Children and young people can apply for small grants up to £1,500 for projects that explore culture, identity and heritage. Kensington and Chelsea is a highly diverse area. 99 different languages are spoken by children attending school in the borough.
Grants are available to not-for-profit community organisations for projects addressing the challenges coronavirus/COVID-19 has posed to people taking part in sport and physical activity in England.
The Fund is divided into three strands.
Emergency funding of yo to £100,000 to enable charitable organisations to deliver services to vulnerable and disadvantaged groups who have been disproportionately affected by the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic. The funding for the CAF Resilience Fund has been provided by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), as part of its Community Match Challenge funding schem
Grants are available for organisations who support individuals suffering from mental health issues and who focus on research in the mental health field.
Grants of up to £ 31,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations in England for projects which link younger people aged 5 to 14 from schools and youth organisations with older people living in local care homes.
The aims of the scheme are to:
This rolling grants programme is designed to find, fund, support and evaluate promising practice. Funding will go to organisations working with young people aged 14-24 to help them overcome barriers to finding meaningful work. Grants from £30,000 – £150,000 pa are available for delivery and development.
Grants of £100,000 to maximum of £2 million are available to arts organisations to get back on its feet again. Organisations have to demonstrate a minimum annual income of £500,000 in pre-Covid years.
Cultural activity supported
The Grenfell Young People’s Fund is an Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund initiative. The aim of this fund is to improve the lives of children and young people affected by the Grenfell Tower fire. Grants of up to £15,000 per year over 3 years are available, so a total grant of £45,000 will be available per organisation over the 3-year period.
Grants of up to £30,000 will be available to support the design and testing of innovations that:
The £3 million Postcode Recovery Fund has been created to support charities to develop innovative solutions that address the many issues affecting people as society recovers from the effects of the pandemic.
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) led voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations to help them support their communities during and beyond the coronavirus/COVID-19 crisis, building wellbeing, resilience, and capacity.