Funding - Health and Wellbeing
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LNER Customer & Community Investment Fund (CCIF)
The fund has three main priorities: Better for People; Better for Places and Better for Planet.
The LNER Customer & Community Investment Fund (CCIF) is designed to support charities and community projects located within 15 miles of the LNER route in England and Scotland. It focuses on funding small to medium-sized initiatives that have a positive impact on people, places, or the planet. The fund has three main priorities: promoting equality, diversity, inclusion, and mental health under “Better for People”; supporting the development of skilled, inclusive, and thriving communities under “Better for Places”; and encouraging environmental sustainability through conservation, waste reduction, and reuse under “Better for Planet”.
Applicants can request up to £10,000, and requests for higher amounts will not be considered. The fund gives preference to smaller charities over larger ones. Applications must clearly explain the project’s purpose, how the need was identified, what the grant will be used for, and how success will be measured. A high-level monthly timeline and budget breakdown are also required. Projects must be completed, and funds spent, within the financial year in which the grant is awarded. For further questions, applicants can contact CCIF@lner.co.uk.
Application window closes – 25th August 2025
Alzheimer's Research UK - Inspire Fund
Funding for innovative projects that engage the public on topic of dementia
Grants are available for public engagement projects led by groups within or outside the research community that will tackle misconceptions around dementia and promote the importance of dementia research.
The Inspire Fund provides funding for innovative projects that engage and empower the public by improving understanding of dementia and sharing the benefits of dementia research. The funders aim to create and nurture relationships between communities, researchers, creatives and other potential applicants. Projects must engage with underserved audiences on the topic of dementia, such as minority ethnic communities, marginalised or socioeconomically disadvantaged groups.
For this call, seed funding is available to new grant holders, in grants of up to £5,000 per project.
The deadline for applications to the 2025 seed fund call is 8 September 2025 (5pm)
REACH North East
Supporting people in the North East to move more
REACH financially supports local groups, organisations and individuals aiming to make a lasting difference to people’s health and wellbeing by experiencing and enjoying the benefits of physical activity. We want to help people of all ages improve their physical, mental and social health, feel connected to their community and develop skills that will benefit them throughout life.
Up to £5000 is available to support projects based in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Durham, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland providing opportunities for others to MOVE MORE. Grants are split into two different funding options depending on the type of project you want support with: Get Moving and Keep Moving.
The trustees meet three times each year to review applications. The next deadline is 31st October
Pilgrim Trust
Supporting young women's mental health
The Pilgrim Trust’s Young Women in Mind programme is open for applications from 12 May. They set up the programme to help improve the mental health of women aged 16-25 in the UK. Their grants go to organisations that increase young women’s access to high quality, age and gender specific mental health services. Charities need to be working in North East England or Yorkshire and Humber.
The deadline for stage one applications will be: 7 July and for stage two: 22 August. Final decisions will be made in November.
Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation Community Grants
The Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation is committed to giving back to local communities
The Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation established by Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP in April 2017. Their charitable objectives are broad and open to changing. The Foundation is focusing on the following themes for their 2024/25 cycle: Climate action and environmental protection, LGBTQ+ inclusion, supporting inclusion of individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds, Increasing women’s opportunities in life and work, Disability and neurodiversity inclusion, and Mental health and wellbeing support.
They accept applications from registered charities across the UK, although will generally prioritise projects operating within their local communities. The maximum one-off grant size is £5,000.
Applications accepted at any time
