Closing date – 29 August 2025

Creating Connections Grant Programme will be awarding 20+ grants of up to £7,500 to charities and community groups who are helping to reduce loneliness and isolation for the over 65’s. You may be providing direct person centered interventions such as befriending OR group based social activities. We also support Community Transport who assist in bringing together older people.

You can download a copy of the McCarthy Stone Foundation’s guidance for applicants document via this link – https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/2025-Creating-Connections-Grants-Guidance-July-2025.pdf

The application form can be accessed via this link –https://mccarthystonefoundation.org/apply/

Share This Story, Choose Your Platform!

About the Author: alisonbridge

Quick Links

Recent Posts

  • “Anyone who has touched a photo in remembrance”…

    ...This is a line from a poem called “The questions they don’t ask on the [...]

  • a white model house amongst the dense foliage of a light green bush

    Do you want to build your own home in Basingstoke and Deane?

    Hampshire Homes Hub are working with Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council to carry out a [...]