Grant Directories

The Somerset Community Foundation was established in 2002. The Foundation's aim is to provide funding that will address the needs of Somerset's most vulnerable people and communities by tackling disadvantage, transforming people's lives and strengthening local communities. Through the High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust Neighbourhood & PCSO Policing Fund the foundation provides grants of betwee £250 and £5,000 for projects that complement the work of Police Community Support Officers (PCSO) and Neighbourhood Constables within Neighbourhood Policing Teams in the Avon and Somerset Constabulary. These activities should lead to a: increase in unity and engagement within communities; more positive relationships with communities; reduction in crime and antisocial behaviour within communities;greater education around the causes and consequences of crime.

The Somerset Community Foundation was established in 2002. The Foundation's aim is to provide funding that will address the needs of Somerset's most vulnerable people and communities by tackling disadvantage, transforming people's lives and strengthening local communities. Through the Commissioner’s Crime Prevention Fund the foundation provides grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 to help create safer communities. 

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 Herefordshire Community Foundation 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 Fund the foundation provides grants to organisations that support social cohesion, and law and order initiatives in Herefordshire communities.

The Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation 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 Portsmouth City Community Fund the foundation provides funding of up to £5,000 to support a wide range of beneficiaries including young people, older people, health & disability, medical research and general community projects for Portsmouth City residents.

The Wiltshire Community Foundation 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 Office of Police and Crime Commissioner and High Sheriff Awards programme the foundation provides grants of up to £5,000 to support projects which seek to bring communities together to tackle local issues improving trust and understanding and welcomes projects which offer a new or innovative approach.  Applications are expected to focus on one or more of the following areas: Anti-social behaviour, Crime in local neighbourhoods, Drug and alcohol related crime, Reducing re-offending, Violence against women and girls,Youth crime.

The Somerset Community Foundation was established in 2002. The Foundation's aim is to provide funding that will address the needs of Somerset's most vulnerable people and communities by tackling disadvantage, transforming people's lives and strengthening local communities. Through the High Sheriff of Somerset Charitable Trust the foundation provides grants of up to £1,500 for projects that give young people (up to the age of 25) the opportunity to help combat crime and the cause of crime in their 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 Police Property Act Fund was created from the proceeds of sale of goods recovered by the police that cannot be returned to their original owner. In accordance with the Police Property Act Regulations (1997) all awards from the fund must be for charitable purposes. Applications to be considered jointly by the Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) and the Chief Constable will be from local voluntary and community groups working to improve the lives of people in the Thames Valley Police area. Applicants must demonstrate that their project or activity contributes to meeting the PCC's objective of ‘Reducing Crime by Reducing Re-offending'.

The commissioning team of the Office of the Police & Crime Commissioner for Gloucestershire makes grants to charities and other organisations each year that address at least one of the six priorities that make up the Police and Crime Plan. These are: Accessibility and accountability; older but not overlooked; young people becoming adults; safe days and nights for all; safe and social driving; safer cyber. The PCC aims to support the right people to act as advocates for their communities or areas; to ensure the applicant is best placed to understand what is required to help their project(s) make a real difference and to ensure there is a benefit to the local community.

The Safer Dorset fund has been created as a resource to support local voluntary groups to deliver projects that make Dorset safer in line with the six priorities set out in the Police and Crime Plan. These are: Reduce the number of victims of crime; reduce the number of people seriously harmed; protect from serious threats; increase satisfaction in policing; reduce offending; support neighbourhood policing.

The Trust was set up in 1999 to help make local communities in Avon and Somerset become safer, better places to live. It supports projects and schemes that work towards reducing crime and the fear of crime in the communities where we work and live. The fund was created with the following aims : Protecting local people and property from crime; Reducing anti-social behaviour; Educating young people on the dangers of drug, alcohol and solvent abuse; Increasing community safety for all but especially the young, vulnerable and elderly; Diverting young people away from crime and anti-social behaviour, encouraging their growth into responsible young adults; Building good community relations.

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.

The Quartet Community Foundation is an independent charity that supports small, community-based charities and voluntary groups in the West of England (Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset & South Gloucestershire) whose work benefits local people. The Foundation gives grants to a broad range of causes and welcome applications from both new and established groups. The Foundation runs its own grants programme called the Express Programme which awards grants of up to £5,000. The Foundation also manages a range of other grants programmes with their own priorities, criteria and closing dates.

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.