Laughology’s Happiness Fund is offering grants to grassroots, neighbourhood-based organisations across the UK for projects that improve mental health and wellbeing, promote inclusion, or develop learning and skills. The funding is intended to help small, locally led projects create lasting positive change and become sustainable beyond the initial grant period.
The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund is offering grants to UK organisations providing specialist, long-term support for young women aged 17–30 who are already in contact with the criminal justice system. Funding will support trauma- and gender-informed projects that help young women move away from offending and build safer, more stable lives.
The B&Q Foundation is offering grants to UK-registered charities providing home starter kits for people moving into accommodation following homelessness, domestic abuse, illness, disability or financial hardship. The funding aims to help individuals and families make their new homes safe, welcoming and comfortable.
The James Tudor Foundation offers grants to specialist UK charities helping children and young people recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences, or helping parents affected by trauma, mental illness or addiction break cycles of harm within their families. Funding supports evidence-based, trauma-informed services where the charity’s entire work closely matches one of the programme’s eligible areas.
Heart of England Community Foundation has relaunched its grant programmes following the introduction of a new grants management system, alongside a number of changes to its funding policies and application requirements.
The National Garden Scheme offers grants to help community groups, registered charities and Community Interest Companies create or develop community gardens and similar shared green spaces in England, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands. The programme is supported by the Julia Rausing Trust and aims to fund sustainable projects that benefit local people.