Grant Directories

The Royal British Legion Employment grant is available to all ex-serving armed forces personnel and their families, specifically those who are unemployed or under employed. There are two types of grant available: A training, travel, accommodation and equipment grant – Provides applicants with support to address unemployment or under-employment. Childcare and medical costs linked to difficulties around attending training are also considered. The cap for this grant is £1,000; A licences grant – A licence grant is awarded if it will assist applicants to find or continue work. Typically, this is to fund the provision of a professional licence that is needed for the applicants work, for example a Security Industry Authority (SIA) licence. This is a one-off grant with a cap of £250.

The Waterloo Foundation (TWF) is an independent grant-making Foundation created in 2007, and based in Cardiff, Wales. The Foundation provides funding through several programmes, the Working Wales programme was created in response to the recession which started in 2008 and has had a profound and far reaching effect on the Welsh economy and on the lives of the people of Wales. The programme provides funding of between £5,000 and £25,000 to organisations that help people to set up businesses or gain permanent paid employment. Organisations that have previously been supported include The Prince’s Trust Cymru, Creative Rural Communities and Autism Spectrum Connections Cymru

This Welsh Government fund, supported by the European Regional Development Fund, aims to support social businesses in Wales in growing their trading income and creating jobs in communities across Wales. The Fund can provide investments of up to £150,000 in West Wales and the Valleys and £125,000 in East Wales. Matched Funding of 40% is requires in West Wales and the Valleys and 50% in East Wales. The support available is a mix of grants (40%) and repayable assistance (60%). The over achievement of job creation targets will be rewarded by turning an element of the repayable assistance into a grant.

Rosa's Woman to Woman Fund offers grants of up to £25,000 to local grassroots women's organisations across the UK. Grants are available for groups with an income of under £100,000 per year to support a wide range of charitable work that benefits women. Project themes can include, for example, building confidence and leadership skills, tackling harassment and violence, training in financial literacy and increasing engagement in decision-making. Rosa especially wants to support groups that work with disadvantaged communities or in disadvantaged areas. Grants can pay for core work, as well as mobilising volunteers, leadership development, communications and advocacy. As well as grants, Rosa will provide additional support that women's groups identify, including mentoring, training and networking opportunities.

The Coalfields Community Grants Programme in Wales can award grants from £500 up to £7,000. This programme is for community and voluntary organisations that can demonstrate strongly that a grant will impact positively on people living in the Coalfield communities of Wales.