Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
Introduction
Here you will find funding opportunities from other organisations relating to our universal theme of health and wellbeing.
Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF)
Access Sport, a charity that works to increase opportunities for young people in disadvantaged areas to play sports, is providing the Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF) with grants ranging between £2,500 and £5,000 to local community groups, sports clubs, and charities working in deprived areas of Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, Greater London, and the West Midlands. Larger grants may be available. Projects should focus on including young people (up to 25) who otherwise be excluded from sport, such as disadvantaged young people; women and girls; disabled children and young people; and young people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as projects intending to grow capacity to reach more young people. To find out more about applying to the AIPFF, please email Aipff@AccessSport.org.uk.
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Charities working to improve the lives of socially disadvantaged and disabled individuals of all ages across the UK are invited to apply for funding from the Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust. To be eligible, charities must be registered in the UK and have an annual income of less than £1 million. Funding amounts are determined by the Trustees and have typically been in the range of £1,000 to £6,000 in the past.
Deadline: none currently
Apply here.
Go London
Young Entrepreneur applications are now open and focus on nurturing the talents of young Londoners. Grants are offered for up to £15,000 to young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 24. The grants are designed to support the development of social enterprise ideas with a focus on ventures in sports and physical activity.
Apply here.
Lloyds Bank Foundation
The Foundation is reopening its Specialist Grants Programme to fund £75,000 over three years combined with a package of support to small charities with annual income between £25,000 and £500,000 with a primary focus on one of the eight following themes: addiction, asylum seekers and refugees, care leavers, domestic abuse, homelessness, offending, sexual abuse and exploitation and trafficking and modern slavery. Eligible charities need to meet all outlined criteria.
Opens on 1 November.
Apply here.
Made by Sport
Made by Sport offers funding for eligible grassroots sports clubs and organisations through the local community foundations. In order to be eligible, clubs must provide clear evidence of how they use sport to help young people develop life skills, employment opportunities, reduce crime and anti-social behaviour or tackle mental health issues.
Deadline: none currently.
Apply here.
St James's Place Charitable Foundation
This grant programme specifically encourages hospices to expand their services to new client groups as well as their carers/families, by inspiring and funding small innovative projects that will make a tangible difference to people dying at home. Aimed at projects that support palliative and hospice care for people who are terminally ill and dying at home, some of the areas are about testing new approaches and ways of working. However, if these services are already provided, they are interested in projects that extend the reach so more people can benefit.
Deadline: Monday, 29 January 2024 at 5pm
Social Investment Group
First Steps Enterprise Fund (FSEF) is a £300,000 pilot fund to support community organisations managed by Social Investment Group on behalf of the ASDA Foundation. Funding packages of up to £30,000 are available (90% loan and 10% grant). The loan element is charged at 5% (fixed) to be repaid over a period of four years with an optional capital holiday for the first year. The fund can support community organisations (charities and social enterprises) based in England that are looking to take on their first loan to help them grow and become more sustainable. Particular preference is given to organisations that work in the following areas: older people, health and wellbeing, employment for young people
Deadline: none currently.
Apply here.
Sport England
This funding from Sport England is about supporting local clubs and organisations through the Covid-19 crisis and with the return to play. This may be the implementation of changes needed to ensure you’re adhering to the latest government guidelines around social distancing, it may be the need for additional coaching, facility hire or the purchasing of personal protective equipment to make sure everyone who takes part in activity at your venue is safe. It could be that a loss of income has severely impacted your ability to survive, or the need to undertake essential maintenance of your facilities that are now not possible due to the crisis. Active Together is a crowdfunding initiative helping sports clubs and other organisations to set up and run their own crowdfunding campaigns to help sustain themselves through the Covid-19 crisis. Initially with a £1 million budget from the National Lottery, Active Together was designed to help with the immediate financial impact of coronavirus and in the longer-term, the return to play.
Deadline: none currently
Apply here.
The Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation welcomes applications for grants of £5,000 from registered charities. The Foundation will support core costs, including staffing but will not contribute to capital projects. Charities must be working in one of their priority areas, currently:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education. They currently don't consider applications from Hospices.
Deadline: rolling.
Apply here.
The Wellcome Career Development Awards
This provides funding for mid-career researchers based in the UK from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.
The funding is usually for eight years, but may be less for some disciplines and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis. Scale of funding are for your salary (if required) and the resources needed for your research programme.
Deadline: rolling.
Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF)
Access Sport, a charity that works to increase opportunities for young people in disadvantaged areas to play sports, is providing the Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF) with grants ranging between £2,500 and £5,000 to local community groups, sports clubs, and charities working in deprived areas of Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, Greater London, and the West Midlands. Larger grants may be available. Projects should focus on including young people (up to 25) who otherwise be excluded from sport, such as disadvantaged young people; women and girls; disabled children and young people; and young people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities as well as projects intending to grow capacity to reach more young people. To find out more about applying to the AIPFF, please email Aipff@AccessSport.org.uk.
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
Charities working to improve the lives of socially disadvantaged and disabled individuals of all ages across the UK are invited to apply for funding from the Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust. To be eligible, charities must be registered in the UK and have an annual income of less than £1 million. Funding amounts are determined by the Trustees and have typically been in the range of £1,000 to £6,000 in the past.
Deadline: none currently
Apply here.
Go London
Young Entrepreneur applications are now open and focus on nurturing the talents of young Londoners. Grants are offered for up to £15,000 to young entrepreneurs aged 16 to 24. The grants are designed to support the development of social enterprise ideas with a focus on ventures in sports and physical activity.
Apply here.
Lloyds Bank Foundation
The Foundation is reopening its Specialist Grants Programme to fund £75,000 over three years combined with a package of support to small charities with annual income between £25,000 and £500,000 with a primary focus on one of the eight following themes: addiction, asylum seekers and refugees, care leavers, domestic abuse, homelessness, offending, sexual abuse and exploitation and trafficking and modern slavery. Eligible charities need to meet all outlined criteria.
Opens on 1 November.
Apply here.
Made by Sport
Made by Sport offers funding for eligible grassroots sports clubs and organisations through the local community foundations. In order to be eligible, clubs must provide clear evidence of how they use sport to help young people develop life skills, employment opportunities, reduce crime and anti-social behaviour or tackle mental health issues.
Deadline: none currently.
Apply here.
St James's Place Charitable Foundation
This grant programme specifically encourages hospices to expand their services to new client groups as well as their carers/families, by inspiring and funding small innovative projects that will make a tangible difference to people dying at home. Aimed at projects that support palliative and hospice care for people who are terminally ill and dying at home, some of the areas are about testing new approaches and ways of working. However, if these services are already provided, they are interested in projects that extend the reach so more people can benefit.
Deadline: Monday, 29 January 2024 at 5pm
Social Investment Group
First Steps Enterprise Fund (FSEF) is a £300,000 pilot fund to support community organisations managed by Social Investment Group on behalf of the ASDA Foundation. Funding packages of up to £30,000 are available (90% loan and 10% grant). The loan element is charged at 5% (fixed) to be repaid over a period of four years with an optional capital holiday for the first year. The fund can support community organisations (charities and social enterprises) based in England that are looking to take on their first loan to help them grow and become more sustainable. Particular preference is given to organisations that work in the following areas: older people, health and wellbeing, employment for young people
Deadline: none currently.
Apply here.
Sport England
This funding from Sport England is about supporting local clubs and organisations through the Covid-19 crisis and with the return to play. This may be the implementation of changes needed to ensure you’re adhering to the latest government guidelines around social distancing, it may be the need for additional coaching, facility hire or the purchasing of personal protective equipment to make sure everyone who takes part in activity at your venue is safe. It could be that a loss of income has severely impacted your ability to survive, or the need to undertake essential maintenance of your facilities that are now not possible due to the crisis. Active Together is a crowdfunding initiative helping sports clubs and other organisations to set up and run their own crowdfunding campaigns to help sustain themselves through the Covid-19 crisis. Initially with a £1 million budget from the National Lottery, Active Together was designed to help with the immediate financial impact of coronavirus and in the longer-term, the return to play.
Deadline: none currently
Apply here.
The Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation welcomes applications for grants of £5,000 from registered charities. The Foundation will support core costs, including staffing but will not contribute to capital projects. Charities must be working in one of their priority areas, currently:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education. They currently don't consider applications from Hospices.
Deadline: rolling.
Apply here.
The Wellcome Career Development Awards
This provides funding for mid-career researchers based in the UK from any discipline who have the potential to be international research leaders. They will develop their research capabilities, drive innovative programmes of work and deliver significant shifts in understanding that could improve human life, health and wellbeing.
The funding is usually for eight years, but may be less for some disciplines and may only be longer if held on a part-time basis. Scale of funding are for your salary (if required) and the resources needed for your research programme.
Deadline: rolling.