Funding Opportunities

TVA periodically administers funding opportunities to benefit the third sector in Torfaen

Current TVA Hosted Funding Opportunities

No hosted funding streams available.

Other funding opportunities


Henry Smith Charity
Fund Name	Description	Amount	Deadline	Purpose	Type of Organisation	More Information
Improving lives	The Improving Lives grant programme provides grants to charitable organisations that help people when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available.	£20k – £70k per year		Running costs, salaries and projects	Charities and not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises	Improving Lives
Strengthening communities	The Strengthening Communities grant programme aims to support small, grass roots organisations who are embedded in the community, working within the most deprived areas of the UK. Through this grant programme we want to make sure that our funding reaches organisations that provide services which are widely accessible to the whole community and respond to, and address the needs of the people living in it.	£20k – £70k per year		Running costs	Community-led charities and not for profit organisations	Strengthening Communities
Holiday Grants	The purpose of the Holiday Grants programme is to provide access to recreational trips or holidays for groups of children who experience disadvantage or who have disabilities. In particular we are interested in contributing to trips that would not take place without our funding.	£500 – £2,750	Submission dates vary depending when trips or holidays take place	Short holidays and recreational trips	Schools, youth groups, not for profit organisations and charities	Holiday Grants
Christian projects	The Christian Projects grant programme provides grants to support projects that explicitly promote the Christian faith in the UK.	£10k+ per year		Projects	Churches, small charities and not-for-profit organisations	Christian Projects

The National Lottery Wales
Fund Name	Description	Amount	Deadline	Purpose	Type of Organisation	More Information
Awards for All	National Lottery funding can help you to make a difference in your community. We offer funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities	£300 to £10,000		We can fund projects that’ll do at least one of these things: bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities improve places and spaces that matter to communities help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest stage support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.	You can apply if your organisation is a: voluntary or community organisation registered charity constituted group or club not-for-profit company or Community Interest Company school (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school) statutory body (including town, parish and community council).	Awards for All
People and Places (medium)	Funding from £10,001 to £100,000 for projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most. We are here to help and want to talk to you about your ideas to support communities to adapt, recover and thrive.	£10001 to £100000		People and Places: Medium grants offers funding for projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most. We want to fund projects that are: supporting organisations to adapt or diversify to respond to new and future challenges supporting communities adversely affected by COVID-19 supporting communities and organisations to become more resilient to help them to respond better to the ongoing cost-of-living crisis, and to future crises.	You can apply if you are a UK-based: voluntary or community group registered charity co-operative social enterprise or community interest company not-for-profit company limited by guarantee statutory organisation such as a local authority, health board or school.	People and Places: Medium grants
People and Places (Large)	Funding from £100,001 to £500,000 for projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most. We are here to help and want to talk to you about your ideas to support communities to adapt, recover and thrive.	£100001 to £500000		People and Places: Large grants offers funding for projects where people and communities are working together and using their strengths to make positive impacts on the things that matter to them the most. We want to fund projects that are: supporting organisations to adapt or diversify to respond to new and future challenges supporting communities adversely affected by COVID-19 supporting communities and organisations to become more resilient to help them to respond better to future crises.	You can apply if you are a UK-based: voluntary or community group registered charity co-operative social enterprise or community interest company not-for-profit company limited by guarantee statutory organisation such as a local authority, health board or school.	People and Places (Large Grants)
The National Lottery Wales	Torfaen communitry Grants
Fund Name	Description	Amount	Deadline	Purpose	Type of Organisation	More Information
Community Resilience Grant	Revenue funding is available to support groups and organisations to purchase items for activities, events, training, marketing, equipment including IT and white goods.	£200 – £3,000	22nd April 2024	Revenue funding is available to support groups and organisations to purchase items for activities, events, training, marketing, equipment including IT and white goods.	Community interest Companies Constituted Community Groups Social Enterprises Charities Volunteer Groups Schools (must be supporting wider community activities) Sports Groups/Clubs (must be supporting wider community activities)	Community Resilient Grant
Community Development Grant	To help develop activities in our communities that encourages community ownership, develops independence and makes a lasting difference to people’s lives. It is expected the projects will deliver one or more of the following: · Build strength and resilience within the community, community organisations and groups. · Provide projects where activity can be maintained and continued without running out of resources in the long term. · Support activities and projects that demonstrate continuing growth and development to become self-sufficient. · Support organisations and groups to increase social involvement from community members and participants and create additional engagement with the wider community. · Community groups and organisations develop and adopt an aspect of income generation to work towards becoming self-sustaining.	Grants up to £40,000	22nd April 2024	To be eligible for grant funding your project will build strength and resilience within the community and community organisations. The project must engage the wider community and increase engagement and footfall. Your project/organisation will ideally work in partnership with other organisations to maximise resources and prevent duplication of services. The project should direct effort to becoming self-sufficient and be able to continue once grant funds are spent. Please note: We are unable to fund groups that aren’t inclusive of the wider community.	Community interest Companies Constituted Community Groups Social Enterprises Charities Volunteer Groups Schools (must be supporting wider community activities) Sports Groups/Clubs (must be supporting wider community activities)	Community Development Grant
Community Grant	Torfaen County Borough Council has a great opportunity for community organisations to apply for grants to pilot or develop their ideas to support community access to food.	£500 to £15,000	9am on Monday 22nd April 2024	Groups will need to demonstrate how their project contributes to one or more of the following Torfaen Good Food Priorities. Our Health Our Community Our Jobs Our Education Our Future	Community interest Companies Community Groups Social Enterprises Charities Volunteer Groups Public Sector including education settings – investing or working with community groups	Community grants

Funding Opportunities

Current TVA Hosted Funding Opportunities

Other funding opportunities

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© Copyright 2023
Torfaen Voluntary Alliance (TVA)
Charity Registration No. 1097079
Company No. 04603713