Social Action Fund

Friday, February 03, 2012

The Social Action Fund is a new grant fund of over £20 million managed by The Social Investment Business on behalf of the Office for Civil Society.

The Fund aims to inspire organisations to create new social action opportunities; encouraging people to give what they have, be it time, money, assets, knowledge or specific skills.

Education Endowment Foundation

Friday, March 30, 2012

The Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) exists to fund, develop and evaluate cost effective and replicable projects which address educational disadvantage.

Awards for All

Monday, December 31, 2012

Awards for All England is a simple small grants scheme making awards of between £300 and £10,000.

The Awards for All programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.

It is a rolling programme - you can apply at any time.

Clore Duffield Foundation

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Clore Duffield Main Grants Programme does not fund individuals, but it can match lottery funding, support capital redevelopments and learning space initiatives, and provide project, programme and revenue funding. Application procedures are straightforward, and the Foundation continues to maintain a balance between supporting large-scale projects, with far-reaching effects, and small-scale community endeavours. Grants range from below £5,000 to in excess of £1m.

All grants are awarded at the Trustees meeting, held twice a year. As there is no fixed schedule for these meetings, applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life throughout the UK.

We do this by funding the charitable activities of organisations that have the ideas and ability to achieve change for the better. We take pride in supporting work that might otherwise be considered difficult to fund.

Our primary interests are in the cultural life of the UK, education and learning, the natural environment and enabling disadvantaged people to participate more fully in society.

Garfield Weston Foundation

Monday, December 31, 2012

Over the past fifty years The Garfield Weston Foundation has supported a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: Arts, Community, Education, Welfare, Medical, Religion, Youth and Environment.

There are no formal deadlines for submitting applications and organisations should allow approximately four months for a final outcome, though acknowledgement letters are sent within four weeks.

Lloyds TSB Foundation

Monday, December 31, 2012

Our aim is to support charities that help disadvantaged people play a fuller role in the community through delivering lasting changes and benefits for their users/beneficiaries.

Our funding is needs-driven and our portfolio of grant making programmes is designed to fund issues that affect individuals as well as multiple communities.

Grant Funding for Financial Capability Training

Monday, December 31, 2012

A guide collated by Citizens Advice listing sources of grant funding for financial capability and inclusion initiatives

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Trusthouse Charitable foundation awards around 300 grants totalling circa £2 million each year.

Equitable Charitable Trust

Monday, December 31, 2012

The Trust is an education charity.  It makes grants of around £1 million each year towards projects for children and young people under the age of 25 who are from disadvantaged backgrounds or disabled.