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McCarthy Stone Foundation - Dementia Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: The programme aims to support organisations providing services for people over 65 years old with dementia in areas of deprivation affecting older people in Great Britain. Memory cafes and dementia clubs are supported.

Who can apply? Community organisations, registered charities and CICs limited by guarantee working in England, Scotland or Wales may apply. Exempt charities will also be considered.

Organisations must have:

Screwfix Foundation

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for both national and local charities across the UK so that they can fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities specifically for those in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress) in the UK.

Due to the very high number of applications received each quarter, Screwfix will give priority to the following projects:

Grow Wild Youth Grants

Aims/priorities: Grow Wild Youth Project funding is a youth-led process for people aged 16-25 to deliver a creative project that celebrates and shares why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from young people aged 16 to 25 years old who live in the UK.

To be eligible, applicants must:

One Oldham Fund Developing Recovery Communities Grant

Aims/priorities: Funds have been allocated by Oldham Council to the Developing Recovery Communities Forum – a network of organisations working to support individuals in recovery. This funding is to support individuals in recovery through investing in the work of the Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise organisations supporting these individuals. We also want to enable individuals in recovery to develop new activities which they lead, with the support of a VCFSE organisation.

There are two grant sizes available:

IOP Public Engagement Grant Scheme

Aims/priorities: The Institute of Physics provides funding for projects across the UK and Ireland that improve people’s relationship with physics in their family or community groups.

The funding is for projects that support the aims of the Limit Less campaign by reaching one or more of the target groups that are currently underrepresented in the physics community. IOP is specifically trying to reach families with young people under the age of 16 that identify with one or more of the following groups:

Jerwood Foundation

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support organisations with a focus on making art available for public benefit and emerging talent in the arts throughout the UK.

Who can apply? Groups working to make art available for public benefit can apply.

Groups must provide a copy of their organisation's latest audited accounts (smaller charities should instead provide their annual budget with income and expenditure details).

Grant amount: There is no maximum or minimum award amount specified.

Bagri Foundation

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support artistic projects that promote the sharing of traditional and contemporary Asian culture.

Who can apply? Not-for-profit arts organisations that are actively engaged in the cultural sector can apply, including:

WCIT Charity

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support IT projects and activities that relate to one or more of the following priority areas:

  • Education.
  • Inclusion.
  • Tech for charities.
  • Public understanding of Technology. 

Who can apply? Registered charities and organisatoins with a formal not-for-profit constitution, such as community interest companies (CICs), can apply. 

Applicants must provide:

The Happiness Fund

Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to build happy, strong, resilient communities by supporting grassroots, not-for-profit projects that enable sustainable outcomes in:

  • Mental health
  • Wellbeing
  • Inclusion
  • Skills development

Who can apply? Grassroots, community-based organisations can apply.

To be eligible, applicants must be:

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