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Aims/priorities: The funding is intended for community-based groups and organisations in the UK to run their own science activities during British Science Week, working directly with people who are traditionally hard-to-reach and currently not engaged in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) activity. The aim is to expand the audiences that engage with science and self-identify as having an interest in science.

British Science Week 2024 will take place from 8 to 17 March 2024.

Aims/priorities: The Save Our Wild Isles Community Fund, funded by Aviva and in partnership with the RSPB and WWF, is a £1 million fund to make it easier for communities across the UK to take action for nature in their local area.

This match funding scheme can support a wide range of nature projects, from creating community gardens and replanting wildlife meadows to protecting wildlife and promoting community connection to nature.

Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from one of the following types of organisations:

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The funder is seeking to work with organisations to understand how young people who are experiencing inequality view the climate emergency and what issues are most important to them. This could include practical environmental projects, carbon reduction initiatives, education and awareness work, or advocacy and campaigning.

Activities should be led by children and young people (up to the age of 25 years) and could include:

Aims/priorities: The Ockenden International Prize is awarded to registered charities with existing projects/programmes that have been successful in improving the lives of refugees and/or internally displaced people. Projects can take place anywhere in the world.

Who can apply? Registered charities in the UK can apply either on their own organisation's behalf or nominate a non-profit partner or affiliated organisation legally registered in their home country.

To be eligible, applicants must:

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support innovative projects that will create a long-term difference in remote rural areas of the UK.

The RCF seeks to achieve the following outcomes through the programme:

Aims/priorities: Now in its sixth year, the funding is for women’s and girls’ organisations to deliver activism and campaigning to raise awareness of the issues women and girls face.

The campaigns could be targeted at local communities, the general public, local or national government, media, service providers or businesses.

Rosa will fund organisations which:

Aims/priorities: This is a refurbishment grant programme. It is for capital projects that will support the refurbishment and/or extension of accommodation for veterans.

The funding is for projects that will:

• Enable refurbishments of existing affordable homes for rent to veterans
• Enable refurbishments of sites that increase the availability of veteran housing
• Ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standards.

Priority will be given to:

Aims/priorities: The Dying Matters Community Grants Programme is provided by Hospice UK with support from Dignity Funerals which is a long-term supporter of the Dying Matters campaign.

Hospice UK’s Dying Matters campaign is working to create an open culture in which everyone is comfortable talking about death, dying and bereavement. Dying Matters’ vision is of an open culture that talks about death and where people feel able to listen and support those who are planning for end of life, who are dying, and who have been bereaved.

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The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust offers funding to UK registered charities whose work takes place in the UK.

The funding is intended to support those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are the most limited.

The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interests being funded each year:

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In Greater Manchester, we want to tackle inequalities in public access to green spaces across the city/region and deliver local nature recovery, as set out in the Greater Manchester 5-year Environment Plan. The Greater Manchester Green Spaces Fund will help Greater Manchester to become greener, fairer and more prosperous, by giving small grants to communities in greatest need to create or enhance green space.

The fund is focused on three principles: