Rochdale

Aims/priorities: A package of funding support including grants and loans from the Recovery Loan Fund are available for Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises based in England who are improving people's lives or the environment they live in. 

Who can apply? Eligible organisations must:

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: The programme is focused on strengthening supported housing provision for veterans experiencing, or at risk of, homelessness. There is particular emphasis on increasing the availability and quality of provision for those with more complex and higher levels of need, who may face the greatest challenges in accessing and sustaining accommodation. 

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning and research, which has the potential to improve financial wellbeing at a national scale. The Foundation is interested in funding projects that examine and promote measures to:

Aims/priorities: The Fund has three main objectives:

Aims/priorities: The funding is for community groups who are looking to deliver activities for teenagers and young people (13 years to 21 years), helping to improve mental health and wellbeing, and create positive life opportunities.

There is particular interest in groups that:

Aims/priorities: The Assessment Innovation Fund (AIF) aims to drive large-scale reform in vocational training and skills assessment through the adoption of innovative, technology-driven solutions. The fund supports projects that focus on fully deployable assessment methods, ensuring they deliver measurable impact at scale.

AIF is not intended for early-stage development or small-scale feasibility studies. Instead, it prioritises initiatives that:

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects and activities that use music as a tool for change and the values of rock and metal community to help create an equal society. 

Who can apply? Community groups, charities, and not-for-profit organisations with an annual turnover of less than £500,000. can apply.

Priority will be given to grassroots community groups and small-to-medium-sized voluntary organisations.

Applicants must have:

Aims/priorities: This accelerator programme is designed to support early-stage startups in developing high-impact climatetech solutions. Participants receive tailored guidance to enhance their carbon reduction strategies, business models, and investment readiness, with opportunities to secure pre-seed funding. 

Who can apply? Early-stage startups from any sector in the UK can apply. 

Grant amount: Pre-seed funding of £200,000 is available.

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to foster new and ambitious community rewilding projects, and to remove barriers to rewilding projects within Britain, whether they’re at the early planning stages or want to move a project one step wilder. Funding will be awarded to projects with potential for the highest impact for people and nature.

Who can apply? To apply for funding, projects must be: