Education & Employment
The Edward Gostling Foundation
Education & Employment Health & Social CareThe Edward Gostling Foundation (previously The ACT Foundation) provides grants to UK registered charities (over three years of filed accounts) with the aim of enhancing the quality of life of people in need and, particularly, those on a low income who have a physical and/or mental disability or long-term illness. Grants to individuals are also…
The Allen Lane Foundation: Social Cohesion Programme
Education & Employment Health & Social CareThe Allen Lane Foundation’s Social Cohesion Programme seeks to support community-led grassroot groups or organisations at a very local level where there are issues which identify marginalised groups of people (especially those from within the Foundation’s priorities, but not exclusively) who are excluded. Project applications should propose ways to make communities more inclusive for the…
Education & Skills Funding Agency & European Social Fund: South East LEP Community Grants
Education & Employment Monday September 30th, 2019Awarded by the Education & Skills Funding Agency (ESFA) under their Community Grants scheme via European Social Fund (ESF) funding and managed by CXK; grants of between £10,000 to £20,000 are available for VCSE and small organisations supporting unemployed or inactive adults who are furthest from the job market improve their skills and/or get into work or training. Grants…
A B Charitable Trust
Education & Employment Health & Social CareThe A B Charitable Trust awards grants to UK registered charities (income between £150,000 and £1.5 million) that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. Applications are particularly welcomed from charities working to support: migrants, refugees and asylum seekers criminal justice and penal reform human rights, particularly access to justice…
The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund
Education & Employment Health & Social Care YouthThe Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund awards grants of up to £15,000 per annum to smaller UK registered charities working with: Young Offenders Prisoners and Ex-prisoners Young disadvantaged people, especially those at risk of criminal involvement Local organisations such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an income of less than…
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust: Investing in Rehabilitation
Education & Employment Health & Social Care Local GrantsThe Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust’s Investing in Rehabilitation programme awards grants to support the rehabilitation of offenders and help reduce the collateral consequences of their imprisonment for their families; with the overall aim of reducing reoffending and making the communities of Kent safer. This programme will fund local organisations working in Kent and national charities currently offering, or…
Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust: Investing in Young People
Education & Employment Local Grants YouthThe Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust (CFCT)’s Investing in Young People grant programme seeks to support disadvantaged young people living at the margins of society; with the aim of improving their skills, building their confidence and resilience and breaking down the barriers to their employment. Grants are available to charities, CICs, social enterprises or other properly constituted not-for-profit…
Credit Suisse EMEA Foundation
Education & Employment YouthCredit Suisse EMEA Foundation awards grants (no minimum/maximum specified) to registered charities. The Foundation looks for opportunities to provide multi-year funding over two to five years where possible. The Foundation seeks to support long-term strategies for dealing with youth education and employability, and therefore organisations, whose work is particularly effective and continues to meet the Foundation’s…
The Liebreich Foundation
Education & Employment Environmental Health & Social Care SportsThe Liebreich Foundation makes occasional small grants to charitable organisations focusing on the following areas: Climate and Environment Disability and Inclusion Education Entrepreneurship Sport and Health Sustainable Development Veterans, Refugees and Victims of Violence Deadline: Continuous rolling programme. For more information and how to apply please click here.
The Gisela Graham Foundation
Arts & Culture Education & Employment Health & Social Care YouthThe Gisela Graham Foundation awards grants of up to £10,000 to UK registered charities that support the Foundation’s aims. They are: Further advancement of public health and safety through the research and treatment of chronic illnesses and conditions. Alleviate poverty and deprivation amongst children in less developed countries through care, education, and family support. Assist the…
The R S Brownless Charitable Trust
Education & Employment Health & Social CareThe R S Brownless Charitable Trust aims to support charities throughout the UK undertaking general charitable purposes. The Trustees’ have expressed a particular interest in supporting projects within the following areas: Long-term and terminal illness; Disability; and Disadvantage. Grants are usually one-off, ranging between £100 and £2,000. Deadline: Continuous rolling programme. For more information and…
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Arts & Culture Community Buildings/Halls Education & Employment Health & Social Care HeritageThe Trusthouse Charitable Foundation awards grants to small, well-established charitable organisations (annual income under £500,000) who address local issues in areas of extreme urban deprivation, or in remote and fragile rural communities. Rural Issues Projects that look to support communities in cities, towns, villages and areas with 10,000 or less inhabitants which are classified in the latest…
Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation
Education & Employment Health & Social Care Local GrantsThe Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation awards grants from £250 (generally up to £2,000) to UK registered charities working to alleviate poverty and improving health / saving lives. To be considered for a grant, applicants must be recommended by a YBS colleague or member (customer). Local branches in Kent include: Canterbury (CT1 2TH) Maidstone (ME14…
Warburtons: Community Grants
Education & Employment Health & Social CareWarburtons’ award small Community Grants of up £250 to not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are delivering work that aligns to Warburtons priorities and which has a direct and tangible impact. The funding is for projects that focus on supporting families that need help the most and fit with Warburtons’ priorities which are to: Work…
Social Investment Business & The Forward Trust: Forward Enterprise Fund
Education & Employment Loans Social EnterpriseThe Forward Enterprise Fund is £2 million social investment fund that supports charities and social enterprises run by, or creating employment opportunities for, ex-offenders and people in recovery from addiction. The Fund provides access to unsecured loans between £25,000 – £150,000 for revenue and/or capital projects (typical interest rate 7.5%) for up to a five year term. Eligible organisations…
The Mary Kinross Charitable Trust
Education & Employment Health & Social CareThe Mary Kinross Charitable Trust awards discretionary funds to charities and voluntary organisations with projects for the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, medical research into the causes and cure of diseases and other purposes beneficial to the community as are recognised or permitted by law as being charitable. Only a few unsolicited applications are…
John Lewis Foundation
Education & EmploymentThe John Lewis Foundation awards discretionary grants (typically up to £10,000) to registered charities and CICs working with disadvantaged communities helping them to acquire the relevant skills required for meaningful employment. The Partnership aims to be a responsible member of the community, and favours supporting charities close to the locations in which it operates and trades (Ashford,…
The Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons’ Charity
Education & Employment Health & Social Care Local Grants Older People YouthThe Cornwallis East Kent Freemasons’ Charity is committed to supporting community groups by making small grants (typically under £1,000) towards projects that will directly benefit disadvantaged people in East Kent. Specific areas the Charity will consider funding are projects that address the needs of Vulnerable People – improving the lives of the vulnerable and disadvantaged in our communities…
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund: Development Grants
Education & Employment Health & Social Care Tuesday October 22nd, 2019The Triangle Trust’s Development Grant awards funding of between £10,000 up to £80,000 for a duration of six months to three years. The grant scheme provides core funding to support not-for-profit organisations to implement a step change in their development and therefore build increased resilience for the future. The Grant operates two rounds per year. Carer Grants…
Kent Community Foundation: Employability, Skills & Enterprise
Education & Employment Local Grants Saturday August 31st, 2019Kent Community Foundation’s Employability, Skills and Enterprise grant programme awards grants of up to £5,000 to those aiming to raise the aspirations and increase the skills and opportunities of people who are far from the labour market. This could be due to a range of challenging circumstances that can present barriers to employment. This may…
Garfield Weston Foundation: Regular Grants
Arts & Culture Community Buildings/Halls Education & Employment Environmental Health & Social Care Heritage Religion YouthThe Garfield Weston Foundation’s Regular Grant programme awards grants of up to £100,000 to UK registered charities, CIOs, schools, faith-based organisations that are either exempt under the Charity Commission guidelines or are registered charities, housing associations or museums and galleries with activity in the following areas of Welfare, Youth, Community Arts, Faith, Environment, Education, Health…
The Lawson Trust
Arts & Culture Education & Employment Environmental Health & Social Care HeritageThe Lawson Trust awards grants to national and regional charities whose work benefits the communities of Kent and Sussex where the Founders of the Trust lived and worked. The Trust’s key five priorities are: Arts and Heritage Education Environment Health Social and Economic Disadvantage Although there is no maximum grant size set that you can…
Ladbrokes Coral Trust
Education & Employment Health & Social Care Older PeopleLadbrokes Coral Trust (formally Ladbrokes in the Community Charitable Trust) was established in 2003. Its funding comes not from the Ladbrokes company, but via the fundraising efforts of the head office and shop staff, customers and ‘Event Days’. The Trust supports a range of causes ‘with the overriding requirement being that the causes supported operate…
The Clothworkers’ Foundation
Education & Employment Health & Social Care Older People YouthThe Clothworkers’ Foundation aims to improve the quality of life, particularly for people and communities facing disadvantage. The Foundation operates two grant programmes: Main and Small. Main Grant Programme Criteria: Annual income under £15 million / no maximum project total / no maximum grant size however the average grant is £25,000 Small Grant Programme Criteria: Annual…