Young Gamechangers Fund

Deadline : 19 December 2023

Grants are available for youth-led organisations across the United Kingdom to deliver projects and activities that support youth-led social action in local communities.
 

Hinrichsen Foundation Accepting Applications for 2024 Musical Performances

Deadline : 31 December 2023
Funding is available to support organisations and individuals undertaking projects to promote music, particularly contemporary music, in the UK.
 

Windrush Day Grant Scheme 2024

Deadline:   17 December 2023
Grants are available for local authorities, charities and community groups in England and Northern Ireland to commemorate, celebrate and educate people about the history of the MV Empire Windrush and the contribution of the Windrush generation and their descendants.

Veterans’ Capital Housing Fund – Major Capital Grants Programme

Deadline: 3 January 2024
Grants for charities and registered social housing providers with at least five year’s housing experience to support new builds and significant refurbishments, including extensions, of rental accommodation offering high quality support for veterans with a housing need.

Thomas Wall Trust – Grants for Registered Charities

Deadline: 8 January 2024
Grants are available for UK registered charities for specific projects or core activities that equip disadvantaged people aged 18 and over with the necessary communication skills for employment.
 

Nature Hubs: new grant fund opens to create more green spaces

Deadline: 11 January 2024
Grants are available for registered organisations across England, Scotland, and Wales to deliver projects and activities that create or enhance green spaces within 5 kilometres of a Starbucks store.

Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF) Wave 2

Deadline:  19 January 2024
Registered providers of social housing in England can bid for funding to improve the energy performance of their social homes.

Deadline: 1 January 2025
Funding is being provided to building owners, freeholders and registered providers of social housing to meet the cost of removing unsafe cladding on residential blocks of flats in England that do not comply with building regulations.

Electric Vehicle (EV) Infrastructure Grant for Residential Car Parks

Deadline:  31 March 2025
Grants for UK entities that rent, lease or manage residential properties (landlords) who wish to install electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints in their properties.
 

Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF) – Project Viability Grants for England

Deadline:  N/A
Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations, including social enterprises, in England to support early-stage feasibility work on historic building projects in England.
 

Arts Council England National Lottery Projects Grants

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for individual artists, community and cultural organisations to support arts, museums and libraries projects that engage people in England with arts and culture.
 

AbbVie UK Grants

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to healthcare organisations and charitable institutions in the UK for health, science, learning and community-based projects.

Alzheimer’s Research UK

Deadline: N/A

The Trust funds biomedical research into the cause, diagnosis/detection, prevention and treatment of Alzheimer’s and related dementias. A number of different funding streams are available to scientists based in the UK.

Alpkit Foundation

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to community groups, schools and other not-for-profit organisations for projects that champion education, participation, environment, diversity and health in the UK.

Aviva Community Fund – Cost of Living Boost (with Crowdfunding)

Deadline:N/A
Grants are available through this match funding scheme to assist local not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are working to help local people in financial need.
 

Andy Thomson Foundation

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to small registered charities working to help disadvantaged people, primarily in the South East of England.

Access Without Limits Grants for Community Organisations England

Deadline: N/A
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.

Ashley Family Foundation

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for projects in England and Wales that fit with the Foundation’s ethos of protecting rural communities and encouraging participation in the arts.

Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to UK based charities for projects that support socially disadvantaged and disabled people of all ages.

British Gas Energy Trust

Deadline:  N/A

Grants are available to individuals and families across Great Britain to be used to write off their energy debts.

Britford Bridge Trust

Deadline : N/A

Grants are available to UK registered charities involved in the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage or science.

Barclays Community Football Fund

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available for not-for-profit groups in the UK to help improve access to football for all by running football activities for underrepresented groups. This is only open to new groups who have not already received a grant through this fund.

B&Q Foundation Grants

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to UK registered charities for projects that improve homes and communities spaces for those who are experiencing homelessness, in financial hardship, impacted by health, disability or other disadvantage or distress.

BBC Children in Need – Core Grants

Deadline: N/A

Grants to cover core costs are available for not-for-profit organisations that are working with disadvantaged children and young people aged up to 18 years and living in the UK.
  

Bromley Trust

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for UK registered charities that are working in the areas of human rights and prison reform at a national or regional level within the UK.

Bally’s Foundation

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available for organisations who support individuals suffering from mental health issues and who focus on research in the mental health field.

Betsy Foundation

Deadline: N/A
Grants of up to £30,000 to UK registered charities, with income under £0.75m pa, that operate in London and the South-East, to help them overcome poverty, abuse and homelessness for the younger members of our society.

Big Issue Invest – Social Enterprise Investment Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available in the form of loans to social enterprises and registered charities based in the UK. 

Benefact Trust – Heritage Skills for Christian Buildings Grants

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for registered Christian charities in the UK and Ireland to provide training, scholarships, and apprenticeships for individuals in heritage skills that are essential for the preservation and maintenance of historic Christian buildings.

British Cycling (with Crowdfunding) – Places to Ride Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for sports clubs and community organisations who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to develop new or improve existing cycling facilities and activities in communities across England.

Barclays Community Football Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to community groups in the UK to a make playing football more accessible at the grassroots level, and in particular encourage girls and young people from lower socio-economic and under-represented groups, including culturally diverse communities, young people with disabilities, and young people from the LGBTQ+ community to take part.

Crowdfunder Launches Cost of Living Resilience Fund for England

Deadline:  N/A

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.

Community Led Housing (CLH) Fund

Deadline:  N/A

Loans and blended finance are available to enable community groups to plan and build affordable homes, including the purchase of land, in communities across

Community Shares Booster Fund

Deadline: N/A

Grant funding and matched equity investment are available for community businesses in England that are at all stages of a community share issue.

Community Ownership Fund

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to voluntary, community and charitable organisations in the UK to support them in taking ownership of local assets such as pubs, theatres and parks.

Cash For Kids – UK (Hits Radio)

Deadline : N/A

Grants are available to charities and voluntary and community groups to help disadvantaged and disabled children up to and including the age of 18 years in Hits Radio broadcast area.

COSARAF – Hardship Grants

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available for third party social organisations to support individuals and families across the UK who are in financial need and have exhausted all other sources of funding.

Community Ownership Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to voluntary, community and charitable organisations in the UK to support them in taking ownership of local assets such as pubs, theatres and parks.

Climate Action Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for community-led partnerships in the UK to make changes in their community that they believe will have the biggest impact on climate change.

Displacement Education Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for UK registered charities, community groups and schools to support projects working with displaced children and young people both in the UK and internationally.

Department for Education – Senior Mental Health Lead Training

Deadline: N/A
Grants and access to quality assured training available to help develop a whole school or college approach to mental health and wellbeing.

DWF Charitable Foundation

Deadline: N/A
One-off grants are available to registered charities in the UK for projects that address issues of homelessness, employability, education, health and well being, and environment and sustainability.

Friends of Friendless Churches – The Cottam Will Trust

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available for the purchase of works of art to be placed in medieval churches in England and Wales for the advancement of religion.

Family Action – Welfare Grants Programme

Deadline: N/A
Grants to support families and individuals for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits.

Friends of the Elderly – Grants for Older People

Deadline: N/A
Friends of the Elderly – Grants for Older People
Small grants are available to support older people living on low incomes in England and Wales with the costs of home essentials, unexpected large bills, living costs and getting connected online.

Funding to Combat Loneliness Among Older People and Adults with Disabilities Across Great Britain

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for small groups and charities across England, Scotland, and Wales to support older people and adults with physical, learning, and mental disabilities to get active, connect with people, and engage with their local community.

Football Foundation – Return to Disability Football Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to enable football clubs and organisations in England to restart or deliver new disability football activities following the period of COVID-19 restrictions.

Funding for Heritage, Music and Health Projects Across the UK

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available for charities across the UK to deliver heritage, music, and health projects that promote long-term sustainability and measurable social outcomes.

The Million Hours Fund Opens for Second Round

Deadline:  N/A

Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations, schools and local authorities to provide extra support to young people (aged 11 to 18 years; up to 25 years with disabilities and special educational needs) who are at risk of anti-social behaviour in eligible areas of England.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Veterans’ Career Development Fund 

Deadline:  8 January 2024

Grants are available to not-for-profit groups across the UK for projects that deliver qualifications and training to enable veterans and their families to enter stable long-term employment.

Sea-Changers Marine Conservation Social Fund

Deadline:  22 December 2023

Grants are available for community-based projects in the UK that have marine conservation outcomes whilst also benefitting the health and wellbeing of participants and/or disadvantaged communities.

Veterans’ Foundation

Deadline: 30 January 2024.

Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide support to those in need among serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families across the UK.

Department of Health and Social Care – Community Automated External Defibrillators Fund

Deadline:  21 September 2024

Grants are available for community organisations across England to buy an automated external defibrillators (AED) to install in a public place.

NextEnergy South East England Solar Impact Fund

Deadline:  24 October 2024

Grants are available for local groups to support social and environmental projects and activities that benefit the residents around NextEnergy’s solar assets in Southeast England.

Neighbourhood Planning Grants and Support Programme Now Open for Applications

Deadline:  N/A

Grants and technical support are available for town and parish councils, neighbourhood forums and prospective neighbourhood forums to draw up a neighbourhood plan or neighbourhood development order in England.

Lush Charity Pot

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to small grass-roots organisations working in environment, animal protection and human rights, with priority for less popular causes that aim to create long-term change and struggle to find funding.  

Mental Health Sustainability Programme Helplines Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for small grassroots mental health voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations across England that offer helpline services to support sustainability and the continued delivery of services in response to the pandemic.

Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants

Deadline: N/A

Funding available to support school breakfast clubs in the UK.

Masonic Charitable Foundation – Bursaries for Hospice Staff

Deadline: N/A

Bursaries are available to support the professional development of individual staff in Hospices that are members of Hospice UK in England, Wales, the Channel Islands or Isle of Man.

Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation (with Crowdfunding)

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for registered charities and Community Interest Companies who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support sustainable community projects based across England, Scotland and Wales.
 

Motability – Reducing Barriers to Driving Programme

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which improve and expand private transport options for disabled people and their families in the UK.

Motability – Travel with Confidence Grants

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which develop, expand and improve confidence in making journeys and active travel for disabled people.

Motability – Research Grants

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for not-for-profit groups to undertake research to help better understand the problems that disabled people face in the transport system and to how they can be solved.

McCarthy Stone Foundation – Small Grants Programme

Deadline: N/A

Support available to charities for community projects that focus on the health and wellbeing of older people, intergenerational projects and regeneration of the local community.

Motability – Active Travel Grants

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which expand access to quality and affordable travel equipment and journeys, and ensure disabled people have the same opportunities to make decisions about how they travel in the UK.  

Morrisons Foundation

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to registered charities for new projects which directly improve the lives of local people or communities, especially those that are vulnerable or disadvantaged, in England, Scotland or Wales.

Masonic Charitable Foundation 
Children and Young People Grants Programme

Deadline: N/A
Grants for charities in England and Wales for projects that support disadvantaged and vulnerable children and young people aged up to 18 years (up to 25 years for disabled young people) to overcome the barriers they face in order to achieve the best possible start in life.

Motability – Wheelchair Sector Grants

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which make immediate impact for disabled people, by improving and expanding their access to good quality wheelchairs in the UK.

Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment.

National Lottery Community Fund – Climate Action Fund: Energy and Climate

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups and partnerships for community-driven projects which address climate change while tackling energy challenges across the UK.

National Heritage Memorial Fund

Deadline: April 2023
Funding for charities, not-for-profit organisations and public bodies to help with the cost of acquiring historic land, buildings, works of fine and decorative art and other objects of interest which are important to national heritage.

 

National Lottery Community Fund – Bringing People Together

Deadline: N/A
Large grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in the United Kingdom for projects that will build stronger connections across communities, and improve the infrastructure and conditions that are needed to strengthen these connections.

National Lottery Community Fund UK Portfolio
Growing Great Ideas Programme

Deadline: N/A
Funding for not-for-profit organisations working together to test new ideas, new approaches that experiment with how to do things differently with a focus on supporting transformational and longer-term change.

National Lottery Awards for All – England

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community

National Lottery Community Fund – Partnerships

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in England which work together with a shared set of goals and values to help their community thrive.

National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities

Deadline: N/A
Large grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in England for projects that make positive changes in their communities.

Oakland Foundation

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to support children and their families in England and Wales with projects that address the themes of education, health and nutrition, and sport.

Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme

Deadline:  N/A

Grants are available for activity providers, communities, networks and organisations across the UK to develop new opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active or help increase their levels of physical activity.

Peter Cruddas Foundation

Deadline: N/A
The charity helps disadvantaged and disengaged young people in the age range of 16 to 30, to pursue pathways to Education, Training and Employment. Those we cannot help financially, we hope to help in other ways, through mentoring, business planning and networking.

Peter Harrison Foundation

Deadline: N/A
UK registered charities and CASCs running sports projects for people who are disabled or otherwise disadvantaged to fulfil their potential and develop personal and life skills. Opportunities through Sport, Special Needs and Care for Children and Young People and Opportunities through Education. Preference for SE England. Will fund capital projects. 

Pets at Home Foundation – Pets Through People Grants

Deadline: 22 December 2023

Grants are available for charities who provide temporary or ongoing assistance to ensure pets can remain with their owners, and/or change the lives of adults and children through the provision of animal-based activities.

Shanly Foundation COVID

Deadline: N/A
Registered charities, sports and social clubs and community organisations that help individuals and benefit the local community, including support for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the homeless, those with mental health issues and people with physical disabilities, injury or life limiting illness in Bucks, Herts, Surrey and Berks. 

Social and Sustainable Housing Fund

Deadline: N/A
Loans are available to registered charities and social enterprises in the UK to enable them to provide appropriate housing for disadvantaged families and individuals.

Sport England – Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Activity Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups across England in celebration of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee for projects which bring communities together and provide opportunities for people who may be less physically active.

Sovereign Thriving Communities (with Crowdfunding)

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations and community groups who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to support projects that benefit Sovereign communities and residents.

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust – Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme

Deadline: N/A
Grants for UK based registered charities that support sick and disadvantaged people.

Sport England (with Crowdfunding) – Return to Play: Active Together

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available for new or existing community businesses in England who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to deliver a wide range of community-led projects, in particular supporting marginalised communities, less affluent areas, projects led by younger people, climate crisis and digital transformation.

 

The Four Barrows Foundation

Deadline: N/A

Grants are available to charities and primary schools in Lothian, Fife, Wiltshire, Berkshire and Surrey for projects and activities that benefit children up to the age of 12.

Tesco Community Grants

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to non-profit making, constituted groups and organisations for local good causes that focus on supporting children and families in the UK

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to smaller charitable and not-for-profit organisations in the UK to fund community and family support projects in areas of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural areas. 

Wolfson Foundation – Hospice Care Home Training Programme

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to allow hospices to run training courses on dementia care at free or heavily discounted cost to care home staff in the UK.

The Prospectory – Idea Fund

Deadline: N/A
Grants are available to individuals or small groups or organisations based in the United Kingdom who have a novel technical idea which they want to try out.

Affordable Homes Programme (AHP) 2021 to 2026

Deadline: N/A

An £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme will be delivered over five years from 2021 to 2026, providing up to 180,000 new homes across England, should economic conditions allow.

Sovereign Network Group: Thriving Communities Fund

Crowdfunder and Sovereign Network Group (SNG) have come together once again to support projects benefiting SNG communities. If your project delivers social action and is helping people to thrive, you could receive an extra cash injection alongside what you raise from the crowd.

Thriving Communities Fund is now open on Crowdfunder! total fund amount is £350,000 and we have grants of up to £10,000 to award to not for profit groups and organisations delivering in our SNG communities and benefiting our communities and residents.

Themes for this year are – Youth, Health and well-being, Ageing-well, Social Inclusion and Isolation (including EDI), Environment & Place, Customer Voice, Employment support, Food Insecurity and Digital Inclusion & skills, Money Matters and Debt Advice. 

 

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