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The Community Enterprise Fund (CEF) supports community organisations with funding packages of blended load and grant fund of up to £50,000. The emphasis of the fund is impact in the community.
Loans will be available over four to seven years at an interest rate of 1-5%, and can be used for any purpose, excluding refinancing.
Organisations should contact SIB in the first instance to discuss their funding needs.
Up to £50,000 (with maximum grants up to 20%). Charities and social enterprises.
The Matthew Good Foundation has opened the next round of its Grants for Good Fund. The aim is to support small charities, not-for-profit groups and social entrepreneurs who are passionate about making a difference to people, their community or the
The 1001 Critical Days Foundation offers multi-year grants to UK registered charities supporting babies during the first 1001 days – from pregnancy to age two. Funding focuses on projects that improve outcomes for babies and take place in family hubs
Grants of up to £30,000 are available for organisations that directly support blind and vision impaired people, or those at risk of sight loss. Projects should address one or more of the following areas, with lived experience at their core:
The Greatham Foundation, formerly The Hospital of God at Greatham, offers grants of up to £3,000 to support community organisations across the North East (excluding Middlesbrough). The fund focuses on core funding and projects responding to the cost of living
