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Henry Smith Charity: Holiday grants
For trips between Thursday 1 May and Sunday 31 August 2025, apply before Monday 21 July 2025; for trips between Monday 1 September and Wednesday 31 December 2025, apply between Tuesday 22 July and Wednesday 19 November 2025The Henry Smith Charity has grants of between £500 and £2,750 per trip available for schools, youth groups and not-for-profit organisations to provide fun trips for…
Persimmon Open Application Programme
The deadline for applications was Sunday 13 April 2025, 11.59pmThe Persimmon Foundation launched its open application programme in 2025 to enable more charities and community groups to access donations.There are two rounds of funding, with a total of £200,000 available for distribution each year in the form of four £50,000 donations. The first round opens in March, and two donations will be…
Tools to engage and support online and remote volunteers
During a recent conversation online with a leader of volunteers, NCVS Volunteering Development Officer Dave Thomas was inspired to consider one of the biggest changes in volunteering since Covid-19. In a more detailed follow-up to his 2021 blog, Dave writes:Leaders of volunteers have always sought to use the most effective ways to support and communicate with their volunteers. This almost…
When Helen met Gary - Meet the Funder with Lloyds Bank Foundation
As part of the Broxtowe project, we had hoped to organise a funding fair to introduce local and national funders to the voluntary groups in Broxtowe. However, with the knowledge that many funders are undergoing a strategy review, Helen Oparinde, NCVS’s Group Support Coordinator, came up with an alternative way to achieve similar goals – an online meet-the-funder event. Here she shares her…
The value of relationships in social prescribing
In honour of National Social Prescribing Day (Wednesday 19 March 2025), Sarah Paine, NCVS Green Social Prescribing Programme Lead, shares her views on the value of relationships in social prescribing, the value they bring, and some top tips on how to make the most of them. At the heart of Green Social Prescribing (GSP) is a relational approach—one that recognises that building and…
Lloyds Bank Foundation
This fund closed to applications on Thursday 29 May 2025, 5pmLloyds Bank Foundation has opened its Racial Equity Fund for applications. Unrestricted funds of £75,000 over three years (£25,000 per year) will be available for charitable organisations that are led by and work with people experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity. The Foundation is especially eager to receive…
The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
This fund closed to applications on Tuesday 3 June 2025The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust considers applications from UK-registered charities that are seeking funding towards core costs or projects in the UK in the following areas:Advancement of the arts: access and participation in the arts with an emphasis on choirs and singing to bring people together, performance arts, music, and drama…
The Albert Hunt Trust
There is no deadline. however, the trust does want to use up all of its available funding before January 2029The Albert Hunt Trust provides core funding to registered charities that are working in the health and welfare sector, specifically:Hospice care—grants to support the running costs of hospices are typically in the range of £10,000 to £30,000. Support for the homeless—typical core…
McCarthy Stone Foundation
This fund is now closedMcCarthy Stone Foundation is offering around 20 grants of up to £7,500 each to help with the project costs of running dementia clubs and memory cafes run by organisations that are working with adults over 65 years of age. The funding is for groups providing services that assist people with dementia and/or their carers, such as memory cafes, dementia clubs, and courses for…
Accelerating Action: Celebrating a very special woman
Since its earliest reported version in 1909, International Women’s Day is a time to recognise and celebrate the remarkable women who have shaped our communities, championed social change, and continued to make a difference today. In 2025, we’re marking International Women’s Day by celebrating the incredible women who have shaped Nottingham’s past and are driving change in the present. With this…
