Building on the success of last year’s online funding fair when we had over 2000 bookings across the 3 days. We are doing it all again with some new exciting funders for 2024
National days are Tuesday 19th March and Wednesday 20th March (except the Heritage Lottery Fund which has been rescheduled for Tues 26th March)
How this will work is each funder has been allocated a 30 minute session using Zoom to explain what funding they have and also how the application process works. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. You will need to book separately for each session you wish to attend.
This is a FREE event but if you fancy helping us with the costs you can donate the cost of a coffee. Use the link below or you can donate when you book your tickets
paypal.me/communitymattersyork
To book sessions – click on the title of the session in the list below.
The funders attending so far are:
Day 2- Session 1 9:00 – 10:00 : Grantscape
We administer community funds (CF) on behalf of Local Authorities, large scale renewable energy developers including wind farms and solar farms, landfill operators (through the Landfill Communities Fund), and other renewable energy plants.
Grantscape funds are very geographically specific please check that you are in the correct area: Please look at the website to check which areas are eligible
Grantscape website.
Day 2- Session 2 10:00 – 11:00 : Lloyds Bank Foundation
We have committed to funding at least 700 charities at any one time, for longer, more flexibly and with more money. We will provide a wide range of developmental support, including training, consultancy and mentoring alongside our funding to strengthen charities.
Day 2- Session 3 11:00 – 12:00 : Easyfundraising
Easyfundraising is the UK’s biggest charity shopping site where you can raise money for your good cause when your supporters shop on line. easyfundraising turns everyday online shopping into free donations for your cause – your supporters shop as normal (but start on your easyfundraising cause page), and then retailers will make a small donation to say “thank you”.
If you would like to set up your free easyfundraising page before the session, you can do that here
Day 2- Session 4 12:00 – 13:00 : Good Things Foundation
The Foundation helps people to improve their lives through digital. We tackle the most pressing social issues of our time, working with partners in thousands of communities across the UK.
Day 2- Session 5 13:00 – 14:00: Groundwork
Groundwork have a number of grant programs including Tesco bags of Help.
Day 2- Session 7 The People’s Postcode Lottery 15:00 – 16:00
Six community focused trusts award funding from £500 up to £20,000 to support smaller charities and local community groups that are working for the benefit of people and planet.
Day 3- Session 1 9:00 – 10:00 : 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.
Day 3- Session 2 10:00 – 11:00 : Clothworkers Foundation
The Clothworkers’ Foundation improves the lives of people and communities – particularly those facing disadvantage, deprivation and/or discrimination – through grant-making. The Foundation was set up in 1977 to be the primary vehicle of charitable giving for The Clothworkers’ Company. Since then, The Foundation has awarded more than £152 million in capital grants to charities registered in the UK or not-for-profit organisations working across the nine areas of priority defined in its Main and Small Grants programme.
Day 3- Session 3 11:00 – 12:00: Co-op Local Community Fund
Funding is available to local charities and grass-roots community organisations to maintain and enhance vital community projects through Co-op’s Local Community Fund which comes from the money raised when Co-op members buy own-brand products and services. In addition, Co-op and Crowdfunder have teamed-up to unlock additional funding as now Local Community Fund grants are able to count on Crowdfunder’s website towards match funding.
Day 3- Session 4 12:00 – 13:00 : Key Fund
The Key Fund offers flexible loans and grant/loan packages to help the community and social enterprises to start up, become sustainable, or grow.
Day 3- Session 5 13:00 – 14:00 : National Lottery Community Fund
The National Lottery Community Fund aims to support ideas and projects that matter to people and communities. Using funding and relationships to help create stronger, more connected communities, the National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery.
Day 3- Session 6 14:00 – 15:00 : People’s Health Trust
We have two funding programmes: Health Justice Fund and Active Communities. The Health Justice Fund is our fund which provides a route through which communities experiencing the sharp end of health inequalities can work with us, using their experience and practice to improve health.
RESCEHDULED Heritage Lottery Fund will now take place on Tues 26th March 14:00 -15:00.
We believe that understanding, valuing and sharing our heritage brings people together, inspires pride in communities and boosts investment in local economies. We distribute National Lottery grants from £3,000 to £5million and over, funding projects that sustain and transform the UK’s heritage Increasing resilience.
RESCHEDULED Benefact Trust Session will now take place on Mon 15th April 15.00 – 16.00
Benefact Trust (formerly Allchurches Trust) was established to empower Christian churches and charities across the UK and Ireland, giving them the means to make a positive difference in the lives of the people and communities they serve. Our support of churches and Christian charities in the UK and Ireland is more than just the preservation of history and heritage, it’s the preservation of hope, it’s a potential lifeline for many of our most disadvantaged communities. Since 1972 we have awarded over £235 million to churches, Christian charities and the communities they serve – £100 million in the last 5 years alone. Although Christian causes are at the heart of our giving, the wider social impact of what we do reaches much further.