Rochdale

Aims/priorities: The Hinrichsen Foundation offers grants to support organisations and individuals undertaking projects to promote music.

Who can apply? Individuals, organisations, and charities in the UK are eligible to apply.

Priority will be given to projects involving composers and activity based in the UK, though activity does not have to occur solely in the UK.

Projects that are composer or artist-led are encouraged.

Applications for small grants from large organisations may not be prioritised.

Aims/priorities: The programme aims to identify and support innovative ideas that help recover threatened species in England. All ideas must target the species and directly address the actions listed in the Threatened Species Recovery Actions (TSRA) dataset.

Who can apply? This opportunity is open to:

Aims/priorities: The LCF Primary Fund Programme supports capital improvement works to public amenity projects for community use.

Who can apply? To be eligible, applicants must:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support the repair and conservation of rural historic buildings and structures in England and Wales, including their gardens, grounds and outbuildings. Grants for the restoration and conservation of works of art in historic house collections open to the public will also be considered. 

Aims/priorities: The climate and nature emergency affects us all, but local action can make a real difference. We fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.

We fund projects that meet one of the following priorities:

• help people connect with and care for nature in their area
• make a positive difference to the environment

You can use the funding to:

Aims/priorities: The Common Ground Award aims to:

• Identify and reward good practice in building bridging social capital.
• Invest in the physical spaces and equipment that enables good practice.
• Build a community of practice, for knowledge sharing across the voluntary and community sector and with government.

Who can apply? VCSE organisations with a base and operating in England, with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes may apply.

This includes:

Aims/priorities: The Arnold Clark Community Fund offers the following support:

Aims/priorities: The Fund supports efforts to create long-term change in society by addressing the causes of injustice and inequality by achieving social, economic, and environmental justice, and ending imbalances in wealth and power. It also gives people a say in where the money goes and is an alternative fund for those who struggle to get funding elsewhere.

Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support projects which specifically address the needs set out in the Trust's latest funding window and fall under the broad objective of promoting and implementing sustainable development.

The theme for the current (October to November 2025) funding round is biodiversity.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from a range of UK based organisations, including charities, social enterprises, community interest companies (CICs), voluntary organisations, small grassroots community groups and businesses.