Funding
Halton Funding Bulletin - July 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.
Landmark £25m Pilkington Trust Transfer to Benefit St Helens Charities
Charities and community groups in Merseyside will receive over £800,000 a year in funding, following the transfer of circa £25 million in assets from the Pilkington Charities Fund to the Community Foundation for Lancashire and Merseyside. The donation is the largest single trust transfer donation in the UK Community Foundations network history, of which there are 47 across the country. The fund will support projects tackling poverty and ill health, with priority given to organisations based in St Helens—the birthplace of the Pilkington legacy.
Parkinson's UK - Grants
Parkinson's UK have asked us to share information about two new grants programmes which are now available for any local community groups and activity providers.
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.
Community Library Grant Scheme - St Helens Borough Council
The Community Library Grant Scheme aims to support groups to establish a library offer within their community.
This will be done by offering up to a maximum of £5,000 for one-off grant funding to community organisations or community interest companies who are working within St Helens Borough.
What is a Community Library?
A Community Library is a community run site which is independent of the Council, ranging from:
Halton Funding Bulletin - April 2025
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.
If you would like support to bid to any of the funding streams listed in the Bulletin, they can support with this; please get in touch via funding@halton.gov.uk.