Funding

Through our small grant programmes, we aim to equip our membership with the training, resources and financial support they need to increase overall capacity and develop a more sustainable future to benefit the young people from Brent.

Grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations to allow them to set up and deliver the Duke of Edinburgh Award to create more opportunities for marginalised young people (14 to 24 years) to access the Award.

Brent Together Towards Zero is a small grant fund providing residents and organisations up to £5,000 towards one-off projects and initiatives to tackle the climate and ecological emergency.

Grants and other resources are available for community groups, local sports clubs and grassroots organisations across England with ideas of how to tackle inequalities and help get more people active.

Funding for the purchase of essential items to meet the most basic needs of children and young people in the UK who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances.

Support for projects and organisations that focus on greening and growing, working with older people, working with Deaf and Disabled people, working with the LGBTQIA+ community, and working with migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. Small Grants are for charities with incomes under £200,000

Expression of interest for the Christmas 2022 Brent HAF programme

The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund aims to use sport and physical activity as a means of bringing a community together and tackling inequalities via awards of between £300 and £10,000 from a pot of £5 million of National Lottery funding.

Brent Council’s Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy (NCIL) Grant Programme supports regeneration in the borough. For this round, a £2million NCIL fund will be shared across the five Brent Connects areas (Willesden, Harlesden, Wembley, Kingsbury and Kenton, and Kilburn). Each area will receive £400,000 to spend on local projects. The funding comes from money the council receives from new development in the borough.

The Radcliffe Trust is one of Britain’s oldest charities, founded in 1714 by the will of Dr John Radcliffe.
Today, The Radcliffe Trust continues his charitable bequest through the support of Music and Heritage & Crafts

Groundwork is working with the Greater London Authority to deliver the London Family Fund programme.

John Lyon’s Charity is pleased to introduce the NEW Refurbishment Fund helping support groups most severely affected by Covid-19 continue to deliver their services as safely and efficiently as possible.

Helping schools branch out into nature, the grants provide an assortment of nature equipment up to the value of £500 and a two hour training session.

The Small Grants Fund enables organisations to access smaller amounts of funding outside the main Trustee meetings.  Requests to the Small Grants Fund are considered at least six times a year and there are no deadlines.

John Lyon’s Charity Main Grants Fund delivers many opportunities such as contributions towards salary costs; direct project funding, apprenticeship prospects or general overheads to ensure the lights remain on. Whilst there is no maximum grant amount, a typical Main Grant is £20,000-£30,000 per annum for three years.

The Arts Council's open access programme for arts, museums and libraries projects. Fund is open to individual artists and practitioners, community and cultural organisations, museums and libraries.

The funding is for projects that make differences in children’s lives that help prevent or overcome the effects of the disadvantages they face.

Bringing People Together funding can support projects that will build stronger connections across communities, and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.

This Fund is about creating opportunities for young people to engage with Arts that have been curtailed by restrictions due to Covid-19, particularly those from backgrounds that typically do not engage in Arts activities.

Lloyds Bank Foundation fund small and local charities, investing in their work helping people overcome complex social issues across England and Wales.