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Opportunities: Community support

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The Foyle Foundation Small Grants programme

Grants available to smaller charities operating at a grassroots community level with an annual income of under £150,000 for activities and projects that will have a significant and beneficial impact on local communities.

Deadline: 31 January 2025

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Rural Communities – The Royal Countryside Fund

New funding is available from The Royal Countryside Fund to deliver transformative community-led initiatives in rural areas, unlocking the huge potential for positive change in the countryside.

Deadline: 21 February 2025

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The Congregational and General Charitable Trust

Grants available for community initiatives that support the United Reformed Church and other churches in the Protestant tradition in the United Kingdom. Previously, the Trust has funded Food Banks, Breakfast Clubs and Youth Groups.

Deadline: 30 January 2025

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The Britford Bridge Trust

Grants, generally for between £10,000 and £50,000, are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas to prevent poverty, advance education, health and the arts, culture, heritage and science.

Deadline: 31 December 2024

The Neighbourhood Watch Network Community Grants Fund

The Neighbourhood Watch Network is a grassroots charitable movement. It is the largest crime prevention voluntary movement in England and Wales and has upwards of 2.3 million members. Schemes are run by volunteers across England and Wales supported by volunteer Associations, and by the Neighbourhood Watch Network, the national umbrella organisation for the movement

The deadline for this opportunity was 1 January 2024

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Global’s Make Some Noise

Global’s 2024 programme prioritises grant-giving for small charities that are working to address one of our key outcome areas for achieving change in communities across the UK

The deadline for this opportunity was 22 October 2024

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The Talisman Charitable Trust

Small grants available to UK local authorities, other charitable organisations or a not-for-profit organisations such as Citizens’ Advice on behalf of individuals facing hardship and poverty.

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The ASDA Foundation’s Investing in Places and Spaces Grant Programme

Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available for grassroots charitable organisations across the UK to improve community spaces which will make a lasting difference to local communities.

The deadline for this opportunity was 28 July 2024

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The Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund

Grants for village halls in rural areas across England to enhance, upgrade, extend, improve, and construct halls so that, as a result, new activities can take place and help bring communities together.

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The Which? Fund

Grants for new, high quality research projects that explore the consumer harms faced by diverse and disadvantaged communities and/or identify innovative solutions to these harms.

The deadline for this opportunity was 16 September 2024

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The Co-op Local Community Fund

Small grants for projects that enable people play a part in their community’s future and/or help to protect the planet.

The deadline for this opportunity was 7 July 2024

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The Ashworth Charitable Trust

Grants for charities that are working in the UK and/or overseas on projects that address humanitarian causes.

The deadline for this opportunity was 31 August 2024