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Do It for East Yorkshire Community Grant 2025-2026

The Do It for East Yorkshire Community Grant 2025-2026 is now open to applications for activities delivered to the end of January 2026.

Awards can be made between £1,500 and £5,000 plus up to £10,000 for capital projects only. All projects up to £10,000 need to have 5% match funding.

Please note: this round encourages applications from groups who have NOT previously applied to the grant.

If you have previously applied, you are able to apply again with a different project, however, applications from new groups will be prioritised first.

Applications from new groups will be assessed on a rolling basis up until 31 July 2025. Applications from other groups will be assessed after this date if the fund allocation has not been reached.

Please read the guidance notes to help you with your application.

An expression of interest will need to be submitted to check for eligibility.

How to apply: please visit the Do it for East Yorkshire website and click on the Apply for the grant button to access Flexigrant, the council's online grant management system. Applicants who have not previously applied to the council for grant funding via Flexi-Grant® will need to register their details at  https://eastridingofyorkshirecouncil.flexigrant.com/

Closing date: Tuesday 31 July 2025 12 noon

For more information and to discuss your project, please contact the Local Growth Team : localgrowth@eastriding.gov.uk

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust - North of England

The funding aims to support smaller charities and good causes in the north of England to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet. 

Grants range from £500 to £25,000.  

The amount of grant depends on the type of not-for-profit legal structure:  

  • Applicants that are not formally registered as a charity with the Charity Commission can apply for between £500 and £2,500 in funding. These grants are intended for constituted organisations with no charity number, excepted and exempted charities and companies limited by guarantee with an asset lock;  
  • Applicants that are registered with the Charity Commission and can provide a charity number can apply for between £500 and £25,000 in funding. These grants are intended for community interest companies with an asset lock (schedule 1 and 2 only), community benefit societies, and charities registered with the Charity Commission. 

As funding rounds are always oversubscribed, priority will be given to charities and good causes which meet some or all of the following criteria:  

  • Funding for organisations with an annual income of £250,000 and below;  
  • Funding for communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Index of Multiple Deprivation;  
  • Funding for groups that are specifically set up to support people from the following minority/marginalised groups - Communities, Experiencing Racial Inequity, Disabled people, LGBT+ people. 

The funding is for projects in the North of England that have a clear alignment with one of the Trust's 2025 themes:  

  • Enabling participation in physical activity;   
  • Enabling participation in the arts;   
  • Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency;   
  • Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors;   
  • Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty;     
  • Providing support to improve mental health;   
  • Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality.

The funding offered is unrestricted and therefore flexible. It can be used however it is most needed.     

The funding should be spent within 18 months. 

Round 2 opens 24 June and closes 1 July 2025. 

Round 3:  dates to be confirmed later in 2025 

Applications open at 9am and close at 12 noon.  

Application forms will be available on the Trust’s website when each funding round opens.  

The 2025 funding guide and 2025 application questions are available on the Trust’s website.  

Contact the Postcode Neighbourhood Trust for further information: Enquiries,Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, 28 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, EH2 4ET 

Tel: 0131 322 9390  E-Mail: info@postcodeneighbourhoodtrust.org.uk 

Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund 2025-26

Capital grants are available for village halls in rural areas across England to enhance, upgrade, extend, improve, and construct halls so that, as a result, new activities can take place bringing communities together.

The Fund was established in 2022 as the Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund to mark the occasion of Her Late Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee in May 2022.

The Main Grants Fund is provided by the Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) and administered by the charity Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE).

The funding aims to support the modernisation and improvement of village halls, so that they are fit for purpose and can provide activities which seek to achieve one or more of the following outcomes for their communities:

  • Improved health and/or wellbeing and/or reduction in rural loneliness.
  • Positive impact on the local environment, contributes towards net zero.
  • Support for the local rural economy.
  • Promotion of community cohesion.

Grants of between £7,500 and £75,000 are available. The grant will be 20% of the capital project costs including the VAT. Applicants must be able to identify where the 80% is being sourced from. The minimum project costs are £37,500. There is no upper limit but the maximum grant is £75,000. All invoices must be submitted, any other requirements met and grants drawn down by 31 March 2026.

Match funding of up to 80% is required. Projects cannot use funds from the Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) as part of their 80% contribution.

To be eligible, the village hall must:

  • Be charity owned and managed by the community.
  • Be located in a town or village with a population of 10,000 or less people.
  • Have a freehold or leasehold in place. If a leasehold interest, there must be at least 21 years left to run on the lease.

How to apply: There is a two-stage application process. Organisations successful at Stage One will be invited to submit a Stage 2 application form and details of their local ACRE member.

Applicants are expected to work with their local ACRE member on their Stage 2 application. There is currently no set deadline for Stage 1 applications, though if oversubscribed, ACRE will close the applications. ACRE will process Stage 1 applications in the order of receipt.

All relevant documents, including fund criteria, faqs, preview of application questions and the online Stage 1 application form can be found on ACRE’s website.

For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:

Enquiries, Action with Communities in Rural England (ACRE), The Quadrangle, Woodstock, Oxfordshire, OX20 1LH

Tel: 01285 653477 E-Mail: villagehallsfund@acre.org.uk

Improving green spaces and the local environment

Bupa Foundation: Green Community Grants

The Bupa Foundation in partnership with Groundwork UK are delivering a Green Community Grants programme, offering up to £2,000 to charities, non-fee paying schools and not-for-profits to improve green spaces.

Examples of eligible projects include:

  • Improving green spaces for community activities to improve wellbeing 
  • Tree planting to improve air quality and biodiversity 
  • A school wanting to create an outdoor classroom, forest school or natural playground 
  • A community group who would like to create or improve an allotment to be more sustainable and healthy 
  • Creation or adaptation of a green space to make it more accessible 
  • Creation of a ‘pocket park’, bringing more greenery into cities for wellbeing 

For more information, visit: Bupa Foundation Green Community Grants

The deadline for applications is 30th June 2025.

National Lottery Awards for All England - Environment

The National Lottery Community Fund are supporting community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.

You can use the funding to:

  • start a new activity or continue an existing one;   
  • help your organisation adapt to new challenges;   
  • run one-off events that have a clear environmental benefit.

Eligible projects include:

  • helping people connect with and care for nature in their area;   
  • making a positive difference to the environment

Funding is suitable for voluntary, statutory or community organisations.

Funding ranges from £300 - £20,000 for up to 2 years.

The application window is open from 25th June - 17th December 2025.

For more information, visit: National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment | The National Lottery Community Fund

HEY Smile's Community Development

HEY Smile’s Community Development Team - HEY Smile Foundation - is supported by East Riding of Yorkshire Council to help charities and community groups in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The service is completely free and includes practical help and support including: 

  • Anything to do with managing a group or charity whether it’s a start-up or an existing trust 
  • Managing finances, looking for grants and offering guidance with grant applications on their Beecan funding portal 
  • Recruiting and supporting volunteers  Helping you to find and undertake training 
  • Linking and networking to other likeminded organisations 

You can access the free support from the team by emailing  hello@heysmilefoundation.org 

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Success Stories

Organisation: Hey Smile Foundation

'Though we haven't benefited directly from this site financially, the site is a fantastic FREE resource for VCSE groups we work with across the East Riding to use and access. The personal alerts in particular are a great feature.'

Organisation: East Riding Astronomers

Amount funded: £2500

Funding organisation: National Lottery Fund

'On the 14th July 2021 the National Lottery Fund granted funding of £2,500 to East Riding Astronomers to establish a Home for Astronomer as part of the Local Connections Fund Round 2. The application by ERA had been to purchase and fit out a 20’ shipping container. Once completed the container was established as a hub for Club activities and in part has been responsible for the growth of the club from 10 members to over 30.'

Useful Links and Information

Application portal homepage - East Riding of Yorkshire Council (flexigrant.com):  the council’s corporate grant management system where you can register as a user and apply for grants. 

How to do it for East Yorkshire:  a range of online resources to provide organisations with a ‘one-stop shop’ for advice and guidance. 

Social Value Engine (SVE): an online tool which helps organisations measure their social value and translate it into a monetary figure. If your organisation is based in the East Riding of Yorkshire, please contact  localgrowth@eastriding.gov.uk  for more information. 

East Riding Intelligence Hub: provides you with facts and figures to support your funding application. 

Warm Homes Healthy People - East Riding : a new fully funded project where the residents within the East Riding can access independent advice and advocacy support around energy costs and heating a home. To refer yourself or someone else for advice, please visit https://yorkshireenergydoctor.org.uk/contact/

If you are involved with a community group or support vulnerable residents, the project can attend community venues to provide information and advice around staying safe, warm and well - for more information, please contact kate@yorkshireenergydoctor.org.uk or call 07738818391

Wind Farms: funds currently open

Burton Pidsea Wind Farm Community Fund - Under £10k (closing date 31/07/2025)

Burton Pidsea Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £1,000) "Please note - applications to the Burton Pidsea Wind Farm Community Fund Small Grants are temporarily closed and may re-open in the autumn of 2025 subject to funding."

Goole Fields Wind Farms Community Fund - Under £10k

Goole Fields Wind Farm Community Fund - Over £10k

Goole Field Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £5000)

Routh Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £1,000) "Please note - applications to the Routh Wind Farm Community Fund Small Grants are temporarily closed and may re-open in the autumn of 2025 subject to funding."

Sancton Hill Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £600) 

Spaldington Wind Farm Community Fund Over £10k (closing date 21/07/2025) 

Spaldington Wind Farm Community Fund Under £10k (closing date 21/07/2025) 

Spaldington Wind Farm Small Grants Fund (closing date 21/07/2025)

Tedder Hill Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £1,000) 

Twin Rivers Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £2,000) 

Withernwick Wind Farm Community Fund - Over £10k

Withernwick Wind Farm Community Fund - Under £10k

Withernwick Wind Farm Small Grants (up to £1,500)

Applications to all funds can be made online only within the Flexi-Grant system: Application portal homepage - East Riding of Yorkshire Council (flexigrant.com)

If you have any queries, please contact the fund by email: ruralfunding@eastriding.gov.uk

Community Vision

ERVAS is now part of Community Vision

Promoting, Developing and Supporting Voluntary Activity within the Community.

Community Vision are an infrastructure support organisation and local development agency covering the whole of East Riding of Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. They support and develop local voluntary sector groups and organisations across the area, with the focus of strengthening their delivery and building resilience within communities. Community Vision is also part of a wider network of infrastructure organisations across the UK through their membership of NAVCA. They strive to empower and support local organisations, and their support is not limited to members, but anyone that needs help.

Community Vision provide a wide range of support so whatever your needs, please feel free to contact them via their website https://communityvision.org.uk/ or by emailing office@communityvision.org.uk.


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The Social Activity Fund

Opportunity for Charities and Community Groups based in Bridlington or surrounding area.

The Bridlington Men In Sheds Charity has now closed and would like to leave a lasting legacy to other charities by providing small grants to VCS groups offering similar activities.

If you are a voluntary organisation that benefits predominantly men, that would benefit from social activities to combat loneliness, improve mental health, support through depression, reduce isolation in the Bridlington or surrounding area, you could be eligible for a grant of up to £1,000.

If you would like to know more about how you can be part of the legacy please contact ERVAS and speak to either Devan Witter or Judith Leech.

Application forms and guidelines are available by contacting  judith.leech@communityvision.org.uk, devan.witter@communityvision.org.uk or telephone 01482 871 077 or write to: The Social Activity Fund, Community VISION, Morley’s Cottage, Morley’s Yard, Walkergate, Beverley, HU17 9BY.