Other Sources of Funding
Local Funding
Northampton Town Council
Northampton Town Council has a commitment to encourage, support and promote the community through its variety of impactful grants and funding opportunities.
This includes The Councillors' Community Fund and The General Community Grants, Climate Change Grant and Northampton in Bloom Start-Up Grant
https://www.northamptontowncouncil.gov.uk/grants
West Northamptonshire Council
Community funding to support the local Voluntary and Community Sector with grant awards to help them deliver important services and activities to communities in West Northants
https://www.westnorthants.gov.uk/funding-and-grants-individuals-and-communities/community-
North Northamptonshire Council
Community funding to support the local Voluntary and Community Sector with grant awards to help them deliver important services and activities to communities in North Northants.
https://www.northnorthants.gov.uk/community-grants-and-support
Northamptonshire Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner
Supported by the Northamptonshire Safer Roads Alliance, grants of between £500 and £5,000 will be considered for initiatives that support the Northamptonshire Strategic Road Safety Plan.
https://northantspfcc.org.uk/our-work/grant-schemes/road-safety-community-fund/
National Funding
National Lottery Community Fund
The National Lottery raises money for good causes. People use this funding to improve their lives and communities. There are 12 distributors of money raised by the players of The National Lottery, which fund projects and activities that transform communities, protect our heritage, and enrich lives through arts, sports and culture.
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes
The Clothworkers’ Foundation
The Clothworkers’ Foundation improves the lives of people and communities – particularly those facing disadvantage and marginalisation
https://www.clothworkersfoundation.org.uk/
Bernard Sunley Foundation
A family grant making foundation which supports charities in England and Wales working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
Garfield Weston Foundation
A family founded grant-maker that gives money to support a wide range of charities that make a positive difference, working in different sectors in the UK. These include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
The Royal Countryside Fund
The Royal Countryside Fund is inspired by thriving family farms and rural communities, encouraged and recognised for their role in creating a sustainable future for the countryside and our whole nation.
https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/
The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust is working towards a renewed purpose of funding the grassroots and organisations seeking racial, social and economic justice in the UK.
https://www.tudortrust.org.uk/
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
They make unrestricted, core and project grants for charitable work in the UK.
https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/our-support/grants/
Poundland Foundation
Their current grant programme is Kits 4 Kids. If you're a local kids' sports club/organisation or team then they could support you with a grant of up to £750 to buy new kit.
https://poundlandfoundation.org.uk/apply-for-support/
Sport England
They fund projects and organisations, small and large, that help people get more people active. Every penny ties into their vision that everyone in England should feel able to take part in sport and physical activity.
https://www.sportengland.org/funding-and-campaigns/our-funding
Barchester Charitable Foundation
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation helps older people and adults with a disability across England, Scotland, Wales and Jersey. Their focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community, and they support applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged.
https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/
The Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation supports small UK registered charities operating across the spectrum of social need.
They seek to help and improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds, for the benefit of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers.
https://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk/
Click Arts Foundation
Provision of grants to support grass roots charities across England and Wales, with a specific emphasis on Northampton, Milton Keynes, and the surrounding Midlands region. So if you are a charity or community group with an arts-based project in mind, or perhaps you need some support for your next production, or maybe you’re bringing in a team to teach an arts based skill for good health – you can apply for one of our grants of up to £2000.
https://www.clickartsfoundation.org.uk/index.html
Buttle UK (Chances for Children)
Buttle UK is a charity dedicated to helping children and young people in crisis in the UK: those living in financial hardship and dealing with multiple challenging social issues.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Trusthouse gives grants for running costs to charities and not-for-profit organisations in accordance with criteria, helping to address deprivation and disadvantage in communities in the UK
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/our-grants
Funding Finders
Get Grants - https://www.getgrants.org.uk/
The Scouts Association- https://www.scouts.org.uk/volunteers/running-things-locally/grants-and-funds-for-your-local-group/
My Funding Central - https://www.myfundingcentral.co.uk/