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 […]
Funding updates
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QantX
QantX invests in early-stage businesses in high-growth, innovative sectors in the South West. Investment takes the form of debt or equity and can be worth up to £750,000. The aim is to help growing businesses with high-impact innovations developed in the greater South West to stay in the region and create high-value jobs. QantX invests […]
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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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Sports Foundation for the Disabled
Grants up to £5,000 are available to enable people with physical disabilities and visual impairments from South West England and Wales to take part in sport, physical activities and sporting challenges. The Sports Foundation for the Disabled provides funding for organisations that support people with disabilities and for individuals with physical disabilities or visual impairments. […]
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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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Arts Everywhere Fund
The Government has announced a package of support for the arts and culture sector. It includes new funding programmes and additional funding for existing schemes to support museums, libraries, arts venues and heritage organisations. The new funds are: Creative Foundations Fund – £85million to support urgent capital works to keep venues across the country up […]
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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 […]
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Updates from Defra on funding for farmers
Defra has announced several reforms to the range of support available to farmers including changes to some of the funding schemes. The Farming in Protected Landscapes programme is being extended until March 2026. This programme supports nature recovery, climate change mitigation and public access activities in National Landscapes (previously AONBs) and National Parks. More details […]
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Farming in Protected Landscapes
Farming in Protected Landscapes is a grant scheme for farmers and land managers in National Parks and National Landscapes (formerly AONBs). There are two National Parks and five National Landscapes either wholly or partly in Devon. The programme has been extended until March 2026 and will fund projects that: support nature recovery mitigate the impacts […]