Community, health & welfare

Funding for social and community enterprise, schools and innovative social services.

  • Calisen Impact Charitable Trust

    UK registered charities can apply to the Calisen Impact Charitable Trust for grants to support projects that have positive environmental, social or wellbeing outcomes.  There is a focus on sustainable energy solutions and fostering inclusive, safe, and diverse educational and work environments. Projects will need to reflect and support at least one of the following: […]

  • Warburtons Community Grants

    Community organisations in the UK can apply for a small grant of up to £400 towards activities that improve Health, Place or Skills for families in their community. The Warburtons Foundation supports activities that will be of real direct benefit to families. This includes: supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives […]

  • Good Finance

    Social investment is the use of repayable finance to achieve a social as well as financial return: charities and social enterprises benefit from the investment enabling them to grow their business and meet their social objectives; investors receive a financial return when their investment is repaid as well as contributing to the social outcomes. Good Finance is […]

  • Dr and Mrs Alfred Darlington Charitable Trust

    The Doctor and Mrs Alfred Darlington Charitable Trust makes small grants to registered charities in the South West, but particularly in Devon. The funding is intended to support registered charities undertaking projects for: elderly people; socially excluded people; disability; medicine; nature conservation; and preservation of historic buildings. Grants tend to be between £1,000 and £5,000. […]

  • Social Investment Business (SIB Group)

    SIB Group offers funding and flexible finance to organisations with a social purpose to help them make a positive difference in the communities they support. There are currently three programmes available: Reach – grants between £5,000 and £15,000 for charities and social enterprises that need support to raise finance from approved social investors Energy Resilience […]

  • BookRelief UK

    BookRelief UK supports children’s and adult literacy projects in Devon and overseas. You can apply for a grant for adult or children’s literacy initiatives such as library projects, storytelling activities, updating libraries in hospitals, mental health institutions, or buying books for a school project and updating a school library. BookRelief UK typically awards grants of […]

  • Youth Music

    Youth Music gives grants for music projects that help to provide equal access to music. The current funds are as follows: Youth Music Trailblazer Fund Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. Your work must cover one of the following themes: […]

  • Allen Lane Foundation

    The Allen Lane Foundation was established by Sir Allen Lane, who set up the publishing company Penguin Books. The foundation awards funding for charitable purposes across the UK, focusing on specific groups that experience marginalisation and/or discrimination. There are seven funding programmes: Asylum seekers and refugees – the foundation has updated its focus, now supporting […]

  • Persimmon Community Champions

    The Persimmon Community Champions programme provides support to community organisations that make a real difference to people’s lives. Each of Persimmon’s 30 offices makes a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to local organisations. The £6,000 is usually shared between three or four organisations such as charities, voluntary groups, healthcare organisations including hospices, sports […]

  • One Stop Community Partnership Programme

    Groundwork has announced this year’s deadlines for applications to the One Stop Community Partnership programme. Successful applicants will receive an initial grant of up to £1,000 and begin a partnership with their local One Stop store. This programme is designed to support community groups or organisations operating within two miles of a One Stop store* […]