Bolton’s Fund: Festive Fund 2024
We regret to inform you that there will be no Bolton’s Fund: Festive Fund this year, as we have been unable to secure funding. We understand this may be disappointing news for many groups and organisations who have received grants from this fund in the past.
We apologise for any inconvenience this may cause and thank you for your understanding. We will continue to support the community and volunteers in other ways and hope to bring back a fund that can be used to celebrate, and to thank, your volunteers in 2025.
Bolton’s Fund exists to support the VCSE sector in Bolton to grow and thrive. Bolton’s Fund grants will fund projects and activities that benefit people and communities across the Borough of Bolton.
We welcome applications from voluntary groups, community groups, charities or other constituted not for profit groups who are based in Bolton or who deliver activities in Bolton and that benefit Bolton residents.
All projects that receive funding will need to demonstrate how their proposed project will address one or more of the Bolton’s Fund priorities. The priorities are guided by Bolton 2030 Vision priorities.
Bolton’s Fund Priorities are:
Since 2019, Bolton’s Fund has played a vital role in driving innovation and fostering projects aimed at benefiting people and communities across the borough.
Click here to see the presentation from our recent Bolton’s Fund Meet the Funder session.
Bolton’s Fund: Hate Crime Awareness Grants 2025
Micro-grants of up to £500 are available to Bolton-based, not-for-profit VCSE groups to organize a one-off event or activity promoting Hate Crime Awareness during the 2025 Greater Manchester Hate Crime Awareness Week.
The funded one-off events or activities must achieve the following:
Please read the guidelines below before submitting an application.
Guidelines ( PDF) / Guidelines (Word)
Grant size – £500
Total Allocation – £10,000
Closing date – There is no closing date. The fund will close once all the funding has been allocated. Please submit your application as soon as you can.
Bolton’s Fund: Partnership Grants is project funding for at least two voluntary, community or social enterprises to work together to deliver a project that will benefit the people of Bolton.
One organisation must act as the lead partner on the project. this organisation will submit the application – including a Delivery and Budget Plan, as well as submitting end of fund impact monitoring information.
All projects that receive funding will need to demonstrate how their proposed projects will address one or more of the Bolton’s Fund Priorities. Please read the guidelines below before submitting an application. Grants size- up to £35,000 .
Closing Date: January 5th, 2025.
Find out more about the Bolton’s Fund: Partnership grant here
Please note: you will need to have an account with our website in order to access the application form via
Application FormBolton’s Fund: Medium Grants is project funding for Medium and Large charities and charitable organisations who are based in Bolton or who deliver activities in Bolton and that benefit local residents.
In order to be eligible for a grant in the Medium Grants fund your organisation must have an income of over £100,000 in the last full financial year.
All projects that receive funding will need to demonstrate how their proposed project will address one or more of the Bolton’s Fund priorities. Please read the guidelines below before submitting an application.
Guidelines (PDF) / Guidelines (Word)
Medium Grants Summary Sheet
Grant size – Up to £15,000
Submission dates for applications
Please note: you will need to have an account with our website in order to access the application form via the Grants Dashboard.
Application FormBolton’s Fund: Small Grants is project funding for Micro and Small community groups and charities. We welcome applications from voluntary groups, community groups, charities or other constituted not for profit groups who are based in Bolton or who deliver activities in Bolton that benefit local residents.
In order to be eligible for a grant in the Small Grants fund your organisation must have an income of over £10,000 but under £1m in the last full financial year.
All projects that receive funding will need to demonstrate how their proposed project will address one or more of the Bolton’s Fund priorities. Please read the guidelines below before submitting an application.
Guidelines (PDF) / Guidelines (Word)
Small Grants Summary Sheet
Grant size – Up to £5,000
Closing date – There is no closing date. The fund will close only if all the funding for the period has been allocated.
Please note: you will need to have an account with our website in order to access the application form via the Grants Dashboard.
Application FormBolton’s Fund: Micro Grants is project funding for Micro and Small community groups and charities. We welcome applications from voluntary groups, community groups, charities or other constituted not for profit groups who are based in Bolton or who deliver activities in Bolton that benefit local residents.
In order to be eligible for a grant in the Small Grants fund your organisation must have an income of less than £100,000 in the last full financial year.
All projects that receive funding will need to demonstrate how their proposed project will address one or more of the Bolton’s Fund priorities. Please read the guidelines below before submitting an application.
Guidelines (PDF) / Guidelines (Word)
Micro Grants Summary Sheet
Grant size – Up to £2,000
Closing date – There is no closing date. The fund will close only if all the funding for the period has been allocated.
Please note: you will need to have an account with our website in order to access the application form via the Grants Dashboard.
Application FormBolton CVS can support your community group, charity or social enterprise to find funding.
Contact the Funding Team on funding@boltoncvs.org.uk or by calling The Bolton Hub on 01204 546010.
Follow these instructions to log in to the Grants Dashboard to access our application forms:
Find examples of projects that have previously been funded through Bolton CVS managed grants here
As a charity we are committed to openness and honesty. We work with 360Giving to publish information about Bolton’s Fund grants.
Using the 360Giving Data Standard, our Bolton’s Fund awarded grants Round 1 available as an XLSX file.
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this license, visit the website. This means the data is freely accessible to anyone to be used and shared as they wish. The data must be attributed to Bolton’s Fund.
The data will include the name of the grant recipient organisation, amount awarded, date and a brief description of the purpose of the grant.
