19 August 2024
Funding Opportunities
Need support finding funding? Our Community Development Team is here to help.
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There are no specific criteria, but consideration is given, among other things, to:
- People who are disadvantaged (in the widest sense)
- Personal development through adventure
- The environment
- Whether the charity will be able to bring life-changing benefits to its clients
- Whether a small grant of, say, £500 will really make a difference to the charity
- How challenging the raising of the money for the particular cause will be
- The number of people assisted per £ spent
- The viability of the charity and where the rest of the money will come from
- How much the charity spends on fund-raising and administration
- Whether the charity works locally, nationally or internationally
Please complete the application process on the website. Please note that The Trust only accepts applications for Grants by submitting this application form.
We meet twice a year, in April/May and October. All applications are considered at the next meeting following submission.
Spring application deadline: 1st April
Autumn application deadline: 1st October
The Newby Trust makes grants to UK-registered charities in the broad areas of education, the environment, social welfare and health.
The Trust does not normally fund community interest companies or other social enterprises.
Charities must be registered in the UK to be eligible for a grant.
In the education, health and social welfare categories, the Trust is more likely to fund smaller or medium-sized charities with an annual income of around £1,000,000 or less. All activities and projects must be undertaken within the UK.
In the environment category, the Trust will fund larger charities and grants will be made for overseas projects. However, the applicant and recipient charity must be registered in the UK.
Please note that usually only charities that are invited to apply will be considered for a grant.
Please send an email to info@newby-trust.org.uk if you would like to discuss making an application. Due to the number of enquiries received and limited staff time, the Trust regrets that it is only able respond to introductory emails if the Trust wishes to take the enquiry to the next stage.
The Trust does not have an application form.
The Trust makes grant payments by bank transfer.
The Community Climate Action Fund
The Community Climate Action Fund (CCAF), supports new projects that will benefit the wider community and encourage education on the response to climate change.
Our priorities and categories that projects must align with are:
- carbon reduction
- scope how many residents does it support
- deliverability
- value for money
- deliver against our corporate objectives and the climate and environment strategy
The objectives of this fund are:
- to engage with the wider community on climate issues
- to support carbon reduction in East Hampshire
- to support adaption response to climate change and encourage behaviour change. For example, the concepts of reduce, reuse, recycle to support waste minimisation.
Projects could include, but are not limited to:
- Helping residents to save energy at home.
- Local car sharing scheme.
- Organising a community loan or swap scheme of some kind to support waste minimisation and encourage recycling.
- Reducing food waste. For example, community larders or pantries and community cooking projects.
- Greening projects. For example, community gardens, wildflower gardens and green roofs.
- Organising and hosting community learning events.
The Grow Up community fund
The Grow Up community fund supports new projects that will support the community and deliver the Grow Up vision on a local level. There is £130,000 of funding available for applications between £5,000 to £25,000. Projects must be completed and delivered by 31 March 2025.
Our priorities and categories that projects must align with are:
- align with the vision, objectives and workstreams of the Grow Up! project and UKSPF
- meet some of the interventions, outputs and outcomes of the UK Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) from which overall funding for this grant programme has come from (details of these can be found in appendix 1 of the guidance notes)
- deliver against our council strategy and strategic aims, our climate and environment strategy and the wellbeing and welfare strategy
Your project
Your project might include, but is not limited to:
- local community growing projects
- allotment projects
- developing community beeyards
- large scale tree planting projects
- biodiversity projects
- community composting
- rural skills courses and workshops (capital costs associated with)
- climate adaptation projects
- forest schools (capital costs associated with)
- projects highlighting or demonstrating local distinctiveness
- food bank engagement and cooking classes (capital costs associated with)
- community events (capital costs associated with)
- outdoor structure linked to learning
- community garden (capital costs associated with)
The Southampton Airport Spitfire Wellbeing Fund has been introduced to provide financial support to community organisations, charities and groups delivering initiatives that reduce health inequalities and improve health and wellbeing.
A sum of £100,000 has been allocated by Southampton Airport to establish the wellbeing fund, which will focus on three key areas of support:
- Physical Activity – supporting community groups, charities and projects promoting physical activity
- Mental Wellbeing – supporting groups, charities and projects which focus on protecting and enhancing mental health in the local community
- Access to Open Spaces – the fund will support groups, charities and projects which promote and deliver access to open and green spaces.
While Southampton Airport will continue to deliver financial support to the wellbeing fund, it will be managed by an independent board which includes representation from the city and district local authorities in Eastleigh, Southampton and Winchester. Southampton Airport representatives will also sit on the board in an administrative capacity.
Awards will be capped at £5,000 per application and funding will be allocated at the discretion of the Spitfire Wellbeing Fund’s Board.