The Department of Health and Social Care is currently running a £1 million match funded Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund, aimed at increasing the number of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in public places where they are most needed and to help save lives. Organisations must provide matchfunding of £750 towards an AED device which needs to be accessible to the public, and the Dept will make a contribution of at least £750 towards the device, on a first come, first served basis.

The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2023-24 will consider applications from charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) registered and operating in the UK. Community Interest Companies (CICs) will not be considered. 

This is a rolling funding programme for one-off grants of up to £5,000. There are 2 application windows throughout the year and each window will close when 45 applications have been received. These are open from 02.04.2024 and 06.05.2024

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation:

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation aims to improve the wellbeing, welfare and education of children and adults in communities throughout the UK by making donations of up to £6,000 to registered charities.

Who can apply?

UK registered charities whose purpose is to:

What is the Cost of Living Fund?

The Cost of Living Fund (COLF) provides grant funding alongside Recovery Loan Fund (RLF) loans to eligible charities and social enterprises who are supporting people in the 30% most deprived areas of England and delivering products and services to people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis. We determine this by using a measure called the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), which looks at several key factors in the area.

On 28th May, the government announced the The Platinum Jubilee Village Hall Improvement Grant Fund totalling £3m, which will provide grant funding over three years (to 2025) to support capital improvement projects for village halls, such as installing Wi-Fi, extending buildings and modernising facilities. Details on how the funding will be administered will be announced in due course.

Cheshire Community Foundation has reopened it's Knutsofrd Fund on a rolling basis. 

This programme is specifically for projects in Knutsford with the aim of achieving the following outcomes:.

Our Bi-monthly small grants programme aims to support projects across the whole of Cheshire and Warrington for people of all ages.

Grants awarded from £1 to £2500 over one year or less, but during the current crisis this may be more flexible, so please call if you have any queries regarding the amount to apply for.

(NB: for a one off trip or luncheon, the maximum contribution is £250)

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund aims to use sport and physical activity as a means of bringing a community together and tackling inequalities. Awards of between £300 and £10,000 are available to non-profit organisations.

Multiple applications can be submitted but organisations can only have awards up to £10k in any 12-month period.

Awards are to help get inactive people get active, or less active people become more active.

The Community and Environment Fund (CEF) has been created to add benefit to communities along the route that are demonstrably disrupted by the construction of Phase One of HS2 from London to West Midlands and Phase 2a from the West Midlands to Crewe.

There are two types of CEF funding:

CEF Local will focus on quality of life and the environment in individual communities.