Funding updates

  • Chewing Gum Task Force

    The Chewing Gum Task Force grant scheme provides grants for local authorities to purchase specialist chewing gum cleaning equipment and/or increase street cleansing. The fund aims to clean up historic gum staining and change behaviour so that people don’t drop their gum in the first place. The funding can be used to undertake chewing gum […]

  • B&Q Foundation

    Charities working to improve the lives of people in need can apply to the B&Q Foundation for a grant of up to £10,000 to make homes safe, welcoming and comfortable. The grants are for essential home improvements and home-starter kits to help individuals and families facing homelessness, domestic abuse, disabilities, illness, or financial hardship. The […]

  • SWEF and Young Devon

    Young people in Devon can apply for grants to help them to set up or grow their own business. The grants come from SWEF which provides business grants up to the value of £2,000 to support the business initiatives of young entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30. The SWEF programme is delivered in Devon by Young […]

  • Garfield Weston Foundation

    The Garfield Weston Foundation is one of the largest UK grant-making foundations, supporting charities across the UK with donations totalling around £100m each year. Most grants from the foundation are in the range of £10,000 to £50,000 but smaller and larger grants can be awarded, including major grants of over £100,000. The grants can be […]

  • Schroder Charity Trust

    The Schroder Charity Trust provides grants for registered charities that help children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to achieve their potential and that improve the wellbeing and life outcomes for vulnerable people. Grants can be used for: Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and […]

  • Sea-Changers

    Sea-Changers is a UK marine conservation charity that gives grants to UK marine charities and non-profits for conservation and research projects. The grant schemes currently available are: Applications are accepted from UK-based charities and not-for-profit organisations (including schools) carrying out marine conservation related activities.

  • Sasha Foundation

    The Sasha Foundation provides grants for charitable work to support young people in the UK and for education and healthcare programmes in the third world. Within these themes, the focus is as follows: Young people in the UK – to support young people who are suffering from depression and mental health issues or who are […]

  • ChurchCare

    ChurchCare is the Church of England’s national resource, providing advice, support and funding for people caring for church buildings. ChurchCare works in partnership with various grant-giving bodies to provide funding for church projects. The grants provide support for Parochial Church Councils (PCCs) for the conservation of the historic contents of churches and churchyard structures. Grants […]

  • Health and Wellbeing in Museums Fund

    The Museums Association is running a programme of grant-making, networking and learning dissemination for health and wellbeing programmes in museums. The work is funded by the Julia Rausing Trust. The aim is to support the development and continuation of groundbreaking health and wellbeing programmes in UK museums and help them to cope with increasing demand for services. […]

  • The Gibbons Trusts

    Charities and not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply for grants from the David Gibbons Foundation and the Gibbons Family Trust.  Both charities have a preference for helping East Devon residents, however applications from any area of Devon will be considered.  Small and local Devon organisations are given priority over large, national charities applying for Devon […]