The BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme helps provide vital household items for children and young people whose wellbeing is being seriously affected by poverty, illness, disability, domestic abuse, homelessness, family breakdown or another crisis.
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund offers grants to organisations supporting children and adults with learning disabilities, also described as intellectual disabilities. Projects must directly benefit people with intellectual disabilities. Autism, mental illness, dyslexia, ADHD or physical disabilities alone are not eligible unless beneficiaries also have an intellectual disability.
Historic England’s History in the Making programme offers grants to support projects that work directly with young people outside school hours in areas of high social deprivation. Projects must be co-created with young people, with their voices shaping the decisions, design and direction of the activity.
The Democratic Engagement Fund supports community-based projects that help people understand and take part in democratic processes. The fund prioritises projects that increase democratic participation among underrepresented groups.
The Amazon Regional Creatives Fund offers grants to support programmes that help people from underserved communities access careers in the creative industries.
The fund is aimed at organisations already running impactful creative skills programmes, with clear plans to grow or sustain their work.
West Bromwich Building Society’s Mercian Community Trust offers grants to charities tackling issues such as ill health, social wellbeing, disability, poverty, vulnerable children and domestic violence. The Trust mainly supports organisations working within the West Bromwich Building Society branch network area, including parts of the West Midlands and surrounding areas.