Rochdale

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to create opportunities for research, innovation and transformative projects in the archive sector in England and Wales.

The funding is intended to prepare the archives sector for the future, in an uncertain world. The funder will invest in the skills of the archives sector workforce; in research, to lead innovation in technology and archival practice; and in engagement, to connect archives with changing societies in places across England and Wales.

Aims/priorities: The Project Grants scheme is part of the 'Spaces, Places and Belonging' Community Hub launched in early 2026. This is a new national programme led by The National Archives in partnership with Leeds Museums & Galleries, the National Library of Wales, and the Community Archives & Heritage Group. 

Aims/priorities: The England Illegal Money Lending Team (known as Stop Loan Sharks) currently has grants available, using money confiscated from convicted loan sharks. Instead of benefiting criminals, these funds are being reinvested into communities to help protect people from illegal lenders and prevent future harm. Illegal lenders, or loan sharks, lend money without having authorisation from the Financial Conduct Authority. They often give loans with no paperwork and can add huge charges or use violence and intimidation, to ensure you keep paying them.

Aims/priorities:  This fund aims to support projects and activities that increase access to physical and performing arts activities for children and young people who face a particular barrier to participation as a result of who they are, where they live, or the circumstances they face, including but limited to disability, gender, race, or socio-economic disadvantage.

Funding will support organisations to strength or expand existing work, test new approaches, and create lasting opportunities for young people to play, move, create, and perform. 

Aims/priorities:  The theme for British Science Week 2027 is Creativity! and the funding is for communities to get creative, by exploring how research (with a link to science) can improve the lives of community members in the places they live.

This year there are two separate grants, and groups may only apply to one of the following:

Aims/priorities:  The funding is for organisations in Britain that are running activities between 1 December 2026 and 2 January 2027 that create opportunities for people aged 65 and over to come together, socialise and enjoy some festive cheer.

The funding is intended to:

Aims/priorities:  This fund aims to support innovative technology projects and activities that support one or more of the following priority areas:

• Education.
• Inclusion.
• Tech for charities.
• Public understanding of Technology. 

Who can apply?  UK-registered charities that have been established for at least one year with an annual turnover and unrestricted reserves of below £1 million can apply. 

Grant amount: Uup to £15,000 are available.

Aims/priorities:  The funding supports projects that improve quality of life for serving armed forces families and respond to the challenges linked to mobility, separation and isolation. The funding will support pilot projects, or continuation or extension of existing work.

Projects should focus on service-related separation, relocation, or both, and they could help families:

Aims/priorities:  This fund aims to support projects and activities that help to build communities that unite families of deaf children.

In this funding cycle, focus will be given to supporting deaf children in the early years (aged 0 to 5).This can be directly or indirectly, and can also involve older deaf children, deaf young people, families, and professionals.

Proposed projects should achieve one or more of the following aims:

Aims/priorities: The grant funding aims to help community organisations across England, Wales and Northern Ireland to test, develop and build community-owned clean energy assets. Projects supported by this fund must demonstrate that the community will hold a defined legal and financial interest in the project, and that a defined share of project benefits will be retained for, or delivered to, the local community.