£15,000 available for Derbyshire charities and causes as grant applications open
Added by Love Business East Midlands | 28 September 2026
UPDATED: 29 September 2026
Charities and good causes across Derbyshire can apply for a share of £15,000 to help continue or support their work in the community.
The cashback fundraising platform easyfundraising, which has helped UK charities and good causes raise an additional £72 million, has opened applications for grant funding for a second time this year through its Impact Fund initiative.
Following the success of the first Impact Fund in the spring, easyfundraising has doubled the grant value this autumn and will be allocating £15,000 in funding to 15 oranisations giving each one a much needed £1000 funding boost.
Direct funding means immediate and practical help for charities and community groups struggling with the rising cost of living. In easyfundraising’s latest State of the Nation survey, published in December 2025, the cashback platform found that 90% of its charities and causes said that things have got worse for them due to the cost of living, whilst 84% have experienced reduced fundraising income and 54% are concerned about cashflow.
Previous Impact Fund recipients include the charities FEAST With Us, which works to improve the nutrition and health of food insecurity in London, Chesterfield Foodbank, that provides food and essentials to those in need, and The Esther Project which supports women facing crisis in Warwickshire.
James Moir, CEO of easyfundraising, says the Impact Fund is the platform’s way of putting extra support directly back into the communities that are at the heart of the platform.
He said:
“The Impact Fund is designed to be a practical, sustainable way to provide some much-needed extra funding alongside the free donations people raise every day via easyfundraising. We want to help causes cover real-world costs at a time when many are really struggling to survive.
“We’re hoping this is just the start of how we use grant funding to support more charities and good causes in the UK. It’s a really simple application process that will enable as many causes – even ones with very little time and resources – to apply.”
The Impact Fund is open to eligible UK-based good causes including:
- Schools and education settings
- After-school and youth groups
- Sports teams and clubs
- Registered charities
- Not for profit organisations
- Social enterprises and CICs
- Churches and religious organisations
Good causes do not need to be signed up to easyfundraising to apply. The funding on offer is unrestricted and can be used however the charity wishes. Unlike other grants, the streamlined application and unrestricted funding mean the 15 grant recipients can be smaller registered charities or grassroots and hyperlocal causes that are at risk of falling through the cracks.
Organisations have until Sunday, November 8, 2026 to submit applications via easyfundraising’s website: easyfundraising.org.uk/impact-fund/
