Stafford and District

Application deadlines: 15 March, 15 June, 15 September, and 15 December

Grants for capital projects are available to small and medium-sized charities registered in the UK working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Help the Homeless, a small grant maker with limited funds available for giving, 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.

Application deadline: 12 February 2021 

Grants are available for charities, community or grassroots organisations for projects in the UK which raise awareness of the Windrush Scheme (documentation), the Windrush Compensation Scheme or both.

Projects awarded the minimum funding of £2,500 must be delivered within six months of receipt of funding.

Projects awarded between £2,501 and £25,000 must be delivered within 12 months of receipt of funding.

Village Halls week runs Monday 25 January – Friday 29 January 2021

Village Halls Week is a national celebration of the 10,000+ village halls which can be found across England, their volunteers and the difference they make to the rural communities they serve.

Application deadline: 31 July 2021

Grants are available to UK charities that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Volant Charitable Trust was established in 2000 by JK Rowling and offers grants to registered charities, community interest companies, community organisations and social enterprises based and working in Scotland.

Application deadlines:  23 March 2021, 29 June 2021, and 12 October 2021.

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust is a tennis charity raising funds for people with disabilities.

The Trust provides funding for groups and clubs within the UK to purchase wheelchairs and tennis equipment to support disabled people play tennis.

Grants are available to help disabled people in the UK to play tennis through the purchase of wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching.

As most of you will be aware due to Covid-19 the countywide Support Staffordshire Volunteer Star Awards which were due to be held in June 2020 have been postponed to June 2021 and all dates have been rescheduled with the venues. 

HUGE THANK YOU to all our sponsors who are continuing to support the events next year, we couldn't do any of this without you! 

All nominations submitted for the 2020 awards will be carried forward and the new closing date for nominations will be 30th March 2021. Please continute to nominate your local heroes.

Though we are currently still awaiting guidance and confirmation from the NHS nationally, we are now reaching out to individuals and voluntary organisations who may be able to assist in the community vaccination programme, so that volunteers can be ready to go once we have the green light.

Hearts and Hands Stafford are a new non for profit community organisation primarily helping those affected by COVID 19 and a reduced income the self employed, furloughed and those who have slipped through the net and need a bit of help.

Happy New Year and welcome to this our first new look E-bulletin of the year, now focussed upon news, jobs and features – with our other ‘member support’ bulletin coming separately around the 25th of the month instead.

Staffordshire Local area (this includes the council and the clinical commissioning groups) are committed to supporting our parents and carers. But we understand that we need to do more. Which is why we’re setting up a brand-new parent / carer forum and we want you to be involved.