Core Grant Fund

The McCarthy Stone foundation awards unrestricted core funding to grassroots charitable organisations, who have people over 65 at the heart of their work.

Funding is only available to registered charities and community groups. Grants of up to £7,500 are available. If you are unsure whether you should apply for core cost funding or would like further information, please get in touch here.

The John Ellerman Foundation

Supports organisations involved in arts, social action or the environment. They look for charities that have a national reach across the UK. They will support core costs or projects, depending on what is most needed, their grants can be used as matched funding.

The three main grant categories are open all year around and you can apply at anytime.

Find out more here

"We seek to learn from the grants we make. That means hearing about the outcomes and understanding why some do not go to plan."

Download our latest Funding Guidelines 2023/24

Go London Fund

Funds projects that support more children and young people to take part in sport and physical activity, and that improve the sustainability of the groups delivering these activities so they can become more resilient in the future. 

• Grants of up to £40,000 for a maximum of two years (but the average grant is between £25,000 and £30,000) 
• Available for community groups and organisations trusted by underserved children and young Londoners 
• Funding can be for project-based costs, core organisational costs, or both 
• Funding can support existing projects that are already taking place. 

An information and Q&A session about the fund and the application process,  will be held at 5 p.m. on Wednesday 25th October. To attend, please register here.

Application Deadline: 2 pm, Tuesday 7th November, 2023

National Lottery Awards for All England

To support communities with the things that are important to them, including helping with the impact of the cost-of-living crisis.

You can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges.

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 the places and spaces that matter to communities
• help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
• support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.

funding from £300 to £10,000.

Deadline: Ongoing. Apply at least 16 weeks before you want to start the activities or spend any money.

On 15 November 2023 National Lottery Awards for All is changing. From that date, you will be able to:

• apply for up to £20,000
• get your project funded for up to two years

If you wish to apply for more than £10,000 apply after 15 November 2023

Find more information here

Free Google courses

For charities, particularly small organisations with limited resources, there are many free online, accredited digital skills training courses offered by Google. Topics including online marketing, engaging with customers and developing an engaging online presentation.

Find out more here

Free Half Term activities

Barnet Libraries have a fantastic programme of Creative Communities events lined up for half term to keep children entertained.

Discover the Creative Communities half term programme

Barnet Mind Courses and Workshops

Barnet Mind are providing a wide range of free online workshops and face to face courses. The courses are funded by Barnet & Southgate College and Barnet Wellbeing Service.  

Find further information on all the workshops and courses here

Adult education classes

Could you learn a new skill this winter? Try one of the adult education classes run by local colleges. The Adult Education Programme is particularly keen to attract new learners or those who have not studied for some time. Find out more from Barnet and Southgate College

There are open events taking place during November find out more here.

The African Cultural Association 

You are invited to a Free Celebration of African Culture and Tradition, with an art exhibition, traditional clothing, guest speakers, drummers, dancers and much more!

Find out more about the African Cultural Association here

When: Saturday 28 October

Time: 12.30 - 4.30pm

Where: Colindale Library, 7 Bristol Avenue, Colindale, NW9 4BR

Inter Faith Week 2023 12-19 November 2023

The Aims of the Week Are to:

• Strengthen good inter faith relations
• Increase awareness of the different and distinct faith communities in the UK, in particular celebrating and building on the contribution which their members make to their neighbourhoods and to wider society
• Increase understanding between people of religious and non-religious beliefs.

Each year, Inter Faith Week begins on Remembrance Sunday, and runs until the following Sunday. Remembrance Sunday was chosen as a start day to encourage people to remember  the contributions of all faiths and none, and to consider how best to create a just, peaceful, and harmonious world.

As part of Interfaith week Middlesex University are hosting an Eco Sustainability Fair The event is organised by Our Home Our Planet CIC together with Barnet Multi-Faith Forum, Middlesex University Inter Faith Network , North London Waste Authority, and is also part of the national week-long Inter Faith Week.

There with be sustainable gifts, stalls and opportunities to engage with local community groups. 

The event is open to ALL members of the community from all faiths and none. It is free to attend.

When: Thursday 16th November

Time: 11.30-2.30pm

Where: Middlesex University, The Burroughs, London, NW4 4BT

Book your FREE ticket for this event here

FREE Upshot Demo Sessions 

Upshot helps organisations, who make a difference, become more insight-led. Using a MEL (Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning) approach, they provide an easy-to-use online system for funders and delivers of all sizes to monitor, evaluate and learn from their data.

Barnet Together, with funding from the council, are excited to be able to offer eligible members the opportunity to use the Upshot platform for FREE for one year and at a reduced cost of £200 + VAT for the second year (following that, members will be offered a further one year at a discounted rate, before transferring to a full price Upshot membership in year 4).

Sign up for our free upcoming demo session and discover how Upshot can elevate your Monitoring & Evaluation efforts.

When: Monday 30th November 

Time: 11am - 12pm 

Book your FREE place here

Need a space to hold your workshop or meeting?

At Inclusion Barnet, we run two libraries in Barnet that have meeting rooms available for hire. 

With discounted rates for community groups, and potential to welcome up to 30 people, the spaces are flexible to suit your needs. 

Read more about hiring a library meeting room

Cost of Living Crisis

We now have a dedicated Cost of Living Crisis page on our website where we're compiling both local and national information, resources and guidance linked to the Cost of Living Crisis, and the impact on Voluntary Sector organisations. 

Do let us know if you have any activities and support that needs to be added.

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Sign up to Barnet’s voluntary sector Manifesto

Barnet Together is calling for community, voluntary, faith and social enterprise (VCFSE) groups as well as statutory organisations and businesses operating in the borough of Barnet, to sign up to the Barnet Voluntary Sector Manifesto.

The aim of the Manifesto is to create better understanding and deeper cross-sector collaboration between organisations working within Barnet. 

If you are a representative of a group, service provider or business based in or serving Barnet, then you can sign up to the Barnet Voluntary Manifesto.

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