BLACKBURN WITH DARWEN COUNCIL FOR VOLUNTARY SERVICE — grant history
Latest income
£1.1m
Grants listed (FY2025)
160
Listed grants total
£2.3m
Accounts grants total
£86k
listed grants do not fully reconcile with the accounts total — list may be partialextracted from its FY2025 accounts
Application guidance — from the funder’s own website
- Deadlines: There will be three rounds of funding during 2026, with key dates as follows: – Deadline Round 17 12 noon on Monday 2nd February Round 18 12 noon on Friday 1st May Round 19 12 noon on Monday 28th September
- What they don’t fund: must not be a statutory body or private sector organisation (i.e. it must be set up on a ‘not for private profit’ basis – not privately owned or be able to distribute dividends to individuals and must be able to undertake activities of a charitable purpose) your group must not directly employ any paid members of staff and must be run by volunteers and use volunteers to deliver its activities
What this funder supports
Causes funded
Where grantees operate
- Lancashire
- Blackburn With Darwen
- Throughout England
- Hackney
- Haringey
- Israel
- Lambeth
- West Sussex
- Brighton And Hove
- East Sussex
What changed: FY2024 → FY2025
| Change | Grantee | FY2024 | FY2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| new | Word, Power, Collective | — | £31k |
| new | The Billy Project | — | £31k |
| new | Roots Sonic Fusion | — | £31k |
| new | Re Connection | — | £31k |
| new | Lancashire Community Helpers | — | £31k |
| new | Just Run for Today | — | £31k |
| new | Darwen Pride | — | £31k |
| new | Core Life | — | £31k |
| up | St Georges Mill Hill Scouts | £11k | £17k |
| up | Sister 4 Sisters | £10k | £17k |
| up | Residents of Sunnyhurst Association | £10k | £17k |
| up | DARE | £10k | £17k |
| up | BwD Diabetes Support Group | £10k | £17k |
| not listed | VOICE | £31k | — |
| not listed | Symbiosis | £31k | — |
| not listed | Shad Chefs Women’s Group | £31k | — |
| not listed | Bureau Centre for the Arts CIC — Arts Recovery Group | £31k | — |
| not listed | Offload North West Women’s Hub | £31k | — |
| not listed | Prevent to Protect | £31k | — |
| not listed | 198 CONTEMPORARY ARTS AND LEARNING LTD | £31k | — |
| not listed | Shad Chefs | £31k | — |
Grants made, per its accounts filings
| Recipient | Year | Amount | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arise Restoration Centre | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Word, Power, Collective | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Willows Lodge Angling Club | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| The Billy Project | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Sons of Anxiety | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Secret Santa CIC | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Roots Sonic Fusion | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Red Rose Recovery | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Re Connection | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Phoenix Hub | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Offload North West | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Lancashire Community Helpers | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Just Run for Today | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Darwen Pride | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Core Life | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| Community Kitchen | FY2025 | £31k | Community Assets Fund |
| St Edwards Church Hall Play and Stay, Darwen | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Women Well-Being Champions | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Ukrainian Hub Brahma | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Their Stories | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| The Rooftop Bees, Cherry Tree Library | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| The Contenders Boxing | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| The Billy Project CIC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Talk Changes | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| St James Ashgrove Community Space, Darwen | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| St Georges Mill Hill Scouts | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Sister 4 Sisters | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Shama Group | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Sabr and Shukr CIC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Revidge Allotments Association | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Residents of Sunnyhurst Association | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Offload North West | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| No | Coffee Shop Community Hub CIC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Newrad Fisheries Club | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Neurodynamix CIC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Lancashire Community Helpers CIC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Kiran Women’s Group | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Keep Fit with Kim | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Kandaka | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Just Run for Today | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Interpro Football Club | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| I Pole | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Immanuel Scouts | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Hungerian Welfare Association | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Darwen PRIDE | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Darwen Community Helpers | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Darwen Amatcur Theatrical Society | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Darwen AFC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| DARE | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Core Life | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Community Enterprise Builds Lives Together | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Community Harmony CIC | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Childrens Literature Festivals | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Cherry Tree Cricket Club | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| BwD Youth Awareness Project | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| BwD Diabetes Support Group | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Blackburn Sea Cadets | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Blackburn Goalball Club / Blackburn Blind Sports Association | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Blackburn Foodbank | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Blackburn Allstars Majorettes | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Arise Restoration Centre | FY2025 | £17k | BwD Community Fund R13 |
| Sister 4 Sisters | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Women Well-Being Champions | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Ukrainian Hub Brahma | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Their Stories | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| The Rooftop Bees, Cherry Tree Library | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| The Contenders Boxing | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| The Billy Project CIC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Talk Changes | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| St James Ashgrove Community Space, Darwen | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| St Georges Mill Hill Scouts | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| St Edwards Church Hall Play and Stay, Darwen | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Arise Restoration Centre | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Blackburn Allstars Majorettes | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Blackburn Foodbank | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Blackburn Goalball Club / Blackburn Blind Sports Association | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Blackburn Sea Cadets | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| BwD Diabetes Support Group | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| BwD Youth Awareness Project | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Cherry Tree Cricket Club | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Childrens Literature Festivals | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Community Harmony CIC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Community Enterprise Builds Lives Together | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Core Life | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| DARE | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Darwen AFC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Darwen Amatcur Theatrical Society | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Darwen Community Helpers | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Darwen PRIDE | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Hungerian Welfare Association | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Immanuel Scouts | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| I Pole | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Interpro Football Club | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Just Run for Today | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Kandaka | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Keep Fit with Kim | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Kiran Women’s Group | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Lancashire Community Helpers CIC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Neurodynamix CIC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Newrad Fisheries Club | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| No | Coffee Shop Community Hub CIC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Offload North West | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Residents of Sunnyhurst Association | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Revidge Allotments Association | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Sabr and Shukr CIC | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Shama Group | FY2025 | £13k | BwD Community Fund R12 |
| Darwen Community Helpers | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Arise Restoration Centre | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Blackburn Allstars Majorettes | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Blackburn Foodbank | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Blackburn Goalball Club / Blackburn Blind Sports Association | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Blackburn Sea Cadets | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| BwD Diabetes Support Group | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| BwD Youth Awareness Project | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Cherry Tree Cricket Club | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Childrens Literature Festivals | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Community Harmony CIC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Community Enterprise Builds Lives Together | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Core Life | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| DARE | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Darwen AFC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Darwen Amatcur Theatrical Society | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Darwen PRIDE | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Hungerian Welfare Association | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Immanuel Scouts | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| I Pole | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Interpro Football Club | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Just Run for Today | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Kandaka | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Keep Fit with Kim | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Kiran Women’s Group | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Lancashire Community Helpers CIC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Neurodynamix CIC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Newrad Fisheries Club | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| No | Coffee Shop Community Hub CIC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Offload North West | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Residents of Sunnyhurst Association | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Revidge Allotments Association | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Sabr and Shukr CIC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Shama Group | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Sister 4 Sisters | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| St Edwards Church Hall Play and Stay, Darwen | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| St Georges Mill Hill Scouts | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| St James Ashgrove Community Space, Darwen | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Talk Changes | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| The Billy Project CIC | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| The Contenders Boxing | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| The Rooftop Bees, Cherry Tree Library | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Their Stories | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Ukrainian Hub Brahma | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Women Well-Being Champions | FY2025 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R14 |
| Darwen Rotary Club | FY2025 | £5 | Darwen Falls |
| DARE | FY2025 | £5 | Darwen Falls |
| Whitehall Gardening Club | FY2025 | £5 | Darwen Falls |
| Whitehall Bowling Club | FY2025 | £5 | Darwen Falls |
| URC Bowling Group | FY2025 | £5 | Darwen Falls |
| Snowdrop Doula | FY2025 | £4 | Infant Feeding Community Grants |
| The Billy Project | FY2025 | £4 | Infant Feeding Community Grants |
| Caritas Salford for their Maryvale project in Little Harwood | FY2025 | £4 | Infant Feeding Community Grants |
| Sabr and Shukr CIC | FY2025 | £4 | Infant Feeding Community Grants |
| Secret Santa CIC | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Willows Lodge Angling Club | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| VOICE | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Symbiosis | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Sons of Anxiety | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Shad Chefs Women’s Group | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Arise Restoration Centre | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Bureau Centre for the Arts CIC — Arts Recovery Group | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Offload North West | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Offload North West Women’s Hub | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Phoenix Hub | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Prevent to Protect | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Red Rose Recovery | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Roots Community | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Shad Chefs | FY2024 | £31k | Spark Recovery Collaborative - Community Assets Fund |
| Their Stories | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Words, Power, Collective | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Autism Friends Group | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Belmont Village Residents Association | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Interpro Football Club | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Blackburn Symphony Orchestra | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Play and Learn Scheme CIC | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Mill Hill Festival and Events Committee | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Higher Croft Community Hub | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Blackburn Over 50’s Group | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Lancashire Community Helpers CIC | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Cook Well Community | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| Romney Voices | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| StJames Ashgrove Community Space, Darwen | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| St Silas Church, Blackburn | FY2024 | £16k | BwD Community Fund R11 |
| St Stephen’s Church, Little Harwood | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| BwD Youth Darts Academy | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Blackburn Road Runners | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Blackburn Goalball Club | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Bastwell Buddies Ladies Group | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Arts to Heal | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Willows Lodge Angling Club | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Symbiosis Health and Well-Being CIC | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Gecko Games Club | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| St Georges Mill Hill Scouts | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Roots and Wings Ed Group | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Net Academy | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Mill Hill Community Trust | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Ladies Together | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| In Di Go Dedicated Care and Support CIC | FY2024 | £11k | BwD Community Fund R10 |
| Ayub Sultan Trust | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Young People Together | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| DARE | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| VOICE | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Little Harwood Curry Club | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Sticky Fingers Toddler Group, St Andrews, Livesey | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Blackburn People’s Choir | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| St James Church, Blackburn | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| 1Pole | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Sister 4 Sisters | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Ivy Street Community Centre | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Residents of Sunnyhurst Association | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| BwD Diabetes Support Group | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Mini Hitters | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Arise Restoration Centre | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| Big Local Community Playgroup | FY2024 | £10k | BwD Community Fund R9 |
| East Lancashire Community Action Project | FY2024 | £2k | Bowel cancer awareness grant |
| Talk Ourselves Well man Collective | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Breakthrough | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Sober Bee | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Bureau Centre for the Arts CIC | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Darwen Community | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Rise and Shine | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Shad Chefs | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Blackburn with Darwen Youth Awareness Project | FY2023 | £17k | Spark Collaborative Community Asset Fund |
| Kiran Ladies Group | FY2023 | £925 | BwD Community Fund (Brian Mercer Trust) |
| Grants, NHS Population Health Management | FY2022 | £70k | Grants, NHS Population Health Management |
| Grants, Community Fund - Eric Wright Charitable Trust | FY2022 | £12k | Grants, Community Fund - Eric Wright Charitable Trust |
| Grants, Community Fund - Brian Mercer Charitable Trust | FY2022 | £6k | Grants, Community Fund - Brian Mercer Charitable Trust |
| Big Local Shadsworth with Whitebirk | FY2022 | £403 | Grants, Community Fund - Brian Mercer Charitable Trust/SFA |