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Where local charities and community groups in Wandsworth can get help
Updated: November 2020
We are regularly asked where local charities and community groups can get help with various aspects of running their organisations: from funding to volunteers to networking. Here are some suggestions of where to go for help. This is not a comprehensive list and we’re sure it will go out of date fast (as all lists do!). Let us know if we should be adding/editing this list. And… if in doubt use ‘Google’ to do your own searches.
*This is not a comprehensive list*
Local Wandsworth funders for charities and community groups include:
- Battersea Power Station Foundation http://bpsfoundation.org.uk/
- Battersea United Charities http://www.batterseaunitedcharities.org.uk/home.html
- Big Local SW11 http://biglocalsw11.co.uk
- Big Lottery Fund https://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/
- Childhood Trust http://www.childhoodtrust.org.uk/
- London Community Foundation – approx. 13 different funds available to apply for Wandsworth throughout the year: https://londoncf.org.uk/ (search for Wandsworth)
- Sir Walter St John’s Educational Charity http://swsjcharity.org.uk/
- Wandsworth CCG (Clinical Commissioning Group) Community Grant Scheme http://www.wandsworthccg.nhs.uk/getinvolved/Pages/Community-Grant-Scheme-2018.aspx
- Wandsworth Council – various funds: http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200504/grants_for_the_community_and_voluntary_sector
- Wimbledon Foundation http://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/wimbledonfoundation/wimbledon_foundation_community_fund.html
Funding Websites:
- Funding Central https://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/default.aspx
- Grants Online https://www.grantsonline.org.uk/
- Directory of Social Change https://www.dsc.org.uk/
- Grantfinder https://www.idoxgrantfinder.co.uk/
- Government Funding http://www.governmentfunding.org.uk/default.aspx
- Government Contracts (including those for voluntary organisations) https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/
Sign up to e-news from other local CVS’s to get updates about funding, training, networking opportunities:
- Hammersmith & Fulham: http://sobus.org.uk/
- Richmond: https://www.richmondcvs.org.uk/
- Hackney: http://hcvs.org.uk/newsletter/
- Islington: https://vai.org.uk/services/support-for-groups/fundraising-support-and-information/
Local support, training and organisational development (based in Wandsworth) – helping local charities and community groups in Wandsworth include:
- Wandsworth Care Alliance http://wca.btck.co.uk/
- Lifetimes https://life-times.org.uk/
- Local Roots (Battersea Arts Centre and CLEN) https://www.bac.org.uk/content/44396/create_with_us/local_roots/local_roots
- WCEN http://wcen.co.uk/
- Katherine Low Settlement klsettlement.org.uk
- Neighbouring CVS’s (see above)
Training, Support and Organisational Development (UK-wide):
- NCVO – know how non-profit (loads of amazing stuff) https://knowhownonprofit.org/
- Small Charities Coalition (lots of good stuff too – free) https://www.smallcharities.org.uk/
- Charity Commission https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/charity-commission
- Vol Resources (various info for running a charity) https://vr.volresource.org.uk
- NCVO (general) ncvo.org.uk
- Charity Finance Group https://www.cfg.org.uk/home
- HR Advice – Cranfield Trust https://www.cranfieldtrust.org/free-hr-advice-charities
- ACAS (HR) http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4231
- ACEVO (CEO support) https://www.acevo.org.uk/
- Media Trust (communications and media support) https://mediatrust.org
- Accounts and Tax Advice for Charities https://www.gov.uk/topic/running-charity/money-accounts
- InKind Direct (free/low cost goods) https://www.inkinddirect.org
- Free-Cycle (free goods) https://uk.freecycle.org
- Utility Aid (utility deals for charities) http://www.utility-aid.co.uk
- Safeguarding https://www.nspcc.org.uk/preventing-abuse/safeguarding/writing-a-safeguarding-policy/
- Shelia McKechnie Foundation (campaign training) http://smk.org.uk
- Directory of Social Change (training & resources) https://www.dsc.org.uk/
- Foundation for Social Improvement (loads of free training & resources) http://www.thefsi.org/
- Charity Connect (networking and resources) https://www.charityconnect.co.uk
Wandsworth Networks and Forum’s include:
- Wandsworth Voluntary Sector Forum http://wca.btck.co.uk/OurProjects/VoluntarySectorCoordinationProject
- Wandsworth Charities Thinking Group – through Annie McDowall at Share Community
- Battersea Community Forum – contact Del Tester, Caius House & Alex Baker, Battersea Power Station
- Balham and Tooting Community Association http://batca.org/
- Roehampton Forum http://roehamptonforum.co.uk/
- Resident Associations – various throughout the borough
- Battersea Deanery of Anglican Churches http://archive.southwark.anglican.org/parishes/battersea.php
- Battersea Society http://www.batterseasociety.org.uk/
- Churches Together in South London http://www.ctslondon.org.uk/ctgroups.htm
- Wandsworth Advice Forum https://wandsworthadvice.org.uk/site/
- Wandsworth BME Mental Health Forum (run by WCEN) http://wcen.co.uk/bmemh/
- Wandsworth Employment Forum (run by Wandsworth Workmatch) https://www.wandsworthworkmatch.org/#/
- Wandsworth LGBT Forum http://wandsworth.lgbt/
- Wandsworth Older People’s Forum https://www.wandswortholderpeoplesforum.org.uk/
- Wandsworth Welcomes Refugees https://www.facebook.com/wandsworthwelcomesrefugees/
- Wandsworth Youth http://youth.wandsworth.gov.uk/youth/site/index.php
- What next? Wandsworth (arts) https://www.whatnextculture.co.uk/chapters/wandsworth/
Databases about local community organisations in Wandsworth:
- Care4me (community directory) https://care4me.org.uk/
- Family Information Service http://wandsworth.childrensservicedirectory.org.uk/kb5/wandsworth/fsd/home.page
- Wandsworth Wellbeing Hub (CCG – health and social care) http://www.wandsworthccg.nhs.uk/localservices/hub/Pages/default.aspx
- Wandsworth Chamber of Commerce https://www.wandsworthchamber.org/
- And… ‘Google’
Research, data and evidence about Wandsworth:
- Data Wand https://www.datawand.info/ (compilation website with information and data related to all things Wandsworth)
- Census – Wandsworth http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200088/statistics_and_census_information
- JSNA (Health): http://www.wandsworth.gov.uk/info/200449/joint_strategic_needs_assessment
- London Datastore https://data.london.gov.uk/
- Office for National Statistics https://www.ons.gov.uk/
- London Poverty Profile https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk/data/
- Labour Market http://www.nomisweb.co.uk/
- Wandsworth Foodbank https://wandsworth.foodbank.org.uk/research/
Volunteer recruitment:
- Link UP London http://linkuplondon.org/ (started in Battersea!)
- Do-It.org https://do-it.org/
- Timebank https://timebank.org.uk/
- Reach Volunteering https://reachvolunteering.org.uk/
- Volunteering Matters https://volunteeringmatters.org.uk/
Staff recruitment:
- Charity Job charityjob.co.uk
Monitoring and Evaluation:
- Alliance for Useful Evidence https://www.alliance4usefulevidence.org/
- Inspiring Impact https://www.inspiringimpact.org/
- Institute for Voluntary Action Research https://www.ivar.org.uk/
- NCVO’s Evaluation Service https://www.ncvo.org.uk/practical-support/consultancy/ncvo-charities-evaluation-services
- Project Oracle: Children & Youth Evidence Hub https://project-oracle.com/
Community Development:
- Asset Based Community Development https://www.nurturedevelopment.org
- Action for Community Development Ltd http://www.actionforcd.org
- Local Trust http://localtrust.org.uk
- Locality (UK-wide network) https://locality.org.uk
Professional bodies
- Charity Comms https://www.charitycomms.org.uk
- Charity Finance Group https://www.cfg.org.uk/home
- Institute of Fundraising https://www.institute-of-fundraising.org.uk/home/
- NAVCA https://navca.org.uk
- NCVO https://www.ncvo.org.uk
Advice services in Wandsworth for individuals:
- Citizens Advice Wandsworth https://cawandsworth.org/
- South West London Law Centre http://www.swllc.org/
- Advising Communities https://advisingcommunities.uk
- Wandsworth Advice Forum https://wandsworthadvice.org.uk/site/ (incl. directory of local advice services)
Advice services for organisations (UK-wide):
- NCVO – know how non-profit (loads of amazing stuff) https://knowhownonprofit.org/
- Small Charities Coalition (lots of good stuff too – free) https://www.smallcharities.org.uk/
- ACAS (HR advice) http://www.acas.org.uk/index.aspx?articleid=4231
- TrustLaw (pro bono legal support) http://www.trust.org/trustlaw/
- Law Works (pro bono legal support) https://www.lawworks.org.uk/
- Ethical Property Foundation http://www.ethicalproperty.org.uk/
Other places of fundings (by alphabetical order)
London Community Foundation
http://www.londoncf.org.uk/grants/available-grants/overview.aspx
Alec Dickson Trust
The Alec Dickson Trust have awards of up to £500 for people under 30 towards local community projects.
The Arts Council
The Arts Council provides grants from £1,000 to £30,000 (average £5,000) for individuals or arts organisations involved in arts-related activities that benefit people in England, or that help artists and arts organisations in England to carry out their work. 0845 300 6200
Austin and Hope Pilkington
Contact Austin and Hope Pilkington for funding for projects relating to children, youth, the elderly and medical grants. Grants are for one year usually £1,000 to £10,000, with the majority being £5,000 or less.
Awards for All
Awards for All award grants of between £300 and £10,000 for schools, and voluntary/community organisations in the UK running projects that enable people to take part in art, sport, heritage or community activities, or promote education, the environment or health in the local community. 0845 410 2030
BBC Children in Need
BBC Children in Need award grants for projects working with disadvantaged children and young people, aged 18 and under. The small grants are under £10,000 for one to three years and the main grants are over £10,000 for one to three years. 0345 609 0015
Battersea Power Station Foundation
The Battersea Power Station Foundation is an independent charity whose grants help to connect people and places, empower communities and transform lives in Wandsworth and Lambeth.
Biffa
Biffa award grants to projects near Biffa sites that provide or improve community spaces, cultural facilities and places for outdoor recreation. 01636 670 000
Big Community Wildlife
Contact Big Community Wildlife for grants of £300 to £10,000 for projects that bring local people together to discover enjoy or protect the wildlife in their local area. 0845 410 2030
Big Lottery Fund
Grants from £300 to £500,000 for projects in a variety of areas are available from the Big Lottery Fund. 0845 410 2030
Building Connections Fund
B&Q – One Planet Living Grants
B&Q – One Planet Living Grants. Grants of £50 to £250 of B&Q materials to support a local community project. Projects must demonstrate that provision of access for disabled people has been considered. Projects should be sustainable and the materials and methods used should not cause environmental damage in the short or long-term. 0845 609 6688
B&Q Waste Donation
B&Q Waste Donation is a scheme co-ordinated in store either by the environmental champion, duty or warehouse manager who will keep a Waste Donation Form on file for interested groups. Can donate waste materials, for example slightly damaged tins of paint, off-cuts of timber, and end of range materials, to community groups, charities and schools. 0845 609 6688
The Clothworkers’ Foundation
The Clothworkers’ Foundation awards capital grants to UK charities with an annual income of less than £15m. 0207 623 7041
Comic Relief
Comic Relief provide grants for UK or international projects.
Community Project Grants from YouthBank
YouthBank is open to people in the UK aged 11 to 24. Local councils are providing this opportunity to engage young people in their communities with a £500 grant for a community based project. 0116 254 6960
The Co-operative
Community groups and co-operatives can apply for support from The Co-operative.
Educational Grants Advisory Service
The Educational Grants Advisory Service helps students who are over 16, “taking their first steps on the educational ladder”, primarily assisting students who cannot receive statutory funding. Priority to lone parents, disabled, refugees, people from underprivileged backgrounds. It gives advice on how and where to obtain funds. Send a SAE to Family Welfare Association 501 – 505 Kingsland Road, London, E8 4AU or call 0207 241 7459 for more information.
Football Foundation
The Football Foundation has a Facilities Grant Scheme for projects that improve facilities for football and other sport in local communities. 0845 345 4555
Ford Britain Trust
Ford Britain Trust have small grants of up to £250 for work supporting activities with clear benefit to the community, work with young people/children, schools, special educational needs, those with disabilities. Applications are invited from registered charities, schools/PTAs, not for profit organisations (including small clubs and societies). 01277 252 551
Grants for creative projects
If you’re aged 13 to 19 and live in England, Mediabox could offer you grants to make creative media projects for film, television, radio, online, print and multi media platforms. Mediabox is for you to express your opinions, ideas and views, gain new skills and get your voice heard. 0207 871 5600
Groundwork
The Community Spaces programme will help groups in England to create or improve green and open spaces to improve the quality of life in their neighbourhood. Grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are available. 0845 367 1671
Hazel’s Footprints
Hazel’s Footprints is a charity which seeks to provide funding for dedicated individuals wishing to work voluntarily in schools, charities or community projects abroad.
Tel: 01896 849 677
Ideas Fund
The Ideas Fund can provide £1,000 for groups or individuals aged 16 to 25 to fund creative projects from any creative discipline e.g. dance, film, music, and photography.
Local Libraries
Reference libraries have guides listing trusts and charitable foundations. Those to look out for are ‘The Educational Grants Directory’, ‘The Grants Register’, ‘A Guide to Grants for Individuals in Need’, ‘The Youth Funding Guide’ and the ‘Directory of Grant Making Trusts’ or ask for the software, ‘Grants for Individuals’
London Borough Wandsworth Grant
Established in April 2015, the Wandsworth Grant Fund (WGF) provides all small grants (£500 – £10,000) for community and voluntary sector organisations in the borough.
The Marine Society
The Marine Society has grants and loans available to young people taking up a career at sea, university entrants who want to follow a career at sea and those wishing to study A-levels before taking up a career at sea. 0207 654 7050
National Lottery Good Causes
The National Lottery funds projects in the UK that benefit the community and ‘good causes’. This covers arts, heritage, sport, community and voluntary groups, health, education and environmental projects, and the Olympic games. 0845 275 0000
O2 Think Big
O2 Think Big is for people aged 13 to 25 years old and is to help make things better in the local community. The award is for £300 plus training and support and it may be possible to apply for further funding if a project is going well. Successful projects in the past include transforming an abandoned garden into a vibrant outdoor space. 0800 902 0250
The Rank Foundation
The Rank Foundation provides support for young people to encourage leadership amongst them. Grants are available for local community initiatives. 0207 834 7731
The Savoy Educational Trust
The Savoy Educational Trust gives grants to people entering or working in the hospitality industry, or charities offering hospitality related education projects. Either scholarships of £5,500 to young people to help with their training or grants up to £500 to purchase items such as books, uniform and kitchen equipment e.g. knives. Initial contact/request for funding should be made in writing. 0207 269 9692
Starbucks Youth Action
UK Youth and Starbucks have launched Starbucks Youth Action, a programme that offers grants of up to £2,000 to young people wanting to improve their own communities. Starbucks Youth Action aims to encourage and inspire a generation of young people to take action and create positive local change. The programme provides training, support and funding to young people from 10 cities in the UK and Ireland. If you are 16 to 24 (or know someone who is) and have an idea that would benefit your community you can apply for grants of up to £2,000, plus volunteer time from Starbucks staff, to make that idea a reality. To see some examples of the kinds of projects that are funded, click here. For further information or support, please contact Liz Ablett at UK Youth on [email protected] or 07872 415 351
The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making trust which supports voluntary and community groups working in any part of the UK. They particularly want to help smaller, community-led organisations which work directly with people who are at the margins of society: organisations which support positive changes in people’s lives and in their communities. 0207 727 8522
Turn 2 Us
Turn2us exists to help people access the money available to them – through benefits, grants and other financial help.
Their free, accessible website has been designed to help people find appropriate sources of financial support, quickly and easily, based on their particular needs and circumstances. 0808 802 2000
University Grants
University Grants have compiled a selection of organisations that offer funding of this nature.
UnLtd Sports Relief Awards
UnLtd Sports Relief Awards are for 11- to 21-year-olds who want to tackle conflicts in their communities by using sport to bring people together. Funding of up to £1,000 is available for entrepreneurial young people. Help reduce violence in your area by getting young people to channel their energies into football or organise a skateboarding competition. 0207 566 1100
Vcashpoint
vcashpoint is a funding initiative for young people aged 16 to 25 who have got an idea for a London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games inspired volunteering project to improve the local community. Apply for a grant of up to £2,500 from vcashpoint to bring the idea to life.
Vocalise
Vocalise runs an open grants programme (£5,000 to £20,000) which encourages music-making for children and young people aged five to 18 (or up to 25 for those with special education needs, disabilities or in detention). 0207 902 1060
The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers
The Worshipful Company of Furniture Makers runs many charitable activities involving support and careers in the British furniture making industry. Please contact them for more information. 0207 256 5558
The Yapp Charitable Trust
The Yapp Charitable Trust make grants for running costs and salaries to small registered charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work. 0191 4922118