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Funds are listed in alphabetical order.
Alan Edward Higgs Charity 14741
Grants are available to charitable organisations working to benefit disadvantaged residents within 25 miles of Coventry.
Alfred Haines Charitable Trust 14742
Grants are available to smaller charities based in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, and Solihull that are helping people to improve their quality of life. Amount: £250 to £2,000
Anthony and Gwendoline Wylde Memorial Charity 14743
Grants are available for charitable organisations who are carrying out social welfare activities in Dudley and Staffordshire with particular emphasis on Kinver, Kidderminster and Stourbridge. Amount: up to £1,000
Barton under Needwood and Dunstall Key Trust 14744
One-off grants are available to local non-profit making groups and organisations for major projects that benefit the residents of the civil parishes of Barton and Dunstall, Staffordshire. Amount: up to £10,000
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust 14745
Grants are available for registered charities undertaking social welfare or community projects in the greater Birmingham area or the region of North Wales.
Birmingham and the Black Country Communities Fund 14747
Grants are available to small local voluntary and community groups for projects that help people living in Birmingham and the Black Country who face disadvantage or social exclusion. Amount: up to £3,000
Birmingham Bodenham Trust - Special Education Grant 14746
Small grants are available for schools, voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham undertaking educational, recreational and medical projects for young people under the age of 19 years who have special educational needs. For further information, please contact the following: Jackie Crowley, Birmingham Bodenham Trust Tel: 0121 464 3928 E-Mail: jackie.crowley@birmingham.gov.uk
Clive Richards Foundation 14748
Grants are available for charitable organisations, including schools and colleges, operating locally within a 100 mile radius of Hereford City Centre.
Coventry and District Charitable Trust 14749
Grants are available to support a wide range of local charities whose beneficiaries live in Coventry or Warwickshire. Amount: up to £2,000
Develop Warwickshire - Community Fund 14740
Grants are available for projects in North Warwickshire and Nuneaton and Bedworth that will benefit the local community. Amount: up to £2,000
Grantham Yorke Trust 14750
Grants are available to charitable organisations working with young people under the age of 25 who are in need and living within the old West Midlands Metropolitan County area. For further information, please contact the following: Enquiries, Grantham Yorke Trust Tel: 07799784019 E-Mail: chrissy@granthamyorketrust.org.uk
Hays Travel Foundation 14751
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports. Amount: up to £15,000
Heart of England - Birmingham Sports Fund 14752
Grants are available for charities and community groups for projects which encourage people in Birmingham to be active and engage in sport. Amount: up to £1,000
Heart of England - Positive Futures Fund 14754
Grants are available for local organisations working with disadvantaged young people in Birmingham and the Black Country. Amount: up to £5,000
Heart of England Community Foundation 14753
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations working in disadvantaged areas of Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire.
Herefordshire Community Foundation 14755
Grants are available for community-based projects with a charitable purpose that improve the quality of life for people in Herefordshire who are disadvantaged due to poverty, disability, age, location or culture. Amount: from £100
Hilton Fund 14756
The objective of the funding is to assist small community groups, with specific needs, in supporting the residents of the former Cannock Chase Rural District area to: Increase or enhance local services. Provide local social or leisure activities. Provide a local service that might otherwise be unavailable. Relieve poverty or disadvantage for local people. Amount: up to £2,000
Housing Plus Group - Children's Summer Activities Fund 14757
Grants are available to help local organisations deliver free, fun and enriching summer activities for children, young people and families across Telford, Shropshire and Staffordshire. Amount: up to £1,000
HS2 Community and Environment Fund 14758
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to support work which enhances the quality of life and the environment of communities disrupted by the construction of the HS2 north-south railway. Amount: £250,000
J&O Lloyd Community Grants Fund 14759
Deadlines: usually two per year Grants are available for charities, community groups and voluntary organisations to support the provision of facilities or services to the benefit of communities in East Staffordshire. Amount: up to £10,000 (typically around £5,000)
npower Business Solutions Foundation 14739
Deadline: 31/03/2026 Grants are available for not-for-profit and educational institutions within 50 miles of nBS' offices in Solihull and Leeds to support projects that have a positive impact on local communities, improve places and spaces, and provide opportunities for individuals to reach their potential. Your organisation must have a turnover of more than £50,000 Amount: up to £100,000
Oakland Foundation 14760
Grants are available for projects that support the education, health and nutrition of children under the age of 16 and their families as well as their being able to access sport and activities irrespective of social background or physical ability.
Pedmore Sporting Club Trust Fund 14761
Grants for voluntary and community organisations undertaking general charitable activities to assist those who are less fortunate in the West Midlands. Amount: £500 to £5,000
Rowlands Trust 14762
Grants are available to registered charities in the West Midlands and South Midlands that are working in the following areas: medical and scientific research, the services, the sick, the poor, the handicapped, the elderly, music, the arts, the environment and the restoration and maintenance of Anglican church buildings. Amount: £1,000 to £5,000 For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following: Mrs Louise Ruane, The Rowlands Trust Tel: 07812743485 E-Mail: louise.ruane@therowlandstrust.org.uk
Sandwell - Sports Activities Grant 14738
Grants are available to local voluntary, community and not-for-profit organisations in Sandwell for sport related projects. Amount: between £500 and £5,000
Sandwell - Welcoming Spaces Fund 14763
Grants are available to community organisations that are already established in Sandwell to provide welcoming spaces to residents of the borough. Amount: up to £500
Sheldon Trust - Holiday Grants 14764
Grants are available for UK registered charities and charitable organisations to support holiday activities for disadvantaged young people living in the West Midlands and Greater London. Amount: up to £1,000
Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust 14765
Small grants are available for smaller local not-for-profit organisations who work directly with disadvantaged children and young people under 18, or under 25 with a disability, who live in the West Midlands. Amount: up to £2,000
Solihull Active Minds - System Solutions Grant 14766
Grants are available to community groups in Solihull for projects that improve the physical and mental well-being of residents. Amount: up to £1,000
Staffordshire - New Communities Resettlement Grants Scheme 14768
Grants are available to Staffordshire based organisations who are supporting the integration of Ukrainian people into the local community. Amount: £1,000 to £100,000
Staffordshire Community Foundation 14767
Grants are available to support voluntary and community groups in Staffordshire for general community benefit, including healthy living, road safety, community development and the lives of young people.
Swinfen Broun Charitable Trust 14769
Small grants for organisations working in the City of Lichfield to provide or maintain public halls, meeting places, playing fields, sports facilities, public gardens and public open spaces. The aims of the Trust Fund as taken from the Trust Deed are as follows: Provide or maintain or assist in the provision or maintenance of public halls, meeting places, playing fields, sports facilities for the public at large in the interests of social welfare, with the object of improving their condition of life, places for housing the arts, libraries, museums or other educational institutions to which the public have access. Provide or maintain or assist in the provision or maintenance of public gardens or public open spaces. Provide or maintain or assist in the provision or maintenance of equipment or items for use in or with any of the objects mentioned in the above.
Telford and Wrekin Council - Happy Healthy and Active Holiday Fund 14770
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups providing free holiday clubs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Walker Trust 14771
Grants are available to charitable organisations for projects that benefit Shropshire residents in the areas of health, disability, training and education. For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following: Mr Edward Hewitt, Walker Trust, 2 Breidden Way, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 0LN Tel: 01743 873866
Walsall Public Health - Tackling Inactivity Fund (with Crowdfunding) 14772
Funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, community and voluntary groups, social enterprises and charities who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects which address inactivity across Walsall. Amount: up to £5,000
Warwick - Rural and Urban Capital Improvements Grant Scheme 14773
Grants are available for local non-profit-making organisations to help with the costs of providing or improving local facilities in rural and urban communities throughout the Warwick district area. Amount: £1,000 to £20,000
Warwickshire Crimebeat 14774
Grants are available to groups of young people aged between five and 25 to help tackle crime and safety issues in their local community. Amount: up to £500, but larger grants may occasionally be awarded for exceptional projects.
West Midlands - Access Programme 14775
Grants and loans are available to charities and social enterprises supporting people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis in areas of the West Midlands where deprivation is most severe. Amount: £5,000 to £40,000
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust 14776
One-off grants are available to UK registered charities based in Birmingham and the West Midlands in the areas of social welfare, medical and healthcare, education and training, conservation, penal reform and the arts. Amount: £250 to £50,000
Worcestershire - Councillors' Divisional Fund 14778
Funding is available to support local initiatives and good works in Worcestershire that meet the County Council's priorities.