Digbeth Trust

Current Grant Programmes Managed By The Digbeth Trust:


Mental Health Grants 2009-10 for Voluntary and Community Organisations in the Heart of Birmingham

This small grants programme aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing (low level anxiety and depression) of residents in the Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT area. Grants of up to £7000 were available to voluntary and community organisations based in the Heart of Birmingham Teaching PCT area.

Please click here to view the flyer which gives an overview of the programme.

To view project funded in 2008-09 please click here.


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Community Consultancy Support

Enterprising Communites Programme - Community Innovation Fund Project 2008.

Grants for voluntary sector organisations based in Enterprising Communities Programme area of East Birmingham. Grants awarded are in the region of £1,000 to £4,000.

The closing date for enquiries/expressions of interest was midday on Thursday 18th September 2008



Healthy Lifestyles Grants 2008 for Schools and Early Years Setting in the Heart of Birmingham

This new small grants programme is for schools and early years settings based in the Heart of Birmingham Teaching Primary Care Trust area. This currently includes the following wards:

Aston, Handsworth Wood, Ladywood, Lozells and East Handsworth, Nechells, Oscott, Perry Barr, Soho, Sparkbrook and Springfield.

The programme provides a chance for schools and early years settings to obtain funding for a variety of activities that encourage children and/or their parents/carers to be more active and eat a healthier diet.

  This Programme aims to:

  • Reduce barriers to and promote the uptake of healthy eating and/or physical activity

  • Increase physical levels of children in the Heart of Birmingham area

  • Increase levels of healthy eating and good nutrition for children in the Heart of Birmingham area

Grants of up to £7,000 were available. The programme closed for applications on Thursday 17th July 2008.

The Grant Panel met on 15th September 2008 to assess submitted applications. Details of successful applications will be posted on this site following full confirmations.


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Healthy Lifestyles Grants 2008 for Voluntary Community Organisations in the Heart of Birmingham

This small grants programme is closed for 2008. The programme was open to voluntary and community groups working in the Heart of Birmingham teaching Primary Care Trust area - which is the wards of Aston, Handsworth Wood, Ladywood, Lozells and East Handsworth, Nechells, Oscott, Perry Barr, Soho, Sparkbrook and Springfield.

The aim of the programme is to fund work by community organisations to support acitivities that tackle inequalities around diet, physical activity and obesity - particularly involving local people in deprived areas - encouraging people to:

The closing date for applications was 5pm on Friday 25th April 2008.  Please click here to see the list of organisations and projects that were funded following the Grant Assessment Panel meeting held on 22nd May.


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Health and Communty Engagement Programme 2008

This brand new small grants programme was launched on 3rd December 2007 and closed for applications on 11th January 2008.

The programme aimed to increase the involvement of individuals and communities in:

Only voluntary and community organisations based in the Heart of Birmingham teaching Primary Care Trust area were eligible to apply. Please click here for the list of organisations and projects that were funded following the Grant Assessment Panel meeting held on 12th March 2008.

The HCEP programme is funded by Health Exchange.


ChangeUp Birmingham - Small Grants Programme 2007/08

The Digbeth Trust was commissioned to administer a small grants programme on behalf of the Birmingham ChangeUp Consortium. Small grants were available for organisations providing capacity building support to other organisations in Birmingham. Grants were available to enable capacity building organisations to increase the quality, range and/or coordination of their services.

To apply organisations had to be members of the Birmingham ChangeUp Consortium. Membership of the Consortium is free and you can find out more about the consortium and how to join by visiting its website (click here).

This programme is now closed.



William Dudley Trust - Small Grants

Ongoing small grants for work with disadvantaged and older people in Birmingham.  The average grant is currently less than £500.  Click here to view information about this grant scheme.



For further information click on the grant programme title above to download the relevant PDF file. Some links are not currently available so please check back on a regular basis.

For information on the other services offered by the Trust please click here.