April Roundup of Current Funding Opportunities
- Emma Huggill
- Apr 7
- 6 min read
Updated: Apr 8
Below is a selection of current funding opportunities available to charitable organisations across B&NES.
The 19 opportunities below are listed in order of closing date, and separated into two sections; Local and National.
Local Opportunities
B&NES Health Inequalities Grant Funding
🪙 £25,000 - £50,000
This is an opportunity for local stakeholders to submit bids for funding to address prioritised health inequalities in Core20 areas and PLUS groups in BANES. This round of the Health Inequalities Funding will be awarding grants for projects which implement practical interventions that address one or more of the following priorities:
Adults
Low uptake of annual physical health checks for those with severe mental illness (SMI)
Children and Young People
Improving mental health in children and young people who are more at risk of developing poor mental health
Address over reliance in children and young people on asthma reliever medications and decrease the number of asthma attacks.
Deadline: 5pm on Friday 9th May 2025. Click here for the Guidance. Click here for the Q&A. Click here for the application form.
🪙 £4,000
The fund is open to groups working in neighbouring South Gloucestershire, Bristol, North Somerset and Sedgemoor District. To support community action on reducing carbon in our atmosphere, and making energy more affordable (but you don't have to be an energy or environmental group). Priority given to small organisations with charitable aims.
Deadline: Thursday 29th May 2025. Find Out More
🪙 £500 - £1,000
The Council's Community Contribution Fund is a scheme for residents to pay into a 'good causes fund' to support local charity, community and voluntary groups and help reduce inequalities in the area. Funding is for new projects or activities that will both reduce inequality and benefit those over the age of 55. This does not mean that intergenerational projects would be excluded. Any charity, voluntary or community organisation that operates for the benefit of residents in Bath and North East Somerset and is not for profit may apply.
Deadline: 5pm on Friday 30th May 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 Around £2,000
Funding is available for small local charities in Bristol, Bath and North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire, for a diverse range of charitable causes, albeit with an emphasis on supporting charities working in the areas of health and disability. The trustees meet four times a year to review applications, with their next meeting scheduled for June.
Deadline: Quarterly. Next deadline should be late May. Find Out More.
🪙 Up to £2,000
Grants are available for small registered charities in the South West. The Trust’s principal areas of interest are:
Children and families.
People who are disadvantaged.
People who are disabled, and
Overseas projects, particularly environmental and self-help initiatives.
Deadline: Ongoing. Find Out More.
National Opportunities
🪙 Between £2,000 - £30,000
Funding for UK constituted organisations to run projects for children and young people aged 25 and under to make, learn and earn in music.
Deadline: Friday 11th April 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 £50,000
This funding is available for charities with a focus on social mobility and youth development, including learning and training. There will also be a second round of this funding opening in June.
Deadline: 11:59pm on Sunday 13th April 2025. Find Out More
🪙 £100,000 in core, unrestricted funding for 1+ years
Funding is for non-profit organisations supporting young people who are not in education, employment or training (NEET) into employment through skills.
Deadline: 11:59pm on Thursday 17th April 2025. Find Out More
🪙 Between £25,000 to £50,000
Funding is available for charities that work on increasing access to justice such as sustaining or improving community access to specialist legal advice and/or educational charities that offer pro bono programmes to increase access to justice.
Deadline: Friday 18th April 2025 (may close early if sufficient applications received). Find Out More
🪙 £2,000 - £5,000
The grant is supporting groups that deliver focussed programs to develop the practical skills and improve employability levels for people furthest from the job market. A total of £250k is available. Open to groups in the West Country, Wales and the Midlands.
Deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 23rd April 2025. Find Out More
🪙 Up to £10,000 - £15,000
For aspiring social leaders across the UK, for early-stage social enterprises with long-lasting, far-reaching projects with the potential to provide solutions to intractable social problems faced by disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.
Deadline: Monday 28th April 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 Between £20,000 and £25,000 for 1 - 4 years
Unrestricted Core Grants are available to UK registered charities to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). Eligible organisations will have an income over £200k but under £2m.
Deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 30th April 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 £500 - £1,500
Funding is available to support charities and community groups to deliver events, activities or pastimes that prevent social isolation and loneliness, and improve the lives of those aged 55+ across the UK. Applications are reviewed four times a year. Open to small grass roots organisations and small registered charities.
Deadline: Wednesday 30th April 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 Flexible grants of £100,000 over two years (with some opportunity for extension and further £50,000)
Local collaborations led by small charities can apply for funding of £100,000 over two years to influence change around the social security system, accommodation, and support for asylum seekers and refugees.
Deadline: Expressions of Interest are due by 5pm, Wednesday 30th April 2025. Full applications by Friday 22nd August 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 £30,000 - £50,000
Funding is available for organisations that focus on vocational skills and training, working at the intersection of creativity and social change. Open to: Registered charities, CIOs, exempt and excepted under Charity Commission guidance, working in the field of craft, design or architecture.
Deadline: 10am on Monday 5th May 2025. Find Out More
🪙 Up to £15,000
UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and educational establishments can apply for innovative projects that use Information Technology to strengthen communities.
Deadline: 5pm on Wednesday 7th May 2025. Find Out More.
🪙 Up to £100,000 a year for 10 years
A match funding campaign for charities dedicated to serving women and girls. Those led by Black and minoritised women and girls, LGBTQUIA+ women and girls, or disabled women and girls will be prioritised.
Deadline: Friday 30th May 2025 - Find Out More Here
🪙 £20,001 or more, for up to five years
Priorities for this funding include projects that support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination, and support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives. Open to voluntary or community organisations in England.
Deadline: Ongoing - Find Out More
🪙 From £50,000 up to £5m
The funding will support museums and libraries’ vital maintenance repairs and upgrades, ensuring they can continue to tell the story of our nation’s rich history and providing spaces for people from all walks of life to access books, work and learn
Deadline: Unspecified. Expressions of interest open on May 12th 2025. Find Out More
🪙 Loans of between £100,000 and £1.5m
Charities and social enterprises across England may be eligible for this unrestricted fund for reasons such as reducing carbon emissions, energy cost savings, energy-efficient vehicles and equipment, and upgrading energy efficiency ratings. Organisations must be working to improve peoples' lives, or the environment they live in.
Deadline: Unspecified - Find Out More
More funding opportunities can be found via the BaNES Funding Finder - Click Here
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