Funding Friday
Wooden Spoon
Wooden Spoon is a grant-making charity that aims to transform the lives of vulnerable children and young people through the funding and support of the rugby community. It supports projects that will benefit children and young people under 25 years of age who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially. Projects must normally be of a capital nature, with a reasonably long-term prospective lifetime.
The funding is for projects that address the following areas:
- health and wellbeing
- sensory rooms and gardens
- specialist equipment and facilities
- playgrounds and outdoor activities
- education projects
Note that if a project is educational, health and wellbeing or disability sports focused, there must be a key sporting element – preferably rugby – to engage children and young people.
Organisations with a legal status such as schools, charities and clubs can apply. There are no minimum or maximum grant levels.
Applications may be submitted at any time.
The Village Halls Small Grants Fund
The Village Halls Small Grants Fund provides grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 to help make improvements to rural community buildings in England. The funding is provided by Defra and administered by the charity Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE).
Grants are intended to support smaller capital projects in village halls such as boiler replacements, insulation, toilet upgrades and new kitchens.
Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 are available to cover 20% of the eligible capital project costs including the VAT. There is no upper limit for the total capital costs. Smaller projects will be prioritised. All project work must be complete before the end of March 2025.
The fund will remain open until 31 December 2024 subject to availability of funds.