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.
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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
Funding opportunity: Youth Guarantee Trailblazer Community Grants Programme
VOLA will launch the second round of the Liverpool City Region Youth Guarantee Trailblazer community grants programme on Friday 19th June 2026.
The programme supports 18–21-year-olds who are not in employment, education or training (NEET), helping them to build confidence, overcome barriers and progress towards employment, education or training.
About the funding
Halton Funding Bulletin - June 2026
The External Funding 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.
Community funding opportunity – let’s make a difference this summer!
Got an idea to support your community this summer? ☀️
Grants of up to £2,000 are available through the SWAP Summer Support Fund to help fund activities that:
✅ Support young people
✅ Boost wellbeing
✅ Bring people together🗓️ Deadline: 17 June (5pm)
Funding Opportunity For Women’s And Girls’ Organisations
Grant-making charity Rosa is offering grants of up to £28,000 through its Stand With Us Fund. The fund supports organisations to become stronger and more effective; better meeting the needs of women and girls and influencing wider change for all women and girls across the UK. Organisations can apply for up to £28,000 to fund areas related to organisational development.
Halton Housing Helping Hands Fund
The Helping Hands form has now re-opened: Helping Hands | Halton Housing
It has been updated slightly so there are new tiers of funding available, still up to £2000, but to streamline it for those who only need a smaller amount of funding.