Capacity Building

The Vegan Society, a UK charity which exists to increase awareness of veganism for the benefit of people, animals and the environment, has announced it will accept applications during the month of July 2024.

This year, the Society is offering grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 with an eye to supporting fewer projects but those having a higher impact.

The funding is intended for new and innovative projects which will encourage non-vegans to go vegan and stay vegan.

The Society is looking for projects that:

The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation was established 24 years ago by Skipton Building Society. Since then it has given away more than £3.4 million to good causes across the UK.

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation aims to improve the wellbeing, welfare and education of children and adults in communities throughout the UK by making donations of up to £6,000 to registered charities.

Capturing the Voice of Cared for Children and Care Experienced Young People in Greater Manchester’s Regional Care Cooperative Pathfinder.

An upcoming grants programme is aiming to change the narrative around disability across Greater Manchester.

GMCVO will be seeking applications from voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) organisations, working in Greater Manchester, for the benefit of Greater Manchester residents, to encourage a change in the narrative around disability by improving accessibility and inclusion for Deaf and disabled people.

On behalf of The Phoenix Way North West, Greater Manchester Ethnic Communities Network (GMECN) would like to invite you to complete the following survey: The Phoenix Way North West – Greater Manchester Barriers to Accessing Funding Survey

The Phoenix Way North West is led by Inclusive North (formerly Lancashire BME Network) covering the sub-regions of Lancashire, Greater Manchester, and Cheshire and Merseyside. GMECN is the sub-regional delivery partner on The Phoenix Way North West for Greater Manchester.

Cranfield Trust are supporting this year’s Small Charity Week to deliver much needed support to small social welfare charities across the UK.

Cranfield Trust are offering appointments throughout Small Charity Week 2024, and beyond, for registered charities and CICs to get FREE immediate access to expert volunteers and Regional Managers for specialist and timely answers to pressing charity management questions.

Develop your community business through a specialist programme of support.

With a group of others like you, you will learn from the experts, and each other, to grow your community business. You will also receive a Match Trading™ Grant that combined with the learning programme will support you to develop trading income streams and build a resilient community business.

The programme:

The Zuto Make A Difference Fund welcomes applications from grassroots community groups based in any of the ten boroughs of Greater Manchester.

The Zuto Make A Difference Fund aims to encourage and support grassroots community organisations. This means small, community-based and locally controlled groups that manage themselves, encourage people to get involved as volunteers and who just need a bit of financial help to be able to work with their community in the way they’d like.

5 days, 10 charities, £5,000 each – nominations open for five days, from 17 – 21 June 2024. To support the incredible work that so many charities do to support children and young people, our third special draw of the year will award £5,000 to 10 charities working in this area.

This special draw is open to charities whose core charitable purpose is to support children and young people (aged 23 and under).

The latest £2.2 million funding round is now open dedicated to non-profit organisations working with Black and racially minoritised young people at risk of violence.

This second round of the Children and Youth grant offers individual project grants ranging from £50,000 to £75,000. Funding can be used to support a new project, an existing project, or the expansion of a project.

Eligible non-profit groups, organisations or charities must meet the following criteria: