Funding

Young Camden Foundation (YCF) is proud to open the Heads Up Mental Health Fund for a second round!

Heads Up Mental Health Fund is to support local community organisations with safeguarding the mental health and wellbeing of children, young people and youth workers during this pandemic and its aftermath.

During November 2020, YCF partnered with Healthwatch Camden to run a survey with local young people to further understand their needs. The survey showed that 70% of young people found their mental health is affected by the pandemic. As a response to this need YCF will be re-opening its Heads Up Mental Health programme on the 16 December 2020.

The deadline for applications will be 25 January 2021.
(this date is subject to change if a large number of applications is received)

The Fund is designed to enable organisations to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays.  This includes all half-term breaks, Easter, Christmas and the summer holidays.

Applications to the School Holiday Activity Fund can be submitted at any time, but must be submitted by the following deadlines:

October half-term – 21 September
Christmas holiday – 16 November
February half-term – 18 January
Easter – 1 March
May half-term – 25 April

Wave five of the London Community Response is mainly focused on renewal, supporting three “missions” for the future beyond covid-19.
-Building strong communities,
-A new deal for young people, and
-Ensuring a robust safety net.

Deadline for Crisis Response grant : 5pm on Thursday 21 January 2021
Deadline for Renewal grant : midday on Monday 15 February 2021

The new £170,000 Fund aims to support the Black Community in the UK through grants to Black-led grassroot organisations and projects who are working to eliminate barriers to progress for Black women and girls and driving for long-term systemic change. Organisations already established as social enterprises, charities or community projects and that are engaged in impactful work in their community can apply for grants of up to £20,000.
Deadline by 5pm Thursday 21st January.

In response to the current crisis, we have made some changes to our Community Dividend Fund to provide immediate financial support for local good causes, community groups and charities who are responding to some of the most worrying impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Grants are available to community and national youth organisations in England to help mitigate the impact of lost income during the winter period due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, and ensure services providing vital support can remain open.

A quick way to apply for smaller amounts of funding between £300 and £10,000.

With the COVID-19 pandemic still with us, we'll continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by COVID-19.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation and Comic Relief launch Tech for Good digital development fund ‘Build’.

Together they we will open the next round of funding for our joint Tech for Good programme, Build, in January 2021.

The Tech for Good programme was created in response to the need for charities to use technology to explore different approaches to delivering better services.

The Ragdoll Foundation’s Open Grants scheme has been designed to support the cultural sector’s work with children and young people. Its vision is to support projects where the concerns of childhood can be heard. All applications are expected to contribute to the Ragdoll Foundation’s primary purpose. The Foundation is mainly interested in applications that involve children during their early years, but appropriate projects for older children (up to 18 years) will also be considered.

Community groups tackling loneliness to benefit from £4m fund. Book clubs, walking groups and other community projects will be able to apply for a £4 million fund designed to help reduce loneliness in the coming months. Applications open on 5 January 2021 and close on 26 January 2021.

The Trust has opened a second Covid-19 Emergency Fund which is open for applications until 30th March 2021. The fund will provide small grants of up to £2,000 to organisations in our area of benefit to support vulnerable individuals and families swiftly and effectively during the current lockdown.

ROUND 2 OF GRANT APPLICATIONS OPENS ON 25TH NOVEMBER 2020

This fund is for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community groups and organisations, working to deliver COVID-19 services in England.

This grants programme is designed to help tackle the disproportionate impact of COVID 19 on BAME communities.

The Inclusive Recovery Fund is a £4.75 million fund to help social entrepreneurs in England, designed to help social entrepreneurs deliver their important services and grow their impact while adapting to the challenges the Coronavirus crisis has presented.

The fund aims to support leaders with
-direct first-hand experience of the social problems
-who are activating these experiences to inform
-shape and lead their social ventures to directly benefit the communities they share those experiences with

This fund is to help small and medium sized BAME groups and their communities build wellbeing, resilience and capacity through their various funded projects following the pandemic.

Power to Change has launched the Community Business Renewal Initiative, a package of support for community businesses, in response to the COVID-19 crisis.

The Community Business Renewal Fund provides grants to community businesses in England affected by the Covid-19 crisis to adapt, renew and rebuild their business so they can remain financially viable. The fund is aimed at organisations delivering services in their local community to support those who have been most affected by the Covid-19 crisis.

The Community Business Renewal Fund will have three application rounds. Each round will have a short application window of 3 hours as we expect a high level of demand.

Round One – Tuesday 3 November 2020, 10am-1pm
Round Two – Tuesday 12 January 2021, 10am-1pm
Round Three – Tuesday 2 March 2021, 10am-1pm

The UK Youth Fund – Covid Relief has been created to support youth organisations who have not had access to the crisis funding they require to survive the Covid pandemic.

Youth organisations with an income of under £250,000, that are based in, and deliver their work in England are eligible to apply for up to £50,000.

A £2.5 million fund, with up to £10,000 in match funding, as part of a support package to help clubs and organisations set up and run crowdfunding campaigns related to Covid-19, such as for a loss of income due to the pandemic.

Capital awards of between £10,001 and £50,000 will help clubs and community groups adapt and open important places and spaces, so that sport and physical activity can happen during the pandemic.

The Return to Play: Community Asset Fund is for new applications focused solely on helping support clubs and community groups through the ongoing coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic to return to play.

This £10 million fund focuses on awards of up to £10,000 that support clubs and community groups respond to the challenges of returning to play during the coronavirus pandemic.

A total of £10 million is available, with grants of between £300 and £10,000, to help not-for-profit community organisations create coronavirus-secure settings for community sport and physical activity to resume this autumn.

The Resilience Fund is the Mayor’s £1 million innovation programme to support London’s businesses and community groups to emerge stronger from the current coronavirus crisis, and to ensure the capital is better prepared for future emergencies.