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The Garfield Weston Foundation, in partnership with Pilotlight, is inviting applications to its Weston Charity Awards 2026.
The awards celebrate and support small charities that are working to alleviate disadvantage in one or more of the following fields:
- Community: This includes volunteering work, practical projects to improve an area, running community centres and providing a range of services for their local community, especially for those who may be vulnerable or in need
- Environment: This includes practical action around sustainable land use and fishing, renewable energy, recycling schemes, biodiversity, species preservation, marine life, education, climate change science and conservation
- Welfare: This includes helping adults experiencing exclusion, social or economic hardship; people experiencing homelessness; people who are at risk of offending or reoffending; and charities supporting older people or people with disabilities
- Youth: This includes providing services to children and young people up to the age of 25, such as offering advice and guidance, work experience, training and coaching. Schools are not eligible to apply to the Awards
Grants of £6,500 are available to up to twenty-two charities in Wales, the Midlands, and the North of England, plus 8 months’ free access to a leadership coaching programme run by Pilotlight worth an estimated £16,000. This can include advice in areas such as planning, finances, strategy development, fundraising, and expansion.
The Awards are intended to deliver long-term benefit and enable charities to become stronger, more effective, and sustainable.
To be eligible, organisations must have an annual income of less than £5 million.
The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 9th January 2026.
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