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Magic Little Grants Fund

Aims/priorities: The Magic Little Grants Fund provides local charities and community groups the opportunity to access funding to launch or deliver their services.

Who can apply? To access the Magic Little Grants Fund, applicants must:

Be eligible to join Localgiving by

Having charitable aims that are not solely for the advancement of religion.

Education Endowment Foundation (EEF) Fund

Aims/priorities: The EEF’s funding rounds will now focus on particular topics, and projects will be funded within selected themes under these topics.

For the Spring 2023 grant funding round EEF are looking for applications for programmes that have some evidence of promise for this funding round in the three following research priority areas: 

  • Teacher retention and recruitment
  • Education Technology (EdTech)
  • Post-16.

For further details about these themes, please refer to the guidance notes.

Woodward Charitable Trust - Children's Summer Playscheme Grant

Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support small-scale organisations that provide children's summer playschemes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds that run in the summer holidays.

Who can apply? UK registered charities, community interest companies, charitable incorporated organisations or exempt charities with an annual turnover of less than £100,000 can apply.

Grant amount: One-off grants of between £500 and £1,000 are available. Around 35 grants are made per year.

Barclays Community Football Fund

Aims/priorities: 

The Barclays Community Football Fund, in partnership with Sported, is a three-year programme, running from January 2022 to December 2024. During this time, it will offer small grants and additional support resources to grassroots groups across the UK.

KFC Foundation Community Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: 

The KFC Foundation provides grants to support grassroots organisations in the communities where KFC’s restaurants are located. The Foundation works with organisations who are empowering young people in the UK to fulfil their potential by providing safe social spaces, mentoring or work, and social skills.

The Foundation aims to fund work that helps young people create firm foundations, by addressing their needs through early intervention.

The funding is intended for projects and activities that:

Centre for Social Justice Awards

Aims/priorities: The CSJ Awards finds the very best grassroot charities and social enterprises from across Britain, gives them £20,000 to scale their impact and puts them in the spotlight for senior politicians, philanthropists and business and charity leaders to be inspired by and learn from. The event is designed to give Award Winners unique opportunities to connect with other people passionate about furthering the cause of social justice in Britain.

Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF)

Aims/priorities: The Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF) was first developed in response to the Government’s commitment to provide millions of pounds for planting both large and small trees in and around England’s towns and cities.

NFL Foundation UK Partnerships - Birmingham & Greater Manchester

Aims/priorities: Founded in 2021, the NFL Foundation UK is the charitable arm of the NFL within the UK. The Foundation aims to tackle inequality and lack of opportunity faced by young people, aged 11-20 in underserved communities across the UK. The NFL Foundation will address these challenges by providing grants, training and equipment to local community organisations, enabling young people to access activities and support that will help them understand and realise their potential.

Oldham Food Security Challenge Live!

Six local food projects pitch for their share of £50,000 in funding for ideas that support long-term solutions to food poverty in Oldham.

Date and time

Thursday 23 February 2023, 6pm – 8:30pm

Location

Hack Oldham 38-44 Yorkshire Street Oldham OL1 1SE

A fantastic community event with free food and drinks by Oldham’s Ruth’s Super Kitchen. Come and vote for your favourite Oldham food initiatives!

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