Community, health & welfare

  • Henry Smith Foundation

    The Henry Smith Foundation (formerly the Henry Smith Charity) has launched a new strategy for how it will target its funding. The foundation will focus on: Getting started – supporting families to give their young children a strong start Building … Continue reading →

  • Youth Endowment Fund: Open Call

    The Youth Endowment Fund has an Open Call which invites proposals from delivery organisations that work to reduce young people’s involvement in violence. The aim is to improve support for children and young people by evaluating existing projects and identifying … Continue reading →

  • Heart Research UK: Healthy Heart Grants

    Applications are opening soon for the 2025 Healthy Heart Grants. Funding is available from Heart Research UK for new community projects working with adults, that focus on promoting healthy hearts and reducing the risk factors associated with heart disease. Projects … Continue reading →

  • Devon Community Foundation

    Devon Community Foundation (DCF) has adopted a new approach to distributing grants. The foundation has an extensive database of community groups and charities and will use this to identify those that fit the funds that are available at any time. … Continue reading →

  • West Devon Borough Council: community grants

    The following funds are available to voluntary and community groups in West Devon: Community Halls Capital Grant Fund – grants up to £25,000 to support the resilience and development of community facilities, such as community halls, village halls and other … Continue reading →

  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

    The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust provides grant funding for work that seeks to make a positive change across the UK as a whole. The trust is open to funding a range of different organisations and approaches, but generally funds work … Continue reading →

  • Sport England: Movement Fund

    Sport England’s Movement Fund provides support for sports clubs and other organisations that help people to take part in physical activity. There is a total budget of £160million and Sport England has recently announced that 10% of this is being … Continue reading →

  • Devon Emergency Resilience Fund

    The Devon Emergency Resilience Fund provides small grants to support communities in Devon to be better prepared in the event of an emergency, including flooding. There are two funding schemes: Scheme 1 – up to £250 to help communities to … Continue reading →

  • The Tree Council

    The Tree Council provides funding for tree-planting projects through several grant schemes, including a new Trees Outside Woodland Fund which is now open for applications from local authorities and registered charities. The Tree Council schemes for projects in England are: … Continue reading →