<![CDATA[BPRCVS - Other Funding & Grants]]>Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:03:29 +0000Weebly<![CDATA[AWN Announcement: Unlock Up to £30,000 in Funding]]>Tue, 18 Mar 2025 13:10:52 GMThttp://bprcvs.co.uk/other-funding--grants/awn-announcement-unlock-up-to-gbp30000-in-funding
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Transform Your Charity with
The Fore’s Unrestricted GrantsExciting news! The Fore’s Summer 2025 Funding Round is open, offering transformational grants to small charities and social enterprises. If you or someone you know could benefit, please pass this on!
 
What The Fore Offer:
✅ Unrestricted Grants: Up to £30,000 (spread over 1 to 3 years)
✅ Skills & Networks: Peer support and pro bono professional expertise
✅ Training & Impact Support: Access to fully funded workshops & impact measurement courses

Who Can Apply?
✔ Registered Charities, CIOs, CICs (limited by guarantee), and CBSs with an asset lock
✔ Annual revenue under £500,000


The Fore fund organisational development to help you grow, become more resilient, and achieve greater impact. See past funded projects here.

Join The Fore Q&A Session
📅 Thursday, 27th March | 11 AM - 12 PM Sign up here to hear directly from The Fore team about their process. If you can’t make it, register anyway to receive the recording!

For questions, reach out to them directly at info@thefore.org.

Apply now and take your organisation to the next level!

Download PDF Funding Round Information
]]><![CDATA[Funding available for women and girls charities]]>Thu, 13 Mar 2025 09:47:21 GMThttp://bprcvs.co.uk/other-funding--grants/funding-available-for-women-and-girls-charities
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Applications now open!
We hope you are well. We are just getting in touch to share our new match-funding opportunity for women and girls charities.

 

Women and Girls Match Fund
We are delighted to announce that the Women and Girls Match Fund 2025 applications are now open and close on Friday 30th May. Through our Women and Girls Match Fund, we’re committed to working with exceptional charities dedicated to serving the women and girls in our communities, fostering a future where every individual can thrive without limitations.
 
Charities that meet the following eligibility criteria can apply for the campaign:
  • UK-registered charity with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number, or tax-exempt status.
  • Have an annual income of at least £25,000 (as per last filed accounts on the Charity Commission).
  • Charities working to to improve the lives of vulnerable, disadvantaged or underrepresented women and girls within the UK and internationally.
  • Charities that are led by, for and with women and girls. To assess this, we will look at whether your governing documents specifically mentions women/and or girls, whether you have a majority female board, who your beneficiaries are and your web presence (if your organisation has one).
 
To apply for the Women and Girls Match Fund:
  1. Log in or sign up
  2. Click on Big Give Campaigns.
  3. Click on Apply now for the Women and Girls Match Fund 2025
 
For full campaign details, please visit the Women and Girls Match Fund page.
]]><![CDATA[Pendle HAF Programme 2025]]>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:22:44 GMThttp://bprcvs.co.uk/other-funding--grants/pendle-haf-programme-2025
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Pendle Borough Council are now taking Expressions of Interest for their 2025 Holiday Activities and Food programme (HAF) 'Fun Vibes, Active Lives'.  The HAF Programme supports families experiencing cost of living challenges. HAF provides enrichment activities and nutritious meals to children and young people who get free school meals.
In line with national HAF requirements activities will be delivered:
  • one week during Easter holidays
  • four weeks over the summer holiday
  • one week at Christmas.

The funding will cover at least of four hours of activity each day, four days a week. You must provide healthy, nutritious food to all participants, offering HAF funded and non-HAF funded children the same meal options.

Children eligible for a HAF place will be given a voucher code from their school and will book their place via Lancashire County Council's HAF website. The HAF funding will only cover places booked with voucher codes issued from school and not for any additional places which must be funded by yourselves.

Children who attend Lancashire HAF activities are to:
  • Eat healthily over the school holidays
  • Be active during the school holidays
  • Take part in engaging and enriching activities. The activities will support the development of resilience, character, and wellbeing.
  • Be safe and socially included
  • Have a great knowledge of health and nutrition
  • Be engaged with schools and other services.

If you are interested in being a provider for the 2025 HAF programme,  contact pendle.haf@pendle.gov.uk to request the Expression of Interest forms.  The deadline for completed Expression of Interest forms to be returned is the 7th February 2025. 
]]><![CDATA[Affordable Warmth Grant]]>Thu, 23 Jan 2025 09:13:03 GMThttp://bprcvs.co.uk/other-funding--grants/affordable-warmth-grantThe Affordable Warmth Grant is to deliver interventions during the winter months to Burnley residents.  These interventions will be aimed at the most vulnerable on the lowest incomes and will include boiler servicing, draught proofing, floor coverings and replacement of defective windows and doors.
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EligibilityHouseholders will be eligible for funding if they meet at least one on the following vulnerabilities and have a low income defined below:-
  • Own your home own*
  • diagnosed cardiovascular condition
  • diagnosed respiratory condition (in particular, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and childhood asthma)
  • diagnosed mental health conditions
  • diagnosed disabilities
  • older people (65 and older)
  • households with young children (up to the age of 5)
  • pregnant women
  • people who are terminally ill
  • a suppressed immune system (e.g. from cancer treatment or HIV)
  • people who have attended hospital due to a fall

For more information please click here
]]><![CDATA[Rossendale Community Fund]]>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:05:09 GMThttp://bprcvs.co.uk/other-funding--grants/rossendale-community-fund
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The Rossendale Community Fund has been created by Rossendale Borough Council in partnership with the Community Foundation for Lancashire to offer grants to support projects that help families and children & young people engage in community activities and learning.
Fund Criteria
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The fund can consider projects that meet the funding criteria below:
​Applications should enable families and young people up to the age of 25 to flourish, learn and develop skills or knowledge.
This includes education, training, sports development, arts and culture activities and also play provision for younger children.
Fund Priorities
  • Please note that revenue projects and those working directly with beneficiaries are a priority rather than one off capital purchases or refurbishment costs.  
Who Can Apply?

Applicants must have a physical base and track record of delivery within Rossendale.

National organisations who do not have a branch in the borough are not eligible.
  • Constituted Community Groups
  • Registered Charities
  • Social Enterprises
What cannot be funded?
  • Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility
  • National organisations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances
  • Private Businesses or Companies Limited by Shares
  • Organisations with fewer than three unrelated Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members
  • Commercial ventures
  • Purchase/maintenance of vehicles
  • Activities that will have already taken place before we offer you a grant
  • Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
  • Projects for personal profit
  • Trophies and medals
  • CCTV/Security measures
  • Organisations that are set up for the benefit of animals or plants: environmental group that work with animals or the environment (such as city farms) are acceptable
  • Groups comprising just one family
  • Debts and other liabilities
  • Reclaimable VAT
  • Travel outside UK
  • Gifts or projects exclusively for the purpose of entertaining – social events can be funded where there is a clear community benefit
For more information and to apply please Click Here 
]]><![CDATA[Kickstart the New Year with exciting opportunities for climate and nature!]]>Tue, 21 Jan 2025 10:21:12 GMThttp://bprcvs.co.uk/other-funding--grants/kickstart-the-new-year-with-exciting-opportunities-for-climate-and-nature
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In 2024, we saw communities across the country stepping up to take meaningful action for people, climate and nature, uniting to build a greener, fairer future. While the start of a new year can often feel daunting, we know that by coming together, we can be a powerful catalyst for change. This year, we’ll be sharing more opportunities to take action together.

To help get things started, I thought I would share some funding opportunities, new resources, and things you can do to take action for people, climate and nature this January. ​
It can sometimes be difficult to find funding to support local initiatives, projects and campaigns. Throughout the year, I’ll be sharing funding opportunities that may be useful for you and your community, so do keep an eye out!

Here are a couple of current funding opportunities with deadlines in February 2025:
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Grow Wild Community Programme 2025
Deadline: 3pm, Thursday 13 February 2025

Grow Wild’s Community Programme supports groups to transform urban spaces for the benefit of people and wildlife by planting and championing UK native plants, and are seeking 20 community groups from across the UK to join the programme in 2025.

Grow Wild's Community Programme will support your project with:
  • A £2000 grant to transform an urban space with UK native plants, encourage wildlife and engage your local community. 
  • Tailored online sessions to support your project delivery, build your knowledge and opportunities to connect with other groups taking part in the programme, share experiences and learn from each other.
  • The opportunity to apply for a £500 follow-on grant for spring 2026, to help support your ongoing activities. 
Find out more and apply here.
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Better Community Business Network Grant Initiative
Deadline: 16 February 2025

Launched in September 2014, BCBN’s Grant Initiative aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects. 

This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve. 

Find out more and apply here.
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