England Funding Bulletin
Find funds for the whole UK and for Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
Further information and resources can also be found in Fundraising.
All funds listed on this page are from third parties. Select the external links and read the information and criteria provided by the funder carefully.
Funds are listed in alphabetical order.
BlueSpark Foundation
Grants of up to £5000 (most are under £2000) are available for schools, community groups, clubs, societies or other organisations in England to improve the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other activities.
Central Social and Recreational Trust
Grants are available for sports clubs and organisations in England to provide or assist in the provision of facilities for recreation or other leisure time occupation for the benefit of disadvantaged children who are under the age of 21 years.
Amount: up to £1,000
Coalfields Regeneration Trust – Small Grants
Grants are available for local voluntary and community organisations delivering services to coalfield communities in England to support those in crisis due to the impact of the pandemic or the increase in cost of living. Funding can be for revenue, core costs and/or capital items such as equipment, furniture, computers which supports delivery of your project.
Amount: up to £2,000
Community Shares Booster Fund
Deadline: 06/03/2026
Grant funding and matched equity investment are available for community businesses in England that are at all stages of a community share issue.
Department of Health and Social Care – Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund
Grants are available for community organisations across England to buy an automated external defibrillators (AED) to install in a public place. A total of £1 million is being made available. An estimated 2,000 new defibrillators will be funded. The funding for the scheme is based on a first come first served basis.
Amount: up to £750 match funding is required.
FCC Community Action Fund – England
Next deadline: 14/05/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for public amenity projects eligible under Object D of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment landfill site.
Amount: between £2,000 and £100,000
Masonic Charitable Foundation – Children and Young People Grants Programme (under and over £10,000)
This programme is open to national and local charities helping disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the challenges they face.
Small grants are for charities whose annual income is between £25,000 and £500,000. These grants are unrestricted, and range from £1,000-£5,000 per year, for up to three years.
Large grants are for larger charities whose annual income is between £500,000 and £10m. They must be restricted to a project, and usually range from £10,000 to £60,000. They can be awarded over one to three years.
Masonic Charitable Foundation – Children and Young People Grants Programme (SEND)
Grants are available for local and national charities in England and Wales who are working with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Amount: £1,000 to £60,000
National Lottery Awards for All – England
Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community. This can include running costs, events, small land or refurbishment capital projects, equipment, staff costs, transport and more.
National Lottery Community Fund – #iwill Fund
The #iwill Fund will enable more young people to take part in social action through high quality opportunities which create lifelong habits. Find out more on the website.
NCS Grant Giving programme
National Citizen Service Trust (NCS) have introduced a grant programme which will allow grants to be awarded to local organisations so they can deliver community-based experiences. The grant amount will be based on the number of young people between the defined age range in those regions.
Persimmon Community Champions
One-off grants of around £1,000 are available for local community organisations and charities that have already secured matched funding for local community initiatives across England, Scotland and Wales.
Sport England – Movement Fund (under and over £10,000)
Grants and other resources are available for community groups, local sports clubs and grassroots organisations across England with ideas of how to tackle inequalities and help get more people active.
Amount: £300 to £15,000
Sport England – Movement Fund (with crowdfunding)
Grants are available for formally constituted not-for-profit organisations in England who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign for projects that improve physical activity for people and communities who need it most with particular interest in opportunities for groups facing barriers to activity.
Amount: Grants are available in the form of match funding of up to 50% toward the initial crowdfunding target (up to a maximum of £15,000).
SUEZ Communities Trust Landfill Communities Fund – Primary Fund (England) (under and over £10,000)
Next deadline: 14/05/2025
Grants are available to non-profit making organisations in qualifying areas of England for improvements to local community facilities, historic buildings and structures, sport and recreation facilities.
Amount: £3,000 to £50,000
The Reach Fund
Grants are available to assist charities and social enterprises in England that require extra support to become ‘investment ready’.
Amount: between £5,000 and £15,000
Turning Point – Community Innovation Fund
Grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations for project ideas that improve wellbeing and connectivity in the over 280 Turning Point communities across England. Please note this fund is only available to groups that are based in areas where Turning Point provide services and can demonstrate a connection or be willing to build a connection.
Amount: up to £2,500
Utilita Football Rebooted – Grassroots Fund
Grants are available for FA-accredited community football clubs and leagues to improve the experience and accessibility of football to local people.
Amount: There is no set grant value.
Warburtons Families Matter Community Grants Programme
Deadline: 05/05/2025
Small grants are available for local projects, activities and organisations that have charitable aims and that will be of real direct benefit to families in England, Scotland and Wales.
Amount: up to £400
Over £10,000
Biffa Award – Community Buildings
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to provide and improve community buildings that are located within the vicinity of a Biffa Operation or Biffa Landfill site in order to ‘act as mechanisms’ for community involvement.
The Biffa Award Community Buildings theme aims to improve buildings at the heart of their communities, such as village halls, community centres and church halls, which are within five miles of a significant Biffa Operation or within 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site with the aim of encouraging and enhancing community involvement.
Amount: £10,000 to £75,000
Biffa Award – Recreation
Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations with five miles of a significant Biffa operation or 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site.
Projects under the Recreation theme can include new play equipment; landscaping works, including boardwalks, trees and shrubs; skate parks; woodland walks; nature trails; outdoor gyms; and building works within communal areas of sporting clubhouses (such as kitchen and toilet facilities) which have a wider community use and are not for the sole use of sports club members.
Big Issue Invest – Impact Loans England
Loans are available for social enterprises and registered charities in England to help them grow and continue the good work they are currently doing.
Amount: £20,000 to £200,000
Community Investment Fund
Loans and equity investments are available to community based, locally led charities and social enterprises in England that are providing essential health, social care, education and training services to improve the quality of life of local individuals, especially those who are vulnerable and disadvantaged.
Amount: £250,000 to £2,000,000
Crowdfunder – Cost of Living Resilience Fund
Grants are available through this match funding scheme to assist social sector organisations in areas of deprivation in England who are providing services to support people struggling with the rising cost of living.
Amount: up to £50,000
DHSC Suicide Prevention Grant Fund 2023-2025
Revenue grants are available for non-profit organisations to support suicide prevention activities delivered in England from 2023 to 2025.
Amount: up to £750,000
Energy Resilience Fund
A mixture of grant and loan funding is available to support community organisations and social enterprises in England to undertake retrofitting energy generating and saving technology and building adaptations.
Amount: up to £ 150,000
FCC Community Action Fund – England
Next deadline: 14/05/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for public amenity projects eligible under Object D of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment landfill site.
Amount: between £2,000 and £100,000
Flexible Finance Fund
Flexible grants and loans are available to support Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises in England that need funds to help them to grow and become more resilient.
Amount: £50,000 to £1,500,000
Masonic Charitable Foundation – Children and Young People Grants Programme (under and over £10,000)
This programme is open to national and local charities helping disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the challenges they face.
Small grants are for charities whose annual income is between £25,000 and £500,000. These grants are unrestricted, and range from £1,000-£5,000 per year, for up to three years.
Large grants are for larger charities whose annual income is between £500,000 and £10m. They must be restricted to a project, and usually range from £10,000 to £60,000. They can be awarded over one to three years.
Masonic Charitable Foundation – Children and Young People Grants Programme (SEND)
Grants are available for local and national charities in England and Wales who are working with children with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND).
Amount: £1,000 to £60,000
Morrisons Foundation
The Morrisons Foundation awards grant funding for charity projects which make a positive difference in local communities. In the main grants are available to fully fund projects up to £25,000.
National Lottery Community Fund – Partnerships
This programme offers a larger amount of funding (over £10,000) for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
Funding can be spent on costs associated with delivering your activities, organisational development including staff training, and IT upgrades/purchase, core/fixed costs like salaries, rent, utilities, equipment, and capital – purchase, refurbishment or developing of land and buildings.
National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities
Large grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in England for projects that make positive changes in their communities.
Amount: up to £20,000
Sporting Capital Fund
Loan funding is available to a wide range of incorporated organisations based and operating in England to deliver projects using sport and sporting facilities that generate sustainable revenue and deliver long-term community impact.
Amount: up to £150,000
Sport England – Movement Fund (under and over £10,000)
Grants and other resources are available for community groups, local sports clubs and grassroots organisations across England with ideas of how to tackle inequalities and help get more people active.
Amount: £300 to £15,000
SUEZ Communities Trust Landfill Communities Fund – Primary Fund (England) (under and over £10,000)
Next deadline: 14/05/2025
Grants are available to non-profit making organisations in qualifying areas of England for improvements to local community facilities, historic buildings and structures, sport and recreation facilities.
Amount: £3,000 to £50,000
SUEZ Communities Trust Landfill Communities Fund – Smaller Projects Fund (England)
Next deadline: 14/05/2025
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in qualifying areas of England for physical improvement to community facilities, such as village halls, public parks, sports facilities, historic buildings and structures.
Amount: up to £20,000
The Reach Fund
Grants are available to assist charities and social enterprises in England that require extra support to become ‘investment ready’.
Amount: between £5,000 and £15,000
Thrive Together Fund
Unrestricted funding package (75% loan and 25% grant) are available for small and medium sized charities and social enterprise based in England that are working to improve people’s lives or the environment in which they live and who are looking to grow or diversify their business models.
Amount: £25,000 to £150,000
Veolia Environmental Trust
Deadline: 03/04/2025
Grants for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities for projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment that are located near a qualifying Veolia site in England.
Amount: £10,000 to £75,000
Youth Endowment Fund – Open Call
Grants are available for delivery organisations that work to reduce young people’s involvement in violence for well-established projects delivered in England or Wales.
Sport specific funds
Bowls England – Development Loans for Clubs
Bowls England offers all affiliated clubs the opportunity to apply for a Club Loan of up to £20,000. A Club Loan may be used for any reasonable purpose including: Purchase of lawn mowers, scarifiers, turf irons or sprinkler systems, Repair of ditches and banks, clubhouse development, fencing, car parking, changing rooms.
England and Wales Cricket Board – EWCT Interest Free Loan Scheme
The funding is intended to finance capital projects – including renovations – to improve facilities which contribute to increased participation in cricket.
The maximum loan available is £50,000.
Cricket clubs with a junior section can apply for £1,000 to £50,000.
Cricket clubs without a junior section can apply for £1,000 to £20,000.
All loans are interest free.
England and Wales Cricket Board – County Grants Fund
Grants are available to support ECB affiliated cricket clubs in England and Wales with creating welcoming environments, providing enhanced facilities and playing opportunities, and tackling the impact of climate change.
Amount: £10,000 to £1,000
England and Wales Cricket Board – Grass Pitch Improvement Fund
Grants are available to support ECB affiliated cricket clubs to help address inequalities in access to safe, good quality grass cricket pitches across England and Wales. Priority will be given to application that support cricket for groups in the following:
- Women’s and girls’ cricket
- Cricket in diverse communities
- Disability cricket
- Low socio-economic groups (LSEG)
Amount: this will be determined on a case by case basis
Football Foundation – Facilities Grants
Grants are available for the provision of capital items, or to refurbish/improve existing community football facilities in England.
Premier League Stadium Fund
Grants are available for clubs playing in the England and Wales football pyramid to make improvements to their stadiums.
Amount: up to £750,000
Utilita Football Rebooted – Grassroots Fund
Grants are available for FA-accredited community football clubs and leagues to improve the experience and accessibility of football to local people.
Volleyball England Foundation
Grants are available to support Volleyball England-affiliated clubs. The current focus will run until December 2023 and will support the development of Sitting Volleyball.
Amount: £1,000
Funds for registered charities only
Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities in England, Wales, the Isle of Man, and Republic of Ireland to support a range of good causes that will benefit those most in need. One of the objectives is Amateur sport: to improve physical and mental health with a focus on sport provision for people with disabilities.
Amount: Funding is at the discretion of the Trustees.
Previous grants have ranged from £5,000 to £2.25 million.
Bernard Sunley Foundation
One-off capital grants are available to registered charities in England and Wales, as well as those with ‘accepted’ and ‘exempt’ status, for projects in the areas of community, education, health and social welfare.
Joanies Fund
Grants are available to local charitable organisations working with young people aged up to 25 years in England and Wales.
Amount: up to £3,500
Morrisons Foundation
Grants are available to registered charities who make a positive difference to local communities in England, Scotland or Wales. Sports-based charities, must have the objective to improve the lives of vulnerable or disadvantaged people
Amount: up to £10,000
The Thompson Family Charitable Trust
Grants are available to registered charities in England and Wales for general charitable purposes.
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Enquiries: The Thompson Family Charitable Trust, Tel: 01608 676789, E-Mail: roycopus@btinternet.com
Regional funds
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available for collaborative projects in Bedfordshire that focus on sexual exploitation and support for child victims of sexual abuse and local community initiatives that support Bedfordshire Police initiatives regarding hate crime, cybercrime, diversion and road safety.
Amount: Up to £70,000
Hertfordshire Community Foundation – Large Grants
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available for local charities and voluntary groups to support long-term projects in the community.
Amount: between £5,000 to £10,000
Frank Branston Fund – Bedfordshire and Luton
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit community groups and charities for projects that will improve the lives of Bedfordshire residents.
Amount: Micro grants of £500–£2,000 / Main grants of £2,000–£10,000
Uttlesford District Council – Health and Wellbeing Grant
Deadline: 10/03/2025
One-off grants are available to support the health and wellbeing of residents and communities in Uttlesford.
Amount: up to £5,000
Breckland Council Inspiring Communities
Deadline: 14/03/2025
Grants are available for local not-for-profit groups and organisations with projects that address identified community needs and align to Breckland Council’s outcomes.
Amount: up to £5,000
Cambridge – Enabling Active Communities Grant
Deadline: 15/03/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for providing sport, dance or physical-activity sessions in Cambridge.
Amount: up to £500
Suffolk Community Foundation – Fonnereau Road Health Foundation Fund
Deadline: 17/03/2025
Grants are available for local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to support the equipment, capital costs or expenditure that is not part of normal overheads for projects that will improve the physical or mental health and well-being of people in Suffolk.
Amount: between £2,000 and £5,000
Suffolk Community Foundation – Suffolk Sports Fund
Deadline: 17/03/2025
Grants are available for local charities and community groups to increase participation in a sports activity for residents of Suffolk who are excluded through disadvantage.
Amount: up to £2,000
Suffolk Community Foundation – Harwich Haven Authority Fund
Deadline: 18/03/2025
Grants are available for charitable projects and activities within the area covered by postcodes IP1 to IP15.
Amount: up to £5,000
Babergh District Council – Locality Awards
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants for community groups to support small projects or towards larger projects taking place in the local area in Babergh.
Amount: from £250 (each Councillor has a budget of £2,000 to allocate in their area).
Mid Suffolk District Council – Locality Awards
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants for community groups to support small projects or towards larger projects taking place in the local area in Mid Suffolk.
Amount: from £250 (each Councillor has a budget of £2,000 to allocate in their area).
Harpur Trust – Grants to Organisations
Deadline: 26/03/2025
Grants are available to charities and not-for-profit organisations working in the Borough of Bedford for projects that focus on education, recreation and relief.
Amount: small grants up to £5,000 / larger grants up to £50,000 per year for up to three years
Watford Borough Council – Mayor’s Small Grants Fund
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Grants are available for not-for-profit voluntary and community sector organisations, charities and sports clubs for projects and initiatives that will enhance the local community.
Amount: up to £3,000
Breckland – Meanwhile Enterprise Grant Scheme
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Business support and financial incentives are available to local businesses and community groups looking to occupy empty commercial spaces across Breckland.
Amount: up to £10,000
Love Luton Community Award Fund
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available to charities and community organisations for projects and initiatives that benefit of people in Luton.
Amount: up to £ 3,000
Mid Suffolk District Council – Pride in Your Place Grant
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants for a range of projects, including enhancement of the local area and environment, exploring local identity and heritage, and engagement in community clean ups.
Amount: between £250 and £5,000
Cambridgeshire – Bright Futures Fund
Deadline: 01/05/2025
Grants are available to local organisations in Cambridgeshire for projects helping young people to engage in positive activities.
Amount: up to £2,500
Investing in Community Health Fund
Deadline: 01/05/2025
Grants are available to non-profit organisations in Huntingdonshire, Peterborough, Fenland to strengthen services and provisions towards meeting specific health and social care needs within designated Integrated Neighbourhoods.
Amount: Thirteen grants of £50,000 are available
Mills and Reeve Cambridge Grassroots Endowed Fund
Deadline: 01/05/2025
Small grants are available to local voluntary and community groups undertaking charitable work in Cambridgeshire.
Amount: up to £2,000
Active Essex – Cycle Grant
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups in Essex for projects which encourage more people to engage with cycling and promote active lifestyles.
ARISE Hatfield Grant
Grants are available to local groups and organisations for initiatives and socially based activities that improve the lives of groups and residents in Hatfield.
Amount: £1,500
Berkhamsted Town Council – Small Grants
Grants are available for projects and activities that will benefit the local community of Berkhamsted.
Amount: £1,000
Charles S French Charitable Trust
Grants are available for registered charities in North East London and Essex for carrying out projects and activities that benefit local residents.
Amount: £1000 to £5,000
East Cambridgeshire – Community Facilities S106 Grant Funding
Grants are available to not-for-profit community based organisations for local facilities that are needed because of new development taking place in East Cambridgeshire and which provide community or social benefit.
East Cambridgeshire – Facilities Improvement Grant
Grants are available to develop and improve village halls, community centres, sport and leisure centres, play facilities and public open spaces in East Cambridgeshire.
Amount: £10,000
East Suffolk – Enabling Communities Budget
Grants to support activities delivered by community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations in East Suffolk.
Amount: £100 to £7,500
Fowler Smith and Jones Trust
Deadline: 26/07/2024
Funding is intended to support voluntary and community groups undertaking projects that will benefit communities in Essex in the following areas: Youth, Medical, Arts, Churches, Community, Miscellaneous
Eligible expenditure: Costs associated with eligible projects. Very occasionally, larger capital grants may be considered. These require in-depth discussion prior to any formal application.
Amount: average grant awarded is £2,000 to £3,000. Occasionally, larger requests for capital grants are considered.
Geoffrey Watling Charity
Grants are available for local charitable organisations in Norfolk and the Waveney district of Suffolk so that they can continue and develop their work in the community.
Amount: £30,000
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Hertfordshire – Member Locality Budget Scheme
Each of Hertfordshire County Council’s elected members have been allocated a Locality Budget to spend on worthwhile projects in their community that promote social, economic or environmental wellbeing.
Amount: £10,000
HS2 Community and Environment Fund
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to support work which enhances the quality of life and the environment of communities disrupted by the construction of the HS2 north-south railway.
Amount: £250,000
Huntingdon Freemen’s Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations working for the benefit of people living within the area covered by Huntingdon Town Council.
Ipswich – Area Committee Funding
Grants are available for local charities and community groups in Ipswich to support projects in local neighbourhoods that improve the life of residents and tackle local issues in the area.
Jack Petchey Foundation – Achievement Awards
Awards are available for registered charities, state secondary schools and colleges, local authority youth clubs and not-for-profit youth organisations to recognise, reward and celebrate the achievements of young people in London and Essex.
Amount: an Achievement Award of £300 per young person which is to be spent on a school, club or community project of the recipient’s choice.
Knife Angel Legacy Fund – Luton
Grants are available for creative community engagement projects that encourage discussions about knife crime, antisocial behaviour and youth-based crime within Luton.
Amount: up to £3,600
Mid Suffolk District Council – Small Grant
One-off grants for small community projects in Mid Suffolk.
Amount: up to £2,500
North Norfolk Sustainable Communities Fund
Grants are available for community projects in North Norfolk that foster environmental and community sustainability across the district.
Amount: £15,000
Shell – Community Grants
Grants are available to charities and community organisations operating near selected Shell sites in Aberdeen City, Aberdeenshire, Fife and Norfolk for projects that will benefit local communities.
Amount: up to £1,000
Stevenage Community Trust
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for charitable activities that improve the quality of life of people in Stevenage.
Stevenage – Local Community Budgets
Grants are available to help community groups and organisations in Stevenage develop ideas, continue with existing initiatives and deliver local priorities.
Amount: from £100
Suffolk Community Foundation
Grants are available for local charities, voluntary and community groups to support activities which tackle disadvantage and deprivation across Suffolk.
Suffolk Community Foundation – Stimulus Fund
Grants are available to organisations for activities to promote tennis for all, by showing the sport as an enjoyable exercise with social interaction. Also, there is support to enable those who are disadvantaged and living in areas of deprivation in Suffolk to participate in the sport.
Amount: £1,000
Tom Amos Charity
Grants are available to organisations in Chelmsford, Braintree and Uttlesford for projects that provide recreational facilities, advance education, relieve poverty, advance religion or provide other charitable objects that benefit local communities.
Wixamtree Trust
Deadlines: four times a year
Grants are available for charitable organisations, including registered charities, for projects and services that benefit the people of Bedfordshire.
Blaby District Council Community Capital Grants Scheme
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available to provide or improve facilities for the benefit of the community in Blaby.
Amount: up to £4,000
Blaby District Council Community Revenue Grants Scheme
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community in Blaby.
Amount: up to £500 (£1,000 in exceptional cases)
Blaby District Council Everyone Active Grants
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the health and wellbeing of the community in Blaby.
Amount: up to £500
Northampton Queen’s Institute Relief Fund
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available to small, locally managed groups in Northamptonshire for projects that improve health and wellbeing.
Amount: up to £5,000
Northamptonshire Community Foundation – Margaret Giffen Community Fund
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available to support small voluntary and community groups with projects that tackle poverty across Corby, Kettering and North Northamptonshire.
Amount: up to £3,000 are available. Projects must have a total budget of no more than £20,000.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation – The Towcester Park Community Fund
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Grants are available to support projects in Towcester, Tiffield, Greens Norton and Easton Neston that will strengthen communities, enhance the natural environment and promote positive change.
Amount: between £2,000 and £5,000
North West Leicestershire – Small Grants Scheme
Deadline: 09/03/2025
Grants are available to help communities in North West Leicestershire to start new projects or for one-off expenditures for equipment and other items.
Amount: Organisations can apply for 50% of their total project costs up to a maximum of £500
Erewash – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Fast Funding Community Grants
Deadline: 16/03/2025
Small grants are available to local voluntary organisations and community groups for projects that benefit the residents of Erewash Borough.
Amount: up to £1,500
Martin Trust for Young People
Deadline: 16/03/2025
Grants are available to individuals or local voluntary youth organisations for projects that directly benefit young people living in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.
Amount: up to £2,000
Northamptonshire Federation of Disability Sport (NFDS) Fund
Deadline: 01/04/2025
Grants are available for sports clubs, groups and non-profit organisations in Northamptonshire to support sporting activities aimed at disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and/or mental health conditions.
Amount: up to £500
East Coast Community Fund
Deadline: 02/04/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups, parish and town councils, and local authorities for community projects that benefit the coastal communities of the Yorkshire and Lincolnshire.
Amount: Small grants up to £10,000 / main grants up to £50,000
East Midlands Airport Community Fund
Deadline: 07/04/2025
Grants are for voluntary and community organisations located in areas affected by the operations of East Midlands Airport, in order to undertake projects that will have a lasting benefit, bring communities closer together through sport and recreation and offer environmental improvements and heritage conservation.
Amount: up to £ 2,000
Sleaford REP Community Power Fund
Deadline: 09/04/2025
Grants are available for community initiatives that will benefit local people living within a 5-mile radius of the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant in the North Kesteven District.
Amount: up to £5,000
East Lindsey Investment Fund – GRASSroots Grant Scheme (ELIF)
Deadline: 13/06/2025
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations to support community-led efforts in East Lindsey that invest in and restore their community spaces and create the foundations for growth at neighbourhood level.
Amount: up to £25,000
West Lindsey – Councillor Initiative Fund
Deadline: 28/02/2027
Grants are available to support a wide range of community projects and activities in West Lindsey.
Derbyshire – Community Leadership Scheme
Financial assistance is available to community, voluntary, youth and other local organisations in Derbyshire for projects that benefit the local community.
Derbyshire Voluntary Action – Small Grants
Grants are available to support the running costs of voluntary and community groups in Chesterfield, North East Derbyshire and Bolsover.
Amount: up to £500
Foundation Derbyshire – Freemasons of Derbyshire Fund
Grants are available to charities, voluntary and community groups for projects and activities that support community life, promote health and wellbeing and tackle disadvantage across Derby and Derbyshire.
Amount: up to £2,500
Foundation Derbyshire – Locko Fund for Children and Young People
Grants are available for voluntary groups working with children and young people in Spondon and Erewash to purchase equipment to support their activities.
Amount: up to £2,500
North West Leicestershire – Small Grants Scheme
Grants are available to help communities in North West Leicestershire to start new projects or for one-off expenditures for equipment and other items.
Amount: up to £500
Northampton Social Investment Fund
Grants are available for social enterprises in Northampton that are making a positive social and/or environmental impact.
Amount: up to £10,000
Bassetlaw – Councillor Community Grants
Grants are available to local groups for activities which will benefit their community or ward area within Bassetlaw District.
Broxtowe – Grants for Voluntary Organisations Involved in Sport and the Arts
Grants are available for voluntary organisations involved in sport and the arts to help with the day-to-day running costs of their service to the community.
Corby – KHL Big Local Community Chest Fund
Grants are available for a broad range of community activity that will improve the wellbeing of residents based in Kingswood and Hazel Leys (KHL) in Corby.
Amount: £250 to £5,000
Derbyshire Dales – Local Projects Fund
Grants are available to local community groups for projects that benefit the people of Derbyshire Dales.
Amount: £100 to £1,000
Forman Hardy Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations in Nottinghamshire carrying out education, music or welfare activities.
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Enquiries
Tel: 0115 9508 580
E-Mail: FHCTRequests@formanhardy.com
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
HS2 Community and Environment Fund
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to support work which enhances the quality of life and the environment of communities disrupted by the construction of the HS2 north-south railway.
Amount: £250,000
Jigsaw Foundation
Grants are available to community organisations working in Jigsaw Homes Group locations in the North West and East Midlands of England for projects that deliver benefits to residents and their local communities.
Leicestershire and Rutland Community Foundation – Making Local Life Better Fund
Grants are available to local charitable groups for small local projects that benefit the communities of Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.
Amount: £3,000
Midcounties Co-operative Your Community Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations that are members of the Midcounties Co-operative for projects that benefit local communities within the Midcounties Co-operative trading area.
Amount: £500
North West Leicestershire – Small Grants Scheme
Grants are available to help communities in North WestLeicestershire to start new projects or for one-off expenditures for equipment and other items.
Amount: £500
Oakland Foundation
Grants are available for projects that support the education, health and nutrition of children under the age of 16 and their families as well as their being able to access sport and activities irrespective of social background or physical ability.
Police and Crime Commissioner for Derbyshire Community Investment Fund (PCCD)
Funding is available to improve the quality of life for Derbyshire residents by supporting activities that help to build safer, stronger communities.
Amount: £2,000
Sleaford REP Community Power Fund
Grants are available for community initiatives that will benefit local people living within a 5-mile radius of the Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant in the North Kesteven District.
Amount: £5,000
West Lindsey – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Community Action Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in West Lindsey for voluntary and community activity that improves the quality of life for local residents and increases community involvement, as part of the wider UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme.
Amount: £1,000 to £20,000
West Lindsey – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Community Development Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in West Lindsey to support new ideas and designing solutions to get the best possible outcome for community projects, as part of the wider UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme.
Amount: £100 to £10,000
West Lindsey – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Community Facilities Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in West Lindsey to develop and improve community facilities and assets, promoting greater interaction and more activities in communities, as part of the wider UK Shared Prosperity Fund programme.
Amount: £1,000 to £50,000
Bromley – Platinum Jubilee Parks Fund
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for the renewal and refurbishment of Council-owned green spaces in Bromley.
Amount: up to £20,000
Inspire Hounslow
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Grants are available for organisations across Hounslow to deliver projects and activities that support young people across Hounslow. Current priority areas are Bedfont and Feltham, Heston and Cranford, Hanworth area.
Amount: Small grants of less than £1,500 / Large grants of more than £1,500
Waltham Forest Community Walking and Cycling Fund
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which encourage local residents of Waltham Forest to be more active, particularly walking and cycling more.
Amount: up to £2,500 (there is a total funding pot of £25,000)
ActiveWestminster – Network Activity Project Fund
Deadline: 16/03/2025
Grants are available for charities and community groups in the London Borough of Westminster to deliver new or upscale existing projects that support health and wellbeing.
Amount: up to £2,000
East End Community Foundation – Well-being Grants for Young People 2025
Deadline: 17/03/2025
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations and community groups across the London Boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, and the City of London to deliver projects and activities that support children and young people.
Amount: up to £25,000
Hackney Windrush Microgrant Scheme 2025
Deadline: 17/03/2025
Grants are available cultural organisations in Hackney to deliver events and activities that taking place during Hackney Windrush Programme in June 2024 that celebrate the Windrush Generation and their descendants.
Amount: up to £2,000
Southwark – Inspiring Elephant Community Fund
Deadline: 27/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups to deliver projects which benefit residents around the area of Elephant and Castle Town Centre in Southwark.
Amount: up to £5,000
Berkeley Foundation Resilience Fund
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Grants are available to local and grassroots charities across London, Birmingham, and the South of England, to invest in organisational development and build resilience for the future, with a focus on organisations promoting mental health in young people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness and multiple layers of inequality.
Amount: up to £90,000 over three years (the Foundation is looking to award up to six grants)
Shaftesbury Young People (SYP) Trust
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which improve the lives of young people (aged 11 to 18) in Greater London.
Amount: between £5,000 to £10,000
Heathrow Community Trust – Environmental and Sustainability Grants for the Community
Deadlines: 03/04/2025 then 01/09/2025
Grants are available to local schools, charities, community groups, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities across the Heathrow area for projects that support their community and are linked to climate change and the environment.
Amount: up to £15,000 for up to two years
Access Without Limits Grants for Community Organisations England
Grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations in specified areas of England who do not currently offer the Duke of Edinburgh Award to create more opportunities for marginalised young people (14 to 24 years) to access the Award.
Amount: up to £10,200
Brent – Love Where You Live Grants
Grants are available to community and voluntary sector groups, mutual aid groups and schools for projects that bring communities together and address inequalities, environmental issues, social isolation and the impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the Brent community.
Amount: up to £500
Charles S French Charitable Trust
Grants are available for registered charities in North East London and Essex for carrying out projects and activities that benefit local residents.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
City Bridge Foundation Grants
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations that are working for the benefit of London inhabitants across several thematic areas and issues, with a focus on reducing inequality and supporting disadvantaged groups.
There are no minimum or maximum amounts specified. Average grant awards vary depending on the type of grant being applied for.
Grants can be awarded for up to five years.
The smallest amount ever given is £1,000 and the largest is £10 million.
City Bridge Foundation – Strategic Partnership Funding
Deadline: 02/08/2024
Grants are available for registered charities, community interest companies, and other charitable organisations to work in partnership to deliver strategic projects that support suicide prevention across Greater London.
Amount: up to £150,000 for up to seven years
The Foundation is looking to fund four partnerships.
City of London Community Infrastructure Levy Neighbourhood Fund
Grants are available to charity and voluntary groups, residents’ associations and businesses for a wide range of community projects in the City of London.
Amount: from £1,000
City of London Corporation Central Grants Programme – Stronger Communities
Grants are available to a range of not-for-profit organisations for projects and services that benefit communities within the City of London and the City of London Corporation’s housing estates across London.
Amount: £500 to £10,000
Daisy Trust
Grants are available for voluntary organisations and charities undertaking a variety of charitable activities to benefit the community in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham.
East End Community Foundation
Grants are available for voluntary and community sector organisations in the East End of London to support activities which make a difference at grassroots level and deliver support directly to vulnerable people.
Amount: £200 to £2,000
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Hounslow Council – Thriving Communities Capital Fund
Grants are available to constituted not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve or create land and property used by local people in the London Borough of Hounslow.
HS2 Community and Environment Fund
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to support work which enhances the quality of life and the environment of communities disrupted by the construction of the HS2 north-south railway.
Amount: £250,000
Jack Petchey Foundation – Achievement Awards
Awards are available for registered charities, state secondary schools and colleges, local authority youth clubs and not-for-profit youth organisations to recognise, reward and celebrate the achievements of young people in London and Essex.
Amount: an Achievement Award of £300 per young person which is to be spent on a school, club or community project of the recipient’s choice.
John Lyon’s Charity
Grants are available for projects which improve the prospects of children and young adults up to the age of 25 (or sometimes up to 30 for young people with disabilities) residing in nine boroughs in North and West London.
John Lyon’s Charity – Refurbishment Fund
Grants are available to registered charities for the one-off refurbishment of a community space which is used to deliver services to young people in nine boroughs in North and West London.
Amount: £25,000
Kensington and Chelsea – City Living, Local Life Grants
Grants are available for charities, community interest companies, and other voluntary and community sector organisations to deliver projects and activities that benefit local communities, build stronger connections between local people, and address local issues.
Amount: up to £5,000
London Community Foundation
Grants are available for charities in London to support a wide variety of local community projects that will create opportunities and change lives across the capital.
London Marathon Foundation – Active Spaces Fund
Grants are available for not-for-profit groups, local authorities and statutory bodies for projects which for projects that will improve and activate spaces, places and facilities in London to help the least active children and young people and marginalised groups and communities to lead active and healthy lives.
Amount: between £10,000 and £80,000
London Marathon Foundation – Active Spaces Fund
Grants are available for not-for-profit groups, local authorities and statutory bodies for projects which for projects that will improve and activate spaces, places and facilities in London to help the least active children and young people and marginalised groups and communities to lead active and healthy lives.
Amount: £10,000 to £80,000
Grants could cover capital and/or revenue projects
Morris Charitable Trust
Grants are available to charitable organisations in the London Borough of Islington for projects that alleviate social deprivation and hardship, promote education, community harmony, health and wellbeing and that help disadvantaged young people, adults and senior citizens.
Old Enfield Charitable Trust – Community Grants
Grants for local registered charities, community, self-help or voluntary groups that are operating within the ancient parish of Enfield and providing a benefit to the local community and whose focus falls within the priorities of the Trust.
Shipwrights Charitable Fund
Grants are available for charitable organisations in the City of London undertaking maritime and waterborne projects and activities which offer the opportunity for young people to learn new skills and develop.
Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the UK but particularly in focus areas to deliver projects and activities that make a strong, positive impact in local communities. Focus areas: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton, Teesside.
Amount: up to £5,000
Greggs Foundation – Community Grants
Deadline: 14/03/2025
Grants for core running costs are available to not-for-profit community organisations in Craigmillar and Granton in Edinburgh, Newcastle and North Tyneside for projects tackling social deprivation.
Amount: up to £20,000 per year over a period of two years
Port of Tyne Community Action Fund
Deadline: 20/03/2025
Grants are available to support communities affected by hardship in Gateshead, Newcastle, North Tyneside, South Tyneside.
Amount: between £1,000 and £4,000
Durham County Cricket Club Youth Trust Fund
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants are available to increase the numbers and the skills of children and young people engaging with cricket in the North East and to strengthen and sustain clubs and the sport.
Amount: between £500 and £2,500
Hadrian Trust (North East England)
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants are available to help social welfare and charitable organisations working to improve the lives of people in the North East of England, particularly those working in the fields of social welfare, youth, disability, the elderly, women, ethnic minorities, education, arts and the environment.
Amount: £500 to £2,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – EDF Green Rigg Wind Farm Community Fund
Deadline: 24/03/2025
The Fund provides capital costs to charities, community and voluntary projects based within a ten-mile radius of the Green Rigg Wind Farm.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Nadara Sisters and North Steads Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
Deadline: 24/03/2025
The Fund provides capital and revenue costs to charities, community and voluntary projects based within 5km of the Nadara Sisters and North Steads wind farms.
Amount: £1,000 to £20,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – FB and PFB Lough Fund
Deadline: 07/04/2025
The Fund supports charitable community activities in north Northumberland, within a 20-mile radius of Berwick Town Hall.
Amount: between £,1000 and £10,000 are available for up to three years
Banks Property Grassroots Fund
Grants are available for community and environmental projects in areas close to a current or proposed Banks Group operation in the North of England.
Amount: up to £2,000
Ballinger Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charities, voluntary organisations and community groups for projects that support young and older people in the North East of England.
Believe Housing – Bridging the Gap Community Grants
Grants are available for charities, community and voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and other organisations operating in central, east, or south-west Durham to deliver projects and activities that address the energy and cost-of-living crises.
Amount: up to £500
Believe Housing – Community Grants
Small grants are available for community group, schools and community organisations in County Durham (in the areas where believe housing operates) to help support people within the local community and make a real difference to their wellbeing.
Amount: £500 to £1,000
Broadacres Community Development Fund
Grants are available to community organisations based in Broadacres Housing Association locations of Yorkshire and the North East of England for projects that deliver benefits to local residents.
Amount: up to £500
County Durham Community Foundation – Organisational Sustainability Fund Large Grants
Grants are available for charities, community and voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to improve organisational capacity and sustainability across County Durham.
Amount: up to £10,000
County Durham Community Foundation – The Belmont Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations working in Belmont, Carville, and Gilesgate Moor to support projects and activities that benefit local communities and leave a lasting impact.
Amount: up to £2,000
County Durham – Community Grants Programme
Grants are available for VCSE organisation in County Durham and Darlington to give opportunities for development and growth, with a priority for community projects that sustain the health, wellbeing and opportunities of local communities.
Amount: up to £5,000
County Durham – Community Sport and Physical Activity Small Grants
Grants are available to support community sports clubs and organisations in County Durham providing opportunities for their communities to engage in physical activity on a regular basis.
Amount: £1,000 to £2,000
Durham County Cricket Club Youth Trust Fund
Grants are available to increase the numbers and the skills of children and young people engaging with cricket in the North East and to strengthen and sustain clubs and the sport.
Amount: £500 to £2,500
Gillian Dickinson Trust Grant
A very small number of grants are available to small charities in Northumberland, Tyne & Wear and County Durham for projects which support excellence in the arts by the young and to provide rural experiences for those deprived of the opportunity.
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Jack Brunton Charitable Trust
Funding is available to support local organisations and groups working to benefit communities within the boundaries of the old North Riding of Yorkshire.
Joicey Trust
Grants are available for registered charities to carry out charitable projects within Northumberland and the old Metropolitan Borough of Tyne & Wear as well as the eastern Scottish borders.
Karbon Homes – Community Funding
Grants are available for local not-for-profit and voluntary community organisations, as well as local schools, to support local community projects which have a positive impact on the lives of Karbon residents in North East England.
Amount: up to £4,000
Middlesbrough Council – Development Grants
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for new and emerging projects that will benefit the people of Middlesbrough.
Middlesbrough Council – Small Grants
Grants to support unconstituted voluntary and community groups with projects that will benefit residents of Middlesbrough.
Amount: £20 to £1,500
Middlesbrough & Teesside Philanthropic Foundation – Golden Giveaway
One-off financial awards are available for 20 charities, not-for-profit organisations, sports clubs, community groups and schools.
Amount: £500 to £5,000
North East Social Investment Fund
Impact investment for charities and social enterprises in the North East that are making a positive social impact in areas such as homelessness, poverty, unemployment, health and social care, mental health, offender rehabilitation and the regeneration of deprived communities.
Amount: £100,000 to £1,000,000
Rothley Trust
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations undertaking general charitable activities in the north east of England.
Amount: £100 to £1,000
Sir John Priestman Trust
Grants are available to charitable organisations for the benefit of residents in Durham and Sunderland, and for the maintenance and repair of churches, mission halls and schools in those areas and in the County of York.
Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Enquiries, The Sir John Priestman Trust, 19 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1JG
Tel: 0191 567 4857
Sir Tom Cowie Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations in the City of Sunderland and County Durham for projects and schemes which help disadvantaged and disabled young people to improve skills and explore their talents as well as to improve the quality of life for people living in less affluent communities.
Sunderland City Council – Crowdfund Sunderland Fund Organisations
Funding is available to not for profit organisations who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects that will improve and bring benefits to communities in Sunderland.
Amount: £3,000
Tees Valley Community Foundation
Grants are available to local community or voluntary organisations wishing to enhance the quality of life for residents in the Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland and Stockton-on-Tees areas.
Amount: up to £2,500
The W.A. Handley Charity Trust
Grants are available to charities in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Co Durham (including Hartlepool) and Cumbria (including Carlisle) for a wide range of projects that benefit the community.
Amount: from £1,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Secretary to the Trustees
W.A. Handley Charity Trust
Tel: 0191 281 1292
E-Mail: davidmilligan@ryecroft-glenton.co.uk
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups and organisations working in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland for projects which support local people in overcoming disadvantage, creating stronger communities and improving the local area.
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Brian Roycroft Fund
Grants are available to support young people (aged 18 to 25 years old) leaving care, providing financial support to help them achieve their aspirations and ambitions.
Amount: up to £1,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Fund
Grants are available to community groups for capital costs in Gateshead.
Amount: up to £25,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Coquet Fund
Grants available for community development programmes in the disadvantaged areas of Coquet Valley and areas in Northumberland affected by declining or disappearing industries.
Amount: £750 to £4,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Curtin PARP Fund
Grants to support individuals in Northumberland and Tyne and Wear to realise their potential. The scheme recognises carers of all ages, black and minority ethnic groups including those with asylum seeker/refugee status, disabled people, homeless people and people who are experiencing disadvantage.
Amount: up to £7,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Readman Family Grassroots Fund
Grants are available to provide multi-use games areas for young people from disadvantaged areas of Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.
Amount: up to £50,000
Tyne & Wear and Northumberland Community Foundation – Reeds Grassroots Fund
Grants are available to improve mental health and life chances, especially for children and for disadvantaged communities in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.
Amount: £1,000 to £3,000
Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the UK but particularly in focus areas to deliver projects and activities that make a strong, positive impact in local communities. Focus areas: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton, Teesside.
Amount: up to £5,000
Woodsmith Foundation – Community Grants
Deadlines throughout the year
Grants are available for community groups, voluntary groups, registered charities, and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and activities to benefit residents in Scarborough, Redcar and Cleveland, and the North York Moors National Park. Capital and revenue grants are available.
Amount: between £200 and £10,000
MRWA and Veolia Zero Waste Community Fund
Deadline: 09/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations, schools, colleges and universities in Merseyside and Halton for community projects that will support waste prevention, reuse, recycling and carbon dioxide emission reduction in Merseyside and Halton.
Amount: between £1,000 and £8,000 for projects covering single districts
Salford – Healthy Holidays Fund
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Grants are available for Salford-based VCSE organisations providing either food and activities or activities only for children aged 4-16 during the Spring, Summer, and Winter Holidays.
Amount: up to £10,000
Westmorland and Furness – Refugee, Asylum Seeker and Evacuee Support Grants
Deadline: 10/03/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in Westmorland and Furness that support refugees and asylum seekers.
Amount: from £1,000, maximum at discretion of funders.
LCR Pride Foundation – Community Fund
Deadline: 13/03/2025
Grants are available for projects that support the LGBT+ community in the Liverpool City Region.
Amount: up to £1,000 (although recommendation is to apply for between £500 and £750 due to expected high demand)
Manchester Pride – Grants Programme
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants are available for charities, community groups, and not-for-profit organisations across Greater Manchester to deliver projects and activities that benefit and support the welfare of local LGBQT+ people.
Amount: various categories between £250 and up to £10,000
Active East Salford Fund
Deadline: 24/03/2025
Grants are available for voluntary, community, and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations to deliver projects and activities that encourage people living in East Salford to increase their activity levels.
Amount: up to £10,000
Provincial Walsh Trust for Bolton
Deadline: 27/03/2025 and again on 27/09/2025
Grants are available for voluntary groups, community groups, and charities across Bolton to deliver a variety of projects and activities that support vulnerable communities and individuals.
Amount: from £100, maximum amount is discretionary
Zuto Make a Difference Fund
Deadline: 27/03/2025
Grants are available for grassroots community groups to support projects and activities that benefit local communities in Greater Manchester.
Amount: up to £2,500
Tameside – Robin Estill Fund
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available for partnerships of voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise (VCFSE) sector organisations to deliver projects and activities directed at young people that use creativity and art-based activities to promote the general well-being of people living with poor mental health, autism, and/or learning disabilities in Tameside.
Amount: Partnerships of at least three groups can apply for grants of up to £37,000
Wirral Together Fund
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available for community groups in Wirral to deliver projects and activities that benefit local communities.
Amount: Discretionary (N.B Each Councillor has a fund of £1,000 available up until the end of March 2025)
PH Holt Foundation
Deadline: 01/04/2025
Grants are available to small local charities, particularly smaller grass roots organisations that find it difficult to attract funds, that are based and working in Merseyside for projects which address the Foundation’s priorities.
Amount: between £1000 and £10,000
Whitemoss Community Fund
Deadline: 03/04/2025
Grants are available for community and environmental projects in the Skelmersdale area of Lancashire which deliver improvements to public amenities, including projects that support nature conservation objectives.
Amount: between £5,000 and £75,000
Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund
Deadline: 09/04/2025
Grants are available to a range of not-for-profit organisations for new or existing community and environmental projects that benefit local residents in Denbighshire, Flintshire, the Wirral and Sefton.
Amount: Small grants up to £5,000 / Main grants up to £20,000
Shepherd Street Trust
Deadline: 02/05/2025
Grants are available for charitable institutions and organisations which help young people under the age of 21 years who are in need, hardship and distress and who live within 50 miles of Preston.
Ford Britain Trust
Deadline: 31/06/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools for projects that benefit local communities in Great Britain with preference given to Essex, including East London, Southampton, Daventry, Manchester, Liverpool, and Bridgend (South Wales).
Amount: up to £3,000
Walney Extension Community Fund
Deadline: 02/07/2025
Grants are available to a range of not-for-profit organisations for new or existing community and environmental projects that benefit local residents off the Cumbria and Lancashire coast.
Amount: Small grants of up to £5,000 / Main grants of up to £50,000
Bollington Town Council Grant Scheme
Deadline: 31/10/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit voluntary organisations for projects that benefit the residents of Bollington.
Access Without Limits Grants for Community Organisations England
Grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations in specified areas of England who do not currently offer the Duke of Edinburgh Award to create more opportunities for marginalised young people (14 to 24 years) to access the Award.
Amount: up to £10,200
Action Together – Rochdale Moving More in Everyday Life Fund
Grants are available for voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sector organisations in Rochdale to support projects and activities that encourage people to be more physically active.
Amount: up to £2,000
Action Together – Rotary Community Grant
Deadlines throughout year
Grants are available for constituted voluntary groups in Oldham to deliver projects and activities that bring people together and make a difference in local communities.
Amount: up to £1,000
Alfred Shaw Trust Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations to support projects and activities that benefit disabled children, young people, the elderly, and other vulnerable people in Runcorn.
Amount: up to £2,500
Bowland Charitable Trust
Grants for charitable organisations with outdoor and character-building projects for young people in the North West England as well as for educational, religious and cultural activities and institutions in the North West of England.
For further information, please contact the following:
Carol Fahy, The Bowland Charitable Trust
Tel: 01254 688051
E-Mail: carole.fahy@cannco.co.uk
Camelia Trust
Grant for charitable organisations undertaking health or social welfare projects in the cities of Manchester and Liverpool.
For further information, please contact the following:
Enquiries, Camelia Trust
Tel: 0161 928 0731
E-Mail: jennyasykes@icloud.com
Charles Brotherton Trust
Small grants are available for local charities based in, and working for the benefit of residents, in Birmingham, Liverpool, York, Wakefield, Leeds, and Bebington and the Wirral.
Cheshire Small Grants Programme
Deadlines: ongoing
Grants are available to small charities and community groups for a wide range of charitable activity aimed at improving the quality of life for local people in Cheshire.
Amount: up to £2,500
Cheshire Community Foundation
Grants are available to grassroots charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects and activities that benefit those most in need within Cheshire.
Amount: £250 to £25,000
Cobalt Housing – Community Fund
Grants are available to community groups and organisations for projects or events that benefit the Cobalt Housing neighbourhood.
Amount: up to £3,000
Community Foundation for Lancashire
Grants are available to community organisations for projects and activities that contribute to stronger and more vibrant communities in Lancashire and lead to long-term benefits to the local population.
Amount: £250 to £10,000
Community Foundation for Merseyside
Grants are available to charities and community groups for projects and activities that contribute to stronger and more vibrant communities and lead to long-term benefits to local people in Merseyside.
Amount: up to £10,000
Copeland Community Fund
Grants are available for non-profit community organisations carrying out charitable activities which improve community life in Copeland for a significant number of people and address a specific community issue or need.
Amount: from £3,000
CRH Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable and not-for-profit organisations in the north west of England, that work with mental illness and mental disability.
For further information, please contact the following:
Enquiries, CRH Charitable Trust, c/o Beyond Profit Ltd
Tel: 01204 414317
E-Mail: crhcharitabletrust@gmail.com
Cumbria Community Foundation
Grants are available for small local voluntary and community groups and organisations to help make a difference to the most disadvantaged people in the communities of Cumbria.
Cumbria Community Foundation – Cumbria Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups working to tackle disadvantage and strengthen communities in Cumbria.
Amount: up to £10,000
Cumbria High Sheriff’s Crimebeat Fund
Grants are available to groups and organisations in Cumbria working with young people who are facing disadvantage.
Dora Beeforth Memorial Fund
Small grants are available for groups working with young people (aged 11 to 21 years) from low income families in Cumbria to take part in sport or foreign travel.
Amount: £1,000
Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund
Grants are available for registered charities to carry out general charitable activities in Lancashire, Merseyside and Greater Manchester.
Amount: £250 to £2,000
- Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund – Greater Manchester
- Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund – Lancashire
- Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund – Merseyside
Eden – Leisure Fund Grant for Organisations
Small grants are available to local community groups for capital and revenue costs associated with projects that support and improve sports, arts and other leisure activities in the district.
Amount: £700
Elizabeth Rathbone Charitable Trust
Grants for voluntary and community organisations undertaking a variety of charitable activities in Merseyside.
Amount: up to £3,000
Eric Wright Charitable Trust
Grants are available to local charities delivering community benefit projects in the North West of England.
Amount: £35,000
Forever Manchester
Grants are available to support voluntary and community groups in Greater Manchester for general community benefit, including grassroots support, volunteering and the lives of young people.
Francis C Scott Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations working to enable young people from the most deprived areas of Cumbria and the very north of Lancashire to achieve their full potential in life.
Frieda Scott Charitable Trust
Grants are available to local voluntary and charitable organisations for community-based projects that benefit families, young people and older adults in the old County of Westmorland and the area covered by South Lakeland District Council.
Amount: £20,000
Fryer Grassroots Grants Fund
Small grants are available for community based organisations in Cumbria to continue or expand work including advocacy, community voice and service provision for local people.
Gay and Peter Hartley’s Hillards Charitable Trust
One-off grants for local voluntary and community organisations doing charitable work to improve social welfare in areas formerly served by a Hillards store in North and Central England.
Amount: up to £10,000
Halton – Community Development Grants
Grants are available for new and established groups working in Halton to buy equipment, organise an event or any other project agreed upon with Halton Borough Council’s Community Development Team.
Amount: up to £400
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Irwell Valley Foundation
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups and organisations operating in the areas served by the Irwell Valley Housing Association who wish to find local solutions to local problems.
Amount: up to £10,000
Jigsaw Foundation
Grants are available to community organisations working in Jigsaw Homes Group locations in the North West and East Midlands of England for projects that deliver benefits to residents and their local communities.
John Gilpin Trust
Small grants are available for small local charities undertaking general charitable activities in Cumbria, Merseyside or Suffolk.
Amount: up to £2,000
For further information, please contact the following:
Enquiries, John Gilpin Trust
Mantins Solicitors and Notaries
23a High Street, Southwold, Suffolk, IP18 6AD
Tel: 01502 724750
Liverpool City Region Impact Fund
Loan finance and business support are available to local charities and social enterprises in Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
Amount: £150,000 to £250,000
Manchester City Council – Neighbourhood Investment Fund
Grants are available to local Manchester voluntary and community groups for projects that make their neighbourhoods better places to live.
Amount: £10,000
Manchester Pride – Grants Programme
Grants are available for charities, community groups, and not-for-profit organisations across Greater Manchester to deliver projects and activities that benefit and support the welfare of local LGBQT+ people.
Manchester Relief in Need Grants
Grants are available for charities, community groups, and voluntary organisations to support disadvantaged people across Manchester.
Amount: up to £5,000
Merseyside – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Resilience and Capacity Project Grants
Grants are available for voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise sector organisations across the Merseyside Region to improve their financial resilience and increase their impact on the lives of local people by helping them to increase their income levels or reduce operating costs.
Amount: between £2,000 and £5,000
One Oldham Fund – Children and Young People Grants
Grants are available from voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise organisations across Oldham to deliver a variety of projects and activities that benefit children, young people aged under 25, and families.
Amount: up to £1,000
Salford – Community Committee Grants
Grants are available to groups in Salford for projects that deliver improved wellbeing and health outcomes for the local population.
Steve Morgan Foundation
Grants are available to small to medium-sized registered charities and charitable organisations working with children and families or people who are older, disabled or socially isolated in North Wales, Merseyside, West Cheshire and North Shropshire.
Tameside – Community Wellbeing Small Grants
Grants are available for voluntary, community, faith, and social enterprise organisations in Tameside to support the delivery of well-being interventions and tackle inequalities in local communities.
Amount: £1,000 to £15,000
The W.A. Handley Charity Trust
Grants are available to charities in Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, Co Durham (including Hartlepool) and Cumbria (including Carlisle) for a wide range of projects that benefit the community.
Amount: from £1,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Secretary to the Trustees
W.A. Handley Charity Trust
Tel: 0191 281 1292
E-Mail: davidmilligan@ryecroft-glenton.co.uk
Torus Community Investment Fund
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for projects that benefit the local communities around and the residents of Torus Group housing.
Use Your Energy Funding – Tameside
Funding available for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector organisations in Tameside for projects and activities that engage and enable children and young people aged 5-18 years to become more active, more often.
Amount: £2,000
Warrington Fund Grants Programme
Grants are available to small charities and community groups for projects that improve the lives of people in Warrington.
Amount: up to £30,000
West Derby Waste Lands Charity
Small grants are available to community and charitable groups for community projects that benefit residents of West Derby, Liverpool.
West Lancashire – Community Chest Grants
Grants are available for third sector voluntary, non-profit making community organisations based in West Lancashire to support their community, play, sport, or arts activities.
Amount: £500
Westminster Foundation – Small Grants
Grants are available for registered charities working in Chester, Westminster, and rural communities within Cheshire, Lancashire and Sutherland to create opportunities for young people (up to 25 years of age) and their families to have the resilience, skills and capacity to lead happy and healthy lives.
Amount: up to £10,000
Winscales Moor Community Benefit Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community groups to support environmental, educational, sporting, amenity or community related projects in the parishes of Winscales, Great Clifton, and Little Clifton, Cumbria.
Milton Keynes Community Foundation – Community Grants
Deadline: 14/03/2025
Support for organisations in Milton Keynes towards a broad spectrum of local activities, including health, children and young people, arts and culture, the elderly, people with disabilities, and projects providing services in the community.
Amount: £3,000 to £10,000
Elmbridge – Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) Funding
Deadline: 16/03/2025
One-off grants are available for local groups to support community projects working towards the provision, improvement, replacement, operation or maintenance of local infrastructure within Elmbridge.
There is no minimum or maximum amount of funding specified
Oxfordshire – Step Change Fund
Next deadline: 21/03/2025 then various until 31/10/2025
Grants for local charities to support projects that can demonstrate realistic plans for increasing reach and impact and for building longer-term resilience for the future.
Amount: up to £75,000
Test Valley Borough Councillors Community Grant Scheme
Deadline: 22/03/2025
Grants are available to encourage community-led initiatives that will deliver solutions to local issues.
Amount: up to £1,000
Your Fund Surrey
Deadline: 23/03/2025 (for small grants) N.B large grants are open till November however demand is high so may close early.
Capital funding is available to community and voluntary organisations in Surrey for projects that deliver positive benefits and improve quality of life for local people.
Amount: small grants between £1,000 and £100,000 / large grants from £10,000 with no upper limit
Berkeley Foundation Resilience Fund
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Grants are available to local and grassroots charities across London, Birmingham, and the South of England, to invest in organisational development and build resilience for the future, with a focus on organisations promoting mental health in young people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness and multiple layers of inequality.
Amount: up to £90,000 over three years (the Foundation is looking to award up to six grants)
Gatwick Airport Community Trust Fund
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available to charitable organisations in specified areas directly affected by operations at Gatwick Airport. Support is given to local projects which protect and enhance the social and environmental wellbeing of the community.
Amount: between £1,000 and £5,000. Larger grants may be considered in exceptional circumstances
Heathrow Community Trust – Projects for Young People
Deadline: Round 1 15/04/2025 / Round 2 opens 31/07/2025 and closes 11/09/2025
Grants are available for local authorities, schools, charities, community groups and not-for-profit companies in Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Slough, Spelthorne, Richmond, Runnymede, Windsor, Maidenhead and South Bucks that are delivering projects that will improve the lives, employment opportunities and resilience of young people up to the age of 24.
Amount: up to £15,000 per year for up to two years
Community Foundation for Surrey – Mental Health Scale-Up Fund
Deadline: 28/04/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which support young people with their mental health and have the potential to scale up to maximise impact.
Amount: up to £75,000 per annum for up to five years are available
Burgess Hill Town Council – Grants for Community Groups
Deadline: 30/04/2025
Grants are available to local community organisations working for the benefit of local residents in Burgess Hill.
Wealden – Sports Infrastructure Fund
Deadline: 31/03/2027
Grants are available for sports clubs, town and parish councils, and other not-for-profit organisations across Wealden to deliver projects to improve sports facilities and wider sports participation in local communities.
Amount: between £5,000 and £50,000
Ashford – Community Grants Fund
Grants are available to the local voluntary and community sector for community projects that will benefit and involve the people of Ashford Borough.
Berkshire Community Foundation
Grants are available for local charities and community groups in Berkshire to support activities which address identified local needs.
Blagrave Trust – Regional Grants Programme
Grants are available for local and regional youth organisations that are making lasting impact in the lives of young people aged 16 and over, in the poorest parts of South East England with priority given to Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex, and Wiltshire.
Brighton Rainbow Fund – Bursary Fund
A bursary fund aimed at LGBTQ+ specific sports and social activity groups, to address social isolation, loneliness, and access to healthy activities.
Amount: up to £1,000
City of Portsmouth Sports Council – Grant Aid
Grants are available for local sports clubs to promote sport and physical activity opportunities to the people of Portsmouth.
Earley Charity – Organisation Grants
Deadlines: various throughout year
Grants are available for registered charities, voluntary and community groups, and other organisations working in Earley and East Reading to deliver a range of projects that benefit local communities.
Amount: between £500 and £5,000
East Sussex Community Wellbeing Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Grants are available for not for profit organisations who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects that are helping to create social equity, economic prosperity, cultural vitality and environmental sustainability in East Sussex.
Amount: up to £ 5,000
Eastleigh – Local Area Committee Grants
Grants are available to voluntary and not-for-profit organisations in the relevant local committee area.
East Sussex – Family Fun Day Grants
Grants are available for constituted groups in East Sussex to deliver small, fun day out activities and trips for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) aged between 0 and 19 years and their families.
Amount: up to £3,000
East Sussex Short Breaks Grants
Grants are available for constituted groups in East Sussex to deliver short break activities for children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) aged between 0 and 19 years.
Amount: £500 to £10,000
Elaine and Angus Lloyd Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations undertaking a variety of social welfare activities in Kent and Surrey.
Amount: £1,000 to £3,500
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Ross Wyndham Badger
Elaine and Angus Lloyd Charitable Trust
Tel: 0207 930 7797
E-Mail: ross.badger@hhllp.co.uk
Fareham – Community Funding
One-off grants available to local voluntary groups, clubs and organisations for projects in Fareham that benefit the community.
Four Lanes Trust
Grants are available for local voluntary and community groups undertaking projects in the arts, social and community action and education that will benefit Basingstoke residents.
Amount: £500 to £1,000
Guildford Borough Council – Aspire Community Grants
Grants are available to local voluntary organisations for services that directly benefit the residents of Guildford.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Community Foundation
Grants are available for smaller, lesser known local charities and community groups that tackle deprivation and disadvantage and support vulnerable people in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.
Amount: £250 to £5,000
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Heart of Bucks – Big Society Bank Loans
Loans to enable smaller voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations in Buckinghamshire to continue to build and develop their capacity to meet the vital needs of local communities.
Amount: £1,000 to £25,000
Heart of Bucks General Grants
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for a wide range of community activities taking place in Buckinghamshire.
Henry Smith Charity – County Grants
Grants are available to small not-for-profit organisations and registered charities for projects involved with health and social welfare in the counties of Kent and Leicestershire.
Amount: £500 to £20,000
HS2 Community and Environment Fund
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to support work which enhances the quality of life and the environment of communities disrupted by the construction of the HS2 north-south railway.
Amount: £250,000
Kent Community Foundation
Grants are available for community groups in Kent and Medway support activities which make a real difference to vulnerable, isolated and disadvantaged people and communities.
Kent Community Foundation – Albert Burns Children’s Trust Fund
Grants are available to charitable organisations in South Kent for causes related to children up to the age of 18.
Amount: up to £5,000
Kent Community Foundation – Annual Application Route
Grants are available to cover core costs on an annual basis for local organisations which have previously received three or more grants from Kent Community Foundation in the past three years.
Amount: up to £15,000
Kent County Council – Capital Grant Scheme for Sport
Grants are available to sports groups in Kent to improve facilities and widen participation.
Amount: £10,000
Laurence Plummer Foundation
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups in Kent and Medway for projects which remove barriers to participation in physical activity for people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Lionel Abel-Smith Trust
Grants are available to any local organisation, club, school or individual in the Wendover or Moor Park Estates for projects that improve the area or the lives of local residents.
Mayor of Guildford’s Local Support Fund
Small grants are available to Guildford individuals and families who are in need of assistance, and to organisations working to relieve the poverty or distress of Guildford residents.
Amount: up to £250
Midcounties Co-operative Your Community Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations that are members of the Midcounties Co-operative for projects that benefit local communities within the Midcounties Co-operative trading area.
Amount: £500
Milton Keynes Community Foundation
Grants are available for local charities and community groups in Milton Keynes to support activities which enrich the lives of local people and create positive growth.
Milton Keynes Community Foundation – Small Grants
Grants are made to support Milton Keynes to grow and thrive through strong communities, a healthy voluntary sector and engaged individuals.
Amount: £300 to £3,000
Milton Keynes New Communities Fund
Grants are available to charities and community groups for projects that encourage community cohesion within the new expanding areas in Milton Keynes.
Amount: up to £10,000
Mobbs Memorial Trust
Grants are available for charitable causes in Buckinghamshire and Berkshire that are within a 35-mile radius of St Giles Church, Stoke Poges.
Amount: £500 to £10,000
Oxford City – Councillor Fund
Grants are available to support local community projects and events that take place within the city of Oxford.
Amount: from £20
Oxfordshire – Well Together
Grants are available to support community and voluntary organisations operating in specific priority areas of Oxfordshire for projects addressing health inequalities.
Prince Philip Trust Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations undertaking projects predominantly for social welfare and education in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead.
Rothschild Foundation – Community Fund
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations addressing the issues of communities experiencing disadvantage and inequality in Buckinghamshire.
Amount: up to £30,000
Surrey – High Sheriff Youth Awards
Grants are available for young people aged nine to 18 years with projects in Surrey that aim to make their communities stronger and safer by reducing or preventing crime.
Amount: £500 to £5,000
Sussex Community Foundation
Grants are available for local charities and community groups in East and West Sussex and Brighton and Hove to support activities which tackle deprivation and disadvantage.
The Homity Trust
Deadline: before each committee meeting
Grants are available to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations based and working in Sussex to support local causes and those suffering financial hardship.
Amount: up to £1,000
Turners Court Youth Trust Grant
Grants are available for registered charities and small community groups whose work is focused on the needs of vulnerable and disaffected children and young people up to the age of 23 years in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire.
Amount: £250 to £5,000
Worley Day Trust
The trust awards grants to individuals or community groups in the greater Maidstone area for one-off items of expenditure, including the cost of repairs to house-hold equipment. There are no application deadlines and requests for an application form can be sent to: secretary@worleyday.org.uk
Worthing Community Chest Fund – Grass Roots Grant
Grants for newly formed local voluntary/community groups (who have limited fundraising experience)in Worthing for projects to benefit local residents.
Amount: up to £750
Worthing Community Chest Fund – Seed Grant
Grants for projects that benefit Worthing residents for either new local voluntary/community groups or for emergency situations.
Amount: £250
Bristol Youth and Community Action – Holiday Activity Grant
Deadline: 14/03/2025 (1pm)
Grants for Bristol-based voluntary and community sector organisations to offer organised activities for young people (aged eight to 12 years) during the half term school holidays in areas of Bristol that are disadvantaged and lack school holiday activities.
Amount: up to a maximum of £4,500
Shepton Mallet – Community Grants
Deadline: 15/03/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in Shepton Mallet for local community projects.
Amount: Small and Large grants avilable. Up to £2,000
Gloucestershire – Build Back Better Councillor Scheme
Deadline: 18/03/2025
One-off grants are available to community and voluntary groups seeking to help local communities in the county of Gloucestershire recover, rebuild and protect themselves from the impacts of COVID-19.
Amount: up to £40,000 (dependant on remaining funds)
Tewkesbury – UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Energy Efficiency for Community Buildings Grant
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations across Tewkesbury Borough to improve the energy efficiency of community buildings.
Amount: between £2,500 and £24,999
Clare Milne Trust
Deadline: 24/03/2025
Grants are available for registered charities that are working to improve the quality of life for people with disabilities in Devon and Cornwall.
Amount: £2,500 to £15,000. No upper limit for a registered charity.
Somerset Community Foundation – Main Grants
Deadline: 24/03/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which offer extra support to vulnerable groups in Somerset.
Amount: up to £5,000
Berkeley Foundation Resilience Fund
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Grants are available to local and grassroots charities across London, Birmingham, and the South of England, to invest in organisational development and build resilience for the future, with a focus on organisations promoting mental health in young people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness and multiple layers of inequality.
Amount: up to £90,000 over three years (the Foundation is looking to award up to six grants)
Somerset – Community Building Energy Efficiency Grant
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available for improving the energy efficiency and sustainability of community buildings in Somerset.
Amount: up to £20,000
Cheltenham Gold Cup Centenary Community Fund
Deadline: 25/09/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations operating in and around Cheltenham for a wide variety of community projects.
Amount: up to £2,000
Blagrave Trust – Regional Grants Programme
Grants are available for local and regional youth organisations that are making lasting impact in the lives of young people aged 16 and over, in the poorest parts of South East England with priority given to Berkshire, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Sussex, and Wiltshire.
Burges Salmon Charitable Trust
Grants are available for small to medium sized charities that are undertaking charitable projects in the community particularly in Bristol and the surrounding region.
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
E-Mail: alison.preece@burges-salmon.com
Bristol Charities Educational Grant for Young People
Grants are available for young people up to the age of 25 years in Bristol to create access to opportunities with applications made on their behalf by a sponsoring organisation.
Chard – Community Development Fund
Grants available for local voluntary and community groups and charitable organisations in Chard to set up new projects or to enhance their current activities or facilities.
Amount: £1,000
Clive Richards Foundation
Grants are available for charitable organisations, including schools and colleges, operating locally within a 100 mile radius of Hereford City Centre.
Cornwall Community Foundation – Grant Portal
Grants are available to community groups and charities in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly to support a wide range of activities and projects of community benefit.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
Cornwall Social Enterprise Fund
Grants are available to support the creation of new social enterprises and the development of existing social enterprises in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly.
Devon Community Foundation – Community Grants
Grants are available for local voluntary, community and charitable organisations working to support, encourage and develop thriving communities in Devon, Plymouth and Torbay.
Amount: £500 to £2,000
D G Albright Charitable Trust
Grants are available for charitable organisations undertaking projects that benefit disadvantaged groups in Gloucestershire with particular emphasis on activities in the parish of Bromesberrow, the surrounding area, and northern Gloucestershire.
Amount: £500 to £3,000
For further information, please contact the following:
Richard Wood, DG Albright Charitable Trust
Old Church School, Hollow Street, Great Somerford, Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5JD
Denman Charitable Trust
Grants for small local charities in Bristol, North East Somerset and South Gloucestershire and are available for a wide range of projects.
Dorset Community Foundation
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations, charities and social enterprises in Dorset, Bournemouth and Poole to support activities which create united and thriving communities by fostering a culture of giving and philanthropy.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
Energy for Tomorrow (EfT)
A social impact scheme designed to support entrepreneurs working within private businesses, non-profit companies, charities and community interest companies, who have concepts and innovations that tackle climate change, lower energy bills and deliver tangible positive impacts to people and communities.
Amount: up to £100,000
Exeter – Ward Grants
Grants are available for local community groups in Exeter to work on local projects that make a difference in their community and create change.
Amount: £350
Forest of Dean – Rural England Prosperity Fund: Business Grants
Grants are available to micro businesses and SMEs in rural areas of Forest of Dean to invest in growth and development, as part of the Rural England Prosperity Fund programme.
Amount: £3,000 to £25,000
Gloucestershire Community Foundation
Grants are available for local groups, organisations and charities in Gloucestershire to support activities which address disadvantage in local communities.
Amount: £250 to £5,000
Gloucestershire Freemasons Grant
Deadlines: usually three deadlines in a year
Grants are available for initiatives supporting older people, people with disabilities and young people facing disadvantage across Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire.
Amount: £250 to £2,000
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Hinkley Point C Community Fund – Open Grants
Deadlines: Applications can be submitted at any time and are considered at a panel meeting held quarterly.
Grants are available for community-based organisations to improve the social, economic or environmental wellbeing of communities that are affected by the development of Hinkley Point C nuclear power station.
Amount: Multi-year grants from a minimum of £10,000 per year. The total fund value is £1 million per year.
Leonard Laity Stoate Charitable Trust
Grants are available for projects in England and Wales (but with a clear preference for Somerset, especially West Somerset, Bristol, Cornwall, Dorset and Devon) in the following areas: medical and disablement; the disadvantaged; youth and children; Methodism in specified counties; the community; non-Methodist churches; and the environment.
Amount: £100 to £2,000
Midcounties Co-operative Your Community Fund
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations that are members of the Midcounties Co-operative for projects that benefit local communities within the Midcounties Co-operative trading area.
Amount: £500
Notgrove Trust
Grants are available for local charities and charitable organisations in Gloucestershire undertaking a wide range of charitable activities.
Amount: £2,000 to £5,000
Richard Davies Charitable Foundation
Grants are available for charitable organisations undertaking projects in Bristol, Dorset and South Gloucestershire.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Enquiries, Richard Davies Charitable Foundation, 76 Wollaton Road, Ferndown, BH22 8QY
Rowlands Trust
Grants are available to registered charities in the West Midlands and South Midlands that are working in the following areas: medical and scientific research, the services, the sick, the poor, the handicapped, the elderly, music, the arts, the environment and the restoration and maintenance of Anglican church buildings.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Mrs Louise Ruane, The Rowlands Trust
Tel: 07812743485
E-Mail: louise.ruane@therowlandstrust.org.uk
Society of Merchant Venturers
Deadlines: The Committee typically meets four times a year to consider applications.
Grants are available for charitable organisations undertaking projects to enhance the quality of life for the people of Bristol.
Amount: between £500 and £5,000.
Sports Foundation for the Disabled
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which promote access to sporting opportunities for disabled individuals and groups in South West England and Wales.
Amount: up to £5,000
Somerset Community Foundation
Grants are available for charities and community groups in Somerset to support activities which strengthen communities, tackle disadvantage and transform people’s lives.
Amount: £250 to £5,000
Somerset Social Enterprise Fund
Loans and grants are available for local social enterprises, based and operating in Somerset, that are providing services and social benefit for Somerset communities.
Amount: £10,000 to £100,000
Somerset Social Investment Programme
Blended loans and grants are available to incorporated community organisations operating in Somerset and providing services to benefit local communities.
Amount: Blended finance of between £10,000 to £40,000 is available as a combination of loan and grant.
South Gloucestershire – Member Awarded Funding
Grants are available for organisations in South Gloucestershire to help with the cost of community services and projects.
Amount: from £250
Tewkesbury Borough Council Health and Wellbeing Grant
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations working with communities in Tewkesbury Borough for activities that focus on improved physical and mental wellbeing, encouraging healthy lifestyles and building strong communities for the future.
Amount: up to £1,000
Van Neste Foundation
Grants are available to charitable organisations that are working locally in Bristol, Somerset, Bath, Plymouth for positive social change, including improving the environment, or working to ensure that children and young people feel that society does offer them something.
Walter Guinness Charitable Trust Grant
Grants are available to charities working in Wiltshire for specific and general projects relating to activities for the disabled, elderly, veterans, prisoners, children, families and youth and for medical research.
Amount: up to £5,000
For further information, please contact the following:
Enquiries, The Walter Guinness Charitable Trust
E-Mail: WGuinnessCT@tmf-group.com
West Devon – Community Project Grant
Grants are available to community groups to help fund a wide range of projects that meet the needs of local people and benefit local communities.
Amount: £100 to £10,000
Wiltshire – Community Area Grants
Capital grants are available for local not-for-profit groups, parish and town councils to help with the cost of facilities, equipment and activities that are important to the local community.
Amount: £5,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation – Community Grants
Funding is available for organisations in Wiltshire and Swindon to support projects focused on disadvantaged members of the community.
Amount: up to £15,000
Wiltshire Community Foundation
Grants are available for community groups and charities in Wiltshire and Swindon to support activities which benefit economically, socially, geographically and physically disadvantaged people.
Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the UK but particularly in focus areas to deliver projects and activities that make a strong, positive impact in local communities. Focus areas: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton, Teesside.
Amount: up to £5,000
Wolverhampton – Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Fund
Deadline: 07/03/2025
Funding is available for projects that will help ensure that all children in the City of Wolverhampton have access to activities and food over the half term holidays.
Amount: maximum of £30 per child per day
One Stoke Community Grant
Deadline: 09/03/2025
Grants are available to support local, grassroot voluntary and community organisations in Stoke-on-Trent with projects responding to the public disorder over the Summer of 2024.
Amount: between £500 and £20,000
Birmingham City Council – Resettlement Grant 2025
Deadline: 12/03/2025
Grants are available to community and voluntary organisations for projects supporting refugees in Birmingham who have arrived through organised Resettlement programmes.
Amount: up to a maximum of £100,000. N.B The total fund value is £500,000
Stoke-on-Trent – Let’s Celebrate SOT 100
Deadline: 14/03/2025
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations for projects celebrating the centenary of Stoke-on-Trent receiving city status.
Amount: between £500 and £3,000
Sandwell Big Lunch 2025 Fund
Deadline: 21/03/2025
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups in Sandwell for projects that link to Volunteers’ Week taking place between 2 and 9 June 2025.
Amount: Micro-grants of £500
Shropshire – Acorn Fund
Deadline: 26/03/2025
Grants are available for projects addressing loneliness and isolation in the lives of people around Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin.
Amount: between £500 and £1,000
Berkeley Foundation Resilience Fund
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Grants are available to local and grassroots charities across London, Birmingham, and the South of England, to invest in organisational development and build resilience for the future, with a focus on organisations promoting mental health in young people experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness and multiple layers of inequality.
Amount: up to £90,000 over three years (the Foundation is looking to award up to six grants)
Stafford Borough Council Small Grants Fund
Deadline: 30/03/2025
Grants are available to support charities, community groups and voluntary organisations who provide facilities or services to communities in the Stafford Borough Council area.
Amount: up to £1,000
West Mercia Commissioner’s Grant Scheme
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Support is available to local not-for-profit groups to create a diversionary referral pathway across West Mercia to consequently reduce crime and disorder in Herefordshire, Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin, and Worcestershire.
Amount: Discretionary
Walsall Public Health – Tackling Inactivity Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Deadline: 10/04/2025
Funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, community and voluntary groups, social enterprises and charities who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects which address inactivity across Walsall.
Amount: up to £5,000
Alan Edward Higgs Charity
Grants are available to charitable organisations working to benefit disadvantaged residents within 25 miles of Coventry.
Alfred Haines Charitable Trust
Grants are available to smaller charities based in Birmingham, Dudley, Sandwell, and Solihull that are helping people to improve their quality of life.
Amount: £250 to £2,000
Anthony and Gwendoline Wylde Memorial Charity
Grants are available for charitable organisations who are carrying out social welfare activities in Dudley and Staffordshire with particular emphasis on Kinver, Kidderminster and Stourbridge.
Amount: up to £1,000
Barton under Needwood and Dunstall Key Trust
One-off grants are available to local non-profit making groups and organisations for major projects that benefit the residents of the civil parishes of Barton and Dunstall, Staffordshire.
Amount: up to £10,000
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust
Grants are available for registered charities undertaking social welfare or community projects in the greater Birmingham area or the region of North Wales.
Birmingham Bodenham Trust – Special Education Grant
Small grants are available for schools, voluntary and community organisations in Birmingham undertaking educational, recreational and medical projects for young people under the age of 19 years who have special educational needs.
For further information, please contact the following:
Jackie Crowley, Birmingham Bodenham Trust
Tel: 0121 464 3928
E-Mail: jackie.crowley@birmingham.gov.uk
Clive Richards Foundation
Grants are available for charitable organisations, including schools and colleges, operating locally within a 100 mile radius of Hereford City Centre.
Coventry and District Charitable Trust
Grants are available to support a wide range of local charities whose beneficiaries live in Coventry or Warwickshire.
Amount: up to £2,000
Grantham Yorke Trust
Grants are available to charitable organisations working with young people under the age of 25 who are in need and living within the old West Midlands Metropolitan County area.
For further information, please contact the following:
Enquiries, Grantham Yorke Trust
Tel: 07799784019
E-Mail: chrissy@granthamyorketrust.org.uk
Hays Travel Foundation
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Heart of England – Birmingham Sports Fund
Grants are available for charities and community groups for projects which encourage people in Birmingham to be active and engage in sport.
Amount: up to £1,000
Heart of England Community Foundation
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations working in disadvantaged areas of Birmingham, the Black Country, Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire.
Heart of England – Positive Futures Fund
Grants are available for local organisations working with disadvantaged young people in Birmingham and the Black Country.
Amount: up to £5,000
Herefordshire Community Foundation
Grants are available for community-based projects with a charitable purpose that improve the quality of life for people in Herefordshire who are disadvantaged due to poverty, disability, age, location or culture.
Amount: from £100
Hilton Fund
The objective of the funding is to assist small community groups, with specific needs, in supporting the residents of the former Cannock Chase Rural District area to:
- Increase or enhance local services.
- Provide local social or leisure activities.
- Provide a local service that might otherwise be unavailable.
- Relieve poverty or disadvantage for local people.
Amount: up to £2,000
HS2 Community and Environment Fund
Grants are available for local not-for-profit organisations to support work which enhances the quality of life and the environment of communities disrupted by the construction of the HS2 north-south railway.
Amount: £250,000
J&O Lloyd Community Grants Fund
Deadlines: usually two per year
Grants are available for charities, community groups and voluntary organisations to support the provision of facilities or services to the benefit of communities in East Staffordshire.
Amount: up to £10,000 (typically around £5,000)
npower Business Solutions Foundation
Grants are available for not-for-profit and educational institutions within 50 miles of nBS’ offices in Solihull to support projects that have a positive impact on local communities, improve places and spaces, and provide opportunities for individuals to reach their potential.
Amount: up to £100,000
Oakland Foundation
Grants are available for projects that support the education, health and nutrition of children under the age of 16 and their families as well as their being able to access sport and activities irrespective of social background or physical ability.
Pedmore Sporting Club Trust Fund
Grants for voluntary and community organisations undertaking general charitable activities to assist those who are less fortunate in the West Midlands.
Amount: £500 to £5,000
Rowlands Trust
Grants are available to registered charities in the West Midlands and South Midlands that are working in the following areas: medical and scientific research, the services, the sick, the poor, the handicapped, the elderly, music, the arts, the environment and the restoration and maintenance of Anglican church buildings.
Amount: £1,000 to £5,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Mrs Louise Ruane, The Rowlands Trust
Tel: 07812743485
E-Mail: louise.ruane@therowlandstrust.org.uk
Sandwell – Welcoming Spaces Fund
Grants are available to community organisations that are already established in Sandwell to provide welcoming spaces to residents of the borough.
Amount: up to £500
Sir John Middlemore Charitable Trust
Small grants are available for smaller local not-for-profit organisations who work directly with disadvantaged children and young people under 18, or under 25 with a disability, who live in the West Midlands.
Amount: up to £2,000
Solihull Active Minds – System Solutions Grant
Grants are available to community groups in Solihull for projects that improve the physical and mental well-being of residents.
Amount: up to £1,000
Staffordshire Community Foundation
Grants are available to support voluntary and community groups in Staffordshire for general community benefit, including healthy living, road safety, community development and the lives of young people.
Staffordshire – New Communities Resettlement Grants Scheme
Grants are available to Staffordshire based organisations who are supporting the integration of Ukrainian people into the local community.
Amount: £1,000 to £100,000
Swinfen Broun Charitable Trust
Small grants for organisations working in the City of Lichfield to provide or maintain public halls, meeting places, playing fields, sports facilities, public gardens and public open spaces.
The aims of the Trust Fund as taken from the Trust Deed are as follows:
- Provide or maintain or assist in the provision or maintenance of public halls, meeting places, playing fields, sports facilities for the public at large in the interests of social welfare, with the object of improving their condition of life, places for housing the arts, libraries, museums or other educational institutions to which the public have access.
- Provide or maintain or assist in the provision or maintenance of public gardens or public open spaces.
- Provide or maintain or assist in the provision or maintenance of equipment or items for use in or with any of the objects mentioned in the above.
Telford and Wrekin Council – Happy Healthy and Active Holiday Fund
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups providing free holiday clubs for children from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Walker Trust
Grants are available to charitable organisations for projects that benefit Shropshire residents in the areas of health, disability, training and education.
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Mr Edward Hewitt, Walker Trust, 2 Breidden Way, Bayston Hill, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, SY3 0LN
Tel: 01743 873866
Walsall Public Health – Tackling Inactivity Fund (with Crowdfunding)
Funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, community and voluntary groups, social enterprises and charities who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects which address inactivity across Walsall.
Amount: up to £5,000
Warwick – Rural and Urban Capital Improvements Grant Scheme
Grants are available for local non-profit-making organisations to help with the costs of providing or improving local facilities in rural and urban communities throughout the Warwick district area.
Amount: £1,000 to £20,000
Warwickshire Crimebeat
Grants are available to groups of young people aged between five and 25 to help tackle crime and safety issues in their local community.
Amount: up to £500, but larger grants may occasionally be awarded for exceptional projects.
West Midlands – Access Programme
Grants and loans are available to charities and social enterprises supporting people impacted by the cost-of-living crisis in areas of the West Midlands where deprivation is most severe.
Amount: £5,000 to £40,000
William A Cadbury Charitable Trust
One-off grants are available to UK registered charities based in Birmingham and the West Midlands in the areas of social welfare, medical and healthcare, education and training, conservation, penal reform and the arts.
Amount: £250 to £50,000
Worcestershire Community Foundation
Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations that are working to benefit the residents of Worcestershire.
Worcestershire – Councillors’ Divisional Fund
Funding is available to support local initiatives and good works in Worcestershire that meet the County Council’s priorities.
Wynn Foundation
Grants are available to community groups, clubs or charitable organisations working in Shropshire to promote equal opportunities, enhance quality of life and improve the local community.
Amount: up to £3,000
Hull Community Recovery Fund
Deadline: 19/03/2025
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations in Hull to strengthen community cohesion.
Amount: Small grants up to £500 / Main grants up to £40,000
Nidderdale Plus Community Fund
Deadline: 24/03/2025
Grants are available to support community led projects that will make a difference to the local community in Nidderdale.
Amount: between £200 and £2,000
Community Foundation for Calderdale – General Grants
Deadline: 27/03/2025 (10am)
Grants are available for voluntary, community, and social enterprise sector organisations to deliver projects and activities that housing and homelessness, poverty, mental health, and community cohesion in Calderdale.
Amount: up to £5,000
York St John University – Community Research Grants
Deadline: 28/03/2025
Grants are available to voluntary and community groups, charities, and social enterprises in Yorkshire and the Humber to undertake social research projects in partnership with academic researchers from York St John University.
Amount: Grants will vary depending on the research project. Typically, grants are between £5,000 and £10,000.
Tedder Hill Wind Farm Community Fund
Deadline: 30/03/2025
Funding is available to local community organisations for projects that advance education, citizenship, community development, environmental protection/improvement or sustainable development within a 5 kilometre radius of Roos Post Office.
KCOM – Digital Inclusion Grants
Deadline: 31/03/2025
Grants are available for charities, voluntary and community groups, and not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and activities that promote online inclusion, build stronger communities, connect generations, and help to boost digital skills and awareness in communities across Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, and North Lincolnshire.
Amount: between £5,000 and £15,000
Community Foundation for Calderdale – Todmorden Windfarm Community Fund
Deadline: 01/04/2025
Grants are available to community organisations in Bacup, Cornholme and Portsmouth, Todmorden and Walsden for community and environmental projects.
Amount: up to £5,000
Laceby Solar Farm Community Fund
Deadline: 01/04/2025 and then 01/10/2025
Grants are available to support not-for-profit projects that improve the lives of people living in Laceby, Irby, Riby, Barnoldby le Beck, Bradley, Aylesby and Beelsby in North East Lincolnshire.
Amount: up to £10,000. However, applications for up to £20,000 towards large capital projects might be considered.
East Coast Community Fund
Deadline: 02/04/2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups, parish and town councils, and local authorities for community projects that benefit the coastal communities of the Yorkshire, Lincolnshire and North Norfolk coasts.
Amount: £1,000 to £50,000
Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust
Deadline: 20/04/2025
Grants are available to registered charities and charitable organisations for any charitable purposes the Trustees think fit within the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area.
West Yorkshire – Tackling Health Inequalities: The Mayor’s Big Ideas Challenge
Deadline: 07/05/2025 (12pm)
Grants and support are available to small and medium-sized enterprises to accelerate the development of innovative solutions, products or services that address health inequalities in West Yorkshire communities.
Amount: between £20,000 and up to £100,000
Bradford East Community Chest and Area Committee Funding
Deadline: 31/05/2025
Small grants are available to voluntary and community groups which are based in Bradford East and providing a service that benefits the local community.
Amount: up to £500
Bradford South Youth and Community Chest Area Committee Funding
Deadline: 31/05/2025
Grants are available to local non-profit making voluntary organisations to carry out activities which benefit the community of Bradford South.
Amount: up to £500
Bradford West Community Chest and Area Committee Funding
Deadline: 31/05/2025
Grants are available for community groups within the Bradford West area to carry out community-based leisure and cultural activities which benefit the local community.
Amount: £500
Active Withernsea Get Going Community Fund
Grants are available for local groups and organisations to develop new and innovative ideas that will improve the health and wellbeing of the residents of Withernsea and surrounding areas.
Amount: £50 to £5,000
Grants are available for registered charities based in Yorkshire that are working within local communities to tackle disadvantage and to provide sustainable benefit.
Amount: £1,000 to £15,000
Grants are available to registered charities for projects that benefit Yorkshire through the relief of need, particularly those related to youth, old age, welfare and medicine.
Community First Prime Opportunities Fund
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisation in the area served by City of York Council and Selby District Council for projects that address issues creating barriers for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds from reaching their full potential.
Amount: £500
Community Foundation for Calderdale
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups and organisations for projects and activities that benefit communities within Calderdale.
Grants are available to charities and community organisations for projects that benefit children and/or young people with special educational needs and/or disabilities in East Ridings.
Amount: up to £2,000
Eastfield Cash for Causes Grant Scheme
Grants are available for charities, voluntary and community groups, and businesses that are for community benefit in Eastfield to develop projects and activities that improve health and wellbeing, community facilities, access to green spaces and employment opportunities for local communities.
East Riding Community Action Grants
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in the East Riding of Yorkshire to support projects to empower individuals, families and communities; foster resilience and reduce barriers to health and wellbeing activities; address inequalities; and promote social connections.
Amount: £500 to £1,500
Grants are available to charitable groups for projects in Sheffield, Barnsley, Doncaster and Rotherham that address the areas of education, recreation, heritage restoration, environment, music and the arts, welfare or health and social care.
Amount: £100 to £2,000
Gay and Peter Hartley’s Hillards Charitable Trust
One-off grants for local voluntary and community organisations doing charitable work to improve social welfare in areas formerly served by a Hillards store in North and Central England.
Amount: up to £ 10,000
The funding is intended for local groups which operate or have an impact in an area in which Hays Travel have a branch and whose project helps young people up to 25 years of age develop in at least one of these areas: education, prevention of poverty, health, arts, culture or sports.
Amount: up to £15,000
Funding is available to support local organisations and groups working to benefit communities within the boundaries of the old North Riding of Yorkshire.
Deadlines: quarterly Trustees’ meetings
Grants are available for local charitable organisations undertaking benevolent projects in Sheffield, with a preference for supporting capital projects.
Amount: at the discretion of the Trustees, although grants tend to be between £500 to £3,000
Leeds City Council – Community Committees
Grants are available to community groups, charities and other public services for local projects and activities in Leeds, including youth activities for children aged 8-17.
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups, charities and social enterprises for projects and activities that bring about positive change in communities across Leeds.
Lincolnshire Community Foundation
Grants are available for local voluntary and community groups for projects across Lincolnshire that promote social inclusion and equal access, relieve poverty and/or improve the wellbeing of local communities.
npower Business Solutions Foundation
Grants are available for not-for-profit and educational institutions within 50 miles of nBS’ offices in Solihull and Leeds to support projects that have a positive impact on local communities, improve places and spaces, and provide opportunities for individuals to reach their potential.
Amount: up to £100,000
North Lincolnshire – Community Grant Fund
Grants are available to local individuals, voluntary and community groups, charitable organisations, village hall committees, town and parish councils to assist with capital work to make the area an excellent place to live, work and play through the provision of facilities, events, activities or services to local people.
Amount: £30,000
North Lincolnshire – SSE Sustainable Development Fund
Grants to support strategic projects across North Lincolnshire enabling projects to achieve significant impact in local communities.
Amount: £10,000 to £30,000
North Yorkshire – Stronger Communities Inspire Fund
Grants are available for local community groups in North Yorkshire to support projects that encourage community cohesion.
Amount: up to £1,000
One Community Foundation – Kirklees
A number of different funds are available for local groups that are working for the benefit of their community, especially those working to tackle disadvantage and promote the quality of community life in Kirklees.
Amount: £500 to £10,000
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Youth Fund
Grants are available for organisations whose main purpose is working with and for young people (aged 14-25) who face complex transitions to adulthood.
Amount: £50,000 to £150,000
Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for local projects that benefit the community and environment within 10 miles of Sandsfield Farm in Brandesburton, East Yorkshire.
Amount: £20,000
Grants are available for grassroots community organisations in Sheffield to deliver projects and activities that address physical and mental health and well-being to communities within a three-mile radius of Sheffield Olympic Legacy Park.
Amount: up to £1,000
Grants are available for local charitable organisations and non-profit making organisations carrying out charitable purposes that benefit Sheffield and its residents.
Amount: generally between £500 and £3,000. Some core costs grants available for up to £6,000
Shipley Community Chest Funding
Small grants are available for local non-profit making voluntary organisations to provide community-based leisure, cultural or social activities that benefit the local community in Shipley.
Amount: up to £500
Grants are available to registered charities and churches doing outreach work, who are working to improve the wellbeing of disadvantaged and vulnerable people in West Yorkshire.
Amount: £1,000 to £3,000
Sir John Priestman Trust
Grants are available to charitable organisations for the benefit of residents in Durham and Sunderland, and for the maintenance and repair of churches, mission halls and schools in those areas and in the County of York.
Amount: £1,000 to £10,000
For further information on how to obtain this fund locally, please contact the following:
Enquiries, The Sir John Priestman Trust, 19 John Street, Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, SR1 1JG
Tel: 0191 567 4857
Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for community projects that will benefit people living in the area near the Sixpenny Wood wind farm in East Yorkshire.
Amount: micro grants up to £500 and large grants up to £3,000
South Yorkshire Community Foundation
Grants are available for community groups that are helping people facing hardship and disadvantage and those working to build stronger and healthier communities in South Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire’s Community Foundation – Small Grants Programme
Grants are available for small community groups operating for the benefit of South Yorkshire communities.
Amount: up to £1,000
The John Cracknell Youth Enterprise Bank
Funding is available for young people who live in Hull to develop their enterprising ideas.
Amount: up to £1,000
Two Ridings Community Foundation
Grants are available for local charities, grassroots groups and other not-for-profit groups to address a wide range of issues that will benefit communities in North and East Yorkshire.
Two Ridings Community Foundation – Small Grants
Grants are available to support small voluntary and community groups, small charities and other types of not-for-profit organisation in North and East Yorkshire with direct project costs or costs relating to the ongoing development needs of the organisation.
Amount: £200 to £2,000
One-off grants are available to registered charities operating in the pre-1974 boundary of the city of Leeds (between postcodes LS1 and LS17) to support the provision of opportunities for recreation or social activity for local people.
Withernwick Wind Farm Community Fund
Funding is available to local community organisations for charitable, educational, community, environmental and energy efficiency initiatives taking place in the East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Mid Holderness and North Holderness, with a preference for appropriate initiatives in the proximity of the development.
Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities across the UK but particularly in focus areas to deliver projects and activities that make a strong, positive impact in local communities. Focus areas: Bristol, Edinburgh, Leeds, London, Newcastle, Plymouth, Southampton, Teesside.
Amount: up to £5,000
Woodsmith Foundation – Community Grants
Deadlines: three throughout the year (2025)
Capital and revenue grants are available for community groups, voluntary groups, registered charities, and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and activities to benefit residents in Scarborough, Redcar and Cleveland, and the North York Moors National Park.
Amount: between £200 and £10,000
York Children’s Trust
Grants are available for local charitable organisations working with children and young people under the age of 25 living in a 20-mile radius of the centre of York who are in need.
For further information on how to obtain this grant locally, please contact the following:
Margaret Brien, Administrator
The York Children’s Trust
Tel: 01423 504765
Email: yorkchildrenstrust@hotmail.co.uk
