Grant Directories

Salford CVS (Community and Voluntary Services) is the city-wide infrastructure organisation for the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector; providing specialist information, advice, development support and opportunities for influence and collaboration. Through the Hate Crime Awareness Fund Salford CVS provides grants of up to £750 for Salford-based VCSE organisations and Hate Crime Reporting Centres to deliver projects to raise awareness of hate crime, how to report hate crime and the support available for victims during February 2024.

The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a grant making foundation that give grants to small and medium sized local organisations in the UK with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Through the Major grants programme the foundation provides funding of between £10,000 and £100,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs to organisations that have a focus on Family Support, this may further include: Early intervention;  Families coping with addiction; Prisoners' families

The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a grant making foundation that give grants to small and medium sized local organisations in the UK with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Through the small grants programme the foundation provides funding of between £2,000 and £10,000 to charitable organisations with an income of less than £250,000 for projects that focus on Community Support. Examples of the kind of projects that can be funded include: CommunityServices; CommunityCentres; Alternative Education; Training, mentoring, employment and volunteering opportunities; Youth; Counselling; Family Support Services; Substance Misuse.

The Cumbria Community Foundation exists to benefit disadvantaged people and communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference within their local area. Through the High Sheriff’s Crimebeat Fund, the Foundation provides donor-advised easy access grants of up to £1,000 for groups working with young people facing disadvantage in Cumbria. Priority will be given to groups whose activities primarily target young people involved with crime or in danger of becoming involved in antisocial behaviour or crime. It is funded by money raised by Cumbrian High Sheriffs during their year in office.

The Community Foundation for Merseyside exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Crime Prevention Fund the foundation provides grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 to charities, community groups and social enterprises who deliver projects that stop problems before they occur, by reducing the opportunities for crime and by deterring people away from becoming involved in anti-social and criminal behaviour.

The Community Foundation for Merseyside exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the High Sheriff and Merseyside Police Charitable Fund the foundation provides grants of between £500 and £2,500 to support community safety, crime prevention and security initiatives in their locality.

The Cumbria Community Foundation exists to benefit disadvantaged people and communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference within their local area.  Through the Barrow-in-Furness Grassroots Fund, the Foundation provides support for small grassroots organisations helping disadvantaged people enabling them to continue or expand their work in advocacy, community voice and service provision for local people in the Barrow district.

Foundation Derbyshire exists to benefit disadvantaged communities by making grants to support relevant charitable or voluntary organisations, which make a difference to their local communities. Through the Derbyshire High Sheriff Fund the foundation provides grants of up to £2,500 to improve the quality of life for Derbyshire residents by supporting activities that help to build safer, stronger communities.

The Allen Lane Foundation is a grant-making trust with a focus is on funding unpopular causes. The overall aims of the Foundation are to make a lasting difference to people’s lives; reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination; and to encourage or enable unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community  The Foundation supports projects aimed at education and the prevention of abuse, and the provision of practical alternatives to violence and conflict resolution. 

The Allen Lane Foundation is a grant-making trust with a focus is on funding unpopular causes. The overall aims of the Foundation are to make a lasting difference to people’s lives; reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination; and to encourage or enable unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community.  The Foundation supports the work of groups and organisations that work with people in prison, ex-offenders, and those at risk of offending. The Foundation is especially keen to support the rehabilitation of people, and work that helps reduce the likelihood of re-offending behaviour.

This scheme will provide protective security measures to places of worship that have been subject to, or are vulnerable to a hate crime attack. To be eligible, applicants will need to demonstrate that any crimes committed at their place of worship (or one not necessarily of the same faith within a 2 mile radius) was motivated by hostility or prejudice based on religion or belief. Grants can cover security equipment but not the cost of recruiting security personnel and may include: CCTV; perimeter fencing; access control gates; window locks; intruder alarm; external lighting; and security doors and the appropriate labour cost to install the security equipment.

The UK Government's Tampon Tax Fund distributes the VAT collected on women's sanitary products as grants to charitable organisations within the UK. A total of £15 million is available for projects that address violence against women or work with disadvantaged women and girls. Priority will be given to projects that provide services that are not currently widely available. Proposals from organisations that work to improve the lives of disadvantaged women and girls more generally are welcomed. All applicants must demonstrate how user involvement is built into their work and that users (or potential users) of a service or project are involved in an appropriate way at all stages.

The Safer Communities Fund has been launched to help voluntary, community groups, charities and partners make their communities safer and feel safer. Grants will be awarded in line with the priorities set out in the Police and Crime plan. The objectives of the fund are to put Proceeds of Crime money back into communities, to promote a simple, inclusive and transparent grant process and to provide grants which can make a difference and make communities safer and feel safer.

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Lancashire is committed to working with local resident and community groups to support them in making where they live a safer and better place. The Community Action Fund is designed to provide small grants to assist groups in tackling local concerns and helping to deliver the PCC's priorities as set out in the Police and Crime Plan: To protect vulnerable people i.e. from domestic abuse and hate crimes: Champion the rights of victims, improving help and support and giving them an effective voice: To deliver targeted local initiatives to tackle crime, anti-social behaviour and re-offending and support local business and rural communities in tackling crime that affects them.

The Police & Crime Commissioner for Cumbria offers a number of funding streams that support local community groups, larger charities and statutory agencies in delivering projects that have an impact on the priorities within the Police and Crime Plan: Anti- social behaviour; youth justice; rural crime; domestic abuse; sexual violence; support for victims; preventing re-offending; veterans; hate crime which encompasses hate, disability, sexual orientation, race, transgender, and religion. The Community Fund and Property Funds are specifically for access by the local community, third sector and voluntary groups within Cumbria.

The objectives of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Cheshire's Safer Communities Fund are to encourage public involvement in the prevention and reduction of crime; provide education, information and practical assistance on crime prevention; improve safety for vulnerable people; reduce fear of crime; divert young people away from crime, substance misuse and/or anti-social behaviour and to pump prime initiatives. Local residents, voluntary and community groups can apply for funding up to a maximum of £5,000 for projects that involve the local community in achieving one or more of these objectives.

The Police & Crime Commissioner for West Mercia's Grant Scheme aims to build the capacity of local communities to keep people safe and reduce the fear of crime. Details of the current funding schemes include, funding to improve road safety through education, engineering and enforcement; Funding to prevent burglary including funding of "smart water" for property marking; Funding for community projects that work towards a safer West Mercia.

The Saint Sarkis Charity Trust is a grant making organisation which funds the following organisations: The Armenian Church of Saint Sarkis in London; The Gulbenkian Library at the Armenian Patriarchate in Jerusalem; registered charities concerned with the Armenian community in the UK and/or overseas. Although the Trust continues to provide funding for a small number of innovative projects which help to support prisoners in the UK and so reduce the rates of re-offending, it no longer accepts unsolicited applications for this priority. The funding amount is discretionary and applications may be submitted at any time.

The Indigo Trust is a grant making foundation that funds technology-driven projects to bring about social change, largely in African countries.  The Trust focuses mainly on innovation, transparency and citizen empowerment. The Trust will also consider innovative projects, which utilise Information Technologies to support development outcomes in any sector including the health, education, human rights and agricultural spheres. The Indigo Trust makes grants to African projects or programmes, or to organisations which operate at least partly in African countries.

The Trust makes revenue grants to small registered charities whose work focuses on one of the Trust’s priority groups.  These are;  elderly people, children and young people aged 5 - 25, people with physical impairments;  learning difficulties or mental health challenges,;  social welfare - people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending); and education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children).  Grants are given for running costs for up to three years. Grants are normally for a maximum of £3,000 per year.

The aim of the Weaver's Company Benevolent Fund is to support projects working with disadvantaged young people (aged 5 to 30 years) to ensure that they are given every possible chance to meet their full potential and to participate fully in society. The Fund also aims to help young people at risk of criminal involvement to stay out of trouble and assist in the rehabilitation of offenders, particularly young offenders both in prison and after release. Grants are usually no more than £15,000 per annum, and to make sure grants of this size have an impact, we will not fund large organisations. To be eligible for funding, local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than £100,000. Those working across the UK should normally have an income of not more than £250,000. Applications are considered at meetings in February, June and November.

Westhill support projects with strong underlying Christian Values that transform peoples lives, foster empathy between communities and build bridges between people of diverse backgrounds and cultures. Grants have been made to a very wide range of successful projects in local communities in churches and cathedrals, hospitals and hospices; and in higher and a wide range of further educational institutions both in the UK and overseas. Most grants range between £500 and £20,000. Larger sums for projects running over two years are considered but matching funding is sometimes advised. Applications can be submitted at any time and these are assessed on a quarterly basis.

Forever Manchester is the community foundation for Greater Manchester, it is a charity that funds and supports thousands of community projects in Bury, Bolton, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport, Salford, Trafford, Tameside and Wigan. Through generous contributions from individuals and businesses, Forever Manchester strengthens communities and enriches local life by inspiring local people to do extraordinary things together. Forever Manchester manages a wide range of different funds that community groups can apply for depending on the funding criteria, details of all funds available can be found on the Forever Manchester website.

Community Foundations support community and voluntary sector activity through grants to local groups and organisations. There are 48 Community Foundations of different sizes within the UK. Although all Community Foundations operate according to common criteria, they vary in terms of size and nature of grants available. Some Community Foundations will fund both organisations and individuals whilst other foundations will only fund organisations. Each community foundation covers a specific geographic area and will not normally be able to support work outside its area.