Historic England is the public body that helps people care for, enjoy, and celebrate England’s historic environment.
It provides expertise, grants, and guidance to ensure the value of historic places is recognised and valued.
It supports community organisations to manage and preserve their local heritage.
Website: https://historicengland.org.uk/
X: @HistoricEngland
We’re proud to award money raised by National Lottery players to communities across the UK.
The grants we give change lives. We help communities come together through common places and spaces. We support local solutions to the climate emergency. We make sure children and young people can thrive, and open the door to healthier, happier lives.
We’re here to be bold and help make great ideas reality. We provide funding, support, connection, and expertise - partnering with community leaders, charities and governments to get things done.
Website: www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/
LinkedIn: The National Lottery Community Fund
Facebook: The National Lottery Community Fund
Instagram: @tnlcommunityfund
Bluesky: @tnlcommunityfund.org.uk
At NatWest, we aim to make a positive social impact in the communities where we live and work. We have a specialist Community Finance and Social Enterprise team that runs programmes and partnerships promoting community businesses across the UK.
Established over 25 years ago, an independent charity, NatWest Social & Community Capital provides funding options to trading Charities and Social Enterprises that cannot access mainstream borrowing but have a positive impact within our communities.
NatWest Social & Community Capital is proud to support this year’s Locality conference in Liverpool.
This year we are running a workshop focusing on “Make social investment work for your community” building on our commitment to promoting local development and supporting community-driven initiatives.. You will hear from a recent investee on how they have used social investment and have an opportunity to ask the panel any questions you may have. Alternatively you can find out more information and contact us through our website or on Linkedin.
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soccomcap www.linkedin.com/company/gmcvo
Social Investment Business (SIB) provides funding and tailored support to charities and social enterprises to help them thrive and build a fairer society.
We combine grants, loans and adaptable support with research and innovation to tackle challenges around securing energy resilience, public service transformation and strengthening community assets.
One of the UK’s largest and oldest social investors, we’ve deployed over £0.75bn since 2002, directly supporting more than 5,000 organisations. Learn how our funding and research can help your organisation grow, access finance, and implement practical solutions for lasting impact.
Website: www.sibgroup.org.uk/
Instagram: @thesocialinvest
X: @thesocialinvest
LinkedIn: the social investment business
Howden is the fifth largest employee-owned business in the UK, and one of the largest insurance groups in the world. We have more than 30 years’ experience supporting charities and not-for-profit organisations, and many of our solutions go beyond the traditional broking model, providing a holistic approach to managing your risks, liabilities, health and safety responsibilities, and cyber security.
We’re the producers of the annual Rewarding Industries Report, an original piece of research which provides insights into how third sector organisations are evolving their operations, embracing technology, and empowering their people to thrive in a rapidly changing socio-economic climate. Our latest report can be viewed here: Rewarding Industries 2025 report
Visit Howden’s stand to chat with their specialist team.
Website: www.howdengroup.com/uk-en/sector/charity-and-not-for-profit
LinkedIn: howdencommercialuk
Resonance is a social impact property fund manager connecting capital to social enterprise. Our Community Developers team helps local organisations develop, own, and sustain community assets, while our Growing Enterprises team supports high-impact social enterprises tackling socio-economic inequality, improving health and wellbeing, and driving the low-carbon transition through the Resonance Enterprise Investment Fund.
Visit our stand to explore funding solutions, discuss partnerships, and discover how to create lasting impact in your local community.
Website: resonance.ltd.uk
LinkedIn: Resonance Limited
Facebook: Resonance
Bluesky: bsky.app/profile/resonance.ltd.uk
Anthony Collins is a social purpose law firm with over 30 years’ experience supporting community organisations to create lasting change.
From community-led housing and Community Land Trusts (CLTs) to Tenant Management Organisations (TMOs) and local initiatives, the firm provides legal solutions that empower people and places.
Its expert team helps clients navigate regulation while remaining true to their values. Anthony Collins authored the model rules for CLTs and developed the original toolkit for community asset transfer; we are proud to have been a member of Locality for 20 years and a long-term partner to the sector.
Website: www.anthonycollins.com
Linkedin: Anthony Collins
In every corner of Britain, Royal Voluntary Service mobilises volunteers to support people in need and the NHS. Our volunteers work with healthcare teams and in communities providing practical help and emotional support when people are struggling to cope.
We believe volunteers are the lifeforce of Britain’s communities and in partnership with the charity sector Royal Voluntary Service (RVS) is developing a new free to use digital volunteering platform, GoVo, supported by players of the People’s Postcode Lottery. The platform will make it even easier for more people to take an active role in their communities.
GoVo will support charities to recruit and retain the support they need through linking them to task-ready volunteers. It will also inspire the next generation of volunteers by connecting them seamlessly with the causes and charities they care about. It’s free for charities to use, and will connect you with task-ready volunteers, streamline onboarding processes, and enable you to post a diverse range of flexible roles. It's time to rethink volunteering, making it more accessible and inclusive for all.
Website: www.royalvoluntaryservice.org.uk
Facebook @ Royal Voluntary Service
Instagram @Royalvolservice
X @Royalvolservice
YouTube @Royalvoluntaryservice
TikTok @Royalvolservice
LinkedIn – Royal Voluntary Service
Plinth is an AI-powered platform designed for charities and funders.
From AI Grant Management Tools to smart-CRMs, case notes and bespoke impact reports. Plinth brings everything together in one place.
For charities, it’s the only software you need to manage your day-to-day operations, helping you store, track, and leverage your data seamlessly. The most important relationship a charity has is with the people they serve and so, have built a variety of AI-powered tools to better understand service users from AI case management to our smart-CRMs for members, volunteers and partners. Plinth enables charities to generate impact reports for funders' in minutes - harnessing the power of AI for front line delivery in a transparent and practical way.
For funders, we’ve built the first-ever AI Grant Management system. We’ve been able to automate due diligence, validate applications against the Charity Commission and cut assessment and feedback time by 50%. Foundations are calling it ‘transformational.’ Automatically generate bespoke impact reports of your funds and analyse project outcomes at scale.
In addition, we’re also able to connect both funders and charities across the platform together — support and understand impact of charities in real time, when both parties use Plinth.
Website: https://www.plinth.org.uk/
Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/company/plinth-impact
The Ubele Initiative is an African diaspora led, infrastructure-plus organisation, empowering Black and Racially Minoritised communities in the UK, to act as catalysts for social and economic change.
To achieve this, we work with community leaders, groups, and organisations in the UK and beyond to strengthen their sustainability, resilience, and voice.
Our Community Wealth Building Team runs Agbero, a national programme that supports leaders to challenge systemic racial inequality through the development of sustainable infrastructure and thriving community assets.
You can find out more information about us and the Agbero programme through our website or on LinkedIn.
Website: www.ubele.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ubeleinitiative
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ubeleinitiative
We’re an independent charitable foundation funded by Lloyds Banking Group. We work in partnership with small and local charities, people and communities, changing lives and working towards a more just and compassionate society.
Website: lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk
X: @LBFEW
Charity Bank is the loans and savings bank for charities, social enterprises and people who want to make the world a better place.
It uses its savers’ money to provide much needed loans to UK organisations working to drive positive social change – bringing benefits for people, communities, and the environment.
Charity Bank is owned by social purpose organisations and aims to use its expertise, commitment, and flexible approach to lending, to help charities and social enterprises get the support and funding they need.
Website: www.charitybank.org
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/charity-bank
The Centre for Sustainable Energy (CSE) is a charity supporting people and organisations across the UK to tackle the climate emergency and end the suffering caused by cold homes.
We’re looking forward to talking with you about working with young people and community organisations who want to tackle the climate emergency, reduce fuel poverty and create more resilient, sustainable and just communities.
Our support includes learning and facilitation, the co-development of insightful tools & resources, as well as consultancy, community building energy surveys, developing neighbourhood-based community climate investment plans, and project delivery.
Website: www.cse.org.uk
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cse.org.uk
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/centre-for-sustainable-energy
Good Finance exists to be the trusted source of information for charities and social enterprises navigating social investment.
From understanding what social investment is and knowing whether it's right for your organisation, debunking myths and jargon around repayable finance to an investor directory and over 150 case studies, we're here to provide you with free tools, resources and learning to support you in making an informed decision when considering social investment for your organisation.
Come and visit our stand to find out more!
Website: www.goodfinance.org.uk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/goodfinanceuk/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/goodfinanceuk.bsky.social
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GoodFinanceUK
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/goodfinanceuk
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@goodfinance3955
CCLA is one of the leading investment managers for local authorities, charities and faith-based organisations in the UK.
We believe investment markets can only be as healthy as the communities and environment that support them. Our purpose is to help all our clients maximise their impact on society by harnessing the power of investment markets. For us and our clients, the value of our work runs deeper than solely financial returns. Good Investment at CCLA means using our voice to engage with companies and government policy makers on issues that matter.
We are working with our clients and the investment industry towards a new era of promoting the common good through our distinctive approach to leadership in responsible investment and stewardship - pushing for change on climate, addressing modern day slavery and other human rights injustices, and engaging with companies regarding the mental health of their workforces.
CCLA is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
Website: https://www.ccla.co.uk
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ccla/
SpacetoCo gives community venue managers back 1–2 days a week by taking the admin out of bookings, payments and reporting.
It’s purpose-built for the realities of busy, complex centres — from juggling casual hirers to managing regulars — so your team can focus on people, not paperwork.
Plus, SpacetoCo supercharges the data you already collect, making it easy to show impact and unlock new grants and funding opportunities.
Website: https://platform.spacetoco.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/spacetoco
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/spacetoco
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacetoco/
The Eden Project’s vision is of a thriving planet where people care for nature, each other, and their communities.
Through campaigns like The Big Lunch, which brings millions together each June for friendship, food, and fun, it helps create safer, friendlier neighbourhoods where people share ideas, skills, and resources.
Beyond this, the Eden Project’s communities programme and UK-wide Network provide year-round support, including winter warmer activities to reduce loneliness, online and in-person events and workshops, and the Community Action programme, which equips people with the tools, confidence, and connections to start or grow local projects.
Website: www.edenprojectcommunities.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edencommunities/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/EdenCommunities/
We provide flexible loans and grants to help enterprises start up, become sustainable, and grow; creating jobs, reinvigorating communities and offering social investment.
As a Social Enterprise ourselves, we understand the challenges you face and will support you, pre and post-investment, offering the right kind of money at the right time.
We offer investments from £5k up to £300k to community and social enterprises operating in the North of England and the Midlands.
We invest in the community and social enterprises that have traditionally been excluded; turned down by mainstream banks and building societies.
Website: thekeyfund.co.uk
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/keyfund
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/keyfund/
Livv Investment is part of Livv Housing Group, a housing business and more, based in Knowsley. It focuses on creating lasting social impact across the Liverpool City Region through strategic funding and partnerships.
Our Livv and Flourish Fund is a £4.25 million initiative supporting charities and social enterprises with blended finance (unsecured loans and grants). It aims to strengthen organisations, boost sustainability, and expand opportunities for communities across Liverpool City Region.
Website: www.livvinvestment.com
Facebook: Facebook.com/LivvHousing
Instagram: @livvhousinggroup
LinkedIn: Livv Housing Group
We’re Right Here is a national campaign for community power, driven by community leaders and champions across the country and supported by national organisation, all calling for local people to get more power to shape the places they live.
They are currently campaigning to ensure that the English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill to truly devolves power to local people and groups that are already making their places better despite the systemic barriers they face.
Website: https://www.right-here.org/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/right-here-uk/
Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/right-here.org
Well as a local, national & international community radio which is run & owned by a Community Group based in Plymouth in the Uk & is on an Inner-city Clarion HG estate. We know how difficult it has & still is for community groups projects & businesses as we are one.
We can offer the chance at the Conference the opportunity to come & talk to us about promoting their Business, Project & Community group with a very professional Radio Station, we have over the years grown from four members to now being over forty volunteers we are on the air 24 /7.
Website: www.fcradio.co.uk
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011253873161
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/we.are.fcradio/?hl=en
X: https://x.com/ferndalectgFCR
Adding Value is a socially driven Financial Management consultancy and Accountancy practice.
We support over 300 support charities, social enterprises, and purpose-led businesses across the country to improve their financial sustainability.
Ask me anything about your finances – from budgeting to VAT – I’m sure we can help you.
Website: https://adding-value.org/
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthewlhbrown/
Visit TH!NK FC and Coalville CAN’s stand to explore creative ways to connect and take action in your community.
Try Community Asset Bingo, the Daily Spiral, and make a What Could I Bird — playful tools to help you think more helpfully together.
Discover how communities in Coalville are turning vision into reality through shared ownership and collaboration.
Come chat, play, and be inspired!
Website: www.thinkfc.org.uk
Our year-round campaign works towards a world where everyone has a say in what counts as culture, where it happens, who makes it, and who experiences it.
Part of our campaign includes events called Fun Palaces; free local events made by communities, for their community. Fun Palaces are packed with arts, culture, sciences and showcase the brilliant, whacky and wonderful skills of local people. Ultimately, Fun Palaces are about communities coming together to have fun, learn something new and strengthen their connections.
Come and speak to us about:
- Community-led culture
- Community power
- Grassroots action
Website: funpalaces.co.uk
X: funpalaces
Democracy isn't working, so we're building a new one: a democracy that distributes power so that we can shape a country that works. Are you ready to build this together?
Our House is working with over 100 communities to write local People’s Charters as part of a national movement for people power.
Join us at Locality Convention to build a People's Charter: imagine and demand a democracy that works.
Website: https://ourhouseuk.org/
Social media: https://www.linkedin.com/company/our-house-democracy/
