Bradford Council is offering a further round of Local Friendship Support Grants of between £250 - £2,000 and £2,000-£5,000 to local groups to enable them to become more accessible and offer new opportunities to people living with dementia and/or sensory impairments. This funding could be spent on, but is not limited to, activities, events or equipment. It could also be used to set up a new group or help your existing group become more established. Further details of the criteria can be found in the application guidance.

Please note: If you have already successfully applied for a previous round of this funding you are welcome to apply again. You cannot submit the same application but may build on a previous application or apply for something different.

Groups / organisations are welcome to apply for both elements (dementia or sensory impairment); separate application forms will need to be completed for each element.

To be successful, applications must focus on the benefit you could have to people living with dementia and their carers and/or people with sensory impairments. However, your group does not need to only support these cohorts.

We are hosting two workshops to further explain how you can access these grants and offer support with applications. Anyone is welcome to attend these sessions.

Local Friendship Grants Workshop for groups supporting people living with dementia and their carers:

A workshop to give further information on the grants process, the criteria and how to apply

• Tuesday 25th February 2025, 10:30 am – 12:30 pm
• CNet, 10 Mornington Villas, Bradford, BD8 7HB

There is an option to join this meeting online, via Teams.

To book a place at this workshop, please email grants@cnet.org.uk.

Local Friendship Grants Workshop for Groups supporting those with sensory impairments:

A workshop to give further information on the grants process, the criteria and how to apply (please note there will be a BSL interpreter at this session)

• Thursday 6th March 2025, 11:00 am – 1:00 pm
• Morley Street Resource Centre, 124 Morley Street, Bradford, BD7 1BB

There is an option to join this meeting online, via Teams.

To book a place at the Sensory Impairment specific workshop, email or phone the Sensory Needs Service Reception at sns.general@bradford.gov.uk or on 01274 435001.

The guidance notes and application form are available to download below.

Video and audio guidance is available; please email grants@cnet.org.uk to request.

Deadlines for applications

£2,000-£5,000: Thursday 20th March 2025, 12 noon

£250-£2,000: Tuesday 22nd April 2025, 12 noon

Clarification Log

Q. Do these grants cover the Skipton / Craven area?
A. No, as this falls outside of Bradford District.

Q. Do the grants cover the visual and auditory impairments / challenges that can be a feature of autism spectrum disorder?
A. No, in these grants ‘sensory impairment’ refers to a person having a visual and/or hearing impairment and/or who is Deaf.

Community Cycle Training Grants

Up to £5000 available to deliver cycle training to local communities within the Bradford District with the aim of making more people confident to cycle, and ultimately replacing some car journeys with journeys on bike.

Download the guidance notes and application below.

Closing date: Friday 14 June 2024, 12 noon.

Grants up to £10,000 available.

Bradford Active Travel Social Prescribing also known as “Travel Well – walk, wheel and cycle” is looking to support everyday journeys to improve health and wellbeing through being active. The aim is to support organic and community led initiatives to enable active everyday journeys, walking, wheeling or cycling, part of which, may include public transport.

Download the application pack for further details and to apply.

Closing date for applications: Friday 14 June 2024, 12 noon.

Community Led Gardening & Growing Grants

Grants up to £2000 available

The Community Led Gardening and Food Growing Small Grants scheme is funded by Bradford Council Public Health to improve the mental health and wellbeing of Bradford District citizens.

The aim is to support projects focused on key priorities relating to the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy for Bradford and Airedale 2018-2023 and the Good Food Strategy 2022 (Bradford-District-Good-Food-Strategy-Full_version.pdf (mylivingwell.co.uk) which encourages community food growing. 

The scheme will fund new or existing community gardening & food growing projects, working with adults, children and young people or undertake inter-generational work.

The application form and guidance notes can be downloaded below.

Deadline for applications: 4th of March 2024, 12noon

Community Health Development (CHD) Grants - LGBTQ+ 

Grants available from £7,500 - £15,000

The Community Health Development (CHD) Grants – LGBTQ+ are funded by the Living Well Service, Public Health, Bradford Council and aim to award one or two groups / organisations who are passionate about reducing health inequalities, promoting health and wellbeing and representing the voice of the LGBTQ+ community across the Bradford District.

Deadline for applications: Monday 4 December 2023, 12 noon

Mental Wellbeing Grants

£500 - £10,000 available

The Mental Wellbeing Grants are funded by Public Health, Bradford Council to improve the mental wellbeing of the District’s citizens. The grants will fund new or emerging areas of work tailored towards adults aged 18 and over.

The grants will prioritise funding for projects that help people in the priority groups to connect with others, be active, learn, give and take notice, as well as be in green spaces.

Priority groups (adults):

• Adults who are lacking support, with a focus on those most in need and susceptible to poor well-being outcomes, as well as on low incomes.
• Those aged 18+ who have been in care, or from a looked-after background, at any stage in their life.
• Adults living with long term conditions, bereaved, having problems with relationships or struggling with addiction.
• Other populations who may have poorer mental health outcomes and face additional support barriers for example middle aged men, BAME populations, LGBTQ+, people living with a disability and people seeking asylum.

**We are looking for community groups and organisations to connect with each other to develop new projects to improve people’s mental wellbeing.**

Closing date for applications: 12noon, Friday 16th June 2023.

Please read the guidance notes before applying.  

The application form and guidance notes can be downloaded below.

Adverse Childhood Experiences, Trauma & Resilience (ATR) Grants

The ATR grants are funded by the Adversity, Trauma and Resilience (ATR) Programme, Public Health, Bradford Council and progress of each grant will be monitored by the ATR Families and Communities sub group.

The purpose of the grants are to invest in four projects that will inform the development of an ATR Implementation Plan including community engagement activities that raise awareness of adverse childhood experience, trauma and resilience and plan a communications, marketing and an awareness campaign that can be scaled up for district wide roll out.

1: Community insight research and evaluation - £23,750

2: Community Awareness Raising - £20,000

3: Awareness Raising Campaign - £20, 000

4: Safe Spaces - £10,000

Applications from smaller grass roots community organisations and applications which foster and support innovative ways of working together are strongly encouraged.

**Organisations may apply for one or more of the grants. Please note a separate application is required for each grant.**

Closing date for applications: Wednesday 31 May 2023, 12noon

Guidance notes and the application form can be downloaded below.

Community Health Development Grants

£5,000 - £15,000 available

The Community Health Development (CHD) Grants are funded by the Living Well Service, Public Health Bradford Council and aim to award up to 10 small groups / organisations who are passionate about reducing health inequalities, promoting health and wellbeing and representing the voice of defined community of interest groups across the Bradford District.

Communities of interest groups to be supported (including but not limited to) are:

• Asylum seekers and refugees
• South Asian community, men & women over 50 years
• Black community, such as those who identify themselves as African
• Black community, such as those who identify themselves as Caribbean, Dominican etc.
• Eastern European communities, such as those from Roma
• Gypsy & Traveller community
• LGBTQ+ community
• Communities experiencing poverty and/or unemployment
• Carers
• Care experienced young adults / care leavers

We would like to ensure that the grant programme addresses wider determinants of health with a key focus on the communities of interest. The golden thread across the grant delivery will be to reach out to marginalised groups and less heard voices. Applicants are welcome to partner with other organisations working with their specific community of interest to create a joint bid.

Closing date for applications: Monday 5th June 2023, 12 noon

The guidance notes and application form can be downloaded below.

The Antisocial Behaviour (ASB) Small Grants scheme is funded by the District Community Safety Partnership to empower communities to tackle antisocial behaviours in our communities.

Small grants of up to £1500 will be available for grassroots community organisations and groups to run anti-social behaviour initiatives.

The aim is to support projects that tackle behaviours that cause or are likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to any persons not of the same household, particularly:

• Personal antisocial behaviour – when a person targets a specific individual or group
• Nuisance antisocial behaviour – when a person causes trouble, annoyance or suffering to a community

Please read the guidance notes to check you are eligible to apply.

Closing date for applications: 12 noon Monday 6th March 2023.

Both the guidance notes and application form can be downloaded below.

Suicide Prevention Grants

The Suicide Prevention Small Grants Scheme is funded by Bradford Council Public Health to improve support and positive wellbeing of Bradford citizens. The scheme will fund new or emerging areas of work tailored towards adults aged 18 and over. 

The aim is to support projects that reflect key priorities of the West Yorkshire Health and Care Partnership Suicide Prevention Plan and the Bradford District Suicide Prevention Plan.

Applications are invited from projects that address the following priorities:

1: Reduce the risk of suicide in key high-risk groups

2: Tailor approaches to improve mental health and wellbeing in specific groups

3: Improve Self Harm support interventions

The following grants are available:

1. Up to £20,000 – 1 to 2 project grants: direct suicide prevention support groups for men (group and support might not be titled ‘suicide support’ but they must be clearly targeted. People who reach very low points in their life often reach for things that provide emotional relief and that make them feel good). Must include district wide communications plan by recipients.
2. Up to £20,000 – 1 to 2 project grants: self-harm intervention and support. Must include district wide communications plan by recipients (may include children as the beneficiary or focus).
3. Up to £20,000 – 1 to 2 project grants: men struggling to have healthy relationships (relationship skills and support, not individual counselling). Must include district wide communications plan by recipients.

The full budget for the suicide prevention grants is £60,000, this means that between 3-6 projects could be successful. If you choose to make a larger application, please consider also including a budget for the smaller amount of £10,000 to increase your chances of success.

The grant is open to community groups, registered charities, voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises based in or working across Bradford District.

Applications with supporting documentation must be submitted by 12noon on Friday 13th of January 2023.

Download the guidance notes and application form below.