Funding opportunities are available from a host of sources to help clubs and counties provide training and development initiatives for their members.
You can also apply for cash to help with club resources such as coaching, equipment and one-off projects.
Some of the help can be applied for year-round, while other funds are available only for a short time so visit regularly to see what money might be available to help with activities in your club or county.
Help and advice during spending cuts
Cuts Watch
The Cuts Watch organisation offers support to the third sector through spending cuts.
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The Prince's Countryside Fund
The Prince’s Countryside Fund is a unique collaboration of brands and businesses working together to secure a sustainable future for British agriculture and the wider rural economy.
Tthe next round of Funding goes live on Monday 18 April for one month.
Permanent funding streams
Awards for All
Awards for All offer grants of between £300 and £10,000 for projects that improve communities, and the lives of people within them.
BIG lottery fund
CLA Charitable Trust
The CLA trust gives grants and awards that focus on smaller projects where the grant makes a real contribution to the success of that project.
Comic Relief
Comic relief fund a variety of projects with young people nationally. The grants vary between £25,000 and £40,000 per year and are given to larger groups so it may be beneficial to apply as a county federation or even an area.
Funding Central
Funding central is a database of hundreds of funders that give money to voluntary organisations like YFCs. If you have a project idea in mind why not search to see any current funding streams match your criteria.
FunderFinder's website
FunderFinder is a small UK charity producing software and other resources, mainly for grant-seekers. They specialise in information and advice about charitable trusts and foundations that fund in the UK.
Garfield Weston Foundation
GRANT finder
GRANT finder is the UK's leading grants and policy database and includes details of more than 6,000 funding opportunities. GRANT finder subscribers include local authorities, the voluntary and charitable sector, universities and colleges, housing associations, the health sector and business support organisations.
Grassroots grants
Grants offered are between £250 and £5,000.
Government Funding
Search for funding for the voluntary and community sector from 150 Local Authorities using this new Local Authority Funder Finder.
Heritage and young people
Heritage Lottery Fund Young Roots is designed to engage young people aged 13-25 with their heritage is currently undersubscribed. Young Roots projects stem directly from the interest and ideas of young people, who are supported by youth and heritage organisations to develop skills, build confidence, and connect with their local communities. The programme budget is £3000 to £25,000.
Hilton in the Community Foundation
The Hilton in the Community Foundation supports projects within the UK and Ireland that focus on young people and education, and young people and health. The 2011 deadlines for applications are 3 May, 2 August and 18 October.
Lantra LandSkills funding
Lantra's LandSkills projects can fund skills development, knowledge transfer and training.
National Lottery
The National Lottery manages many funding streams and has created a website that searches them for you to ensure that you are applying for funding that is specific to your group.
Naturesave Trust
The Naturesave Trust was set up in 1995 to fund specific environmental and conservation projects throughout the UK.
O2 It's Your Community awards
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to local groups and individuals to support projects that bring people together and benefit the community.
RABI Gateway project
This project aims to help individuals who want to supplement their income from outside the farm.
Sport England
Sport England has many funding streams that that can be used to buy equipment, pay for tuition or to start up new sporting activities.
Funded by Comic Relief, the UK wide funding programme is for 11-21-year-olds prepared to use their passion for sport and arts to bring respect and understanding to their communities by setting up their own projects.
YouthBank UK
YouthBank UK is a national grantmaking initiative run by young people for young people. Local YouthBanks provide small grants to projects led by young people, to help benefit the community.
Youth music grant programme
The Youth Music Open Programme is now available for organisations wishing to apply for grants of between £5,000 to £30,000.
Youth Opportunities Fund
Funded activities must support the five Every Child Matters outcomes, benefit the local community and offer good value for money.
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
Grants for travel.
