Published Thursday 14 May 2020 at 17:36
This insight outlines a range of funding opportunities open to the public sector, businesses, community groups etc. Regular funding opportunities are also available via the websites below:
National Lottery Grant for Heritage
Community groups can now access potential grant funding opportunities through the free Blackburn with Darwen Open4Community online search tool.
For all Blackburn with Darwen Council funding bids
Please check whether match funding is required, if it is please contact and inform your Finance colleague.
Funding opportunities greater than £100,000
Barclays’ 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme
Barclays‘ Bank has announced the launch of its £10 million 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme. Through the 100×100 UK COVID-19 Community Relief Programme, Barclays’ Bank are making 100 donations of £100,000 each to UK charities working to support vulnerable communities impacted by COVID-19, and the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis.
The programme will focus on supporting charity partners who are meeting the immediate needs of people in their communities, including low income families, those facing financial hardship, isolated elderly people and key workers. To be eligible applicants need to be registered charities with an income in excess of £1 million per year and active in communities where Barclays‘ has a presence.
The closing date for applications is the 22nd May 2020.
Applications can be made via the Barclays’ Bank website (link below)
New Funding Round Open for UK Tampon Tax Fund
Charities and organisations with charitable purposes from across the UK can now apply for funding of £1 million or more from the latest round of the UK government’s Tampon Tax Fund. The Fund allocates monies generated from the VAT on sanitary projects to improve the lives of vulnerable and disadvantaged women and girls.
Applications should focus on one of the following categories:
- violence against women and girls,
- young women’s mental health,
- or the general programme.
Applications for this round of funding which include activities that seek to address the consequences of Covid-19 for disadvantaged women and girls are also welcome.
Grants may be for one- or two-year projects, and separate applications for more than one project may be submitted.
A total of £15 million is available for this funding round.
The deadline for applications is midnight on the 31st May 2020.
Covid-19 Support Package for the Electrical Waste Recycling Sector
The Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Fund (WEEE Fund) has announced its “WEEE Support Grants and Loans Package” to help support the electrical waste reuse and recycling sector as a result of the impact of the coronavirus
The package will help support the continuation of the UK WEEE reuse and recycling system as the sector deals with the impact of the coronavirus.
The funding will provide:
- £5 million of interest free loans to electrical waste treatment facilities
- £0.6 million of grants to charity sector reuse organisations
Applications for the loans are open from now until end May 2020.
Loans are available to all registered commercial AATFs based on the evidence they issued for the treatment they undertook in 2019.
The application process for the grants will be confirmed shortly. Applicants can request the application form and associated documents by emailing info@weeefund.uk
Funding to Support Artists and Visual Art Freelancers Affected by Covid-19
Funding of £1.5 million is available to all artists and visual arts freelancers in England and Northern Ireland who are experiencing financial difficulty due to the coronavirus crisis. The Freelands Foundation Emergency Fund will provide hardship grants of between £1,500 and £2,500 per person to enable individuals, including those on short-term PAYE contracts, to survive financially while they explore other ways of sustaining themselves.
Of the new fund, £1 million will be available to applicants living in England, and £500,000 to those living in Northern Ireland. Additional costs relating to disability access requirements of up to £500 may also be made.
Applications can be made at any time from 2pm on the 7th May 2020 until the 18th June 2020, with decisions being made on a weekly basis.
Funding to Support Community Businesses Affected by the Coronavirus
In response to the coronavirus pandemic, Power to Change have launched a £12 million crisis support package to provide immediate and medium-term support for community businesses supporting the vulnerable and isolated in England.
The emergency package includes:
- £7 million Emergency Trading Income Support Scheme for community businesses, offering grants up to £25,000 to contribute towards trading income losses incurred between April and June 2020. This first pot of funding is available to current and previous Power to Change grantees, and to community businesses which are members of Power to Change’s strategic partners – Co-operatives UK, Locality and the Plunkett Foundation – all of whom played a key role in designing this response.
- £5 million in recovery funding, to be made available later this year, based on learning from the first pot to help community businesses rebuild and recover strongly from the crisis.
Round 1 of the Emergency Trading Income Support Scheme opens at 10 am on the 12th May 2020– the round will close when it reaches 150 applications. Around £3 million will be awarded to around 150 community businesses. Round 2 opens at 10 am on the 19th May 2020 – Power to Change will be awarding around £2 million to 100 community businesses.
Power to Change will be holding a Webinar on the 6th May 2020 at 1.00pm where potential applicants will be able to find out more about the fund and application process.
Funding to Become Britain’s First Fully Electric Bus Town – Deadline Extended
Local authorities in England can now apply to become the UK’s first all-electric bus town. The winning area will receive up to £50 million to help pay for a brand-new fleet of electric buses, reducing emissions and cleaning up the air in their community.
Our All-Electric Bus Town proposal has the following key aims:
- to act as a pilot to understand what can be achieved when there is a real commitment to move all buses in a place to electric zero-emission;
- to understand the impact this can have on improving air quality and greenhouse gases in a place;
- to understand better the challenges of running a wholly electric bus fleet;
- to understand the impact that an electric fleet can have on running costs for bus operators (given that electric buses should be cheaper to run in terms of fuel costs);
- to support bus manufacturers in the development of zero emission bus technology.
The amount of support for a place will be based on the funding formula used in the earlier Ultra-Low Emission Bus funding round. That is as follows:
- DfT will contribute up to 75% of the cost difference between a zero-emission bus and a standard conventional diesel bus equivalent of the same total passenger capacity.
- for infrastructure, we will contribute up to 75% of the capital expenditure incurred as a result of its purchase and installation
The £50 million fund is part of a total £170 million allocated to improve services and make bus journeys greener, easier and more reliable. The funding is available to English Local Authorities outside of London.
The deadline for expressions of interest has been extended from 30 April to 4 June 2020.
Prince’s Trust and NatWest Launch Enterprise Relief Fund
The Prince’s Trust and NatWest have launched a £5million grant fund for young entrepreneurs affected by coronavirus. The Fund is available to entrepreneurs aged 18-30, who can apply for grants and tailored support from today.
Grants can be used to maintain core business operations during the crisis, as well as meet any existing financial commitments, such as paying for essential equipment or settling invoices from suppliers. In conjunction with these grants, the initiative will also offer one-to-one support and guidance to applicants who need it.
To be eligible, businesses must have started up in the last four years and be run by someone aged 18 to 30. Young people who are in the process of starting a business and don’t have any other source of income during the crisis are also eligible to apply for a grant.
Applications can be made at any time.
Funding opportunities between £25,000 and £100,000
Funding Available to Schools to Raise the Attainment of Children from Disadvantaged Backgrounds
Schools in the North of England can apply for funding to help raise the attainment for children from low income homes. The funding is available to try out new ideas to improve teaching and learning in schools and help the best ideas grow to scale.
The funding aims to address the following priorities:
- Ready for School: improving the school readiness of children during the reception year, with a priority focus on language and communication skills (age 4-5)
- Bridging the Gap: supporting vulnerable children who may not meet Age Related Expectations at primary school to make better academic progress during Key Stage 3 (age 9-14)
- Flying High: supporting high attaining students to build on their achievements at primary school and stay on a high attaining trajectory during the first few years at secondary school (age 9-14)
- Let Teachers Shine: Backing passionate teachers to test new innovations in the classroom.
The funding is being made available through the educational charity Shine and funding decisions are made four times a year typically in March, June, September and December.
Any grants to non-school organisations, including to other charities, will need to involve a strong element of co-delivery and/or training for schools, with the aim of the project becoming sustainable without SHINE over time.
On average, it takes 3-6 months between initial contact with the SHINE office to a grant’s decision being reached.
If you have an idea which you think may meet our funding criteria, please email info@shinetrust.org.uk with a basic outline detailing the following points, in no more than 3-4 paragraphs:
- An overview of the project and its aims, specifically related to academic attainment in maths, literacy or science;
- How it would meet SHINE’s core priorities;
- The number of beneficiaries and schools it would reach; and
- The overall project budget and size of request to SHINE.
The normal range of SHINE grant funding for the full duration of a 2-3-year project is around £20,000-£100,000.
The deadlines for applications are usually around the end of January, the end of April and the end of October each year.
Funding to Support Education in Disadvantaged Areas
Grants are available to support schools and registered charities that wish to undertake educational work with children and young people in disadvantaged areas. The British & Foreign Schools Society (BFSS) normally makes grants for educational projects totaling about £600,000 in any one year. The majority (85% of grants) are made to charities and educational bodies (with charitable status). Schools, Colleges and Universities wishing to apply need to have either charitable status or “exempt charity” status.
The Society currently has three priority areas for which it particularly welcomes applications:
Conflict or natural disaster: Projects designed to address the need for re-establishing and renewing education where the provision of education has suffered from conflict or natural disaster.
Girls education: Projects which focus on enhancing the opportunities and reducing barriers for girls to access education
Looked after children: Looked after children have significantly poorer educational outcomes than children not in care. BFSS welcomes projects which pilot approaches to improving the educational attainment of looked after children so that in time they are able to take advantage of opportunities afforded by tertiary education and employment.
Previous projects supported include:
- Teens and Toddlers, a charity based in Southwark London received a grant of £19,500 towards the cost of two 18-week youth development programmes to help raise the aspirations of at-risk young people.
- The Afghan Association Paiwand received a grant of £33,240 for a new Saturday school in the deprived area of Colindale, North London which focus on maths and English in partnership with local authorities and mainstream schools.
- The Sensory Trust received a grant of £3,000 for a project aimed at developing sensory nature tools for schools aimed at students with learning disabilities
The next closing date for applications is the 14th July 2020. For further information on the types of grants awarded by BFSS both in the UK and internationally.
The Society also offers a small number of grants for organisations and individuals through its Subsidiary Trusts. Eligibility criteria depend on area of residence and/or particular field of educational activity.
Funding to Support Engagement with Museum Collections during the Coronavirus
In response to the difficulties facing museums due to the Covid-19 crisis, the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has launched a new £350,000 fund. The Sustaining Engagement with Collections fund will make grants of up to £30,000 to support innovative projects which allow Museums to explore different ways to support engagement with collections while physical access is not available. This might include digital research and development, or the hiring of an expert to help build a stronger profile and following.
Grants will need to be spent within a year and the deadline for applications is 5pm on the 26th May 2020.
Movement for Good Awards Launched
Insurance company Ecclesiastical has launched a new £1 million fund. Through the Movement for Good Awards, the company will award £1,000 to 500 charities during phase 1 and awards of £50,000 to 10 charities during phase 2. During phase 1, members of the public can nominate charities online. The closing date for nominations is the 24th May 2020. Winners will be selected at random. Phase 2 will be launching late in the summer and the funding criteria will be developed in line with the evolving Covid-19 situation. Both phase 1 and phase 2 are open to registered charities in the UK and Ireland.
Funding to Support People of Colour Affected by the Coronavirus
The Resourcing Racial Justice Fund provides funding to individuals and communities working towards racial justice. In response to the coronavirus, the Fund will provide financial support to organisations, grassroots and community groups, and individuals who are working to tackle the impact of Covid-19 on those who identify as people of colour (POC). Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 will be available to organisations that respond to the immediate needs of the more at risk and vulnerable, and for more long-term initiatives to enable organisations to continue their work towards racial justice.
Applications for this round open on the 18th May 2020 until the 15th June 2020.
Funding opportunities under £25,000
Special Research Grants to Address Issues Relevant to the Covid-19 Pandemic
The British Academy is inviting humanities and social science researchers to bring their specific insights to bear on the global health pandemic resulting from COVID-19.
Primary and secondary research can explore issues such as the:
- ethical and behavioural issues raised by the pandemic;
- implications of migration on disease transmission;
- feasibility and effectiveness of policy responses aimed at preventing or containing COVID-19, including secondary impacts such as school closures, quarantine etc;
- past experience of epidemics, pandemics and quarantine;
- communication of risk to the wider public;
- behavioural studies understanding how people have been affected, both mentally and physically by living through the pandemic;
- community responses to crisis;
- access and equity to essential services, including digital communications and technologies;
- translation and analysis of information for multilingual populations;
- role of arts and culture in community building, recovery and resilience;
- strategies to combat misinformation;
- impacts on socio-economically disadvantaged groups.
This opportunity is open to all researchers of postdoctoral or equivalent level, in the fields of humanities and social sciences, ordinarily resident in the UK, the Isle of Man or the Channel Islands.
The British Academy will fund projects costing up to £10,000,
The deadline for applications is 5pm (UK time) on Wednesday 27 May 2020 and outcomes will be notified by 30 June 2020.
Funding for Research to Better Understand the Link between Alcohol and Harm
Alcohol Change UK will be issuing a call for proposals in early May 2020 for the current round of their New Horizons Grants Programme. The aim of the Programme is to support innovative research to better understand the link between alcohol and harm, which will help shift cultural norms around drinking, improve drinking behaviours, and to provide better policy, regulation, support and treatment through evidence-based research.
The first round of grants will focus on developing a greater understanding of ‘Groups, communities and alcohol harm’ to explore how people’s use of alcohol relates to their membership of, or identification with, groups and communities.
Applications from researchers of all academic disciplines are welcome.
Projects will last for around two years.
Grants of up to £15,000 Available for Projects that Support Women
The Feminist Review Trust has announced that grants of up to £15,000 are available for projects both in the UK and internationally that support women and girls.
Applications will be particularly welcome from non-OECD countries that focus on campaigning and activism in the following areas:
- Lesbian and transgender rights
- Violence against women and girls
- Disabled women and girls
- Refugee women and girls
The closing date for applications for the current funding round is the 10th September 2020.
London Mathematical Society – Small Grants for Education
Grants of up to £800 are available to stimulate interest and enable involvement in mathematics from Key Stage 1 (age 5+) to undergraduate level and beyond. The funding is being made available through the London Mathematical Society’s Small Grants for Education scheme and aims to enhance and enrich mathematical study beyond the curriculum; engage the public with mathematics; and encourage unusual ways of communicating mathematics.
The scheme is primarily intended for activities for which there is limited scope for alternative sources of funding. Applicants linked to universities should ideally be supported by a member of the Society and ordinarily the Scheme will not fund University outreach activity. However, anyone based in the UK is eligible to apply for a grant.
There are four application rounds each year and the next closing date for applications is the 31st August 2020.
Grants to Enhance the Teaching of Mathematics
The London Mathematical Society has announced that Mathematics Teachers in the UK can apply for grants of up to £400 to attend specific one or two-day conferences/events organised by professional mathematical organisations.
The aim of the grant is to facilitate mathematical professional development to allow teachers in UK schools/educational institutions to develop their subject knowledge. The grant can contribute to the costs of registration for the course and a proportion of the travel and subsistence expenses of attendees.
Any application for a grant under this scheme must be made by a teacher of mathematics or ITE provider based in the UK. The grants are open to teachers of mathematics from primary school to A-Level or equivalent (inclusive of STEP/AEA).
Queries regarding applications can be addressed to the Education Grants administrator, Katherine Wright, who can discuss proposals informally with potential applicants. Email education@lms.ac.uk or Tel: 020 7927 0801
The next closing date for applications is the 31st August 2020.
Architectural Heritage Fund – Project Viability Fund
Grants of up to £15,000 (England) and £7,500 (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland) are now available for formally constituted charities or social enterprises that have the necessary powers to undertake a project involving the acquisition and conversion of an historic building.
The Architectural Heritage Fund Project Viability Grant aims to enable organisations to work out whether a proposed use for a building will be economically viable. The grant will contribute towards the cost of exploring different options for reuse or testing a single option. At the end of the process applicants should be able to make an informed decision on whether the organisation should commit to further cost, risk and effort in developing the project.
Priority will be given to:
- Projects involving historic buildings that have statutory protection (i.e. listed or in a Conservation Area and of acknowledged historic significance) and at risk.
- Projects that have the potential to make a significant positive social impact, particularly (but not exclusively) in disadvantaged areas such as urban communities experiencing structural economic decline or isolated rural areas with poor access to services
To apply for a grant applicant must be a formally constituted charity or social enterprise whose members have limited liability. This includes:
- Unincorporated charities (for Project Viability Grants only)
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs)
- Charitable Companies Limited by Guarantee
- Charitable Community Benefit Societies
- Community Benefit Societies
- Not-for-private-profit Companies Limited by Guarantee
- Community Interest Companies (CICs) Limited by Guarantee
- Parish and Town Councils; Community Councils (in Scotland and Wales)
The next closing date for applications in this round is the 31st July 2020.
Grants to Promote the Teaching of Greek
The Hellenic Society Schools Sub-Committee makes grants to schools to assist projects concerned with the teaching of Greek or Greek civilization.
Typically, grants are made for:
- The development of new courses in Greek
- Books & other teaching materials
- Classics days or conferences
- Greek plays by schools
- Summer schools for school pupils
Applications from schools planning to start courses in Greek are especially welcome.
Applications on behalf of individual pupils or teachers are not normally considered, but a grant may be made to an institution for use as bursaries to individuals at the discretion of that institution. Most grants are in the range £100-£500, but larger awards are occasionally made.
The next closing date for applications is the 1st October 2020.
Music Grants for Older People
The charity is particular keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Concertina has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents. Some of the charities that have received grants from Concertina include:
- Theatre Chipping Norton to help fund high calibre music recitals in six Care Homes in the area.
- Sue Ryder Care, Lancashire to fund access to music therapy workshops at Birchley Hall near Wigan and St Helen’s.
The registered charity, Concertina which makes grants of up to £250 to charitable bodies that provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly has announced that the next deadline for applications is the 31st October 2020.
Emergency Funding for Mental Health Services Affected by Coronavirus
Emergency grants of up to £1,000 are available to user-led organisations and smaller unconstituted community groups in England which continue to provide mental health services and additional support during the coronavirus pandemic.
Through the National Survivor User Network’s (NSUN) Covid-19 Fund, grants will be available to support community action, peer support, mutual aid, and other activities. This might include helping with costs such as moving support groups online, IT equipment, mobile data, fuel costs, and volunteer and training costs.
Applicants must be members of NSUN. Membership is free for ULOs and community groups, and you can sign up here. Priority will be given to applications that support people facing other disadvantages and exclusions, with particular focus on people from racialised communities.
Grants of up to £2,000 may be considered and applications can be made at any time.
Email covidfund@nsun.org.uk for any questions about eligibility.
Funding to Encourage Young People to Study Science Subjects
In response to the much publicised skills gap in the British engineering industry, the Ironmongers’ Foundation wishes to support initiatives that encourage talented young people under the age of 25 to study science subjects at school and go on to pursue engineering-related further education or vocational training.
The funding is available to registered or exempt charities within the UK , with a preference for urban areas outside London and particularly areas in the north and midlands with a manufacturing presence.
Activities must be additional to those funded by government or other sources e.g. covered by school budgets. The Foundation prefers to support smaller projects where its contribution can make a real difference.
The next closing date for applications is the 1st August 2020.
NFU Mutual Community Giving Fund
Charities, schools, and community groups can apply for grants of up to £1,000 through the NFU Mutual Community Giving Fund. The fund is available in areas that are local to NFU operations in the UK.
Applications are likely to be more successful if they meet one or more of the funds priorities. These are:
- Connecting the community; reducing social isolation, providing opportunities, and encouraging resilience
- Providing care and support to vulnerable members of our community
- Relieving poverty; improving the health and wellbeing of our communities
- Advancing education and experiences for young people
Priority will also be given to:
- Requests that are supported by NFU Mutual staff members or one of their local branch offices.
- Beneficiaries that have not been given funds previously.
The next closing date for applications is the 30th June 2020.
Grants of up to £1,000 Available for Projects that Improve the Wellbeing of Children
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to registered charities and non-profit organisations who work to improve the education and physical and emotional wellbeing of children.
Applicants applying for funding may focus on one or more of these areas:
- Living in Poverty
- Physical & Mental Health Problems
- Health & Wellbeing
- Living with Disability
Examples of grants awarded in the past include:
- £500 Clydesdale Hockey Club – for coaching and equipment costs for primary school hockey competitions in Greater Glasgow
- £1,000 Shadwell Community Project – to develop its outdoor play space which is used by children and young people from deprived areas in the local community
The next closing date for applications is 5pm on the 5th June 2020.
Sport England Launches £20 Million Community Emergency Fund
Sport England has launched a new £20 million Fund to help sports and community organisations delivering physical activities who are experiencing short term financial hardship or are ceasing operations due to the Coronavirus crisis. The types of organisations eligible to apply include:
- Local sports clubs
- Voluntary and community sector organisations that deliver or enable sport and/or physical activity, including organisations that are not solely or primarily sports organisations and have an important role to play in keeping people active, that may need support for other parts of their organisation to remain open
- Small charitable trusts that do not qualify for financial help elsewhere
- Regional or county level organisations or leagues that have already paid out funds for activities that are now cancelled and are not able to claim funds from elsewhere.
Awards will be between £300 and £10,000. In exceptional circumstances Sport England will consider awards of more than £10,000
The fund has been developed to help community sport and physical activity organisations meet their obligations, in particular fixed costs, which are no longer supported with revenue as a result of coronavirus. This might cover expenditure on:
- Rent
- Utility costs
- Insurances
- Facility or equipment hire
- Core staffing costs (including casual workers) that cannot be met elsewhere by other government funds
- Retrospective losses dating from 1 March, 2020.
Some examples of the sort of things our fund can help with are:
- Support a boxing club to pay for their utility bills and other costs for their facility when no activity is taking place
- Support a local league who have paid for equipment to run a competition which is now cancelled and therefore will not receive the money the players in the league would have paid.
Applicants should have exhausted all other government funding sources before applying to this fund.
Sport England expect that the Fund will be open until the 31st July 2020.
School Grants to Promote Physics
UK schools and colleges can apply for grants of up to £600 for small-scale projects or events linked to the teaching or promotion of physics and engineering to pupils aged 5-19. Grants can support a wide range of projects such as school-based science weeks, extracurricular activities, science clubs, careers events or a visit from a working physicist or engineer. Grants can be used for the following project-related purposes: materials/resources; transport; marketing and publicity; other purposes deemed proper by the judges; and supply cover (in certain circumstances). Previous projects to receive funding include Ampleforth College for a visit to Jodrell Bank Radio Observatory; and St John’s High School for a practical Rocketry workshop to design a water-propelled rocket.
The funding is being made available through the Institute of Physics School Grant Scheme and the closing date for applications is the 1st June 2020.
Funding for Projects that Combat Abuse and Violation of Human Rights
UK-registered charities that work towards combating abuse and violations of human rights can apply for grants of up to £20,000. Applications are particularly welcomed from charities working to support migrants, refugees and asylum seekers; criminal justice and penal reform; and human rights, particularly access to justice. The funding is being made available through the A B Charitable Trust. The Trust generally makes one-off grants to charities registered and working in the UK with annual incomes of between £150,000 and £1.5m that do not have substantial investments or surpluses.
The next closing date for applications is the 31st July 2020.
Royal Society of Chemistry – Outreach Fund Small Grants Scheme
Individuals and organisations such as researchers, museums, schools, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to run chemistry-based events and activities for public audiences and in schools. The Royal Society of Chemistry Outreach Fund is split into two categories: small grants – up to £5,000 and large grants – between £2,000 and £10,000. Previously funded projects include “Cool chemistry at the seaside” where the Society awarded a grant of £2,000 to volunteers in Ramsgate who transformed an empty town-centre shop into a makeshift theatre, delivering free chemistry demonstrations to anyone. The closing date for applications to the small grants programme is the 11th May 2020.
The closing date for the large grants programme is the 14th September 2020.
Covid-19 Grant Round to Support Vulnerable Young People at Risk of Youth Violence
Charities, social enterprises, for-profit companies and public sector agencies can apply for funding to a new £6.5 million fund to support and test work that supports vulnerable young people at risk of youth violence in England and Wales during the Covid-19 crisis. This can include the digital or virtual delivery of support programmes; and face-to-face activity that can be delivered whilst adhering to social distancing/stay at home guidelines. The funding has been made available through the Youth Endowment Fund.
The minimum grants that can be applied for is £25,000 and the deadline for applications is midday on the 3rd June 2020.
Funding to Support Swimming Organisation Affected by the Coronavirus
Swimming and aquatic clubs and organisations experiencing short-term financial hardship due to the effects of the coronavirus can apply for grants of between £250 and £1,000 through the Swimathon Foundation’s Covid-19 Relief Fund. , Funding is available to help cover loss of revenue or fixed costs such as equipment or pool hire and event hosting fees for an event which has now been cancelled, club kit subsidies, and insurance premiums. Applications which relate to the financial impact for the period of the 1st March 2020 to the 31st July 2020 will be considered.
The deadline for applications is the 22nd May 2020.
Funding to Prepare Football Pitches for When Football Resumes
Clubs and organisations can apply for a share of a new £9.6 million fund to help get their natural and artificial grass pitches ready for when Government advice allows football to start being played again. Two levels of funding are available through the Football Foundation’s Pitch Preparation Fund: grants of up to £1,500 are available to FA National League System Clubs, FA Women’s Pyramid clubs, and Welsh Premier League clubs; and grants of up to £5,000 are available to eligible affiliated grassroots clubs and organisations.
Funding can cover costs such as aeration, fertilising, line marking and deep cleaning for 3G pitches. The deadline for applications is 9pm on the 25th May 2020.