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Impetus School Attainment Grant

Aims/Priorities: Impetus is seeking to partner with one non-profit organisation:

  • Working to improve school attainment outcomes for students (age 7-18) from disadvantaged backgrounds in mainstream schools.
  • Committed to supporting these young people to secure the expected standard in their SATs and/or GCSE Grade 4 in English and/or maths.
  • With an ambition to grow their impact using meaningful, benchmarked data.

Who can apply? To be eligible, organisation must:

Impetus Skills Grant

Aims/Priorities: Impetus is seeking to partner with two non-profit organisations that:

  • Support young people (age 16-24) who are NEET and from disadvantaged backgrounds
  • Deliver work-related skills (either vocational or essential)
  • Aim for employment outcomes for those young people.

There is particular interest in organisations that:

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales - Racial Equity Grants

Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations who are led by the communities they serve and alongside providing immediate crisis support and working with people over the longer term to help them break free from poverty and achieve their potential.

Who can apply? Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs) and community interest companies (CICs) can apply.

To be eligible, all organisations must:

Baring Foundation - Strengthening Civil Society (Tackling Racial Injustice in the Criminal Justice System)

Aims/priorities: The Strengthening Civil Society (SCS) programme is a collaboration with the Legal Education Foundation and the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation.

In 2021, the SCS programme began supporting work which uses legal action to address racial injustice in the criminal justice system (CJS) and bring about wider social change. The Foundation will be reviewing the CSC programme throughout 2025 and it is expected that a new strategy for the programme will be released in January 2026.

Communities for Afghans Scheme - Phase 2 Funding

Aims/priorities: The aim is to provide households with the tools that they need to integrate into society and promote cohesion between households and their local communities so that they can participate fully in UK life.

The funding is for VCSE organisations to become 'Principal Sponsors' that recruit 'community Sponsor Groups' who come together to support a resettled household by sourcing accommodation for a period of three-years and providing integration support.

BBC Children in Need - Pudsey Next Steps

Aims/Priorities: The Pudsey Next Steps funding programme was established to help achieve greater equity, diversity and inclusion in BBC Children in Need grant-making.

The funding is intended to reach under-served and marginalised children and young people who may be affected by challenges including poverty, discrimination, and exclusion. For example, this could include care experienced or disabled children and young people. It may include racially minoritised children and young people.

Cyber Local Programme

Aims/Priorities: Cyber Local is a UK government scheme to deliver tailored support for the cyber security sector across the regions.

By tapping into local know-how, Cyber Local funds initiatives which support the growth of cyber security ecosystems, promote partnerships, and increase cyber security skills and careers opportunities.

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