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The funding sector has rallied during this unprecedented time of Coronavirus. Here is a snapshot of key, 'live' funds, targeting a different range of not-for profit organisations and beneficiaries, at the frontline of the crisis.
Please be aware, that all information is collated and published in good faith. However, we strongly advise that you check eligibility and guidance details before applying to any specific grant.
Local Funding
Funding Body: Safer Hull Partnership Crime Reduction Fund
Description: Grants are available for sports groups in Hull / East Riding.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None specified
Applications from not for profit organisation for projects that:
Click here for full details.
Funding Body: Sport England via Active Humber
Description: Grants are available for groups in Hull that support people to be active
Status: Open for Applications | Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £500 Minimum Value
Active Humber has received £80,000 from Sport England Tackling Inequalities fund to distribute between June and October 2020. (nb. The grant application process is planned to be minimal / funding will range from £50 to max £10,000)
Full details, please click here.
Please contact Active Humber at info@activehumber.co.uk if you want to know more details about this fund.
Funded by a donation from The Sir James Reckitt Charity, Hull CVS have launched a small grant scheme aimed at small voluntary groups in the City of Hull.
Potential award: up to £200
This fund is targeted at grassroots activity that is supporting the most isolated people living in the community during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The fund will cover costs associated with activity that aims to alleviate some of the added vulnerability faced by people in communities. This may include:
• Initiatives to help people remain safely connected to the outside world.
• Communications costs including telephone, post and leaflets.
• Volunteer/ transport costs to provide food/medicine deliveries.
• Contribution towards equipment costs.
Application Deadline: None specified
If you would like more information about the Coronavirus Grassroots Response Fund please email ksmith@hull-cvs.co.uk.
Applicants must be a voluntary organisation, community group, small charity or other not for profit organisation who are based in North Yorkshire, York, East Riding of Yorkshire or Hull. Priority will be given to organisations supporting older people, people with long term health conditions, people with mental health difficulties, people affected by homelessness and other groups who are particularly vulnerable at this time. It is largely to support projects but emergency costs may be considered. Click here
Potential award: Grants of £2,000 and up to £10,000 are currently available.
Deadline for applications: None specified. Decisions to be expected within 2 weeks of submission.
Funding Body: Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Description: Grants are available to community and national youth organisations in England to help mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and ensure services providing vital support can remain open
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: 12th February 2021 (Grants must be spent by 31st March 2021)
Useful Information:
The purpose of the funding is to:
For full details, download the guidance notes here.
Funding Body: Asda Foundation (UK)
Description: The Hygine grant is focused on personal hygiene dignity, supporting residents/patients in facilities, who are struggling and unable to provide their own toiletries either through lack of funds or access to family support. The fund is open to applications from care homes, hospices, hospitals and homeless shelters.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None Specified
Grants of up to £500 are available.
Useful Information: In response to Covid-19 the ASDA Foundation has stopped its usual grant making activities and launched its Covid-19 Grants.
For full details, and how to apply please click here or speak to your local ASDA store community champion.
Funding Body: Association of Mental Health Providers (UK)
Description: The Department of Health and Social Care has made £5 million available to support voluntary and community sector (VCS) mental health providers which are experiencing an increase in demand for their services due to coronavirus and to help increase mental support for people with and at risk of developing mental health problems.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None Specified
Maximum Value: £50,000 | Minimum Value: £5,000
For full details, and how to apply please click here.
Funding Body: Childs Charitable Trust (UK)
Description: The Childs Charitable trust has introduced an Emergency Funding programme to support charities that are experiencing financial difficulties as a result of the current pandemic.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None Specified
Useful Information: The trust particularly welcomes applications from Christian based organisations. The fund is only open to charities who already meet the Trust's normal grant funding criteria.
For full details please click here, and for how to apply please click here.
Funding Body: Comic Relief (UK)
Description: Charities, voluntary and community organisations, social enterprises and CIC’s in England which have been negatively impacted by Covid-19 can apply for grants of up to £1,000 to help them rebuild their capacity to meet the needs of their local community.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None Specified
Grants of up to £1,000 are available.
Useful Information: Will support projects within their four strategic themes and can be used for a wide range of activities, such as: training; increasing delivery capacity through additional volunteer recruitment; and developing strategies to help rebuild and move forward such as fundraising strategies, and developing new delivery plans. To be eligible, applicants will need to have an annual income of less than £250,000. Applications can be made at any time.
For full details, and how to apply please click here.
Funding Body: Asda Foundation (UK)
Description: This grant is designed to support groups that typically would be holding summer holiday activities to ensure children are provided with a hot meal. If social distancing is relaxed before school holidays, then standard (Transforming Communities Improving Lives (TCIL) criteria would apply. If social distancing hasn’t relaxed, the Asda Foundation will provide grants for groups to deliver provisions to children at home.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None Specified
Grants of up to £500 are available.
Useful Information: In response to Covid-19 the ASDA Foundation has stopped its usual grant making activities and launched its Covid-19 Grants.
For full details, and how to apply please click here or speak to your local ASDA store community champion.
Funding Body: CCLORS
Description: Eligible organisations deliver community support and services to support people most at risk of COVID-19. There is an emphasis on supporting Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME)-supporting or BAME-led businesses.
There are a range of specific opening times for Stage 1 applications, so please be aware of them:
Maximum Value: £ 500 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
Grants of up to £500 are available.
Useful Links: Full details, click here. Please read the guidance notes before applying. Stage 2 guidance notes are also available to view, and there is a webinar recording about the CCLORS that you can watch online.
Funding Body: Alpkit Foundation
Description: Grants are available for organisations serving those affected by the coronavirus/COVID-19 outbreak.
Status: Open for Applications | Application Deadline: None specified
Grants of up to £500 are available.
Useful Links: Alpkit Foundation - Grassroots Support Now read more here
A £50m fund to help disadvantaged people suffering from social and economic deprivation, the elderly and vulnerable communities most at risk from covid-19, and to support NHS staff and other keyworker communities. Funding will be deployed via partnerships with trusted charities. More information on this fund. Click here for more information.
A £100m programme of loans and investment for social enterprises, charities and small businesses in disadvantaged areas affected by coronavirus. It includes small, emergency loans with no fee and no interest for 12 months. More information on this programme, read more here.
The Clothworkers’ Emergency Capital Programme (CECP) will award small capital grants of up to £5,000 for essential capital items to adapt or increase services in response to the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic. Priority will be given to organisations supporting vulnerable and ‘at risk’ groups within our programme areas during this period Click here
Potential award: Up to £5,000 (see items eligible for funding)
Deadline for applications: None declared - applications should be submitted at the applicant’s earliest opportunity; word should be received from the funder within two weeks.
Some money raised through Sport Relief 2020 will go to frontline organisations. Support for grantees will occur through adapting activities, reviewing time-frames, or re-budgeting remaining funds. They will update their website and the FAQ's with more information over the next few days. In the meantime, read more here.
If you are a professional (with at least 2 years proven experience) behind the scenes in the UK film, TV and cinema industry you could be eligible to apply. If you’re facing unexpected costs or a short-term financial shortfall, our one-off grants could get you through. We’re unfortunately not able to help front of camera talent. Grants might cover things like your general living costs, essential white goods, urgent repairs or medical costs. Click here
Potential award: Up to £500
Deadline for applications: None declared
Emergency grants to support local organisations that are meeting the current needs of those experiencing homelessness across the UK and who are affected by the coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis. Click here
Potential award: Up to £50,000
Deadline for applications: None declared
The following grants are available:
• Awards up to £5,000 for short-term responses to the coronavirus emergency (projects within three months), following a limited/fast-tracked application process (payments made in advance)
• Awards up to £50,000 to fund long-term needs and potential expansion or change in service delivery, following a full application process (payments in advance, but potential for staged payments over a specified period).
Funding Body: Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust
Description: Grants are available for registered charities to deliver charitable causes and projects locally.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 10,000 Minimum Value: £ 250
There is no minimum or maximum level of grant. Donations in the last few years have typically been for between £250 and £10,000.
Useful Links: Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust Click here
E-Mail: alice.connolly@chatsworth.org
Funding Body: Dulverton Trust
Description: Grants are available to UK registered charities working to produce significant impact in the Trust’s priority areas: youth opportunities, general welfare, conservation, preservation, Africa, and peace and humanitarian support.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 35,000 Minimum Value: £ 25,000
Last year the Trust awarded grants totalling almost £4.4 million to 83 organisations.
The Trust provides:
• Single year grants are typically between £25,000 and £35,000.
• Multi-year grants are usually for a period of 2-3 years, and are only awarded to charities which have previously received a Dulverton grant.
There is high competition for funds. Approximately one in five applicants are awarded a grant.
Useful Links: Dulverton Trust Click here
Funding Body: Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation
Description: Grants are available for UK-registered charities in England and Wales that are working to support or improve the lives of recipients through art, healthcare, literature, music and theatre.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: Discretionary Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. There is no maximum or minimum limit to funding requests.
Useful Links: The Ernest Hecht Charitable Foundation Click here
E-Mail: info@ernesthechtcharitablefoundation.org
Funding body: England and Wales Cricket Board
Description: Grants and loans are available for affiliated cricket clubs in England and Wales to cover any shortfall in essential day-to-day running and maintenance costs during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 5,000 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
Through the Emergency Loan Scheme clubs can apply for the following loan amounts:
• Clubs with a Junior Section (including All Stars Cricket/Dynamos Cricket): Between £1,000 and £5,000.
• Clubs with an Adult Section only: Between £1,000 and £3,000.
All loans will be interest free. Clubs will be issued with a repayment schedule and will repay the loan in equal quarterly instalments over a three-year period, commencing 24 May 2021, at the earliest.
Through the Return to Cricket Grant Scheme the following grant amounts are available:
• Clubs with an Adult Section only: Up to £1,000.
• Leagues (Open-Age or Junior): Up to £2,000.
• Clubs with a Junior Section (including All Stars Cricket / Dynamos Cricket): Up to £3,000.
Useful Links: ECB - Emergency Support Programme Click here
A Covid-19 Resilience Fund has been created to provide up to £5m in grant funding to CDFIs and credit unions in England, plus an expanded Affordable Credit Scale-up Programme to help the sector deliver affordable credit to people in vulnerable circumstances in the future. Click here
Funding Body: Two Ridings Community Foundation
Description: Grants are available to small, mainly volunteer-led, charities and voluntary and community groups in York, North Yorkshire, East Riding of Yorkshire and Hull for projects that support personal development, education and training and care and support services to reduce social isolation.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 3,000 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
Useful Links: Grassroots Endowment Fund read more here
Enquiries:Two Ridings Community Foundation
Tel: 01904 929500
E-Mail: grants@tworidingscf.org.uk
HMUK recognises that the impact of the coronavirus on musicians’ lives and careers is unprecedented. The charity says its normal person-centred approach of health and welfare support needs to be boosted in this exceptional period to give as many musicians as possible immediate financial relief. Musicians can apply for a one-off payment to alleviate some of their immediate money worries about mounting household expenses. Click here
Potential award: Up to £500
Deadline for applications: None declared - applications should be submitted at the applicant’s earliest opportunity
Funding Body: Hope for the Young
Description: Small grants to support young refugees and asylum seekers during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 250 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
Grants of up to £250 are available to support young people for up to 12 weeks during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Useful Links: Hope for the Young – COVID-19 Emergency Fund Click here
E-Mail: Pamela@hopefortheyoung.org.uk
Funding to support existing Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust grantees to ‘keep the lights on’ or otherwise adapt their work to the changed context arising from coronavirus (COVID-19). Click here
Potential award: Up to £1,000
Deadline for applications: None declared
Grants of £500 for local charities that support and inspire people to participate in sports or exercise. Localgiving have announced they will support projects that help people to stay active during social distancing, such as online fitness classes delivered via video conferencing software or Youtube. More information about this fund. Click here
Funding Body: The Morrisons Foundation
Description: Grants are available to support charities caring for the homeless during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 10,000 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
There is a total of £500,000 for this fund.
Awards up to £10,000 are available. However, smaller requests will allow more charities to be supported from the fund.
Useful Links:
Morrisons Foundation - Homeless Support Fund Click here
The Morrisons Foundation Click here
Tel: 0845 611 5364
Established last year, the NET launched its Coronavirus Appeal in partnership with the British Red Cross, with backing from the Duke of Cambridge. It will distribute money to charities and grassroots organisations. Click here
Existing funding arrangements shall be honoured. New funding decisions for the next six months will be devoted to addressing the current crisis and organisations supporting people who are at high risk from COVID-19. New applications are particularly welcome from organisations supporting communities which are facing increased demand and challenges as a direct result of COVID-19.Click here
Funding Body: Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC)
Description: Grants are available to user-led organisations and small unconstituted community groups in England for activities that will make a direct difference to the lives of people living with mental ill-health, trauma and distress during the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 2,000 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
Most grants will be for up to £1,000. In some instances, application for grants of up to £2,000 will be considered.
Useful Links: NSUN - COVID-19 Fund read more here
E-Mail: covidfund@nsun.org.uk
Here at Neighbourly we know now, more than ever, how important it is to support local communities. With the support of our partner businesses, Grants will be awarded to existing members of Neighbourly in UK and Ireland whose work will involve supporting members of the community suffering economically, socially or from ill health as a result of the outbreak. This may include, but not be limited to, elderly people, those on low incomes and people at risk of food insecurity. Grant are unrestricted and can go towards food provision, emergency supplies, practical support, running costs, transport and other essentials.Click here
Potential award: Up to £400
Deadline for applications: None declared - applications should be submitted at the applicants earliest opportunity
The PRS Emergency Relief Fund has been set up to provide immediate financial support to Performing Right Society (PRS) members during the coronavirus pandemic. Funding is being offered to songwriters and composers from around the world who are facing significant financial pressure as the global battle against the virus continues. Applicants must have been members for at least two years and earned over £500 of PRS royalties in the last two years. Click here
Potential award: Up to £1,000
Deadline for applications: None declared - applications should be submitted at the applicant’s earliest opportunity
Funding Body: Power to Change
Description: Eligible Power to Change grantees and Cooperatives UK, Locality and Plunkett Foundation members will be invited to apply for a grant to contribute towards trading income lost between April to June 2020 as a result of coronavirus/COVID-19.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 25,000 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
The maximum grant available is £25,000. The funding is likely to be distributed between June to October 2020.
The grant size will be calculated based on the applicant’s trading income from April 2019 – March 2020, and will be equal to 25% of trading income for that period or £25,000 – whichever is lower.
Useful Links: Power to Change read more here
Funding Body: Big Society Capital Description:
Emergency loans are available to support UK-based social enterprises and charities that are experiencing disruption to their normal business model as a result of coronavirus/COVID-19.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £500,000 Minimum Value: £100,000
Loans of between £100,000 and £500,000 are available for a term of one to three years.
Loans will have no fees or interest for the first 12 months. Then an interest rate of 6.5% per year will be applied for years two and three (after principal payments start).
Useful Links: Resilience and Recovery Loan Fund Click here
E-Mail: Click here
Supporting:
More information on this fund read more here
Potential award: Up to £5,000
Deadline for applications: Next panel due to occur June 2020. Applications recommended ASAP.
Grants from £5,000 upwards to tackle financial problems and improve living standards for those on low-to-middle incomes in the UK. More details about the fast-track grant scheme. Please read more here.
A short-term fund to support communities in need. A single payment award to organisations who are supporting vulnerable groups including: voluntary/community organisations, registered charities, schools, health bodies, Parish/Town councils, social enterprises, Community Interest Companies, community councils, local authorities and housing organisations. Click here
Potential award: Up to £500
Deadline for applications: None declared - applications should be submitted at the applicant’s earliest opportunity
Grants are available to sight loss charities in England for projects that support the blind and partially sighted community during the coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis or for covering the general running costs of the charity in the face of cashflow issues caused by the crisis. Click here
Potential award: Up to £10,000, or the equivalent of two months’ running costs (whichever is less) are available for use over the next six months.
Deadline for applications: None declared
Funding Body: The Antonio Carluccio Foundation
Description: Grants for charities in the UK working to feed those in need and promote a better understanding of food origins and nutrition.
Status: Open for Applications
Application Deadline: None specified
Maximum Value: £ 5,000 Minimum Value: There is no minimum value
During the current coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis, the Foundation is making a total of £500,000 available for 2020.
Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Useful Links: The Antonio Carluccio Foundation read more here
A £1m Community Support Fund will be available to communities across the UK to help those in need in their local communities, during the Coronavirus pandemic. Teams in each shop will work together with their communities to choose the best way to use the fund. Help could include setting up additional local delivery services to support the self-isolating, the vulnerable, the elderly and those looking after them; delivering boxes of staples to local care homes and community groups, and donating products to create care packages for customers to share with vulnerable neighbours. read more here
Grants of up to £1,500 for eligible small charities. Requests are considered for contributions to core funding or for specific projects. There are no reporting requirements. More information on this fund. read more here
Potential award: Up to £1,500
Deadline for applications: None declared
The £5million Enterprise Relief Fund will offer grants to 18 to 30-year olds across the UK who are self-employed and/or running their own business. In conjunction with cash grants, the initiative will offer one-to-one support and guidance to anyone who needs it and who may be worried about their future. Click here
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to registered charities in England and Wales, with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000.This would be used to cover core costs and staffing in one of their priority areas. More information about this fund. Click here
Development grants between £30,000–£100,000, and impact grants of between £100,000–£800,000 for organisations working with young people aged 14–24 to help overcome barriers to finding meaningful work. More information about this fund. Click here
This fund is to support smaller charities during the Covid-19 outbreak, that are helping UK communities to cope with the impact of the pandemic. Charities can apply for support with running costs, staff and travel costs as well as volunteer expenses. Click here
Potential award: From £250 - £2,000
Deadline for applications: None declared. Charities will receive a decision on their application within two weeks of submitting a request.
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