Grants Online
Grants Online have put together a list of funding programmes designed to assist local organisations in responding to the challenges of the Coronavirus Pandemic.
DEADLINE: varies depending on grant
WEBSITE: www.grantsonline.org.uk
Opportunities
This is a place where you can find out about opportunities that are available to your organisation. From funding streams to events and training, The Essex Alliance will keep you informed.
The Tudwick Foundation
The Tudwick Foundation is a grant-giving body founded in 2019 by members of the Bennett family. The foundation strives to provide financial support to communities and charitable organisations in Essex and Suffolk.
Grants are typically between £300 and £3,000, and are often awarded to charities with an annual income below £500,000.
DEADLINE: ongoing
WEBSITE: www.tudwickfoundation.org.uk
Barclays COVID-19 Community Aid Package
The Barclays Foundation has been set up to initially provide a COVID-19 Community Aid Package of £100 million to charities working to support vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19, and to alleviate the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis.
£50 million will be donated to, and deployed via, a variety of charities working to support vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19, and in alleviating the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis.
Applications must be made in writing. Contact The Barclay Foundation for further information: Sarah McNabb, Barclay Foundation, 2nd Floor, 14 St George Street, London, W1S 1FE. Tel: 020 8675 2123
DEADLINE: tbc
WEBSITE: home.barclays
The National Lottery Awards for All England
This programme now focuses on funding projects and organisations helping communities through the COVID-19 pandemic
Award funding of £300 – £10,000 is available to cover six months of expenditure for activities supporting people affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Organisations who are not looking for COVID-19 related funding are asked not to submit an application at this time.
DEADLINE: paused
WEBSITE: www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
COVID-19: Digital service delivery for charities
Third Sector Lab and SCVO Digital are working together to build a playbook for charities needing to quickly build out digital services.
A survey has been produced to find out the top priorities and issues being faced in regards to digital support during the COVID-19 crisis. To provide your feedback, please click here.
Third Sector Lab and SCVO Digital are also offering weekly Zoom calls for non-profits, community groups, social enterprises and other voluntary organisations. These calls are focused on helping the third sector think about how they can deliver information, support, and services using digital tools.
For more information on all of this, please click here.
COVID-19 Funder Database
The Charity Excellence Framework have created a free online toolkit and funding database, to help you increase impact and funding during the coronavirus outbreak.
DEADLINE: ongoing
WEBSITE: www.charityexcellence.co.uk
Micro Grants for Local Community Organisers
Local community organisers who need a small amount of financial support for things like flyer printing, incidental costs, or slightly larger projects are able to access community micro-grant funding.
As you will see, there has been no time to update the website for this new situation, so please do the best you can with the information on there and use the contact details at the bottom of the page if you need help.
DEADLINE: ongoing
WEBSITE: www.ealc.gov.uk/micro-grant-fund
Sources of Charity Emergency Funding
Ian McLintock, founder of the Charity Excellence Framework, has produced a very in-depth list of details and links to emergency funding for charities. These include UK wide, UK country, regional, global, Government financial support, specialist funding and platforms.
As this information is constantly being updated, we suggest that you read the article on LinkedIn.
EDIT 9th April 2020
Ian McLintock has kindly contacted us to let us know that the list has now more than doubled in size and is being updated each Monday. The latest funder list and the 4 charity toolkits can be downloaded from the Charity Excellence website – www.charityexcellence.co.uk
There are also lots of free funding finders, funder lists and fundraising guides on the website.
Essex Coronavirus Response and Recovery Programme
The purpose of the Essex Coronavirus Response and Recovery Programme is to get help quickly to voluntary and community organisations that are in crisis as a result of the pandemic and need emergency funding to keep their vital services running.
Initially grants of up to £15,000 will be available. Priority will be given to those delivering vital services to older and vulnerable people, organisations helping to relieve pressure on public services and those co-ordinating a local community response.
DEADLINE: tbc
WEBSITE: www.essexcommunityfoundation.org.uk
Diversity and Volunteering Research
Content from CVS Tendring
NCVO is conducting some research into diversity and volunteering to build on work completed last year on volunteer experiences, called Time Well Spent, which you can read more about in this blog.
The overall aim of this research is to inform practice and policy, and help organisations to address this important issue. You can find out more and share your organisation’s experience via this online form.