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The Community Grants Programme is part of NHS Blood and Transplant's commitment to build support for blood, organ, and living kidney donation among Black, Asian, mixed heritage, and minority ethnic communities.
The focus of the proposed projects must be one of the following:
- Deceased organ donation – applications are encouraged from all ethnic minority communities to raise awareness of, and participation in deceased donation. Other forms of organ donation may be referenced in applications, but the focus must be on deceased organ donation.
- Blood donation - due to clinical need, funding is for projects focusing on the Black African and/or Black Caribbean communities.
- A combination of deceased organ and blood donation - applications jointly covering deceased organ donation and blood donation from all ethnic minority communities will be accepted; however, the blood element of any project must focus on engaging the Black African and/or the Black Caribbean communities and must be carried out in England.
- Living kidney donation - applications are encouraged from all minority ethnic communities to raise awareness of, and participation in living kidney donation.
There are two funding levels:
- Larger, strategic awards of up to £50,000 per year for established partners delivering sustained impact.
- This is for organisations looking to deliver a project focusing on blood donation, living kidney donation or combined deceased organ and blood donation projects can apply for this funding band.
- Smaller grants of £10,000 to £20,000 per year for innovative smaller/grassroots organisations.
- This is for organisations looking to deliver a project focusing on blood donation, living kidney donation, deceased organ donation or combined deceased organ and blood donation projects can apply for this funding band.
All projects for the new funding round will be for 24 month projects, running from December 2026 to December 2028.