Sportsmatch was set up to encourage the business sector to invest money in sport at the grass roots level. Sportsmatch acts as a match funding incentive by offering to double the pot of money available on a pound for pound basis.

Priority areas for Sportsmatch are:

• Women and girls.
• Black and minority ethnic groups.
• Disability groups.

Properly constituted organising bodies involved in sport are eligible to apply.

For more information please see  http://www.sportengland.org/funding/sportsmatch.aspx

The Awards for All England programme aims to help improve local communities and the lives of people most in need.

If you are planning a project and you need between £300 and £10,000 then Awards for All may be able to help you. Sometimes quite small sums of money can have a big impact.

For more information please see  http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_a4a_eng

The Terrence Higgins Trust (THT) is the leading HIV and sexual health charity in the UK and the largest in Europe. The Trust has re-launched its national Hardship Fund with the support from the Elton John AIDS Foundation and the MAC AIDS Fund. Through the Hardship Fund, THT provides financial assistance for people living with HIV who are in severe financial need.

The Fund will provide up to £1.5 million in grants over the next three years through the following three distinct funding streams:

• Necessity Fund: Offering payments of up to £150 to those who need help with day-to-day essentials, such as food, heating, or winter clothing. People can apply once every six months up to a total of £800 in their lifetime.
• Transition Fund: Offering payments of up to £250 to those requiring one-off support during a major life change, such as moving to a new area or waiting for a new job to start.
• Family Fund: Offering payments of up to £150 to families, where a parent and/or a child has HIV. The Family Fund is designed to support families to meet one-off expenses, similarly to the Transition Fund.

People in the UK who are living with HIV in severe financial need and third sector organisations working on their behalf may apply for support through this scheme.

For more information please see http://www.myhiv.org.uk/News/Latest-news/The-Hardship-Fund

The Britannia Building Society Foundation (UK)

Registered Charities and Schools, working within education and who are seeking funding specifically for numeracy and/or - financial literacy projects can apply to the Britannia Building Society Foundation for grants of between £1,000 and £25,000.

In addition voluntary groups, charities and schools can apply for grants of up to £1,000 through the Britannia Community Fund. The Fund also supports individual members wishing to achieve personal development goals that support the fund’s our key priorities with a donation of up to £100. The Community Fund will support any voluntary organisation, school or charity working within Foundations key priorities of numeracy and/or - financial literacy, that operate within a local community where the Building Society has a high density of members.

Applications to the Britannia Building Society Foundation and Community Fund can be submitted at any time

The Prince's Trust has announced that the 'Ben Kinsella Fund' is now accepting applications. The fund is aimed at supporting young people aged 14 to 25 in England (excluding the East of England) and Wales, to start up their own project to help promote anti-gun, knife and gang violence messages to their local community.

Projects should promote anti-knife crime messages in schools, colleges or youth clubs, positive stories about young people, encourage positive engagement between young people and the police and encourage young people to get involved in their local community.

They are also encouraging projects that target the following groups in the community, girls, children of 12 years and younger and parents.

Grants of up to £3,000 are availalbe

Children in Need seeks to make a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.

Grants are open to organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people who are 18 years old and under.

Your organisation and project must be based in the UK and you need to be a registered charity or other not-for-profit organisation.

Within their general grants programme, you can apply for:

• Small Grants of £10,000 or less per year for up to three years
• Main Grants over £10,000 per year for up to three years

For more information please see http://www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants/general_grants.shtml

There are four general grant deadlines each year: 15 January, 15 April, 15 July, 15 October.

Community Fund grants, between £100 and £2,000 are awarded to community, voluntary, or self-help groups to run projects that carry out positive work in the community. To be eligible for funding a project must;

• address a community issue
• provide a good long-term benefit to the community
• support co-operative values and principles
• ideally be innovative in its approach