Southampton City Council – Hearing Loops Grant
Deadline: 1 March 2021
A grant of up to £500 is available to small enterprises in Southampton with an annual turnover of less than £2 million or less than 25 employees and for GP surgeries in the Southampton City Clinical Group area, towards the purchase and installation of a hearing loop system. Application form and Funding Guidelines can be found here.
Hampshire & Isle of Wight Community Fund – Local Giving for Local Needs
NET Coronavirus Programme
Grants of £5,000 are now available to support local voluntary and community organisations that are helping vulnerable people impacted by the COVID-19 crisis. The programme has now transitioned from the initial immediate response phase to the longer-term emergency which is directed at helping those who are suffering hardship as a result of the short and long term economic and social consequences caused by COVID-19. Apply online here.
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
Deadline 28 February 2021
Small Registered charities can apply for a grant of up to £1000 to support projects that focus on supporting people who are homeless. Priority will be given to applications that help the BAME community. For project eligibility before you apply, check here.
 The Chestnut Fund – Grant for Conservation
The Chestnut Fund is an independent charity, that makes grants available to encourage and enable community groups to carry out conservation activities. There are 2 grants available:
A Start Up Grant – Maximum of £150 is available for groups when they are first setting up and are in their first year of existence. The grant will enable them to begin practical work and will cover administrative expenses, e.g. postage, publicity, hire of meeting rooms, telephone bills and/or the first year of The Conservation Volunteers Community Network Membership, plus Insurance fees.
Support Grant - The maximum grant will be £350, available to all groups regardless of how long they have been constituted, towards the purchase of tools, equipment and training purposes. Groups within their first year can apply for both the start-up grant and the support grant.
For grant funding criteria and to download an application form see their website, here.

Warburtons Community Grant
Warburtons Community Grants provide small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve Health, Place or Skills for families in their community. Full details of priorities and eligibility for grants can be found here.
National Lottery - Award for All England
Funding of between £300 and £10,000 for up to one year, is available for Voluntary or community organisations in England.
With the COVID-19 pandemic still with us, they continue to support people and communities most adversely impacted by COVID-19.
They can support you to:
- continue to deliver activity - whether your community needs crisis response, recovery or business as usual activity
- change and adapt, becoming more resilient to respond to new and future challenges
High demand for funding is expected, so please read the grant criteria and apply as early is possible. To apply see website here.
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