benefit people with learning disabilities, which has been their sole beneficiary group since 2001 offering over £2.5 million in grants most years. With the vast majority of grants given by the charity below £10,000. Only supporting organisations that are registered charities they make […]
John Lyon’s Charity- Small Grants Programme
As we regularly search for great funding opportunities to improve your schools and communities, we came across this grant programme from the John Lyon’s Charity. The charity provides support to 9 Boroughs in northwest London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster. Their main […]
Universal Music UK Sound Foundation- Instrument and Equipment Awards
A Foundation who supports music initiative is the Universal Music UK Sound Foundation’s Instrument and Equipment Awards, which aims for schools, individual students and teachers to improve their access to music through the purchase or upgrade of musical instruments and equipment. The Foundation provides grants up to £1,500 towards the purchase of musical instruments and/or […]
UK-German Connection- Challenge Fund
Recently a school we are working with told us about a grant scheme to bring Schools together from the UK and Germany, which we thought was a fantastic opportunity for young children to discover and learn about the culture and language of two very different European countries. The Challenge Fund funding of up to £5,000 […]
Greggs Foundation- Breakfast Clubs Programme
We all know how important breakfast is for starting the day, which is especially important for children who have a full day of school ahead of them. However, many schools need funding in order to run these clubs, which is why there are trusts and foundations our there like the Greggs Foundation. We came across […]
The Eveson Charitable Trust
The Eveson Charitable Trust is a regional Trust that only funds registered charities that are delivering projects that benefit people living in the West Midlands. In their eyes the West Midlands is classed as Herefordshire, Worcestershire, Birmingham, Coventry, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull and Walsall. In order to receive funding, the trust states that you must […]
The Foyle Foundation Schools Library Programme
The Foyle Foundation Schools Library Programme gives grants of between £1,000- £10,000 to state primary and secondary schools to fund libraries and reading books. They are very keen to promote reading in schools and to encourage children to read widely from an early age to improve literacy levels, which is a current key educational objective. […]
The Henry Smith Charity – Holiday Grants for Children
As a fundraising consultancy with a vested interest in schools, we’re always looking for grant schemes that can really benefit children in and out of curriculum time. This is why we think The Henry Smith Charity’s Holiday Grants for Children is a fantastic opportunity, as the charity focuses on providing children the chance to go […]