Funding Round-up – Community (part 3), April 2023

Here is a final collection of funding rounds from local and national organisations focusing on community themes aimed at helping charities continue work.

Whilst every effort has been made to provide up-to-date information, due to the varying nature and progress of public policies and other related activity, MVA do advise that some of the details below may have changed since the time of its issue and ask that readers please check with each organisation’s website for the latest news.

Groundwork - One Stop Community Partnership Programme
Working with the One Stop network of shops, national organisation Groundwork have launched a programme to offer grants and begin a partnership with local One Stop stores.

Their Community Partnership Programme is designed to support community groups or organisations that operate near a One Stop store and are working to deliver solutions that:

• Tackle food poverty
• Support the vulnerable, the elderly, or low-income families
• Run youth sports teams or similar activity

Alongside the grant, Groundwork says a long-term tailored programme of support would also be given by the One Stop Community Team and One Stop Store Team.

At the time of writing, there was no recognised deadline, suggesting this is a Continuous Rolling Programme and applications can be accepted at any time.

To find out more and how to apply, visit the Groundwork website.

Awards for All from National Lottery Community Fund
National Lottery’s Awards for All offers grants of up to £10,000 for grassroots and community activity that aims to:

• bring people together and building strong relationships in and across communities;
• improve the places and spaces that matter to communities; and/or
• enable more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage.

Charities, community or not-for-profit groups, parish or town councils, health bodies, or schools are eligible to apply.

In the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic, National Lottery says the programme will continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by the crisis.

This is a Continuous Rolling Programme, which means there is no deadline and applications can be submitted at any time.

More information can be found at the National Lottery website.

Reaching Communities Funding Programme from National Lottery Community Fund
Large grants of over £10,000, for up to five years, are available to voluntary and community organisations for projects that make positive changes in their communities.

Following on from the Coronavirus pandemic, the Reaching Communities programme says it will continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by the crisis.

Organisations can apply for funding to:

• Continue to deliver activity - whether the community needs crisis response, recovery or business as usual activity
• Change and adapt, becoming more resilient to respond to new and future challenges

This is a Continuous Rolling Programme, so there is no deadline and applications can be submitted at any time.

More details are available at the National Lottery website.

If you would like to see coverage of specific funding or grant rounds to help your charity, your project, your community group or enterprise, you can get in touch by email at info@mva.org.uk, you can also contact MVA via the website.