Opportunities Archive | Cornwall Voluntary Sector Forum

A group of adults and children on bicycles standing in front of a colourful wall

Funding is crucial to the wellbeing and resilience of the VCSE sector.

We help organisations and funders by sharing information and intelligence.

We sort funding opportunities by category to help you find ones that are right for your organisation.

You might like...

A young woman with long blonde hair is leaning against a wall smiling. She wears a Georgia's Voice lilac hoodie and a blue coat with flowers

Sector news, Workforce, Health, care and wellbeing

Cornwall VSF and Volunteer Cornwall launch new volunteer recruitment campaign

19 March 2024

The Caledonia Investments Charitable Foundation

The Foundation aims to support community projects in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly which address the interrelated issues of financial planning, debt management and the financial education of adults and children. Grants available range from £5,000 to £20,000.

Little girl in a wheelchair holding a basket ball in a sports hall

Cash4Clubs 2024

grants of up to £2,000 GBP/2,000 Euros are available to not-for-profit organisations, including registered charities, Community Interest Companies and sports clubs in the UK and the Republic of Ireland for the improvement of facilities, purchasing new equipment, coaching qualifications and investing in the sustainability of sports clubs.

A white bowl is being filled in front of a large cooking pan

One Stop Stores Ltd: Community Partnership Grants

Grants of up to £1,000 are available to a wide range of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales for local good causes that address food poverty, support low-income families, older people and those living in a neighbourhood who are disadvantaged and vulnerable.

a group of people is collectively gardening in a community space. The sun is shining and the sky is blue

The National Garden Scheme Community Gardens Awards 2024

Grants, generally up to £5,000, are available for community gardening projects in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. In 2023, the National Garden Scheme announced £232,000 in funding for 89 community garden projects across England, Wales and Northern Ireland.

Home Instead Charities

Small grants are available for community groups and grants of up to £1,500 are available for registered charities working at a grassroots level in the UK for wellbeing activities and projects that benefit people aged 55 and over, helping reduce social isolation and loneliness.

image shows a disabled woman with her carer and a dog smiling with joy

The PetPlan Charitable Trust Welfare Grants

Grants from £5,000 to £25,000 are available to UK registered charities towards the welfare of dogs, cats, horses, and rabbits. Grants are occasionally made to overseas projects.

A man who is blind is sat in a library with a woman who looks to be his carer. She is guiding his hands as he reads a book in brail.

Fight for Sight: Social Change Fund

Grants of up to £30,000 are available to UK charitable organisations for projects that support and empower children and young people who are blind or vision impaired with the tools to live independent and fulfilling lives.

The AB Charitable Trust

Revenue grants, generally for between £10,000 and £25,000, are available to small to medium-sized UK registered charities supporting people who are most marginalised and vulnerable in UK society.

volunteers bonding and hugging during charity event

The Gigglemug Charitable Trust

A discretionary grant-making charity that generally awards small grants to a range of charitable causes mainly in the UK.

The Castle Studies Trust

two people with boxing gloves in heart Research UK tshirts. One person has Downs syndrome

The Jane Hodge Foundation (Hodge Foundation)

The Foundation makes grants of various sizes to UK registered and exempt charities working in the UK and overseas in the areas of social welfare and care, education and medical research.

Children Wearing pudsey ears throwing coloured balls up into the air

BBC Children in Need: Pudsey Next Steps

BBC Children in need are offering rants from £1,000 – £15,000 per year for up to three years. Pudsey Next Steps is looking for applicants new to Children in Need working with under-served and marginalised, children and young people in under-served geographic areas across the UK.