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Thomas Wall Trust - Grants for Registered Charities

Aims/priorities: The Trust views communication skills as critical capabilities for people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience, and life chances.

The funding is for registered charities that are working to develop communication skills for people from disadvantaged groups who want to improve their employment prospects.

CrossCountry Biodiversity Improvement Projects Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support projects in communities along the CrossCountry network that improve local biodiversity. 

Who can apply? Charities, community and volunteer groups, and organisations interested in improving biodiversity on and around the CrossCountry network can apply. 

Grant amount: Between £1,000 and £10,000 are available. 

Leeds Building Society Foundation

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support projects to improve the health, wellbeing and financial literacy of people who are experiencing homelessness.

Who can apply? UK registered charities may apply

  • Small Grant if their turnover is less than £1 million. They can be working anywhere in the UK.

Grant amount: Between £250 and £1,000.

Aviva Community Fund (with Crowdfunding)

Aims/Priorities: The Aviva Community Fund has been running for the last five years. It has joined with Crowdfunder to support projects that are looking to raise up to £50,000.

One of Aviva’s objectives is to build stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.

To that end, it is providing this match funding opportunity to help small charities and communities causes to test innovative ideas and explore new sustainable strategies without fear of risk in the areas of Climate Action and Financial Wellbeing.

Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity

Aims/Priorities: The funding is intended for a wide range of not-for-profit organisations in the UK for activities that improve people's ability to become more financially capable in their present and future circumstances.

Energy Redress Scheme - Carbon Emissions Reduction and Innovation Funds

Aims/Priorities: The Carbon Emissions Reduction Fund (CERF) supports initiatives principally aimed at reducing the climate change impact associated with energy use, which relate to Ofgem’s regulated areas of energy generation, distribution, supply and use.

The funding is for projects that demonstrate measurable and lasting reductions in the carbon intensity of energy use and accelerate the transition to net zero. Projects must also have a realistic prospect of delivering broadly replicable benefits to existing and future energy consumers.

Energy Redress Scheme - Just Transition Fund

Aims/Priorities: The fund, provided by Ofgem Energy Redress Scheme and piloted under the scheme’s Carbon Emissions Reductions priority, aims to build the capacity of the community energy sector and deliver impactful renewable energy projects. It seeks to demonstrate how a just transition to net zero can benefit everyone.

The funding is intended to enable greater community ownership and social benefit from the historic growth in renewable energy over the next few years as the UK transitions to net zero.

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