Funding

Funding available for organisations working in sport who can show that COVID has adversely affected them operationally or financially.

This years priorities will fund projects that help combat homelessness, and work with refugees and asylum seekers.


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.

Their aim is to help these organisations carry out their work in a more efficient and effective way, resulting in positive social benefit.

Capital awards of between £10,001 and £50,000 will help clubs and community groups adapt and open important places and spaces, so that sport and physical activity can happen during the pandemic.

Grants are available to individuals and organisations in the borough that can demonstrate innovative ideas and solutions that will reduce the disproportionate impact of COVID-19 in the short term, and more broadly tackle health inequality issues in the longer term.

Brent Council has been awarded funding from the Department for Education to deliver a Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme in 2021, as part of a national scheme. The aim of the programme is to support the physical and mental health and wellbeing of children and young people, encouraging them to engage in interactive and fun activities.

If you’re an organisation in London tackling the root causes of poverty and inequality and your work fits one of our seven funding programmes, we would love to hear from you.

The Edward Harvist Trust (EHT) gives grants of up to £5,000 towards one off projects and expenditure to organisations that work to improve the quality of life for local people in Brent.

The Nineveh Charitable Trust provides grant-aid for UK-based projects that benefit the General Public. Education, access and preservation of the countryside are common themes, but we welcome creative new approaches that meet our charitable objectives

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

Over the next four years, the Berkeley Foundation's new Resilience Fund will invest £900,000 in strengthening the youth voluntary sector. The Fund will provide support for local and grassroots charities to invest in their ability to anticipate, prepare for, respond and adapt to challenge, building resilience for the future.

YBF Small Grants - Elevate Fund consists of two types of grants: Main Grants and Project Grants

The Learning and Development Fund seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to attend training sessions that would enhance their ability to undertake their job effectively.

Tesco Community Grants fund thousands of local community projects across the UK, helping to fight holiday hunger, tackle mental health, support young people, host community events and much more.