Grants up to £30,000 for projects that support and empower children and young people who are blind and vision impaired with the tools to live independent and fulfilling lives.
Projects need to build social, digital and self-advocacy skills, so that children and young people who are vision impaired feel connected with each other, with their sighted peers, and with the wider communities around them.
Registered charities, CIO, CIC’s and Companies Ltd by guarantee and exempt charities can apply.
Applicants must directly support people who are blind and vision impaired or people at risk of losing sight.
Fight For Sight is keen to hear from organisations of all sizes that are based in the community, people-powered, and are working to achieve local change.
Grants of up to £750 are available from McCarthy Stone Foundation for small charities and community groups bringing together people over 65 at Christmas.
The Community Energy Fund (CEF) is a £10m grant scheme for urban and rural communities to develop energy services to benefit their local area.
Inspire Fund provides funding for projects that engage the public with the topic of dementia and the life-changing research going on into the condition.
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