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Rise Fund with Rosa
The deadline for applications is Monday 23 June 2025, 4pmRosa’s Rise Fund offers two-year organisational development grants of between £10,000 and £40,000 to Black and racially minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations that have an income of between £30,000 and £300,000.The funding is for organisational development work relating to areas such as strategy, governance, leadership, alliances…
NIHR Public Health Grassroots Awards
The deadline for applications is Thursday 19 June 2025The National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Specialist Centre for Public Health has launched a £5,000 personal funding opportunity to help individuals working in public health develop research skills. It’s designed for people with little or no prior research experience, especially those in VCSE organisations, non-NHS providers,…
Community Cohesion and Hate Crime small and medium grants
The deadline for applications is Sunday 15 June 2025Part of the Nottingham City Council Community Cohesion and Hate Crime grants, offering a major opportunity for local organisations to help strengthen community ties and tackle hate across Nottingham. This funding, to rebuild social trust and promote cohesion between communities, has been allocated to Nottingham City by the Ministry of…
Relevance of quality standards to effective partnerships with government
A little while back, Nikyla, our Community Engagement and Partnership Coordinator, asked Helen, our Sector Growth Coordinator at NCVS, about tools to support her work in Gedling. In response, Helen has put together a practical rundown of quality standards to help voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations navigate what’s out there.Read on for Helen's expert insights.Back in…
AB Charitable Trust open programme
The deadline for applications is Friday 25 July 2025Open Programme grants are usually between £10,000 and £30,000 per year and are awarded for one to three years. Insofar as possible, they provide unrestricted funding.Applicants can apply for four separate funds:The Human Rights FrameworkThe funding for this priority area will not cover single issue or single right campaigning work, nor human…
EMEA Impact Through Innovation Awards
The deadline for applications is Monday 7 July 2025This Morgan Stanley funding programme aims to seed-fund innovative solutions that address health, mental wellbeing or educational outcomes for children and young people. The Awards help scale pioneering projects, connect ideas with capital and build capacity for charitable organisations.Up to ten winners will be selected, and a broader group of…
Peter Harrison Foundation: Active Lives fund
There is a rolling deadline for applications, the next deadline is Tuesday 1 July 2025Active Lives make grants of between £5,000 and £30,000 to be spread over one to three years. Due to limited resources, the trustees have decided to focus their limited resources on those who live in the top 40% of areas of deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation deciles 1-4), with those working in the top…
Arts Council - Museum Renewal Fund
The deadline for applications is Thursday 22 May 2025, 12 noonThe Museum Renewal Fund offers grants ranging from £10,000 to £1 million to help museums maintain public access and protect the valuable community engagement and impact that museums provide.To apply for the Museum Renewal Fund, your organisation must meet one of the following criteria:Wholly owned by or operated by a Local…
A message of support and trans-inclusive solidarity from NCVS
Next week is Trans+ History Week which runs from 5 to 11 May 2025 Trans+ History Week is dedicated to celebrating the rich history of transgender, non-binary, gender-diverse, and intersex individuals through stories, events and lesson books for the whole world to use. At Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS), we believe that education and awareness around trans+ identities…
Community Cohesion and Hate Crime £100,000 Grant
The deadline for applications is Tuesday 10 June 2025 Nottingham City Council has launched the Community Cohesion and Hate Crime £100,000 Grant application process, offering a major opportunity for local organisations to help strengthen community ties and tackle hate across Nottingham. This is a one-off grant of up to £100,000 for two years to support one Voluntary and Community Sector…