Community grants

Heritage Lottery Fund

The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) sustains and transforms a wide range of heritage though innovative investment in projects with a lasting impact on people and places. As the largest dedicated funder of the UK’s heritage, with around £205million a year to invest in new projects and a considerable body of knowledge and evaluation over 15 years, the HLF are also a leading advocate for the value of heritage to modern life. From the HLF invest in every part of our heritage. HLF has supported more than 30,000 projects allocating £4.5billion across the UK.

Find out about the Heritage Lottery Fund.

HLF

BIG Lottery Fund

Every year BIG gives out millions of pounds from the National Lottery to good causes. The money goes to community groups and to projects that improve health, education and the environment

Find out about the BIG Lottery Fund.

Find out about Awards for All from the BIG Lottery Fund.

BIG Lottery Fund

Truemark Trust

This trust supports small organisations, with preference given to neighbourhood-based community projects and innovative work with less popular groups. The current main areas of interest are: disabled people, elderly people and those otherwise disadvantaged.

Grants are usually one-off for a specific project or part of a project. Grants can be awarded between £500-£7,000 with the average size being £1,000. Any organisation in the UK is eligible to apply. Only successful applicants will receive a reply. Application deadlines: trustees meet four times a year - March, June, September and December.

Address: Truemark Trust, PO Box 2, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 6YP

Telephone: 01730 893 416

The Kent People's Trust

The Kent People’s Trust is a registered charity, established with the support of Kent Police. It provides financial assistance in the form of grants, to groups that are working to improve community safety and reduce crime in Kent.

The Trust also provides an opportunity for businesses to become involved in ventures that are of direct benefit to communities in Kent.

Voluntary, charitable and community organisations are eligible to apply for grant funding from the Trust. Where groups are working with Police Officers, they may ask them to assist with their application. In doing so, it is hoped to foster even closer working relationships between the Police and the public.

Grants will typically range from £1,000-£2,500. Appications can be made at any time during the year.

Vist the Kent People's Trust website

The Balance Charitable Foundation

This organisation was set up to work in partnership with UK financial institutions to release unclaimed assets and transfer these funds to charitable causes.

It has just launched its second (and final) round of its Older People Programme.

Applicants should be from registered charities in the UK working with older people over 75 at risk of social exclusion. Projects should focus on:

Innovative solutions (inc housing), which enable older people themselves to retain a quality of life
Supportive approaches at the end-of-life which are valued by older people and their relatives
Approaches to improving communication between carers, older people and local support services
The promotion of positive mental health
The provision of financial information and advice

Grants will normally be from £20,000 - £80,000 with grant payments phased over up to three years. The closing date for stage one (outline) applications is 20 April 2006. Grants awards will be made at the end of the year.

Email: info@balancefoundation.org.uk.

Telephone: 020 7022 1850