Funding

Older people across Oxfordshire set to benefit from new community grant An Oxfordshire care at home provider is offering special festive spirit to charities and organisations working in the county, by giving away its first ever community grant – a sum of money that could benefit one local group working with older people. Bluebird Care … Continue reading Older People – Bluebird Care Oxford community grant scheme closing date 22/2/19

Grant Round 1 for 2019 – for £1,000 grants – open on 1st February 2019. To apply for this grant round, you must meet the following criteria: - Project must relate to Children aged between 0 and 11.  - Your charity’s operating income AND operating expenditure must be a minimum of £100,000 and a maximum of £1,000,000.  … Continue reading Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust – grant round open for children aged 11 and under projects

Brilliant news, you now have even longer to submit your application to the South Oxfordshire District Council's (SODC) volunteering grant scheme.  Hurrah! The closing date for the volunteering grant scheme has now been extended to Friday 9th August 2019 (unless the budget is allocated beforehand). Why has SODC extended the closing date? South Oxfordshire District … Continue reading SODC Volunteering Grant Scheme – deadline extended for applications to August 2019

The University of Oxford has been at the heart of the city for over 800 years. Oxford city is full of variety and activity, with festivals and events occurring all year round. The University  set up a small community grants scheme in 2013 to help some of the many community activities which take place across the … Continue reading University of Oxford, small community grants scheme

We are excited to launch this funding opportunity focused on community action for early childhood development – to help make sure that all children have the best possible start, and become happy, healthy and confident individuals.   For the past twenty years, a growing body of evidence has shown that significant results in children’s development … Continue reading Comic Relief Funding – Children Survive & Thrive

OCVA is hosting a Big Lottery Advice day on Friday 22nd February (now fully booked), so we have added a new date  on Wednesday 17th April at our offices in Oxford. If you are applying or thinking of applying to The Big Lottery, then come along for a 30 minute chat with Sarah Frayne from … Continue reading Big Lottery 1:1 Advice Sessions in Oxford

Help The Homeless makes grants to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to resume a normal life. These organisations vary from small groups to established residential or training facilities. Grants are made four times each year to assist in the purchase of capital equipment. Next deadline for … Continue reading Funding: Help the Homeless – capital equipment grants

Community groups can bid for funds to establish a new pocket park or refurbish an existing park. Local communities encouraged to apply for pocket parks plus grants Up to £15,000 available to build new ‘pocket parks’ and up to £25,000 available for renovating existing parks Green-fingered communities across England can bid for a share of £1 … Continue reading Pocket Park Funding for Community Groups

The Fore Trust has announced that the next funding round to support the development of small charities, social enterprises and community interest companies opened for registrations on the 6th December 2018 at 10 am with a closing date of the 7th January 2019. The Trust is offering development funding of up to £30,000 and business support to … Continue reading The Fore Trust – Development Funding