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Micro Grants (Leeds Community Foundation) support individuals and small voluntary groups (priority to small unincorporated, unconstituted groups with income under £250,000 or new to funding) to improve lives of the people in communities through volunteer led activities that make a positive difference. Fund wide range of costs e.g. volunteers expenses, venues, tutors, equipment. Deadline: 28/1/22 

The Leeds Fund Strategic Resilience Grants of £30,000 over 2 years to assist with core costs of Community Organisations (registered with companies house or charity commission with annual income of £75,000-300,000 – but some flexibility) and encourage strategic development work alongside daily delivery. Deadline: 16/2/22 at noon. The Leeds Fund Strategic Grants: Resilience | Leeds Community Foundation […]

Healthier Working Futures aims to create fulfilling employment and training opportunities in the health and care sector for young people aged 16-25 living in Leeds. As part of this programme, at least 7 third sector partners will be recruited to inspire young adults to consider a career in the health and care sector, running a […]

Shared on behalf of Voluntary Action Leeds: A funding pot has been identified to assist voluntary and community groups who are continuing to support the most vulnerable communities with the impact of the pandemic.  It covers activity to be undertaken in January to March 2022. The funding is for those groups with unfunded existing and […]

Throughout November, there will be some meet the funder opportunities with the following funders: Comic Relief Community Funds, 11-12pm, 2nd November ESF Community Grants, 11 – 12pm, 18th November National Lottery Heritage Fund, 1.30 – 2.30, 23rd November Comic Relief Community Fund (Zoom session on 2/11/21, 11-12pm): Meet Anushka Vinales, Community Engagement Officer, supporting organisations […]

Leeds City Council is looking for organisations with a commitment to Asset Based Community Development (ABCD) to work with them to deliver new pathfinder schemes in Leeds. Leeds has pioneered the use of ABCD, a neighbourhood-based community building approach founded on the principle that given the tools and the opportunity, small groups of citizens can […]

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government [MHCLG] has launched regional Voluntary Community Social Enterprise [VCSE] sector funding to develop and run local projects supporting integration of Hong Kong British National [Overseas] status holders and their families. The funding is to provide information, advice and support to new arrivals at a local level, to […]

Supported by the Department for Education’s Holiday Activities and Food Programme, this Fund will support projects that promote healthy, fun enriched holidays across the whole of Leeds, particularly for children and young people eligible for Free School Meals, through providing Healthy Holiday activities. https://www.leedscf.org.uk/grants/healthy-holidays/ Projects should provide food and engaging activities for school-aged young people over the […]

Responding to Covid-19 – VCSE Resilience Survey May 2021  Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL) have been working with Forum Central & other partners to launch a survey looking at the Resilience of the VCSE in Leeds. It is important that as many organisations, both large & small take part in this survey and to include the migrant third sector to […]

Leeds Women’s Aid are proud to announce they are part of the national Labyrinth Project. The Labyrinth Project  is launching a grants scheme – The Empowering Women Fund  – as part of the wider project which has opened for applications on 12th April. About the Empowering Women Fund In response to the ongoing impact of […]