WeÂ’re now open for an initial round of Climate Action Fund applications. The fund will help up to 15 place-based, community-led partnerships to make changes in their community that will have a big impact on climate change.

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The #CelebrateNationalLottery fund is OPEN for applications to deliver an idea that brings people together in your community. Whether you want to put on a concert, buy your football club some kit or host a lunch for older people, this could be your chance to do it. Watch the awesome Aardman Animations video for inspiration and apply now. Applications close 2pm, 6th December.
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As part of the Mayor’s strategy for sport and social integration, The Mayor of London UEFA EURO 2020 Grants Programme will see up to £525,000 invested into community projects around our city – and most importantly, if you’re a Londoner, this money will be open to you.

Have an idea for an event or project thatÂ’ll bring your community together? No matter how big or small, we want to hear your pitch.

We are hosting two workshops where you can find out more information about the grants and be guided through the application process.

The first of these is on Monday 2 December in Angel. Please sign up here.

There second workshop is on the evening of Tuesday 7 January at City Hall. Please sign up here.

Applications are open now until Monday 20 January 2020. Click here for more information and to apply: www.london.gov.uk/euro-2020-microgrants

2020 GSK IMPACT Awards – funding and free training for health charities
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide core funding, training and national recognition for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing. Up to 20 awards will be made ranging from £3,000 to £40,000. To be eligible organisations must be at least three years old, a registered charity, working in a health-related field in the UK, with income between £80,000 and £2.5 million.
Winning organisations will have a film made, receive support with press and publicity and be given a set of promotional materials. They will also be offered free training and development valued at a further £9,500. In 2020 there will be three days of training leading up to the GSK IMPACT Awards ceremony in London. After this participants will be invited to join the GSK IMPACT Awards Network which connects past award winners both online and at meetings, to get and give support, share best practice and continue their professional development. Many participants have commented that the training, the new ideas and enthusiasm that they take away, and the connections they make is even more important than the award money.
To apply go to: www.kingsfund.org.uk/gskimpactawards
Closing date for applications: 23 September 2019
 
 
 

The Mayor provides services all year round which offer people sleeping rough a ‘life off the streets’.
This winter (2019/20), through his £2.2m Winter Programme Fund, the Mayor wants to support local authorities and non-profit organisations to expand provision further, and give services the resources to help people rough sleeping find a long-term solution. Successful projects will be expected to open shelters in line with the Mayor’s commissioned overflow shelters, with a period of continuous opening from after the Christmas period until at least the end of February.
Bidding for the Fund opens on Tuesday 27th August 2019. Grants will range from £50,000 to £250,000 (higher will be considered for multi-borough projects). For further information please see the Winter Programme Fund Prospectus and Application Form in the links below:
GLA Winter Programme 2019-20 Prospectus
GLA Winter Programme 2019-20 Application Form
GLA Winter Programme 2019-20 Milestones Template
All bids should be submitted to RoughSleepingCommissioning@london.gov.uk. The deadline for bids to be submitted is 11:59pm on Friday 27th September 2019.

TfL is making more than £500,000 available for community and not-for-profit groups to encourage people to walk and cycle.

‘Walking and Cycling Grants London’ aims to address barriers to active travel among traditionally underrepresented groups – helping to make London a ‘more sustainable, inclusive and healthy city’.
Previously known as Cycling Grants London, the 2019 programme has been expanded to include walking projects for the first time. Funding has been doubled to more than £500,000 – with the number of grants available also doubling from 30 to 60.
TfL hopes to award funding to at least one project in every London borough.
Each community project can apply for funding of up to £10,000 over three years through the programme.
Current and previous initiatives include cycle training, guided rides and courses teaching basic cycle maintenance. TfL says possible future projects may include guided walks, which encourage people to get active.
Will Norman, London’s walking and cycling commissioner, said: “I’m delighted that walking projects can now also benefit from our expanded grants, and I’m proud that we’ve doubled the funding available.
“By showing Londoners that walking and cycling are convenient, easy and fun ways to get around, we can improve their health and quality of life, as well as reducing toxic air pollution – improving our city for everyone.”
Miranda Leedham, head of customer marketing and behaviour change at TfL, said: “We’re pleased to be expanding this programme, which is targeting the barriers that can put people off getting active.
“We’ve seen more than 120 projects benefit from our Cycle Grants funding over the years and are looking forward to seeing even more Londoners of all ages and backgrounds get active with our increased funding.”
Earlier this month the London Borough of Hounslow received the 2019 London Road Safety Award for its success in reaching out to people and groups underrepresented in cycling – including women, people from black, Asian and minority ethnic groups, and disabled people.
Applications for Walking and Cycling Grants London are open until 16 September 2019. Click here to apply and view the different projects which are already running across London.

This year Team London Small Grants will support volunteering projects that help people who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation. These Londoners are sometimes referred through social prescribing to small charities and voluntary sector organisations. The grants will help to develop the granteesÂ’ ability to engage sustainably with social prescribing.
Social problems such as loneliness, housing, employability and debt can affect both physical and mental health and well being. Around one in five visits to the GP are for non-clinical reasons. Social prescribing can help address these root causes and help patients improve their health.
Although social prescribing is currently available in many areas of London, provision is variable. The Mayor is seeking to support the growth of social prescribing through his London Health Inequalities Strategy. His ambition is to help more Londoners in vulnerable or deprived communities improve their health and well-being through social prescribing.
This yearÂ’s Team London Small Grants will fund projects that:

• Help people who are experiencing loneliness and social isolation, for whatever reason, who have been referred to a local voluntary sector organisation through social prescribing
• Support small organisations that are established and experienced in delivering support to their local community to help address loneliness and social isolation issues
• Support small organisations that are yet to connect to their local social prescribing networks or are already connected to social prescribing and will use the grant to add value to the work they are already doing
• Help to develop the organisationÂ’s capacity to engage sustainably with the social prescribing model and develop new ways of working
• Recruit and support volunteers to deliver the project

These small grants will provide a source of income for smaller organisations (annual turnover under £500,000) to meet local needs which may not meet the criteria for larger-scale funding.
Please read their Supporting Guidance Document for more information about the grants as well as guidance for questions within the application.
For more information please click here
Deadline for applications is 13 September 2019.
They will be holding a market warming event on Thursday 1 August for small charities who are interested in applying. More detail here:

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/team-london-small-grants-201920-market-warming-event-tickets-65251372612