Call 1.1 Financial Assistance 2025/2026 – 80th Anniversary VE & VJ Day

Opening on the 17 February 2025 at 12.00 midday

Closing on the 03 March 2025 at 12.00 midday.

Guidance Notes can be reviewed online when Call opens via:

https://www.newrymournedown.org/residents-grants-and-funding

Information Workshops can be booked via TicketSource:  https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/call1grantsandfunding2025

Workshop details: Thursday 20 February 2025 at 6.30pm via Microsoft Teams.

Groups wishing to be notified of future funding opportunities, should request their details be added to the Financial Assistance Contact Database by contacting:

Grants & Funding Unit

T: 0330 137 4040

E: programmesunit@nmandd.org

RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025 – Addressing Essential Needs Grants

Thanks to the continued generosity of the Irish public, this year the Appeal raised over €4,800,000 which will be distributed through the RTÉ Toy Show Appeal Grant Rounds in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Each grant round will centre around three themes:

• Addressing Essential Needs

• Improving Wellbeing

• Creativity and Play

The RTÉ Toy Show Appeal grant round will open on Monday 17th February. Children and young people charities will be able to apply for funding until 1pm on Friday 21st March. Applicants should ensure that their organisation’s governance information is up to date before submitting their application.

CFNI is hosting a how-to webinar on Tuesday 25th February at 11 am to support charities in their application. This covers information relevant to both the Impact and the Community awards including the criteria, the application form and how to write a strong application. Sign up to the webinar here.

We recommend that applicants attend this webinar to find out more about the criteria and how to apply. The webinar will be recorded and published if you cannot make it on the day.

For more information and to apply, please visit RTÉ Toy Show Appeal 2025 - Addressing Essential Needs Grants - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Grant Aid & Bursary Support – 1st Call for applications now open

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council provides funding to voluntary clubs, societies, community groups, social enterprises and sporting organisations for grant aid.  Bursaries are also available to individuals in the area of Culture and Sport.

Applicants must be based within the Fermanagh and Omagh District Council area.

Applications for the following Grant Aid / Bursary streams opened on Wednesday, 12 February 2025 and will close on Wednesday, 12 March 2025 at 5pm.

Applications are invited in the categories listed below:-

  Grant Aid:

• Community & Wellbeing

• Community Premises Support

• Good Relations

• Irish in the Community

• PCSP – Policing & Community Safety Partnership

• Project Development – (Rolling)

• Seeding (Rolling)

• Sports Team – Significant Sporting Achievement Fund (Rolling)

• Summer Schemes 2025 – July/August

• Ulster Scots in the Community

• Verti-Draining

Bursaries: 

• Irish Language (Gaeltacht), Minors, Adult, Family

• Irish Language (Academic)

• Sport (Rolling)

Schools:

• Good Relations Schools Shared History Programme

Projects/Activities must take place during the 2025-2026 financial year.

Grant Aid – for Older Persons Groups

Older Persons Groups must apply directly to the South West Age Partnership (SWAP) for the Council’s Community & Wellbeing Grant Aid stream. For further information or to apply for Grant Aid please contact:-

Allison Forbes Tel:  07955787456  or Email: aforbes@southwestagepartnership.co.uk

For more information including details on the Funding Clinics, please visit Grant Aid & Bursary Support - 1st Call for applications NOW OPEN – Fermanagh & Omagh District Council

Music for All's Community Project Fund Accepting UK Applications

Music for All, the charity of the UK musical instrument industry, is currently accepting applications for its first funding round of 2025.

Groups, schools, any form of educational establishment, community projects, charities, and organisations that are bringing music to their communities in the UK can apply.

Priority will be given to applicants who are most in need of help.

In the current round, grants of up to £2,000 are available in the following areas:

• Working with primary school-aged children –  community-based groups providing music-making opportunities to young-people aged between 4–11 can apply, including groups operating in caring as well as more formal educational settings. Applicants should be able to demonstrate ways in which they nurture underprivileged young talent through their work. 

• Learning and cognitive challenges –  community-based groups providing opportunities to make music to those with learning and cognitive challenges, including but not limited to autism, aphasia, dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, attention deficit and memory loss, can apply. Groups operating in caring and educational settings are welcome to apply.

• Working with diverse communities from the Global Majority, in collaboration with Black Lives in Music – community-based groups providing music-making opportunities working with diverse communities from the global majority can apply.

Decisions are usually conveyed within three months of the application deadline.

The deadline for Round 1 applications is 27 March 2025 (23:59).

For more information, please visit Individual Funding | Music For All

Reconciliation Fund’s Annual Funding Round now open for applications

The Reconciliation Fund’s Annual Funding Round (for 12-month funding) opens Wednesday 12 February 2025 at 11 AM. They are accepting applications through their online portal until the final closing date of Wednesday 19 March 2025 at 12 PM. 

Since 2023, the Reconciliation Fund has moved to one annual funding application round only. This means there is no longer an autumn application round for annual grants. Please ensure that if you are planning to apply for grant funds from the Reconciliation Fund in 2025, you are prepared to submit an application in this upcoming round. 

In addition to project funding, the Reconciliation Fund will welcome applications for core operational as well as certain capital costs. Further information on this is available in the Strategy document on the funder’s website. 

Find out more and apply for the Fund now(external link opens in a new window / tab).

If you have any questions, please contact by email on reconciliation@dfa.ie. 

Ards and North Down - In Bloom Funding

Grants are available to constituted voluntary and community groups in Ards and North Down to support floral displays across towns, villages and the city within the borough.

The funding aims to support local groups in purchasing bedding plants, shrubs and trees to enhance the appearance of the city, towns and villages in the borough.

Applications are invited from community groups (eg schools, community associations, village groups etc) within the Ards and North Down Borough.

To be eligible, groups must demonstrate how they meet the following criteria: 

• Meet the core objectives of Ards and North Down in Bloom:

• to increase environmental responsibility

• to strive for horticultural excellence in public, business and residential areas

• to encourage community participation

• to support endeavours to achieve regional and national awards such as Ulster in Bloom

• Provide a vision as to how the funding will enhance the particular areas and how this will be sustained in subsequent years.

• Evidence of approval from relevant land owner where works are to be carried out.

• Where appropriate insurance liability cover is in place, copy of certificate and schedule to be submitted.

• How the works are to be carried out, and by whom.

• Detailed breakdown of how funding will be utilised, and receipts submitted accordingly.

The Council will not fund:

• Projects, events, activities undertaken, or equipment purchased outside the specified award period.

• Projects, events, and activities where the primary benefit is outside the Borough.

• Events, projects or activities which conflict with any Council run project, event or activity.

• Organisations not legally established in the UK.

• Projects, events, activities not compliant with the Council’s aims and objectives.

The funding can be used to purchase planters, bedding plants, shrubs and trees.

In Bloom Funding - Ards and North Down Borough Council

Peter Harrison Foundation - Active Lives Grant Programme

Grants are available to UK charities to support grassroots sports projects which provide opportunities for self-development for people living in the most disadvantaged areas in the UK who encounter physical, mental, social, or economic barriers. 

The Peter Harrison Foundation supports projects working with children, young people and adults who are disadvantaged or with disabilities. It offer small and major grants to charities and community amateur sports clubs in the UK and south east of England under the following two grant programmes:

• Active Lives – opportunities through sport and physical activity. 

• Positive Futures – opportunities for children and young people. (Covered in a separate scheme)

Grants of £5,001 to £30,000 are available (applications from organisations with a turnover of under £5 million are prioritised).

Applications are accepted from UK organisations that:

• Are either a registered charity or a registered CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club).

• Have been registered with the charity regulator for two years or more (charity applicants).

• Have been registered as a CASC for two years or more (CASC applicants).

• Have produced independently examined or audited accounts for at least one full year of operation.

Priority will be given to organisations with a turnover of under £5 million.

February 2025 Announcement:

To help the Foundation manage the significant rise in applications it is prioritising applicants whose work most closely aligns to its mission. Unless applicants meet all the following criteria for Active Lives applications they are unlikely to be successful:

• Work with people living with disabilities in the top 10% of areas of deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation decile 1) AND

• Are from organisations with a track record of working with this population AND

• Have a robust plan for wider impact of the project through dissemination, training etc.

All applications to Active Lives must fulfil at least one of the following criteria:

• Offer high-impact, life-enhancing opportunities for those who live in the top 40% of areas of deprivation (IMD deciles 1–4).

• Remove barriers to participation for people with disabilities, especially those living in the most deprived areas (as defined by IMD).

Work in the top 10% most deprived areas (IMD decile 1) is the highest priority.

Projects must also:

• Focus on grassroots involvement rather than elite participation in physical activity.

• Focus on skills development and confidence building for individuals.

• Incorporate effective strategies for wider impact, perhaps through training, partnerships and/or dissemination activities.  

• Demonstrate a high degree of involvement across the organisation from beneficiaries and those with lived experience.  

To be eligible projects/activities must:

• Take place in the UK.

• Provide opportunities for personal or skills development through participation in physical activity.

• Meet the needs of people who are living with disabilities and/or living in the most deprived areas.

Due to an unprecedented surge in demand for funding, the Peter Harrison Foundation has announced it will close to new funding applications until further notice from 2 April 2025. Applications received by the end of the day on 1 April 2025 will still be considered.

Active Lives | Peter Harrison Foundation

King Charles III Charitable Fund - Small Grants

Small grants are available for UK registered non-profit organisations supporting grassroots projects in diverse and deprived communities in the United Kingdom.

The scheme provides small grants to support independent UK registered non-for-profit organisations for grassroots, community-based projects that fall within its core funding themes:

• Heritage and conservation.

• Education.

• Health and wellbeing.

• Social inclusion.

• Environment.

• Countryside.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available per year for three years. The maximum amount that can be applied for is £15,000 in total and the average award is £2,500.

The total cost of the project should not exceed £200,000.

Approximately 100 community-based organisations are awarded grants each year.

Applications are accepted from UK registered not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community interest companies and parish councils, that have:

• An annual income of less than £1 million.

• Completed at least two years of activity.

• Less than six months of unrestricted free reserves.

Applicants must have waited at least one year from the date of any previous unsuccessful application or one year from the date of the end of the award period for previously successful applicants.

The next application round opens on 10 February and closes on 24 February 2025.

The February 2025 round is open to organisations working across the Social Inclusion and Health and Wellbeing funding themes in the priority areas: Wales, Northern Ireland, East Midlands, West Midlands, North East and the South East.

An online application form and guidance notes are available on the KCCF website.

For more information, please visit Small grants - King Charles III Charitable Fund

Grow Wild Youth Grants Now Open for Applications

Grow Wild is once again offering grants of £500 to young people (aged 16 to 25 years) across the UK to deliver a creative project that celebrates why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special.

The project should be original and exciting and focus on UK native plants and/or fungi. Projects need to engage at least 100 other people (either in person or online). The grant be used to pay for anything to support the project, such as equipment, materials, training, resources, or expert help. Projects can start in May but must be completed by the end of October 2025.

Applications will be accepted from young people aged 16 to 25 years old who live in the UK and who can find a supporting organisation, such as a school, university, youth club or a local community group, to help them deliver the project.

The deadline for applications is19 March 2025 (15:00).

For more information, please visit Youth Grants | Grow Wild | Kew

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation to Reopen for Application on 3 March

After pausing applications last September, the Foundation has announced it is reopening its grants programme in March 2025 with two new focus areas through which it aims to drive social impact.

The focus going forward will be to help people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups within the UK to:

• Access a place to call home.

• Improve financial wellbeing.

For both focus areas, priority will be given to charities supporting people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.

The Foundation is also making other changes:

• Only UK registered charities established for at least three years, with three or more trustees and whose work has direct benefit to people within the UK can apply.

• The maximum grant will rise from £6,000 to £10,000 this year.

• The Foundation will consider funding core costs, project costs, and small capital contributions that support its focus areas.

• Applications will be considered twice a year (in June and December) rather than quarterly.

• There will be two specific application windows (3 March to 1 May; 1 September to 31 October), outside of which applications will not be accepted.

• Unsuccessful applicants will no longer have to wait two years to reapply. They can reapply in one year. Successful applicants must wait three years.

The online application form will be available once applications open.

The first funding round will open for applications on 3 March and close on 1 May 2025.

For more information, please visit Skipton Charitable Foundation

Henry Moore Foundation Accepting Applications for Winter 2025 Funding Round

Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations for projects and activities that promote the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern, and contemporary registers, and research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.

The Henry Moore Foundation offers funding in the following categories:

• New projects and commissions: Grants of up to £20,000 to encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history or contribute to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture.

• Acquisitions and collections: Grants of up to £20,000 for museums and galleries to acquire or conserve sculpture for their collections, cataloguing, and display costs.

• Research and development:

• Long-term grants of up to £20,000 for projects that require funding for more than one year, such as a permanent collection catalogue.

• Small research grants of up to £2,500 for academics, curators, and independent scholars for research costs on the history and interpretation of sculpture.

• Conferences, lectures, and publications: Grants of up to £5000 to publish a new book or journal, or to stage a conference or other event related to sculpture.

There are typically four deadlines per year. This funding round is for projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 July 2025.

The next deadline for applications is 1 March 2025 (23:00).

For more information, please visit Grants & fellowships | Henry Moore Foundation

City & Guilds Foundation - Local Community Skills Fund

Applications can be made at any time throughout the year and will be reviewed on a monthly basis.

Grants are available for registered charities, social enterprises, colleges and FE providers for projects or activities in the UK that support the development of skills for people 16+ who are facing barriers to move towards or into employment.

The funding aims to support a wide range of initiatives that will make a positive impact on communities across the UK.

One key focus is to fund innovative local and community-led projects that may not be eligible for traditional funding sources. This could include anything from setting up a community garden to running a digital skills workshop. The fund also seeks to help disadvantaged people develop the skills they need to find employment by providing training and support.

Additionally, the fund will address specific skills gaps in local areas and reach out to communities where access to training and development opportunities is limited. By working with external organisations, the fund aims to create a sustainable model for delivering social impact through funding and match-funding.

The maximum grant is £10,000. Most grants will be around £6,000. The Foundation will consider match funding as long as the project and applicant meet the criteria and the amount being asked for is under £10,000.

Who Can Apply

Applications will be considered from:

• Registered charities with a voluntary income of less than £1 million. If their  organisation had income of over £1 million the previous year they will be asked for a matching contribution that will be tailored to their size

• Registered Social Enterprises, with clearly defined asset locks, with an income of less than £1 million.

• Colleges, FE providers and other City & Guilds customers, where the proposals are clearly additive to existing funding.

• Individuals and community groups, but only instances where they have a supporting organisation that is willing to act as the recipient of funds and meets one of the criteria above (for example a local college, Scout Group, charity etc.)

• Charitable foundations of relevant for-profit companies where a project meets the stated objectives of the fund and meets the criteria.

Eligible Expenditure

Funding for projects that are:

• Seeking funding for projects or activities that will be delivered in the UK.

• Supporting people 16+ who are facing barriers.

• Supporting the development of skills required to move towards or into employment.

Projects will also be viewed positively if they address any of the following:

• People with convictions, young people at risk of offending, refugees and displaced people, neurodiverse learners and lower socio-economic groups.

• Can evidence that they are addressing local skills gaps and/or directly link to job outcomes.

• Are in a community or region of defined social need (Indices of Multiple Deprivation, DofE cold spots).

How To Apply

There is a two stage application process:

• The first step is to submit an Expression of Interest. Applicants will need to register an account to access the online EoI form. Once the form is submitted, they should hear back within 10 working days.

• Those who are successful will invited to submit a full application.

• Most applicants will know if they are successful in being awarded a grant within two months of starting an EoI.

For ore information, please visit Local Community Skills Fund | City & Guilds Foundation

Cash For Kids' Children's Mental Health Grants Open for Applications

Cash for Kids are the official charity of Bauer Media. Bauer Media is an international media company who run market leading radio stations and magazines. The grant-giving charity exists to help disadvantaged children and young people up to and including the age of 18 who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional support needs.

The charity is currently offering grant of between £1,000 and £3,000 to support children living in local communities in parts of the UK which are supported by the Cash for Kids team. Groups should check the locations page to ensure they are eligible.

The grants need to be spent within six months and can cover a range of project costs, such as therapy including counselling, music/art therapy, speech/language therapy, physiotherapy, bereavement support, and sensory equipment. A maximum of six months of therapy sessions are supported.

Applications are accepted from registered charities with an annual income of less than £1 million, schools, community groups, voluntary groups, youth group, and sports groups with a formal governance document and individuals with a supporting letter from a professional such as a social worker, occupational therapist, teacher, GP, etc.

Community Interest Companies (CICs) may not apply for this funding.

Applications are accepted at any time until all funds are allocated.

For more information, please visit Grants | Cash for Kids | Helping the children that need it most

Funding to Support Holiday Activities for Autistic Children and Young People in the UK

This trust provides grants of up to £15,000 to activity schemes for autistic children and young people, and their siblings, which run in the school holidays. Grants are usually for part of the costs.

The funding is for either:

• Autistic-specific activity programmes that run in the school holidays in the UK (including sessions for siblings), or:

• The costs to include autistic children and young people who require one-to-one or greater support to take part in other (non autistic specific) play and activity schemes.

Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organisations that:

• Have a safeguarding policy.

• Use trained staff (not parents/guardians). For autistic children and young people who take part in other play and activity schemes (non-autistic specific schemes), staff must have specialist training to provide one-to-one support or greater.

• Have a bank account with two people to authorise or check on payments.

Priority for funding will be given to autistic-specific schemes.

Applications open on 3 February 2025 and close on 28 February 2025.

For more information, please visit Holiday activity schemes for autistic children and young people | Three Guineas Trust

Rowing Foundation Accepting Grant Applications for 2025 Projects

The Rowing Foundation, a registered charity, offers grants to clubs, schools and organisations within the UK who are involved in rowing and need help in buying equipment or refurbishing a boat.

Although most of the Foundation’s grants go to UK Rowing Clubs, any club or organisation involved in ‘on water rowing-type’ activities can apply. Please note grants do not support kayaking, sailing or swimming.

The funding should either be for the benefit of young people or those in full time education, or for the disabled.

UK clubs and organisations can apply for grants to purchase equipment to assist their Adaptive Rowing programmes, and to encourage Adaptive Rowers of all ages.

There is particular interest in awarding a grant to any organisation who is helping to get more people with any type of disability out on to the water.

There are two funding streams:

• Equipment grants of up to £4,000 in any three-year period; this can be comprised of a single grant or smaller grants aggregated over the period. Grants are for up to 50% of the overall project costs.

• Boat refurbishment grants of up to £4,000 for up to 50% of the costs of refurbishments of boats used by juniors.

Applications for refurbishment grants can be made at any time. Equipment grant applications are considered three times a year

The first 2025 deadline for equipment grant applications is 17 March 2025 (noon).

For more information, please visit The Rowing Foundation

Small Grants to Help People Get Outdoor and Experience the Natural World

The Alpkit Foundation, a not-for-profit independent charity, was set up by the British outdoor retailer Alpkit in 2015. It makes small awards that support grass roots, direct action projects where a positive difference can be made to remove the barriers in getting outdoors and experience the benefits of time spent outdoors.

Community groups, schools and organisations based and working within the UK can apply for grants of between £50 and £500 to support:

• Diversity and inclusion projects that engage individual and groups from a diverse range of backgrounds.

• Environmental projects that seek to support, conserve, or generate understanding of our environment and wild places.

• Health projects enabling people to gain physical and mental wellbeing from the Great Outdoors.

• Education projects such as First Aid, D of E, Forest Schools and Mountain Leader.

• Participation projects that get more people experiencing the Great Outdoors.

There is particular interest in projects that encourage responsible outdoor activity, have long lasting benefits, introduce new people to the outdoors, and demonstrate value for money.

It is recommended that groups apply at least three months before the start of their project so that the trustees have time to consider the application at their next meeting.

Applications can be submitted at any time and will be considered every two months.

For more information, please visit Alpkit Foundation | Alpkit

Grants for Youth Mental Health Organisations to Deliver Monitoring and Evaluation Projects

Charities and community interest companies (CICs) working to deliver mental health support to young people aged between 10 and 30 to deliver mental health can apply for funding to help build monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity.

Through the What's Working? Strength in Data Grants Programme, the Prudence Trust is offering around five to six grants of at least £10,000 to bolster organisational capacity to do quality data collection and to make use of that data to periodically review services.

To apply, groups must:

• Have an income of at least £250,000 and two years published annual accounts

• Work exclusively with young people.

• Deliver direct mental health support.

• Already collect mental health or well-being data.

Eligible costs include:

• Upskilling of staff responsible for monitoring and evaluation.

• Salaries for dedicated data or M&E roles.

• Software or hardware needed to improve data infrastructure, such as databases.

• Costs to work with an external evaluator or academic on specific programmes.   

There is no maximum award amount specified. However, it is unlikely that the Trust will award grants over £300,000.  

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an Expression of Interest form before being invited to complete a full second-stage application.

The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 3 March 2025 (16:00). 

For more information, please visit New Funding Opportunity from The Prudence Trust

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding Round

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust is offering grants for UK-registered charities working with communities across the UK to help those most in need.

The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interest being funded each year. There are normally four application rounds per year with applications accepted for one month only, usually in February, April, July, and September. Charities can apply for one round per calendar year.

In 2025, Rounds 1 and 2 will accept applications for projects that focus on improving access to the Arts, specifically projects that will improve audience access and participation. Applications will not be considered from non-performing arts projects or projects focussing on performers.

In this round, grants of £1,000 are available for UK-registered charities or organisations that are exempted from registration with an operating income of between £100,000 and £1 million. Applications will not be accepted from CICs or other not-for-profit organisations.

The deadline for Round 1 is 28 February 2025. 

For more information, please visit Home - The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28

Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28, which will offer a minimum grant award of £50,000, is now open and will close 7 March 2025.

This is a grant competition for primarily CAPITAL funding for projects to deliver the key theme of Nature Recovery including Nature Recovery Networks, Species Recovery Networks and 30x30 Projects. Projects which support the conservation of Lough Neagh are particularly welcome to apply.

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 Eligibility Criteria & Environmental Impact Priorities

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 Application Form

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 Guidance Notes (Parts 1 & 2)

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund 2025/26 - 2027/28 Standard Terms and Conditions of Offer

• Environment Fund 2023-28 Environmental Statement Guidance Note

• Summary by Budget Heading and Detailed Budget Breakdown workbook 

If you have a query in connection with the Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 please contact the Environment Fund Grant Team:

DAERA Environment Fund
Clare House,
303 Airport Road West,
Belfast, BT3 9ED

E-mail: efgrants@daera-ni.gov.uk
Tel: 028 9056 9610

Community Impact Fund

Imperial Polythene is proud to announce the launch of the Imperial Community Impact Fund; a new initiative designed to support local community groups and charities committed to making a positive difference.

With an annual fund of £10,000, this grant scheme offers up to £1,000 per project to encourage and empower local organisations working in the fields of environment, sustainability, creativity, and addressing local problems. By fostering innovation and collaboration, we aim to enhance the well-being of our community and promote sustainable development.

We invite community groups and charitable organisations to apply for funding to bring their impactful projects to life. Our goal is to support initiatives that drive meaningful change, whether it's through environmental conservation, creative community engagement, or solving pressing local issues.

For more information, please download the information booklet and start your application - Learn More About The Imperial Community Impact Fund

If you have any queries, please get in touch with us at grants@imperialpolythene.co.uk