7th March
- McCarthy Stone Foundation: Dementia Grants
The McCarthy Stone Foundation is offering around 20 grants of up to £7,500 each to help with the project costs of running dementia clubs and memory cafes run by organisations that are working with adults over 65 years of age. The funding is for groups providing services that assist people with dementia and/or their carers such as memory cafes, dementia clubs and courses for carers.
The priority is to fund activities in areas of high deprivation where this affects older people. There are specific named locations prioritised by the Foundation: Nottingham is on the list and projects delivered in the more deprived areas of these locations will be favoured. All areas in the county are not listed.
Applications are accepted from community organisations, registered charities, exempt charities and other groups (including CICs limited by guarantee). Your organisation must have an annual income of less than £250,000.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
To support the costs of running dementia support services for older people in deprived locations
Application deadline:
14 March 2025
Fund description:
https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/our-grant-programmes/
- Albert Hunt Trust
This one looks good as they intend to spend up and close the trust by 2029
The Albert Hunt Trust provides core funding to registered charities that are working in the health and welfare sector, specifically:
hospice care – grants to support the running costs of hospices are typically in the range of £10,000 to £30,000.
support for the homeless – typical core funding grant sizes range from £4,000 to £7,000. This is for organisations with a total annual income of below £1m.
promoting health and well-being – this is for small organisations (total annual income below £150,000) and covers areas such as family support, counselling services, suicide prevention, support for carers, cancer support, prisoner rehabilitation, community centres, food banks and debt advice. Typical grant sizes range from £1,000 to £5,000.
Grants can be provided for core funding (including staff costs) and ongoing running costs for specific projects.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Grants for registered charities in the health and welfare sector
Application deadline:
Apply at any time
Fund description:
https://www.alberthunttrust.org.uk/
- D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust considers applications from UK registered charities that are seeking funding towards core costs or projects in the UK in the following areas:
Advancement of the arts: access and participation in the arts with an emphasis on choirs and singing to bring people together, performance arts, music and drama projects for young people
Health and medical welfare: music and art therapy, alleviating suffering for people with medical conditions, support for carers particularly young carers
Environmental protection or improvement: social and therapeutic horticulture to support mental wellbeing, environmental activities for people with disabilities, conservation activities that provide positive changes for young people at the margins of society, rural crafts and skills in heritage conservation
Grants are revenue only and are usually in the range £500 to £6,000.
Focus of fund/fund aims:
Small grants for the arts, medical welfare and the environment
Application deadline:
The next deadline is 3 June 2025
Fund description: