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Locala Community Fund 2025/2026

Aims/priorities: Locala’s Community Fund supports not for profit and community groups in Bradford, Calderdale, Kirklees, Stockport, Tameside, Wigan and Leigh, with grants of up to £1,500. Funding is allocated to projects that align with Locala’s Thrive Strategy, which aims to ‘support people to thrive where they live’.  The Fund forms part of Locala’s commitment as a social enterprise, - reinve

Civic Power Fund - Community Action Fund

Aims/priorities: Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups that are building the power of their community and campaigning for long-term change in the UK. Funding is intended to support community organisers who are tackling injustice and inclusion.

Who can apply? The fund is open to not-for-profit organisations with a turnover of less than £250,000 that are:

Sport England - Small Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: The Sport England Small Grants Programme aims to support local community sport projects that seek to encourage people in England, regardless of age, background or level of ability, to feel able to get involved in sport and physical activity. And, in particular, projects which meet one or more of the following aims of Sport England's ‘Towards an Active Nation’ strategy:

Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund

Aims/priorities: Announced by Defra to mark the occasion of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in May 2022, the fund recognises the important role that village halls play in supporting rural communities.

The funding aims to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls, so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities:

Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity

Aims/priorities: Funded by Money Saving Expert, the MSE Charity gives grants to UK not-for-profit organisations that deliver activities which make a lasting impact on how people think, behave and manage their money.

There are two rounds per year. Four themes rotate through a two year cycle.

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust - Grassroots Movement Fund

Aims/priorities: The programme is intended to provide funding, infrastructure and access to resources and networks to support the sustainability of work taking place within grassroots social justice movements.

There is also a Care and Accessibility Pot, which offers an additional sum of up to £400 per applicant in order to remove some of the barriers that may hinder groups from applying such as translation costs, childcare and the labour of writing an application.

Masonic Charitable Foundation Hospice Grants – Poverty and Deprivation

Aims/priorities: On behalf of Freemasonry in England and Wales, the Masonic Charitable Foundation is working in partnership with Hospice UK to deliver a programme of local funding that will have a significant and lasting impact on communities across England and Wales.

This grants programme seeks to ensure that marginalised individuals and those experiencing poverty have equitable access quality care at the end of life.

BME Youth - Together Fund

Aims/priorities: The Together Fund is a Sport England initiative which supports voluntary community organisations to recover and emerge from the long-term impacts of COVID-19.

Funding is intended to support the following communities to engage in movement and physical activity:

Big Energy Saving Loans

Aims/priorities: Big Issue Invest is offering loan finance between £20,000 to £150,000 to social enterprises and charities in England, for energy efficiency and renewable energy installation.

This lending programme is aimed at enabling social enterprises and charities to access loan funding to help save money on energy during the unprecedented cost of living crisis.

Investment can be used for a variety of projects, including:

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