Local Grants & Support
| Alderman Newton’s Educational Foundation | Offering financial support to individuals and schools to help people access education or training opportunities. |
| Coalville Special Expenses Community Grant | To support and encourage a range of community activities, initiatives and events that meet the needs of residents in these wards: Coalville, Bardon, Snibston, Thringstone and Greenhill. |
| Council for Voluntary Service (CVS): Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (VAL) | Voluntary Action LeicesterShire (VAL) is a charity that helps people in local communities to change their lives for the better, through direct service delivery and by supporting the local voluntary and community sector. |
| Creative Learning Services | CLS offers an annual modular service that enables you to create the package that meets your school’s needs and budget. |
| North West Leicestershire Sport & Physical Activity Alliance | Check the website for funding for sport and physical activity, from the North West Leicestershire Sport & Physical Activity Alliance. |
| Leicester Museums & Galleries | They engage with a variety of activities including running learning sessions, community outreach, exciting volunteering opportunities plus health and well being programmes. |
| Leicestershire & Rutland Gardens Trust | Grants provided to help schools and parents encourage children to love gardens and landscapes, through visits and hands-on gardening activities. |
| Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation | They create and manage personally named and directed charitable Funds for, families, agencies and individuals cross Leicestershire and Rutland. All Community Foundations (UK) |
| Leicestershire Holiday Activities and Food Programme | It is specifically targeted to offer provision to children who are eligible for benefits-related Free School Meals, for four hours a day, four days a week during the identified holiday periods. |
| North West Leicestershire District Council | Community Groups Grants and Funding. |
| Out of school funding | For children with additional needs, who live in Leicestershire and would like to attend an Out of School setting. |
| Recycling for Leicestershire Schools | Working with schools to promote recycling and related waste management issues. They have resources available for nursery, primary and secondary schools. |
| SHIRE Community Grant | Enables voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver community-based projects, services and activities which help to improve the lives of vulnerable people in Leicestershire. |
| Wild Forest School project | Provides fun, engaging opportunities for children, some of whom have never had the chance to explore the outdoors – to experience the natural world and discover nature through a range of wild activities. |
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Local service organisations |
Find your local Lions Club or Rotary Club. Tip: For Lions Club, search using town names for the most accurate results. |
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National retailers' local branches |
National retailers can also assist local schools. Please reach out to your local branches for the following retailers: The Asda Foundation, Co-op (Local Community Fund), Pets At Home, Tesco Community Grants, The WHSmith Trust (Community Grants), Wickes Community Programme |
| Supermarket Community Champions |
Online contact/email: ASDA Visit in person: Aldi, Co-op, Iceland, Lidl, Marks & Spencer–M&S store locator, Morrisons, Sainsbury’s, SPAR–SPAR store locator, Tesco-Tesco store locator, Waitrose |
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The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK. Review successful grant awards from your local area(s), below: Blaby, Charnwood, Harborough, Hinkley and Bosworth, Leicester, Melton, North West Leicestershire, Oadby and Wigston |
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Looking for more grants?Subscribe to the FundEd grants database along with the PTA+ magazine |
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- Think we’ve missed one? Email the PTA+ team at editorial@pta.co.uk to share your local information.
Below you will find links to a directory of local suppliers and your regional Facebook group.
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