Sources of possible grant funding

The parish council routinely receives bulletins from other providers which carry links to potential sources of grant funding. The purposes of this and future posts is to try and share this information with our sider community. This post was received today (12.5.25) –

“SPAR Community Cashback

SPAR shoppers can apply for a grant of up to £10,000 for a local community organisation that they feel deserves funding. SPAR has a total budget of £100,000 to support local organisations that are making an exceptional contribution to their local community.

There is a short application form where you can nominate a local voluntary organisation, community group or charity. Individuals, CICs with shares, CICs with guarantee less than 2 years old and profit-making organisations are not eligible.

You need to explain the difference that the organisation is making in the local community and how the grant would be spent. The grants will be given based on the strength of the applicant’s story, the recipient’s levels of dedication to their community and the credibility of what the grant would be spent on and its impact for the local community.

Application deadline:
4 June 2025

Fund description:
https://www.spar.co.uk/community/community-cashback

Barclays Community Sport Fund

Barclays has launched a new Community Sport Fund to improve access to football, cricket and tennis for women and girls. The fund supports community groups and grassroots sports organisations that are working within the most deprived areas of the UK and are making sport more accessible to women and girls, as well as engaging people from other under-represented groups including people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities and from the LGBTQ+ community.

The fund has an annual budget of £1.4million to offer grants to community groups that are:

1. Making football, cricket, or tennis more accessible to women and girls
AND
2. Operating in areas of high deprivation

You can apply for:

1. An Access Grant of £1,000 to support the delivery of football, tennis or cricket activities for girls.
2. A Female Coaches for Girls Grant to help fund a Level 1 or equivalent qualification for your sport.

Not-for-profit organisations, including community groups, youth groups and traditional sports clubs can apply.

Focus of fund/fund aims:
Small grants to help improve access to tennis, football and cricket for women and girls

Application deadline:
22 June 2025

Fund description:
https://sported.org.uk/barclays-community-sport-fund/