Grants with Deadlines

Please note funding opportunities are in order of deadline date, the earliest coming first.   

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Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards

Awards: Between £15,000 and £50,000

Fund Theme:

Funding is available to help growing social enterprises in the Greater London region to increase their impact in improving social inclusion, supporting disadvantaged people or creating a greener environment.

Applicants must:

• Be a social enterprise or Community Interest Company
• Have been established and trading for two or more years        
• Have aspirations to grow their business    
• Depending on the award category they are applying under, have a turnover of less than £100,000; £250,000; or £500,000 per annum          
• Be able to submit a copy of their governing document and latest accounts
• Be generating 26% or more of their income from trading activities   
• Their business must directly benefit their community in one or more of the following ways:
  • Improving social inclusion     
  • Supporting training, skills & employment  
  • Creating a greener environment

Income Threshold for Applicants: £100,000 - £500,000 p.a. (see guidance notes on website)

Application forms and guidelines:  see The London Community Foundation website: http://www.londoncf.org.uk/grants/available-grants/overview.aspx

Scroll down the page to the Santander Social Enterprise Development Awards

Deadline: 3 February 5 p.m.  

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Trust for London

Grants to help deal with unacceptable levels of poverty, poor neighbourhoods with high levels of deprivation, unemployment, homelessness, poor health and pollution. Trust for London aims to enable and empower Londoners to tackle poverty and inequality, and their root causes.

There is no minimum or maximum size of grant and the amount requested should be the amount needed. However, the average grant under Aims 1 – 4 is likely to be about £54,000 and grants will not normally exceed £100,000. Grants made to small community groups under Aim 5 will not normally exceed £30,000 with an average grant being £16,000.

The Trust's current priorities are:

• To improve employment opportunities for disadvantaged people.
• To promote the inclusion of recent arrivals to the UK.
• To promote social justice.
• To strengthen the skills of the voluntary and community sector.
• To support small community groups.

Next deadline: 7 February

Details...

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The Hilton in the Community Foundation

Funding can be requested for up to two years and awards usually don’t exceed £30,000 (per year).  Grants can be awarded for medium to long-term projects (ie over one year) or for one-off causes. 

Deadline: 7 February

Details…

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Njoya Foundation

The Foundation supports projects that promote academic achievement amongst boys of African/Caribbean descent aged five to 15 years old. Max. Value: £ 500

Deadline: 12 February

Details…

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Capital Jubilee Fund

 

Grants Available: Between £250 and £1,000

Fund Theme:

Funding is available for street parties and local projects that bring people together to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in the summer of 2012 (1 May-31 July 2012). Priority will be given to projects helping to bring generations together, particularly projects which support elderly people and/or children and young people to celebrate the Jubilee.

Projects must:

• have secured all of the necessary permissions, permits and insurances;
• take place during the Diamond Jubilee summer (1 May-31 July 2012);
• take place in either Hammersmith & Fulham, Kensington & Chelsea, Westminster, Islington, Hackney, City, Tower Hamlets, Southwark, Lambeth, or Wandsworth.

Income Threshold for Applicants: None

Application forms and guidelines:  see The London Community Foundation website: http://www.londoncf.org.uk/grants/available-grants/overview.aspx

Scroll down the page to the Capital Jubilee Fund. Please ensure you read the fund guidelines before you apply.

Deadline:  17 February 5 p.m.

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Freemasons' Grand Charity

 

The charity makes grants up to £ 50,000, broadly aimed at charitable work in the following fields:

Youth Opportunities; Vulnerable People; Medical Research; and Hospices.

Deadline: 24 February

Details...

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UK Youth

In partnership with Starbucks, UK Youth has launched Youth Action which is now in its second successful year of supporting young people to improve their communities. 

Starbucks Youth Action aims to encourage and inspire a generation of young people to take action and create positive local change. Starbucks has joined up with UK Youth and the Irish Youth Foundation to provide training, support and funding to young people from 10 cities in the UK and Ireland. 

If you are 16-24 and have an idea that would benefit their community why not get in touch? To see some examples of the kinds of projects we fund click here and to view the online application form click here. 

Deadline: 2 March.

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The Grand Ideas Fund Sanctuary Housing