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. […]
Community, health & welfare
Funding for social and community enterprise, schools and innovative social services.
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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: […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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* […]
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BBC Children in Need
BBC Children in Need has announced that it will be pausing its grant-making this year while it introduces a new system. You can submit a new expression of interest up until 15 April 2025 but after that no further new applications will be accepted until the new portal launches in September. The current Children in […]
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Benefact Trust
The Benefact Trust provides grants to support the repair, restoration, protection, improvement and reach of places of Christian worship. This includes activities that benefit the wider community and the environment. The following grant schemes are open to applications: Building improvement grants – including making essential repairs, enhancing accessibility, restoring historic features, or installing energy-efficient systems […]
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Health Lottery Foundation
Voluntary organisations will soon be able to apply for funding from the new Health Lottery Foundation. The foundation will be distributing funding from the Health Lottery which launched in January 2025. Grants will be available for organisations offering support in the following areas: chronic disease disability inequity healthcare IT health disparity preventative care young people […]