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Aims/priorities: The Henry Smith Charity, now known as the Henry Smith Foundation, has published its new strategy, Elevate Your Impact (2025-2030) which ‘reaffirms its commitment to the people and organisations driving change across the UK’.
Over the next five years, the Foundation will focus on supporting people facing some of life’s toughest transitions.
It will offer flexible, long-term funding through its new funding programmes:
Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to ensure the rights of people, society and the natural world for current and future generations. Applications should address at least one of the following funding criteria:
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to break down barriers and help get young people from all backgrounds into aviation
Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from registered charities and organisations registered with Companies House.
To be eligible, applicants must:
Aims/priorities: The Institute of Physics provides funding for projects across the UK and Ireland that improve people’s relationship with physics in their family or community groups.
In 2025, the funding will continue to focus on physics engagement projects that align with IOP’s Limit Less campaign, which aims to encourage young people currently underrepresented in the physics community to carry on doing physics post 16.
Aims/priorities: The Fund aims to support people to create a world in which power is more equally shared, and in which powerful institutions are responsive and accountable to wider society and aligned with the long-term public interest.
Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from a range of organisations. It is not necessary to be a registered charity to apply to the Trust, however, the Trust can only support work which is legally charitable as defined in UK law.
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support projects that make it easier for the public to repair, reuse or recycle their consumer electricals.
Projects should either:
Who can apply? Applications will be accepted from registered organisations including:
Aims/priorities: The overall focus of the Sustainable Future Programme is on developing and promoting sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm.
Who can apply? Grants are made to a range of organisations. It is not necessary to be a registered charity to apply to the Trust, however, the Trust can only support work which is legally charitable as defined in UK law.
Aims/priorities: As a Quaker Trust, JRCT believe that peace and security are built on values of equality, human rights, justice and environmental sustainability.
JRCT seeks a shift in the UK defence and security paradigm away from the highly militarised and “securitised” responses towards a new approach based on participatory and accountable governance, human rights, non-violence, diplomacy and mediation, and environmental sustainability.
Priority will be given to charitable work on the following issues:
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support smaller charities and good causes in the north of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
Who can apply? Local charities and other not-for-profit organisations based and working in the north of England can apply.
To be eligible, applicants must have:
Aims/priorities: Funding is intended to increase organisational capacity for archives services and provide long-term solutions that will help resilience in the sector.
Who can apply? Public sector bodies, not-for-profit organisations including registered charities, and for-profit organisations including business archives can apply.
Grant amount: Up to £20,000 are available for projects lasting up to one year.
Application process: There is a one-stage application process.