Welcome to our Funding Alert – We have a dedicated bid writer who is always here to help with funding questions.
We are able to offer specialist advice, detailed funding searches based on the specific need and help you write your funding application.If you are interested in finding out more or applying to any of the funders below, get in touch to find out what support we can offer via grants@hiveportsmouth.org.uk. We are always happy to read through a proposal and give you feedback ahead of submission. This free support is available to the VCSE sector of Portsmouth by simply emailing grants@hiveportsmouth.org.uk to arrange a call.
If you have a successful bid, do let us know and we can share your good news!
Tudor Trust Announcement: The Tudor Trust announces that it will be closed to new applications. It is anticipated that the fund will reopen on 1st April 2023, when updated funding guidelines will be published. The Trust explains in a statement on its website why it is closing to new applications:
“From April 2022 Tudor’s staff and trustees are setting aside time to re-think how the Trust operates in the future. One of the main drivers for this is the learning we have done around racial justice and how we embed this both internally and through our grantmaking. We aim to spend time learning how to listen carefully to voices that we may not have heard before. We want to challenge ourselves about how we can acknowledge power dynamics and make ourselves more accessible. We will review how we can incorporate all aspects of diversity, equity and inclusion into our work. We’ll also be spending time on practical work such as revisiting our funding guidelines and website and considering how best to give feedback to unsuccessful applicants.
Portsmouth Lotteries Good Causes: Portsmouth Community Lottery is a fun and effective way for your good cause to raise regular funds. Draws take place every Saturday night and winners are advised directly, so if you don’t have the time to check who’s won, we’ll let you know. There are no set up costs or admin fees - just fill in a simple online form and once approved you will be set you up with your very own customisable lottery page. 60% of ticket sales will go to good causes - 50% to your cause and 10% to a fund supporting good causes in Portsmouth. Your funds are sent directly to your account every month. With 50 tickets a week you can raise over £1,300 every year. We will also run regular grant opportunities where you can bid for additional funding.
You can find out more information about Portsmouth Lotteries by clicking here.
Food for Life Get Togethers: The Food for Life Get Togethers Small Grants scheme provides funding gatherings and events that connect different age groups together and are representative of diverse communities. Grants of £150 are available. The fund is open to not-for-profit groups. Community groups must have a bank account in the group’s name. Projects will need to take place within Plant and Share Month (20 April 2022 to 20 May 2022).
Deadline for Submissions is 5pm 22nd February 2022. You can click here to find out more information.
Andrew Lloyd Webber Foundation: Funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, including charities, companies and community trusts, for projects in the areas of culture and the arts that make a real and ongoing difference to people’s lives in the UK. The maximum value of awards is £25,000, funding may be used for multi-year projects.
Deadline for Submissions is 28th February 2022. You can click here to find out more information.
Veterans’ Foundation: Grants are available to support charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide lifetime support to those in need among serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and their immediate families. The aim of the Foundation is to help charities and other organisations that support serving and former members of the British Armed Forces, and sometimes their dependants, who are in need. Awards have a maximum value of £30,000 with multi-year projects being considered.
Deadline for Submissions is 28th February 2022. You can click here to find out more information.
National Garden Scheme- Community Garden Award: Grants are available to amateur gardeners from community groups in England and Wales to create a garden or similar project with horticultural focus for the benefit of their local community. No fixed minimum or maximum amount set but awards do not usually exceed £5,000. The funding is only available to projects run by amateur gardeners within community groups.
Deadline for Submissions is 28th February 2022. You can click here to find out more information.
Armed Forces Day Grant: Since 2009, Armed Forces Day has been marked annually with events large and small throughout the UK. Armed Forces Day events can come in any size or shape, from national and regional celebrations, local events organised by councils, ex-Service organisations, community groups and schools. Parades of veterans, cadets and/or currently serving personnel are very popular, as are presentations of veterans' badges. Grants of upto £10,000 are available to help organisations and individuals in the UK to host an Armed Forces Day event which can take place within two weeks of the Armed Forces Day event. Match funding of 50% of the total cost of the event is required.
Deadline for Submissions is 1st March 2022. You can click here to find out more information.
Masonic Charitable Foundation- Children and Later Life Inclusion Grants Programme: Groups can now apply to the Children and Later Life programmes at any time. Following a period of closure to review its grants processes, the Foundation has reopened its Small and Large Grants applications on a rolling basis. This announcement relates to grants in two main areas: Creating the best start in life for disadvantaged children and young people and reducing isolation and loneliness for older people. Charities registered with the Charity Commission are eligible to apply. The maximum award for their small grants scheme is between £1000 -£5000. Large Grants are for £10,000-£60,000.
Deadline accepted on a rolling basis. You can click here to find out more information.
National Lottery Grants for Heritage: This opportunity supports a broad range of heritage projects and activities, such as industrial sites, castles and historic places of worship, to the stories and memories of communities, and through to public parks, natural landscapes and native wildlife. There are three award sizes: £3,000-£5,000; £10,000-£100,000 and £100,000 to £5 million. Applicants must contribute at least 5% of project costs for grants up to £1 million.
For projects below £250,000 applications are accepted at anytime. You can click here to find out more information.
