We’ll be updating this page weekly with opportunities that we are aware of for local organisations seeking funding for projects connected to community, wellbeing, sports, heritage, local business, sustainability and environment. Please click on the drop down menu below to find lots of funding opportunities for different sectors.
You can also find additional funding information here:
South Hams District Council grant and funding opportunities – for community grants covering sustainable communities, climate change and biodiversity, South Hams Crowdfunder and SeaMoor Lotto see https://www.southhams.gov.uk/article/3854/Community-Grants-Funding and for UK Shared Prosperity Fund grants for businesses and communities covering decarbonisation, agri-tech, clean diversification and community resilience see https://www.southhams.gov.uk/your-council/budgets-and-finance/budgets-and-spending/uk-shared-prosperity-fund-0/rural-england
Devon County Council latest information on funding opportunities for businesses and communities in Devon see https://www.devon.gov.uk/fundingnews/
Rural Services Network list of funding opportunities – see Rural Funding Digest – Rural Services Network (rsnonline.org.uk)
Do you have a Disability? Are you a parent or carer of a Disabled child or adult? If so, you can use this website https://www.disability-grants.org/ to save time finding Disability Grants. On this website, Charities and Trusts provide funding towards the high cost of disability equipment, holidays, housing, days out………in fact anything above and beyond the normal costs of everyday living.
| Royal Countryside Fund – Supporting Rural Communities – Applications in by 21 February 25 Available to organisations providing projects around the themes of: Keeping young people in the countryside; Powering up rural communities; Increasing environmental sustainability and Building emergency resilience in rural areas. Grants of up to £25,000 over 24 months https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/how-we-help/rural-communities/supporting-rural-communities-uk/ | |
| The Ashworth Charitable Trust – Applications in by 28 February Available to UK registered charities with an annual turnover of under £1 million that are working in the UK and/or overseas on projects that address humanitarian causes. Grants of up to £5,000 https://ashworthtrust.org/ | |
| Delamere Dairy Foundation – Applications in by 28 February 25 Available to charities and organisations whose purpose fits with the objectives of the foundation, namely: Advancement of agricultures and of environmental protection; the Advancement in life of young people by developing their capabilities so that the may mature as contributory members of society; The relief of financial hardship; The advancement of education and the relief of sickness. Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 https://delameredairyfoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The Inman Charity – Applications in by 28 February and 31 August 2025 Available to UK registered charities providing medical, social welfare or general welfare activities particularly in the areas of support for the elderly, people with disabilities, medical research, hospices and the Armed Forces. Grants between £2,000 and £5,000 https://www.inmancharity.org/#Application_Guidelines | |
| The Kelly Family Charitable Trust – Applications in by 1 March 25 Available to help establish recently formed UK registered charities that are working to nurture and support family life. Grants up to £5,000 https://kfct.org.uk/ | |
| *NEW* Jeans for Genes Grants 2025 – Applications in by 14 March 2025 Available to UK registered charities within the genetic condition community as a contribution towards their organisation’s running costs. Grants of up to £5,000 https://www.jeansforgenes.org/jeans-for-genes-grant-programme | |
| Heat Network Efficiency Scheme – Department for Energy Security and Net zero – Applications in by 28 March 25 Available to public, private and third sector applicants in England and Wales to support improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heat-network-efficiency-scheme-hnes | |
| The Strategic Legal Fund – Applications in by 31 March 25 Available to UK not-for-profit organisations for initiatives across the UK that make a significant contribution to law, practice, and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants. Grants of up to £30,000 https://strategiclegalfund.org.uk/about/ | |
| The Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation Small Change Big Difference Grants – Applications in by 31 March 25 Available to UK registered charities with and annual turnover of less than £100,000 that are working to help relieve poverty, improve health and save lives. Project and equipment grants of between £250 and £2,500 https://www.ybs.co.uk/your-society/charitable-foundation | |
| The Vinci UK Foundation – Applications in by 31 March 25 Available for innovative projects in the UK and the Republic of Ireland that address social exclusion, especially around promoting access to employment, integration through housing, inclusive mobility and building better communities. Grants between £3,000 and £10,000 https://www.vinci-uk-foundation.co.uk/ | |
| William Sutton Prize – Applications in by 8 April 2025 Available to both not-for-profit and commercial organisations, including registered charities, community interest companies, social enterprises, community groups and other registered companies for high-impact ideas that have the potential to create lasting benefits for social housing residents and communities. The fund is for new and breakthrough ideas that have the potential to be scaled up across the social housing sector. William Sutton Prize for Sustainability – up to £50,000 for innovative ideas that help the social housing sector and residents restore and preserve the natural world including green construction, retrofitting, circular solutions and biodiversity William Sutton Prize for Connected Communities – up to £25,000 for high-impact ideas that enhance the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of social housing residents including innovative technology, social inclusion and community spaces https://www.devon.gov.uk/fundingnews/fund/william-sutton-prize-2/ | |
| The Thomas Wall Trust Grants for Registered Charities – Applications in by 5 May Available to UK registered charities that are developing communications skills for disadvantaged adults aged 18 and over so that they can improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience and life chances. Grants of up to £5,000 https://www.thomaswalltrust.org.uk/ | |
| *NEW* The Worshipful Company of Information Technologists Charity – Applications in by 7 May Available to UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and educational establishments for innovative projects that use Information Technology to strengthen communities. Grants up to £15,000 https://wcitcharity.org.uk/ | |
| Healthy Hearts Grants – Heart Research UK – Application window 16 July – 13 August 2025 Available for community projects aimed at supporting adults to reduce their risk of coronary heart disease, helping them to live healthier, happier and longer lives. https://heartresearch.org.uk/healthy-heart-grants/ | |
| The W G Edwards Charitable Foundation – Applications in by 10 September 25 Available for UK registered charities with an annual turnover of under £100,000 that are supporting older people aged 65 and over. Generally Capital grants of between £1,000 and £3,000 https://www.wgedwardscharitablefoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The Yorkshire Building Society Charitable Foundation Small Change Big Difference Grants – The deadlines for applications are: 30 September and 31 December annually. Available to UK registered charities working to help relieve poverty, improve health and save lives. Grants between £250 and £2,500 https://www.ybs.co.uk/your-society/charitable-foundation | |
| Government’s Rural England Prosperity Fund – Applications open Available to support limited companies (including social enterprises), sole traders and charitable organisations across the South Hams to buy essential trading equipment such as gazebos, tables, digital payment devices. Grants between £150 and £1,000 https://www.southhams.gov.uk/news/2024/calling-all-existing-or-aspiring-market-traders | |
| Screwfix Foundation – Deadlines considered four times a year Available to support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings. The aim is to help those in need: this could be by reason of financial hardship, sickness, distress or other disadvantages. Grants of up to £5,000 https://www.screwfix.com/landingpage/screwfix-foundation | |
| Clare Milne Trust – Applications are considered four times a year. Available to registered charities, Community Interest Companies and not-for-profit organisations which work directly with people of all ages with a disability in Devon or Cornwall to allow them to live a full and active life. https://claremilnetrust.com/about-the-trust/ | |
| The Percy Bilton Charity: Grants for Organisations – Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of supporting disadvantaged young people aged under 25, people with a physical or learning disability, and older people aged 60 and over. Individuals may also apply for a grant. Grants for between £2,000 and £5,000 and small grants for up to £750 https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org/ | |
| *NEW* The Ancaster Trust – Applications can be made at any time Micro-grants, generally for between £100 and £500 are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of community action, social welfare and medical projects. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/270822/charity-overview | |
| The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities with an annual income of under £500,000 to support people of all ages who are socially disadvantaged and/or have disabilities. Grants of up to £10,000 https://ajct.org.uk/en | |
| The Pierrepont Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of supporting people in hardship, research into illness and disease, and general charitable purposes. Grants mostly for £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/800077/charity-overview | |
| The Marian Elizabeth Trust – Applications can be made at any time The Trust makes a limited number of grants each year to registered charities such as hospices in England which specialise in providing care to children suffering with severe disabilities, with a special focus on those with profound and multiple learning difficulties. Individuals may also be awarded a grant. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5076355/charity-overview | |
| The Bruce Wake Charitable Trust – Application can be made at any time. Generally grants for under £5,000 are available for UK registered charities to provide leisure activities for people with a disability https://brucewaketrust.co.uk/grants/ | |
| The Energy Resilience fund – Applications can be made at any time A blended funding package of 60% loan and 40% grant for between £25,000 and £250,000 is available to registered charities, Community Interest Companies and Community benefit societies in England for installing energy saving measures or generation technology to buildings and/or land (including new builds), and/or purchasing energy efficient or environmentally friendly vehicles or equipment. https://www.sibgroup.org.uk/funds/energy-resilience-fund/ | |
| The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered and exempt charities for the dare and relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in the UK. Grants up to £9,000 https://www.bailythomas.org.uk/ | |
| The Mageni Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities based and working in England, Scotland, Wales and overseas. Grants normally between £500 and £3,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3953119/charity-overview | |
| The Victoria Convalescent Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Small grants are available for individuals in need of a short break to aid their convalescence, recuperative or respite care. Family breaks can also be funded. In addition, the Trust has a small fund for the purpose of making grants for essential equipment such as white goods, essential household items, contributions towards mobility aids and other specialist equipment. http://victoriaconvalescenttrust.org.uk/ | |
| The Talisman Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK local authorities, other charitable organisations or not-for-profit organisations such as Citizen’s Advice on behalf of individuals facing hardship and poverty. Grants averaging £1,000 http://www.talismancharity.org/ | |
| Peter Storrs Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas, principally for the advancement of education. Grants usually for between £1,000 and £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/313804/charity-overview | |
| The Randal Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Grants are available for UK charitable organisations based and working in the UK that are working to save lives and improve the quality of life of desperate and disadvantaged people. The foundation is currently inviting enquiries from UK organisations that are delivering directly life-saving impact and/or impact which is significantly improving lives. https://www.randalfoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The J G Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. A discretionary grant-making Trust that awards grants to registered charities in the UK and overseas. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/326252/charity-overview?p_p_auth=xZBqCmtQ | |
| Trusthouse Charitable Foundation Community Small Grants – Application can be made at any time Available to charities and not for profit organisations for core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Projects must have a focus on Community Support and address urban and rural deprivation in the UK. Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/our-grants/small-grants | |
| Dr L H A Pilkington’s Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A limited number of small grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of health and disability. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/241296/charity-overview | |
| The Royal Health Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England, Wales and Israel working in the areas of relief of poverty and the advancement of education. The trust mainly supports Jewish Causes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/801002/charity-overview | |
| The Albert Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities based and working in the UK in the areas of hospice care, learning disability, mental health, the promotion of health and wellbeing, and homelessness. The trust has announced that it will wind down its grant-making over the next 5 years. Revenue grants of up to £40,000 https://www.alberthunttrust.org.uk/ | |
| The W H Smith Group Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities for literacy projects in UK communities where the retailer W H Smith has a presence. Grants of up to £1,000 https://www.whsmithplc.co.uk/sustainability/community/whsmith-trust | |
| Physical Activity Grants – Parkinson’s UK – Applications open again on 10th March Available to activity providers for projects which support physical activity for people with Parkinson’s all over the UK. Grants of up to £3,000 https://www.parkinsons.org.uk/information-and-support/grants-physical-activity-providers | |
| The Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust – Applications can be made at any time, examined in December each year A limited number of revenue grants, usually for between £100 and £500 are available for UK charities providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people in the UK. https://www.lionelwigrammemorialtrust.org/ | |
| Community Support Small Grants – Applications can be made at any time Available to charities and not for profit organisations for core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Projects must focus on community support and address urban and rural deprivation. Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk/our-grants/small-grants | |
| The UK Fund (The National Lottery Community Fund) – Applications can be made at any time Available to a range of organisations, including registered charities, Community Interest Companies and local authorities, for projects that enable communities to come together help create a better-connected society and help young people use their voice to influence change. Partnership proposals are welcomed. Grants of between £500,000 and £5 million over 2-10 years. https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/the-uk-fund | |
| The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to small and medium sized UK registered charities that are supporting children and young people, older people and people with a disability in the UK. Grants of up to £3,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/279459/charity-overview | |
| The Fyrish Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the prevention or relief of poverty, the advancement of health or saving of lives, Community Development, particularly in marginalised sectors of society, and faith-based projects that are in accordance with Christian teaching. Small, medium and large grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5089795/charity-overview | |
| The Benesco Charity Limited – Applications can be made at any time. The charity is a major funder of the Charles Wolfson Charitable Trust. However, it awards a small number of grants to UK registered charities, hospitals and schools for projects in the areas of Education, Medicine and Welfare. Jewish causes are favoured, although this is not exclusive. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/269181/charity-overview | |
| The HC Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. The Foundation makes a limited number of grants to registered charities in England working in the areas of education, and the relief of poverty and sickness. Charities that support the Jewish community are favoured. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5029154/charity-overview | |
| The Earl of Malmesbury’s Charitable Settlement – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and or overseas for general charitable purposes, but particularly for the relief of poverty due to age, infirmity or otherwise. Micro-grants, normally for between £100 and £500 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/265598/charity-overview | |
| Morrisons Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available registered charities undertaking projects that improve people’s lives. Specifically for projects that help to improve people’s lives. To be eligible, projects must address at least one of the following objectives: Tackling poverty and social deprivation; Enhancing community spaces, facilities and services; Improving health and wellbeing. Grants of up to £10,000 https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/ | |
| The Wallace Bell Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas working to support the elderly, people with a physical or mental disability and children in need. Small grants up to £2,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1018777 | |
| The Lady R Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England and Wales that are working with people who have been forgotten, overlooked and stigmatised in today’s society, in particular through the funding of concerts. A limited number of small grants available http://www.theladyrfoundation.org/ | |
| The RS Brownless Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities that are supporting people with a disability or with a long term or terminal illness. One-off grants generally for up to £500. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1000320&subid=0 | |
| The Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities for projects that help people out of poverty and to live as independently as possible. Small, medium and large grants available. http://www.albertgubayfoundation.org/?dm_i=6MG6,ZHRV,1GCQ5T,4IKV8,1 | |
| Friends of the Elderly: Grants for Older People – Applications can be made at anytime. Available to help older people of state pension age, aged 66 and over who are living on a low income in England and Wales with the costs of home essentials, unexpectedly large bills, living costs and getting connected online. Grants up to £500 https://www.fote.org.uk/our-charity-work/grants-2/ | |
| The Matthews Wrightson Charity Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas with children and young people, the disabled and those who are disadvantaged. Small grants usually for £600. https://matthewswrightson.org.uk/ | |
| The Treebeard Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities and social enterprises working in the areas of environment, social justice and vulnerable communities. Grants for up to £50,000 over 1 or more years. https://www.treebeardtrust.org/ | |
| The Truemark Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to small, UK registered charities working to address all types of disadvantage, with a particular interest in neighbourhood-based community projects and innovative work with less popular groups. Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/265855/charity-overview | |
| Action with Communities in Rural England – Applications Open Available to support smaller capital projects such as boiler replacements, insulation, toilet upgrades and new kitchens. Awards can be made to cover 20% of eligible project costs. Grants of between £2,000 and £5,000 https://acre.org.uk/ | |
| The Tallulah Lewis Foundation Limited – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK charitable organisations in the UK and/or overseas that are providing support for disadvantaged young people in the areas of financial hardship, shelter, food, education and medical care. A limited number of grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5163873/charity-overview | |
| The Barchester Healthcare Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available for small charitable organisations, including Community Interest Companies, in England, Scotland and Wales for activities that help to improve the lives of older people and other adults with a physical or learning disability or mental health challenge. Grants of up to £2,500 https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk/ | |
| Funding to Develop and Improve Local Community Partnerships – Applications can be made at any time. Available to not-for-profit organisations such as community organisations, charities, schools, and social enterprises in England can apply for grants of over £10,000 to help develop and grow partnerships with other organisations to improve their local communities. The funding will support the development of new and existing partnerships and help organisations address pressing issues such as the cost-of-living crisis and recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic. https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/partnerships-england#section-1 | |
| The Lloyds Register Foundation: Small Grants Programme Available for charitable organisations and universities in and outside the UK for projects that aim to make the world a safer place, particularly where this relates to transport and engineering research. Grants of up to £10,000 https://www.lrfoundation.org.uk/en/news/small-grants-scheme-upcoming-rounds/ | |
| Thomas J Horne Memorial Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available for the hospice movement and related charities in the UK but also to other organisations such as those aiding disabled and homeless people and self-help groups in developing countries. Grants between £5,000 and £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1010625/charity-overview | |
| The Basil Samuel Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available for registered charities in England and Wales working in the areas of culture, education, medicine and social welfare. Grants between £1,000 and £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/206579/charity-overview | |
| The Pret Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in the UK where Pret-A-Manger has a presence for projects that alleviate poverty, and in particular for projects that address hunger and homelessness. https://www.pret.co.uk/en-GB/the-pret-foundation | |
| The Masonic Charitable Foundation: Grants for people with dementia and their carers – Applications can be made at any time. Available for local and national charities that are working with people living with dementia and their carers. Small grants of up to £5,000 and Large grants of up to £60,000 https://mcf.org.uk/get-support/grants-to-charities/our-priorities/dementia/ | |
| The TDS Charitable Foundation – Application can be made at any time. Available to UK charitable organisations to advance education about housing rights and obligations in the private rented sector. https://www.tdsfoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The Minton Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to charitable organisations and activities that promote education through the provision of facilities, advice and financial assistance. A limited number of large grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4019361/charity-overview | |
| The 4814 Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of the relief of poverty people in need, health and the saving of lives. the 4814 trust | |
| Elizabeth Finn Care4 ‘Turn2Us’ – Application can be made at any time. Available to individuals across the UK who are in financial hardship or living in poverty. The charity also enables anyone living in hardship to access the funds they are entitled to. https://www.turn2us.org.uk/ | |
| Bernard Sunley Foundation Grants – Applications can be made at any time. The foundation offers grants in the categories of community, educations, health or social welfare. Three levels of grants available – Under £5,000, Under £20,000 and over £20,000. What We Fund – Bernard Sunley Foundation | |
| The Clothworkers’ Foundation – Application can be made at any time. Available to registered charities and not-for-profits working in the areas of alcohol and substance misuse, disadvantaged minority communities, disadvantaged young people, domestic and sexual abuse, homelessness, older people, people, with disabilities, prisoners, ex-offenders and people with a visual impairment for capital projects such as buildings, equipment and vehicles. Grants are made to large and small projects. What We Fund | The Clothworkers’ Foundation (clothworkersfoundation.org.uk) | |
| R G Hills Charitable Trust – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the area of education, health and the relief of poverty. Grants usually between £1,000 -£2,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1008914/charity-overview | |
| The Robert McAlpine Foundation – Applications can be made at any time in writing Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of supporting children and young people, the elderly and medical and social research. Grants between £2,500 and £10,000 Home | mcalpine-foundation (robertmcalpinefoundation.org) | |
| The South Street Green Room Foundation – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to charitable institutions working in the UK and India. The Foundation has a preference for supporting organisations working in the areas of health and education. Small and large grants of up to £100,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4033977/charity-overview | |
| Oliver Stanley Charitable Trust – Applications may be made any time in writing. UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas for a broad range of charitable activities, including the relief of poverty, medical research, education and the arts. Grants between £1,000 -£4,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1022815/charity-overview | |
| The Edward Gostling Foundation – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working with people with a disability or a long-term illness who are living on a low income. Major Grants of £100,000 and above to projects costing in excess of £1M. https://www.edwardgostlingfoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The Caron Keating Foundation – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to small UK cancer charities that are supporting people living with all forms of cancer across the UK. Grants between £2,000 – £5,000. https://caronkeating.org/ | |
| The Michael and Anna Wix Charitable Trust – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to registered charities in England and Wales for general charitable purposes. The Trust tends to support a significant number of charities working in the areas of the relief of poverty and medical causes, including hospices. Grants from £200 – £1,500. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/207863/charity-overview | |
| The Boodle and Dunthorne Charitable Trust – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas. The Trust has a preference for supporting charities that are working with children, particularly in the area of cancer care. Small and larger grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3964775/charity-overview | |
| Mrs F B Laurence’s Charitable Trust – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities for the care and improvements of conditions experienced by vulnerable and disadvantaged members of society both within the United Kingdom and overseas for whom the UK owes a duty of care. Grants from £1,000 – £2,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/296548/charity-overview |
| The Magdalen Hospital Trust – Applications in by 28 February 2025 Available to smaller UK registered charities with an annual income of under £150,000 working with disadvantaged children aged 25 and under. Grants of between £200 and £3,000 https://www.magdalentrust.org.uk/ |
| The Prudence Trust: Strength in Data Grants – applications in by 3 March 2025 Available to Uk registered charities and community Interest Companies to support the collection and use of data in the youth mental health sector. Grants of between £10,000 and £300,000 https://theprudencetrust.org/ |
| The Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund – Applications in by 13 March 2025 Available to smaller UK registered charities working with young, disadvantaged people, particularly young offenders, prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people at risk of becoming involved in criminal activity. Grants of up to £15,000 https://www.weavers.org.uk/charity/charitable-grants/ |
| The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust – Applications in by 31 March 2025 Available to smaller UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations and Community Interest Companies that are enabling young adults with a learning disability to live a more independent life once they leave formal education. Grants of up to £5,000 https://www.margaretdobsontrust.org/ |
| The Steel Charitable Trust: UK Under 26 Fund – Applications in by 15 April 2025 Available to UK registered charities working with or on behalf of children and young people under 26, with an emphasis on creating educational and/or access opportunities for those in circumstances, groups, or locations that face economic challenges, social marginalisation or poor outcomes later in life. One-off or multi-year grants of between £10,000 and £25,000 https://steelcharitabletrust.org.uk/ |
| The Lovelace Trust – Application in by 26 June 2025 A limited number of small grants are available to individual young people aged 25 and under in England and Wales who are in need or are experiencing hardship or distress. https://www.lovelacetrust.org.uk/ |
| Central Social and Recreational Trust – Applications Open Available to clubs and organisations that aim to improve the conditions of young people under the age of 21 and of all other persons by reasons of their poverty who would otherwise be unable to obtain facilities for recreational or other leisure time occupations. Grants generally no more than £1,500 https://www.csrt.info/how-to-apply/ |
| Blue Spark Foundation – Applications are reviewed every 8 weeks on a rolling basis. A registered charity which supports the education and development of children and young people by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects. https://bluesparkfoundation.org.uk/ |
| *NEW* The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered and exempt charities for the care and relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities. Grants up to £9,000 https://www.bailythomas.org.uk/ |
| The D C R Allen Charitable Trust – Application can be made at any time Available to registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales principally working in the areas of education and support for young people. Small and Medium grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/277293/charity-overview |
| Michael Crawford Children’s Charity – Applications can be made at any time The Charity makes a limited number of grants to registered charities annually, often to the same organisations. Grants are made to UK registered charities for services and activities that benefit children and young people, particularly those who are disadvantaged through poverty and/or illness. The Charity also has the discretion to make grants to individuals, although few grants of this type tend to be awarded. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1042211/charity-overview |
| The Burns Price Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Generally, a limited number of small grants are available to young people or groups of young people in the UK aged 11-18 to carry out community projects. https://burnspricefoundation.org.uk/ |
| BBC Children In Need: Core Costs And Project Grants – Applications can be made at any time. Available to a range of not-for-profit organisations in the UK, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man working with disadvantaged children and young people aged 18 and under. Grants are available to cover core operational and running costs as well as for time-limited projects. Grants of up to £120,000 over 3 years https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/core-costs/ |
| BBC Children In Need Emergency Essentials Awards – Applications can be made at any time Awards of equipment (not necessarily grants) are available to support individual children and young people across the UK who are living with severe poverty, a lack of basic facilities and additional pressures such as domestic violence, disability or poor health in the family. https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/emergency-essentials/ |
| The Barbara Ward Children’s Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available for smaller non-religious charities which are working to improve the lives of severely disadvantaged children and young people, as well as mentally handicapped adults in the UK and overseas. Grants between £1,000 and £15,000 https://www.bwcf.org.uk/ |
| The Jordan Sinnott Foundation Trust – Applications can be made at any time Grants of up to £5,000 are available for UK clubs and projects which will enable disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-21 to participate in sport. https://www.js25.co.uk/ |
| JJ Charitable Trust – Literacy Small Grants Scheme – Applications can be made at any time. Available to charities and community groups that directly help children and young people develop literacy skills, with a focus on those with learning difficulties such as dyslexia. Grants between £5,000 and £20,000 https://sfct.powerappsportals.com/jjapplication/ |
| The Robyn Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Grants are available for UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of children’s welfare and education. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/327745/charity-overview |
| The Pom Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Small and Medium sized grants are available to UK registered charities working with children with disadvantaged backgrounds to provide residential outdoor activity and adventure holidays in the UK. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4028418/charity-overview |
| The Whitegates Children’s Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas working with and providing for the educational needs of disadvantaged children and young people. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/258653/charity-overview |
| The Hargreaves Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available for UK charities and educational institutions which use sport and education to support children and young people aged 18 and under living with a mental health condition, disability, or who are growing up in poverty. Small and large grants available. https://www.thehargreavesfoundation.org/ |
| The Hays Travel Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities providing services in parts of the UK where Hays Travel operates. Grants are awarded to charities that are supporting disadvantaged children and young people aged up to 25 through arts and culture, education, health, the prevention of poverty, and sport. https://info.haystravel.co.uk/foundation/home.phtml |
| The Children Today Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to individuals and families across the UK to enable children and young people who are living with disability or sickness to achieve their potential, increase independence and improve quality of life through the provision of specialised equipment and other services. https://www.childrentoday.org.uk/ |
| The True Colours Trust Small Grants Programme – Applications can be made at any time. Available for smaller registered charities and Community Interest Companies based and working in the UK with disabled children aged 0 – 25 and their families. Grants of up to £10,000 are available. https://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk/uk-small-grants |
| The De Brye Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and (occasionally) overseas that are providing for the care and housing of the aged, orphans and neglected children, providing aid to physically disabled children and to the blind and charitable causes relating to woodlands, forests and the supporting of wildlife. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/326226/trustees |
| The James Ahren Foundation – Applications may be made at any time. Available to young people or youth groups across the UK whose members may be experiencing disadvantage through disability, social or economic background, mental health or addiction issues, or just struggling to find a way in life. https://www.jamesahernfoundation.org/ |
| The Kelsey Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities, charitable groups and individuals in Cornwall, Devon, Surry, Sussex and Hampshire that are helping children and young adults aged 21 and under from deprived backgrounds and/or are mentally and/or physically disabled to enjoy a better quality of life. Small Grants available. http://thekelseytrust.org/ |
| BBC Children in Need – Applications Open Available to support project costs of registered charities and not-for-profit organisations (including special schools) working with disadvantaged children and young people ages 18 years of under living in the UK. The funding will support the delivery of a specific piece of work and could be spent on staff costs, trips and outings, volunteer expenses and/or moveable equipment. Grants of up to £40,000 per year for up to three years. https://www.bbcchildreninneed.co.uk/grants/apply/ |
| The Felicity Wilde Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England and Wales that are supporting children and that advance medical research, particularly in the cause and cure of asthma. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/264404/charity-overview |
| Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants (Grants for Schools) – Applications can be made at any time. Available to support school breakfast clubs in disadvantaged areas across the UK. https://www.kelloggs.co.uk/en_GB/our-story/feeding-people-in-need/support-for-school-breakfast-clubs/grants-for-schools.html |
| The Clara E Burgess Charity – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England and Wales that are supporting the education, health and wellbeing of children and young people, and in particular children aged 10 and under who have lost either or both parents. A limited number of small grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3952710/charity-overview |
| The Casey Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available for UK registered charities working in the UK and overseas for projects that support children up to the ages of 18. Increasingly, the trust’s focus in on start-ups or bold new initiatives that might not have happened without the trusts’ participation. Small grants available https://www.caseytrust.org/ |
| The Pixel Fund – Applications can be made at any time Available for UK based registered charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations for projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults aged 25 and under. Grants of between £2,500 and £5,000 https://esmeefairbairn.org.uk/latest-news/youth-led-creativity-funding/ |
| The Stan Vidler Memorial Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available for registered charities working with children and young people disadvantaged by disability or economic circumstances and to help relieve financial hardship and poor health among older people. https://www.avtrinity.com/stan-vidler |
| The Yapp Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available to smaller registered charities in England and Wales with an annual income of less than £40,000. The trust prefers to support charities operating in the areas of education and/or social welfare. Grants of up to £3,000 https://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/ |
| The Variety Club – Equipment Grants – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available to UK not-for-profit organisations, including registered charities, statutory agencies, SEND (Special Educational Needs and Disability) schools, hospices and hospitals to purchase specialist equipment and medical technologies for children aged up to (and including) the age of 18 who are sick, disabled or disadvantaged and are resident in the UK. Grants under £5,000. https://www.variety.org.uk/ |
| The Austin Hope and Pilkington Trust – Applications in by 28 February Available for UK charities with an annual turnover of between £100,000 and £1,000,000 for projects that improver access and participation in the arts. Grants of £1,000 https://austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk/ |
| The Jerwood Foundation – Applications in by 19 March Available to UK arts-based organisations for activities and projects that support the promotion of the arts for public health. Grants between £1,000 and £20,000 https://jerwood.org/funding/ |
| The National Association of Decorative and Fine Arts – applications in by 31 March Available to UK registered charities with an annual income of under £3 million for projects across all aspects of the arts and heritage. Applications for projects that provide access to the arts to those that would not normally have such an opportunity are particularly welcomed. Grants of up to £2,000 https://theartssociety.org/ |
| The Youth Music Trailblazer Fund (Round 9) – Applications in by 11 April 2025 Available for constituted UK organisations for projects that encourage children to make, learn and earn in music. Grants of between £2,000 and £30,000 https://youthmusic.org.uk/trailblazer-fund |
| *NEW* The Elephant Trust – Applications in by 20 April 2025 Available to small UK charitable arts organisations, galleries and individual artists that are finding it difficult to secure funding for new work and exhibitions. Grants up to £2,000 https://www.elephanttrust.org.uk/ |
| The Craig Hofmann Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A limited number of small grants are available to established UK registered charities of high repute for arts and social issues anywhere in the world. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5054325/charity-overview |
| The Grand Order of the Water Rats Charity Fund – Applications can be made at any time. Small grants available for members of the theatrical profession and their dependents in the UK who, due to old age or ill-health, are experiencing hardship, poor health or disability. The charity also supports UK registered charities connected with theatrical entertainers and may fund equipment in hospitals. https://www.gowr.co.uk/charities-fund/charities-fund/ |
| The Concertina Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Grants of up to £250 are available for small charitable organisations in England and Wales for activities that provide musical entertainment for elderly people in need. https://www.concertinamusic.org.uk/index.html |
| The Ashley Family Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England and Wales for small scale arts and community projects, particularly in rural areas. Revenue grants generally for under £10,000. https://www.ashleyfamilyfoundation.org.uk/ |
| The Golsoncott Foundation – Letters to trustees a few weeks before meetings in Feb, May, Aug and Nov. Available to UK registered charities and voluntary groups for activities that promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular, the fine arts and music. Grants of between £250 and £3,000 https://www.golsoncott.org.uk/ |
| Nicholas and Judith Goodisons’s Charitable Settlement – Applications can be made in at any time. A limited number of small grants under £10,000 are available to UK charitable organisations concerned with arts and arts-related education. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1004124/charity-overview |
| The Thistles Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available for registered charities for arts projects, with a particular preference given to help young people from all backgrounds to have access to the arts. Grants of up to £3,000 |
| The Veneziana Fund – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available to registered charities that are involved in music therapy and the development and nurturing of music talent. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3078710/charity-overview |
| The Maria Bjornson Fund – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK charities and individuals working in the areas of performing, visual and creative arts. Small and large grants available https://www.mbmf.org.uk/ |
| Children’s Alliance – Applications can be made twice a year – in September and March Available to Non-profit organisations including schools, registered charities, community interest companies and registered community groups can apply for grants to deliver water-based projects for disadvantaged children. The funding comes from the Children’s Alliance which aims to get children into water safely to learn, develop and purposefully play for the benefit of their physical and mental wellbeing. Grants up to £15,000 with most grants awarded being under £10,000. https://www.devon.gov.uk/fundingnews/fund/childrens-alliance/ |
| The Children’s Alliance CIO (The Water Babies Foundation) – Awards available in March and September. Available to not-for-profit organisations across the UK, including Community Interest Companies and schools, for projects that involve swimming and water and give children and young people aged 18 and under a better start in life. Grants of up to £15,000 https://childrensalliance.org.uk/our-work/community/ |
| *NEW* The Boost Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Grants are available to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for sporting initiatives that assist the disabled, special needs, the disadvantaged and other sports men, women and children where their talents have been overlooked. https://www.boostct.org/ |
| The Alpkit Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Grants of between £50 and £500 are available to UK charitable organisations, including Community Interest Companies, for projects that enable people to access and experience the outdoor environment. https://alpkit.com/pages/foundation |
| The Jordan Sinnott Foundation Trust – Applications can be made at any time Grants of up to £5,000 are available for UK clubs and projects which will enable disadvantaged children and young people aged 5-21 to participate in sport. https://www.js25.co.uk/ |
| The Hargreaves Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to give those under the age of 18, and living with a mental health condition, disability, or growing up in poverty, the opportunity to fulfil their potential whilst improving wellbeing, self-esteem and independence. There is no minimum or maximum limit that can be applied for. http://thehargreavesfoundation-org.mysmarterwebsite.co.uk/mission-and-objectives/ |
| The Movement Fund – Sport England – Applications open Available for projects that get more people active, reducing the number of inactive people and tackling inequalities. Particularly for people on low incomes, disabled people to those with long-term health conditions, older people, people from culturally diverse communities, pregnant women and parents with very young children, girls aged 5 – 16, LGBTQ+ people, people who are in foster care and/or people who provide care without pay. Grants up to £15,000 https://www.sportengland.org/funding-and-campaigns/our-funding/funding-guidance |
| The Lawn Tennis Association: Quick Access Loans – Expressions of interest can be submitted at any time. Available to Lawn Tennis Association affiliated organisations in Great Britain, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to enable as many people as possible to have the opportunity to play and enjoy tennis by making facilities relevant, accessible and welcoming. Interest-free loans starting at £25,000 https://www.lta.org.uk/roles-and-venues/venues/tennis-padel-facility-funding-advice/quick-access-loan-scheme/ |
| The Grassroots Football Fund: No Nonsense Support for Grassroots Football – Applications can be made at any time. Available for Football Association affiliated football clubs in England operating at a grassroots, community level for projects and activities that improve the game of football and the lives of people who make grassroots football happen. https://www.teamgrassroots.co.uk/grassroots-fund-powered-by-utilita-energy-high-5-2/ |
| The Lord Cockfield Memorial Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities in the UK and/or overseas working in the areas of advancing education and sporting activities. Small grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4034063/charity-overview |
| Wooden Spoon Charity – Applications can be made at any time. The Wooden Spoon Charity aims to transform the lives of vulnerable children and young people through the funding and support of the rugby community. Other sports may be considered. It supports projects that will benefit children and young people under 25 who are disadvantaged physically, mentally or socially. No minimum or maximum grant levels. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1049946/charity-overview |
| Royal Countryside Fund – Expressions of interest in by 21 February 25 This new funding aims to support transformative, community-led initiatives across the UK, unlocking the huge potential for positive change in rural communities, The aim is to support innovative solutions that will ‘power up, not prop up’ communities, inspiring change and encouraging economic vibrancy. The Fund will support themes such as: Keeping young people in the countryside; Powering up rural communities; Increasing environmental sustainability; and Building emergency resilience in rural areas. Grants of up to £25,000 https://www.royalcountrysidefund.org.uk/how-we-help/rural-communities/supporting-rural-communities-uk/ |
| Rewilding Britain: Rewilding Innovation Fund – Apply before 28 February 25 Available for projects in England, Scotland and Wales that remove barriers to rewilding projects. Projects that take an innovative approach to land and marine rewilding are particularly welcomed. Grants of up to £15,000 https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/how-to-rewild/funding-for-rewilding/rewilding-innovation-fund |
| The Rees Jeffreys Road Fund Project Grants – Applications in by 28 February 25 Available to UK registered charities, researchers and academic institutions for projects that promote the advancement of road-related research and education, as well as roadside improvement projects. Grants of up to £30,000 https://reesjeffreys.co.uk/ |
| Grow Wild Youth Project Grants 2025 – Applications in by 19 March Available for young people aged 14 – 25 across the UK to carry out creative projects that celebrate UK native plants and fungi in exciting and engaging ways. Grants of up to £500 https://growwild.kew.org/apply-grant/youth?utm_campaign=1098275_March%20Newsletter%202022&utm_medium=email&utm_source=Grow%20Wild%20%28Board%20of%20Trustees%20of%20RBGK%29&dm_i=4VE8,NJFN,3M9C8B,2V5KV,1 |
| Heat Network Efficiency Scheme – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – Applications in by 28 March Available to public, private and third sector applicants in England and Wales to support improvements to existing district hearing or communal heating projects that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/heat-network-efficiency-scheme-hnes |
| The Learning Through Landscapes Trust: Local School Nature Grants – Applications in by 4 April Available to provide outdoor learning, training and equipment for schools and early years providers in England, Scotland and Wales. Non-grant awards of up to £500. https://naturegrants.ltl.org.uk/guidance.php |
| Green Heat Network Fund – Department for Energy Security and Net Zero – applications in by 11 April 2025 Available to organisations in the public, private and third sectors in England. For projects that support: the commercialisation and construction of new low and zero carbon heat networks (including the supply of cooling) And the retrofitting and expansion of existing heat networks. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/green-heat-network-fund-ghnf |
| Stobart Sustainability Fund – Applications Open Available for community-led sustainability projects and initiatives that are lead by non-profit organisations, community groups and educational facilities such as schools and colleges to help them transform their local community through projects that tackle climate change, reduce carbon emissions or that protect and enhance the environment. https://eddiestobart.com/the-stobart-sustainability-fund/#enquires |
| Network Rail Community Tree Planting Fund – Applications open The Tree Council and Network Rail work in partnership to deliver a programme of community tree planting. Main Grants between £2,500 and £5,000 Large Grants between £5,000 and £10,000 Flagship Grants for projects over £10,000 and up to £15,000 https://treecouncil.org.uk/grants-and-guidance/our-grants/network-rail-community-tree-planting-fund/ |
| National Lottery Community Fund: Climate Action Programme – Applications by Spring 2025 deadline TBC. Available for initiatives with UK-wide impact and significance that focus on transformational change. 25 grants of between £500,000 and £1.5 million over 3 – 5 years. https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/awards-from-the-uk-portfolio#CAF5 |
| The Ruth Smart Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities in the UK and the USA for activities that support domestic animals, conservation and wildlife organisations. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3964185/charity-overview |
| The Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Small Medium and Large Grant Programmes – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or internationally in the area of Wildlife and Environmental Conservation. Small grants of up to £10,000 available at any time Medium grants of up to £20,000 open until 4 February Large grants of over £20,000 open until 4 March https://ekct.org.uk/ |
| The Rambler’s Holidays Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities in England and Wales to promote walking, protect public rights of way and to provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and adults to enjoy, understand and appreciate the countryside. Grants of up to £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3952533/charity-overview |
| Forestry England Woodland Partnership – Applications open all year round. The Forestry England Woodland Partnership offers long-term leases with guaranteed income for public and private landowners to create new woodlands. The partnership scheme supports government plans for woodland creation, nature recovery and progress towards net zero targets.Forestry England are looking for sites of at least 50 hectares suitable for woodland creation for leases of between 60 and 120 years, and landowners will receive a guaranteed annual rent throughout the lease period. Forestry England will design, plant and manage every woodland created, ensuring each is resilient to a changing climate, supports wildlife, and provides wider ecosystem services. Woodland creation | Forestry England |
| THE MCS Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities, statutory agencies, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies, for projects that aim to accelerate the adoption of renewable energy and low carbon technologies. Projects should have a UK-wide impact, either through having a national reach or through developing/demonstrating an innovative approach that could be replicated, adapted or scaled up. Grants of between £5,000 and £50,000 https://mcsfoundation.org.uk/ |
| The Points Family Trust – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of conservation, culture, education, environmental protection, human rights, medical causes and science. Grants of up to £15,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5103862/charity-overview |
| The Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme phase 3 – No set deadline. Public sector organisations in England are invited to bid for a cut of £230 million of government funding to support significant low-carbon energy upgrades to their buildings, ranging from heat pumps and solar panels, to new energy efficiency measures such as insulation and low-energy lighting. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/public-sector-decarbonisation-scheme-phase-3 |
| Department for Transport Bus Service Operators Grant – Deadline not specified. To qualify for the grant a bus service must be registered as a local bus service, a service run under the London local service permit, or exempt from the need to have such a licence. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-service-operators-grant-guidance-for-commercial-transport-operators/bus-service-operators-grant-guidance-for-commercial-transport-operators#:~:text=The%20Bus%20Service%20Operators%20Grant,helping%20operators%20keep%20fares%20down |
| The Gardening with Disabilities Trust Registered charities and individuals across the UK to enable people with a disability to take an active part in gardening and other leisure activities. Small Grants https://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk/services/giving-grants/ |
| The Marc Fitch Fund – Applications in by 1 March 25 Available to UK registered charities and individuals for projects, publications and research that focuses on local and regional history across the UK. Grants up to £5,000 https://www.marcfitchfund.org.uk/ |
| The Association for Industrial Archaeology: Restoration Grants – Applications in by 31 March 25 Available to UK charitable organisations, including Community Interest Companies, for the restoration of historically, technically, architecturally, and/or archaeologically important industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels across the UK. Grants of up to £30,000 https://industrial-archaeology.org/aia-awards/restoration-grants/ |
| *NEW* The Heritage Crafts Association: Endangered Crafts Fund – Applications in by 25 April 2025 Small grants available to individuals and voluntary and community organisations in the UK, especially craft practitioners for projects that support endangered crafts listed on the Red List of Endangered Crafts. https://www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/ecf/ |
| Grants for Heritage – Various opportunities and deadlines The National Lottery Heritage Fund provide different levels of funding to heritage of all shapes and sizes. Their grants range from £3,000 up to millions of pounds. Welcome | The National Lottery Heritage Fund |
| The Scorpion Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A small number of one-off grants are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of maritime heritage and archaeology, research, children and disability, poverty and medical care. The Trust has a particular interest in supporting maritime heritage and archaeology. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3994430/charity-overview |
| The Kenneth and Susan Green Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England working in the areas of the relief of poverty. Advancement of education, health, arts, culture, heritage and science. Small and larger grants are available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5027355/charity-overview |
| Historic House Foundation Grants – Applications can be made at any time Available to owners who demonstrate a sustainable and long-term commitment to the care, management and public access of the historic houses in their care. This is for the repair and conservation of rural historic buildings and structures in England and Wales, including their gardens, grounds and outbuildings. Grants between £1,000 and £250,000 https://www.historichousesfoundation.org.uk/grant-application |
| Project Viability Grants – The Architectural Heritage Fund – Applications can be made at any time Available to organisations talking a new project to establish whether it is feasible. Projects given priority could be the new use of a vacant building, reviving high streets, in deprived areas, supporting diverse communities, focused on environmental sustainability or contribute to regeneration schemes. Grants of up to £10,000 England | The Architectural Heritage Fund (ahfund.org.uk) |
| Historic England Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk – Applications can be made at any time Grants awarded towards the repair and conservation of listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks and gardens. This includes project development actions which enable repair or improved future management. Amount not Specified https://historicengland.org.uk/services-skills/grants/our-grant-schemes/repair-grants/ |
| Building Improvement Grants – Benefact Trust – Various opportunities and deadlines Benefact Trust’s Building Improvement Grants programme is open to applications from churches, cathedrals, denominational bodies and Christian charities. It provides essential support to protect and enhance churches and Christian charity buildings, ensuring their continued use, viability, and the safeguarding of their heritage. New – Building Improvement Grants | Benefact Trust |
| The Elise Pilkington Charitable Trust – Applications in by 21 February 25 Available to UK registered charities working in the equine sector or charities/hospices supporting older people. Grants between £2,500 and £15,000 https://elisepilkingtontrust.org.uk/ | |
| The Astor Foundation – Applications in by 28 February 25 Available to UK registered charities for medical research in its broadest sense, as well as initiatives for children and youth groups, the disabled, the countryside, the arts, sport, carers groups and animal welfare. Grants between £1,000 and £2,500 https://sites.google.com/view/astorfoundation/home | |
| The Delamere Dairy Foundation – Autumn Grants now open until 28 February 25 Available to registered charities and charitable organisations in England, Scotland and Wales working in the areas of agriculture, the environment, education, children and young people, financial hardship and the relief of sickness. Grants of between £250 and £5,000 https://delameredairyfoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The Matrix Causes Fund – Applications in by 31 March 2025 Available to UK organisations that promote access to justice (particularly people trying to get support to meet their basic personal needs), equality of opportunity and a sustainable environment in the UK and/or overseas. Grants of up to £5,000 https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/csr/matrix-causes-fund/ | |
| The Oak Trust – Applications in by 1 April 2025 Grants of between £250 and £2,000 are available for UK registered charities working in the areas of the environment, medical causes and with people who are disadvantaged in the UK and/or overseas. https://www.oaktrust.org.uk/ | |
| *NEW* The Annandale Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities working in England and Wales and/or overseas for a wide range of charitable causes. Charities working in the areas of animal welfare, cancer relief (including hospices), children and young people, health, medical causes and the elderly are regularly supported. Grants generally below £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1049193/charity-overview | |
| *NEW* The Martin Bowley Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Small grants are made to registered charities in England and Wales that are supporting people with HIV and for the relief of hardship of people aged under 30 who are training in the performing arts of developing their skills as a playwright. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4012147/charity-overview | |
| *NEW* The Sir James Roll Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas working in the areas of promoting religious tolerance, access to computer technology for young people and for community-based projects aimed at the early identification of specific learning disorders. Grants for up to £1,500 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3938970/charity-overview | |
| *NEW* The Jacqueline and Michael Gee Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas for a range of charitable purposes, with a particular interest in supporting charities working in the fields of arts, culture, education, health and medical causes. Jewish causes are regularly supported by the Trust. Grants up to £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3938509/charity-overview | |
| *NEW* The W F Southall Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities yoking in the areas of Quaker work and witness, peace and reconciliation, environmental action and sustainability, and social action. Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 https://southalltrust.org/ | |
| The Material World Foundation Limited – Applications can be made at any time. Small and larger grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas to the exploration of alternate and diverse forms of artistic expression, life views, and philosophies, as well as a way to support established charities and people with special needs. https://www.materialworldfoundation.com/ | |
| The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities, CIOs, specialist schools, scout and guide groups and housing associations. Co-operatives and Community Benefit Societies registered with the FCA can also apply. Charities that are seeking funding for a capital project such as new build, major refurbishment or transport, can apply to the Foundation for a contribution towards the costs. The foundation supports projects in the areas of Community, Education, Health and Social Welfare. There are three levels of grants: Large – £25,000 and above; Medium – up to £20,000; and Small – £5,000 and under. https://www.devon.gov.uk/fundingnews/fund/bernard-sunley-charitable-foundation/ | |
| The Joron Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working locally, nationally and internationally in the areas of education and medical research, although the Trust has the discretion to award to a wider range of charitable purposes. Grants of up to £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3079015/charity-overview | |
| The Harford Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to small, registered charities in the South and South-West of England that are working in the areas of children and families, people who are disadvantaged, and people who are disabled. The Trust also funds UK charities working in developing countries, particularly those that are supporting environmental and self help initiatives. Grants of up to £2,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/299945/charity-overview | |
| The Melina Charitable Foundation – Application can be made at any time. A discretionary grant-making charity with the ability to make grants to a wide range of charitable causes both in the UK and overseas. Grant awards are likely to be small. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4029124/charity-overview | |
| The John Ellerman Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities that are carrying out work that has a significant geographic impact across more than one country, region or county in the areas of arts, the environment and social action. Grants of between £30,000 and £150,000 over several years. https://ellerman.org.uk/apply-for-funding/what-we-fund | |
| The Sterling Charity – Applications can be made at any time. The charity makes a small number of grants each year, predominantly to the same group of charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the relief of poverty, education, science, the arts, religion, health and the environment. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4043299/charity-overview | |
| The Leigh Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of drug and alcohol rehabilitation, criminal justice, asylum seekers, racial equality and education. Grants of up to £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/275372/charity-overview | |
| The E B M Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time by a speculative letter or email of introduction. The Trust awards small and quite large grants to UK registered charities active in the areas of animal welfare and research, the relief of poverty and youth development. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/326186/charity-overview | |
| The John Booth Charitable Foundation – Application can be made at any time. Small and large grants available to registered charities in England working in the fields of the Arts, education and training and the Christian Religion. A limited number of grants are also made to individuals particularly to enable study to be undertaken. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4041784/charity-overview | |
| The Rockley Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Small grants available to registered charities, voluntary organisations and individuals in England and Wales for a wide range of charitable causes, including disability and welfare, cancer-related medical welfare and social relief. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/258454/charity-overview | |
| The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time One-off and recurring grants are available to UK registered charities. A wide range of charitable causes are supported, principally the advancement of health, education, people in need and the relief of poverty, as well as the arts, culture, heritage and science. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3970779/charity-overview | |
| The Alligator Trust – Applications can be made at any time A discretionary grant-making charity providing micro and small grants for a diverse range of UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas. Charities working in the areas of the arts, faith, overseas aid and the relief of poverty are regularly supported. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3969159/charity-overview | |
| The Vinehill Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to charitable, educational and ecclesiastical organisations across the UK with a focus on health, heritage or music. Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 https://vinehilltrust.uk/ | |
| The Maria Bjornson Memorial Fund – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities and individuals working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of medical and scientific research, people with a disability, health and wellbeing, carers, and – in particular – the performing, visual and creative arts. Grants between £1,000 and £30,000 https://www.mbmf.org.uk/ | |
| The Ana Leaf Foundation – Applications can be made at any time A limited number of small, medium and large grants are available to registered charities in the UK and the Channel Islands for the relief of sickness, the promotion of health, the advancement of education, medical research and the provision of educational facilities. Projects can take place in the UK, Channel Islands or overseas. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4048509/charity-overview | |
| The Hintze Family Charitable Foundation – Application can be made at any time. Grants of variable sizes are available for registered charities in England and Wales to support museums, libraries and art galleries advance education in schools, colleges and universities, support for the Christian Faith, and charities working with the sick and terminally ill. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4005727/charity-overview | |
| A Little Bit of Love – Applications can be made at any time. The Charity awards a minimal amount of small grants each year to UK registered charities supporting children and young people, churches, Christian centres and organisations and overseas aid. Individuals are also eligible for grant support. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5051436/charity-overview | |
| The Arora Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. A limited number of small grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or India in the areas of the advancement and promotion of education, health and sporting opportunities for the underprivileged. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/5065682/charity-overview | |
| The David Pearlman Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Grants available to UK charities working in the areas of prevention and relief of poverty, education, the advancement of religion (particularly the Jewish Faith), health, citizenship, community development, arts, culture, heritage and science. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/287009/charity-overview | |
| The Aspect Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and overseas in the areas of support and education for children and young people, education through the arts, medical research, deaf people using hearing dogs and Jewish history and teaching. Small grants of up to £1,500 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/276098/charity-overview | |
| The BDO Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time In general, small grants of up to £1,000 are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas. The occasional grant of up to £10,000 is also awarded. In the past, the Trust has supported charities working in the areas of animal welfare, dementia, health care, health research, hospices, housing and support for women. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/278589/charity-overview | |
| The Felix Lustman Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Generally, small grants are available to registered charities working in the fields of educations, medical care, medical research, the relief of poverty and general charitable purposes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/272136/charity-overview | |
| The Morrisons Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available for local, regional and national registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales that are tackling poverty and social deprivation, enhancing community spaces, facilities and services and improving health and wellbeing. Capital and project grants of up to £10,000 https://www.morrisonsfoundation.com/ | |
| The Susanna Peake Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK or overseas for a wide range of charitable purposes, Last year the Trust awarded grants against the headings of children, disability, education, environment, hospices, medical causes and the welfare of animals. Grants for up to £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/283462/charity-overview | |
| The Z V M Rangoonwala Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available for UK registered charities working in the UK and overseas in the areas of the arts, community empowerment, health, education, the environment, providing access to jobs, and the relief of hardship. Large and small grants available https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/271513/charity-overview | |
| The Bay Tree Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A discretionary grant-making Trust which makes limited number of grants of between £5,000 and £20,000 to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1044091/charity-overview | |
| The Oliver Ford Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK charitable organisations supporting children, young people and adults with learning disabilities or learning difficulties, as well as the advancement of interior decoration, fabric design, decorative materials and landscape gardening. Grants generally for up to £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1026551/charity-overview | |
| The N Smith Charitable Settlement – Applications can be made at any time Small grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and, occasionally, overseas in the areas of animal welfare, the arts, education, the environment, medical research and social welfare. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/276660/charity-overview | |
| The Odin Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A limited number of grants are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of the arts, care for people who are disabled and disadvantaged, hospices, the homeless, prisoners’ families, refugees, gypsies and tribal groups, and furthering research into false memories and dyslexia. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1027521/charity-overview | |
| The Miss Kathleen Beryl Sleigh Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available for UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of children and young people, elderly, people with a disability, as well as music and cultural organisations. Grants generally of between £2,500 and £20,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3970774/charity-overview | |
| The J P Marland Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A limited number of small grants are available to UK registered charities for a wide range of charitable causes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/1049350/charity-overview | |
| The Cayo Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England and Wales for a wide range of charitable causes, including the arts, children and young people, education and medical research and training. Grants ranging from £1,000 to £25,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/3969886/charity-overview | |
| The Mabel Cooper Charity – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities for a wide range of charitable causes. During its last financial year, the Charity awarded grants against the headings of animal welfare, employment and training, the environment, health and wellbeing and homelessness. Grants of up to £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/264621/charity-overview | |
| The G W Cadbury Section Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. The Trust awards grants for general charitable purposes to UK registered charities and USA non-profit organisations. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/231861/charity-overview | |
| The Dixie Rose Findlay Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities for a diverse range of charitable causes, with a preference for supporting Air Ambulance, hospitals and hospices, and charities working with the visually impaired and blind. Grants between £1,000 and £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/251661/charity-overview?p_p_auth=JEHyGZMr | |
| The Swire Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available for core costs, salaries and capital expenditure for UK registered charities that are directly addressing environmental causes, UK heritage and the challenges faced by the most marginalised and disadvantaged members of society. Grants for up to £50,000 https://www.swirecharitabletrust.org.uk/ | |
| The Jane Hodge Foundation – Applications can be made at any time The Foundation makes grants of various sizes to UK registered and exempt charities working in the UK and overseas in the areas of social welfare and care, education, medical research and religion. https://www.hodgefoundation.org.uk/ | |
| The Elizabeth Frankland Moore and Star Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of the arts, education, homelessness, hospices, human rights, medical research, veterans and support for vulnerable people in society. Grants of up to £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/257711/charity-overview | |
| The Ralph Levy Charitable Company Limited – Applications can be made at any time The Company awards grants to registered charities in the UK and/or overseas working in the fields of education, health and social welfare. During the year ended 5 April 2023, the company’s average grants was for just under £10,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/200009/charity-overview | |
| The J G Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time A discretionary grant making Trust with the ability to award grants for a wide range of charitable purposes to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/326252/charity-overview | |
| The Al Tajir Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK community organisations with a focus on developing a programme of grants and partnerships with other institutions to advance science, education, religious understanding, and research in Britain or any of the Arab or other Islamic states. https://altajirtrust.org.uk/ | |
| The Mrs Hilda Beer Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of Armed Forces and Emergency Services, Education and Training, Environment, Conservation and Heritage, Health, Religion and Relief of Poverty. Grants of up to £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/3970381/what-who-how-where | |
| The Amar Family Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of disability, education, social welfare and the relief of poverty, health. Jewish causes are regularly supported by the Trust. Grants of up to £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5020374/charity-overview | |
| The Inverforth Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. The Trust tends to make grants ranging from £1,000 to £20,000 to the same group of UK charities each year that are working in the areas of the arts, community, education, hospices, mental health, physical health and young people. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/274132/charity-overview | |
| The Chesterhill Charitable Trust Limited – Applications can be made at any time Grants available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of education and development of young people aged up to 25, young offenders and those at risk of offending, physical health, mental health, cancer, dementia, families and carers. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5092320/charity-overview | |
| The Hornby Lonsdale Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of animal welfare, cancer and hospices, military and disabled, community, health and religion. Small grants for under £2,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/243516/charity-overview | |
| The Vandervell Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of education, environmental regeneration, medical care and research, the performing arts and social welfare. Grants of up to £15,000 but averaging £3,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/255651/charity-overview | |
| The Tanner Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available for UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas. The trust is a discretionary grant-making charity with the ability to support a wide range of community projects. However, it regularly provides grants to charities working in the areas of gardening, farming, countryside conservation, youth, health (particularly support for the elderly and people with a disability), culture and the preservation of buildings and overseas aid. Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1021175/charity-overview | |
| The Rest-Harrow Trust – Applications can be made at any time A discretionary grant making charity that makes a large number of small grants – usually for either £100 or £200 – to a wide range of charitable causes in England and Wales, as well as overseas. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/238042/charity-overview | |
| The Ross Russell Trust – Applications can be made at any time The Trust makes grants to registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales for ‘general charitable purposes’. However, its focus is predominantly on charities working in the fields of educations and medical causes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1022570/charity-overview | |
| Persimmon Homes Community Champions Grants – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities, voluntary organisations and sports clubs for a diverse range of local good causes in parts of England, Scotland and Wales where Persimmon Homes has a presence. One-off grants of either £1,000, £5,000 or £6,000 https://www.persimmonhomes.com/community-champions-2024 | |
| The Mike Gooley Trailfinders Charity – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales in the areas of education, local community projects, medical research, military veterans and organised children’s activities, especially outdoor activities. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1048993/charity-overview | |
| The Gunter Charitable Trust – Applications at any time The Trust generally provides small grants to UK registered charities in the UK and overseas working in the areas of children and young people, the elderly, disability and general charitable purposes. However, the Trust no longer accepts unsolicited applications, although it may be contacted via a letter of introduction. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/268346/charity-overview | |
| The Grace Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of childcare, disability, disaster relief, education, essential medical research and non-government emergency services and medical relief, although in reality the Trust funds a much wider range of causes and is often considered a general purposes funder. Grants of up to £3,000 https://www.thegracetrust.org.uk/ | |
| The DWF Foundation – applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working at a local level in the areas of education, employability and employment, environment and sustainability, health, wellbeing and homelessness. One-off grants of up to £5,000 https://dwfgroup.com/en/about-us/dwf-foundation | |
| The Jusaca Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the relief of poverty, health, education, the arts, religious activities, research and housing. Jewish charities and other (non-Jewish) charities that support Jewish interests are strongly favoured. Grants of varying amounts. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1012966/charity-overview | |
| The Charles Lewis Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK in the areas of animal welfare, support for the elderly, support for young people, health and the local community. Grants of between £500 and £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5122837/charity-overview | |
| The Williams Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities in support of theatrical, educational and local community activities. A limited number of grants ranging between £1,000 and £20,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1086668&subid=0 | |
| The Colefax Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities for a wide range of charitable causes. Grants for £5,000 or less https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1017285/charity-overview | |
| The Invigorate Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the relief of poverty, education, religion, citizenship, community development, arts, culture, heritage, science, human rights and racial harmony. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5064762/charity-overview | |
| The David and Ruth Lewis Family Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the fields of child and social care, education, the elderly, and medical research. Jewish causes are regularly supported by the trust. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/259892/charity-overview | |
| The Andrew Anderson Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available for UK registered charities, churches, colleges and individuals. While the Trust supports a range of charitable causes, it places a focus on education and training, health, medicine, religious activities and overseas aid, especially famine relief. Small grants of around £1,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/212170/charity-overview | |
| THE PAUL COTTINGHAM TRUST – Applications can be made at any times in writing. The Trust makes a limited number of awards to registered charities – and occasionally Community Interest Companies – in England and Wales working in the areas of equality and diversity, support for the LGBTQI community, health, cancer (particularly Angiosarcoma) and the relief of poverty. Charities based in England and Wales but working overseas are also supported. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5070167/contact-information | |
| The Marmot Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas, with a particular emphasis on supporting funding green initiatives that are working towards a sustainable future, and peace and security that are seeing to reduce international conflict including by the eventual elimination of nuclear weapons. Grants of up to £25,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4011718/charity-overview | |
| The Gatsby Charitable Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. The foundation can award significant grants to UK charities working in the UK and/or overseas in its priority areas of Africa, the arts, neuroscience, plant science, public policy and science and engineering education. While it doesn’t normally make grant awards for unsolicited applications, it may be willing to consider a letter of introduction. https://www.gatsby.org.uk/ | |
| The Homelands Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK charities working in the areas of medical research, the protection and care of children, hospices and religion. Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=214322&subid=0 | |
| The Honourable Charles Pearson Charity Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the areas of animal welfare, armed forces and emergency services, arts, culture, heritage, and science, citizenship and community development, education, environment, health, people in need and religion. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/275821/charity-overview | |
| The Benindi Fund – Applications can be made at any time. Micro-grants and medium sized grants are available to charities working in the UK in the areas of animal welfare, conservation, the environment and heritage. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/802388/charity-overview | |
| The J A Floyd Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Generally, micro-grants of between £100 and £250 are available to registered charities in England, Wales and elsewhere for a wide range of charitable purposes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/327426/charity-overview | |
| The Gallagher RE Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and or Overseas for general charitable purposes. Charities working in the areas of supporting children and young people, health, hospitals and hospices are regularly supported by the Foundation. Grants of up to £4,000. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5080692/charity-overview | |
| The Sainsbury Family Charitable Trust – A range of different deadlines This is a group of 16 grant-making trusts established by individual members of the Sainsbury family. The trusts cover a wide range of needs. For a list of all the trusts, follow the link. https://www.sfct.org.uk/the-trusts/ | |
| The Saints and Sinners Trust Limited – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK for a wide range of charitable purposes. Small grants of up to £2,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/200536/charity-overview | |
| The Medlock Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the fields of education, training, health, social care, housing, sport, recreation, arts, culture, environment, conservation, community services and employment. Grants between £5,000 and £15,000 https://medlockcharitabletrust.org/ | |
| The Thompson Family Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to a wide range of UK registered charities. Charities working in the areas of animal welfare, the arts, children and young people, disability, food poverty, health, hospices and sport are regularly supported. Small, medium and large grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/326801/charity-overview | |
| The Henry and Rebecca Tinsley Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas for a range of charitable causes, particularly those in the areas of protecting the environment, health and human rights. Small and medium-sized grants https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1020294/charity-overview | |
| The Fitton Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities for a wide range of charitable causes. Micro-grants, normally for between £200 and £350 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/208758/charity-overview | |
| The S M B Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities that are supporting the Christian Faith, providing social care, famine relief and emergency aid, protecting the environment and wildlife, and supporting education and medical research. Grants of between £1,000 and £4,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/263814/charity-overview | |
| The Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to small, charitable organisations in the South West of England to support innovative projects which support: medical causes and people with disabilities; disadvantaged people; youth and children; Methodism and other churches; community projects and environment. Grants of £100 – £2,000 http://www.stoate-charity.org.uk/index.htm | |
| THE LOCKWOOD CHARITABLE FOUNDATION – Applications can be made at any time A limited number of small to large grants are available to registered charities in England for general charitable purposes. The Foundation’s charitable objectives indicate a preference for supporting causes in the areas of sickness and ill-health, terminal illness, education, the arts, and the Christian religion. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4038017/contact-information | |
| THE COSARAF CHARITABLE FOUNDATION HARDSHIP GRANTS – Applications can be made at any time Grants, generally of up to £500, are available to families and individuals across the United Kingdom that are facing financial hardship and who have exhausted all other options for financial support. Please note that applications must be made by an eligible third-party organisation on behalf of a family or individual. https://www.cosaraf.org/ | |
| The Frazer Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to a wide range of charitable causes in England and Wales. Grants for up to £2,500 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/235311/charity-overview | |
| The Peter Stormonth Darling Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to recognised national charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of culture, heritage, conservation, education, healthcare, medical research and the provision of sports facilities. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1049946/charity-overview | |
| The Woodcock Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to charities in England and Wales for charitable causes, with a particular interest in charities working in the areas of providing support for children and young people, health, cancer and amateur sport. A limited number of small grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/4017943/what-who-how-where | |
| The Rigby Foundation – Applications can be made at any time Available to registered charities in England working in the areas of health, education, arts, culture, heritage and supporting disadvantaged people in need and who are experiencing financial hardship. Previous grants awarded range from £4,000 – to £150,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/1011259/charity-overview | |
| The Wyseliot Rose Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities whose work is considered to be of national significance in the areas of the arts, promoting health and the relief of people in need due to their age, ill health, disability or other disadvantage. Grants between £3,000 and £5,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/257219/charity-overview | |
| The Triple T Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas for general charitable purposes. Charities working in the areas of the relief of suffering, health, children and young people and animal welfare are regularly supported. Charity overview, TRIPLE T CHARITABLE TRUST – 1161398, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Sir Cliff Richard Trust – Applications can be made any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities and voluntary groups working in the areas of supporting children and young people, the elderly, people with a disability, health, overseas aid, religion and animal welfare. Grants up to £2,000 Charity overview, THE SIR CLIFF RICHARD CHARITABLE TRUST – 1096412, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Birthday House Trust – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available to registered charities in England and Wales that are working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the relief of people in need, the arts, culture, heritage, science, the environment, religion, citizenship, community development, the Armed Forces and Emergency Services. Small grants available Charity overview, BIRTHDAY HOUSE TRUST – 248028, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Belacqua Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Small grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the arts, the environment, humanitarian causes and the welfare of children. Charity overview, THE BELACQUA CHARITABLE TRUST – 1141874, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Robin Mischief Charitable Trust – Applications can be made any time in writing. Available to registered charities in England working in the areas of the relief of poverty, people in need, education, the arts, culture, heritage and science, the environment and animal welfare. Grants up to £1,000 Charity overview, THE ROBIN MISCHEFF CHARITABLE TRUST – 1143219, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| National Lottery Awards for All – Applications can be made at any time. Available to a wide range of not-for-profit organisations in England, including registered charities, Community Interest Companies and town and parish councils for projects that improve local communities inclusive of helping to alleviate the impact of the cost of living crisis. Grants between £300 and £20,000 Home | The National Lottery Community Fund (tnlcommunityfund.org.uk) | |
| The John Beckwith Charitable Trust – Applications can be made any time in writing. Available to registered charities in England and Wales working in the areas of the arts, education, medical research, sport and particularly social welfare. Grants up to £5,000 Charity overview, THE JOHN BECKWITH CHARITABLE TRUST – 800276, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Heather Beckwith Charitable Settlement – Applications can be made any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working ibn the UK and/or overseas in the areas of the arts, healthcare and medical research. Small grants of £100 and £500 Charity overview, THE HEATHER BECKWITH CHARITABLE SETTLEMENT – 1000952, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Materna Foundation – Applications can be made at any time in writing. A limited number of small grants are available to registered charities in England working in the area of amateur sport, children and young people, the physical and mental health of people with dementia, cancer, stroke and mental illness, education and the elderly. Charity overview, THE MATERNA FOUNDATION – 1127341, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Acott Foundation – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in areas of education, health and wellbeing, medicine, religion and the arts. Grants up to £25,000. Charity overview, ACOTT FOUNDATION – 1180836, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission | |
| The Silver Family Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time in writing. Available for general grant-making purposes to registered charities in England and Wales. Individuals are also occasionally awarded a grant. Amount not specified. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5037375/charity-overview | |
| The Steel Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time The trust makes discretionary grants where they believe that their contribution will make a real difference. Grants are generally awarded in the areas of arts and heritage, education, environment, health or social and economic disadvantage. Grants between £10,000 and £25,000 Rolling grants programme – The Steel Charitable Trust |
| The Whitely Animal Protection Trust – Applications can be made at any time Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas concerned with the prevention of cruelty of animals and the promotion of the welfare of animals. A limited number of grants for up to £10,000 https://whitleyaward.org/ |
| The Universities Federation for Animal Welfare (UFAW) – Applications can be made at any time. Research, small grants, travel awards, student scholarships and mentoring is available to individuals and organisations working in the UK and/or overseas to promote through research high standards of welfare for farm, companion, laboratory and captive wild animals, and for those animals with which we interact in the wild. https://www.ufaw.org.uk/ |
| The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust – Applications can be made at any time by an application form. Available to UK registered charities and overseas non-governmental organisations across the world working to protect animals, prevent animal cruelty and relieve animal suffering. The Marchig Animal Welfare Trust – Welcome (marchigtrust.org) |
| The Barry Green Memorial Trust – Application can be made at any time in writing. Available to UK registered charities working in the area of animal welfare. Grants between £500 and £1,000 Charity overview, THE BARRY GREEN MEMORIAL FUND – 1000492, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission |
| The Beryl Evetts and Robert Luff Animal Welfare Trust Limited – Applications may be made any time in writing. Available for UK registered and voluntary organisations working in the UK and/or overseas in the field of animal welfare. Between £500 and £5,000 Charity overview, THE BERYL EVETTS AND ROBERT LUFF ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST LIMITED – 283944, Register of Charities – The Charity Commission |
| The Charles Plater Trust Large Grants Programme – Applications in by 26 February 2025 Available to registered charities and not-for-profit groups in England and Wales for projects that advance social justice through education and align with the principles of Catholic Social Teaching. A limited number of grants between £5,000 and £60,000 https://www.plater.org.uk/ |
| The National Churches Trust: Small Grants Programme – Applications in by 28 February 2025 Available for UK listed and unlisted places of worship of any denomination for projects that support interventions to investigate or address small structural problems before the turn into large expensive repairs. Grants of between £500 and £5,000 https://www.nationalchurchestrust.org/ |
| *NEW* The Congregational and General Charitable Trust – Application in by 1 May 2025 Available for community initiatives that support the United Reformed Church and other churches in the Protestant tradition in the Uk. Previously the Trust has funded Food Banks, Breakfast Clubs and Youth Groups. Grants between £1,000 and £25,000 https://www.candgtrust.org.uk/ |
| The Philip and Judith Green Trust – Applications can be made at any time The Trust makes a limited number of grants each year to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of education, underprivileged communities, the Christian faith and the upkeep of places of worship. Individuals may also be awarded a grant to advance the Christian faith as missionaries. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/-/charity-details/4016020/charity-overview |
| Church of England: Boiler Replacement Hardship Fund – Applications can be made at any time. As part of the Church of England’s Net Zero by 2030 programme, grants up to £45,000 are available to churches and church halls to cover the difference in cost between a low-carbon heating system and an oil or gas heating system. https://www.devon.gov.uk/fundingnews/fund/church-of-england-boiler-replacement-hardship-fund/ |
| The Grace Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available for Christian church related activities, educations and medical needs in the UK and abroad. Grants are generally only awarded to charitable organisations known to trustees. Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/292984/trustees |
| The Laing Family Trusts – A group of 4 grant-making trusts – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities and churches with exempt status for the promotion of the Christian Faith and its values, caring for those in need, and enabling young people to realise their potential. Capital and some revenue grants up to £25,000. https://www.laingfamilytrusts.org.uk/ |
| Wlodowa Charity and Rehabilitation Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities and individuals in the UK and/or overseas for the relief of poverty and the advancement of religion and religious education. The vast majority of grant support is likely to be directed towards projects and activities that support the Jewish Faith and causes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/288622/charity-overview |
| The Filey Foundation Limited – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas for educational and social welfare activities that predominantly benefit the Jewis Community. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-details/?regid=1148376&subid=0 |
| The Dolland Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities working in the UK and Israel whose activities are focused on health, education and religion, with a particular reference to the Jewish faith. Grants averaging £13,000 https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/293459/charity-overview |
| The Davis Foundation – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK registered charities working in the UK and/or overseas in the areas of support for the Jewish Faith, children and young people, the elderly, disability, opera, music, creative and performing arts, race relations and global minority groups and causes. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/5037162/charity-overview |
| The John James Charitable Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to registered charities for projects that advance the Christian faith among children and young people. Grants are also available to individuals training in the ministry. Grants of up to £2,000 https://www.johnjamestrust.org/ |
| The Bishop Radford Trust – Applications can be made at any time. Available to UK Registered Charities whose work supports Christian ministry and benefits their local community in the UK or who are working internationally on larger projects that support the Christian Ministry. Grants up to £2,000 https://bishopradfordtrust.org.uk/ |
| The Dame Violet Wills Charitable Trust – Applications may be made at any time. Available to charities working in the UK and/or overseas to further evangelical Christian causes and Christian caring. Small grants available. https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/charity-search/-/charity-details/219485/charity-overview |