Advice and Support
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DEV Support
Design Support
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.dev.ngo/design-support/
Great for: We're offering pro-bono support for charities and nonprofits looking for design support for digital projects. Register for more information.
Accessibility Testing
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://medium.com/@devsociety_/websites-accessibility-969a435b1a9b
Great for: Charities and nonprofits looking for support understanding web accessibility requirements prior to undertaking digital work or as part of a user testing process.
DEV Partnerships
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: Need support writing a project brief? Take a look at our briefing template at http://dev.ngo/brief-us/. You can also contact the DEV team at studio@dev.ngo.
Great for: Charities and nonprofits looking for an initial conversation with DEV about their digital projects.
Upcoming Deadlines
February
Cisco Global Problem Solver
Deadline: 11 February
More info: https://cisco.innovationchallenge.com/
Great for: $1,000,000 USD in prize money will help accelerate the adoption of breakthrough technology, products, and services that drive economic development and/or solve social or environmental problems. The challenge fund is open to both nonprofit and for profit organisations.
March
2022 UnFound Accelerator
Deadline: 6 March
More info: https://www.uk.coop/start-new-co-op/support/start-platform-co-op/unfound-accelerator
Great for: UnFound Accelerator are now open – supporting founders in turning their pioneering ideas into successful platform co‑ops. Platform co‑ops are democratically owned and controlled businesses that use an online platform or mobile app to trade, connect people and pool resources or data. Platform co-ops are built on cooperative principles and values.
Ongoing
Anglo-American Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.angloamericangroupfoundation.org
Great for: Registered charities working on community development, education and training, environmental initiatives or HIV/AIDS and welfare projects
Architectural Heritage Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: http://ahfund.org.uk
Great for: The Architectural Heritage Fund supports communities across the UK find enterprising new ways to revitalise old buildings. They provide advice, grants and loans to support sustainable heritage projects.
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: http://www.ashworthtrust.org
Great for: Humanitarian causes operating locally, nationally and internationally. For the most part, the Trust looks to fund projects and not core funding.
ASDA Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.asdafoundation.org/what-we-fund
Great for: Local charities and community groups
Baring Foundation - Strengthening Civil Society
The Strengthening Civil Society programme, which supports civil society to use the law to achieve social change, is launching three new funding streams to support grantholders and civil society to tackle the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Big Lottery Fund, Awards for All
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/under10k
Great for: Community organisations, charities and social enterprises working in the UK.
City Bridge Trust
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.citybridgetrust.org.uk/what-we-do/grant-making/
Great for: Charitable organisations and projects with an emphasis on reducing inequality and enabling voice and representation for disadvantaged groups. Applicants must be based in London.
Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull Communities Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/coventry-solihull-warwickshire-communities-fund/
Great for: Up to £2,000 in funding available for community organisations in Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull. The Fund aims to help people who face some form of disadvantage or social exclusion.
Digital Freedom Fund
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://digitalfreedomfund.org/grants/
Great for: The Digital Freedom Fund supports strategic litigation on digital rights in Europe that contributes to advancing human rights in the digital sphere.
DM Thomas Foundation for Young People Central Grants
Deadline: Ongoing, quarterly deadlines
More info: https://dmthomasfoundation.org/what-we-do/grants/dmtf-central-grants/
Great for: UK charities working with babies and young people up to the age of 25 can apply to the central grant scheme. The foundation is particularly interested in supporting projects that aim to help young people who have disabilities, are sick in hospital, or have a pre-existing life limiting condition. Grants of up to £30,000 per year are available.
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk/what-we-fund
Great for: Esmée Fairbairn Foundation funds charities and social enterprises, and supports work that focuses on The Arts, Children and Young People, Environment, Food and Social Change. Funding is targeted at larger organisations, with a turnover of over £50,000.
Frontline AIDS
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://frontlineaids.org/our-work-includes/rapid-response-fund/
Great for: Urgent situations where lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people (LGBT) and men who have sex with men (MSM) struggle to access HIV services because of stigma and discrimination – often leading to threats and violence.
Fund for Global Human Rights
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://globalhumanrights.org/share-your-power/
Great for: Funding for grassroots activists to support some of the world's biggest challenges including vaccine equity and climate change.
Garfield Weston
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://garfieldweston.org
Great for: UK charities, regardless of size.
Get Up Rise Up Direct Action Fund
Deadline: Ongoing, rolling basis
More info: http://directaction.beautifultrouble.org
Great for: The Get Up Rise Up direct action fund seeks to make resources available to local groups (both registered and unregistered) that often find themselves underfunded or under-resourced for a myriad of reasons, and who are planning creative direct actions as part of an ongoing campaign.
The Girl Generation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.thegirlgeneration.org
Great for: Groups campaigning to end FGM
Green Hall Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://greenhallfoundation.org/how-to-apply/
Great for: The Green Hall Foundation makes around 100 grants per year to registered charities. Unlike most Trusts the Green Hall Foundation changes it priorities on an annual basis, with specific sectors invited to apply at two annual application periods. Also fairly uniquely each application period closes as soon as the Foundation has received 100 applications. The Foundation usually awards grants of between £1,000 and £10,000.
Heritage Emergency Fund
More info: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/news/coronavirus-update
The fund will be investing the £50m as short-term funding for organisations delivering heritage projects or running previously funded projects, and safeguarding heritage sites to ensure they are not lost to the public.
The Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust
Deadline: Ongoing, several deadlines throughout the year
More info: https://www.jrct.org.uk/what-we-fund
Great for: JRCT fund projects across five priority areas: Peace and Security, Power and Accountability, Rights and Justice, Sustainable Future and the ongoing transformation of the Northern Ireland conflict. Their funding priorities reflect the organisation's Quaker values of equality, human rights, justice and environmental sustainability. Funding applications are reviewed four times a year.
Lush Charity Pot
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://uk.lush.com/tag/charity-pot
Great for: Grassroots orgs working in environmental, animal and human rights. Selected organisations will be featured on Charity Pot body lotion & sold in Lush stores - so it’s a great opportunity to showcase the work you do!
Lloyds Bank Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/we-fund
Great for: Lloyds fund small and local charities with a focus on helping people overcome complex social issues across England and Wales. They support charities with an annual income of £25,000 to £1 million. Funding is unrestricted, including around core costs.
Lloyds also manage Racial Equality Funding.
Mozilla Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://foundation.mozilla.org/en/what-we-fund/
Great for: Individuals and organisations working to create a better internet. Mozilla fund a number of different fellowships and awards.
The National Lottery Heritage Fund
Deadline: Ongoing/multiple
More info: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk
The National Lottery Heritage Fund provide grant funding for heritage projects from £3,000 upwards. TNLHF also run a number of themed grant programmes throughout the year.
More info: https://www.heritagefund.org.uk/funding/national-lottery-grants-heritage-2021-22
Funding for heritage projects, with a focus on long-term environmental sustainability in your plans, as appropriate.
Neighbourly
More info:https://www.neighbourly.com/NeighbourlyCommunityFund
Grants are awarded to good causes in UK and Ireland whose work involves supporting members of the community suffering economically, socially or from ill health as a result of the outbreak. This may include, but not be limited to, elderly people, those on low incomes and people at risk of food insecurity. They are unrestricted and can go towards food provision, emergency supplies, practical support, running costs, transport and other essentials.
Noel Buxton Trust
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: http://www.noelbuxtontrust.org.uk
Great for: The Trust supports voluntary and community based organisations in Great Britain and in some of the most vulnerable parts of Africa. UK grants have a focus on the welfare of both families and prisoners.
People’s Postcode Trust
Deadline: Annual
More info: http://www.postcodetrust.org.uk/applying-for-a-grant
Great for: Non-profit and community organisations working to eliminate poverty, combat discrimination or protect human rights.
Prince's Trust Coronavirus Response
More info: https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/about-the-trust/coronavirus-response
Support for young people aged 18-30 with a focus on young business owners and the self-employed.
Sea Changers
Deadline: Ongoing
More info:https://www.sea-changers.org.uk/grants
Great for: Sea-Changers gives grants to a range of UK-based, marine conservation charities and not-for-profit organisations. They are particularly interested in grassroots projects which galvanise community action and projects which increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation. A number of grants are available, including a rolling small-grants programme.
Schroder Charity Trust
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://schrodercharitytrust.org/
Great for: UK registered charities seeking grants of up to £5,000.
Scope Arts Trust
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: https://www.scopsartstrust.org.uk/grant-guidelines/check-eligibility/
Great for: Nonprofits widening access to the arts in their various forms and having a lasting cultural impact on the community. They are especially interested in performing arts projects aimed at adults and projects which will benefit all ages across the generations.
Wesleyan Foundation
Deadline: Ongoing
More info: http://www.heartofenglandcf.co.uk/wesleyan-foundation-grants/
Great for: Small, community-based organisations and charities working in the West Midlands and Warwickshire. Funding up to £10,000 is available.
Woodward Charitable Trust
Deadline: March, May, October
More info: http://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
Great for: The Trust fund a huge range of activities, but they focus on small charities with an income under £300,000 who meet the trust’s criteria.
Wolfson Foundation - Funding for Places
Deadline: Ongoing/Multiple
More info: https://www.wolfson.org.uk/funding/funding-for-places/
Great for: Capital initiatives (e.g. buildings) and equipment. Wolfson fund a broad range of organisations and sectors including education, science, health & disability, arts & humanities.