Greetings to our dedicated community interest companies as we kick off the new year with optimism and purpose!
As we delve into the first month of 2024, it’s our pleasure to present the “January 2024 Roundup of Latest CIC and Charity Funding Advice.” In this edition, we aim to empower and guide you with the most current and valuable insights in the realm of funding for community initiatives and charitable endeavours.
From innovative strategies to essential tips, we’re here to ensure that your noble pursuits are backed by the knowledge and resources necessary for success. Let’s embark on this journey together, forging a path that strengthens the impact of our collective commitment to community welfare.
As we get started with 2024, it’s the perfect time to look for funding your Community Interest Company (CIC) will need to operate throughout the year.
Take a look and see what might help your organisation achieve even more this year!
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation:
Focuses on supporting the charitable sector, including CICs, with grants in various areas such as arts, education, environment, and social change.
New Fund: Youth-led creativity funding in early February
The Barclays Community Football Fund
The Barclays Community Football Fund access grant programme aims to support grassroots, community groups, working within the most deprived areas of the UK. We want to make sure our funding reaches organisations providing accessible football activities for the most underrepresented groups of young people.
The Barclays Community Football Fund will reopen on Monday 12th February 2024.
Eligibility:
Applications are invited from not-for-profit organisations, including community groups, youth groups, and traditional football clubs, to support underprivileged young people. Eligible groups must operate in areas of high deprivation, specifically within the top three areas of the Government Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD), and focus on serving the hardest-to-reach youth. Applications from disability football groups outside IMD areas 1-3 are also welcome, acknowledging the pandemic and cost of living crisis’ impact on disabled youth. Organisations should be involved in delivering or intending to start football activities for individuals under 25, particularly targeting women, girls, racially diverse communities, young people with disabilities, LGBTQ+ community members, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds.
Funding Activity: The Barclays Community Football Fund works to deliver football and hope to underserved communities throughout the U.K.
Grant Range: £1000
Shackleton Foundation
We provide seed funding and support to enable aspiring leaders and social entrepreneurs to establish their own ventures to help young people in challenging circumstances. Eligible ideas must:
- Be innovative and fresh
- Fulfil a clear need and demand
- Be in the first year of development
- Have a real social impact
- Have well-defined outputs and goals
- Have the potential for real growth and sustainability
- The beneficiaries of the work must be young people predominantly based in the UK
Eligibility:
- Leaders with entrepreneurial ideas/inspirational projects capable of making a difference
- Opportunities to support Leaders setting up their own social ventures with financially sustainable projects with the potential to provide solutions to the problems faced by disadvantaged young people in the UK
- Early-stage ‘social enterprises’ (not more than 12 months old)
- Leaders that they believe have the potential to make their ideas work
Funding Activity: We invest in inspirational leaders and early-stage social enterprises with the potential to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people.
Grant Range: up to £10,000
Delamere Dairy Foundation
Delamere Dairy Ltd has been instrumental in the concept and thinking behind the Delamere Dairy Foundation and is proud of the association and the support it can provide. Delamere Dairy’s sustainable approach to business, its ethics, values and vision inspired the concept of the Corporate Foundation, driven by a desire to ‘do the right thing’, now and in the long term, by giving back to the communities in which it operates.
Eligibility: Grant applications are welcome from groups or organisations that are “not for profit”; such as charities, community groups and social enterprises, that can demonstrate a clear community benefit in their constitution or governing document.
Funding activity: The purpose of the grant application must fit with the objects of the Delamere Dairy Foundation and be for the benefit of the public, namely:
1. The advancement of agriculture and of environmental protection
2. The advancement in life of young people by developing their capabilities so that they may mature as contributory members of society
3. The relief of financial hardship
4. The advancement of education
5. The relief of sickness
Grant range: from £250 to £5,000
National Lottery Awards for All England
Eligibility:
You can apply if your organisation is a:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charity
- charitable incorporated organisation (CIO)
- not-for-profit company
- community interest company (CIC)
- school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory body (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
- community benefit society.
Funding Activity: Social connections and community activities are at the heart of creating healthier, happier lives and a flourishing society. That’s why we support amazing community-led projects.
Grant Range: from £300 to £20,000
Conclusion
Remember to check the eligibility criteria, application guidelines, and deadlines for each grant provider, as they may differ. It’s also beneficial to explore local and regional funding opportunities that align with your CIC’s mission and objectives.
How we can help
If you need help getting CIC funds, give us a call Call us today on 0207 953 8913 or complete our enquiry form in order to book a FREE initial CIC consultation.
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