FOCUS ON – FUNDING

Corra Foundation
The Local Support Grants are for community based Third Sector organisations in Scotland, which deliver frontline services to support people affected by alcohol and drugs, people who are in recovery and/or their families. The fund is open to Scottish charities, social enterprises, community groups and other Third Sector organisations with an annual income of up to £750,000, organisations can apply for up to £60,000 a year up to April 2029. Access the fund

Tesco Grants
Tesco Fruit & Veg grants is now open and they’re looking for applications to their ROCK PLACE EXPRESS G81 5NT store. Schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children and young people across region/area can apply for up to £1,500 for projects that improve access to healthy food. Projects can focus entirely on healthy eating (e.g. breakfast clubs, cooking projects, food growing projects or food banks) or just incorporate an element of healthy eating as part of other activities (e.g. healthy snacks as part of kids clubs, nutrition sessions as part of sports events, or incorporating some fruit trees or vegetable beds into a school garden refresh). Access the fund

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
The Ann Rylands Small donations programme administered by the Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust makes small grants to support medium-sized charities providing practical and emotional support to people with-or at high risk of-physical or mental ill health, people living with a disability and their families and carers. The areas of funding are: Improved quality of life for older people; people with disabilities and people with serious illness/chronic conditions through health and care; improved health and care for people needing palliative and end of life care and Practical and emotional support to improve the health and care for people facing challenges with mental health. Access the fund

Vodafone Charities Connected
Vodafone are providing free mobile connectivity to support charities in the UK to tackle digital exclusion. If you are a charity that needs support for digital inclusion programmes, you can apply for free Vodafone SIMS, each with 40GB data per month for 6 months plus unlimited calls and texts to use however you like, e.g. to stay in touch with service users or to deliver training to people in need. Access the fund

The Marsh Charitable Trust
The Trust provides funding which could help small organisations pay for various running costs, such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance  and other core outgoings. Grants are unrestricted and provides long-term core funding. The areas funded are: Social Welfare; Environmental causes and animal welfare; Healthcare and medical research; Education and training and Arts and heritage. Access the fund

The Swan Mountain Trust
The trust will focus its support on organisations concerned with refugees and asylum seekers, with particular emphasis on the mental health of young people in these categories. The trust focuses on small organisations (under £500K income) and the usual level of grant is in the £2,000 to £4,000 range and applications can be made at any time. Apply via email outlining your project. Email Jan: jan.swanmountaintrust@gmail.com