Hi Everyone,

Please find below some funding that is available, please may you distribute any information to any groups that you think may benefit from funding.

 

Health Lottery Foundation

Voluntary organisations will soon be able to apply for funding from the new Health Lottery Foundation. The foundation will be distributing funding from the Health Lottery which launched in January 2025.

Grants will be available for organisations offering support in the following areas:

• chronic disease
• disability inequity
• healthcare IT
• health disparity
• preventative care
• young people

Funding levels and details of how to apply have not yet been announced but the foundation will be open to applications from across the voluntary sector including charities, CICs, community groups, social enterprises and faith organisations.

You can sign up to the mailing list now to receive more information when the fund opens to applications.

Focus of fund/fund aims:

A new fund for voluntary organisations providing support for people dealing with health issues

Application deadline:

To be advised

Fund description:

https://www.thehealthlotteryfoundation.org.uk/

 

Pink Ribbon Foundation

The Pink Ribbon Foundation provides funding for work to assist people who are suffering from, or who have been affected by breast cancer or who work to advance the understanding of breast cancer, its early detection and treatment. The aim is to support practical projects and initiatives that deliver good physical and mental health to women with, and recovering from breast cancer. The focus for 2025 is on organisations with limited financial resources to deliver their services.

Grants of up to £6,000 are available for revenue, capital or project costs.

Registered charities, social enterprises, CICs, not-for-profit and for-profit organisations can apply: your organisation must be legally constituted and the proposed project must have a clear public benefit. Note that work being delivered by NHS Trusts and local authorities is not eligible.

Focus of fund/fund aims:

Funding for projects that support women with or recovering from breast cancer.

Application deadline:

Applications must be sent by post and must reach the Pink Ribbon Foundation by 30 May 2025

Fund description:

https://www.pinkribbonfoundation.org.uk/getsupport-apply

   

Parkinson’s UK: Physical Activity Grants 2025

Parkinson’s UK is re-opening its grants programme to help people with Parkinson’s to get and stay active. You can apply for between £500 and £3,000 to help people with Parkinson’s become and stay active, or help people increase their levels of physical activity.

This year’s programme will re-open on 10 March and Parkinson’s UK will be holding two online information sessions about the criteria and priorities for the grants and how to apply. You will need to book a place if you wish to attend one of the sessions: they are being held on 19 March (10am) and 8 April (2pm).

Previous rounds of the fund have supported groups that are running new activities or increasing participation. The funding has been for activities such as expanding activities to include people with Parkinson’s, buying equipment, hiring facilities, coaching fees or training to ensure that activities are accessible to people with Parkinson’s on an ongoing basis.

The grants are for activity providers, national governing bodies, Parkinson’s groups and branches, and sports and healthcare professionals.

Focus of fund/fund aims:

Funding for new activities for people affected by Parkinson’s to participate in physical activity and sport

Application deadline:

To be advised

Fund description:

https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/grants-physical-activity-providers

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10th March 2025