Last updated 14 January 2024
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January
The Gisela Graham Foundation grants Applications will reopen in January 2025
The Gisela Graham Foundation is a small charity which reflects the wishes and support of the proprietor, Gisela Graham, together with her fellow Trustees. The Foundation aims to provide financial benefit to those in need through the provision of grants and other payments to provide assistance in specific cases of poverty and poor education; it will also help to further the advancement of public health and safety and to provide education and cultural life for the general benefit of society.
Grant size: Grants awarded are normally for sums under £10,000, but most donations are for less than £5,000
Go! London Match. Trade. Grow is for London-based not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises aiming to support young people through physical activity and sport, particularly young people from underserved communities. The aim of Match. Trade. Grow is to challenge your organisation to grow its trading base, so you can invest in youth sports and physical activity now and for the future.
Through this programme, the School for Social Entreprenuers want to invest in your organisation, so you can create opportunities for young people that will lead to better social outcomes for them. Match. Trade. Grow is a combination of 12 months of learning support worth over £11,000, and a Match Trading™ grant of up to:
- £15,000 for Trade Up Level
- £25,000 for Scale Up level
Application deadline: 1pm, Tuesday 14th January 2025
For Black and Global Majority-led charities and social enterprises, ‘Make It Big with Pathway Fund’ will provide 8 UK-based charities and enterprises with £25,000 grant funding, bespoke support and training.
Make It Big is here to fill a crucial gap in support for Black and Global Majority-led charities and social enterprises.
Application deadline: 14th January 2025
The objectives of the Trust are framed in general terms to work for a just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices.
The Trust will prioritise organisations that are ineligible for charitable funding because they are considered too political or radical to come within the Charity Commission’s guidelines.
The directors meet three times a year - in March, July and November - and Stage 1 registrations forms must be submitted by 14 January, 14 May or 14 September respectively.
New The Big Give
A seven-day online match funding campaign dedicated to helping charities playing a vital role in tackling pressing environmental issues, run in partnership with Environmental Funders Network (EFN).
Application deadline: Friday 17th Jan 2025
Theatres Trust's Small Grants Programme, supported by The Linbury Trust, funds small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or improving the diversity of audiences.
This new scheme will provide grants of up to £5,000 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future.
Grant size: up to £5,000
Upcoming deadlines:
- 12 noon on 7 June 2024
- 12 noon on Friday 17 January 2025
The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Serving Families: On the Move
The fund is open for applications for grants of up £120,000 for two-to-three-year projects that will improve the quality of life for Service families impacted by relocation as a direct result of Service life.
The first application deadline is 12.00pm on 18th September 2024. You will receive a decision before end of December 2024.
The second application deadline is 12.00pm on 22nd January 2025. You will receive a decision before end of March 2025.
Funding for small specialist charities
Lloyds Bank Foundation are welcoming applications from small specialist charities working with people facing complex issues. Under this programme, there are eight priorities:
- Addiction
- Asylum Seekers and Refugees
- Care Leavers
- Domestic Abuse
- Homelessness
- Offending
- Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
- Trafficking and Modern Day Slavery
Charity size: with an annual income between £25,000 and £500,000.
Grant size: Successful applicants will receive an unrestricted grant of £75,000 alongside a breadth of tailored support aimed at helping strengthen charities and building the knowledge, skills and capabilities of their staff and trustees.
Application deadline: 23rd January 2025, 5.00pm
New Could you deliver a Summer of Sports programme in Mottingham?
Mottingham Big Local Refocused (MBLR) are inviting organisations to submit proposals to deliver a series of Community Fun Days during the Easter and Summer Holidays in 2025. The activities should target children and young people. They also welcome activities that target adults.
A key objective of the programme is to provide opportunities for local people to come together, increase health and wellbeing, and offer diversionary activities to discourage young people becoming involved in anti-social behaviour during the holidays. The activities will bring people together, building stronger relationships and supporting community cohesion.
Closing date for tender submissions: 24th January 2025
The Souter Charitable Trust supports projects engaged in the relief of human suffering in all its aspects in the UK and overseas - especially, but not exclusively, those with a Christian emphasis and ethos. Grants are restricted to UK registered charities only.
Small grants may be awarded for gap year / short term projects which extend to at least one calendar year. Whilst there are no minimum or maximum amounts given an average grant would be a small one off in the region of £1,000 - £3,000.
Next application deadline: Monday 27th January 2025
The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust Opens on Friday 31st January at 8.00am
The Beacon Lodge Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making charity that wants to make a real difference to the lives of children, their families and carers within Greater London. Average grant size being around £5,000 to successful applicants.
Application deadline: Friday 14th March 2025 at 12.00pm Midday
New Amazon Literary Partnership
Helping those from all communities in the UK and the Republic of Ireland tell their stories through writing and find an audience, the Amazon Literary Partnership supports non-profit literary organisations that empower writers to create, publish, learn, teach, experiment, and thrive. They provide grant funding to innovative groups that amplify diverse voices and strive not only for a lasting impact on writers' lives, the literary and publishing communities but also our broader community.
Application deadline: Friday 31st January 2025
The Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation
The Charitable Foundation supports registered charities based in the UK where there is clear benefit to the recipients. Donations of up to £3,000 will be considered, that enable specific tangible items or activities to be purchased rather than donating to general funds.
Consideration will be given to charities whose objectives are:
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To benefit children (aged under 16), through their education and or welfare i.e. literacy, numeracy and reducing poverty.
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To provide youth schemes and projects supporting those in their late teens / early 20s in socially deprived areas with literacy, numeracy and employment.
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To support the elderly by reducing isolation, helping reduce the effects of dementia and Alzheimer’s.
The trustees meet at the beginning of March, June, September and December. Submission deadline dates for the meetings are as follows:
- (for March meeting) 31 January at 5pm
- (for June meeting) 30 April at 5pm
- (for September meeting) 31 July at 5pm
- (for December meeting) 31 October at 5pm
The Radcliffe Trust supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s cultural heritage and crafts sectors.
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For consideration by the Trustees in June: The deadline is 31st January for applications to both the Music and Heritage & Crafts schemes for consideration in June.
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For consideration by the Trustees in December: The deadline is 31st July for applications to both the Music and Heritage & Crafts schemes for consideration in December.
Supporting Christian charities concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts.
Grant size: the maximum grant provided is £12,000
Application deadline: applications are considered at twice yearly Trustee meetings, usually held in April & October and deadlines for receipt of applications are 31st January and 31st July respectively. Please take these dates into account when submitting your application - particularly with time sensitive projects.
The Span Trust seeks to fund projects by awarding grants between £5,000 and £20,000 that will alleviate poverty, disability, age or ill health, and advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment. We offer grants to both registered and exempt charities. The Trust accepts applications twice annually
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Deadline 1: 11.58pm on the last Friday of January (31st January)
Trustees will meet at the end of February and applicants will be notified shortly after.
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Deadline 2: 11.58pm on the last Friday of June
Trustees will meet at the end of July and applicants will be notified shortly after.
Patagonia's Environmental Grants Program
Patagonia supports environmental organisations with bold, direct-action agendas and a commitment to long-term change. They support innovative work that addresses the root causes of the environmental crisis and seeks to protect both the environment and affected communities.
Application deadlines: 30th June (applications received by this date will receive a response by the end of October); 31st January (applications received by this date will receive a response by the end of June)
A B Charitable Trust (ABCT) promotes human dignity and defends human rights for marginalised and excluded people. Funding is available for small to medium sized charities
who work in three priority areas:
- Migrants and refugees
- Criminal justice and penal reform
- Human rights, particularly access to justice
Open programme grants are usually between £10,000 to £20,000 and awarded annually.
Application deadlines for 2023/2024:
- 26th April 2024 - Decisions in July 2024
- 26th July 2024 - Decisions in October 2024
- 25th October 2024 - Decisions in October 2024
- 31st January 2025 - Decisions in April 2025
February
Mottingham Big Local Refocused Community Chest and Youth Fund
Community Chest: up to £5,000 funding for organisations and community groups to run projects, events or services in the MBLR catchment area. Projects must be related to at least one of MBLR’s 7 themes:
- Children & young people
- Older people
- Ethnic minorities
- Employability
- Economic empowerment
- Health & wellbeing
- Green space
Youth Fund: this fund is all about young people becoming local changemakers, bringing to life projects that are important to them. Individuals or groups of young people aged 16-19 (or up to 25 for SEN) can apply for up to £1,000 to run any project that will benefit the people in the MBLR area, and at least one person per group must live in the MBLR area.
Application deadline: applications are accepted on a monthly rolling basis, the deadline to apply is the 1st of each month.
John Lyon’s Charity – School Holiday Activity Fund
The School Holiday Activity Fund is designed to enable organisations to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays. This includes all half-term breaks, Easter, Christmas and the summer holiday. You may apply to the School Holiday Activity Fund once a year for a maximum of three consecutive years.
The Fund will pay for the running costs of holiday programmes that provide young people with activities in supportive and accessible environments. Up to £5,000 is available.
Organisations that are currently in receipt of a grant from John Lyon’s Charity for core services are also eligible to apply to this Fund as long as funds from the Charity are not already being used for holiday activities.
The Fund is considered three times a year.  If you are aiming to deliver activities over multiple school holidays within a 12-month period, you should apply to whichever deadline applies to the first holiday you wish to deliver in.
Application deadlines:
- 1 October (Christmas & February half term)
- 1 February (Easter & May half term)
- 1 May (Summer & October half term)
Three rounds of funding annually, for individuals (e.g musical instruments and lessons) and community projects (e.g initiatives that bring music into the community). Application deadlines for both are on 1st February, 1st July and 1st November.
The Golsoncott Foundation grants
The Golsoncott Foundation is an arts-funding trust whose declared object is ... to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular ... the fine arts and music.
The Trustees meet in early March, June, September, and December. Those applications deemed suitable, after a first appraisal, are then considered at a quarterly determination meeting. Grants rarely exceed £3,000, and are given on a non-recurrent basis with some exceptions.
All applications for grants should be sent to the administrator at the registered office, at least a month before the month of the trustees meeting, i.e., by early February, May, August and November in advance of the March, June, September and December meetings.
The volume of applications is often very high, and the trustees may close the nominal deadline before the end of the quarter. Applicants therefore are advised not to wait until the end of the quarter before submission, the earlier the application the more considered the first appraisal.
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2024-25 Next round opens on Monday 3rd February
The Small Grants Programme is a rolling funding programme for one-off grants of up to £5,000. There are 8 application windows throughout the year and each window will close when 40 applications have been received.
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2024-25 will consider applications from charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) registered and operating in the UK. Applications from Community Interest Companies (CICs) will not be consider considered.
Charities and CIOs must meet the following criteria:
- Deliver activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable members of the community
- Have a planned expenditure of under £200,000 during the financial year in which you are applying for funding.
- Have at least one year’s published accounts
The Small Grants Committee will meet on eight occasions throughout the year, to support timely decisions. An application window will open a few weeks before each meeting and will close when 40 applications have been received.
Key dates upcoming:
- Applications Open - Monday 3 February 2025; Committee Meeting Date - Thursday 13 March 2025
- Applications Open - 10am, Monday 31 March 2025; Committee Meeting Date - Tuesday 6 May 2025
- Applications Open - 10am, Tuesday 6th May 2025; Committee Meeting Date - Thursday 12 June 2025
Grants of up to £35,000 a year are available for one year to promote learning and development that enables young people and adults to gain additional skills and qualifications and confidence to enter the labour market.
Application deadline: Monday 3rd February 2025
New Trust and Health Creation Partnership
An exciting and unique partnership opportunity with South East London Integrated Care Board (ICB), Kings Health Partners (KHP) and South East London VCSE Strategic Alliance to co-create a prevention and health-creation partnership.
This is 3 years funded partnership opportunity (£50,000 per year per partner) to co-develop ways to reduce health inequalities by supporting the ICS to re-imagine prevention and health creation in a way that is community-led and built on trust. The partnership are looking to co-develop ways for VCSEs to incorporate health into their existing holistic community-based services and work together to transform health-led prevention.
They are looking to partner with 5 grassroots ‘By and For’ VCSE organisations based in south east London (Bexley, Bromley, Greenwich, Lambeth, Lewisham and Southwark) who are embedded in, and hold relationship of trust with and deliver services for the following communities/ groups:
- Black, African, and Caribbean adults
- LGBTQ+ communities
- People with learning disabilities
- Children and young people (age 0-18)
EOI deadline: Monday 3rd February 2024
A £3m fund dedicated to Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority collectives, organisations and individuals dismantling systems of oppression for our communities in their work. Grants from £5k to £30k.
Application deadline: 11.59pm, Monday 3rd February 2025
Warburtons' financial giving programme is aimed at supporting projects, activities and organisations.
Grant size: up to £400.
Next application deadline: 3 February 2025
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (EKCT)
Requests for funding must fit within one of the following areas of EKCT’s remit to:
- Support beneficiaries located in Sussex, within one of EKCT’s focus areas as follows: care of the elderly; disability; general welfare; hospices; youth; wildlife & environmental conservation.
- Deliver international or UK based wildlife & environmental conservation projects.
- Deliver international reproductive health family planning projects which have a clear and intended impact on the environment and are delivered in Africa or Asia.
Small Grant: up to £10,000 (applications accepted throughout the year)
Medium Grant: £10,001 to £20,000
Application cycles:
- 4th January – 4th February
- 18th April – 12th May
- 10th July – 13th August
- 9th October – 12th November
Large Grant: over £20,001
Application cycles:
- 4th January – 4th March
- 10th July – 10th September
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds registered charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. The majority of the Trust’s grants are single grants in the range £500 - £5,000 over a one-year period. Occasionally longer-term grants (usually up to 3 years) are agreed by the Trustees when deemed to have particular merit. The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects, and they also consider applications for matched funding.
The Trustees usually consider applications three times a year in March, July and November.
Next application deadline: 11:59pm on the 4th February 2025
New The Big Give: Champions for Children by The Childhood Trust
A fourteen-day online match funding campaign providing unrestricted funding to charities working to alleviate the impact of poverty on children across London.
Application deadline: 7th February 2025
Screwfix are offering grants of up to £5000 to support projects that will fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for those in need throughout the UK. Applications must meet the following criteria:
- Your organisation or project is part of a Charity or Not for Profit Organisation
- The funds will help people in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress) in the UK
- The project relates to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community facilities and other buildings
Please note that applications are approved at the quarterly Trustees meeting which are held in March, June, September and December. The cut off date for applications will be midnight on the 10th of the month prior to the Trustee meeting.
Next deadline: 10th February
During 2021, the Toy Trust welcome applications from small UK children's charities - working for the benefit of children across the UK. As part of your application you will be asked which area of the UK you work.Trustees meet 4 times a year and encourage applicants to note the upcoming deadlines. Every effort is made to review all applications that meet the Trust’s criteria but the Toy Trust reserves the right to review any funding applications received at future meetings should a higher volume than normal be received.
All applicants should:
- Be in support of disadvantaged children aged below 13 years
- Be in support of children and projects regardless of faith, sex or disability
- Come from a charity that has been running for a minimum of one full year
- Be for less than £5000 unless a compelling case can be put forward
- Be for equipment and services but generally NOT for salaries, wages and research
- Applications must be for less than £5000 unless a compelling case can be put forward.
(additional requirements on the Trust’s website)
Application deadlines:
- March meeting – mid February
- July meeting – mid June
- September meeting – mid August
- December meeting – mid November
BCBN’s Grant Initiative aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects. This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve
Application deadline: Sunday 16th February 2025
New Supporting Rural Communities
The Royal Countryside Fund is a UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme, which launched on 10th January 2025. This new differentiated funding will support transformative, community-led initiatives across the UK, unlocking the huge potential for positive change in rural communities. Our aim is to support innovative solutions that will “power up, not prop up” communities, inspiring change and encouraging economic vibrancy.
Organisations can apply for grants of up to £25,000 over a period of 24 months to deliver activities along the themes of:
- Keeping young people in the countryside
- Powering up rural communities
- Increasing environmental sustainability
- Building emergency resilience in rural areas.
Deadline for Expressions of Interest: Friday 21st February 2025
National Lottery Heritage Fund grants
The National Lottery Heritage Grants programme funds projects that value, care for and sustain heritage for everyone across the UK, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.
National Lottery Heritage Grants programme offers funding at two levels:
- £10,000 to £250,000 – applications are accepted all year round
- £250,000 to £10million - these grants have quarterly deadlines; applicants must submit an Expression of Interest before starting a full funding application
Upcoming deadlines for grants over £250,000 and when you can expect a decision
- 12noon, 21 November 2024, to receive a decision by the end of March 2025
- 12noon, 26 February 2025, to receive a decision by the end of June 2025
- 12noon, 28 May 2025, to receive a decision by the end of September 2025
- 12noon, 6 August 2025, to receive a decision by the end of December 2025
- 12noon, 12 November 2025, to receive a decision by end of March 2026
Funding for UK-based Charities/Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation. The Magdalen Hospital Trust prefer to fund project costs rather than core costs. Projects can include those that provide:
- training for work and personal development,
- clubs and play schemes,
- safeguarding education,
- mental health support and counselling,
- emergency care.
Grant size: usually £500 - £2,000. Grants are usually one-off although longer-term proposals will be considered very occasionally.
The Trustees will be meeting in March, July , and November 2025. Submission dates for applications:
- For March meeting - between 1st and 28th February 2025
- For July meeting - between 19th May and 20th June 2025
- For November meeting - between 1st and 31st October 2025
The National Churches Trust supports a wide variety of projects through their grant programmes. From repairing a roof to helping to install an accessible toilet - and many other projects - their grants help people to continue to serve, and to serve better, their local communities. Current grants available:
- Large Grants
This programme offers the Trust's largest grants of up to £50,000 towards the cost of major urgent structural repair projects costed at more than £80,000 including VAT. Next Stage 1 deadline: 4 March 2025 (midnight)
- Medium Grants
This programme offers the Trust's medium sized grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 towards urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing between £20,000 and £80,000. Next Deadline: 17 December 2024
- Small Grants
This programme offers the Trust's small grants of between £500 and £5,000 towards urgent maintenance works and small repairs identified as high priority within a recent Quinquennial Inspection, Building Survey or Condition Report. Also, small investigative works and surveys. Next Deadline: Friday 28 February 2025
DWF Foundation supports charities that work in areas including homelessness, health, employability, education, and the environment. Wider grants are also available to other community initiatives. The Foundation does not have a minimum grant size but the majority of the grants will fall under £5,000.
Next deadlines: 28 February 2025, 30 June 2025, 30 September 2025
Royal Victoria Hall Foundation grants
The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation awards between twenty and thirty grants each year to smaller scale professional theatre projects based in London. There are two rounds of funding, with deadlines in February and August.The Foundation has two major aims: to help professional productions in need of financial support and to introduce high-quality live performance to groups who are not traditional or regular theatre goers.
Applicants should be theatre companies, not individuals. Grants will normally be in the range of £250 – £2,000.
Applications must be received by the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation by 5.30pm on the last Friday in February (28 February 2025) for the spring round of funding, and by 5.30pm on the last Friday in August (29th August 2025) for the autumn round.
Grants from the Cherry Family Foundation
The Cherry Family Foundation gives funding to charities with operations in London, the East and the South East of London who organise programmes that support young people. Grants range from £1,000 to £40,000 and are limited to one annual grant per organisation. Funds must be spent within 18 months of receipt.
Charity size: registered charities that turnover under £5M annually.
Upcoming application cycles:
- 1st – 31st August 2024
- 1st – 28th February 2025
Directors operate a grant giving policy aimed at making annual distributions of £325,000. They support a wide range of UK Registered Charities. See website for application guidelines and exclusions. Key areas of charitable work supported include: care of the elderly, general welfare, hospices care of the physically & mentally disabled.
Application deadlines: Applications must be received by the end of February or the end of August for consideration at Spring or Autumn Meetings.
The Ashworth Charitable Trust (“the Trust”) is a small grant-making charity. It was created primarily to support humanitarian causes operating locally, nationally and internationally, as opposed to animal or utilitarian projects. For the most part, the Trust looks to fund projects and not core funding. The work of the Trust is informed by a set of underlying principles:
- The oneness of humanity;
- The establishment of true justice;
- The paramount importance of education for all;
- The need to address the situation of the very poor and of those at the margins of society;
- That all people everywhere should be able to share the fruits of and be empowered to participate in the construction of a just, prosperous and sustainable society; and
- That to achieve these aims, it is necessary to build the capacity of individuals, communities and institutions.
Levels of grant do not usually exceed £3,000. Very occasionally, a grant of up to £5,000 may be made.Application deadline: The Trustees meet twice a year, in May and November. Applications need to be submitted by the end of February or the end of August respectively.
March
Funding for secondary schools & sixth form colleges Next funding round opens March 2025
Funding available for State-funded secondary schools and sixth form colleges for
new build, refurbishment and technical equipment.
Grant size: £15,000 - £100,000. Usual grant range £15,000 – £50,000 (for equipment)/£15,000 – £100,000 (for new build and refurbishment)
If total project cost is <£50,000, no match funding is required.
If total project cost is >£50,000, some matched funds should be in place.They run two funding rounds each year.
The Climate Action Fund is supporting communities across the UK to take action on climate change.
The National Lottery Community Fund will fund projects that reach more people by either:
- Linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities. And inspiring them to take action.
- Influencing communities at a regional or national level. Like linking up groups across locations. Or a campaign that inspires change across one country, or the whole UK.
You should be in a partnership with:
- A mix of organisations and sectors
- Smaller groups that represent the people you’re working with.
You do not have to be a climate or environment-focused organisation to apply.
Grant size: the minimum you can ask for is £500,000 (expected to fund most projects for between £1 million and £1.5 million over 3 to 5 years)
Application deadline: You’ll be able to apply until Spring 2025. The final deadline will be announced nearer the time.
Henry Moore Grants support exhibitions, exhibition catalogues, commissions, conferences, research, post-doctoral research fellowships, publications, and the development of collections through acquisitions, conservation, cataloguing and display. If your exhibition or commission project aims to encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history, or contributes to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture, you should consider applying for a Henry Moore Grant.
Applications are assessed in terms of their:
- development of the study of sculpture
- contribution to the public awareness and understanding of sculpture
- encouragement of new thinking in sculpture, including the history of sculpture
- artistic quality
- careful financial management
Upcoming application windows:
- Applications now 1 February 2025, 9:00; Submissions close 1 March 2025, 23:00
- Applications open 1 May 2025, 9:00; Submissions close 1 June 2025, 23:00
- Applications open 1 August 2025, 9:00; Submissions close 1 September 2025, 23:00
Congregational & General Charitable Trust
The Trust awards grants ranging from a minimum of £1,000 to a maximum of £25,000 for all sorts of building projects to all sorts of churches of the Protestant tradition.
All grants are directly linked to the cost of the project involved. Within the above limits, the maximum percentage is 25% of the total project cost, to the nearest £100. The level of grant awarded is at the Trustees discretion and will depend on the denomination of the Church, the type of work being undertaken and the overall aim of the project. All arrangements are subject to periodic review.
All applications received are considered quarterly; March, June, September and December of each calendar year.
The Classical Association is a major provider of grants to classical projects, mainly but not exclusively in the UK. The Association's grants fund schoolteachers, students, academics and organisations to provide wider access to teaching and learning about the classical world.
- Applications of up to £5,000 should be submitted for the consideration of the Small Grants Committee ahead of the following deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a grant making registered charity which was established primarily to aid the research into learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability by making grants to voluntary organisations working in this field. Grants available include:
- General Grant Programme for appeals of £9,000 and above
- Small Grant Programme for appeals under £9,000
Meetings of the Trustees are usually held in March, June and November of each year. The deadlines for submitting an appeal for funding of £9,000 and above are:
- 1 December for consideration at the interim meeting in March
- 1 March for consideration at the June meeting
- 1 August for consideration at the November meeting
Keep checking the website as submission deadline dates may be subject to change. Please note the deadlines are final. There are no submission deadlines for applicants seeking funding below £9,000.
The DPO Centre Charity and Community Fund Next round opens 1st March 2025
The fund’s purpose is to provide access to our data protection consultancy services, but at an 80% funded rate, therefore enabling worthy causes to access our expertise, but with the least effect on their ability to fund their core purpose.
Eligible charities will be invited to apply for up to £10,000 of funding towards any of DPO’s consultancy services.
Reel Impact Next funding round opens in March 2025
Reel Impact is a brand-new programme to support mid to senior level Black and Global Majority individuals, as well as Black and Global Majority-led production companies and organisations working behind the scenes in film, TV, and cinema.
- Grants of up to £10,000 for mid-to-senior level Black and Global Majority individuals
- Grants of up to £25,000 for Black and Global Majority production companies or organisations in the industry
Miller Homes Community Fund Reopens in March 2025
The Miller Homes Community Fund gives you the chance to apply for a donation towards improving your community.
Groups can apply for a donation ranging between a minimum of £250 up to a maximum of £2,000 to help enhance the lives of individuals and the areas in which they live.
The fund will focus on causes that:
- are linked to education
- promote wellbeing
- promote the environment
- encourage participation in sport
Funding for charities whose work involves all or most family members, where possible, in projects that aim to tackle problems facing one or more of those family members. They've funded work which has included early intervention, mediation, prison services and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence, among others. Grants are generally offered up to £5,000.
There are 2 rounds of funding each year with application deadlines of 1st March and 1st September.
The Marc Fitch Fund is an educational charity established in 1956 by Marc Fitch (1908-1994). The Fund makes small grants towards the costs of publishing scholarly work in the fields of British and Irish national, regional and local history, archaeology, antiquarian studies, historical geography, the history of art and architecture, heraldry, genealogy and surname studies, archival research, artefact conservation and the broad fields of the heritage, conservation and the historic environment.
Application deadlines: 1 March and 1 August each year.
A grant-giving charity that supports innovative and pioneering Social, Medical and Religious projects, to enable human flourishing and to prevent suffering.
The Trust funds a wide range of organisations to achieve this goal, with grants normally ranging from one to three years in duration and up to circa £60,000 per project (with a £30,000 limit per year), although in exceptional cases up to £80,000 may be considered. The Trust is underpinned by Christian values, but welcomes applications from other faith and non-faith projects.
Application deadline: The currently open round is due to close on 10th March 2025, but may need to close earlier due to the volume of applications being received.
The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund
The Fund’s principal aim is to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other disadvantaged young people. Preference is given to pump-priming new projects, especially those that are innovative and can serve as a model elsewhere.
Charity size: Though income is not a barrier to an application being considered, the Committee’s preference is to support small organisations. Local organisations, such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an annual income of less than about £100,000. For those working in larger cities and/or across the UK, annual income should not be more than about £250,000.
Grant size: of up to £15,000 per annum
Closing dates for applications in 2024/2025:
- Thursday 4 July 2024 (to be considered in Oct 24)
- Thursday 14 November 2024 (to be considered in Feb 25)
- Thursday 13 March 2025 (to be considered in June 25)
- Thursday 3 July 2025 (to be considered in Oct 25)
- Thursday 13 November 2025 (to be considered in Feb 26)
Help The Homeless Grant scheme
Funding for capital costs of projects with grants of up to £5,000 to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enable them to resume a normal life. They are able to help only small and medium-sized charities with an annual turnover of under £1m and with ‘unrestricted reserves’ of under six months annual running costs. All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society.
The quarterly deadlines for applications for funding each year are: 5pm on 15th March / 15th June / 15th September / 15th December.
Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good
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.
Every three months, the Foundation share £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment. These five charities will all receive a share of £10,000 – the more votes a cause receives, the bigger the donation. Following the vote, the project that receives the most votes will receive a grant of £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 and fourth and fifth place will both receive £1,000.
Charities and projects are welcome to apply all year round, and applications will be considered in the next funding round. Funding will be awarded every three months, in April, July, October and January, with an application deadline of the 15th of the month before.
Annual application cycles:
- 16 December – 15 March (Applications for funding awarded in May)
- 16 March – 15 June (Applications for funding awarded in August)
- 16 June – 15 September (Applications for funding awarded in November)
- 16 September – 15 December (Applications for funding awarded in February)
The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted).Their funding is channelled via recognised organisations which help the visually impaired, for example, libraries, hospitals, clinincs, schools and colleges, and social and welfare organisations.
Applications should be made in writing (they do not have an application form). Make your proposal as detailed as possible. Include details of your current service to the visually impaired, if any, and how the proposed project will be integrated or enhanced. If possible, please give an estimate of how many visually impaired people use/will use your service. Also include the amount of funding obtained to date, if any, and the names of other organisations to whom you have applied.
Our Trustees meet quarterly to consider applications: in January (deadline 15 December), April (deadline 15 March), July (deadline 15 June) and October (deadline 15 September).
Unltd Awards Social Entrepreneurs
Unltd specialist support for social entrepreneurs to help them grow as social leaders. Inclusion is very important to the organisation – the organisation are committed to 50% of our awards going to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs across our funding programmes.Grants of £500 - £5,000 are available to support start-up ventures, and grants of up to £15,000 are available to help established ventures grow and increase their impact. Looking for social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Upcoming application cycles:
- 1 Jan 2025 - 24 Mar 2025
- 28 Apr 2025 - 30 Jun 2025
The Britford Bridge Trust is a charitable trust that donates funds to a number of UK registered organisations and charities primarily 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. Applications are invited from any UK registered charity.Grant size: up to £30,000 to a number of organisations each year. In exceptional circumstances, the trustees have the discretion to award larger or multi-year grants.You can apply throughout the year.
Applications to the trust are reviewed quarterly. Quarterly cut offs are 30 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December each year.
The Animal Defence Trust makes grants to approved charities working in animal welfare in the United Kingdom and occasionally elsewhere. Grants are available to animal charities who care for animals which have undergone suffering and cruelty before rescue. Applications for grants are welcome from registered charities.
Grants are given for capital projects or animal protection projects, although applications for running costs may be considered where finances are restricted.
Grant applications must be made by 31 March in the relevant year
All applications must be made via post:
Animal Defence Trust
PO Box 44
Plymouth
PL7 5YW
Support to Londoners facing homelessness through individual (up to £200) and project grant funding (up to £2,000).
Application cycles:
- February round: 1 November - 31 December
- May round: 1 February - 31 March
- November round: 1 June - 31 August
Grant-making programme to strengthen the support available to vulnerable, disadvantaged and excluded young people in London by supporting opportunities for them to learn, be healthy, be heard, and be active citizens. The fund is available to organisations that are providing one or more of the following outcomes for children and young people in London:
- Supporting young people to access learning and employment
- Supporting young people to live a healthy, active life
- Supporting young people to be active citizen
- Supporting young people to give a voice to their situation
Grant size: £5,000 to £10,000
Charity size: income of up to £1m per year
Grants are typically made twice a year in approximately November and June. The application window for June grants runs from 1st February to 31st March and for November grants, from 1st June to 1st September.
The Rose Foundation provide financial assistance to registered charities and exempt bodies undertaking building projects less than £200,000 in the London area.The donation is usually between £5,000 and £10,000.
Apply anytime after July 1st each year and before March 31st of the following year.
William and Jane Morris Fund - Church Conservation Grants
Two rounds of funding annually for churches, chapels and other places of worship. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for the conservation of decorative features and monuments, but not structural repairs. Examples of what they support are: stained glass windows; sculpture; furniture; monuments and tombs, and wall paintings, all of which must date no later that 1896. Yearly application deadlines: 31st March and 31st August.
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Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
The objectives of the Trust are to donate to UK registered charities whose purposes encompass one or more of the following:
- to benefit or protect animals
- to relieve animals from suffering
- to conserve wild-life
- to encourage the understanding of animals
Application deadlines:
- 1st December (for Spring meeting)
- 1st April (for Summer meeting)
- 1st August (for Autumn meeting)
Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust
Specific areas of interest for the Trust are education, health related matters, social welfare, homelessness, poverty and the promotion of religious belief. Exceptional applications outside of these areas will be considered.
The Trust considers applications four times a year and applications should arrive by 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October each year.
In line with the Company's history and in response to the shortfall of skilled STEM workers in the UK, the Ironmongers’ Foundation wishes to support initiatives that encourage young people to study science subjects at school and go on to pursue STEM-related further education or vocational training, particularly in the area of Materials Science.
The Foundation prefers to support smaller projects where it is the sole funder or its contribution makes a real difference. Most grants are below £10,000.
The Foundation Committee meets three times per year in January, May and September. The deadlines for receipt of applications are 1st December, 1st April and 1st August respectively.
Friends of Parks groups and local stakeholders, including Resident Associations are invited to apply for funding to improve their local park, with monies from the Platinum Jubilee Parks fund.
Grant size: up to £20,000
Application deadlines:
- (for applications under £3,000) applications can be made at anytime
- (for applications over £3,000) 1st October and 1st April each year
The Veolia Environmental Trust grants
The Trust support community and environmental projects across England through the Landfill Communities Fund, using money provided to us by Veolia.
Two grant schemes available:
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Community Grants: Available to constituted not-for-profit organisations and local authorities. Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
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Environmental Improvement Grants: Available to Environmental Bodies that are enrolled with ENTRUST, the regulator of The Landfill Communities Fund. Grants of over £75,000 are available to enable landscape scale improvement projects such as habitat creation/management, and/or species protection.
The Trust have four funding rounds each year. It is important that you apply at the right time, as only one grant application may be submitted per project site, in a 12 month period.
The Trust have four funding rounds a year.
Next funding rounds:
- 28 November 2024 - 7 January 2025
- 27 February 2025 - 3 April 2025
- 22 May 2025 - 26 June 2025
- 21 August 2025 - 2 October 2025
The Fore’s Funding Rounds offer unrestricted grants to help small charities and social enterprises grow, strengthen, become more efficient or resilient. All UK registered charities, CIOs, CICs limited by guarantee and CBSs.
Successful applicants will receive:
- A grant of up to £30,000 of unrestricted funding spread over 1 to 3 years.
- Access to free, highly skilled support provided by experienced professionals.
- Access to our programme of workshops, covering areas such as fundraising, communications, finance, strategy and more.
- A fully funded place on an impact measurement course.
- Access to peer networking opportunities.
Charity size: with an annual income of under £500,000 are welcome to apply
Grant size: up to £30,000
The first step to applying is to register your interest. Registration is open for one week at the beginning of each funding round.
Next registration period: From 12pm (midday) on Thursday 27th March, to 12pm (midday) on Thursday 3rd April
Application deadline for for charities with a confirmed place on funding round: 5pm, Monday 28th April
Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. This not only brightens up their lives, but also provides a therapeutic benefit to their health and well-being.
Concertina is keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Since its inception in 2004, it has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents.
Application deadlines: The trustees review applications after the deadline dates of April 30th and October 31st each year.
The BRIT Trust welcomes applications for grant funding consistent with its mission of "improving lives through the power of music and the creative arts”.
Applications by eligible organisations can be made through the BRIT Trust website or in some cases via other referrals. The applicant organisation must be a registered charity.
The Grant Application Window is now open and will close on Wednesday 30th April 2025.
Two rounds of funding annually for registered charities which provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people (under 25 years) to fulfil their potential. Grants usually range between a few hundred pounds up to around £10,000. The average grant awarded is £4,000.
Next funding round (Spring round):
- Open for submissions: 31 May 2025
- Application deadline: 31 July 2025
- Committee decision and notification of outcome end October 2025
The Grocers’ Charity one-off grants
The Grocers’ Charity typically provides one-off grants up to £5,000 for U.K. registered charities. This year the funder is leaning towards, but not exclusively funding, applications which support youth, e.g., preventing (re)offending; helping those struggling due to financial hardship and environment charities helping to reduce plastic waste and reducing emissions.
Charity size: with a turnover of over £500,000, except for Health/Medical Charities (up to £15m turnover)
Grant size: up to £5,000
To apply, applicants must send a short expression of interest via the charity's online Initial Enquiry form.
Upcoming deadlines for Initial Enquiries are:
- 5 September 2025
- 9 January 2026
The W G Edwards Charitable Foundation
Trustees are interested in supporting a diverse range of charities which support older people, from large institutions to small community-run organisations.Around 70 organisations each year are successful in obtaining grants usually between £1000 to £3000. The average grant is £1,500.The Foundation was established to support capital projects and innovative projects but is unable to assist with running costs or salaries. If your charity has a mixed age group of beneficiaries, the Foundation will consider a donation if around 80% are over the age of 65.
Meetings of the Foundation take place quarterly, in January, April, July and October.
Applications are closed until September 2025
The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust
Support of institutions and organisations specialising in music in a social or therapeutic context.
Grant size: between £1,000 and £3,000
Application deadline: applications are to be made by letter, to be received before 1st October 2025