Funding Opportunities – –
Deadline Soon:
Applications deadline: 14 August 2026.
One-off grants are available for UK registered charities who are working to improve the lives of people in need.
Application deadline: 14 August 2026
One-off grants are available for UK registered charities who are providing home-starter packs for people in need to move into their home.
Application deadline – 5 August 2026 (12:00)
Up to 12 large grants are available for organisations to partner with the NLCF to support community leaders who are making change in and for their communities in England.
Application deadline: 17 August 2026 (decisions 30 September 2026).
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.
Application deadline: 31 August 2026.
The Democratic Engagement Fund will provide grants to civil society organisations operating in England to deliver politically neutral, place-based activities that help people understand, engage with, and participate in democracy.
The Fund focuses on groups that are currently less democratically engaged and aims to generate evidence on what works to increase democratic participation, informing future policy and practice
Eligible organisations will be able to submit an expression of interest from 15 July 2026 (9:00) until the deadline of 26 August 2026 (17:00).
Grants are available for organisations and partnerships supporting newcomers (refugees, people seeking asylum and other migrants including people with no recourse to public funds) to the UK to rebuild their lives, feel at home and become active members of their local communities.
Application deadline – 5 August 2026 (12:00)
Up to 12 large grants are available for organisations to partner with the NLCF to support community leaders who are making change in and for their communities in England.
Application deadline: 9 September 2026 (17:00).
Good place to live: New Beginnings Fund – is now open
Funding is available to registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations and community interest companies in England and Wales providing services that help prevent homelessness among people facing key life transitions.
Applications deadline: 30 September 2026.
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations and community groups in areas where Veolia partners with the local authority to support projects that will help transform their local community or environment.
Application deadline – 28 September 2026
Grants are available for UK charities who are working with vulnerable and disadvantaged people within the UK.
Application deadline – 30 September 2026
Groundwork is delivering grants programme for small community and voluntary organisations with an annual income of £25,000 or less, providing unrestricted grants of up to £2,000.
They are looking to support organisations that are making a positive difference in their local communities, particularly those working with vulnerable people. They will need to be delivering work in at least one of the following areas:
Enabling participation in the arts
Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
Providing support to improve mental health
Supporting marginalised groups and/or tackling inequality
Thriving Communities Fund offers funding that empowers local groups to create sustainable, inclusive communities’ people are proud to live in.
The fund is now open for applications and offering grants up to £5000.
The fund will be split into 2 rounds:-
The first round will be open from 13th July 2026, and close on 18th September 2026.
The second round will be open from 9th November 2026 and close on 24th December 2026.
Total of £100,000 to be awarded across the two rounds!
This year we will be focusing funding on the following priorities:-
Health, wellbeing & social inclusion
Community Safety
Funding will be focussing on specific SNG locations are ‘Basingstoke’ in Hampshire and ‘Thatcham and Newbury’ in Berkshire
If you have any questions please do get in touch with grants@sng.org.uk
Swan Mountain trust
The Swan Mountain trust is a small grant making trust.. For the next three years we will focus on organisations concerned with refugees and asylum seekers, with particular emphasis on the mental health of young people in these categories.
The Trustees meet three times a year in February, June and October. Applications can be submitted at any time, and an email enquiry in the first instance is appropriate.
We generally focus on small organisations (under £500k income) and the usual level of our grants is in the £2,000 – £4,000 range. We aim to support particular needs within our target organisations.
Applications may be made at anytime to: Jan Hargreaves, 7 Mount Vernon, London, NW3 6QS or by email- jan.swanmountaintrust@gmail.com
Leaving school is meant to be the start of something.
For a young person with a learning disability, it can be the point where support falls away. Too often, they leave education without a clear route towards paid work.
Careers advice that doesn’t reflect how they learn. Work experience that never quite happens. No one showing them what a real job looks like.
The fund will support organisations putting trained job coaches to work inside schools, alongside young people with learning disabilities from age 14. A job coach builds a picture of what each young person is good at, arranges work experience that matches their strengths, and introduces them to employers before they leave education.
If your organisation delivers supported employment, or you know one that does, visit fund page to find out more, check your eligibility, and register for launch webinar on Tuesday 21 July, 11am–12pm.
Applications will open on 22 July 2026.
There are no deadlines. This is a rolling programme and applications can be made at any time during the year.
Grants are available for schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK supporting children and young people to improve access to fruits and vegetables.
Applications deadline- 11 September 2026 (noon)
Grants are available for UK-based visual art organisations to bring opportunities for making into their work in art education within the UK.
Applications deadline: 9 October 2026.
Grants are available to large charitable groups and organisations in the UK for projects that further the objectives of the NFU Mutual Charitable Trust, particularly those that educate young people in rural areas and the relief of poverty in rural areas.
There are no deadlines. Applications are processed usually within 10 working days.
Funding for the purchase of essential items to meet the most basic needs of children and young people in the UK who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances.
Grants are available through a partnership programme to support not-for-profit organisations with local community projects that address social welfare and environmental issues.
Applications are accepted during the following application windows:
1 September 2026 and 30 September 2026
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Grants are available for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and other not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver projects and activities that help to strengthen communities, build digital confidence, improve the environment, and help people access skills for the future.
West Berkshire Council and Greenham Trust have once again joined forces to launch the new Community Wellbeing Fund, a £110,000 funding pot designed to help local community and voluntary organisations support residents’ mental health, wellbeing, and access to physical activity opportunities across the district.
Applications deadline- 3 September 2026 (16:00).
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that provide specific health-related activities that support the health and well-being of people living in one of the eight northwest London boroughs.
Grants are available for projects in the UK for the preservation/repair of historic buildings and the conservation of items, collections and records.
Grants are available for UK based charitable, educational and ecclesiastical organisations to support health, heritage and music in the UK and abroad.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2026.
One-off grants are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of hardship; children and young people; disability and inclusion; the elderly; health; military; environment and conservation; the arts; and heritage.
Applications are currently open. There is no closing date.
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are working in partnerships to support projects that strengthen the food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities within the UK.
The application deadlines for 2026: Round one: 15 April 2026, Round two: 7 October 2026
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are delivering bold, long-term solutions to help people build financial resilience.
Application windows opening and closing as funds allow.
Grants to support disadvantaged children and young people (up to and including 18 years old) in the UK who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional support needs.
The application deadline: 30 September 2026.
Grants are available for small, grassroots charities, community interest communities (CICs), and voluntary and community groups across England to deliver vital services that benefit their local communities.
The 2026 deadlines for: Standard grant applications are 8 October 2026, and 5 January 2027
Large grant applications are, 10 September, and 2 December 2026.
One-off grants are available to registered medically related charities in the UK and Republic of Ireland for medical capital projects, medical care or research, medical training and running costs.
The deadlines for applications are:
30 September 2026 for the October 2026 meeting.
Grants are available to small UK registered charities to help them improve their digital presence.
Applications deadline:30 September 2026 (17:00).
Local authorities in England can apply for capital funding to create or expand nursery provision in state-funded primary schools, Maintained Nursery Schools and eligible Best Start Family Hub sites.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Grants are available for community groups, charities, and other not-for-profit groups across the UK to deliver projects and activities that support early years deaf children and their families.
Round 3 opens 25 August and closes 1 September 2026
Unrestricted grants are available for registered charities, community interest companies, and community benefit societies based and working in the south of England whose main activities address the current themes of the Trust.
Applications Deadline : N/A
Grants are available for grassroots organisations in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Developing Counties working in the areas of housing and welfare, children, youth, education, medica, disability, environment and overseas.
Applications may be made at any time.
Grants are available to improve football facilities for women and girls involved in grassroots football in England.
Applications 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.
Applications can be submitted at any time until a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Grants are available for UK-based charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to support projects and activities that significantly improve the lives of those in need in the UK and around the world.
Applications may be submitted at any time.
Grants are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community.
Applications may be submitted at any time and are likely to receive a decision within 40 weeks.
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations, including schools, statutory or public bodies, serving communities in England for activities that support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination and support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives.
All applications received up until early April 2026 are likely to be considered in the lead up to the June 2026 Trustee meeting.
Applications can be made at any time and are considered three times a year, generally in February, June and October.
Grants are available to small registered charities, voluntary groups and charitable organisations in the UK for work that makes a difference to people’s lives as opposed to simply alleviating the symptoms or current problems and should aim to reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination.
There are no deadlines
Grants are available to charitable organisations in the UK who are working in the areas of arts, community, education, environment, faith, health, museums and heritage, welfare and youth.
Small grants are available to UK organisations with a charity and community Co-operative Bank account.
Applications received from:
1 April to 30 September are assessed in October.
Applications are open and will be accepted until all of the funding has been allocated.
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.
Applications deadline: The Trustees meet three times a year to consider applications.
Grants are available for small, local charitable organisations for activities in West Berkshire or neighbouring counties.
Applications deadline: N/A
Grants are available for community-led projects in England that can improve men’s health and reduce inequalities.
Applicants should complete a short form on the programme website to receive further information and opportunities to get involved.
A collaborative programme that brings together partners, funding and innovation to develop technology-driven solutions addressing major challenges in adult vocational learning in the UK.
In 2026, applications must be submitted by the deadlines of 7 September 2026; and 9 November 2026.
A small number of grants are available each year to small not-for-profit groups with projects that address a community issue or support a local community initiative; and provide benefits to the local community.
The purpose of this fund is to tackle inequalities that hinder certain groups from participating in cricket. This fund is run in collaboration with Sport England Lottery Fund. Projects in England and Wales in the following groups are prioritised:
Women’s and girls’ cricket
Cricket in diverse communities
Disability cricket
Low socio-economic groups
County Grants Fund
The process begins with an Expression of Interest, open 4 June–25 June (midday), followed by a full application for shortlisted groups.
Multi‑year grants of around £30,000 from a £150,000 total pot to strengthen preventative and early‑intervention domestic abuse support in Oxfordshire. The fund focuses on people experiencing emerging abuse (coercive control, emotional, psychological, financial or other non‑physical forms) where timely support can prevent escalation to crisis. Open to charities, CIOs, charitable companies, CICs and constituted community groups with income under £1m, operating in Oxfordshire for at least a year.
Applications deadline:30 September 2026.
Grants for UK-based charities addressing health and social issues, the arts, education and animal welfare.
The deadline for outline applications will be in October 2026.
Grants are available for research projects to generate new evidence on racial diversity, racial inequalities and their causes, and potential pathways toward greater racial justice and inclusion in the UK.
Applications are currently open.
Grants are available for UK registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations for projects, including those whose work directly supports those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, which are embedded in the communities in which Arnold Clark operates.
Applications deadline:17 September 2026.
Grants are available for organisations that are doing charitable work in the UK (though they do not need to be a charity) who use, or want to use, the law to create change that builds social justice within their communities within the UK.
Community Grants – Monday 14th September
Youth Distribution Grants – Monday 18th October
Tenants Distribution Grants – Monday 9th November
Application deadline – 5 August 2026 (12:00)
Up to 12 large grants are available for organisations to partner with the NLCF to support community leaders who are making change in and for their communities in England.
Applications deadline: 30 September 2026.
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations and community groups in areas where Veolia partners with the local authority to support projects that will help transform their local community or environment.
Application deadline – 28 September 2026
Grants are available for UK charities who are working with vulnerable and disadvantaged people within the UK.
Application deadline – 30 September 2026
Groundwork is delivering grants programme for small community and voluntary organisations with an annual income of £25,000 or less, providing unrestricted grants of up to £2,000.
They are looking to support organisations that are making a positive difference in their local communities, particularly those working with vulnerable people. They will need to be delivering work in at least one of the following areas:
Enabling participation in the arts
Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
Providing support to improve mental health
Supporting marginalised groups and/or tackling inequality
Thriving Communities Fund offers funding that empowers local groups to create sustainable, inclusive communities’ people are proud to live in.
The fund is now open for applications and offering grants up to £5000.
The fund will be split into 2 rounds:-
The first round will be open from 13th July 2026, and close on 18th September 2026.
The second round will be open from 9th November 2026 and close on 24th December 2026.
Total of £100,000 to be awarded across the two rounds!
This year we will be focusing funding on the following priorities:-
Health, wellbeing & social inclusion
Community Safety
Funding will be focussing on specific SNG locations are ‘Basingstoke’ in Hampshire and ‘Thatcham and Newbury’ in Berkshire
If you have any questions please do get in touch with grants@sng.org.uk
Swan Mountain trust
The Swan Mountain trust is a small grant making trust.. For the next three years we will focus on organisations concerned with refugees and asylum seekers, with particular emphasis on the mental health of young people in these categories.
The Trustees meet three times a year in February, June and October. Applications can be submitted at any time, and an email enquiry in the first instance is appropriate.
We generally focus on small organisations (under £500k income) and the usual level of our grants is in the £2,000 – £4,000 range. We aim to support particular needs within our target organisations.
Applications may be made at anytime to: Jan Hargreaves, 7 Mount Vernon, London, NW3 6QS or by email- jan.swanmountaintrust@gmail.com
Leaving school is meant to be the start of something.
For a young person with a learning disability, it can be the point where support falls away. Too often, they leave education without a clear route towards paid work.
Careers advice that doesn’t reflect how they learn. Work experience that never quite happens. No one showing them what a real job looks like.
The fund will support organisations putting trained job coaches to work inside schools, alongside young people with learning disabilities from age 14. A job coach builds a picture of what each young person is good at, arranges work experience that matches their strengths, and introduces them to employers before they leave education.
If your organisation delivers supported employment, or you know one that does, visit fund page to find out more, check your eligibility, and register for launch webinar on Tuesday 21 July, 11am–12pm.
Applications will open on 22 July 2026.
There are no deadlines. This is a rolling programme and applications can be made at any time during the year.
Grants are available for schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK supporting children and young people to improve access to fruits and vegetables.
Applications deadline- 11 September 2026 (noon)
Grants are available for UK-based visual art organisations to bring opportunities for making into their work in art education within the UK.
There are no deadlines. Applications are processed usually within 10 working days.
Funding for the purchase of essential items to meet the most basic needs of children and young people in the UK who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances.
Grants are available through a partnership programme to support not-for-profit organisations with local community projects that address social welfare and environmental issues.
Applications are accepted during the following application windows:
1 September 2026 and 30 September 2026
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Grants are available for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and other not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver projects and activities that help to strengthen communities, build digital confidence, improve the environment, and help people access skills for the future.
West Berkshire Council and Greenham Trust have once again joined forces to launch the new Community Wellbeing Fund, a £110,000 funding pot designed to help local community and voluntary organisations support residents’ mental health, wellbeing, and access to physical activity opportunities across the district.
Applications deadline- 3 September 2026 (16:00).
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations that provide specific health-related activities that support the health and well-being of people living in one of the eight northwest London boroughs.
Grants are available for projects in the UK for the preservation/repair of historic buildings and the conservation of items, collections and records.
Grants are available for UK based charitable, educational and ecclesiastical organisations to support health, heritage and music in the UK and abroad.
Application Deadline: 1 September 2026.
One-off grants are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of hardship; children and young people; disability and inclusion; the elderly; health; military; environment and conservation; the arts; and heritage.
Applications are currently open. There is no closing date.
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are working in partnerships to support projects that strengthen the food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities within the UK.
The application deadlines for 2026: Round one: 15 April 2026, Round two: 7 October 2026
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK that are delivering bold, long-term solutions to help people build financial resilience.
Application windows opening and closing as funds allow.
Grants to support disadvantaged children and young people (up to and including 18 years old) in the UK who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional support needs.
The application deadline: 30 September 2026.
Grants are available for small, grassroots charities, community interest communities (CICs), and voluntary and community groups across England to deliver vital services that benefit their local communities.
The 2026 deadlines for: Standard grant applications are 8 October 2026, and 5 January 2027
Large grant applications are, 10 September, and 2 December 2026.
One-off grants are available to registered medically related charities in the UK and Republic of Ireland for medical capital projects, medical care or research, medical training and running costs.
The deadlines for applications are:
30 September 2026 for the October 2026 meeting.
Grants are available to small UK registered charities to help them improve their digital presence.
Applications deadline:30 September 2026 (17:00).
Local authorities in England can apply for capital funding to create or expand nursery provision in state-funded primary schools, Maintained Nursery Schools and eligible Best Start Family Hub sites.
Applications can be submitted at any time.
Grants are available for community groups, charities, and other not-for-profit groups across the UK to deliver projects and activities that support early years deaf children and their families.
Round 3 opens 25 August and closes 1 September 2026
Unrestricted grants are available for registered charities, community interest companies, and community benefit societies based and working in the south of England whose main activities address the current themes of the Trust.
Applications Deadline : N/A
Grants are available for grassroots organisations in Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Developing Counties working in the areas of housing and welfare, children, youth, education, medica, disability, environment and overseas.
Applications may be made at any time.
Grants are available to improve football facilities for women and girls involved in grassroots football in England.
Applications 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.
Applications can be submitted at any time until a sufficient number of applications have been received.
Grants are available for UK-based charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to support projects and activities that significantly improve the lives of those in need in the UK and around the world.
Applications may be submitted at any time.
Grants are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community.
Applications may be submitted at any time and are likely to receive a decision within 40 weeks.
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations, including schools, statutory or public bodies, serving communities in England for activities that support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination and support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives.
All applications received up until early April 2026 are likely to be considered in the lead up to the June 2026 Trustee meeting.
Applications can be made at any time and are considered three times a year, generally in February, June and October.
Grants are available to small registered charities, voluntary groups and charitable organisations in the UK for work that makes a difference to people’s lives as opposed to simply alleviating the symptoms or current problems and should aim to reduce isolation, stigma and discrimination.
There are no deadlines
Grants are available to charitable organisations in the UK who are working in the areas of arts, community, education, environment, faith, health, museums and heritage, welfare and youth.
Small grants are available to UK organisations with a charity and community Co-operative Bank account.
Applications received from:
1 April to 30 September are assessed in October.
Applications are open and will be accepted until all of the funding has been allocated.
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.
Applications deadline: The Trustees meet three times a year to consider applications.
Grants are available for small, local charitable organisations for activities in West Berkshire or neighbouring counties.
Applications deadline: N/A
Grants are available for community-led projects in England that can improve men’s health and reduce inequalities.
Applicants should complete a short form on the programme website to receive further information and opportunities to get involved.
A collaborative programme that brings together partners, funding and innovation to develop technology-driven solutions addressing major challenges in adult vocational learning in the UK.
In 2026, applications must be submitted by the deadlines of 7 September 2026; and 9 November 2026.
A small number of grants are available each year to small not-for-profit groups with projects that address a community issue or support a local community initiative; and provide benefits to the local community.
The purpose of this fund is to tackle inequalities that hinder certain groups from participating in cricket. This fund is run in collaboration with Sport England Lottery Fund. Projects in England and Wales in the following groups are prioritised:
Women’s and girls’ cricket
Cricket in diverse communities
Disability cricket
Low socio-economic groups
County Grants Fund
The process begins with an Expression of Interest, open 4 June–25 June (midday), followed by a full application for shortlisted groups.
Multi‑year grants of around £30,000 from a £150,000 total pot to strengthen preventative and early‑intervention domestic abuse support in Oxfordshire. The fund focuses on people experiencing emerging abuse (coercive control, emotional, psychological, financial or other non‑physical forms) where timely support can prevent escalation to crisis. Open to charities, CIOs, charitable companies, CICs and constituted community groups with income under £1m, operating in Oxfordshire for at least a year.
Applications deadline:30 September 2026.
Grants for UK-based charities addressing health and social issues, the arts, education and animal welfare.
The deadline for outline applications will be in October 2026.
Grants are available for research projects to generate new evidence on racial diversity, racial inequalities and their causes, and potential pathways toward greater racial justice and inclusion in the UK.
Applications are currently open.
Grants are available for UK registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations for projects, including those whose work directly supports those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, which are embedded in the communities in which Arnold Clark operates.
Applications deadline:17 September 2026.
Grants are available for organisations that are doing charitable work in the UK (though they do not need to be a charity) who use, or want to use, the law to create change that builds social justice within their communities within the UK.
Community Grants – Monday 14th September
Youth Distribution Grants – Monday 18th October
Tenants Distribution Grants – Monday 9th November