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Aims/priorities: The Open Philanthropy Funds are now open for applications. They are launching two separate funds in the financial hardship sector, aiming to relieve and reduce financial hardship in the UK.
Panel A’s Fund
The Tackling Financial Hardship Fund (A) is a one off funding cycle awarding £250,000 in grants to relieve and reduce financial hardship in the UK, with a specific focus on supporting:
Aims/priorities: The aim of the Foundation is to support Christian charities working with art and healing and those seeking to offer social inclusion. The Foundation awards grants for projects (including projects abroad) that address the following:
Applications for capital or revenue funding will be considered.
Grants for building work will only be considered in exceptional circumstances.
Aims/priorities: This is the first fund launching from Co-op Foundation's new strategy, 'Building Communities of the Future Together'.
Funding is intended to support organisations to build communities that:
Who can apply? To be eligible to apply, charitable organisations must:
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support communities in all parts of the United Kingdom to purchase community assets and amenities and run them as sustainable community businesses.
The Community Ownership Fund has four strategic objectives:
Aims/priorities: An exciting funding opportunity for local football clubs and organisations in your area from the Premier League, The FA and Government’s Football Foundation.
Across the country, poor quality pitches act as a barrier to participation in sport by causing thousands of matches to be called off each season and negatively impacting the enjoyment of those playing in the games that do go ahead.
Aims/priorities: They recently launched a new five-year strategy, called ‘Building communities of the future together’. This outlines their plan to pioneer a more co-operative way of funding organisations so they can help create future, fair communities.
They worked with young people directly to develop this strategy and a Future Communities Vision that will shape how we can make a difference.
Aims/priorities: Grants are available for organisations in England and Wales to provide facilities for the disabled to take part in country sports and recreation, and training in agriculture and horticulture. The Trust also promotes education in the countryside for disadvantaged children and young people.
The funding is intended to support projects that focus on the Trust's three main aims:
Aims/priorities: Unrestricted grants are available to small charities across the UK to enable them to adapt ways of working, strengthen capacity and build resilience so that they can better serve their beneficiaries in light of increased pressures and demand.
Funding is intended to support charitable organisations to:
Aims/priorities: The Greater Manchester Culture Fund supports cultural organisations that are committed to providing excellent cultural experiences and opportunities, and to helping to ensure the city-region remains world famous for its cultural offer. A new investment approach, designed to better support the cultural sector through challenging economic times and to widen and diversify access to culture for all residents, was recently agreed by Greater Manchester’s leaders. The fund supports delivery of the city-region’s culture strategy
Aims/priorities: This new fund is being provided by the Ministry of Justice and delivered by the Sport for Development Coalition, led by StreetGames and Alliance of Sport in Criminal Justice.
Funding is intended to meet the following two key goals: