Funding opportunities

Building on the success of the Summer Holiday, Activities and Food (HAF) Programme, we are now seeking to provide Grants to organisations to deliver the HAF Programme for the School Christmas Holidays. We are seeking to provide eligible children and young people access to at least one HAF place or experience on a Winter HAF Programme. 

Are you seeking advice and support, but need more than our usual 3 FREE hours, or have already used it up?

Our Member Bursary could be for you.

This fund makes awards using National Lottery and government funding, of between £300 and £10,000 from a total pot of £15m, to help clubs and organisations providing sport and physical activity respond to the immediate challenges of returning to play in a coronavirus-safe way.

Pet rescue organisations can apply for funding to help support rescues throughout the short- and medium-term impact of the coronavirus. Through the Support Adoption for Pets Grant Programme, charities and not-for-profit organisations which rescue and rehome pets or provide temporary support to ensure pets can remain with their owners can apply for funding of up to £10,000 or up to 30% of total annual expenditure, whichever is the lower amount.

Public Health England’s Mental Health Recovery Action Plan 2021/22 seeks to ensure the mental health impacts of COVID-19 are addressed.  In line with this Stoke-on-Trent City Council is making grant funding available to support LGBTQ+ people and those of ethnic minority heritage to support and improve mental wellbeing.

Supported by UK Research and Innovation, Community Grants help eligible community groups to organise events and activities for their audiences during British Science Week (11-20 March 2022), expanding the number of people who enjoy and take part in science.

Clubs, societies and voluntary groups in the City of Lichfield are invited to apply to the City Council for a grant from the Council’s 2022/2023 budget. 

Remember Captain Tom? Well here is another local result of his heroic fundraising efforts, some £400,000 of investment into local communities is on its way. We know that many community groups and organisations across Staffordshire are working extremely hard to support the people who need it most within our communities.

This is a rolling programme.

Did you know that funding is available for community groups and organisations in the Staffordshire Moorlands to help improve facilities for people with disabilities? 

You can apply for a grant of up to £1,000.

The former name of this fund was the Whittington Poor Fund, and it was held by a local panel within the village of Whittington.  This fund transferred to the management of The Community Foundation in 2016 with the support and recommendation of the Charity Commission.