Oldham
Aims/priorities: The Bright Futures Fund welcomes applications from Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector community groups based in any of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester. The Fund will focus on projects aiming to improve social mobility, develop skills and otherwise support people from a wide variety of backgrounds into or back into work and careers.
Aims/priorities: This programme runs once a year.
The 2026 round will only fund autistic-specific holiday schemes. The programme will be for autistic-specific activity programmes that run in the school holidays in the UK, including sessions for siblings.
Who can apply? Not-for-profit organisations in the UK can apply.
To be eligible, applicants must:
Aims/priorities: The Holiday activities and food programme is a government initiative that aims to provide healthy hot food and enriching activities during the Easter school holidays, primarily to children and young people aged 5 to 16 who are eligible for benefits related free school meals. It is funded by the Department for Education (DfE). The aim is for children and young people to socialise, learn and play during the Easter holiday period, enjoy a hot meal and have fun.
Aims/priorities: The funding currently only supports charities serving people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.
The funding is to help people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups to:
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:
Aims/priorities: The Fund's objective is that every individual in the UK living with a genetic condition and their family is able to access the appropriate support at the time they need it so that they feel supported, valued and included.
The funding is intended to support projects that:
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support frontline genetic condition specific charities in the UK to:
Aims/priorities: Following the announcement from the Department for Education of the extension of the Holiday Activities and Food programme in England for this year, I am pleased to announce that Feeding Britain can offer additional funding to holiday clubs during the Easter and May half-term holidays to complement this programme in England, and to complement other statutory support in Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland.
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for projects across the UK that will:
Aims/priorities: The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interests being funded each year: