TalkTalk Innovation in the Community Awards enables charity and community groups throughout the UK to harness the power of the Internet.

Eligibility
If you are a UK based not-for-profit organisation or community group looking to extend your work through the use of the Internet you could be eligible.

DCLG has confirmed nearly £500m for neighbourhood partnerships in deprived communities across the country, to continue helping their work to cut crime levels, improve educational achievements and boost job opportunities.

Eligibility
39 New Deal for Communities Partnerships.

Almost two thirds of Local Authorities (LAs) have decided that having a vibrant and effective local third sector will be a priority for them over the next three years.

Eligibility
Voluntary and Community Organisations

The Innovation Exchange have published final details of their Next Practice programme, and the NESTA Fund to which is it will provide access.

The Department of Health is holding a Social Enterprise Investment Fund (SEIF) of £100 million over a four year period (£63 million capital and £27 million revenue from 2008/09 to 2010/11) for social enterprises delivering health and social care services.

Eligibility

The Big Lottery Fund is delivering myplace on behalf of the Department for Children, Schools and Families (DCSF). myplace is a multi million pound government programme to deliver world class places for young people to go.

Capacitybuilders has announced a new £6 million investment to improve business support services for social enterprises.

Eligibility
N/A

The attached information from the Barrow Cadbury Trust may be of interest to you or groups you are aware of. The focus of the grant programme (Maximum up to 30k) is upon collaborative diversity projects to tackle disadvantage. The deadline for applications is 18th July 2008.

The Hedley Foundation supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.

Eligibility
Registered charities only.

Red Nose Day Programmes is Comic Relief's biggest grants fund.
 

The v Match Fund matches up to 100% of any new investment in youth volunteering.

Eligibility
Any project that encourages 16-to-25 year olds to volunteer can apply.

Delivery partners lead the applications for funding in a new competitive process.

The Innovation Exchange have just published draft details of their Next Practice programme, and the NESTA Fund to which is it will provide access.

The Barrow Cadbury Trust has launched a new funding stream aimed at fostering greater cohesion in some of Britain’s most diverse towns and cities.

Does your parish have a project involving greater outreach into the community for which it is seeking support?

Eligibility
The Church & Community Fund (CCF) gives grants to community projects run by parish churches, deaneries, dioceses and other bodies connected to or working in partnership with the Church of England.

The Money Saving Expert (MSE) Charity aims to fight financial and consumer illiteracy and is dedicated to educating and informing adults and children about consumer and debt issues.

Access to Nature aims to fund projects improving opportunities to access, enjoy and engage with the natural environment, particularly projects encouraging the involvement of young people, older people, black and minority ethnic groups and people with disabilities.

This grant fund is intended to support work that will build the capacity of individuals, organisations and communities to take the lead on tackling violent extremist influences.

Awards for All is a joint Lottery grants scheme aimed at local communities. The scheme awards grants for people to take part in art, sport, heritage and community activities, and projects that promote education, the environment and health in the local community.

The Young People’s Fund 2 Local Grants programme will put young people at the heart of local issues and services that affect their lives in England. It’s the chance for young people to lead on developing the activities and services that they want in their local area.

Eligibility
The programme is open to voluntary and community sector organisations.

Age Concern is offering grants towards new or expanding services or activities which directly benefit older people.

Eligibility
The Small Grants programme is open to most voluntary organisations in England who have an income or turnover of less than £250,000 per annum.

Mediabox offers grants to create and distribute youth-led media projects that express young people's ideas and/or views in a creative way, using their preferred media platform.

Eligibility
There are two types of grants offered by Mediabox:

Round 2 of the BLF BASIS programme is now open.
 
The BASIS programme aims to ensure that voluntary and community organisations throughout England have access to high quality support that will help them be more effective.

There is still just enough time to apply to People's Millions - the programme run in partnership with ITV, which gives the public the chance to vote for their favourite project.

The deadline for applications is Thursday, 15th May 2008 at noon. 

It has been announced that deprived communities across the country will benefit from over two hundred million pounds in 2008-09.

Eligibility
39 New Deal for Communities partnerships

The National LSC has allocated funding for Neighbourhood Learning in Deprived Communities (NLDC) for another year from August 2008.
 

Amount and Purpose
LSC Regions have received their NLDC allocations for 2008/09. Regional decisions about use of this budget are likely to vary.