The Alastair James Memorial Trust
Deadline: 31/10/2023
Location: UK & Commonwealth
Grant Amount: £1,000
Project Type: General
The Alastair James Memorial Trust was established to commemorate the short life of Alastair James and celebrate the impact he had on those around him. Alastair James was the younger son of Noel (Jimmy) James OBE MC and his wife Cecilia (née Livingstone). He was born on 13 May 1954 in Oxford and was christened at St Giles Church Oxford by his great-uncle, the Rt Rev George Bell, Bishop of Chichester.
Alastair was diagnosed with leukaemia at just 6 years old, and he passed away six weeks after his diagnosis, on 15 September 1960. Whilst Alastair’s life may have been short, his legacy lives on through The Alastair James Memorial Trust which was set up in 2020, 60 years after his death.
The aims of the Alastair James Memorial Trust are to:
- Make grants to other registered charities and to community/voluntary groups throughout the United Kingdom and Commonwealth.
- Make grants to individuals at the Trustees’ discretion in circumstances where those individuals can demonstrate an unfulfilled need.
- Purchase items of equipment, including - but not restricted to – vehicles, for donation to UK and Commonwealth charities and community/voluntary groups, always provided that such equipment has been manufactured in the United Kingdom or in a Commonwealth country.
Groups can apply for a grant of up to £1,000 for their project.
Expressions of interest are now open: click here to complete the expressions of interest form
Closing date: Midday UK time on Tuesday 31st October 2023
Am I eligible to apply?
- Applications from groups and individuals welcome from Northamptonshire, the UK and Commonwealth
- You must have a set of written rules or a constitution that your group adheres to. We can help advise you on how to do this especially if you are a new group
- You must take care to ensure that young people or vulnerable people taking part in your activity do not come to any harm whilst in your care. To this end, you must have written procedures for keeping young people and/or vulnerable people safe otherwise known as a Child Protection or Vulnerable people’s policy. This will be needed as a condition of funding. If you do not have such a policy, visit our Help for Groups page to download an example.
- You must have an equalities policy in place. We have resources on our website to help with this
Please click here to view our Diversity Statement applicable to our grant awards.
If you require a word document copy of the expression of interest form, please email: san-d@ncf.uk.com to request one.
Our funds and programmes are working towards the 9 UNSDGs we have adopted into our charitable activities. For more information please click here
Project Type: General
Grant Location: UK and Commonwealth
The Alastair James Memorial Trust
The Alastair James Memorial Trust was established to commemorate the short life of Alastair James and celebrate the impact he had on those around him. Alastair James was the younger son of Noel (Jimmy) James OBE MC and his wife Cecilia (née Livingstone). He was born on 13 May 1954 in Oxford and was christened at St Giles Church Oxford by his great-uncle, the Rt Rev George Bell, Bishop of Chichester.
Deadline: 31/10/2023
Location: UK & Commonwealth
Grant Amount: £1,000
Project Type: General
The Northampton Queen's Institute Relief Fund
The Northampton Queens Institute Fund will offer one-off grants up to £5000 for projects based in Northampton that are all about improving health and wellbeing.
Deadline: 06/10/2023
Location: Northampton
Grant Amount: £5,000
Project Type: Health & Wellbeing
Margaret Giffen Community Fund
The Margaret Giffen Community Fund supports projects up to £3000 tackling disadvantage and poverty across Corby, Kettering and North Northamptonshire.
Deadline: 06/10/2023
Location: Corby, Kettering & North Northamptonshire
Grant Amount: £3,000
Project Type: Poverty
Yelvertoft Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
The Yelvertoft Wind farm Community Benefit Fund has been established to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Clay Coton, Crick, Lilbourne or Yelvertoft.
Deadline: 02/10/2023
Location: Yelvertoft, Crick, Clay Coton, Lilbourne
Grant Amount: £7,000
Project Type: General
Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
The Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has been established on behalf of Cubico Sustainable Investments to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Winwick, Cold Ashby, West Haddon and Guilsborough.
Deadline: 02/10/2023
Location: Guilsborough, West Haddon, Winwick and Cold Ashby
Grant Amount: £5,000
Project Type: General
Burton Wold Community Wind Farm Fund
The Burton Wold Community Wind Farm Fund has been established on behalf of Laing Construction to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Burton Latimer and Cranford around the wind farm site.
Deadline: 02/10/2023
Location: Burton Latimer & Cranford
Grant Amount: £5000
Project Type: General
Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire
Northamptonshire Community Foundation is delighted to launch the Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire to help build a sustainable and safe future for Northamptonshire communities.
Deadline: Rolling programme
Location: Northamptonshire
Grant Amount: £3,000
Project Type: General
KHL Big Local Community Chest Fund
The KHL Big Local – Community Chest Fund will offer grants of £250 to £5000 for projects that are all about improving the wellbeing of residents based in Kingswood and Hazel Leys in Corby.
The Fund is managed by Northamptonshire Community Foundation on behalf of the KHL Partnership. You can find out more about the activities of the KHL Partnership here or follow them on Twitter.
Deadline: Rolling programme
Location: Kingswood & Hazel Leys (Corby)
Grant Amount: £250 - £5000
Project Type: General
New Albion Community Wind Farm Fund
The New Albion Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund has been established on behalf of New Albion Wind Limited to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Rushton and Pipewell.
The fund will support a range of charitable, educational, environmental and general community amenity projects to benefit residents in the local community around the wind farm site.
Deadline: 29/09/2023
Location: Rushton & Pipewell
Grant Amount: £10,000
Project Type: General
Northamptonshire Federation of Disability Sport (NFDS) Fund
The Northamptonshire Federation of Disability Sport Fund is a bursary scheme designed to support the county’s sports clubs, groups and non-profit organisations.
The fund will offer grants of up to £1,000 for sport activities catering for any disability, sensory impairment and/or mental health problem.
Deadline: 06/10/2023
Location: Northamptonshire
Grant Amount: £1,000
Project Type: Disability in sport
The Robert Horne Employee Fund
The Horne Foundation in partnership with Northamptonshire Community Foundation have established The Robert Horne Employee Fund. This fund aims to provide a level of support for any former employee of the Robert Horne Group who may be experiencing financial hardship and especially during the current challenging financial climate for local residents.
Deadline: Rolling programme
Location: UK & Commonwealth
Grant Amount: £5,000
Project Type: Individual
John Chard-Young Legacy Fund
The John Chard-Young Legacy Fund is a bursary scheme providing Adrenaline Alley sporting, Active In Motion (A.I.M) Health & Wellness Centre and counselling sessions to help improve the overall wellbeing of those in need. John Chard-Young was the co-founder and inspiration behind Adrenaline Alley, one of Europe’s largest indoor BMX and Skateboard Parks and safe space for those interested in urban sports.
Deadline: Rolling programme
Location: Northamptonshire
Grant Amount: Sport & wellbeing sessions
Project Type: Wellbeing
St. Giles Charitable Trust Fund
St Giles Charitable Trust is working towards United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 1: No Poverty.
We are calling on projects to apply to the St Giles Charitable Trust for up to £5000 for targeted activity addressing poverty in Northampton.
Deadline: 30/10/2023
Location: Northampton
Grant Amount: £5000
Project Type: No Poverty