Funding
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.
Halton Community Grant Scheme
Halton Borough Council's Public Health Team are inviting applications for a new Community Grant Scheme.
If you’re a community group seeking funding to support a local project, they'd love to hear from you.
Follow the link below to complete the expression of interest.
Halton Borough Council – April Funding Bulletin
The latest edition of Halton Borough Council’s Funding Bulletin – April 2026, produced by the Programmes Office has been released and can be found in the attachment below.
Torus Foundation’s Community Investment Fund
Torus Foundation’s Community Investment Fund has now launched for 2026/27 funding.
Local organisations are invited to apply for small grants of up to £5,000 to deliver projects that will benefit Torus communities.
The deadline for applications for the Spring panel is Monday 27th April and successful groups will be notified by mid-June 2026.
How To Apply
All the information about how to apply to the fund is now live on Torus Foundation website:
Special delivery: £100s in free funding
Leading supermarkets offering £100s a year in free funding
Asda Foundation Local Community Spaces Fund
Asda Foundation Local Community Spaces Fund opening soon!
Pre- Awareness : From Tuesday 24th March
Applications Open: From Tuesday 14th April at 10am To Tuesday 28th April at 10am
Grants between £10,000 and £20,000 are available to projects with one or more of the following objectives:
Repair and Maintain Community Spaces