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Grants to Support Youth Mental Health & Social Action Projects (London & the South of England)


Grants of up to £10,000 are available to charities, community groups, and other charitable organisations across London and the South of England to support the mental health and well-being of young people, and encourage them to engage in youth social action. The Sovereign Network Group #iwill Fund 2.0 - Wellbeing Champions Programme will support organisations to upskill at least 15 young people aged 10 to 20 to become Wellbeing Champions, teaching them to look after their own mental health and w...

19th September 2024


Funding to Support Disabled & Disadvantaged Children & Young People (South East - excluding London & Greater London)


Charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs throughout the South East (excluding London & Greater London) can apply for grants of up to £30,000 through the Peter Harrison Foundation Positive Futures for Children and Young People grant scheme. The grant scheme aims to support projects that improve the lives of children and young people who are physically, mentally, or socially disadvantaged. Previously funded organisations include the Douglas Bader Foundation, which received a grant of £5,000 ...

16th July 2024


Funding To Support Access to Education for Children & Young People (Kent & East Sussex)


The Bedgebury Foundation is inviting applications to its grant-making programme, which supports access to education for children and young people in Kent and East Sussex, where lack of funding is a barrier to achievement. The Foundation offers two categories of grant: Teaching and Training - for those adults involved with helping children and young people with additional needs, such as SpLD or trauma, who require additional teaching support. The closing date for applications is the 29th Septembe...

3rd July 2024


Gatwick Airport Community Trust (South East of England)


The Gatwick Airport Community Trust has re-opened for applications. The Trust funds projects that are targeted towards the development of young people, the arts, sporting facilities, environmental improvement and conservation, improvements to community facilities, volunteering, the elderly and the disabled. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to a wide range of organisations including charities, schools, sports clubs. Projects supported will be operating within the area directly affected by op...

12th December 2023


New Fund to Support Rural Businesses (Buckinghamshire)


Buckinghamshire Council has launched a new fund to support small rural businesses. The Bucks Rural Business Grant programme will provide £1.8 million in capital grants over two years to help micro and small enterprises in rural areas to grow and create jobs. Businesses can apply for grants of up to £300,000 to cover the cost of building works and equipment, and can be used for a variety of purposes, including net zero infrastructure, farm diversification, tourism initiatives, food and drink pr...

20th September 2023


Funding to Tackle Rural Crime (Hampshire & Isle of Wight)


The Police and Crime Commissioner for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight has launched a new fund to tackle rural crime. Charities, CIOs, social enterprises, town and parish councils, and other not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding of £5,001 and over for either physical item/s or to support a project that will help to prevent crime, reduce offending, and support victims of crime in rural areas. These often include machine thefts, hare coursing – which leads to illegal gambling – po...

24th March 2023


Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Support Community Needs (Berkshire)


Charitable organisations, community groups, and projects that address the most important and pressing concerns within the communities of Berkshire can apply for grants of up to £5,000 from the Vital For Berkshire Fund. This fund is designed to support organisations, community groups, and initiatives that work towards addressing vital needs in the area, such as (but not limited to) physical and mental health, supporting young and vulnerable people or groups, combating isolation, tackling poverty...

11th January 2023


Grants to Help Voluntary Sector Organisations Manage Increasing Costs to Deliver Services (East Sussex)


Grants of up to £10,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations in East Sussex working to support vulnerable people that have been hardest hit by the cost-of-living crisis. The Winter Support Fund aims to help local organisations manage increasing costs to deliver services this winter. This might include increased running costs such as salaries, fuel, electricity, heating, and volunteer expenses; supplying additional resources such as recruiting extra staff; and supporting organisations t...

17th November 2022


UK Funding News


Grants to Support Music Making (UK & Ireland)


Music for All, a UK charity that promotes music making, is set to launch a new round of its Community Project Funding Programme. Grants are available to community groups, schools and individuals under a number of different categories, each with their own criteria and award amounts. This round will support projects working with people with learning and cognitive challenges, individuals facing financial hardship, underprivileged children aged 0-4, and community initiatives for those with mobility ...

11th October 2024


Funding for Primary School Breakfast Clubs (UK)


Grants are available for UK schools interested in opening free breakfast clubs. The Greggs Foundation will provide an initial start-up grant for equipment such as chest freezers to store food items or toys and activities for the club and a funding towards the running costs. The average club costs £3,500 to set up and run for a year based on 65 children. Schools should be able to attract adult volunteers to help run the scheme, which must show that at least 40% of their pupils qualify for free ...

11th October 2024


Hospice Care Home Training Programme Opens for Applications (UK)


Hospices across the UK are invited to apply for funding to deliver courses and study days specifically focused on dementia care for people nearing the end of life. Grants of up to £2,000 are available per course to a hospice to run a training course at free or heavily discounted cost to local care home staff to raise the level of dementia care, knowledge and skills in the hospice’s area of operation. The funding aims to make education and training as inexpensive and widely available to care h...

10th October 2024


Funding Available to Help Museums & Galleries to Sustain their Collections (UK)


The John Ellerman Foundation is inviting applications for their Museums and Galleries Fund, which aims to strengthen regional museums and galleries in the UK. A total of £520,000 is available to support projects that enable new ways of working for both established and emerging curators, and help safeguard and advance curatorial skills during periods of development or change. The Foundation expects to award five or six grants of around £90,000 each for projects lasting two to three years, with ...

10th October 2024


Grants of up to £3,000 Available for Schools Science Projects (UK)


Grants of up to £3,000 are available to primary and secondary schools to support teaching STEM subjects (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). The grants are made available through the Royal Society’s Partnership Grant scheme. The scheme aims to enhance science education by encouraging collaboration between schools and professional scientists or engineers. Eligible applicants include primary and secondary school teachers and practising scientists or engineers. Projects must in...

10th October 2024


Funding for Links with Japan (UK)


Grants of £2,000 - £9,000 are available to promote and support links between the UK and Japan. The Daiwa Foundation Small Grants can cover all fields of activity, including educational and other projects and events. New initiatives are especially encouraged. Projects that have received funding in the past include Beckfoot School (Bingley) which received a grant of £3,000 to support a two-week curriculum-based school exchange visit by ten students and two teachers to Hiroshima Kokusai High Sch...

10th October 2024


Peter Harrison Foundation Opportunities Through Sport Grant Scheme (UK)


Charities and Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) throughout the United Kingdom can apply for grants of up to £50,000 to the Peter Harrison Foundation Active Lives grant scheme. The grant scheme aims to provide opportunities for sport and physical activity at a grassroots level that enable physically, mentally, socially or economically disadvantaged people to develop personal and life skills to fulfil their potential. The grants can be used for various purposes, such as funding new sports pr...

9th October 2024


Grants of up to £18,000 available to Social Entrepreneurs (UK)


Grants of up to £18,000 plus business support are available to social entrepreneurs looking to start or grow an existing social venture. The funding is being made available through the UnLtd, the leading provider of support to social entrepreneurs in and around the UK. UnLtd is committed to providing 50% of its awards to Black, Asian and minority ethnic and/or disabled social entrepreneurs. To be eligible, applicants need to be aged 16 or over, live in the UK, and be looking to fulfil a clear...

9th October 2024


£15 Million Fund to Improve Access to Green Spaces in Urban Areas (UK)


Local authorities and community partners across the UK are invited to apply for grants ranging from £250,000 to £1 million to improve access to nature and green spaces in urban areas. “Nature Towns and Cities” is a new initiative set up by the National Lottery Heritage Fund, National Trust and Natural England, offering a total of £15 million in funding to support at least 100 towns and cities. The initiative aims to bring organisations together to improve the quality of, and access to, hi...

8th October 2024


Grants to Support Outdoor Learning for Secondary School Children (UK)


Grants of £1,000 are available to UK state-funded secondary schools, including special schools that work with secondary-age children, to support outdoor learning opportunities for their pupils. The grants can be used to improve school grounds, purchase outdoor learning resources that engage young people with the environment, support travel expenses to outdoor learning centres, and purchase outdoor clothing. Priority will be given to schools with above-average free school meal eligibility, in hi...

8th October 2024


Grants for the Planting of Trees, Hedges & Orchards (UK)


The Tree Council is inviting applications through the Branching Out fund. Through the Fund, schools, community groups, parish and town councils, and tree warden networks within the UK, etc can apply for grants of between £250 and £2,500 to get communities and young people up to the age of 21 involved in planting and caring for trees, hedges and orchards. The funding will cover the cost of trees, hedges and fruit trees; reasonable costs of non-plastic protection and supports, as well as peat-f...

8th October 2024


£150 Million Climate Solutions Fellowships Open for Applications (UK / Worldwide)


The Royal Academy of Engineering is inviting applications for its Green Future Fellowships programme, an initiative that will fund commercial and scalable solutions to the climate crisis. The £150 million programme will provide funding, capacity-building, and tailored support to scientists, researchers and innovators, helping them develop and scale breakthrough climate solutions. At least 50 fellows (ten a year for five years) will receive up to £3 million each to advance their ideas. These cl...

7th October 2024


Grants to Develop Museum Workforce Skills (UK)


Grants of up to £350 are available to support museums in developing the skills and expertise of their workforce. The funding is made available through the Association of Independent Museums’ (AIM) Training Grants programme, which will support member museums with training and development costs. This could include course fees, accommodation, travel costs, seminars and workshops, museum study visits and mentoring placements. Priority will be given to smaller museums, staff members and volunteers...

7th October 2024


Funding for School Sensory Equipment (UK)


Grants of up to £500 are available to schools and educational organisations across the UK seeking funding to kickstart projects that will benefit their students. This month, the Twinkl Community Collection Prize Draw will be giving away a total of £4,000 in funding to provide essential sensory equipment to as many education settings as possible. This could include anything from lights and bubble tubes for sensory spaces to sensory gardens and outdoor equipment. Applications should be submitted...

7th October 2024


Funding to Reduce the Challenges of Armed Service Life for Partners (UK)


Grants of between £10,000 to £60,000 are available for projects that find ways of reducing the challenges of service life for partners of serving armed forces personnel, including reservists. The Supporting Partners Programme, funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust on behalf of the Ministry of Defence, aims to improve the support available for service partners and spouses. This includes promoting their skills and experiences in the workplace, enhancing wellbeing, improving access to su...

4th October 2024


Grants of up to £7,000 Available to Support Older People Maintain their Independence (UK)


Grants of up to £7,000 are available to charities in the U.K to support preventative and early community based intervention programmes that focus on helping older people stay in their own homes and maintain their independence. The funding is being made available through the Charles Hayward Foundation Small Grants programme. There are no deadlines and applications can be submitted at any time....

4th October 2024


Grants to Improve the Quality of Life for Disadvantaged & Vulnerable People (UK)


Small-to-mid-size registered charities helping improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those disadvantaged and vulnerable, can apply for grants of up to £5,000. The funding is being made available through the Hedley Foundation. Each year, the Foundation makes around 250 grants for initiatives that benefit the lives of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill, and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers. Occasional larger sums are given to...

4th October 2024


Funding Available to Support Vulnerable Energy Consumers (England, Scotland & Wales)


The Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (Energy Redress Scheme) has re-opened for applications, with its largest funding round since the scheme was established. A total of £35 million is available as grants to charities and community energy groups across England, Scotland,and Wales can apply for funding to support projects that help households most at risk from cold homes and high energy bills support projects that help households most at risk from cold homes and high energy bills as...

3rd October 2024


Funding Towards Data Protection Consultancy Services (UK)


The DPO Centre is inviting applications to their Charity and Community Fund which provides charities and not-for-profit organisations with access to their data protection consultancy services at an 80% reduced rate. Applicants will receive support from subject matter experts and data protection professionals to help decrease the potential for compliance failure across their organisation, leading to fewer data breaches. Organisations can apply for funding of up to £10,000 towards a range of cons...

3rd October 2024


Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Increase Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Adults (UK)


Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to support projects that equip people (18 or older in order) from disadvantaged groups with the critical life skills necessary to gain employment. Priority will be given to projects that target people experiencing multiple deprivation or other groups facing major hurdles to employment, especially women, people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers. The funding is being made available through the ...

3rd October 2024


Grants to Promote the Teaching of Greek (UK)


Schools can apply for grants for projects that promote teaching the Greek language or subjects relating to Greek Civilisation. The funding being made available by the Hellenic Society makes the grants for the development of new courses in Greek, books & other teaching materials; classics days or conferences; Greek plays by schools, and summer schools for school pupils. Applications from schools planning to start courses in Greek are especially welcome. Applications on behalf of individual pupils...

3rd October 2024


Funding to Support UK-German School Partnerships (UK)


Funding is available to support first-time or revival visits for groups of young people to partner schools or youth groups in Germany. The UK-German Instant Impact Fund helps schools and youth groups start or re-establish partnerships by allowing young people to meet their peers, explore the culture of the other country, and participate in joint activities on a chosen topic. Grants of up to £2,500 are available to primary, secondary and SEN schools, FE colleges and youth groups in the UK, cove...

2nd October 2024


Funding to Support Grassroots Community Sport (UK)


Pub retailer and brewer Greene King has pledged nearly £350,000 in funding to support grassroots sport within local communities across the UK. Grants of up to £4,000 are available through the Proud To Pitch In Campaign, which raises funding through the sale of Greene King IPA for activities such as football, rugby, cricket, roller hockey or netball. Applications can be made by grassroots and community sports clubs running activities for people aged 18 and over. Projects that previously receive...

2nd October 2024


Funding for Activities to Improve the Lives of the Elderly (UK)


Small grants are available to fund projects to improve the lives of the elderly across the UK. Home Instead Charities awards grants of up to £1,500 to small, local registered charities and up to £500 to grassroots organisations for well-being events, activities or pastimes that prevent social isolation and loneliness amongst adults over 55. Eligible projects may include regular events such as a cinema club, knitting group, or lunch club; one-off activities like a day trip or Christmas lunch; ...

1st October 2024


Funding for Road Safety Projects (UK)


The Road Safety Trust is accepting applications for funding to support projects and research aimed at improving road safety across the UK. A range of organisations are eligible to apply, including registered charities, local authorities, police forces, fire and rescue services, universities, not-for-profits, social enterprises, and community interest companies. This year, the funding will support projects addressing road safety inequalities, including disparities based on age, disability, health...

1st October 2024


Funding for Activities to Improve People’s Lives (UK)


Grants are available for UK registered charities seeking to enhance and improve people’s lives through advancing the arts, health and medical welfare, and the environment. The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust typically awards grants of between £500 and £6,000 for projects and core costs, with a preference for small-scale, locally based initiatives. The services provided to communities could include promoting access to the arts, conservation activities, music and art therapy to improve mental he...

30th September 2024


Art Fund Teacher Fellowships Programme (UK)


Applications are invited to the Art Fund Teacher Fellowships programme, which aims to build and strengthen engagement between schools and museums across the UK. With support from the Clore Duffield Foundation, the programme will allow secondary school teachers to work part-time within a museum with a Clore Learning Space, helping the museum develop its learning offer, increase engagement with schools in their area, and enrich curriculum-learning in school. Two Teacher Fellowships will be funded ...

30th September 2024


Funding to Support Disadvantaged Young People and Offenders (UK)


Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, and in exceptional circumstances Community Interest Companies can apply for grants for projects that support offenders and ex-offenders as well as into work and helping specific less popular groups within the criminal justice sector. The funding is being made available through the Weavers' Company who are looking specifically to support projects helping offenders find work as well as projects that support marginalised groups. A secon...

30th September 2024


Grants for Urgent Structural Repairs to Churches (UK)


Listed and unlisted Christian places of worship needing major, urgent structural repairs can apply for grants of up to £50,000. The funding, made available through the National Churches Trust’s Large Grants Programme, will cover up to 50% of larger, more complex projects costing over £80,000, incl. VAT.  Funding is also available for projects costing more than £30,000, incl. VAT that improve facilities such as kitchens and accessible toilets, etc to enable increased community use. Priority...

27th September 2024


Grants to Support the Teaching & Learning of Physics (UK)


Grants of up to £5,000 are available to schools, colleges and charities who wish to carry out projects that support the teaching and learning of physics. The Ogden Trust’s Physics Education Grants programme will award grants for projects centred on physics and developed with current evidence in mind, potentially offering partial funding for general science projects with a clear physics component. The funding can be used to provide curriculum support for students aged 11 to 18, as well as enri...

26th September 2024


Funding to Improve the Quality of Life for Relocating Service Families (UK)


Grants of up to £120,000 are available for projects that help improve the quality of life for service families impacted by relocation. Through the Serving Families: On the Move programme, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust will award funding for early intervention projects that assist military families in accessing services as they relocate. These initiatives will help families integrate into their new communities and build lasting friendships by providing them with information about availabl...

26th September 2024


Funding to Support Hospice & Palliative Care in Africa (UK)


UK registered charities can apply for grants of up to £5,000 to help hospice and palliative care providers across Africa to increase access to and improve the standard of palliative care in their communities. The funding, made available through the True Colours Trust Africa Small Grants Programme, can be used to provide equipment for patients, palliative care medicines, transport for the delivery of services, data or mobile technology for remote delivery, and bereavement support. Priority will ...

26th September 2024


Student Opportunities in Public Museums & Galleries (UK)


Funding is available to help public museums, galleries, historic houses, libraries, and visual arts organisations in the UK provide meaningful paid work experience opportunities for full-time university students that enable them to explore further their interest in the arts and related future career options before they graduate. Through Art Fund’s Student Opportunities programme, organisations can apply for up to £10,000 towards the costs associated with paying students for their time to help...

25th September 2024


Funding for Community-Led Tree Planting Projects (UK)


Schools, community groups, and other not-for-profit organisations in the UK can apply for grants through the International Tree Foundation’s UK Community Tree Planting Programme. This funding supports community-led projects that enhance biodiversity, increase tree cover, and engage communities in conservation. There are two funding streams: Community Woodlands/Hedging for planting 100-25,000 trees per year with funding up to £1.95 per tree plus maintenance grants, and Community Orchards for p...

24th September 2024


Grants Available to Support Science Projects for Students with Special Educational Needs (UK)


UK primary and secondary school teachers can apply for grants of up to £3,000 to support STEM projects for students with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). The funding, which is being made available through the Royal Society’s Partnership Grants Scheme, can be used to purchase equipment for science, mathematics, engineering, or computing (STEM) projects. To qualify for funding, projects need to work in partnership with a practising scientist/engineer currently working in a STE...

23rd September 2024


Funding to Empower Vulnerable, Disadvantaged & Under-Represented Communities (UK)


Bentley Motors Ltd makes grants of up to £500 available to charitable organisations working with vulnerable, disadvantaged or under-represented communities. The Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme provides funding for communities within 20 miles of 19 Bentley retail locations across the UK. The programme aims to empower these communities by removing barriers and improving access to services, education and employability; helping people to develop life skills; safeguarding the environme...

23rd September 2024


Funding to Support Young Creatives to Launch a Project, Idea or Business (UK)


The next closing date for applications to the Youth Music NextGen Fund is the `15th of November 2024. The NextGen Fund supports emerging musicians and behind the scenes creatives aged 18-25 (and under-30s who identify as d/Deaf or Disabled) from across the UK to launch a creative project, idea or business. Grants of up to £2,500 could help people, including singers, songwriters, producers, DJs, managers and agents who do not have the financial means to invest in themselves, to start a record la...

23rd September 2024


Funding for Cultural and Educational Links with Japan (UK)


Grants are available to schools, cultural organisations and universities; to develop a greater understanding of Japanese culture. Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support the study of the Japanese language and culture, School, Education and Youth exchanges. In the past, the Foundation has made grants towards visits between the UK and Japan by teachers and young people and the teaching and development of Japanese language and cultural studies in schools. The funding is being made availabl...

23rd September 2024


Funding to Support Veterans Negatively Affected by Military Service (UK)


The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust has launched a new funding programme to improve the quality of life for veterans negatively impacted by issues related to their military service and which has created a barrier to, or compromised, their ability to have a fulfilling life after Service. The Fulfilling Futures programme offers grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 for projects lasting 12 to 18 months, and up to £300,000 for projects lasting three to four years. Projects should aim to achieve...

20th September 2024


Funding for Rural Community and Education Projects (UK)


Charities supporting rural development, particularly young people's education and poverty relief within rural areas, can apply for funding through the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust. The funding focuses on supporting larger initiatives that would significantly impact rural communities. Grants available are for £1,000 - 50,000.  Larger grants are used to support organisations that significantly impact rural communities nationally. Projects funded in the past have ranged from City farms, Federation...

20th September 2024


Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)


Small Homeless charities can apply for capital grants of up to £5,000 for projects that aim to help homeless people return to the community and enable them to rebuild their lives.  Typically, such organisations operate residential or training facilities to assist homeless people. To be eligible to apply, the charity must have an annual turnover of under £500,000, with ‘unrestricted reserves’ of under six months.  Previously funded projects include the Booth Centre, an advice and activ...

20th September 2024


Funding to Support Families Caring for Wounded, Sick or Injured Serving Personnel & Veterans (UK)


Grants between £50,000 and £100,000 are available for projects supporting family members who care for wounded, injured or sick serving personnel and Veterans. The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust's Family Focus Programme provides funding for projects lasting up to eighteen months, aimed at enhancing the quality of life for these families. This includes improving access to support, providing targeted assistance that addresses their evolving needs over time, and building resilience for those wit...

19th September 2024


Public Engagement Spark Awards Opens to Applications (UK)


The Science and Technology Facilities Council’s (STFC) Public Engagement Spark Awards has re-opened for applications. Awards of up to £20,000 are available to schools as well as scientists and engineers, museums, science communicators, and amateur astronomy groups, etc to deliver high-quality public engagement activities that inspire and involve target audiences. Activities should focus around the remit of the STFC science programme which includes astronomy, solar and planetary science, parti...

19th September 2024


£1.3 Million Competition to Boost Growth in the Cyber Security Sector (UK – Various Locations)


Innovate UK, in partnership with the Department of Science, Innovation and Technology, has launched a £1.3 million competition to support the development of cyber security skills and growth of the cyber security sector. The competition will support regional initiatives and events that address geographical disparities in the development of the sector and work to reduce the existing skills gap. It is open to both individual and collaborative applications from UK organisations of all sizes, includ...

19th September 2024


Grants of up to £80,000 Available to Work with Young Women & Girls at the Edge of the Criminal Justice System (UK)


Funding is available to registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises, and community interest companies working with vulnerable young women and girls across the UK who are at a high risk of entering the criminal justice system. The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund offers grants of up to £80,000 over two years (£40,000 per year) for projects to reduce the number of those who receive a first conviction. Applicants must demonstrate approaches that are age, gender, trauma, and culturally respons...

18th September 2024


Childs Charitable Trust (UK)


The Childs Charitable Trust offers grants to registered and excepted Christian charities based in the UK and operating in countries worldwide. Projects that fall into the following categories will be considered: Working in schools and with vulnerable and disengaged young people in the UK: All aspects of Christian outreach: Society, i.e., social action and justice: All areas of Christian education. No minimum or maximum grant level is published, and awards are made according to the values of the ...

18th September 2024


Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants (UK)


The Pink Ribbon Foundation is offering grants of up to £6,000 to UK charities and not-for-profit organisations working on practical projects and initiatives aimed at improving the physical and mental health of individuals with or recovering from breast cancer. Grants above £6,000.00 may be granted at the discretion of the Foundation. The deadline for applications is the 30th May 2025. ...

18th September 2024


Grants for Churches for the Conservation of Decorative Features and Monuments (UK)


Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available to churches, chapels and other places of worship built before 1896 to carry out small programmes of conservation work to decorative features and monuments. Eligible work includes, but is not limited to, stained glass windows, sculpture, furniture, internal monuments, tombs, and wall paintings. All work funded must be directed by a professional architect or established conservator and completed according to the Society for the Protection of Ancien...

18th September 2024


Grants to Create a Fairer Economy (UK)


The Friends Provident Foundation has launched a new grants programme for UK charities, CICs, and social enterprises focused on economic justice. The “Shifting Cultural Perceptions” open call seeks up to six organisations to partner with the Foundation over the next three years. The programme explores the question: “How can we begin to shift perceptions, cultural assumptions, and beliefs about the economy—what it is and what it could be?” The Foundation is seeking innovative ideas and p...

17th September 2024


Grants to Support Serving Families Stationed Overseas (UK)


Grants ranging from £3,000 to £20,000 are available for projects supporting families of serving personnel stationed overseas. Through the Supporting Serving Families Overseas Programme, the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust aims to help overseas bases, or UK-based charities working with them, in addressing the needs of partners, children, and young people during deployment. This includes focusing on emotional wellbeing, mental health, social connections, and overall family dynamics. Projects sh...

17th September 2024


Funding for Museums & Galleries to Commission Early to Mid-Career Artists (UK & Channel Islands)


The Jerwood Foundation, in partnership with Art Fund, is offering funding to museums and galleries to commission early to mid-career artists through the Jerwood Art Fund Commissions. This initiative aims to support artists working across all visual forms and disciplines, furthering their development while enhancing public collections with new contemporary works. Two museums will receive funding between £70,000 and £100,000 per year for three years, covering the full costs of delivering and pre...

17th September 2024


Funding to Support Science Activities in Colleges, Schools and Nurseries (UK)


Grants of £400 are available to schools, colleges, Ofsted-registered Early Years nurseries, and preschools in the UK to support science activities during British Science Week. The British Science Association, supported by UK Research and Innovation, administers the Kick Start Grant scheme to encourage science engagement activities and events among underrepresented groups. The types of activities supported include field trips to local science centres, museums or university science departments; m...

17th September 2024


Overseas Development Grants for UK-based Charities (UK)


UK-based charities working overseas can apply for grants of up to £25,000 for projects that benefit some of the most deprived people and communities in the developing world. The funding can be awarded over 3 – 5 years as grants of between £3,000 and £5,000 per year. Previous awards have been made to Cool Earth for providing safe sanitation for indigenous rainforest villages in Papua New Guinea, Point Foundation for supporting community-based living for the disabled in Rwanda, and Just a Dro...

17th September 2024


BBC Children in Need Launches Programme to Support Underserved Young People (UK, the Isle of Man, & the Channel Islands)


BBC Children in Need has launched a new funding initiative to support under-served and marginalised children and young people across the UK. The Pudsey Next Steps programme offers grants of £1,000 to £15,000 per year for up to three years, to not-for-profit organisations working with children and young people under 18 facing challenges such as poverty, discrimination, and exclusion. This includes those who are care-experienced, disabled, or from minoritised ethnic communities. The programme ai...

16th September 2024


Asda Foundation Re-opens Several of its Grant Making Programmes (UK)


The Asda Foundation, which supports local communities through initiatives like children's welfare, local empowerment, and economic relief, has reopened several of its grant programmes for applications. The Under 18 Better Starts Grant provides up to £2,000 for community groups working on initiatives that focus on the inclusion, poverty reduction, and well-being of young people. The Empowering Local Communities Grant is aimed at grassroots organisations striving to improve community life by brin...

16th September 2024


£10,000 Grants to Help Make Laboratories More Environmentally Sustainable (UK/Worldwide)


The Royal Society of Chemistry is offering funding to help scientists make their laboratories more environmentally sustainable. Through the Sustainable Laboratories Grants programme, grants of up to £10,000 are available to support projects that aim to improve the sustainability of chemical sciences research. Eligible projects should focus on advancing the understanding of environmentally sustainable laboratory practices, increasing the adoption of such practices, or facilitating the sharing of...

16th September 2024


Grants to Support Serving Soldiers, Veterans & their Families (UK)


Charities and organisations that support soldiers, veterans, and their immediate families can apply for grants of up to £15,000. The grants can support projects and activities such as mental health support, educational programmes and employment assistance, family support, housing assistance, independent living, and elderly care. This might include helping wounded soldiers to adapt to life after service, assisting elderly veterans to keep their independence, or supporting soldiers to embark on...

16th September 2024


Funding to Improve the Sustainability of Community Sports Clubs (UK & Ireland)


Grants of up to £2,000 are available to support community sports clubs and organisations in the UK and Ireland. The grants can be used for a variety of purposes, including improving facilities, purchasing new equipment, obtaining coaching qualifications, and investing in the long-term sustainability of clubs. The funding is being made available through the Cash4Clubs programme, which is funded by Flutter Entertainment and delivered by Sported, a UK charity that supports community groups that ...

16th September 2024


Funding for Marine Conservation Projects (UK)


Marine conservation charities and not for profit organisations (including schools) based and working in the UK can apply for grants of up to £2,500 towards projects and research that address the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK, and increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation. The funding, which is being made available through the Sea-Changers Main Grants programme, seeks to support creative and innovative approaches which have lasting ...

16th September 2024


Royal Society of Chemistry – Outreach Fund (UK)


Individuals such as researchers, as well as museums, schools, community groups, not-for-profit organisations, arts groups and libraries, etc, can apply for grants of up to £10,000 to run chemistry-based events and activities for public audiences and in schools through the Royal Society of Chemistry's Outreach Fund. The fund aims to support projects that enhance the science communication abilities of chemists. The primary goal is to enable chemists to engage with schools and public audiences eff...

13th September 2024


The Classical Association Grants (UK)


Grants of up to £5,000 are available to support classical projects in the UK.  The funding is being made available through the Classical Association. The Classical Association is an educational charity that makes classical subjects widely accessible.  The grants typically fund activities undertaken by schoolteachers, students, academics and organisations with the aims of supporting the teaching and learning of classical subjects and topics, primarily in UK schools, but also amongst the wide...

13th September 2024


Funding of up to £5,000 Available to Tackle Problems within Families (UK)


Registered charities that work to tackle family problems or problems facing one or more of its members can apply for grants of up to £5,000. Funding is available for both capital and revenue grants as well as grants for core funding and projects-based grants. The funding is being made available through the Kelly Family Charitable Trust which actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established. The trust prefers to support charities whose income is ...

13th September 2024


Support for Children Living in Severe Poverty (UK)


Grants are now available to support children and young people in the UK experiencing a crisis or emergency.  The grants which are made available through the BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials programme support families with children up to the age of 17 who are living with financial, health and social difficulties by providing items that meet children’s most basic needs, such as kitchen appliances, furniture, baby equipment, beds, clothing, and other items and services that are critica...

12th September 2024


Paul Hamlyn Foundation Reopens Teacher Development Fund (UK)


The Paul Hamlyn Foundation has announced that it is now accepting applications for the Teacher Development Fund (TDF), which supports arts-based teaching and learning in primary schools. Each year, the TDF awards approximately eight grants of up to £165,000 to partnerships of arts/cultural organisations and six to ten schools. These partnerships will collaborate over two years and participate in a shared learning programme. The TDF prioritises projects that promote partnerships between schools...

12th September 2024


Funding for Projects that Strengthen Local Communities (England, Scotland & Wales)


Grants of £1,000 - £5,000 are available for local projects that help strengthen communities across England, Scotland and Wales. The Delamere Dairy Foundation will support charities, community groups, social enterprises and other not-for-profit organisations delivering projects that benefit communities through the advancement of agriculture and environmental protection by improving the lives of young people and education and relieving financial hardship and sickness. Applications will be consid...

12th September 2024


Grants of up to £100,000 Available to Help Vulnerable People with their Housing Needs (UK)


The Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation is accepting applications for projects that provide assistance to vulnerable individuals in need of a secure and safe home. Registered charities based in Yorkshire/Humberside and the North East regions are eligible to apply for significant multi-year grants ranging from £25,000 to £100,000. Charities with a turnover of less than £1 million can also apply for small grants of up to £1,000 for projects throughout the UK. The funding is intended f...

11th September 2024


Jerusalem Trust (England and Wales)


The Jerusalem Trust is accepting grant applications to its Small Grants to Schools Scheme for the Autumn Term 2024. The grants can be used to support the purchase of teaching resources for Christianity in Religious Education in primary, middle and secondary state schools in England and Wales. The maximum grant is £600, and applications can be submitted anytime. The grants can be used to purchase teaching resources such as textbooks, teacher resources, artefacts, videos, tapes, and CD-ROMs for R...

11th September 2024


Funding for Innovative Geography Teaching at Secondary Level (UK)


Two grants of £1,000 each are available to fund innovative geography teaching at secondary level. The Royal Geographical Society’s Innovative Geography Teaching Grants will provide funding for developing imaginative and creative teaching materials. The grants will be awarded to teacher-higher education partnerships. Ideally, these will be comprised of one school teacher and one lecturer/researcher from a UK higher education institution. Every year, the Society identifies an area of research b...

10th September 2024


Funding Available for Disabled Gardeners (UK)


Grants are available to individuals through the Gardening with Disabilities Trust to enable them to continue gardening despite advancing illness, age, or disability. To apply for a grant, individuals must provide a letter from their doctor or other healthcare professional indicating their disability and a copy of another official document, such as a Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or a Blue Parking Badge. The Trust offers various support measures, including adapting private gardens to meet t...

10th September 2024


Funding for Community Health & Wellbeing Projects (UK)


Funding is available for grassroots, neighbourhood-based community projects that build happy, strong, resilient communities across the UK. Small, not-for-profit businesses can apply for funding to set up new groups and activities that improve mental health and wellbeing, inclusion, and learning and skills development in local communities. To succeed, applicants will need to indicate how the activity/group can become self-sustainable or attract funding from other sources for the longer term. The ...

9th September 2024


Funding to Support One Large-Scale Rewilding Project (England, Scotland and Wales)


Rewilding Britain is offering a £100,000 grant to support one large-scale rewilding project in England, Scotland, or Wales. The Rewilding Challenge Fund encourages community groups, farmers, landowners, and land managers to work collaboratively and ‘Think Big, Act Wild’. The fund will nurture innovative and pioneering initiatives which show maximum potential for upscaling rewilding on land and at sea, and demonstrate the extensive economic and social benefits of rewilding to local communiti...

9th September 2024


Grants for Urgent Maintenance Works & Small Repairs to Churches (UK)


Grants of between £500 and £5,000 (exceptionally up to £10,000)are available to churches across the UK requiring urgent maintenance works and small repairs identified as high priority within a recent Quinquennial Inspection, Building Survey or Condition Report.. The funding will enable listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, to investigate or address small problems and control building deterioration. This could include improvements to rainwater systems, removing ...

9th September 2024


Community Partnership Programme to Tackle Food Poverty & Support the Elderly (UK)


Community groups and other not for profit organisations within a two mile radius of a One Stop shop can apply for grants of up to £1,000 through the One Stop Community Partnership programme. The programme, administered by the environmental charity Groundwork, will support projects and activities tackling food poverty, supporting the vulnerable, supporting the elderly, supporting low-income families, and supporting a healthier lifestyle. Applications will be welcomed from various organisations...

9th September 2024


Funding to Promote Excellence in the Arts (UK)


Arts organisations across the UK can apply for grants to deliver projects that demonstrate excellence in the arts. The funding is made available by the Golsoncott Foundation, an arts-funding trust whose objective is to promote, maintain, improve, and advance the public's education in the arts, particularly the fine arts and music. The trustees meet four times a year. Although no maximum or minimum grant level is indicated the maximum grant awarded in the past is £3,000. The deadline for the nex...

6th September 2024


Grants to Support Serving Soldiers, Veterans & their Families (UK)


Charities and organisations that support soldiers, veterans, and their immediate families can apply for grants from the Army Benelevont Fund. Various projects and activities can be funded, including mental health support, educational programmes and employment assistance, family support, housing assistance, independent living, and elderly care. This might include helping wounded soldiers to adapt to life after service, assisting elderly veterans to keep their independence, or supporting soldiers ...

6th September 2024


Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Not-For-Profit Theatres to Carry Out Essential Works (UK)


Grants of up to £5,000 are available through The Theatres Trust's Small Grants Programme for UK non-profit theatres. This initiative, backed by The Linbury Trust, aims to support projects aimed at ensuring the future viability and success of non-profit theatres in the UK, including essential small capital works, digital upgrades, and critical machinery installations. The deadline for applications in this round is 12 noon on the 17th January 2025....

5th September 2024


Funding to Support Arts and Music Projects (UK)


The Fidelio Trust is offering grants of up to £5,000 to talented early-career individuals and groups in the arts, particularly music, who couldn't pursue their project or activity without financial support. Individuals and groups must be recommended by an appropriate institution, college, Arts Festival or similar organisation. Funding is available towards special tuition or coaching costs, to participate in external competitions, support for a specially arranged performance, and to receive supp...

5th September 2024


Grants to Increase the Energy Efficiency of Buildings (UK)


The Naturesave Trust, an environmental charity, has opened its September-October 2024 funding round, focusing on energy efficiency. This round aims to support charities, voluntary organisations, and businesses in enhancing building energy efficiency to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants and conserve water. The Trust, which allocates a portion of its income from Naturesave Insurance to environmental and conservation projects across the UK, offers grants of up to £5,000 for elig...

4th September 2024


Funding Competition to Encourage Young People into Aviation (UK)


Not-for-profit organisations are invited to apply for a share of £750,000 in funding to deliver outreach programmes and events to encourage young people to consider a career in aviation. The Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund 2023, delivered in partnership by the Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority, will fund initiatives that educate young people from all backgrounds on the opportunities on offer in aviation. The aim is to break down barriers, providing an entry point for pe...

3rd September 2024


Funding for Community-Led Tree Planting Projects (UK)


Schools, community groups, and other non-profit organisations in the UK can apply for grants through the International Tree Foundation’s UK Community Tree Planting Programme. This funding supports community-led projects that enhance biodiversity, increase tree cover, and engage communities in conservation. There are two funding streams: Community Woodlands/Hedging for planting 100-25,000 trees per year with funding up to £1.95 per tree plus maintenance grants, and Community Orchards for plant...

3rd September 2024


Grants to Support Animal Welfare Charities (UK)


Charities registered in the UK that are working to offer sanctuary, rehoming, and rehabilitation to animals in the UK and/or internationally can apply for grants of up to £35,000. Organisations involved with wildlife conservation, the rescue, rehabilitation and (where possible) release of animals are also eligible to apply. The funding supports general running costs or capital purchases. The Trust encourages repeat applications from charities when further financial support might be given if fun...

3rd September 2024


Funding to Tackle Loneliness & Isolation Among Blind & Partially Sighted People (UK)


Fight for Sight,  a UK-based charity dedicated to funding pioneering research to prevent sight loss and treat eye disease, has announced that the next round of its Social Change Fund will open to applications on the 1st September 2024. Grants of up to £30,000 will be available to sight loss organisations supporting blind and vision impaired people. This funding round focuses on projects designed to reduce loneliness and/or isolation experienced by blind and partially sighted people throughout ...

2nd September 2024


Ogden Trust - Local School Partnerships (UK)


The Ogden Trust's School Partnerships programme has re-opened for applications. The programme supports new partnerships of schools working together to enhance physics teaching and learning. The programme provides funding of £8,5000 to the partnership for up to five years. The Trust supports local clusters of schools and established collaboration partnerships (consisting of schools associated with a multi-academy trust, MAC, federation, educational trust, or similar organisation). Partnerships c...

2nd September 2024


Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Food Poverty Projects (UK)


The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust has re-opened for applications. The focus of this funding round will be on Food Poverty. Organisations eligible to apply are registered charities with an operating income/expenditure of at least £1 million. The level of funding available to support food poverty projects will be up to £5,000. Please note that there are no exceptions to the income and expenditure criteria. The Trust will prioritise applications that enable resilience and independence, part...

2nd September 2024


Funding to Support Older People Over the Christmas Period (England, Scotland and Wales)


Grants of up to £750 are available to charities, community groups, and other not-for-profit organisations supporting older people in deprived areas of England, Scotland and Wales who may be isolated or lonely over the festive period. The funding will support activities providing connections or company to those over 65, including a Christmas meal, a day trip out, or Christmas care packages. The applicant organisation must have a turnover of below £250,000 to be eligible. The funding is availabl...

2nd September 2024


Royal Society of Chemistry Calls for Researcher Collaborations Fund Applications (UK)


The Royal Society of Chemistry is making funding available to support researchers in developing national, international, interdisciplinary, and cross-sector collaborations and networks. The Researcher Collaborations Grants programme provides grants of up to £5,000 to support activities which bring researchers together such as research visits to potential or current collaborators' institutions, and organising meetings or workshops. The funding can be used to support costs including travel, accom...

30th August 2024


Funding for School Science Projects (UK)


Primary and secondary schools in the UK can apply for funding to purchase equipment so that students can enjoy practical science, to run science enrichment projects in schools, or to enable students to participate in science events and competitions. Primary schools can apply for grants of up to £600 and Secondary schools up to £1,000. The funding is being made available through the Armourers and Brasiers' Gauntlet Trust, which is one of the leading charities in the UK supporting metallurgy and...

29th August 2024


The Royal Countryside Fund Announces New Grant Scheme for 2025 (UK)


The Royal Countryside Fund has announced that it will launch a new grant scheme in January 2025 to extend its support for farming and rural communities across the UK. The programme will support organisations to deliver transformative, community-led initiatives that enhance skills training and job opportunities for young people, and promote economic benefits for rural communities. Additionally, the programme will aim to increase environmental sustainability, and build community resilience through...

28th August 2024


Grants to Support Disadvantaged Children During School Holidays (UK)


Grants of between £1,000 and £3,000 are available to UK registered charities, schools, and voluntary and community groups to provide food and activities for disadvantaged children and young people during the school holidays. The aim of the funding is to promote healthy eating and physical activity among children up to 18 years old who are affected by poverty, the rising cost of living, and food insecurity. Previously supported projects include arts and music workshops with a hot lunch, a visit...

28th August 2024


Funding to Promote Home Electrical Safety for Vulnerable People (UK)


Fire and rescue services, trading standards authorities, community safety organisations and other not-for-profit organisations will soon be able to apply for grants of up to £5,000 to deliver initiatives that help vulnerable people across the UK improve their homes' electrical safety. The funding is made available through the Electrical Safety Fund, which aims to keep people safe in their homes by tackling the risks associated with electrical products, increasing the public’s awareness of ele...

28th August 2024


Funding to Support Disabled & Disadvantaged Children (UK)


Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to fund equipment and services to support disabled and disadvantaged children under 13 across the UK. The Toy Trust fund helps disadvantaged children and their families to alleviate suffering; support children through awful experiences; encourage achievement through adversity; purchase vital equipment; provide care; bolster existing initiatives; initiate brand new projects; and satisfy basic needs. Groups that have carried out some fo...

28th August 2024


Grants to Help New, Innovative Visual Arts Projects (UK)


The Elephant Trust has announced that the next application deadline is the 20th October 2024. The Trust offers grants to artists and for new, innovative visual arts projects. It aims to enable artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects when confronted with a lack of funds. The Trust supports projects that develop and improve fine arts knowledge, understanding and appreciation. Priority is given to artists, small organisations, and galleries who are making or pro...

27th August 2024


Spaceflight Competition Fund Opens to Applications (UK)


To make the UK a leading small satellite launch destination by 2030, the UK Space Agency has opened a funding call for organisations developing or continuing rocketry competitions. The Spaceflight Competition Fund is offering a total of £760,000 in funding to organisations, including industry, academia, and institutions interested in developing new or existing competitions to develop workforce skills in the launch and rocketry sectors. Organisations can apply for grants of up to £250,000, whic...

23rd August 2024


Funding Available to Involve More People in Tackling Climate Change (UK)


One of the UK’s largest grant making programmes dedicated to tackling climate change, is set to close in early 2025. With over £20 million in funding available, the National Lottery’s Climate Action Fund - Our Shared Future programme supports community-led initiatives that integrate climate action into the everyday lives of local communities. Eligible projects may include using other community engagement activities such as the arts and sports to tackle climate change, policy influence, and...

23rd August 2024


Society for Microbiology – Science Education and Outreach Grants (UK)


Grants of up to £1,000 are available through the Microbiology Society's Education and Outreach programme for members in the UK or Republic of Ireland, including those working in schools. These grants are intended for innovative outreach activities that support relevant science teaching or initiatives and developments likely to lead to an improvement in the teaching of any aspect of microbiology. Eligible activities include talks, workshops, demonstrations, posters, leaflets, broadcasts, activit...

23rd August 2024


Funding to Support Disadvantage & Vulnerable Children (UK)


Grants of up to £3,000 are available to individuals, groups or children’s charities who support young people who are vulnerable, disadvantaged, living with an illness or disability, or who simply need additional support. The funding is provided through the Cash for Kids grant scheme which is part of Bauer Radio’s network of local charities which operate across twenty-two areas around the UK. Grants will be given to buy specialist equipment, to support projects and new initiatives, and to he...

22nd August 2024


Strategic Innovation Fund to Re-Open for Applications (UK)


UK energy market regulator Ofgem, in partnership with Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), has announced that the next round of the Strategic Innovation Fund will open to applications on the 23rd September 2024. By investing £450 million in energy innovation by 2028, the fund aims to help energy networks accelerate the transition to net zero at the lowest cost to consumers. The fund allows businesses and academics to work with energy networks on innovative projects that will ...

22nd August 2024


Grants of up to £10,000 to Support Grassroots Charities (UK)


Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support small, grassroots and local charities currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community across the UK. The funding, which is being made available through Foyle Foundation’s Small Grants Scheme, can be used to cover projects, core costs, building projects, or essential equipment to enable ongoing service provision for charities with a turnover of less than £150,000 per annum that can show fi...

22nd August 2024


New Fund to Support Early Career Music Promoters (England)


The PRS Foundation has launched a new fund to support the career development of music promoters in England. The Early Career Promoter Fund offers grants of up to £3,500 and capacity-building support to help early career independent promoters of all genres with the booking, programming and promotion of gigs, concerts, showcases, tours and other performances, and the costs associated with these activities, as well as helping promoters build their skills. The scheme will also help to address under...

21st August 2024


Funding to Support Classical Music Performance & Training (UK)


UK charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding to support classical music performance and training especially chamber music, composition and music education. The Radcliffe Trust Music Grants programme generally awards grants in the region of £2,500 to £7,500, and is particularly interested in supporting music for children and adults with special needs, youth orchestras and projects at secondary and higher levels, including academic research. Applications are considered und...

21st August 2024