Funding

Here you will find the latest information about funding opportunities for voluntary sector organisations in Derbyshire and Derby City.

The following Development Grants are still available from Derbyshire County Council/ NHS Derbyshire County PCT:

Voluntary Sector Development Fund. This fund is available to organisations working in Derbyshire County up to a maximum of £5000. It can be used for the redesign and development of new services.
Contact Georgina Horobin for more information about mental health related grants and to request an application form.

Voluntary Sector Contingency Fund. This fund is for voluntary organisations that are faced with unforeseen expenses that threaten services. Further details can be found here.

The following Development Grants are still available from Derby City Council/ NHS Derby City PCT:

Health & Social Care Development Fund. For further details about this fund, please click here or contact Liz Gumbley.

For more information on what is available from Derby City Council, please visit the Grant Funding pages of the Derby City Council website

Derby City Council and Derbyshire County Council offer a range of other grant funding opportunities:

For more information about what is available from Derby City Council please visit the Grant Funding pages of the Derby City Council website.

Derbyshire County Council offer a range of grants in the delivery of social, economic, health, environment and cultural services that help improve the life of many people. Visit the Funding and Grants section of the Derbyshire County Council website for more information.

Other sources of funding and funding advice:

GRANTnet is the UK's leading free to use funding database. To assist local organisations in their search for funding, Derbyshire County Council has taken out a subscription to GRANTnet. This will allow you to search the database which contains over 4000 funding opportunities from UK and European Commission sources.

The link to the GRANTnet pages of the Derbyshire County Council website is here.

Community Action Derby offers a funding advice and information service for community groups and voluntary organisations. This includes free access to the Funderfinder computer database and a range of directories and guides to funding sources.

For more information, please visit the Funding pages of the Community Action Derby website.