Covid-19: Funding News and Updates

There are currently a number of funds open to support groups to continue their work during the Covid-19 crisis. A number of these are detailed under the headers below, including links to where to find further information about the fund.

Featured Funds

The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund

The Duchy Fund covers the Counties of Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Merseyside.
The Trustees of the Fund invite a wide variety of community based Organisations and Chartible causes to apply for a donation that will benefit the local community. A single grant will only be made to an organisation within a two year period and will normally be between £250 - £2000.

For more information, and to apply Click here 

Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants Programme 

Grants of £1,000 to school breakfast clubs, to help schools provide breakfast to those children who need it most.

For more information, and to apply Click Here 

Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust 

The Manchester Guardian Charitable Trust is a grant making charity, which makes donations to a wide variety of community based organisations in the Greater Manchester area. Grants between £250-£2,000, for more information, and to apply click here.

All Funds
For ease of access, funds have now been separated into the below categories. To avoid duplication, funds with multiple priorities are generally listed in the Community section.

Animals
Armed Forces
Black, Asian, Minority, Ethnic, Refugee and Asylum Seekers
Children and Young People
Community
Disability
Environment
Faith Groups
Food
Housing and Homelessness
Learning Disability
LGBTQ+
Older People
Sports and Fitness

Free tools for VCSE groups
Information from Funders

For other, non-Covid-19 related funding, click here to download our latest funding bulletin.

These pages are updated regularly, but if you do encounter any paused funds, or come across any open funds we may not yet have listed, please email: info@boltoncvs.org.uk