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Coronavirus: funding and financial help

Charities and businesses may be anxious about finances and funding at this time, as well as the worry for individuals. Here we have some of the funds and advice available to help. 

This page will be updated regularly so keep checking in for the latest information.

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Page updated 20 April 3.30pm

Advice and information

 

Please see below for funding available:

Businesses, charities and community groups

  • Sirius Minerals Foundation small grants: supporting and enabling Covid-19 recovery – apply for between £500 – £5,000 for helping people in communities across Scarborough Borough, the North York Moors National Park and Redcar and Cleveland to regain their confidence and restart their lives. Groups can apply for funding to continue to deliver their existing activities, or to change and adapt to respond to new and future challenges.
  • The Roger Stott Community Grant: Coronavirus Community Fund – apply for up to £5,000 to support people and communities in the Yorkshire Dales to deal with the Covid emergency. Open while funds last.
  • Small and micro businesses who are not eligible for other business support grants may be able to apply to the government’s coronavirus Local Authority Discretionary Grants Fund.  Funding priorities and deadlines will vary by local authority.
  • NYCC Locality Budgets Each county councillor has a budget of £5k per year which they can allocate small amounts of funding to support specific local activities.
  • The NYCC Stronger Communities has a variety of grants available for community and voluntary groups that may need small scale financial support for local projects at this time due to Coronavirus.
  • If you’re a small business (this includes village halls and community buildings) you may be eligible for the government’s Business Support Grant Funding.
  • Two Ridings Community Foundation is working with the National Emergencies Trust to establish a fund with grants up to £10,000 to support community groups through this time. Applications to this fund will be assessed on an ongoing basis subject to available funds. Apply here.
  • The Dulverton Trust is prioritising applications from charities that meet their guidelines and are either (a) well-placed to deliver vital services to vulnerable communities affected by the current crisis or (b) charities with which they have an existing relationship.
  • The UK insurance and long-term savings industry has launched the Covid-19 Support Fund to help people and communities hardest hit by the coronavirus.
  • The National Lottery Community Fund has updated guidance for grant holders.
  • The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has announced new funding programmes for the 2021/2022 financial year. These programmes are designed to support veterans, Armed Forces families and serving personnel, to recover from some of the wider impacts of the Covid pandemic.
  • The Coalfields Covid-19 Recovery & Resilience Fund is an interim replacement for the Coalfields Community Investment Programme (CCIP). Awards of up to £10,000 are available to address local needs in coalfield communities. Priority will be given to organisations that are delivering support services or have significantly adapted their services in order to respond to the current issues/challenges in their community and support vulnerable people.

Sports, arts and heritage

  • The Theatre Re-opening Fund has grants of up to £5,000 available to help not-for-profit theatres across the UK to make Covid-19 related adaptations and prepare for re-opening. Applications considered on a rolling basis.
  • Sport England will match fund up to £10k of money raised by sports clubs and organisations who are struggling because of Covid-19.

Vulnerable and at risk groups

  • Grants of £1,000 – £3,000 are available from Common Call Fund for Black-led social enterprises and charities so that they are able to survive and thrive in the Covid period. They are specifically looking for organisations that are creating impact in deprived communities and providing services to people that have been adversely affected by the Covid crisis in terms of physical health, mental health and/or financially. There is no time limit on the grant and it does not have to be set towards a particular project.
  • The British Red Cross Hardship Fund provides short term financial help for people who can’t afford the essentials. The British Red Cross’s Referral Partner Organisations can register people for cash assistance. They can request a one-off payment of £120 or a three month grant.
  • The Alpkit Foundation has funding for individuals or groups who are helping people affected by coronavirus, such as the homeless, elderly or vulnerable.
  • Grants of £5k+ are available from Standard Life Foundation for charitable activity directly related to the pandemic, but which meet the Foundation’s remit of research, campaigning and policy work to improve living standards and personal finances for people on low to middle incomes.
  • The Woman Thrive Fund has grants of up to £40,000 available to specialist women’s organisations across the UK working to enable women and girls to improve their mental health and wellbeing and/or improve their financial resilience during the Covid-19 pandemic. Deadline 25 March.

Children and young people

  • Applications for The Alec Dickson Trust are open for UK based volunteering or community service projects, organised and run by young people (under 30 years) for the April 2021 Trustee meeting.  Grants of up to £500 are currently available for projects which respond to the Covid-19 outbreak. The deadline for applications is on 21 March.

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