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.
The Volant Trust accepts applications from charities in the UK and internationally that demonstrate a strong focus on alleviating social deprivation and helping vulnerable groups who have been particularly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Applications for medical equipment and the production or distribution of PPE will also be considered.
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to voluntary and community organisations set up or run by leaders with first-hand experience of a social issue to ensure lived experience plays a key role in shaping how communities across the UK move towards recovery and renewal after the impact of COVID-19.
Funds are avaliable for Projects to help address the digital divide in response to Coronavirus. This Call seeks to address two of the main ‘access’ issues associated with digital exclusion.
This programme offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community thrive – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
Grants of up to £25,000 available for grassroots Disabled People's Organisations (DPOs) across the UK to respond to the coronavirus/COVID-19 needs of local disabled people.
This fund aims to support DPOs to meet the needs of local disabled people.
The funding is for COVID-19 related work in the following broad three areas:
Grants of up to £15,000 are available for organisations to support LGBTQ+ communities through the impacts of the COVID-19 crisis and beyond. The Fund is for LGBTQ+ community-led organisations and groups to support their vital role in supporting LGBTQ+ communities through the coronavirus pandemic and beyond. Five regional panels will assess and allocate the funds.
The Government’s Kickstart Scheme is a £2 billion fund designed to create hundreds of thousands of high quality six-month work placements for those aged 16 to 24 who are on Universal Credit and are deemed to be at risk of long term unemployment.
Grants will be available between £2,000 and £10,000 to support projects that use sport and physical activity to address increased levels of loneliness and social isolation that have spiked during COVID-19 due to prolonged lockdown and social distancing measures.
Priority will be given to:
Grants of up to £2,500 are available for one-off events and short-term projects such as cultural and celebration events, school holiday activities, workshops, sports sessions, and equipment for your group.
Small grants of between £100-£1,000 are available to small charities who are temporarily struggling but otherwise viable.
Grants of between £200,000 and £510,000 are available to run projects that improve outcomes for mothers and babies in deprived areas or from BAME backgrounds from preconception to up to 2-and-a-half years of age.