Rochdale

Aims/priorities: The Inspire Fund provides funding for innovative projects that engage and empower the public by improving understanding of dementia and sharing the benefits of dementia research. The funders aim to create and nurture relationships between communities, researchers, creatives and other potential applicants.

Projects must engage with underserved audiences on the topic of dementia, such as minority ethnic communities, marginalised or socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.

Aims/priorities: The grants programme aims to give a helping hand to projects and initiatives across the UK that are seeking to bring music to their communities. The funding is for groups that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing truly sustainable music programmes.

Who can apply? Groups, schools and organisations that are bringing music to their communities in the UK can apply.

Priority will be given to applicants who are most in need of help.

Aims/priorities: Funding for the July 2025 round is focused solely on registered charities supporting people experiencing homelessness. The grants are to provide, maintain, repair or improve housing or community space for these charities.

Please note this focus may be adjusted for future rounds. Details of the future rounds will be provided when they become available.

Who can apply? UK registered charities based and working in the UK can apply.

Charities will need a published profile on Neighbourly in order to apply.

Aims/priorities: The fund exists to widen access to creative industry careers for people in underserved communities (as defined by Creative Access, the UK's leading inclusivity organisation in the creative industries) and aligns with the Government's Creative Places Growth Fund.

Aims/priorities: From June 2025, Sport England is encouraging organisations to apply for grants for new initiatives that improve both environmental sustainability and physical activity opportunities for the people and communities who need it the most. 

There is particular interest in initiatives that promote and support ‘climate justice’ – addressing the barriers facing those most affected by climate change to support them to access sport and physical activity opportunities.

Sport England is now looking for projects that:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support people from the following groups move toward paid employment:

• The recently homeless or vulnerably housed.
• Ex-offenders.
• Young people (16-24 years old) not in employment, education or training (NEET).

Who can apply? The funding is for small or growing organisations.

Applications are accepted from the following:

Aims/priorities: The Ingenious grants programme aims to:

Aims/priorities: The fund supports the development of innovative products, activities and research projects that will contribute to make the chemical sciences community more inclusive and diverse.

Who can apply? The scheme is open to both RSC members and non-members based in the UK or Ireland.

Eligible applicants can apply either as individuals or on behalf of an organisation. This includes, but is not limited to:

Aims/priorities: Arts Council England has launched the Incentivising Touring scheme to support mid-large scale theatre and dance productions in touring across England. Designed to mitigate the financial risks associated with such tours, the scheme aims to demonstrate the potential for productions to generate a financial return with investment. Currently in its pilot phase, the scheme is running across two funding rounds.

Scheme objectives:

Aims/priorities: The funding is for BES members to deliver independent outreach, public engagement and science communication activities that engage public audiences with the excitement, importance and relevance of ecological science or enhance the experience and skills of others to communicate ecology with public audiences.

The grant will support diverse formats that reach and engage public audiences in innovative, creative and impactful ways, whether through in-person events, digital formats, or physical resources.