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Registered charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK and Ireland can apply to the Rowntree’s Free the Fund Community Programme for grants of up to £10,000 to run summer activities that improve adult wellbeing.
Delivered in partnership with Groundwork, the programme will fund four projects that bring people aged 21 to 65 together through activities such as:
- Arts and crafts
- Dance
- Music
- Gardening
- Sports and fitness
Examples of project ideas could be:
- improving a community garden or transforming an outdoor space
- running a summer art festival
- funding to support a wheelchair basketball club
- equipment or space improvement for team sports
- arts, theatre and music equipment
Grants can be awarded to registered charities, social enterprises, not-for-profit organisations, hospices, sports clubs and social housing providers.
Previously supported projects include CWM TAF People First, which runs social activities for people with learning disabilities to reduce isolation, and Spectrum People’s Appletree Garden, where volunteers—many with lived experience of vulnerability—can come together.
Applications close at 5pm on 31 March 2026.
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