Funding for Schools and Communities 

On this page you will find all of the latest funding and opportunities for both schools and communities. 

East Suffolk Council are co-ordinating a programme of advice and support to help people in East Suffolk with the rising cost of living. You can find more information online here or you can find details in their newsletter here.

The Big Bike Revival is all about helping adults to begin or return to cycling through a programme of free activities and services, delivered by local community organisations. You can find out more information here. 

Applications are open from 05.03.2024 to 25.06.2024. Grant funding up to £3,500 can be applied for to support the delivery of a Big Bike Revival programme of events. Click here to start an application.

Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to support the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other projects. Of particular interests are projects which will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. In most cases, grants will be made on a relatively small scale. Many grants will be under £2,000, most will be under £5,000 and only in a few cases will grants exceed £10,000. The funding provided by the BlueSpark Foundation and can be for physical assets such as iPads, sports equipment, or lighting for stage productions, for services or facilities such as sports coaching or music or drama tuition or simply for the provision of experiences such as theatre visits. (These examples are intended to be illustrative and not restrictive as to the funding which BlueSpark may provide to support projects). Applications can be submitted at any time and must be made online on BlueSpark Foundation’s standard application form.

The Woodland Trust want to make sure everybody in the UK has the chance to plant a tree. So they’re giving away hundreds of thousands of trees to schools and communities!

Tomorrow’s climate scientists is an extension to the Society’s school funding programme Partnership Grants. Introduced in 2020, Tomorrow’s climate scientists aims to give students across the UK not just a voice, but an opportunity to take action themselves to address climate and biodiversity issues – to become the climate scientists of tomorrow. Schools can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to run investigative STEM projects in partnership with STEM professionals from academia or industry.

The EEF are recruiting schools, colleges, and early years settings to take part in trials of high-potential programmes. They are also subsidising programmes that have previously shown to have a positive impact on student attainment, so more schools can benefit.

Search your setting to find out which trials you could join, and which subsidised programmes are on offer where you are.

Constituted charities, community groups, and social enterprises across England, Scotland, and Wales have until 29 February 2024 to apply to Delamere Dairy Foundation’s Spring 2024 funding round.

Funding is available for projects and activities that align with the Foundation’s objectives:

You can also register here.

The Benefact Group has announced that it will be giving more than £1 million to charities and good causes across the UK and Ireland this year through random draws!

The way it works: charities and good causes are nominated by the public to be entered into a draw. Registered charities, non-registered charities, churches, not-for-profit organisations and Community Interest Companies (CICs) in the UK, Republic of Ireland, Channel Islands or Isle of Man can be nominated.

You can also register here.

The Fund awards small grants of up to £5,000 per year to approximately 100 community based organisations each year.

Applications are open and will close at 5.30pm on 19th February 2024. Applications from organisations working in the East Midlands, East Anglia or Scotland and those working in the countryside or in heritage and conservation are particularly welcomed.

For over 40 years, the Fund has supported His Majesty’s charitable work. The Fund is on a mission to transform lives and build sustainable communities through grantmaking, social investment and incubation of initiatives and projects.

The Fund has invested more than £100 million in charitable causes in the UK and overseas. They award grants to a wide range of good causes across their funding themes of Environment, Countryside, Social Inclusion, Health and Wellbeing, Heritage and Conservation and Education.

Throughout all their work they endeavour to maximise charitable impact, drawing on their funding and convening power to leverage further support from others. To deliver this well, they ensure their governance and management are fit for purpose and in line with best practice.

There are two full days of mix-and-match CPD for schools across all phases which you can book here. The day will support Professional Development within the strategy and skills for EdTec and Computer Science for KS1. Individual workshops are offered and you may attend one or both days. 

You can also click here to see some of the Edtech Digital Tools used across the curriculum.

Jerwood Foundation supports excellence and emerging talent in the arts in the UK and welcomes funding applications from organisations with a focus on making art available for public benefit and working with their Collection. 

The fund aims to support organisations with a focus on making art available for public benefit and emerging talent in the arts throughout the UK. Up to £2 million is awarded each year and there is no maximum or minimum award amount specified. Grants of up to £180,000 have been awarded, although most grants range between £1,000 and £25,000.

Previously funded projects have included:

Apply here.