Building on the success of last year’s online funding fair when we had over 2000 bookings across the 3 days. We are doing it all again with some new exciting funders for 2023 Monday 13th March is a day for Yorkshire and Humber funders, Tuesday 14th March is a day of national funders, as is […]
Archive | Funding
Resource of the Week: 360giving (and AB Charitable Trust)
Do you volunteer or work for an org that’s looking for funding? A lot of people sell directories of grant-making bodies – but do you know some of the excellent free resources out there? For example, 360giving is an excellent website – that not only helps you to find grant-making bodies but also helps explain […]
Community Connectors Project: Supporting Pregnant Asylum Seekers & Refugees
The West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership’s Improving Population Health and Harnessing the Power of Communities Programmes have been connecting with a range of partners across West Yorkshire to develop the WY Core20PLUS5 Community Connectors VCSE project aimed at supporting pregnant asylum seekers and refugees. The project is now open to applications from VCSE organisations […]
Opportunities for Visits to National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty
Dear Leeds Migration Partnership I want to alert you all to a Funding Programme that may not be well known: The Farming in Protected Landscapes Programme. This is a funding programme dedicated to National Parks and AONB’s (areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty). They all have a special pot of money available for a wide range […]
Resource of the Week: Grants for households and individuals in 2022
Sourcing furniture and other stuff for a new place can be really hard on a low income – but there are many grants and sources of help available. We’ve previously posted resources like this one from 2018 but lists of this kind quickly go out of date – so here’s a more recent summary from […]
Running a drop in? Asda are offering grants to organisations to help with energy costs
Asda are providing Grants to support organisations struggling with energy costs which may be useful for those of you running drop in spaces that are hoping to stay open longer as Warm hubs: https://www.asdafoundation.org/how-to-apply This grant is designed to support the increased running costs groups will face between September 2022 and February 2023, including rent […]
Chapeltown Primary Care Network (PCN) Health Inequalities Fund £5-£15k for for work with Black men, with a focus on mental health
Chapeltown Primary Care Network (PCN), in collaboration with Forum Central has launched a £34,000 fund aiming to help us better understand and improve the health of Black men in the Chapeltown area of Leeds, with a focus on mental health. Black men experience health inequalities around mental health, and we know from conversations and relationships […]
Leeds Together for Ukraine Fund – Leeds Community Foundation
By Samantha Powell on behalf of Safer Stronger Communities Team, LCC on 10th August 2022 in Funding, Ukraine
Leeds Community Foundation are delighted to partner with Leeds City Council on this important funding programme for the benefit of community organisations to support the arrival and hosting of Ukrainian and other refugees in the city of Leeds. The Leeds Together For Ukraine appeal was launched in response to the humanitarian crisis and aims to provide support to […]
Night Shelter Transformation Fund: prospectus and application form
The government is providing £10 million over 3 years to support providers of night shelters to transform their services in England. Voluntary and community groups can bid for funding for both capital and revenue activities. The Fund will run between 2022-2025 and there will be multiple bidding rounds. Information on future bidding rounds will be […]
5 Ways to Wellbeing Grant – up to £5k available to create materials to support resilient communities – deadline 1st July
[editor: could be a great way to develop some interesting ESOL materials…] Link to more information – on the 5 ways of Wellbeing (Learn, Move, Give, Take Notice, Connect) Forum Central has received funding from Magpie to create capacity for organizations to produce and develop materials designed to support the resilience of communities using the […]
New Community Champions Grant Fund opens for promoting positive health messages during Summer/Autumn 2022
The Community Champions project is delighted to be starting a new round of grant funding for third sector organisations in Leeds. This is the exciting next stage of the Community Champions project which has played an important part of the covid-19 vaccine roll out. We have taken the vaccine to the streets and volunteers have […]
Refugee Support Grant, for local communities supporting refugees
[Ed: originally posted on VAL website in April, but we’d not heard of it til this week ;o)] Refugee Support Grant Asda’s charity, Asda Foundation, is committed to supporting local communities through grant giving. In light of the recent conflict in Ukraine the Asda Foundation is providing grants to better support refugees joining communities across the […]