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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:
Aims/priorities: The Everyday Energy Competition challenges young people aged 5-11 to create a banner to inspire their community to make small energy saving changes every day. Their design should detail the changes that they will make to uphold their class's Everyday Energy pledge and include an inspirational message to encourage others to get involved.
Who can apply? The competition is open to all schools, or equivalent education organisations, educating children aged 5-11 in the United Kingdom.
Aims/priorities: This is a two-stage programme, which will award a single grant of up to £1.8 million to an organisation which will lead a portfolio of support for the bereaved military community. (Portfolio of support here refers to a collection of organisations working cohesively to achieve the programme outcomes.)
The lead organisation will be responsible for building the portfolio, working in collaboration with interested organisations.
Aims/Priorities: The purpose of the Fund is to prevent or reduce negative impacts on UK coastal and marine environments and species by reducing marine litter, through the provision of well-located coastal water fountains that will significantly reduce the use of non-reusable plastic drinks bottles.
Who can apply? Applications are welcome from all types of not-for-profit organisations in the UK who have identified a need and are well-placed to get the stakeholder involvement needed to make the project a success.
Aims/priorities: The programme aims to support organisations providing services for people over 65 years old with dementia in areas of deprivation affecting older people in Great Britain. Memory cafes and dementia clubs are supported.
Who can apply? Community organisations, registered charities and other groups (including CICs limited by guarantee) working in England, Scotland or Wales may apply. Exempt charities will also be considered.
Organisations must have:
Aims/priorities: The grants programme aims to give a helping hand to projects and initiatives across the UK that are seeking to bring music to their communities. The funding is for groups that need assistance to fulfil their potential in developing truly sustainable music programmes.
Who can apply? Groups, schools and organisations that are bringing music to their communities in the UK can apply.
Priority will be given to applicants who are most in need of help.