Funding
MEET THE FUNDERS!
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.
Meet the Funder over in Wirral - The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIY - Youth Empowerment Scheme (St Helens)
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:
FUNDING - SUPPORT FOR CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE WITH A LEARNING DISABILITY AND/OR AUTISM
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
Help for Households in Halton
Halton Borough Counci now have a number of schemes that are available to help you, this is due to funding from the Household Support Fund whish has come to use via Central Government.
These schemes will run from April 2025 until March 2026. Please check below to see if you qualify.
Free Prescription Pre-payment Certificate - Do you pay for your prescriptions? if so and you:
Halton Funding Bulletin - June 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 the 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.
UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants
VOLA is launching the sixth funding round of the Liverpool City Region UKSPF Digital Connectivity for Community Facilities Grants programme on Wednesday 11th June. The application form and supporting documents will be uploaded to VOLA’s website by 5pm on this date. The deadline for applications is 5pm, Wednesday 9th July.
The Naturesave Trust - Funding
A new funding window is currently open for applications, running from May through June, with a focus on fostering stronger connections to nature.
Halton Funding Bulletin - May 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.
Also find attached information on their forthcoming workshops commencing October/November in Widnes. These workshops are aimed to assist Halton’s Community Sector and HBC Colleagues with a series of training to support them in all aspects of sourcing, managing and monitoring grant funding secured.