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Jeans for Genes funding
This fund is now closedThe annual Jeans for Genes fundraising event encourages children and adults to wear their jeans to school or to work between Monday 15 and Sunday 21 September 2025 in exchange for a small donation. The total donations then go into the creation of this fund.This funding focuses Jeans for Genes’ grant making on trying to achieve two ambitious impact goals:Organisations…
Asylum Dispersal Fund
This fund is now closedThe Asylum Seeker Dispersal Grant Programme, funded by Central Government, supports asylum seekers placed in Nottingham as part of the Asylum Seeker Dispersal Scheme. Nottingham City Council’s Migration Team utilises this grant to help asylum seekers integrate into local communities, fostering a welcoming and cohesive environment where they feel safe and supported.It…
Big Give - Small Charity Week
The deadline for applications is Wednesday 2 April 2025, 5pmBig Give, Global’s Make Some Noise, and NCVO are thrilled to announce the launch of their yearly Small Charity Week match funding campaign. This seven-day online campaign, running from Monday 23 to Monday 30 June 2025, aims to support small charities across the UK, helping to build the resilience, skills, and profile of the small charity…
We're moving to a new LinkedIn home!
We’re excited to announce that Nottingham Community and Voluntary Service (NCVS) is in the process of transitioning from a personal LinkedIn profile to a dedicated business page! This move is part of our commitment to better serve our followers and provide more relevant, tailored content to the incredible voluntary sector in Nottingham.Why the change?Moving to a business page offers many benefits…
Micro-volunteering: engaging volunteers in minutes
In his first blog of 2025, NCVS Volunteering Development Officer Dave Thomas shares some thoughts about one area of volunteering that could help to engage new volunteers at a time when volunteers are becoming harder to engage. Volunteering doesn’t always mean long-term commitments or dedicating entire weekends to a cause. Sometimes, making a difference can take just a few minutes of someone’…
Screwfix Foundation
There are multiple deadlines throughout the yearFunding of up to £5,000 is available to support projects that improve, fix, and repair buildings, homes, and facilities specifically used by people in need throughout the UK. Prioritising those that will create a longer-term difference and where our donation will make an impact and fund the total cost (or the majority) of a project.Your organisation…
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
This fund closed to applications on Saturday 1 March 2025Application for funding is normally considered for capital and revenue costs and for both specific projects and for general running/core costs. Grants are awarded for amounts from £250 and depend on a number of factors, including the purpose, the total funding requirement, and the potential sources of other funds, including, in some cases,…
The Magdalen Hospital Trust
There are multiple deadlines throughout the yearThe Magdalen Hospital Trust has grants of between £500 and £2,000 available to UK-based charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation.Funding for project costs rather than core costs is preferred. Projects can include…
King Charles III Charitable Fund - Small grants
This fund closed to applications on Monday 24 February 2025, 12 noonSmall grants of up to £5,000 per year are available to UK-based registered non-profit organisations.The theme for this funding round is social inclusion and health and well-being. Successful applicants must have an annual income of less than £1 million and have completed at least two years of activity.Small grants will not be…
Freemasons’ Charity: Children and Young People programme
There is no set deadlineThe Masonic Charitable Foundation has opened its small and large grant programmes for charitable organisations working with early years (up to five years of age), children affected by domestic abuse, children with special educational needs and disabilities, and people with dementia and their carers. The small grant programme provides funding of between £1,000 and £5,…