List of Funding Organisations Big Lottery Fund: Awards For All Awards for All grants are made to small community groups, parish/town councils, schools and health bodies. Grant Value: minimum: £300 Grant Value maximum: £ 10,000. We will pay for activities that will benefit the community, including: 
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putting on an event, activity or performance buying new equipment or materials running training courses setting up a pilot project or starting up a new group carrying out special repairs or conservation work paying expenses for volunteers, costs for sessional workers or professional fees transport costs. You must read the guidance notes carefully before filling in the application form. We have very clear criteria as to what we can and can’t fund. For more information, visit https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/global‐content/programmes/england/awards‐for‐all‐england
Applications can be made at any time. Heritage Lottery Fund The Heritage Lottery Fund has a range of different grant programmes and funding for all kinds of heritage projects. For more information on the various grants, visit http://www.hlf.org.uk/looking‐funding/our‐grant‐programmes#.VWhON89VhBc
Deadline: Ongoing Veolia North Thames Trust Telephone: 01708 520061 Email: enquiries@vntt.co.uk Web: www.vntt.co.uk Ford Britain Trust 
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Small grants for amounts up to £250, available four times each year
Large grants for amounts over £250 and usually up to a maximum of £3,000
Large grants are considered by the Trustees twice a year. Grant applications supporting the following activities will be considered: 
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Work that has clear benefits to the local community/environment
Work with young people/children
Education/schools (mainstream)
Special education needs
People with disabilities
A tip from a previous successful applicant is that if your organisation has a link with retired/past/present Ford employee then the chances of securing a grant are much greater – you should include
the employee
ID
no.
if possible.
For more information, visit http://www.ford.co.uk/experience‐ford/AboutFord/CorporateSocialResponsibility/FordBritainTrust/HowToApply
Small grant deadlines: 1st November BBC Children in Need ‐ Small Grants Programme Grants to £10,000 for not‐for‐profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and younger living in the UK. Organisations must be working to combat these disadvantages and to make a real difference to children and young people's lives: 
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Illness, distress, abuse or neglect Any kind of disability Behavioural or psychological difficulties Living in poverty or situations of deprivation For more information, visit http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fJVTzz5QmQx5rx0S4NVg0Q/small‐grants Deadline: 1 December Help the Homeless Grant Scheme Grants up to £5,000 are available to small and medium‐sized charities in the UK working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community. Help the Homeless provides a grant scheme to support small and medium‐sized UK charities that work to help homeless people rebuild their lives and re‐enter society. The scheme will principally fund capital costs, but may consider revenue costs if necessary to the project. Funding is targeted at projects to find practical ways to help disadvantaged individuals return to the community through training or residential facility provision, rather than merely providing short term shelter. You must be a registered charity. For more information, visit http://www.havco.org.uk/funding/ Deadlines each year: 15 December Starbucks Youth Action programme
The Starbucks Youth Action programme provides funding of up to £1,000 to organisations working
with young people (aged 16-24). They are looking for projects that provide a positive benefit to the
local community and look to enhance the young leaders' employability and leadership skills.
For more information, visit
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/4fJVTzz5QmQx5rx0S4NVg0Q/small-grants
Deadline: This is a rolling programme up to March 2016 with decisions being published monthly.
Esmée Fairbairn announce new funding guidelines Funder Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has announced new guidelines for funding. Its core priorities are 
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Arts
Children
Young People
Environment
Social Change
Food
The Foundation aims to "unlock and enable potential, back the unorthodox and unfashionable, build
collective networks and catalyse system change."
For more information, visit http://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/what‐we‐fund/
There are no application deadlines ‐ groups can apply for funding at any time. Foyle Foundation The Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants programme aims to support smaller charities (those with an income under £100,000) in the UK, particularly those working at grassroots / local community level, in a wide range of activities. Larger or national charities will normally not be considered under this scheme. They also tend not to support those which have built up unrestricted reserves of over 3 months or who regularly generate a surplus. They award one year grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 (No multi‐year funding awards are made). Successful applicants need to demonstrate that a grant will make a significant difference to their work. Demonstrating ongoing sustainability is also important, particularly if the organisation has recently lost local authority or other regular funding. To get a feel of their interests, visit http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/small‐grants‐scheme/grants.php?Id=43
for details of recently
awarded
grants.
For more information on the grants, visit http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk/small‐grants‐scheme/
Deadline: A rolling programme The Morrisons Foundation The Morrisons Foundation has been set up to make a difference in the communities they serve. Their aim is to support good causes throughout the UK that really make a difference to people's lives. Charities looking for funding on a particular project should download and complete the online form and send to the address listed. The Foundation also offers some match funding for Morrison staff that have undertaken a store/staff challenge Applicants must be from a registered charity whose project will improve people's lives. For more information, visit https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/ Deadline: Open The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making trust which supports voluntary and
community groups working in any part of the UK. Tudor helps smaller, community-led
groups which are supporting people at the margins of society.
To find out more, visit http://tudortrust.org.uk/
Deadline: Open
Santander Foundation
The Santander Foundation has three grants programmes to help
disadvantaged people in the UK - Community Plus (up to £5,000); Learn and Grow (up to
£10,000); Money Skills (up to £10,000).
For more information, visit http://www.santanderfoundation.org.uk/
Deadline: Open