Barclays launches £100 million COVID-19 Community Aid Package

On 8th April the company announced the establishment of The Barclays Foundation, initially to provide a COVID-19 Community Aid Package of £100 million to charities working to support vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19 and to alleviate the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis.

The package is made up of two components.

First, a corporate contribution of £50 million, which will be donated to, and deployed via, a variety of charities working to support vulnerable people impacted by COVID-19, and in alleviating the associated social and economic hardship caused by the crisis. The money will be disbursed principally in the UK, but also in Barclays’ international markets, including the USA and India.

Second, is a £50 million commitment by Barclays to match personal donations made by our employees to charities of their choice, local to them, and which are working to support communities impacted by the COVID-19 crisis.

For more information please visit https://home.barclays/news/press-releases/2020/04/barclays-launches-p100-million-covid-19-community-aid-package/

Small grants available in rural Mid Ulster

Small Grants for Un-constituted Groups

Cookstown and Western Shores Area Network (CWSAN) is providing a limited number of small grants of £150 each to assist very localised and isolated communities in rural areas throughout Mid Ulster.

CWSAN is also offering advice on access to other regional funds.

If you are aware of another grant and need assistance please discuss with us directly and we shall endeavour to help.

To Apply

Call Conor on 07384356675

Neighbourly Community Fund - helping communities affected by the new Coronavirus outbreak

With the support of our partner businesses M&S, Lidl, Aldi, Danone and Coca-Cola European Partners, Neighbourly are launching a series of micro-grants of up to £400, to support good causes that are helping communities affected by the new Coronavirus outbreak.

Grants will be awarded to existing members of Neighbourly in UK and Ireland whose work will involve supporting members of the community suffering economically, socially or from ill health as a result of the outbreak. This may include, but not be limited to, elderly people, those on low incomes and people at risk of food insecurity.

Grants are unrestricted and can go towards food provision, emergency supplies, practical support, running costs, transport and other essentials.

For more information please visit https://www.neighbourly.com/NeighbourlyCommunityFund

National Emergencies Trust launches appeal to help Civic Society support those affected by the Coronavirus outbreak

The National Emergencies Trust has launched an appeal to raise funds to help local charities support those individuals suffering hardship as a result of the coronavirus outbreak.

The appeal has been launched with the support of media, business and governmental organisations, and in partnership with the British Red Cross who will be managing donations. The Trust will then award grants to ensure the funds reach those who need it most across the UK.

Donations can be made at: www.nationalemergenciestrust.org.uk.

Or through the following on-line giving platforms: Just Giving, Go Fund Me, Virgin Money Gives, Good Launch, Muslim Giving.

The National Emergencies Trust will distribute money raised through a number of charitable organisations, for example, local Community Foundations, to ensure it reaches those who need it most.

Those partners will work within parameters agreed with NET to help identify the greatest need and distribute funds with both care and speed wherever possible.

This partnership network has been created by the NET since it was set up last year, in response to recommendations by the Charity Commission following a series of UK emergencies in 2017. The public can be confident that funds will only be granted to trusted organisations who know best the needs of their local communities.

Individuals and charities should not apply directly to the NET for funds. Local charities should contact their local Community Foundation to apply for funding.

A B Charitable Trust

The A B Charitable Trust (ABCT) was set up in 1990 by Yves and Anne Bonavero. Its purpose was to support unpopular causes that championed human dignity and to focus on small and medium-sized charities working close to the ground. See our values.

There are eight Trustees who meet quarterly.

The Trust has no endowment. It is funded annually by the Bonavero family.

The Trustees reviewed the Trust’s grant-giving strategy in October 2018.

The A B Charitable Trust has given nearly £19 million since it was founded. You can find details of its grants in the latest annual report.

For more information please visit http://www.abcharitabletrust.org.uk/index.htm

Eranda Rothschild Foundation

The Eranda Rothschild Foundation is a UK registered charitable trust and makes donations to registered charities working in the fields of medical research, education and the arts.

The aim of the trustees is to support charities in the fields of medical research, education and the arts. In addition, social welfare is supported, especially work known to the trustees. If charities work locally, priority is given to those in Buckinghamshire and Bedfordshire. We support registered charities, including Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and those correctly registered as charities in their own countries

For more information and to apply please visit https://www.erandarothschild.org/

The Anchor Foundation

Supporting Christian Charities concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts.

• The trustees look favourably on organisations whose boards demonstrate equal opportunities.

• We will consider applications for projects abroad or in the UK.

• In any one year the grant range to a project is between £500 and £10,000.

• We will consider applications for either capital or revenue funding but do not give grants to individuals.

• Applications are considered at twice yearly trustees meetings in April and October and need to be received by 31st January and 31st July each year.

For more information and to apply please visit http://www.theanchorfoundation.org.uk/

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

The foundation supports projects in areas of deprivation that work in the area of community support or arts, heritage and education. Grants are awarded for running costs or one-off capital costs to charities and not-for-profit organisations.  

Who can apply? Voluntary and community groups working in any part of the UK.
Deadline: No deadline
Value: Small grants (between £2,000 and £7,500) and large grants (between £7,500 and £20,000)

For more information and to apply please visit http://trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/

Grow Wild Grants

Grow Wild are awarding grants of £2,000 or £4,000 to groups across the UK, whose project ideas will help people connect, learn and give back in their community, with a focus on UK native wildflowers, plants or fungi.

Full details of the grant, including a suitability checker, can be found on the

Grow Wild website: https://www.growwilduk.com/content/applications-open-grow-wild-community-projects-2019

Or you can contact Stephanie Baine on 07920 477 553 or at s.baine@kew.org