Funding Portal

Funding opportunity: Apply for a £1,000 unrestricted grant

The easyfundraising Impact Fund is back for a second round, offering unrestricted grants of £1,000 to UK not-for-profit organisations. 

The grants have doubled in value from the first round, increasing from £500 to £1,000, giving even more support to organisations making a difference in their communities. 

Who can apply? 

The fund is open to UK-based:

• Registered charities
• Other not-for-profit organisations
• Sports clubs and teams
• Schools and education settings
• Social enterprises and Community Interest Companies (CICs)
• After-school and youth groups
• Churches and religious organisations

If you applied in the first round, you’re welcome to apply again, whether your application was successful or not.

Applications

Applications open on Thursday 24 September and close on Sunday 8 November.

The application process is quick and straightforward. Grants will be awarded to organisations that best explain how they would use the £1,000 to support their work.

As the funding is unrestricted, successful organisations can spend the grant wherever it’s needed most.

Find out more and apply: www.easyfundraising.org.uk/impact-fund

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Donations are paid to you every three months, and because they’re unrestricted, you can spend the money on whatever your organisation needs most. Register for free funding with easyfundraising here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tendring

Community groups, charities and not for profit organisations across Essex are being invited to apply for funding of up to £35,000 to deliver projects that help young people stay safe, feel supported and thrive in their local communities.

The funding programme has been shaped by the voices of young people through the seventh Essex VVU and ECVYS Listening Project, which highlighted the critical role that safe spaces, trusted adults and positive activities play in helping young people feel safe and supported.

The Essex VVU Community Grant Programme is designed to fund local projects that provide exactly these opportunities, ensuring young people can access support in the places where they live. Organisations applying for grants must evidence how their application responds to the issues young people have identified in the Listening Report.
Roger Hirst, Police, Fire and Crime Commissioner for Essex and Chair of the Violence and Vulnerability Partnership, said: “The Listening Project is an effective way to understand the views of young people when it comes to feeling safe in their local neighbourhood and wider community. It is an opportunity to understand their perceptions about crime, so that grant funding can be targeted to support local projects where it is needed the most.”
“The Essex VVU Community Grant Programme is about investing in organisations that understand their communities and can respond quickly to provide the right support, at the right time. This grant programme backs youth clubs, mentoring programmes, diversionary activities and other community-based interventions. Projects that help build resilience, create opportunities and prevent harm before it occurs.”

Projects funded through previous rounds of the programme have supported thousands of young people across Essex, providing positive activities and opportunities to develop confidence and life skills, and reduce serious violence.

The 2027/28 grants will continue to support initiatives that prevent violence, strengthen protective factors around young people, and respond directly to local needs identified by communities and young people themselves.

Organisations can apply for grants of up to £35,000, with project delivery beginning in July 2027.
Further information on eligibility criteria, terms and conditions, and how to apply is available online at www.essexvvu.co.uk

Funding is now available for work with young women age 17-30 with a focus on three specific areas:

1) holistic support around housing, employment and building healthy family relationships;

2) pre-release and through the gate support to meet immediate needs; 

3) support for mothers prior to and after serving a custodial sentence.

Projects will need to demonstrate age, gender, trauma, and culturally responsive approaches to working with young women and girls. They are particularly interested in supporting work that provides peer support from women with their own lived experience and projects that can demonstrate that they have been co-designed with the voices of young women and girls.

Funding can only be used to work with young women and girls who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of entering it, even if your organisation works with vulnerable young women and girls more broadly. They cannot accept applications where the target group only make up some of the cohort of young people on your project.

Deadline for submission of Expression of Interest forms – 2pm on 15 October 2026
Visit the website for more details.

Most of the grants are made for between £1,000 and £5,000 but they do sometimes provide larger grants for specific projects.

Before applying for a grant please check that you meet the criteria:
* Your organisation a registered charity, currently registered with the Charity Commission of England and Wales.
* You want to apply for a grant in one of the following areas
– Education
– Elderly
– Arts
– Disabled
– Disadvantaged
– Holidays and Sports (including respite breaks)
– Medical
– Hospices
– Health Support
– Children and Youth
* Your organisation is based in Essex or North East London or, if it is not (for example because it is a national organisation), that it will benefit individuals in those areas

Visit the website for more information and to apply.

Funding opportunity – up to £25,000 in unrestricted funding
The Postcode Lottery Community Grants Programme, administered by Sported, is offering grants of up to £25,000 to community organisations using sport and physical activity for wider social purpose.
And importantly, this round is for unrestricted funding – supporting the costs of running the organisation rather than funding one specific project.
Eligible organisations must have a turnover below £1m and be using sport to help:
• Improve health and wellbeing
• Reduce inequalities
• Empower communities
There is a particular focus on organisations supporting underrepresented groups, including people experiencing poverty, women and girls, racially diverse communities, disabled people, rurally isolated communities and LGBTQ+ communities.
Priority will also be given to organisations with a turnover of £250,000 or less and those working in areas of high deprivation.
Areas: East of England, North of England & Scotland
Applications open: 24 September 2026 at 9am
Deadline: 1 October 2026 at 12 noon
Maximum grant: £25,000
Funding would typically be no more than one-third of the organisation’s annual turnover.
https://sported.org.uk/postcode-lottery/

The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is committed to building cohesive and resilient communities. The Common Ground Award was first launched in 2025 to 2026 to invest capital funding into Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations that are building social connections across and between different communities.

MHCLG is now launching the second round of the Common Ground Award for 2026 to 2027 to continue supporting the cost of constructing or renovating facilities, spaces, and equipment that enables organisations to deliver services that brings people from different backgrounds together to build community cohesion and resilience.

Up to £2.5 million capital funding, within the 2026 to 2027 financial year, distributed in payments of £20,000 up to £50,000 per individual organisation. Individual applicants can set out how capital investment could be scaled up to a maximum of £100,000, which may be considered in exceptional cases – where there is clear evidence of need, with both significant expected impacts and high likelihood to deliver, supported by an exceptional application.  When an application is made by a consortium, the consortium can apply for funding of £100,000 up to £250,000 in total.

The grant is open to applications from VCSE organisations with a base and operating in England, with charitable, benevolent or philanthropic purposes.
As part of the overarching Common Ground Resilience Fund, the Common Ground Award grant will continue to support VCSE organisations to invest in the physical facilities, spaces and equipment that allows people from different backgrounds to come together.
Organisations will be assessed based on how their objectives and activities seek to build social connections across and between different communities.

For example, applicants can work to build cohesion and resilience across and between communities from different faiths and beliefs, ethnicities, ages, geographies, cultures, and nationalities.

Applicants must have building social connections across and between different communities and people from different backgrounds as a core focus of their work.

To be eligible for the Common Ground Award, organisations and consortiums applying to this grant scheme must therefore directly work on at least one of the following core themes:

• encouraging and enabling social mixing, promoting understanding and reducing divisions between different communities and people from different backgrounds
• reducing prejudice, discrimination and hatred directed toward individuals and communities because of their background
• resolving conflict and addressing tensions across and between communities

Visit the website to find out more. 
Deadline for applications: 12 October 2026

For fully constituted community groups, registered charities and CICs with a bank account in the organisation’s name, based and working in England, Wales, Northern Ireland or the Channel Islands. Local authorities and parish councils cannot apply, and neither can anyone who held one of these grants last year. It pays for plants and containers, beds and hard landscaping, greenhouses, polytunnels and sheds, seating, hand tools and some power tools, and refreshment materials. It will not cover salaries, volunteer expenses, promotion, insurance or training fees. Only the first 300 eligible submissions are considered, so early matters.
Deadline: opens Tuesday 29 September, closes midday Friday 30 October 2026. Outcomes in April 2027.
Visit Community Garden Grants – National Garden Scheme for more details.

For grassroots, community based, not for profit and non political projects anywhere in the UK, with their own dedicated independent bank account. Not for large national charities, and not for schools or universities unless the project is genuinely independent. Funds work on mental health, wellbeing, inclusion or skills development, and wants a plan for what happens after the money runs out. It will not pay salaries, rent, accommodation, one off events, medical treatment or research, or anything already spent. Renovations are considered. This cycle carries two awards of £5,000 from a £20,000 pot, lifted for the organisation’s twentieth anniversary.
Deadline: opens Monday 7 September, closes Friday 2 October 2026. Applicants hear between 19 and 23 October, interviews are on 12 November and the award is announced in December.

Visit the website for more details.

Amount: £300 to £2,000, unrestricted. New applicants should expect the lower end.

For: Charities registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, OSCR or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, going more than one financial year. Not CICs. The remit is genuinely broad: social welfare, arts and heritage, education and training, environment and animal welfare. It deliberately funds long term unrestricted running costs, things like volunteer expenses, training days, equipment maintenance and general overheads, and it aims to build repeat relationships reviewed each year. It will not fund individual churches, hospices or hospitals, start up costs or project costs.

Applications are considered on the basis of the organisation’s financial position, performance against charitable aims and objectives and the ratio of voluntary income against fundraising expenses

The Trust aims to build long-standing relationships with successful applicants and, subject to an annual review, continue its support over time.

Deadline: Rolling, no deadline. A monthly grants committee, response usually within two months. There is no form, just a one or two page letter and your latest annual report and accounts, posted to 4 Matthew Parker Street, London SW1H 9NP.

Visit the website for more details.

Amount: £1,000 to £30,000, average around £15,000.
For: UK registered charities, exempt charities, public bodies, community benefit societies and CICs limited by guarantee, anywhere in the UK. Funds preservation, repair and sustainable reuse of listed historic buildings and places of worship, and conservation of significant collections, objects and records. Covers project costs, staff costs, professional fees and capital costs. It backs smaller organisations as an early stage funder, and 77 percent of successful applicants in 2024 were first timers.

Deadline: 2 October 2026 is the stage two cut off for requests above £5,000, for the November board. Requests of £5,000 or less are rolling and answered within four weeks.

Visit the website for more details. 

Revenue and capital grants of up to £10,000 to seed-fund volunteer-led projects supporting historic designed landscapes, such as restoration plans, the set-up costs of a Friends group, research or volunteer training.

The criteria for the grant are:

• The applicant must be a volunteer group. It does not have to be a registered charity, but does need to be able to demonstrate that it is an active group with a clear plan.
• The project can be any activity relating to historic designed landscapes (please refer to the FAQs at the end of the application form for clarification on historic designed landscapes).
• They are particularly looking for something that will act as seed-funding/pump priming for a sustainable activity. For example, an application to fund a restoration plan, Friends group set-up costs, research project, or volunteer training scheme.
• The project can be based anywhere in the United Kingdom.
• They particularly encourage applications that reflect Gardens Trust priorities around conservation, sharing knowledge, and encouraging inclusive participation and enjoyment of historic designed landscapes.

Eligibility: Volunteer groups; does not have to be a registered charity, though registered charities (preference for smaller ones) and community or voluntary groups are eligible, UK-wide.

Deadline: Friday 16 October 2026

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

Veolia’s Sustainability Fund provides cash sponsorship of up to £1000, in-kind resources or staff volunteers to support not-for-profit organisations, schools and community groups in transforming their local community or environment.

A successful project will provide evidence of one or more of the following:
• Enhancing biodiversity
• Promoting sustainable waste behaviours (reduce, reuse and/or recycle)
• Protecting or preserving resources and the environment
• Its use of recycled, reused or reclaimed materials

Veolia’s team looks favourably on projects that have considered the long-term or ongoing benefits for the community and will consider all projects based on merit.

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The Seven Stars Foundation offer small grants to safeguarding professionals (such as social workers, lawyers, school outreach officers) representing a young person within the UK, in the care or legal system who is in need of some extra help.

The grants will pay for an activity or item the young person needs to further their potential or opportunities or promote healing, when other routes of funding are not available. This young person will either be a survivor of abuse, a young carer, living with addiction, or be at risk of or currently homeless.

Who should apply?
Applicants must be a safeguarding referee
Grants will be made to the safeguarding referee on behalf of the beneficiary
We ask the referee to submit expenditure records to us as part of our monitoring policies
Grants are available for up to £500 for each award

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

Providing financial support for people experiencing hardship, distress and illness, with a focus on children, the homeless and people living in poverty.
The average donation is £1,500 with donations typically ranging from £500 – £5,000.

The Wise Music Foundation trustees meet on a quarterly basis, usually in the third month of each quarter, to consider all applications. Please be aware of the following deadlines:
End of February – for applications reviewed in March
End of May – for applications reviewed in June
End of August – for applications reviewed in September
End of November – for applications reviewed in December

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

Groundwork is working with Postcode Lottery for a third year to deliver Grassroots Grants. This year, the programme will provide unrestricted funding of up to £2,000 to 700 small, local organisations in England that are making a positive difference in their communities.

Funding can be used for core organisational costs that support the important work organisations deliver in their communities. The funding offered is unrestricted and therefore flexible and can be used where it is most needed.

• Applications may be submitted at any time between January and September
• Eligible to organisations whose income is up to £25,000 in the last financial year
• Applicants will receive a decision within 10 weeks of submission
• Successful organisations awarded up to £2,000 will have 12 months to spend the grant
• The programme will not fund sports or physical activities-based projects.

Unrestricted grants of between £500 and £2,000 can be accessed by voluntary or community organisations, including registered charities/companies, whose annual turnover is no more than £25,000.

Priority will be shown to organisations which meet the following criteria:

• Funding for communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation
• Organisations that work with and support communities classed as marginalised or vulnerable

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

This grant funding programme invites schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations supporting children to apply for up to £1,500 to improve access to fruit and veg. Every four months, three local projects are selected to be in the customer vote in Tesco stores throughout the UK. Tesco empower their customers to make a difference in their local community by using their blue token to vote and choose how the funding is distributed. Every project shortlisted for the vote receives funding but a vote using a blue token will make the difference to just how much funding each project receives – up to £500, £1,000 or £1,500.

Visit the website for details.

Project location: England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
Amount: £2,500,000 to £7,000,000
A decision in: 39 weeks
Programme status: Open to applications

The National Lottery Community Fund want to fund projects that strengthen our food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities. They want to support ways of producing enough healthy, affordable food without harming the planet.

They will do this by supporting work that:
Works with nature to create resilient, sustainable and equitable food systems (this is called agroecology)
Addresses the root cause of long-term problems, not just the symptoms (this is called systems change)

You must meet one or more of the aims – Your project must work towards systems change in the way that:
Community organisations grow and produce food – using agroecological methods
Food gets distributed – aiming for equitable access to healthy, affordable food for all
Offers people and communities different food options – especially those experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination

You must meet all of these criteria – You must show that you’ll:
Work in a partnership
Make a lasting impact on climate change, the environment and nature
Significantly increase access to healthy, affordable food – especially for those experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination
Have firm plans to measure the impact of your work
Have firm plans to tell the story of your project to inspire others
Show how you’ll meaningfully involve communities and organisations representing communities in your project

How much can you apply for
You can apply for a minimum of £2.5 million over 3 years.

Most projects they fund will:
Receive between £3 million and £5 million
Run for between 5 and 7 years

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The Raise The Roof Foundation funds projects offering social and creative opportunities for people with a
learning disability. These projects can be led by local groups, all kinds of organisations, and inspired individuals. They promote inclusive approaches and the active involvement of people with diverse and complex support needs. RTR work in partnership with business and charity partners, linking a vibrant network of local and small-scale activity which is of huge importance to all those involved.
Grants are available up to £7000.

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The Hedley Foundation award grants to those charities that are able to demonstrate quantifiable outcomes to beneficiaries. Typically, grants of up to £5,000 are regularly made and occasional larger sums are given to charities where high impact can be achieved. Similarly, smaller charities often benefit from smaller grants of £250 upwards.  

If service users of your organisation (Charities, local community group or school) are living with the long-term effects of serious personal injury, medical negligence or due to illness (born with or acquired), you may qualify for support.

Fletchers Foundation will consider requests for funding towards:

• Aids or equipment
• Rehabilitation Therapies (physiotherapy/Hydrotherapy/SLT/OTCBT, etc)
• Prosthetics
• Counselling for the individual who are suffering from mental health issues because of the serious injury, medical negligence, or illness.
• Projects, groups, or events that can be proven to make long term-impact.
• The project, group or event must be in partnership, jointly branded and meet our eligibility criteria set out.

How much can you apply for:

• Local community groups with an annual income of less than £50,000 can apply up to £10,000.
• Registered charities, schools, and community groups with an annual income of more than £50,000 will be decided on a case-by-case basis.

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The objectives of JSAWT 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 wildlife
• to encourage the understanding of animals

Donations are considered three times each year in Spring, Summer and Winter, by a panel of up to seven Trustees. Donations usually range from £1,000 to a normal maximum of £10,000. Larger donations may be considered by Trustees, on a case by case basis. Donations towards building projects, larger items of equipment, and vehicles often take the form of a pledge.

How to Apply
Before applying, please read the UK Guidelines or Overseas Guidelines.
For charities bringing in animals to the UK from overseas, please see the additional guidelines.

The deadlines for receipt of applications are as follows (Please bear in mind that awards are usually made within 4 months of the application deadline).
1st December
1st April
1st August

Visit the website for more details.

Sea-Changers gives one-off grants (i.e. not continual funding) to UK-based charities and other organisations (including schools) carrying out marine conservation related activities. Sea-Changers is particularly interested in grassroots projects that galvanise community action and projects that increase the number of people taking action for marine conservation.​ They will consider partial funding of projects where other funds are also being sought or are already in place, but you will need to demonstrate exactly which elements of the project the Sea-Changers grant will be used to fund, as well as how their funding fits into the wider finances of the project.
Main Grants are for grants between £500 and £2,500. There are two grant rounds per year. Deadlines for applications are 31st March and 30th September each year.
Small Grants are for grants of up to £500. Apply any time and get a quick decision.
Visit the website for more details.

Bananas, milk, washing powder, cereal AND a free donation for your organisation!

All the leading supermarkets will give a free cashback donation when you and your network order online from them, AT NO EXTRA COST. As long as your organisation is registered with easyfundraising.

The likes of Tesco, Morrisons, Waitrose and Sainsbury’s will offer a flat donation amount per online order and others offer a percentage based on how much is spent.

On average, just one person could generate £100 of unrestricted funding in a year by doing their regular food shop and many in your network will already be getting their groceries delivered. Extra help to fund your running costs, services, projects, and more – all year round!

If you’re not already benefitting, register your organisation with easyfundraising today, then ask your network to join in support ahead of their next grocery order.

Register for free funding here: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tendring

Over £68m has been raised to date for causes including voluntary groups, social enterprises, CICs and charities via easyfundraising. Don’t miss out on your share.

The grant scheme helps fund activity providers to give people with Parkinson’s more opportunities to get and stay active.

In 2026, they’re offering grants of up to £3,000 to support physical activity projects for people with Parkinson’s across the UK.

This year, funding is focused on people who are currently inactive, helping them begin to engage in physical activity and sustain their participation.

To make activities more accessible, they’re also supporting ‘gateway activities’. These are movement‑based sessions that build confidence and encourage interest in becoming more active.

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund was set up in 1973, succeeding an existing charitable fund. TheFund’s principal aim is to support people in trouble, particularly ex-offenders and young people involved in the Criminal Justice System. Preference is given to pump-priming new projects, especially those that are innovative and can serve as a model elsewhere.

The Company’s Priorities:
Supporting offenders into work
Many offenders and ex-offenders suffer from a variety of difficult, complex problems and are amongst the most vulnerable members of society. Whilst they fund a variety of work that addresses the social and economic problems faced by this group, the current priority is to support those looking to build skills and capability to get into sustainable work.

Helping specific groups within the criminal justice sector
They recognise that certain sectors within the criminal justice sector are less popular with funders than others. They are committed to supporting charities working with such groups.

Supporting young people
They are keen to support projects that work specifically with young people involved with the Criminal Justice System to ensure they are given every possible chance to realise their full potential and to participate fully in society, rather than general youth development projects. They define young people as being aged 16-25 years.

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The Veterans’ Foundation provides grants to eligible organisations that provide assistance to serving and former members of the armed forces community, operational qualified seafarers and their immediate families.

The trustees will consider a range of factors including the projects or items being funded, the number of beneficiaries, the importance of the grant to the applicant organisation, the efficiency of the organisation and the needs of the beneficiaries.

Funding Programmes:
Small Grants – £500 – £5,000
Standard Grants – £5,001 – £30,000
Salary Grants – Up to £25,000 per year for up to three years (Max £75,000)
Major Grants – £200,000 – £500,000 (spread over one to two years)

See website for details and closing dates. 

Project location: England
Amount: £1,000,000 to £5,000,000
A decision in: 35 weeks
Programme status: Open to applications

This funding is for organisations in England that are taking action on the root causes of inequality, such as poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.

They want to support and strengthen work that aims to create lasting change, led or shaped by people with lived experience. They’re looking for work that can grow and continue over the long term.

They fund work that tackles the root causes of poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.

Visit the website for more details and to apply.

Funding Available: Up to £5,000
Available to: Community Interest Companies, Not for Profit Groups, Registered Charities

Organisations working to support the education and personal development of children and young people in England can now apply for grant funding from the BlueSpark Foundation. The Foundation supports a wide range of projects that help young people build confidence, teamwork skills, resilience and employability through educational, cultural, sporting and community-based activities.

Funding is available for initiatives such as drama, music, sport, art and design, debating, public speaking, academic or vocational learning, enterprise projects and educational visits. Grants can be used for items including equipment, materials, tuition, training, events and other learning experiences that directly benefit children and young people.

Applications can be submitted at any time and are assessed on a rolling basis, with decisions typically made every eight weeks.

Visit the website for more details

The Sasha Foundation (TSF) was set up to support charities that work with mental health issues in memory of Sasha Love. The Foundation provides financial support and guidance to established charitable organisations that the trustees believe would be her choice and ambition to support if she were here to decide.
In the UK this involves supporting young people with a bias towards young people, who are suffering from depression and mental health issues or who are confronting drug abuse issues.
Typically grants will be up to £10,000 and at most will be for 50% of the total budgeted cost of the proposed project/program.
Visit the website for details.

A Support Grant is a one-off payment of no more than £15,000 that directly benefits people living with cancer. Macmillan welcome applications that aim to support diverse communities, promote inclusion, and encourage peer-to-peer support. This grant can support things such as:
• Initial room hire costs and refreshments
• Events e.g. cancer awareness
• Group outings/celebrations
• Volunteer expenses
• Signposting information
• Information stands
• Community projects
• Education sessions for people living with cancer
• Physical activity linked to personalised care such as prehabilitation, rehabilitation and wellbeing
• IT Equipment

The CARE Grants Programme supports community organisations across the UK to tackle unfairness in cancer care. Macmillan want to fund projects that challenge the current system and create lasting change for people facing the greatest barriers to care.
Projects under the below three themes will be funded:
Cultural Responsiveness in Cancer Care
Projects that help healthcare services better understand and meet the cultural needs of different communities and remove barriers to person-centred care.
Shared Decision-Making
Projects that make it easier for people to understand their treatment options, take part in decisions about their cancer care, and reduce unfair differences in how this happens.
Dementia-Friendly Cancer Care
Projects that support people living with both cancer and dementia, improve their care experience, and help them and their carers take part in treatment decisions.

The Archer Trust is a UK charitable trust focused on providing grants to small charities where a small amount will make a big difference. They favour organisations working in areas of high unemployment and deprivation, and those which make good use of volunteers.

If you meet the following criteria, they may be able to support you:
* You are a small UK charity for whom a grant of between £1,000 and £5,000 will make a big difference.
* In one way or another, you provide aid or support to a defined group of disadvantaged or marginalised people.
* You are competently run and can support your application with up-to-date accounts.
* You have made the effort to tap into local sources of wealth.

Visit the website to find out more.

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation fund organisations that they believe will make the greatest long-term impact and change systems for the future – work that has the potential for wider influence or spread; takes a collaborative approach; and centres lived experience, justice and equity.

They focus their support on a small number of longer-term grants for organisations and work that fit their strategy. They make around 200 grants a year across the 13 funding priorities and demand for funding is very high.

Only accept applications for work that fits one or more of their funding priorities under three strategic aims: Our Natural World; A Fairer Future; and Creative, Confident Communities.

This is for constituted charities with £100k + turnover and minimum grant of £30,000

Our Natural World priorities:

• Peat
• Space for nature
• Freshwater
• Nature friendly farming
• Fishing in tandem with nature

A Fairer Future priorities:

• Arts and creativity making change
• Children and young people’s rights
• Racial justice
• Gender justice
• Migrant justice

Creative, Confident Communities priorities:

• Communities working together for change
• Community driven enterprise and regeneration
• Community-led art and creativity

For more details about the priorities and how to apply please visit the website.

Families facing financial hardship in the UK can obtain small grants through Family Action’s Welfare Grants Programme. The funding aims to alleviate financial hardship by providing small but vital grants for essential personal and household items, enabling individuals and families to maintain their basic living standards and independence.

All applicants must fall into one or more of the following priority areas:

• Mental Health
• Domestic Abuse
• Older People

Eligible applicants must be referred by recognised agencies such as charities, housing associations, or social services. The programme supports people receiving means-tested benefits who are facing exceptional pressure or crisis. Grants typically range from £200 to £300 and can cover household goods such as cookers, washing machines, fridge-freezers, beds, and bedding.

Family Action, a national charity with over 150 years of experience supporting families, encourages organisations to act as referral partners to ensure those most in need receive timely assistance. Full eligibility criteria and application guidance are available on the charity’s website.

The is no application deadline.  Visit the website for more details and to apply.

The 1001 Critical Days Foundation believe every baby deserves the best start in life. Through grant funding, parental support and championing the importance of the 1001 critical days, they help lay the essential building blocks for lifelong emotional and physical wellbeing for babies around the world. They have launched another round of funding.

Projects could include:
• Infant feeding support 
• Parenting programmes 
• Parent-infant relationship support 
• Perinatal mental health support 
• Support for dads, carers and non-birthing partners
• Support for communities experiencing marginalisation or discrimination

Charities can apply for up to £100,000 per year for up to five years and grants will typically range from £20,000 – £80,000 per year.

Read more on their website. 

UK charities, parent-teacher Associations, and schools can apply for grants to help children and adults suffering severe learning difficulties, including autism.
The funding is being made available through the Baily Thomas General grants programme and can be used to purchase equipment, support capital works, and cover project and core costs.
The Fund does not currently accept appeals from Community Interest Companies.
There are two funding programmes.
The main programme for grants of above £9,000 and a small grants programme for appeals below £9,000.

The next deadline for applications for the main programme is the 1st December 2025. Applications to the small grants programme can be made at any time.

Funding is available only to organisations within and projects based in the UK. Grants are not awarded to individuals.

Please review and consider the following:

• Applications for General Grants will only be considered from voluntary organisations which are registered charities or are associated with a registered charity.
• Schools and Parent Teacher Associations, Co-operative and Community
• Societies/Community Benefit Societies and other such exempt charities can also apply.
• The Fund does not currently accept appeals from Community Interest Companies.
• The Fund does not give grants towards anything considered to be statutory, if you are applying on behalf of a School or PTFA, it would have to be for something such as an extra-curricular club.
• Applications for Research Grants will only be considered from university departments, we do not award research grants to charities due to research governance requirements.
• The Trustees seek that funding is granted for the benefit of the community and appeals which benefit a specific target group of individuals are often unsuccessful.

Find out more and apply here.

A grant-giving body that strives to provide financial support to communities and charitable organisations.

For community projects where the most number of people will benefit. They offer core funding as well as project-based grants. They greatly encourage new organisations to apply.

Grant Size: Typically between £300-£3000.
Organisation Size: Those with annual income below £500,000.

Visit the website for details.

Your organisation could receive one of TEN £500 funding pots

Many organisations in our network are already benefitting from easyfundraising – raising free funds every time their volunteers, supporters, trustees and staff shop online. This month there’s an even bigger funding opportunity on offer – when you and your volunteers, supporters, trustees and staff buy from eBay via the easyfundraising website or app, your organisation could receive a £500 bonus!

To get a potential share of eBay’s £5,000 Big Give, follow these simple steps: 

1. If you haven’t already, register your organisation with easyfundraising at https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tendring .
2. Ask everyone connected to your organisation to sign up in support – more on this below.
3. Encourage them to buy from eBay via easyfundraising by 30^th Each time one of them does so, your organisation has a better chance of securing the £500.

And of course, when your supporters buy from eBay, they’ll not only be supporting independent sellers while bagging a bargain, your organisation will receive a small percentage of their spend at no extra cost, all courtesy of eBay!

Let everyone know how they can help – for free!

Once registered, easyfundraising will help you get more supporters on board and buying from eBay, with free downloadable images, flyers and messaging to share across your social media channels and newsletters. Every buy increases your chances of receiving a £500 funding bonus. 

Register your organisation: https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tendring

To date, eBay have given more than £1.9m in free funding to easyfundraising registered causes. Don’t miss this BIG opportunity – take advantage of their Big Give today. https://www.easyfundraising.org.uk/tendring

The Yapp Charitable Trust will only fund work that focuses on one of their priority groups:
Elderly people
Children and young people
People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
Social welfare – people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children)
Visit the website for details
https://yappcharitabletrust.org.uk/what-we-fund

The programme is open to all schools, registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, with priority given to projects that provide food and support to young people.
Examples of eligible applications with a focus on food security, children and young people could be:

• A school providing pupils with food for breakfast clubs or snacks throughout the day.
• A school wanting to buy equipment for outdoor or indoor activities.
• A school wanting to develop a food growing area.
• A school supporting an after school club.
• A voluntary organisation working with families to run a food bank.
• An organisation addressing holiday hunger.
• A healthy eating project that supports families to cook healthy meals on a budget.
• A Brownie or Scout group needing funding for new play equipment or activities.

Grants are up to £1,500. There is a rolling deadline.  https://tescostrongerstarts.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/

Apply for a grant

We usually make VERY SMALL grants to VERY SMALL projects.

We don’t have formal grant criteria, but we are normally looking for leverage (in the sense that we make small contributions to projects nobody else will touch, in the hope that they can sometimes turn into something big).

So about 50 years ago we started backing pregnancy advisory services, women’s shelters and rape crisis centres, because they were new and unpopular with other funders (indeed, we had a run-in with the Charity Commission at that stage, which did not like pregnancy advisory services); now, we seldom back them, because they have become mainstream. If things are new in a particular area then they can still meet our criteria – a lot of community action is intensely local, and the fact that something has been done elsewhere does not mean it is well-established in the places that apply to us.

For more information and to apply please visit: What sorts of projects do we help? – The Wakeham Trust

Children and Young People Mental Health and Wellbeing Small Grants

Charities (with an annual income below £2 million) whose focus is on the well-being and mental health of children and young people under 26 years old.  First grants awarded are between £2,500 and £5,000.

The Pixel Fund operates a three-step application process.  Once a potential applicant charity has read their eligibility criteria, Stage 1 is registering for an online pre-application meeting.

Visit the Pixel Fund website
Eligibility check

The Screwfix Foundation is a registered charity set up in 2013. We are passionate about making a difference to communities across the UK. We are a grant giving charity with a clear purpose to support projects that improve, repair and maintain homes and community facilities used by those in need throughout the UK.

The Screwfix Foundation currently offers local registered charities and not for profit organisations funding up to the region of £5,000. All applications are reviewed individually by our team on a quarterly basis, the review dates are in March, June, September and December. Please see our Full eligibility criteria.

For more information or to apply for funding please visit: https://www.screwfix.com/landingpage/screwfix-foundation

The Energy Support Fund is currently open to applications from British Gas customers with credit or pre-payment meter accounts.

Criteria that must be met:

• You are a British Gas credit or pre-payment meter customer living in England, Scotland, or Wales 
• You have not received a grant from the British Gas Energy Trust within the last 12 months
• You must be seeking a grant to clear an outstanding debt on a current or open gas, electricity or dual fuel energy account in your name or be a member of that household, the energy account must relate to your main residence 
• You must have a minimum debt of £50 as a pre-payment meter customer, or £250 as a credit account customer
• Have a maximum £2,000 gas and/or electricity debt
• You must be in or facing Fuel Poverty  
• You have received help from a money advice agency or used our trusted partner’s self help Benefit Calculator tool within the last 6 months.

If you meet all the above criteria you may be eligible for a Trust grant, click here to apply for a grant.

We would like to hear about projects that will help to improve people’s overall well-being.

At present, we offer awards up to £500 as part of our small grants scheme and awards of over £500 for our new ACTNOW Grants Programme. You can apply for both via the application form below.

But please do get in touch with us via email if you would like to discuss your project in more detail.

We care about making a long-lasting difference to people’s lives and we can guide you through every step of the process.

Please fill out our application form to make an expression of interest and we will follow-up with more questions to help you through the process.

• UK projects – supports work to improve the educational outcomes and life chances of care-experienced young people under the age of 25 living in the UK. Projects must be interventions designed to improve their educational outcomes and life chances. Grants range from £30,000 to £90,000 for projects of one to three years (maximum £30,000 per year for multi-year projects).
• International projects – supports projects to improve the quality, sustainability and access to education for young people within international marginalised and vulnerable communities. Grants range from £10,000 to £60,000 for projects of one to three years (maximum £30,000 per year for multi-year projects).