# Charities invited to apply for share of £500k in funding

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/07/19/charities-invited-to-apply-for-share-of-500k-in-funding/
- Published: 2021-07-19T10:45:59+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Phase 2 of Ecclesiastical’s Movement for Good awards is open for entries from 
charities until 6 August.**

Charities can apply for a share, with grants of £10,000, £50,000 or £100,000 to 
be awarded. 30 grants of £10,000 are available, while two winners of grants will
receive an additional £50,000 grant and one will receive an additional £100,000 
grant.

Ecclesiastical wants this phase of its [Movement for Good awards](https://www.ecclesiastical.com/movement-for-good/)
to go to charities supporting specific themes: 

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 * Education and skills – projects that enable learning and development, in particular
   among young people
 * Rural or community development – projects that support and build communities 
   particularly in rural areas
 * Arts, culture or heritage – projects that help celebrate, preserve or protect
   our heritage and culture
 * Climate change or environment – projects that contribute to tackling impact on
   the climate and environment
 * Human rights or equality – projects that further a more inclusive and equal world
   for everyone

Ecclesiastical recently announced the recipients of [phase 1 of this year’s Movement for Good awards](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/05/24/ecclesiasticals-movement-for-good-to-give-1m-to-charities/).
Overall, it is giving £1m to charities, and phase 1 saw 500 charities awarded £1,000
each, following public nominations.

In total, more than 210,000 people around the UK supported the awards, with over
13,000 charitable causes up and down the country receiving votes. The 500 winning
charities were picked at random from those nominated.

Health causes topped the list with the most nominations, while community and animal
and wildlife charities were also front of mind as popular choices, with the Good
Grief Trust, Berkshire Autistic Society and Wessex Children’s Hospice Trust among
the recipients.

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 * **[£82,000 in small grants available for Nottingham community projects](https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/17/82000-in-small-grants-available-for-nottingham-community-projects/)**(
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