Grant funds to go further, faster
We like to experiment, trial, learn, and when we land on a success, we scale. Grant funds are one way we do this, and we've given over £3.3 million of grant funding so far. We join the dots between start-ups and community groups who need funding to trial new innovations or scale successes, and businesses looking to fund innovation and community activity. It’s how we grew our first Community Fridge to a network of over 450 across the UK, redistributing 1.4 tonnes surplus food per month.
Have a browse at some of our grant funds below and get in touch if you’re looking to fund new innovations or scale impact within communities.
Innovation Grant Funds
Investing in innovation is a high-risk business. It stands to reason: if something hasn’t been done before, there’s a pretty good chance it won’t work. But if we’re going to make the breakthroughs required to create an economy and society that’s fit for the future, then we need funders willing to invest in new ideas, and we need to get better at finding and supporting new products and services that are making it easier for people to make environmental choices.
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Eat It Up Fund
We’re offering six transformative grants of up to £60,000 each to organisations with ground-breaking ideas to cut down on food waste.
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Circular Future Fund
Does waste make your head spin? The Circular Future Fund with John Lewis invested £1m in innovative circular solutions. Discover how menstrual cups, sustainable children’s shoes, polyester recycling, and mending hubs are reshaping industries.
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Bring It Back Fund
Hubbub and Starbucks created the £1.4 million Bring It Back Fund to increase take-up and remove barriers for reusable packaging in the food and drink sector in the UK.
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Time After Time Fund
Hubbub and Virgin Media O2 are proud to announce a new round of Time After Time funding, providing £500,000 for innovative solutions that help to close the digital divide while reducing electronic-waste.
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Waitrose & Partners Plan Plastic: The Million Pound Challenge
A £1 million grant fund for innovative projects that are tackling plastic pollution. From fungus that eats plastic to solutions from the ocean, see what's been achieved so far.
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Community Grant Funds
Community grant funds allow us to scale what we know works and to enable communities to reach and engage a broader audience in environmental action to bring about a wide spectrum of positive outcomes currently through nature, growing and food-based projects.
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Community Fridge Investment Fund
The Community Fridge Investment Fund, a fantastic collaboration with Co-op, offers £5,000 in funding to deepen the impact of fridges and address the issues that come up time and time again, like volunteer recruitment, lack of capacity or dependency on grant funding.
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Community Fridge Setup Fund
Hubbub with the support of Co-op is excited to launch a brand-new grant fund designed to kickstart community fridge projects across the UK.
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Community Nature Fund
The Community Nature Fund is offering up to £5,000 to nature projects who are reaching beyond the 'green bubble' and connecting people to nature. The fund is supported by the Bentley Foundation.
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Neat Streets Grant Fund
Hubbub is launching the new Neat Streets grant fund to support projects with £10,000 of funding for local authorities to replicate one of the Neat Streets litter campaigns or #InTheLoop recycling campaign. The fund is supported by McDonald's. Applications close January 24th 2025.
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The Nature Hubs Fund
Hubbub has funded 100 new or enhanced green spaces across the country to increase access to nature in partnership with Starbucks.
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The Greener Communities Fund
A hospital with a woodland walkway, an ambulance call centre creating habits for endangered beetles, a health centre with raised beds growing herbs and vegetables... First launched in 2023, the Greener Communities Fund is enabling NHS charities to create more green spaces across the UK – and improve the nation's health in the process.
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Community Food Hubs Fund
Community fridges have grown into essential hubs for sharing and learning. From plant-power cooking workshops and community dinners, to grow-your-own gardens and libraries of things, there's no shortage of ways groups are bringing joy to their neighbourhoods.
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Everything we do should be accessible, transparent and collaborative and our grant giving is no different.
We’re signed up to IVAR’s Flexible Funding commitments. That means wefund in an open and trusting way, to make life easier for people who apply for and receive our grants
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