The Lloyds Bank Foundation pledge

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This week The Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales unveiled ‘Building a Better Future‘, a five-year strategy prioritising equity, diversity, and inclusion, and committing to helping small charities become more resilient, communities to grow stronger, and people to overcome complex issues and barriers so they can transform their lives.

In ‘Building a Better Future’, the Foundation acknowledges the barriers people face because of their gender, ethnicity, nationality, disability, which it says are worsened for people dealing with complex issues that don’t have simple solutions, such as homelessness or domestic abuse.

Building on learnings from its Reaching Further strategy, learning report published on its website, the Foundations 2022-26 plan will focus on small, local, and specialist charities with an income of £25,000 – £500,000. It states that because of their size and in-depth understanding of the communities they serve, these charities are best placed to reach, engage, and support people and where the Foundation’s combination of unrestricted funding and capacity-building support will have the greatest impact.

By supporting these charities – which it argues are too often underfunded, under pressure and underrepresented – with flexible, unrestricted grants of £75,000 over three years, Lloyds Bank Foundation will provide charities with greater stability and freedom to use funds as they see best, particularly in the current climate.

Over the last two years, Lloyds Bank Foundation has worked to address racial inequity and it builds on this commitment by allocating at least 25 per cent of its core funding to charities led by and for Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Another 25 per cent will be committed to charities led by and for D/deaf and disabled people. The Foundation is working closely with charities led by and for these communities on developing these programmes ahead of launching next year.

Recognising the challenges facing small charities, people and communities, the Foundation will also increase its capacity development offer, which helps charities build and strengthen skills and knowledge so they can set and achieve their objectives and secure funding elsewhere. The capacity development program also maximises the Foundation’s partnership with Lloyds Banking Group, which brings together individuals and teams from the Group to offer volunteering opportunities, mentoring and skills sharing with charities the Foundation supports.

The Foundation will continue to work with organisations across civil society to influence policy and practice, focusing on seeking to secure change in three critical issues for people and charities: improving the availability of accommodation, the operation of the welfare system, and the support provided to refugees and asylum seekers.

To create more space and opportunities for charities to work together and with other partners at the local level, the Foundation will also launch a distinct funding and support programme encouraging impactful partnerships to help influence local systems, practices, and policy and improve people’s lives. Details of how to get involved in this work will be announced next year. The Foundation will continue partnering with six communities across England and Wales to support long-term transformational change.

The Foundation has been working closely with charities to develop its funding programmes.

Further details will be announced with the application opening from November 2022.

For more information visit www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/about-us/our-strategy

To read more about the Foundations learnings, visit www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/we-influence/research/lessons-for-funder-practice

Tesco Community Grants

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The Tesco funding continues.

We are accepting applications for the January – March 2023 voting period!

Groundwork UK administer the funding programme on behalf of Tesco, and Groundwork Northants is the local (independent) Groundwork company.

There are no themes for applications, any programme can apply for funding, demonstrating its Community Benefit. We are particularly low in applications in Daventry, Brackley, Corby and Kettering.

Follow the link for more information.

Tesco Community Grants

Together Fund Programme

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The Together Fund is a support package to help the sport and physical activity sector through the coronavirus (Covid-19) crisis. The funding for this programme comes from Sport England and the National Lottery but administered locally by Northamptonshire Sport.

Within applications we are looking for organisations that can demonstrate they fulfil the criteria listed below.

The Together Fund will continue to focus on these priority audiences are:

  • Lower socio-economic groups (eligible delivery areas can be found here)
  • Ethnically diverse communities
  • Disabled people
  • People with long-term health conditions.

Additional weighting will go to applications showing:

  • How the funding will help support their participants to remain active post funding.
  • How the funding will remain within the locality of the organisation/ delivery site/ community.
  • That the funded organisation has a strong workforce to deliver the project, or shows they are willing to engage in part funded training to increase their workforce.
  • The existing relationship the club/group have with the target audience and the extent of its reach into the target community.
  • That they are based in North Northants, in particular:
    • Avondale/ Grange (Kettering),
    • Kingswood (Corby),
    • Corby as a whole,
    • Victoria (Wellingborough),
  • They are aiming to engage the West Northants Bangladeshi and Caribbean Communities.
  • Shows how the funding will either help the club/community body to survive through till the 31stMarch 2023 and/or support their participants to regain activity levels or restart their physical activity journey (funding must be spent by 31st March 2023)

As part of the application organisations must also complete the Community Groups Workforce Needs survey

Full details and how organisations can apply is found via our website on https://www.northamptonshiresport.org/funding/togetherfund/ (a printable version of the form can be found online)

Deadline 8th September 2022 (Midday)

Sir Robert McAlpine Funding

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There’s funding available for non-profits in Kettering. Sir Robert McAlpine has launched a £12,500 fund to support community projects that aim to drive positive change in the local area.

Grants of up to £3,000 are available for non-profits of all shapes and sizes. Applications are open until 29 July

Don’t miss out! To find out more and apply head to ActionFunder: https://bit.ly/3xZax4p

 

U18 Better Starts Grant

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Local community groups can apply for grants of between £500 and £1500 to support a broad range of activities that contribute to improving children’s lives and contribute towards transforming local communities. The funding is being made available through round 2 of the Asda Foundation’s Under 18 Better Starts Grant. As a result of the cost of living crisis, the focus for round 2 funding is on ensuring children are supported during the summer. It could be providing essential food over the school holidays or a new uniform and sports kit ahead of the new school year, etc.

Applications should be made through each local Asda store’s Community Champion.

Applications can be submitted at any time up to the 19th August 2022.

Click here to read more : https://www.asdafoundation.org/how-to-apply

 

Help the Homeless

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Applications are accepted quarterly for capital projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society, rather than simply offering shelter or other forms of sustenance.

Up to £5,000 is available to small and medium-sized charities with an annual turnover of under £1m. the next deadline is 15th November. Visit the website for further detail and an application form

Applying for Funding — Help the Homeless (help-the-homeless.org.uk)

 

The Matthew Good Foundation

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Applications are open for Projects that Have a Positive Impact on Communities, People or the Environment

The Fund will share £10,000 between five shortlisted projects, which will be voted for by John Good Group employees. The project that receives the most votes will receive a grant of £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 with fourth and fifth place both receiving £1,000.

To be eligible, applicants will have to have had an income of less than £50,000 in the last 12 months.

Funding is awarded every three months and the deadline for the next funding round is the 15th September 2022.

https://www.matthewgoodfoundation.org/grantsforgood/

 

The £1 million We Move Fund

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Children In Need have introduced their We Move Fund which aims to empower Black children and young people through Youth Social Action. They define youth social action as when children and young people use their voices to tackle subjects that matter to them. Children in Need will commit £10m over 10 years to create and invest in opportunities for Black children and young people.

They state: Youth Social Action is also part of our £4m Sharing Power (Youth Social Action) Programme. It is one of two Youth Social Action funds, being delivered in partnership with the #iwill Fund (a £54million joint investment between The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport), which are open this year. If your organisation or project is not focussed on Black children and young people, you can read about our other fund here

BBC Children in Need wants to place children and young people at the heart of what we do. We want to create opportunities to support and nurture children and young people’s voices, ideas, and leadership in the UK. We also know that children and young people experienced a reduction in their chances to participate during the pandemic.

We know that Black children and young people face many barriers in British society. Racial inequality, racism and discrimination prevent Black children and young people from accessing many opportunities including:

  • accessing similar opportunities and services, compared to their peers.
  • engaging in social, cultural, education and economic activity.

This impacts a child or young person’s emotional wellbeing, mental health, and ability to thrive and be the best they can be.

The We Move Fund: Youth Social Action aims to:

  • Reach Black children and young people with opportunities to have their voices heard. It will empower them to create change about issues that matter to them
  • Achieve positive outcomes for Black children and young people through Youth Social Action
  • Learn about what Youth Social Action means to Black children and young people. We will share this learning with the sector.

For more information on the grant and how to apply click here.

Grant funding available to support smart meter projects

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The 2022 Smart Energy GB in Communities programme is now live, with grant funding and support being targeted to organisations in England, Wales and Scotland reaching people who are over 65, people on a low income or people who are carers.

  • Grants of up to £25,000 are available for organisations that can deliver support to people who are over 65.
  • Grants of up to £10,000 are available for organisations that can deliver support to people on a low income.
  • Grants of up to £5,000 are available for organisations supporting people who are carers.

The main proportion of the funding aims to ensure people in the target groups understand how smart meters can benefit them and increase the likelihood that they will seek or accept a smart meter installation.

They are looking for applicants that have a trusted voice in their community. As this year’s target groups are significant in size (over 12 million people are over 65; approximately 8 million people are on a low income and around 1 in 4 people are carers), they are seeking projects that can engage these groups at scale through a combination of direct (Covid-19 permitting) and indirect activities. Previous organisations who have applied to the grants programme, both successful and unsuccessful, are eligible to apply and encouraged to do so. Housing associations and local authorities are eligible to apply too.

Full details on the application process are included in their Guidance Document on the NEA website. Please read this before completing an online application form and Project Plan. If you have any queries, contact smartgrants@nea.org.uk

The closing date for applications is 12 noon, Friday 11 February 2022.

We aim to appoint successful projects in late March, with delivery running until 7 December 2022

­For more information and to apply, click here

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