The Community Development Foundation (CDF) is seeking applications from organisations in England to manage the delivery of the £130 million Grassroots Grants programme in their area.
The Tesco Charity Trust has made a grant of £2,000 a partnership of Mencap, Mendip District Council and the Beckery Resource Centre in Glastonbury to provide courses for people with learning disabilities to improve their fitness and develop their own leisure skills. The grant came from the Trust's community awards scheme.
The Hospital Saturday Fund has donated £5,000 the Motor Neurone Disease Association (MNDA).
The donation was received by Lembit Opik to MP Lembit Opik, President of MDNA, who said: "Every penny of the money given by HSF will be matched by the Government. So, in effect, this is a £10,000 contribution to the search for a cure".
The City of London Corporation's The City Bridge Trust has made a £77,250 grant to The Pumphouse Education Trust in Southwark. The grant will be made over three years to help with the running costs of an environmental sustainability programme for pre-school and primary school children and their families.
The Big Lottery Fund has granted £41.5 million to 84 projects across England that support networks for carers and people with disabilities. The awards are part of the Fund's BASIS programme that aims to increase the effectiveness of the Third Sector through the provision of expert, consistent and sustainable services.
BBC Children in Need and The Hunter Foundation have announced 'Positive Destinations', a £2 million UK-wide grants programme aimed at supporting innovative and effective projects that could deliver positive outcomes to some of the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK.
The Mentor UK CHAMP Awards are offering awards of £20,000 to projects in schools and communities and other young people-led projects in Great Britain that are helping prevent youngsters of 14 and under from misusing alcohol.
The awards, also know as the national Promoting Children's
