The CrossCountry Customer and Communities Improvement Fund (CCIF) is steaming ahead with its final application window, open from Monday 11 November to Friday 6 December 2024. This is the last stop for securing grant funding to support community projects delivering social and environmental benefits across the CrossCountry network.

Small specialist charities with an income of £25,000-£500,000 are invited to apply for the Lloyds Bank Foundation Support Programme, offering grants to organisations tackling complex issues such as addiction, domestic abuse, homelessness, and modern slavery.

Buttle UK is offering grants of up to £2,400 to UK families in financial hardship who are recovering from a crisis that has impacted their children.

The new Energy Resilience Fund (ERF) is now open, offering charities and social enterprises in England the chance to enhance their energy efficiency and transition to Net Zero. The fund provides blended finance packages of 60% loan and 40% grant, with funding amounts ranging from £25,000 to £250,000.

Friends of the Elderly’s grants programme is designed to assist older individuals facing financial difficulties. Our aim is to provide support to older people who are struggling to make ends meet, and to ensure they are able to live with dignity and in comfort.

The Arnold Clark Community Fund helps registered UK charities and community groups close to our branches build stronger communities across the UK. As part of our commitment to give back to the communities in which we operate, we believe that by caring for these communities today, we can help them create a better future.

Grants to support the running costs of small registered charities in England and Wales working with elderly people, children and young people and people who have disabilities or mental health challenges, or working in the areas of social welfare or education and learning.

COSARAF is offering grants of up to £2,000 to organisations that support families and individuals from across the UK who are in financial need and struggling with everyday costs such as basic expenses, utilities, or rent arrears.

One-off grants are available to UK registered charities for projects that improve homes and communities spaces for those who are experiencing homelessness, in financial hardship, impacted by health, disability or other disadvantage or distress.

The Eveson Charitable Trust is offering grants to registered charities which benefit residents in Herefordshire, Worcestershire, and the West Midlands.

The Trust typically awards grants of between £500 and £6,000 to UK-registered charities that seek to enhance and improve people’s lives by advancing the arts, health and medical welfare, and the environment.

Grant-making charity @RosaUK has launched its Voices from the Frontline fund, which offers grants of up to £10,000 to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change.

The Peter Harrison Foundation has £30k grants available to UK charities to support grassroots sports projects which provide opportunities for self-development for people living in the most disadvantaged areas in the UK who encounter physical, mental, social, or economic barriers.  

 £10k grants are available to not-for-profit frontline groups across the UK for new and imaginative ideas for housing solutions to social injustice.

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Every day, people across Britain are doing small things that make a big difference. Whether it’s giving kids safe places to play, looking out for neighbours, giving young people hope or simply planting flowers to make their neighbourhood just a little bit brighter, they are all unsung heroes too. And the Pride of Britain Fund is here to support them with cash grants to fund their work.

These grants are for the purpose of funding marketing campaigns only and are not available for staff costs, capital investment, hardware or infrastructure work or solely SEO/PPC activity.

Would your community group like to have a go at something creative but need some help to do that?

The Pedmore Sporting Club Trust Fund offers grants between £500 and £5,000 for voluntary and community organisations.