The Fund is designed to help youth-led organisations tackle the climate crisis and lead change for a clean, healthy, and sustainable environment.

grants of between £1,000 to £3,500 to organisations that are led or supported by children and/or young people aged 6-18, located in West Yorkshire , and are looking to carry out activities, events or campaigns that take action to tackle the climate crisis, or look to teach and inspire young people about climate and nature based issues.

We will be opening applications this November, with applications opening from Monday 10th of November to Sunday 30th of November. 

Voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations that are working to bring people together from different backgrounds can apply now for capital grants of up to £10,000.

The UK government’s £1.7 million Common Ground Award aims to recognise good practice across England, in promoting social cohesion, by directly investing in organisations making a positive impact.

The funding is intended to support new builds, refurbishment, and expansion of facilities used to build bridging social capital. Funding can also cover essential equipment, such as laptops or furniture for the property.

The grant is open to applications from VCSE organisations with a base and operating in England, with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.

Organisations will be notified of their application outcome in January 2026 with funding awarded the same month.

The deadline for applications is 21 November 2025.

This fund supports efforts to prevent the rollback of rights, strengthen protections, build community solidarity, and empower people to shape a better future, guided by those working for migrant justice.

BlueSpark supports the education and development of children and young people by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects. Grants will only be awarded for the amount requested in the application and will not be scaled back to a lesser amount.

Alpkit is dedicated to supporting projects that enhance outdoor skills facilities, broaden access to outdoor activities, promote outdoor education programs, and advance proactive conservation and environmental initiatives. Grants range from £50 to £500.   trustees meet every 2 months

Communities Support is available to organisations who provide services which are widely accessible to those within their local communities and address the needs of the people living within them, supporting local communities to a better future.

Supported by NPC and The Beacon Collaborative, Barclays Private Bank’s new report, The Modern Philanthropist explores what’s driving this growth. It reveals how today’s donors are increasingly strategic, values-led, and focused on long-term impact.

At NPC, we see this as a powerful signal of momentum in the impact economy. Whether you’re a donor, advisor, fundraiser or charity leader, this report offers timely insights to help unlock more purposeful giving

Funding for projects related to the repair, maintenance, improvement, or construction of buildings used by people in need (financial hardship, sickness, distress, or other disadvantages in the UK). They provide grants in the region of £5,000 per project

Triangle Trust run two grant rounds each year. This year the focus is on young women and girls who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of entering it. The programme is open only to organisations led by and for women and girls, grants will be for £10,000.

Registered charities with an annual expenditure of less than £10 million who are working to support communities that are in need in England, Wales, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland can apply now for a grant.

The funding is for charitable work that meets one or more of the Foundation’s current priorities:

• Victims of modern slavery: to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• Victims of domestic abuse: to provide emergency safety and to support victims through associated poverty and mental health issues.
• Ex-offenders and their families: to support the ex-offenders back to work and contributing positively to society and to support their families whose lives can be severely impacted.
• Homelessness: to provide facilities for and support people, especially young people, on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• Medical research: to support research that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen the symptoms.
• Support for people with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers: to provide hospice care to support individuals and give respite to their carers to assist them with their mental health and other ambitions.
• Drug and substance misuse: to support rehabilitation and the journey back to independent living and work.
• Support for people with intellectual disability: to provide support with personal care, job skills and supported living.
• Care leavers: to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people.
• Worship and associated community outreach: to ensure places of worship are energy efficient and watertight with an emphasis on wider community use of church halls or Church buildings where those buildings are redundant or too large and where the parish has a focus on non-conditional outward facing work.
• Amateur sport: to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.
• Care for the elderly: to allow quality care for those who cannot afford private care or continue living at home.

Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Previous grants have ranged from £5,000 to £2.25 million.

for grants of up to £100k for vehicles and equipment.

This second ‘equipment only’ round of the Better Youth Spaces fund is available to the same 42 areas in England, to allow more time for youth services to apply for equipment grants to support the young people you work with. 

Equipment grants for this second round could cover things like new sports, music, or art equipment, a new vehicle, furnishings, IT, or security equipment.

This new round will launch at 10am on Monday 6 October, and will be open to applications until midday Thursday 6 November 2025.

If you have any questions, please contact myself or the team on bys@sibgroup.org.uk and we will be happy to support you throughout the application process.

To apply, visit our website from Monday, where you will find all the updated details, eligibility criteria and FAQ’s.

Arts organisations and charities that are working with schools, colleges and other formal education settings can apply for grants of between £30,000 and £300,000 to enhance the lives, development and achievements of children and young people who have experienced inequality through high quality arts-based learning activities

These grants enable museums to offer paid opportunities for students, benefiting both museums and students in a range of exciting ways. They will consider applications for grants up to £10,000. Deadline is on Friday 16 January 2026

Youth Music’s Shift the Scene Fund offers grants of up to £200,000 to organisations in England who provide creative opportunities for Disabled children and young people, pushing for genuine inclusion, ambition and accessibility. The fund opens on Friday 31 October.

Grants of £1,000, £5,000, £10,000 or £20,000 to organisations (local community groups, schools and charities) located within five miles of the Transpennine route, which runs between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
The fund aims to help create or enhance indoor or outdoor community focused facilities. Applications open on Monday 6 October and close on Monday 27 October (or if a high number of applications are received, the application window may need to close early). Apply through Neighbourly by first signing up to create an account (it’s simply your organisations’ details) before applying on the TRU Community Fund campaign page when applications open. You can register now so this is all done before the applications open.
The Community Fund forms a key part of TRU’s commitment to invest in local communities and protect the spaces and places it will be working in over the next decade. Successful bids will align with the key principles outlined in “Our Guiding Compass”, including supporting vulnerable people, enhancing health and wellbeing, promoting skills and employment, and advancing equality, diversity and inclusion. Further details here: The TRU Community Fund 2025 | Neighbourly Any questions about applications should be directed to Neighbourly at community@neighbourly.com.

Funding of £10,000 or £5,000 (depending on organisation structure and project length) for Community Partnership Network Providers and / or other community-based organisations including charities, not for profits and social enterprises in West and South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire, with the aim of making a positive impact across communities, reduce inequalities, and enable access to employment for all, particularly to those in the most deprived communities.  Will fund activities which:
Support access to jobs or are likely to stimulate local labour market recovery.

• Increase employment and training opportunities for economically disadvantaged group(s).
• Address a gap in local service delivery

Your project must address one or more of the following priorities: provision for lone parents and carers; Youth training and skills; Health and wellbeing Digital Inclusion; ESOL; Confidence building in relation to employment. Full guidelines:  Local Impact Fund Guidance for Applicants – Round 4.pdf and Information session for prospective applicants (book with the Social Value team, please email localimpactfund2b@maximusuk.co.uk) on Thursday 9th October at 10am – Join the meeting now

Deadline for Expression of Interest is Friday 24^th October. Due to anticipated high demand, timescales may be shortened, please apply early to avoid disappointment. Please note: the fund is designed to support wider communities where we deliver the Restart Scheme. It does not specifically target Restart Scheme participants. Expression of Interest form here: Expression of Interest Form

Grants of £1,000, £5,000, £10,000 or £20,000 to organisations (local community groups, schools and charities) located within five miles of the Transpennine route, which runs between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
The fund aims to help create or enhance indoor or outdoor community focused facilities. Applications open on Monday 6 October and close on Monday 27 October (or if a high number of applications are received, the application window may need to close early).
Apply through Neighbourly by first signing up to create an account (it’s simply your organisations’ details) before applying on the TRU Community Fund campaign page when applications open. You can register now so this is all done before the applications open.
The Community Fund forms a key part of TRU’s commitment to invest in local communities and protect the spaces and places it will be working in over the next decade. Successful bids will align with the key principles outlined in “Our Guiding Compass”, including supporting vulnerable people, enhancing health and wellbeing, promoting skills and employment, and advancing equality, diversity and inclusion. Further details here: The TRU Community Fund 2025 | Neighbourly
Any questions about applications should be directed to Neighbourly at community@neighbourly.com.

Get Grants Funding Finder is a free resource for grant fundraisers with information on hundreds of grant funders, including what they fund, how much they give, and how to apply.

Hosting a series of Meet the Funder Virtual Events – Get Grants.

When you’re used to receiving money from Trusts and Foundations, it can be tempting to look at companies the same way. You see their million-or-even-billion pound turnover, and your mouth starts to salivate.

But there’s an important truth we need to face. Companies aren’t Trusts and Foundations. They don’t exist to give you money, and their budgets are often a lot tighter than their turnover would suggest.

The Shackleton Foundation are offering grants or loans of £15,000 to early-stage (less than 12 months) organisations that have a clear social purpose benefiting young people in the UK with a sustainable business model. The Foundation are interested in leaders with high risk, but high potential that may struggle to gain funding from traditional sources. Deadline is on Friday 31 October.

The Access Foundation awards grants to support charities and CICs to mitigate the digital divide by making IT facilities, support and learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people.  Grants are between £10,000 and £50,000. This funding will normally support a project that lasts no more than a year

Groundwork are accepting applications for grants of up to £2,000 for constituted charities, community interest companies (CICs), and voluntary and community groups with an annual income of less than £25,000 across England that are working to make a positive difference in their local communities.

The Grassroots Grants Programme will support the work of groups that provide vital services in their local communities. Priority will be given to:

• Groups with an annual income of £25,000 or under.
• Groups working in communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation.
• Groups that work to support communities classed as marginalised or vulnerable.

The funding programme is unrestricted and can be used flexibly for costs such as paying staff or volunteer expenses, costs for equipment or materials, core, ongoing running costs, training of staff and volunteers, or consultant time to help develop the organisation or key policies.

This fund will open for applications on 15 September 2025. 

Scops Art Trust is offering grants of up to £30,000 to registered charities, and other constituted, not-for-profit organisations across the UK, to deliver projects and activities that help people to understand, participate in, and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts (music, drama, opera, and dance).

In 2025, the Trust will continue to focus on one area of performing arts in each grant round.

The final funding round of 2025 will focus on supporting children and young people’s instrumental music education (excluding choirs). Music education and engagement projects for children will be considered at every grant round.

Priority will be given to small- to medium-sized organisations. Most grants will be awarded for specific projects, but the Trust will also contribute towards the core costs of smaller organisations where a grant could make an impact.  Both one-off and multi-year grants will be considered.

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first complete an eligibility check before being invited to submit a Stage 1 application.

The deadline for stage 1 applications is 9 December 2025. 

The Leeds Building Society Foundation offers grants to UK registered charities for projects which address one or more of the following themes:

• Financial stress – projects that help with bills or debt stress.
• Security and refuge – projects that support emergency accommodation.
• Quality and suitability of housing.
• Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness if it is part of wraparound support and the application also meets at least one of the other themes.

Applications are welcome from those who take a Housing First and/or relationship-based approach. Applications should show evidence of:

• Strength-based practice
• Trauma-informed care
• Psychologically informed environments.

UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million based anywhere in the UK can apply for small grants of between £250 and £1,000.

The funding is to be used for projects that support those in need of a safe and secure home. Grants are only for capital expenditure (that is, to purchase items used to directly help those in need).

This is the final small grants application window for 2025. Applications will be considered at the early December meeting.

Applications open on 12 August and close 3 November 2025.

We currently have four live opportunities open for involvement in YEF projects with deadlines this month:

• Area Leaders Programme: Systems Thinking Adviser
• Area Leaders Programme: Interim Practice Insights Guide
• Race Equity Associate

Reanalysis of YEF Evaluation Data Archive

Varied grants are available to registered charities for start-up projects, or new initiatives that support children (up to 18 years old) and their welfare

The Linnean Society is offering grants for community organisations linked with young people to deliver projects and activities that engage young people with local nature and natural spaces and improve their understanding of local biodiversity.

Community groups and other organisations working directly with children and young people aged 16 and under can apply for funding for a variety of activities, such as:

• Running a school festival about nature.
• Painting community murals showcasing biodiversity in the area.
• Building or restoring a community garden.
• Creating a nature walk.
• Hiring a speaker to come and talk about local foraging.

The maximum award amount is £1,000. However, groups are encouraged to apply for significantly lower amounts.

Grants can be used for materials, room hire, publicity, speakers, trainers, freelancers, project-specific staff costs, audio-visual equipment hire, reasonable volunteer expenses, transportation, or other costs associated with activities or events.

Proposed projects are expected to commence in January 2026 and be completed by the end of June 2026.

The deadline for applications is 25 October 2025 (midnight). 

The Foundation offers grants of up to £10,000 to support UK registered charities from across the UK who are serving people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.

The funding is to help people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups to:

• Access a place to call home with the following target outcomes:
  • Access and support into a safe and secure permanent place to call home – supporting charities that enable people most in need to live independently.
  • Access and support into a safe and secure temporary home in times of crisis. Enabling people into temporary accommodation in emergency situations such as homelessness, palliative or end of life, or for those experiencing domestic abuse.
• Improve financial wellbeing with the following target outcomes:
  • The support needed to prevent and/or address financial difficulty. Support for charities who provide help and guidance on how to manage money and improve financial wellbeing.
  • Access to financial education. Support for charities whose work will support financial independence and education.

The Foundation will consider funding core costs, project costs, and small capital contributions.

Applications are accepted twice a year. The second round is now open for funding in 2026.

The deadline for applications is 31 October 2025 (17:00).

The Active Futures Programme which is part of the work that UK Youth are undertaking as a Sport England System Partner. Similar to the Sport England Patchwork programme UK Youth are looking for a number of Youth Providers (third sector/ community organisations and / or strategic youth partnerships) to join them as part of a learning series integrating change to include positive experiences of physical activity for young people in communities.

The programme comes with capacity funding and a training programme for one member of staff to attend from each successful application. I am happy to have a conversation with anyone thinking of applying to this to discuss further if you would be keen. Please feel free to share across your networks and youth partnerships locally.

It could be worthwhile a partnership approach through one organisation which supports youth provision across the whole of a district or could also be suitable for individual organisations to apply. It is very much a test and learn pilot programme to increase physical activity opportunities locally for young people that are suited to their needs.

Supporting Grassroots Music, the fund designed to help secure the sustainability of the grassroots music sector, has reopened and is now accepting applications. Grants are between £1,000 and £40,000 for projects up to three years in length.

Support for organisations which help disabled people to make journeys. Will fund organisations to provide services for disabled people or work to make transport more accessible.

5 Grant programmes now open including:

• Better Access to Active Travel Experiences and Equipment (£50K – £1million 2-3 years) – active travel is defined as all modes of travel that allow people to get around using their own efforts – whether by walking, cycling, push scooters, or use of other mobility aids – deadline 15^th December 2025.
• Better Access to Wheelchairs and Mobility Aids (large grants of £250K – £1million and small grants of £50K – £249,999) – deadline:15 December 2025
• Support for Travel Training Schemes (£50K to £1million) – deadline 15^th December 2025.
• Expanding Access to Driving Tuition for Disabled People, (£50K – £1million) – deadline 31 March 2026.

Applicant organisations must have been active for three years, with annual income of at least £50,000 in that time.  Other programmes will follow.

Grants of up to £400 four times a year. Applications are currently being accepted for projects starting in Winter 2026.
Not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes can apply as long as their projects are addressing one of Warburtons’ priority areas:

• Health – supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:
  • Improving physical health
  • Improving wellbeing
• Place – supporting families to flourish in communities that are safer, greener and more inclusive:
  • Making spaces safe and inclusive
  • Connecting communities with the environment
• Skills – supporting families to gain useful skills for life and work:
  • Developing useful life skills
  • Developing useful skills for employment.

Grants can be used to cover specific costs that will benefit the cause (eg, purchasing equipment to support an employability project). Applications are currently being accepted for decisions by 19 December 2025. The deadline for applications is 4 November 2025.

Grants of up to £2k – £10k available for youth work (potential for up to 3 years of funding) . Organisations must have an annual income of under £250k. Urban projects/organisations must be within the most deprived 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) and rural within the most deprived 50% of IMD.

No deadline. Applications accepted year-round

This funding is for organisations working to create lasting change in tackling the root causes of inequality. By “inequality”, they mean poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination. The fund also supports people with lived experience of these issues to work together and influence change. Organisations can apply for between £1 million and £5 million in total, to be spent over a period of 5 to 10 years.

This funding is for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour. We’ll fund extra hours of youth work to give these young people more places to go and positive things to do.

This is the third phase of the Million Hours Fund. It is funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and The National Lottery Community Fund.

We can only fund projects in certain parts of England. The work you want us to fund must take place in, or benefit young people living in, one of the eligible ward areas. You can check the eligible ward areas for the Million Hours Fund (2025 to 2027).

To apply, your project must:

• benefit young people aged 10 to 18, or up to 25 if they have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)
• effectively engage with young people at risk of taking part in anti-social behaviour
• deliver more hours of youth work than you provide now
• involve young people in deciding how you work
• deliver youth work that is open to as wide a range of young people as possible (known as ‘open access’)
• be run by trusted adults such as qualified youth workers, youth support workers, or experienced volunteers

The extra youth work you deliver must help young people:

• have improved emotional wellbeing
• have improved life and practical skills
• feel safer and have access to trusted relationships with adults

If more organisations apply than we expect we may have to stop accepting applications before our deadline. So you should apply as soon as you are ready, instead of waiting until the deadline.

Deadline for round 3 is 22nd October

red charities with an annual expenditure of less than £10 million who are working to support communities that are in need in England, Wales, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland can apply now for a grant.

The funding is for charitable work that meets one or more of the Foundation’s current priorities:

• Victims of modern slavery: to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• Victims of domestic abuse: to provide emergency safety and to support victims through associated poverty and mental health issues.
• Ex-offenders and their families: to support the ex-offenders back to work and contributing positively to society and to support their families whose lives can be severely impacted.
• Homelessness: to provide facilities for and support people, especially young people, on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
• Medical research: to support research that could lead to preventing or slowing the onset of a condition or to lessen the symptoms.
• Support for people with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers: to provide hospice care to support individuals and give respite to their carers to assist them with their mental health and other ambitions.
• Drug and substance misuse: to support rehabilitation and the journey back to independent living and work.
• Support for people with intellectual disability: to provide support with personal care, job skills and supported living.
• Care leavers: to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people.
• Worship and associated community outreach: to ensure places of worship are energy efficient and watertight with an emphasis on wider community use of church halls or Church buildings where those buildings are redundant or too large and where the parish has a focus on non-conditional outward facing work.
• Amateur sport: to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.
• Care for the elderly: to allow quality care for those who cannot afford private care or continue living at home.

Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Previous grants have ranged from £5,000 to £2.25 million.

The first step in the application process is to complete a short online form. Groups with eligible projects will be sent a link to the application form and given a deadline for submission for the next Grants Meeting.

Applications are currently open.

Varied grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to help empower diverse and inclusive communities

Better Youth Spaces will be opening to applications soon. Applications for equipment will be accepted and assessed on a rolling basis, whilst applications for refurbishment will have a short fixed window to apply. All grants must be spent, evidenced and paid out by 30^th January 2026 or earlier.

Introductory Webinar

Please join us for a Better Youth Spaces webinar at midday on Thursday 10th July 2025 where you can find out more about the fund, how it works, what you’ll need to apply, what the funding can be used for, how the application process works and most importantly your questions about the fund.

The Foundation has published its new strategy, A Time for Bold Transitions (2025-2030), which aims ‘to respond to this age of significant disruption and interconnected global threats’ and it has ‘re-committed’ to its aim to advance wellbeing for people, society and the natural world.

The Foundation has dispensed with funding categories and will now focus on funding charitable organisations that at their core are committed to ensuring the rights of people, society and the natural world for current and future generations.

In order to be considered for funding, organisations will need to demonstrate ‘that intrinsic to their approach’ they are:

• Changemaking organisations that understand their role within existing and/or new systems and have a clear strategy for how and why they intend to make change.
• Committed to advancing justice through the active involvement of individuals and communities with personal or direct experience of the issues.

And they will need to share how their work relates to at least one of the following:

• Tackling the triple planetary crisis by mitigating and adapting to climate impacts, reducing pollution, and protecting and restoring nature.
• Building greater trust and connection, reducing polarisation within society and increasing the levels of participation and influence in the political process.
• Promoting the development and adoption of economic models and systems that support people and planet, and reduce wealth inequalities.
• Advancing equity and justice for marginalised communities impacted by these issues.

Grants of up to a maximum of £60,000 per year are available with a maximum of £180,000 up to five years and will support core costs, including (but not limited to):

• Staff salaries, training and expenses.
• Day-to-day running costs and operations.
• Monitoring and evaluation, including research.
• Communications and digital innovation.

Applications will be considered from registered, excepted or exempt charities who are doing work that has a national footprint or a wide reach, such as working in more than one country, region or county.

Eligible organisations will be UK based registered charities with an annual income of between £100,000 and £10 million. Consideration may be given to a company limited by guarantee, including CICs, with an asset lock or as a fiscally hosted organisation.

The Foundation will be running weekly Q&A sessions from 25 June to 12 August. Details can be found on the Foundation’s website ‘apply for funding‘ page

There is a two stage application process. The first step is to submit a proposal describing what the organisation is seeking funding for.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Sofronie Foundation is offering funding for registered charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver projects that provide young people with skills for jobs and increase access to higher education.

Funding is for interventions that:

• Increase access to higher education, such as educational programmes for young people that raise aspirations, build confidence, and develop skills in preparation for university.
• Increase access to vocational training, such as initiatives that provide young people with practical skills or offer opportunities of work experience in preparation for future employment.

Funding can be used for all costs associated with project delivery, including staffing costs.

Applications can be submitted at any time. 

The new fund will be fast-paced and provide grants for equipment, small refurbishments and other capital projects between £5,000-£100,000.

To apply, groups will need to meet a set of specific criteria, including:

🧒🏽 At least 50% of their provision must be for children/young people.

📜 They must be a registered charity, non-profit (like CIC, CLGs with dividend, asset and mission lock), local authority, uniformed group or community benefit society.

📌They must be located in one of 42 locations listed below (not the same list as the Youth Investment Fund)

We will also have a series of objectives, to help us prioritise where the funding will go. Aiming to:

• Improve the reach of youth work: by investing in projects that enhance and or expand the reach, number or range of activities.
• Improve the safety of youth facilities: by investing in refurbishments and equipment that will support the safety of young people within a facility.
• Support the sector to deliver quality enrichment activities: these include activities known to improve young people’s mental wellbeing and physical health, and could be sports, music, art, drama, dance, outdoor/adventure, debating, volunteering, youth groups, business/enterprise and tech/digital, or even opportunities to engage with culture more widely.
• Fund priority areas on the basis of youth need: by investing in places in England where young people have the greatest need (more details below)
• Improve financial sustainability of youth facilities: by investing in facilities that can benefit from potential income generation broadening improved facility/equipment to the wider community.

If this sounds like something you could benefit from, and you’re in one of the locations listed below, then please do keep an eye on emails from Social Investment Business in the coming weeks. 👀

You can also encourage other organisations to subscribe so they hear as soon as it launches.

Local authority areas eligible for our new youth fund coming soon:

1. Barking and Dagenham
2. Barnsley
3. Birmingham
4. Blackburn with Darwen
5. Blackpool
6. Bolton
7. Bradford
8. County Durham
9. Doncaster
10. Enfield
11. Hackney
12. Halton
13. Hartlepool
14. Islington
15. Kingston upon Hull, City of
16. Knowsley
17. Lambeth
18. Leicester
19. Lewisham
20. Liverpool
21. Manchester
22. Middlesbrough
23. Newcastle upon Tyne
24. North East Lincolnshire
25. Nottingham
26. Oldham
27. Redcar and Cleveland
28. Rochdale
29. Rotherham
30. Salford
31. Sandwell
32. Sheffield
33. South Tyneside
34. Southwark
35. St. Helens
36. Stoke-on-Trent
37. Sunderland
38. Tameside
39. Torbay
40. Tower Hamlets
41. Walsall
42. Wolverhampton

Sport England has announced up to £16 million from its £160 million Movement Fund will be reserved to help the sector respond to the impact of climate change in a move to help create the ‘greenest sports sector in the world’.

Community sports clubs and physical activity groups looking to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable are being encouraged to apply for grants of between £300 and £15,000 from the Movement Fund to promote environmental sustainability.

There is particular interest in initiatives that promote and support ‘climate justice’ – addressing the barriers facing those most affected by climate change to support them to access sport and physical activity opportunities.

This funding is for organisations in England dealing with the causes of inequality. By inequality they mean poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. They’ll fund organisations that are working on making a lasting change to the causes of inequality. Organisations can apply for between £1 million and £5 million in total. This funding can be spent over 5 to 10 years. They are expecting to fund around 10 organisations in the first year. For more information contact  SolidarityFund@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) is inviting applications to its new National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment fund from 25 June 2025.

Not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of between £300 and £20,000 for up to two years.

The funding is for projects that meet one or both of these aims:

• Help people connect with and care for nature in their area. (Projects that help people engage with good-quality, accessible nature close to home.)
• Make a positive difference to the environment. (Projects that help care for the environment and respond to climate challenges.)

The funding can be used to:

• Start a new activity or continue an existing one.
• Help organisations adapt to new challenges.
• Run one-off events that have a clear environmental benefit.

All projects must benefit the local community and involve local people from the start.

The funding can support a variety of costs to help the project succeed. These include:

• Running costs for the organisation
• Help from a nature organisation
• Equipment
• One-off events with a clear environmental impact
• Staff and training costs
• Transport and utilities
• Volunteer expenses
• Small land or refurbishment projects

Applications will be accepted from:

• Constituted voluntary or community organisations
• Constituted groups or clubs
• Registered charities
• Charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs)
• Not-for-profit companies
• Community interest company (CICs)
• Schools, if the project helps the local community, not just the school
• Statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish, and community councils)
• Community benefit societies.

Guidance notes are available on the NLCF website.

Applications will open on 25 June 2025 and close on 17 December 2025.

This programme, delivered by Family Fund Business Services, supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances with items that meet their most basic needs.

Applications must be completed by a registered referrer who is part of an organisation that is supporting the family or young person and capable of assessing their needs. The referrer’s organisation should also be able to administer and supervise the grant on their behalf.

The programme can deliver or fund critical items such as:

• Cookers
• Furniture
• Kitchen equipment and small appliances
• Children’s beds and bedding (including cots)
• Washing machines and tumble dryers
• Fridges, freezers and fridge-freezers
• Baby equipment
• Clothing for an emergency/crisis

The support is for children and young people  under 18 years of age, who are UK or EU citizens normally resident in the UK, and whose family does not have access to support and insufficient resources to meet the child’s needs.

There are no deadlines. Applications are processed usually within 10 working days.

The Tree Council is offering grants of between £250 and £2,500 for schools, constituted community groups and charities, community interest companies, Tree Warden networks, and other organisations across the UK to deliver tree-planting projects during the 2025/26 Winter planting season.

Through the Branching Out Fund, groups can purchase:

• Bare root, UK-sourced and grown, native trees of an appropriate size (priority will be given to younger trees that will establish better).
• UK-sourced and grown, bare-root whips (saplings) and cell-grown (root trainer) stock for hedging projects (between 40-120cm height).
• Hedgerow trees.
• Orchards, such as fruit trees on semi-vigorous, vigorous, and very vigorous rootstocks.
• Cardboard/bioplastic tree/hedge guards.
• Non-plastic ties.
• Stakes (coppiced material such as chestnut or hazel is preferred, although machined softwood will also be considered).
• Mulch.
• Non-peat-based soil improvers if needed.

The following may also be considered:

• Non-native tree varieties if appropriate to the setting.
• Non-native varieties and species that are chosen with climate change adaptation and resilience in mind.
• Fruit trees on dwarfing rootstock if the setting is appropriate.
• Trees in containers/raised beds if the reason is adequately explained and supported by a robust and comprehensive irrigation and aftercare plan.
• More robust and costly guards if the setting justifies it.

Funded projects must have been planted and groups submitted a claim form before 15 March 2026 (midnight).

The deadline for applications is 14 November 2025 (midnight).

The W F Southall Trust is offering grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 for registered charities across the UK with an annual income of less than £1 million to deliver projects and activities that align with the Trust’s key areas of interest.

Funding is for charities working in at least one of the following four areas:

• Quaker Work and Witness.
• Environmental Action and Sustainability.
• Peace and Reconciliation.
• Social Action.

Priority will be given to the following:

• Projects that encourage wider support of the four areas above.
• Projects where grants of up to £5,000 will make a quantifiable difference.
• Grassroots initiatives.
• Projects that show creativity and innovation.
• Projects that promote social justice, inclusion, and diversity.
• Projects that challenge structural inequalities and injustice.
• Projects that can demonstrate clear support from the communities in which they are based or operate.
• Projects that are engaged with the local community and show clear evidence of support through local giving, volunteering etc.

Funding can be used for capital and revenue costs associated with project delivery. Multi-year funding of up to three years may be available for charities the Trust has previously supported.

Applications can be submitted at any time. 

This initiative is part of Bupa’s Healthy Cities campaign and supports practical projects which help both people and planet health through grants of up to £2,000. Green Community Grants is open to all non-fee-paying schools, registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and social housing providers across the UK, Republic of Ireland and the Channel Islands.

Launched in March 2015, the Aviva Community Fund is provided by Aviva plc, a British multinational insurance company headquartered in London.

Aviva continues to offer match funding grants of up to £50,000 per project through its partnership with Crowdfunder.

The funding is for projects that align with one of Aviva’s funding areas:

• Financial Wellbeing – helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything.
• Climate Action – promoting healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change.

All beneficiaries of the project must be in the UK.

Aviva will match each donation up to £250. For example, if someone gives £5, Aviva will double it to £10. If they give £250, Aviva will match it, so the cause gets £500. Organisations can receive up to £50,000 in match funding. In addition, the Aviva Community Fund also gives causes access to volunteers, as well as tools and resources to help build their capabilities and achieve long-term sustainable success.

Charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), Community Interest Companies (CICs), Companies Limited by Guarantee (CLG) and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASC) can apply.

To be eligible, organisations must be based in the UK, have been operating for at least 12 months at the time of submission, have an annual income of no more than £2 million, and have a UK bank account in their own name.

The first step is for applicants to set up a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder.

Applications are open all year. There are no deadlines.

This dedicated grants programme aims to enhance the life of disabled, or seriously ill, young adults, aged 18 to 24 years old, living at home in the UK.

The fund has been set up to focus on disabled young people who once they reach 18 lose vital financial and wider support, including available learning opportunities and local groups and activities. These grants are designed to plug some of that gap. They are intended to help young people lead fulfilling lives and pursue their goals and interests.

Applications will be accepted from the main parent or carer of a disabled or seriously ill young adult aged 18 to 24, who lives at home with them. They must have lived in the UK for the last six months and be a family on a low income from work, or benefits such as Universal Credit, Working Tax Credit, Child Tax Credit etc.

The young adult must have a high level of support needs, in three or more of the following areas:

• Personal care, supervision and vigilance – needs support with feeding, washing, toileting, or needs to be supervised at all times.
• Access to social activities – needs extra support to access social or leisure activities, including difficulty travelling, or where they are currently socially isolated.
• Education/vocational training – has additional educational support needs, or needs extra help to attend vocational training.
• Communication – needs support to listen, speak or understand.
• Therapy and medical treatment – needs treatment or therapy.
• Specialist resources used – needs resources such as a wheelchair, oxygen, screen magnifier or electronic communication aid.
• The physical environment – needs support with getting around, travelling independently, and keeping safe.

The following are ideas and examples of what could be funded:

• Digital equipment – including laptops, tablets or software to help with learning, coursework or gaming
• Clubs and activities – membership fees, sports training, support with season tickets or materials for a hobby
• Musical instruments – contributions towards an instrument of choice
• Sports equipment – kit or uniforms, specialist equipment, such as a specialist sport or lightweight wheelchair, or wheelchair maintenance
• Transport – railcards, train tickets or bus passes
• Day trips – tickets for the cinema, theatre, concerts or meals out
• Support for learning – books, stationery or uniform, to support further education, training or vocational courses, including conferences or study weekends
• Driving ambitions – contributions for a provisional licence, including licence costs, learning materials, theory tests or initial lessons
• Bedroom furniture – assistance with beds and bedding, or televisions
• White goods – kitchen items such as fridge freezers, cookers or washing machines, to help with independence.

Funding is limited. Applications are accepted from families on a first-come, first-served basis until funding is fully allocated.

The Naturesave Trust are offering grants of £500 – £5000 to UK based environmental projects working in nature conservation, renewable energy and help to create more sustainable communities.

The Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation continues to offer match funding grants of up to £5,000 per project through its partnership with Crowdfunder.

Funding is available for new projects that will benefit local communities in England, Scotland or Wales and can be delivered in 2025/26.

Examples of projects that could be funded include:

• Environment and conservation: Projects focused on making green choices for their community eg community rewilding projects, community gardens, educational projects for communities to reduce their carbon footprint etc.
• Health and wellbeing: Projects focused on helping communities combat health and wellbeing issues to improve their quality of life eg social inclusion, sensory gardens, community gardens, mental health, sports projects, purchasing new equipment to help expand activities and encourage more people to get involved etc.
• The Prevention or Relief of Poverty: Projects focused on helping communities through financial hardship eg community food banks, money management and budgeting skills etc.

Existing UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) that are located in England, Scotland or Wales can apply. To access the match funding, applicants need to have a Sponsor who is a Mortgage Advice Bureau member of Staff, customer or approved business partner and a Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation approved application.

Projects may be supported with 3:1 live match funding to the applicant’s project target, up to a maximum of £5,000.

The first step is to set up a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder as a “keep what you raise” or an “all or nothing” project. Eligible projects will be supported by Mortgage Advice Bureau staff or their customers.

There are no deadlines as applications are currently considered on a rolling basis.

Open Grants Programme accepts applications from UK registered charities or not-for-profits and who meet their eligibility criteria, for funding towards capital projects. The work of the organisation must fall within one or more of their specified programme areas, which include: homelessness, young people facing disadvantage, and LGBT+ communities

This is a blended finance programme offering both grants (£25k–£40k) and matched social investment (up to £80k) to scale impact. Do It Now will partner with Black-led or Global Majority-led charity or social enterprise, providing the funding and support to help strengthen their operations and secure a sustainable future. Rolling deadline

The British Film Institute is accepting applications to the National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund for UK-based organisations delivering creative or talent development programmes. The funding aims to support projects in feature film and narrative immersive media, including narrative, documentary and animation.

The fund is designed to address challenges within the screen industry such as underrepresentation of certain genres, lack of early career producer opportunities and limited support for scalable projects with broad audience potential.

A total of £2.7 million is available over a three-year period. Applicants can request between £12,000 and £150,000. Eligible costs include staff and freelance fees, participant payments, venue and equipment hire, travel, creative practice sessions, mentoring and access provision. Reasonable overheads not already funded from other public sources are also eligible.

Applications are open to organisations across the UK with a track record in delivering professional or creative development work. These include production companies, film festivals, limited companies, CICs, partnerships, registered charities, local authorities and other statutory bodies. For-profit organisations may apply if the funded work is not-for-profit.

All funded work must be completed by 31 March 2026.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis but must be submitted at least 16 weeks before the planned start of activity.

The aim of the awards is to foster success by identifying and nurturing innovative ideas and projects that have the potential to deliver practical, sustainable social or environmental change. The awards particularly focus on supporting novel, early-stage ideas that address social or environmental issues at a systemic level. Funding of £25,000 will be made available to support award winners in developing their initiatives

Persimmon is proud to support local communities through their Community Champions programme. In your application, please tell Persimmon why your group or charity deserves to be supported and how much you are seeking. They also need the location and contact information for the organisation you are representing so that they can direct this to their relevant local office for consideration.   Closing date: Ongoing

The Involving Young People Fund launches this May in Wakefield and Barnsley, putting young people in the lead to fund projects that tackle the issues they care about most

The IYPF will award nine one-year £10k grants to projects that tackle key challenges young people in Wakefield and Barnsley face with a Youth Panel of young people aged 16 to 23 from the local community making the final decisions on how the funding is allocated. More information about the funding, including the guidance and application process, will be shared when it launches in May.

Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation offers a limited number of grants to registered charities in England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland as well as to eligible Roman Catholic Dioceses and Roman Catholic charities in these countries.

The funding is for charitable projects that are based in and for the benefit of people living in England, Wales, the Isle of Man or Republic of Ireland.

To be eligible, projects need to address one or more of the current funding priorities:

• Victims of modern slavery
• Victims of domestic abuse
• Ex-offenders and their families
• Homelessness
• Medical research
• Support for people with terminal illnesses / life limiting conditions and their carers
• Drug and substance misuse
• Support for people with intellectual disability
• Care leavers: to give them a chance to succeed on a par with other young people
• Worship and associated community outreach
• Amateur sport
• Care for the elderly

Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees. Previous grants have ranged from £5,000 to £2.25 million.

The first step in the application process is to complete a short online form. Groups with eligible projects will be sent a link to the application form and given a deadline for submission for the next Grants Meeting.

Applications are currently open.

Benefact Trust is offering grants for Christian organisations across the UK and Ireland to deliver a range of projects and activities that will make a positive and transformative impact in lives and communities.

Through the Community Impact Grants Programme, funding is available for projects that fall under the following programme areas:

• Growing congregations and Christian communities.
• Addressing social challenges facing communities.
• Enabling wider community use of church buildings.
• Empowering Christian Education.

Funding can be used to cover direct capital and revenue costs that are directly related to the proposed project. Funding can be used for new projects or to expand preexisting work.

Multi-year grants covering up to three years are available.

Applications can be submitted at any time. 

Will fund registered charities with an annual income of less than £350,000 with grants up to £10,000 to deliver projects that work to improve the lives of:

• disabled children and young people up to the age of 25,
• children and young people with life-limiting conditions,
• and their families.

Activities, bereavement support, peer led support and respite can be supported. Priority to organisations that operate in areas of high deprivation. Eligible costs include e.g. renovation work, upgrading, and additional equipment for hydrotherapy pools and multi-sensory rooms, minibuses, and specialised play equipment. Apply any time. 

Grants (one-off up to £5,000) to registered charities to deliver projects and activities that make a positive impact in local communities under these themes:

• Climate action and environmental protection;
• LGBTQ+ inclusion;
• Supporting the inclusion of individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds;
• Increasing women’s opportunities in life and work;
• Disability and neurodiversity inclusion;
• Mental health and wellbeing support.

Priority to proposed projects taking place in one or more of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP office locations  Applications are considered every quarter – apply at any time.  

New priorities are to fund projects that: support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination and support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives. Projects must also achieve one of RC’s missions which are to support communities to:

• Come together, through inclusive places, spaces and activities (either physical or virtual). Especially for communities where people are least able to come together.

• Help children and young people thrive, by developing positive social and emotional skills.

• Be healthier, by addressing health inequalities. And helping prevent poor health.

• Be environmentally sustainable. By engaging with climate issues and having a positive environmental impact. And improving access to quality natural spaces.

Grants are for £20,000 and above, generally below £500,000, for up to 5 years. Apply any time.

The Chapman Charitable Trust funds UK charities focused on wellbeing, environmental conservation, and improving access to the arts, particularly for young people. They prioritise projects that tackle the root causes of issues, aiming for long-term impact. While they do offer small grants for care and counselling, these are typically awarded to organisations with a preventative or solution-focused approach, where their funding can make a meaningful difference.

The Morrisons Foundation supports registered charities making a positive difference in local communities across England, Scotland, and Wales. Grants are available for up to £10,000 for capital spend or direct project delivery. The Morrisons Foundation prioritises applications from small charities, those with an income of less than £1m, but applications from larger charities are welcome.

Gosling Foundation is offering grants starting from £5,000 for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and community interest companies (CICs) across the UK with an annual income of less than £30 million to support a variety of projects and activities that align with the Foundation’s objectives.

The Foundation will support projects that align with the following aims:

• Royal Navy and Royal Marines – to improve their quality of life.
• Youth – provide opportunities and support for disadvantaged young people.
• Education – opportunities and support for people.

Grants can be used for:

• Project costs (for projects that directly impact beneficiaries).
• Capital projects eg new buildings, extensions, refurbishment, and recreational spaces.
• IT projects, moving services online, setting up helplines, etc.
• Equipment and furniture.
• Salaries (for positions that directly impact beneficiaries).
• Events that directly impact beneficiaries.

The trustees tend to only part-fund projects. Applicants are encouraged to raise funds from a variety of sources. Single and multi-year grants are available.

Applications can be submitted at any time. 

Grants of up to £10,000 are available for registered charitable organisations with an annual income of less than £350,000 across the United Kingdom to deliver projects that work to improve the lives of disabled children and young people up to the age of 25, children and young people with life-limiting conditions, and their families.

The True Colours Trust Small Grants Programme will support projects such as:

• Activities for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.
• Activities which support siblings of disabled children or siblings of children with life-limiting conditions.
• Bereavement support for children and young people and families bereaved of a child.
• Family and parent-led peer support for parents of disabled children.
• Respite which supports the whole family.

Priority will be given to organisations that operate in areas of high deprivation.

Eligible costs include renovation work, upgrading, and additional equipment for hydrotherapy pools and multi-sensory rooms, minibuses, and specialised play equipment or access to play for disabled children, children with life-limiting conditions and their families.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) announced that from 1 April 2025, the Reaching Communities programme has new priorities which will help the funder to deliver its missions and create fairer, stronger, more resilient futures for communities across England.

Not-for-profit organisations, including schools, statutory or public bodies, serving communities in England can apply as long as they meet the new priorities, which are for projects that:

• Support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination, and
• Support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives.

Projects must achieve one of the NLCF missions, which are to support communities to:

• Come together, by
  • Providing inclusive places, spaces and activities (either physical or virtual). Especially for communities where people are least able to come together.
• Help children and young people thrive, by
  • Developing positive social and emotional skills.
  • Providing safe spaces and relationships they can trust.
  • Involving them, and their families, in the decisions that affect their lives
  • Helping prevent issues before they happen.
•  Be healthier, by
  • Supporting people most affected by health inequalities.
  • Supporting people who’ve experienced health inequalities to influence the health system.
  • Helping prevent issues before they happen.
• Be environmentally sustainable by:
  • Empowering people to engage with climate issues and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. Or,
  • Taking part in activities to make a positive environmental impact. Like reducing carbon emissions or creating space for wildlife. Or,
  • Helping communities to have access to nature. By increasing the amount and quality of natural space for wildlife. Meaning that people can experience nature around them, and that more varieties of wildlife can thrive.

NLCF aims to fund projects of all sizes.

The minimum grant is £20,001. There is no maximum grant; however, most grants will be for less than £500,000. The funding can be for up to five years or for short-term projects.

Grants can be for both existing work and new projects or ideas and will support:

• Direct costs to deliver activities in the community
• Organisational development
• Costs that reduce negative impacts on the environment. Applicants do not need to be a climate or environment focused organisation to do this.
• Costs for the normal running of their organisation (also known as ‘core costs’ or ‘fixed costs’).
• Land or building costs (also known as ‘capital’ costs).

NLCF can also fund communities to change the services or systems that affect their lives.

Partnerships or groups of organisations can also apply as the separate NLCF Partnerships programme is now closed. (Information on NLCF future plans for partnership funding will be provided when it becomes available.)

There are no deadlines. Applications may be submitted at any time.

The Community Builders Fund allows charities, social enterprises and community organisations across England, Wales and Scotland – who are improving people’s lives or the environments they live in – to apply for loans from £100k up to £1.5m.

We aim to drive funding to more organisations focused on big challenges facing society, including nature and environmental work, homelessness charities, co-operatives and architectural heritage organisations revitalising historic buildings.

Chapman Charitable Trust supports registered UK charities that promote physical and mental well-being, conserve the natural environment, encourage the sustainable use of resources, and enhance access to the arts, particularly for young people. Typical grants awarded are between £1,000 – £3,000.

Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation is offering one-off grants of up to £5,000 for UK-registered charities to deliver projects and activities that make a positive impact in local communities.

The Foundation currently awards grants for projects that fall under one or more of the following themes:

• Climate action and environmental protection.
• LGBTQ+ inclusion.
• Supporting the inclusion of individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds.
• Increasing women’s opportunities in life and work.
• Disability and neurodiversity inclusion.
• Mental health and wellbeing support.

Priority will be given to proposed projects taking place in one or more of Womble Bond Dickinson LLP office locations (excluding Edinburgh):

• Bristol.
• Leeds.
• London.
• Newcastle.
• Plymouth.
• Southampton.
• Teeside.

Funding can be used for project costs, including running costs that are directly associated with project delivery.

Applications are considered every quarter.

Applications may be submitted at any time. 

The Foundation launched its open application programme in 2025 to enable more charities and community groups to access donations. There are two rounds of funding, with a total of £200,000 available for distribution each year, in the form of four £50,000 donations. The programme is now open for applications. Deadline is Sunday 13 April.

This foundation supports the education and development of children and young people by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.  They provide funding for relatively small-scale projects which might not happen at all or would only happen on a lesser scale without the support of BlueSpark.

The Spark Awards for Big Changemakers are looking to support up to 10 young leaders or teams of three people with up to £40,000 and a 12-month tailored learning and development programme. They are looking to support pilot-ready projects that will reimagine how we create positive social change for all young people.  The deadline for applications is 20th April.

More information on this opportunity can be found here: Big Change | The Spark Awards for Big Changemakers 

Youth Futures Foundation has announced new targeted support for marginalised young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) or at risk of becoming NEET.  Youth Futures will be investing in eight organisations to design, deliver, and evaluate evidence-based interventions to support young people across the country into good work.

The funding follows worrying figures released last month by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), which revealed that almost 1 million young people are not earning or learning – the highest levels in a decade.

The funding supports a range of organisations using enriching activities in sports, arts, culture, media, and enterprise to help young people progress toward and into meaningful work. Successful organisations include IMO Charity, Rise Up, Making Education a Priority, Miss Macaroon, Punch Records, Sports Key, Fully Focused Community Trust and Ultra Education, all of which will receive up to £75,000 per year, for up to three years.

The Happiness Fund is available to enable and support projects which improve mental health, wellbeing, inclusion, learning and skills development in local communities. The fund is intended to help new groups and activities, to be successful. Applicants will need to indicate how the activity/group can become self-sustaining or able to attract funding from other sources in the longer term. The fund will award £5,000 twice a year.

Grants for charities in the UK whose work in the Foundation’s priority areas of arts, environment or social action has impact across the whole of the UK.

The Foundation supports people, society and the natural world by focusing on the arts, environment and social action as these areas can make an important contribution to wellbeing.

The minimum grant available is £10,000. There is no maximum limit an the average award is £106,000.

Most grants are for two or three years. The Foundation normally supports core funding but grants for projects are also available. Please note that demand for funds is high.

Funding is available to registered, excepted or exempt charities who are doing work that has a national footprint or a wide reach, such as working in more than one country, region or county.

For Arts funding applications, the Foundation prioritises requests for initiatives outside of the capital but may consider those based in London if the proposal would bring significant benefits elsewhere.

Organisations should have an income of between £100,000 and £10 million and be able to demonstrate:

• Effectiveness and impact: this could mean a good understanding of the needs being met and how best to tackle them; awareness of how the project adds value and relates to/complements the work of others; effective systems to monitor and review progress; a culture of learning, reflection and improvement; and being alert to opportunities to widen impact.
• Strong governance and management: a diverse and representative organisation with a well-qualified and engaged board and strong and inspiring leadership; a thorough understanding and oversight of finances across the Board and leadership team; and awareness of the organisation’s strengths and weaknesses.
• Collaborative: this could mean organisations that are well connected, understand how they fit within their world, and work well with others relevant to the work being done.

Preference is given to smaller niche national charities which shine a light on a particular concern or area of interest.

Applicants can now request new funding after submission of the Final Report. Previously, grantees had to wait for one year after their grant had ended before submitting a new application.

 provides blended funding (£25K to £250K, 60% loan and 40% grant) to bolster the energy resilience of eligible charities and social enterprises. This could include reduced carbon emissions, energy cost savings, upgrading energy efficiency ratings to meet future regulations, increased use or comfort of buildings, replacing older vehicles and equipment with modern energy efficient versions. Applicant organisations must be constituted for social benefit and improving people’s lives or the environments they live in; have a minimum of 2 years’ operating activity and minimum turnover of £100k.

Seedlings Foundation grants up of £1,500 to support activities for Children & Young People. Will fund charitable/community organisations working with children and young people who operate within West Yorkshire. 3 Funding Streams:

• Providers of childcare/activities to children 0-5 years old.
• Providers of care/activities to children & young people 6 – 19 years old.
• Training to allow individuals working in the sectors above to enhance their personal skills and professional development.

Will not fund core running costs. No deadlines, apply any time.

Berkeley is looking to support up to six organisations focused on building leadership skills in young people, empowering them to positively impact their own lives and the communities in which they live. Funding will prioritise organisations working with young people affected by racist or Islamophobic violence. Grants of up to £90,000 over a three-year period will be awarded to successful applicants to build organisational resilience. The fund will open on Monday 3 March.

Not-for-profit organisations including registered charities, CIOs, CICs, cooperatives, community benefit societies, schools, colleges and universities can apply for grants to support projects that have a positive impact on their community.  3 levels of grants are available: up to £19,999;  up to £39,999 and up to £100,000 depending on the size of the applicant organisation.

Grants are available for not-for-profit and educational institutions within 50 miles of nBS’ offices in Leeds to support projects that have a positive impact on local communities, improve places and spaces, and provide opportunities for individuals to reach their potential. Eligible projects could include, but are not limited to: energy efficiency and carbon reduction measures; waste reduction and recycling initiatives; improvements to outdoor environments; training programmes that develop local skills and employment opportunities. Applicants must be a not-for-profit organisation, operational for two years and based within a 50 mile radius of the npower Business Solutions office in either Solihull or Leeds.

The Security Industry Authority is offering confiscated cash to charities and community interest companies that have projects aimed at improving public safety and supporting private security. The money comes from criminals through proceeds of crime confiscation orders. In previous years, the programme has funded projects including human trafficking awareness workshops, employment and training opportunities for disadvantaged groups and training for volunteers in emergency first response care.

Trustees at the Bruce Wake Trust will consider grant applications related to the provision of leisure activities for disabled people.

Masonic Charitable Foundation’s charity grants programme is open to registered charities in England and Wales working with one of its four main priority groups. These are improving the health and wellbeing of older people with dementia and their carers; early years (0-5) with a focus on poverty and neglect; children affected by domestic abuse; and children with special educational needs and disabilities.

The Peter Harrison Foundation funds life-enhancing opportunities for disabled people living in the most deprived areas in the UK.

The programme aims to enable and celebrate talented entrepreneurs to make positive social impact through their creative ventures. Winners will receive up to £20,000 investment to start or grow their enterprise and membership to MeWe360’s Incubator programme.

The Prudence Trust is a grant-making charity, established in 2020, investing in the advancement of young people’s mental health services and research in the UK. The Prudence Trust are offering grants of up to £300,000 to UK registered charities or CICs with an income over £250,000 working exclusively with young people aged 10-30 and delivering direct mental health support.

Grants for Good is funded by the John Good Group and is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment.

Cash for Kids are the official charity of Bauer Media. Bauer Media is an international media company who run market leading radio stations and magazines. The grant-giving charity exists to help disadvantaged children and young people up to and including the age of 18 who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional support needs.

The charity is currently offering grant of between £1,000 and £3,000 to support children living in local communities in parts of the UK which are supported by the Cash for Kids team. Groups should check the locations page to ensure they are eligible.

The grants need to be spent within six months and can cover a range of project costs, such as therapy including counselling, music/art therapy, speech/language therapy, physiotherapy, bereavement support, and sensory equipment. A maximum of six months of therapy sessions are supported.

City and Guilds Foundation are offering grants of up to £10,000 to ‘innovative local and community-led projects that may not be eligible for traditional funding sources’ through The Local Community Skills Fund.  Most grants tend to be around £6000

Suez Communities Trust is offering grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 for constituted not-for-profit groups across England to deliver projects that make capital improvements to public amenities projects in communities surrounding a qualifying SUEZ Recycling and Recovery site.

The Suez Communities Fund will support projects and activities that enable capital improvements to public facilities, such as:

• Village hall improvements.
• Nature reserves and conservation.
• Village greens.
• Community centres.
• Public playgrounds.
• Cycle paths.
• Sports fields and facilities.
• Country parks.
• Historic buildings, structures, or sites.

Improvements to places of religious worship will only be considered if they are Grade I designated. Projects to improve other historic buildings, structures, or sites must be Grade I, II, or II*, or have another significant heritage designation such as a Scheduled Ancient Monument.

Public amenities must be open to the public for a minimum of four evenings a week, two days a week, or 104 days a year.

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online Expression of Interest before being invited to submit a full application. There are typically four funding rounds each year.

The next deadline for applications is 14th May 

The overall focus is on developing and promoting sustainable, low-carbon alternatives to the current consumerist and growth-based paradigm. We will support a range of actions to achieve these aims, recognising this might include defending current policies, frameworks, and regulations.

The Allen Lane Foundation aims to support work that will make a lasting difference to people’s lives, is aimed at reducing isolation, stigma and discrimination, and encourages or enables groups that experience marginalisation and/or discrimination to share in the life of the whole community. Maximum awarded is £15,000 but the average grant size is £5,000-£6,000.

The fund aims to improve outcomes for children and young people in the UK with an overarching focus on creating educational and/or access opportunities for young people in circumstances, groups or locations that face economic challenges or social marginalisation that may lead to significant disadvantages in later life.

This fund from Sport England is for sports clubs and other organisations that help people to take part in physical activity. £160 million will be allocated over the next four years. Organisations and projects are eligible for funding, and projects must help people become more active, tackle inequalities. Organisations could receive up to £15,000.

Charities with an income between £25,000 and £500,000 can apply for unrestricted grants ranging from £1,000 to £5,000 per year. Charities with an income between £500,000 and £5m can apply for grants ranging from £10,000 to £60,000 for specific projects. The funding is for charities/projects that are focusing on early years support, special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) and children affected by domestic abuse.

As part of its vision for funding in England, and its commitment to its new funding strategy (It Starts with Community), the National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) has set up the Grant Holder Support fund.

TNLCF is committing £150 million of funding to this initiative until 2030. This funding aims to help increase the knowledge, skills and resilience of civil society organisations.

NLCF will provide one grant of £200,000 for one community or voluntary organisation to lead the development stage of this package of funding and support which aims to address the most common challenges that communities face in England.

There is a total of £2.1 million which will be divided as follows:

• One grant of £200,000 for a lead partner, supporting around 8 to 10 partners.
• £1.9 million funding for civil society organisations participating in the partnership and development work.

The lead partner must be a:

• Constituted voluntary or community organisation.
• Registered, exempt or excepted charity.
• Charitable incorporated organisation (CIO).
• Not-for-profit company limited by guarantee. They must be a registered charity or have a not-for-profit ‘asset lock’ clause in their articles of association.
• Community interest company (CIC).
• Community benefit society.
• Co-operative society – with a not-for-profit ‘asset lock’ clause in their society rules and registered with the Financial Conduct Authority.

The lead partner needs to have experience of working with or leading partners on shared projects and links with other partners they want to involve.

TNLCF is particularly interested in hearing from partners that:

• Have experience in supporting civil society organisations, but may not have previously received TNLCF funding.
• Have experience working with people, places and communities who experience the most poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.

TNLCF is holding a webinar on 27 November 2024 (14:00 to 14:45). Registration is required and can be done via the TNLCF website. The webinar will be recorded and shared.

Expressions of Interest are expected to open 8 January 2025.

s part of its vision for funding in England, and its commitment to its new funding strategy (It Starts with Community), the National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) is establishing the You Decide Fund which aims to directly involve communities in how TNLCF works and gives out funding.

TNLCF plans to dedicate at least 5% of its £500 million funding for England each year to You Decide.

Before launching the broader programme, TNLCF wants to work with partners from spring 2025 to spring 2026 in a development stage. This could lead to communities being involved in decisions about what and who is funded. But it could also lead to other great ways of involving communities that have not yet been considered. TNLCF wants to find out what works best for people.

A total of £2 million is to be distributed between up to five partners. Grants of up to £80,000 are to be used to cover the partner’s costs in delivery. At least £1.6 million is for onward granting to communities.

Partners’ roles will include:

• Collaborating with TNLCF and other partners
• Bringing together a mix of people and community organisations. TNLCF will listen to how they want to get involved with decision making, particularly those from communities who experience poverty, disadvantage and discrimination
• Building community empowerment through the process and involving communities in a way that builds their skills, resources and ability to work together
• Sharing their experience of community decision making and using it to develop and test different processes to involve communities in decision making.
• Testing ways to involve communities in decision making.
• Giving out funding to communities.

TNLCF is looking for a mix of partners from the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector with different experience and welcomes expressions of interest from different sizes or organisations and organisations that have worked at different scales.

This includes those who are used to working:

• Locally, in-depth, with smaller numbers of people.
• Regionally or nationally, with large groups of people.
• With communities based on people’s shared identity, interests or experience rather than where they live

TNLCF is holding a webinar on 27 November 2024 (10.30am to 11.15am.)  Registration is required and can be done via the TNLCF website. The webinar will be recorded and shared.

Expressions of Interest are expected to open 8 January 2025.

As part of its vision for funding in England, and its commitment to its new funding strategy (It Starts with Community), the National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) is establishing a £100 million, 10 year Community Power Fund. The aim is to help people influence and change the places they live, the services they use, and decisions that affect their lives across England

Before the launch of the broader programme in 2026, TNLCF wants to work with 10 to 15 partners on a one-year development phase. This will run from spring 2025 to spring 2026 and have up to £1.2 million funding.

Grants of between £50,000 and £80,000 will be available per partner organisation and can be used to fund a range of different approaches to improving community power.

Applications will be accepted from:

• Constituted voluntary or community organisations
• Constituted groups or clubs
• Registered charities
• Charitable incorporated organisations (CIO)
• Not-for-profit companies
• Community interest companies (CIC)
• Schools (as long as their project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
• Statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
• Community benefit societies.

To be eligible, applicants must:

• Work in and with communities that are the most excluded and marginalised, and the least empowered.
• Have experience of working in communities where the conditions are currently least suited to growing community power.

There is particular interest in hearing from smaller community groups as well as larger or national organisations.

The funding can be spent on delivery costs, salary costs, transport costs, overheads, and other costs involved in working as a NLCF partner and taking part in development work.

TNLCF is holding a webinar on 28 November 2024 (14:00 to 14:45). Registration is required and can be done via the TNLCF website. The webinar will be recorded and shared.

Expressions of Interest are expected to open 8 January 2025.

12 Days of Giving is our festive final phase of Movement for Good 2024. In December, we’ll be giving 120 charities £1,000 each over 12 days.

The first draw takes place on December 5th and the last on December 20th with 10 charities drawn every week day.

Nominations are open until 23:59 on December 19th 2024.

If you’ve already nominated your favourite charity this year, then you’re already in the draw. If you haven’t nominated yet, getting a cause close to your heart in the running is just a few clicks away.

It’s one nomination per charity per person, so if you have more than one favourite cause, why not try putting them on our map with a nomination?

Are you a Young Gamechanger? Applications for Grant Round 2 are now open!

A world where young people are at the forefront of change sounds like a good world to live in. Are you ready to build that world with us? We’re on the lookout for young gamechangers!

YGF awards grants of up to £20k directly to young people aged 10-25 and you’ll get access to peer networks and support to take your initiative to the next level! Apply now to receive funding

you can watch the launch webinar here https://youtu.be/vwyRal5rVF4

Pride of Britain fund empowers ordinary people to do extraordinary things. To mark the 25th anniversary of Pride of Britain, the Pride of Britain Fund is giving £100,000 to supercharge the work of local heroes all over the country. Grants of £500, £1,000 or £2,500 are available.

Grants for Good is funded by the John Good Group and is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment

Travel to Refuge is an umbrella scheme in which travel companies cover the cost of train or coach tickets for women, men and children escaping domestic abuse travelling to refuge accommodation. A survivor reaches out for support from a domestic abuse service which is a member of Women’s Aid Federation of England, Imkaan, Scottish Women’s Aid, Welsh Women’s Aid or Respect Men’s Advice Line. If appropriate, the survivor will be referred to a refuge and will be informed once a refuge vacancy has been confirmed. The refuge books a free train or coach ticket for the survivor. Email railtorefuge@womensaid.org.uk.

Sign up for Blackbaud’s free, fundraising toolkit, to help you tackle your end of year campaign planning.

Grants up to £5,000 are available to support young people, and charitable organisations helping young people across Yorkshire.

How can I get funding for social prescribing? Guidance for small projects and charities

Social prescribing needs investment for communities to thrive, and this starts at a hyper local level. Small groups and organisations know the community they serve best but the process for applying for, and obtaining, funding can be confusing and it’s often difficult to know where to start.

This guidance may offer some assistance.

How can I get funding for social prescribing? – National Academy for Social Prescribing | NASP (socialprescribingacademy.org.uk)

Goal to enable 100 towns and cities to transform access to green space in urban areas so everyone can enjoy time spent outdoors in nature, close to home.

From 1 October, local authorities and their community partners will be able to apply for grants of between £250k to £1million, with The National Lottery Heritage Fund making £15m in funding available UK-wide. Grants have been designed to provide organisations with capacity and headspace to think and plan their urban green space for the long term. Grants will help to develop partnerships, leadership and capability and build the foundations for change, help to attract new income and investment for delivery and sustainability.

For further details on Nature Towns & Cities, please visit naturetownsandcities.org.uk. Find out more about applying for a grant on the Heritage Fund website.

T Group has today launched a new Apprenticeship Fund, designed to support SMEs, charities and public sector organisations across England by providing access to £4m in apprenticeship funding over an initial four-year period.

Since 2017, companies with an annual wage bill of more than £3 million have been required to pay the apprenticeship levy, using the funds to recruit and train apprentices. They can also choose to transfer up to 50% of their levy to help support other companies.

BT Group has partnered with Babington, one of the UK’s largest and longest-established apprenticeship training providers to transfer up to £4 million from its apprenticeship levy funds to help SMEs, charities and the public sector train new apprentices and upskill their existing workforce.

Babington will play a crucial role in matching businesses with appropriate training providers and guiding them through the application process. Successful applicants will be provided with access to funded apprenticeship training within 20 days, subject to meeting funding criteria.

A key focus of the Apprenticeship Fund will be on digital skills development, reflecting BT’s own emphasis on technology and innovation in its apprenticeship programmes. This approach aims to help SMEs bridge the digital skills gap and adopt new technologies, enhancing their competitiveness in an increasingly digital economy.

The Fund is open to SMEs, charities and public sector organisations across England, including the NHS, focusing on apprentices aged 22 and older. It aims to support local economic growth, reduce the digital divide, and enhance social mobility by providing quick access to apprenticeship funding.

Organisations interested in accessing apprenticeship levy funding can register their interest on the BT Group Apprenticeship Fund Portal.

With Vodafone’s charities connected initiative, non-profit organisations can help the communities you  support and modernise your own digital operations too.

YHA (youth hostel association)  – are a national youth charity, as such they offer bursary places for groups. Have 130 venues across England and Wales. You can go self-led or access their activities – where these are.  The locations are unique and vary in size.

They are looking to highlight their offer / opportunities.

Groups can hire out whole buildings – or share and can apply for support with costs.

They have a new Funding Stream Outdoor Citizens Programme –  https://www.yha.org.uk/outdoor-citizens

Providing opportunities for groups to gain access to the Great Outdoors – there is a link on the page to possible sources of funding for outdoor activities (and yes LAs can apply).

Groups can use the YHA to stay in or just day visits – which might work for some.

Groups they recognise as possibly needing more support to access the outdoors include but not limited to – LGBTQI+, all female groups, Ethnic Majority groups, disadvantaged.

This funding – can contribute towards transport

YHA Breaks Programme – closes 10^th Dec  – an easy expression of interest form

Looking at youth groups –

You can go for catered or self-catering – with or without adventurous activities

Aimed at greatest needs

• SEND,
• Young carers
• Care experienced.
• LGBTQI+
• Young Asian women

Open to all regions –

Goes to panel in January – and groups are advised where to stay, as they know their venues and what would meet your needs.

https://www.yha.org.uk/support-programmes/yha-breaks-programme

You will need to have funding for transport.

The Foyle Foundation make single grants towards core costs (including supporting salaries), projects, essential equipment or building projects. Priority will be to support local charities still active in their communities which are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community. Charities can apply for between £2,000 and £10,000.

Paul Hamlyn are funding organisations who work with young people (14–25) to drive change so that future generations of young people can thrive. The fund is for non-profit organisations (including charities) working with young people aged 14-25 and with an annual income over £30,000 but under £3.5m.

Grants of up to £2,000 – £5,000 available to clubs, community groups or teams to encourage vulnerable and underprivileged young people to get active and enjoy taking part in sport. The funding aims to:

provide grants to fund items such as sports equipment, club membership or training facilities for those who cannot afford them.

help young people, by means of sport and healthy recreation, to develop their capabilities and fulfil their potential as individuals and members of society

No deadline; applications will be reviewed within a three-month period.

Organisations working with young people under 18 who have a mental health condition, disability, or are growing up in poverty, can apply for funding for projects or specific items that will help the young people fulfil their potential whilst improving wellbeing, self-esteem, and independence.

There is no minimum or maximum grant size and there is no set closing date

The UK Fund offers larger amounts of funding for existing projects that help bring diverse communities together, including those that help children and young people use their voice to influence change. Funding is between £500,000 to £5 million. Funding is available for 2 to 10 years.

The Financial Services Authority has announced an expansion of the Dormant Assets Scheme that could unlock an extra £880mn for good causes. The scheme is expanding to include dormant investment assets and client money. Since 2011, the UK Dormant Assets Scheme has unlocked more than £745mn for social and environment initiatives, from over £1.35 billion in dormant bank and building society accounts.

Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that work to support the lives of young people under 25 years who are disadvantaged physically, mentally, or socially. The funding is for projects that address the following areas:

• Health and wellbeing
• Sensory rooms and gardens
• Specialist equipment and facilities
• Playgrounds and outdoor activities
• Education projects

Expressions of interest may be submitted at any time.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available all year round for specific projects that help to improve people’s lives. To be eligible, projects must address at least one of the Foundation’s funding objectives of:
-Tackling poverty and social deprivation
-Enhancing community spaces, facilities and services
-Improving health and wellbeing.

B&Q Foundation Grants (managed by Neighbourly)
One-off grants of up to £5,000 for garden projects or up to £10,000 for building or indoor projects. Will fund a wide range of registered charities supporting people most in need because of homelessness, financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage.  Grants can be used to decorate, renovate or create spaces (indoors and outdoors) with the aim of making people feel at home and having a sense of belonging. Projects could include creating community gardens, redecorating properties, installing new boilers, and creating new buildings or rooms. The funding will cover the full cost for the completion of the project, including staff time required. Projects need to be delivered within six months of receiving the grant. There are three more application windows in 2024.mThe second application window opens at 9:30 am on 26 April with a deadline of 17 May 2024

Music for All is offering a range of financial support grants to community projects that work with people from Global Majority backgrounds, groups with mental health challenges, or those affected by isolation and loneliness, chronic illness, and physical mobility and accessibility needs

The foundation supports core or project costs, including staff salaries and overheads. They also provide unrestricted funding for charities. The majority of grants are for three to five years.

People from racially minoritised communities are 2.5 times more likely to be in poverty than white people. This programme is for small local charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity. This programme combines unrestricted funding of £75,000 over three years and a breadth of tailored support

With Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future we want to involve more people in climate action. And we want to inspire bold and exciting change.

We’ll fund formal partnership projects that reach more people by either:

• linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities. And inspiring them to take action.
• influencing communities at a regional or national level. Like linking up groups across locations. Or a campaign that inspires change across one country, or the whole UK.

You do not have to be a climate or environment focused organisation to apply

This grant programme aims to support small, grassroots organisations who are embedded in the community, working within the most deprived areas of the UK. They fund established organisations with a track record of delivering services directly to beneficiaries. They want to fund work that enables people who are excluded, vulnerable or facing other forms of hardship to have access to community-based services. Grant sizes vary between £20k and £70k per year

Foux Foundation is a private charitable foundation that was set up in 2015 by members of the Foux family.  Areas of focus

• The relief of sickness and promotion of good health

• The advancement of education

• The advancement of disadvantaged young people

•  The prevention or relief of poverty

The Prudence Trust  is focused on supporting young people aged 11-25 from disadvantaged groups to access preventive and curative mental health treatments and therapies. Grants typically range from £30,000 – £500,000.  Deadline is on Friday 8 March.

With the goal of helping those from all communities in the UK and the Republic of Ireland tell their stories through writing and find an audience, the Amazon Literary Partnership supports non-profit literary organisations that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. Providing grant funding to innovative groups that amplify diverse voices and strive not only for a lasting impact on writers’ lives, the literary and publishing communities but also our broader community.

Applications for 2024 grants are being accepted between 5th December 2023 and 31st January 2024. Grant recipients will be notified by 17th May 2024

Funding support for activities for Children & Young People.

The Foundation has Three Funding Streams

• Providers of childcare/activities to children 0-5 years old.
• Providers of care/activities to children & young people 6 – 19 years old.
• Training to allow individuals working in the sectors above to enhance their personal skills and professional development.

Please note when making your application they have a notional maximum grant of £1500 per application.

No deadline

The Trust was established to encourage and assist the provision of leisure activities for the physically disabled.

The Trustees will consider grant applications related to the provision of leisure activities for the disabled. See website for eligibility.

No deadline.

The Hodge Foundation’s aim is to support projects that have effective solutions to helping those most in need. Grants available for welfare, education, medical and religion.

No deadline provided.

This programme will support collaborations led by small charities seeking to influence and achieve local or regional change around improving the social security system, improving access to suitable accommodation, and support for asylum seekers and refugees. Collaborations can apply for grants of £100,000 over two years.

No deadline.

This Fund supports work which enables pupils in formal education settings, particularly those experiencing systemic inequality or disadvantage, to thrive through engagement with high quality, arts-based learning.

By arts-based learning we mean learning experiences which incorporate arts-based content, and/or use arts-based approaches to secure access to or enhance engagement with the curriculum. Formal education settings may include Early Years, Primary, Secondary, Alternative Provision and Further Education.

No deadline.

Provides unrestricted funding of between £25,000 and £150,000 to unlock the growth of eligible charities and social enterprises in England. Each funding package consists of a 75% loan and 25% grant, with a loan term of between one and six years. Who is eligible  Small and medium-sized charities and social enterprises based in and delivering impact in England, who are trading and looking to grow or diversify their business models can apply. Organisations must work in the environmental or poverty sector and have been operating for 2 years or more, with a turnover of more than £100,000.

No deadline.

Open grant programme awards grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools). Grants are awarded towards capital projects. We fund both large and small projects. The size of grant awarded will depend on a number of factors including the size of your organisation and the cost and scale of your capital project. For more see their website.

In 2023-24 they will consider applications from charities and CIOs that operate in a geographical area of deprivation in the UK. They must deliver activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable members of the community. This is a rolling funding programme for one-off grants of up to £5,000. Check their website for further details and submission dates for consideration at their next committee meeting.

Small charities with an annual income of less than £25k can apply for £300-£2,000 to fund various running costs such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance etc.

Ongoing fund  – no deadline.

Aviva, in partnership with WWF and the RSPB, is giving £1 million to support community groups across the UK to protect and restore nature in their local area. Please note this is linked to crowd funding.

No closing date given.

The Pathways Fund offers grants totalling £60K-£90K over three years (£20K-£30K per year) to emergent youth-led groups and collectives across England. This fund is for youth-led groups that are working to change unjust laws, policies, practices, and cultures that have directly affected their lives and the communities of those they share these experiences with.

Applications accepted all year.

The Growth Impact Fund will provide social investment for early stage, growing organisations. A full package of support including social investment of between £50,000 and £1,500,000, grants of £15,000 to £20,000 running alongside the investment a dedicated portfolio manager experiences for children. Funding ranges from £500 to £4,700 per new project.

Marsh Charitable Trust – Grants Small charities with an annual income of less than £25,000 can apply for £300 – £2,000 to fund various running costs such as volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance, and other core outgoings.  There is no deadline, this is an ongoing fund.

Toy Trust Charitable youth organisations working with children aged up to 13 can apply for up to £5,000 for equipment and services (not for salaries, wages or research). Trustees meet 4 times a year.

ChangeX has launched the £145,000 UK Community Play Fund, supported by the LEGO Foundation as part of its Build a World of Play campaign. The fund aims to enable communities across the UK to start proven learning through playful projects and empower community groups, parents, and caregivers to create more experiences for children. Funding ranges from £500 to £4,700 per new project.

A mixture of grant and loan opportunities including their Thrive Together Fund and similar opportunities from other organisations.

Applications are taken all year for The Steel Charitable Trust’s rolling grants programme, which represents most of the Trust’s grant-giving.

Applications must be for charitable purposes that fall into one of the five core categories below; applications for purposes outside these categories are only permitted at the direct invitation of a Trustee:

• Arts and Heritage
• Education
• Environment
• Health
• Social or Economic Disadvantage

Growth Impact Fund – Investing for impact. Made for diverse-led organisations  Big Issue Invest, UnLtd and learning partner Shift have launched the Growth Impact Fund, a potential £25 million investment fund providing equity, patient debt, and revenue-based funding to early-stage and growing social businesses in the UK.   The Fund is open to social enterprises that are focusing on tackling inequality or are ‘diverse-led’. Diverse-led is defined as having a minimum of 75% of their board and 50% of their senior leadership team composed of people from underrepresented backgrounds

The Foundation aims to advance the wellbeing of people, society and the natural world by focusing on the arts, environment and social action.

Hamish Ogston Foundation grants for projects that will cost at lease £1.5 million to charities for projects that protect important heritage sites, preserve, and protect choral and organ traditions, and address disparities in access to medical treatment and awareness. Aim to address the North-South divide therefore preference to projects north of Severn to The Wash. Apply any time, there is a 2 stage process.

Hodge Foundation supports charities working with people who may be vulnerable or disadvantaged and who need assistance to improve their lives.

Yapp Charitable Trust offers grants for core funding to registered charities, with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000, whose work focuses on one of their priority groups.

Wades Charity Small Gants Programme: small grants of up to £300 to small community groups with annual income under £20,000 operating in pre-1974 boundaries of Leeds (LS1 – LS17) who offer recreational and or social opportunities benefiting people from their community or support use of public open space. Administrated by Voluntary Action Leeds (VAL). Will cover a wide range of costs. To apply complete a very brief application form and return to Voluntary Action Leeds. VAL welcomes more applications from neighbourhood, community and ethnically diverse groups who are currently under-represented.

Family Fund provides wide-ranging grants for essential items to families raising disabled or seriously ill children on low incomes. The grants cover a variety of needs, including kitchen appliances such as fridges, cookers, and washing machines, clothing and bedding, sensory or play equipment, technology for the child, and even much-needed family breaks. Families can also apply for any items that will help meet additional support needs

Core (Organisational) Costs Funding Stream – BBC Children in Need Not-for-Profit organisations looking for support with their core costs? To get started, fill in the EOI (expressions of interest) form detailing what your organisation does and what funding you would require. BBC Children in Need will read your EOI form, and if successful, they will email you the application form. Applications for grants of £15,000 a year and less are likely to receive a quicker decision. There is no application deadline.