Funding

  • MEET THE FUNDERS!

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    Are you joining us on Friday, May 16th at St.Helens Town Hall? Whether your group or organisation is in Halton or St.Helens, you are welcome to come along and meet up to 20 funders, ready to answer your questions and help you plan for the future. 

    ST HELENS TOWN HALL      10am - 3pm

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  • ST HELENS TOGETHER VCFSE FOOD & WIDER ESSENTIALS ASSISTANCE GRANT  (February 2025)

    The St Helens Together VCFSE Food & Wider Essentials Assistance Grants has been made available as a result of a local crowdfunding campaign facilitated through St Helens Council and Halton & St Helens VCA along with an allocation of the Government Household Support Fund. The campaign was created specifically for VCFSE organisations to use to support people who are struggling to afford food and wider essentials due to increasing winter pressures along with the ongoing impact of the cost of living.

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  • FUNDING OPPORTUNITIY - Youth Empowerment Scheme (St Helens)

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    The scheme, delivered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside (CFM) in partnership with the Police and Crime Commissioner for Merseyside (PCC) and the Merseyside Violence Reduction Partnership (MVRP), is targeted at community projects that offer diversionary activities- particular those that include arts, culture and sports to support young people aged under 25 years who may be more vulnerable to experiencing violence and at risk of anti-social behaviour. 

    Interventions/programmes delivered must fall into one of the following types:

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  • FUNDING - SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND/OR AUTISM

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    DEADLINE 16th FEBRUARY 2024 - 

    The aims of this funding are to improve the emotional and mental wellbeing of children and young people with a learning disability and/or autism and support reducing their risk of issues such as:

    · Challenging behaviour

    · Escalations to mental health crisis

    · Breakdowns at home / placements

    · Hospital attendances and admissions

    · School isolations / exclusions and non-attendance due to emotional wellbeing issue

     

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  • Halton Borough Council – September 2025 Funding Bulletin

     

    Halton Borough Council’s Programmes Office has released the September 2025 edition of its Funding Bulletin, offering valuable updates and opportunities for individuals and organisations seeking external funding.

    In addition to the monthly bulletin, the Programmes Office provides support services including:

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  • Amazon Launches New Regional Creatives Fund

     

    Amazon has launched the Regional Creatives Fund, offering grants of up to £30,000 to UK charities that develop creative industry career pathways.

    The fund aims to increase access to careers in creative industries for people from underserved communities, supporting programmes in publishing, music, gaming, film, TV, fashion, advertising, and more.

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  • Social Investment Fund - Funding To Support Youth Work

    Exciting news! 

    Better Youth Spaces fund launches today  

    Better Youth Spaces is £30.5m of capital grants funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with.  

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  • Make a Greener Difference with National Lottery Funding

     

    The National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment programme is here to support groups wanting to make a green difference in their community.

    This funding opportunity offers grants of £300 to £20,000 for projects that meet one or both of these aims:

    • help people connect with and care for nature in their area
    • make a positive difference to the environment.

    For example this could be:

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  • Halton Funding Bulletin - August 2025

     

    The Programmes Office Team at Halton Borough Council have produced their latest monthly Funding Bulletin covering recent grants alerts.

    The bulletin can be found in the attachment below.

    In addition to their monthly bulletin, Programmes Office can help you search for external funding via grant searches and support with grant applications. Also offering free workshops to help you to develop a fundraising strategy, basic bid writing, managing your grant plus monitoring & evaluation of grants received.

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