651 grants have been added to Fundin this week, taking the total number of grants in the free database to 3,358.
Below are the top 100 opportunities for charities, CICs and community groups can apply for.
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Luton Citizens’ Fund
Amount: Up to £3,500
Closing date: 23 Oct 2026
Overview: Run by the Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation, this fund offers grants of up to £3,500 for local groups working across five areas of Luton. Money goes towards projects that help people into jobs and training, or make neighbourhoods safer and cleaner. Shortlisted groups will present their work at a local Decision Day in February 2027, where residents vote directly on which projects receive funding.
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Changemaker Grant
Amount: Up to £25,000
Closing date: 31 Oct 2026
Overview: The Changemaker Grant offers up to £25,000 for UK non-profit organisations running projects that open up compassionate conversations around death, dying, and bereavement. Funding covers project costs, including venue hire, temporary staff time, and digital resources, to help existing work grow or test new community ideas. Applicants do not need to provide match funding, but projects must be ready to start within three months of receiving an award.
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RHCPT Grant Scheme
Amount: Up to £20,000
Closing date: 31 Oct 2026
Overview: This scheme offers capital grants and loans to help repair and restore churches and chapels of any Christian denomination across Rutland. Funding typically ranges from a few hundred pounds up to £20,000, with trustees prioritising urgent structural work to roofs and building fabric rather than routine upkeep. Grants are paid out once the work is finished to a sound standard, often helping congregations get larger projects off the ground and attract matched funding.
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Momentum Grant
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 31 Oct 2026
Overview: The Momentum Grant offers up to £5,000 for UK charities, community groups, and social enterprises to run local projects that help people talk more openly about death, dying, and bereavement. Funding can cover project running costs like venue hire, materials, and facilitator time for activities such as Death Cafés, peer support groups, and information workshops. Successful applicants do not need to provide match funding, but projects must start within three months of receiving the grant.
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Bolton’s Fund: Partnership Grants
Amount: Up to £35,000
Closing date: 01 Nov 2026
Overview: This fund offers up to £35,000 for 12-month projects run by at least two local community organisations working together in Bolton. Grants cover direct project costs, such as staff time, room hire, and travel, to help residents live healthier lives, protect green spaces, or gain work skills. One group must apply as the lead partner, with awards paid out in full to each partner at the start of the work.
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Grants to Organisations
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 01 Nov 2026
Overview: The Bromsgrove Institute Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 to local charities and community groups working to improve life for people living in Bromsgrove. Funding is aimed at one-off projects, equipment, or capital purchases rather than day-to-day running costs. Awards are made across three tiers up to £500, £2,000, and £5,000, and successful applicants must send in a short report with photos within three months of finishing their work.
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Whitstable Improvement Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 01 Nov 2026
Overview: The Whitstable Improvement Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 for local charities, community groups, and schools working to benefit the town. Funding supports projects that improve the local environment, teach people about Whitstable’s heritage, or involve working alongside other local groups. The Trust has a small budget, so they favour applications that already have match funding in place.
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General Grant
Amount: Over £5,000
Closing date: 02 Nov 2026
Overview: The North Yard Community Trust provides grants of over £5,000 for local organisations running community, environmental, and youth projects in specific areas of Plymouth. Funding covers both capital expenses and direct running costs, such as equipment, venue hire, and project staff wages. Decisions can take up to six months, with payments typically released in at least two instalments based on project progress.
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Communities Building Economic Change
Amount: Up to £450,000
Closing date: 03 Nov 2026
Overview: City Bridge Foundation is offering five-year grants between £150,000 and £450,000 to London-based community organisations with annual incomes from £50,000 to £1.5 million. The funding provides flexible support for running costs, day-to-day services, and campaigning that tackles the root causes of poverty and inequality. Grants are open to local charities, community interest companies, and groups working to give people greater control over their neighbourhoods and access to essentials like housing, food, and fair pay.
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The Christmas Dinners Grant Programme
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: 19 Nov 2026
Overview: The Christmas Dinners Grant Programme offers UK charities, community groups, and CICs up to £3,000 to host Christmas Day dinners for young people aged 18 to 25 who have left care. Funded by The Gold From The Stone Foundation, these grants help cover core event costs such as food, venue equipment, gifts, and taxi transport to ensure no guest spends the day alone. Local volunteer teams also receive practical resources, mentoring, and donated items like food hampers and quilts to help run their event.
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Mayoral Investment Fund (MIF) – VCFSE Grant Programme
Amount: Up to £50,000
Closing date: 22 Nov 2026
Overview: Funded by the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority, this £650,000 programme offers capital and project funding for charities, community groups, and sports clubs across Cheshire and Warrington. Grants range from £1,500 micro-grants for local projects up to £50,000 for work on community buildings, alongside funding to help groups plan and cost future capital schemes. Applications run across two rounds opening in October 2026 and April 2027, with all funded work to finish by March 2028.
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Duchy Health Charity – Building Community Fund (Expression of Interest)
Amount: Up to £25,000
Closing date: 22 Nov 2026
Overview: Duchy Health Charity offers grants of up to £25,000 for local non-profit groups to run projects lasting up to two years across Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. The funding helps neighbours connect, tackles loneliness, and prepares communities for challenges such as severe weather or poor health. Groups can use the money for new activity that brings people together, including small building changes that make community spaces easier for everyone to use.
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Somerset Churches Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 27 Nov 2026
Overview: This fund offers capital grants of up to £5,000 to help repair and update active Christian places of worship across the historic county of Somerset. Grants cover up to a third of the cost for essential structural repairs, as well as work to add new toilets, serveries, or access for people with disabilities to support wider community use. A Trust representative will visit the building as part of the assessment, and all work must be overseen by a qualified architect or chartered surveyor.
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Greater Manchester Grants
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: 27 Nov 2026
Overview: The Charity Service offers grants of up to £3,000 to registered charities and community groups working across Greater Manchester. Funding covers running costs, capital items, or specific projects that support people experiencing poverty, poor health, disability, or disadvantage. Priority goes to work tackling homelessness, reducing loneliness, or helping families and children in difficult situations.
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Grants for Organisations
Amount: No set maximum
Closing date: 09 Dec 2026
Overview: Sutton Coldfield Charitable Trust offers grants to local organisations and community groups working across the former Borough of Sutton Coldfield. Funding covers both building or equipment costs and everyday running expenses, supporting work in areas such as hardship relief, education, health, and local green spaces. There is no set maximum grant size, with small awards of up to £1,000 decided quickly and larger bids over £55,000 reviewed four times a year by trustees.
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Breckland Council Inspiring Communities 2026/27
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 10 Dec 2026
Overview: Run by Norfolk Community Foundation, this scheme offers match-funded grants of up to £5,000 for local organisations supporting residents across Breckland District. The money helps fund year-long community projects that tackle challenges such as mental health issues, domestic abuse, loneliness, and wider health inequalities. Applications run across four quarterly rounds throughout 2026/27, with £84,000 available in total.
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Soirbheas – Tier 3 Grants
Amount: Up to £50,000
Closing date: 14 Dec 2026
Overview: Soirbheas offers Tier 3 grants between £20,000 and £50,000 for large capital projects that help the communities of Glen Urquhart and Strathglass. Local charities, community interest companies and voluntary groups can apply for up to 60% of their total project costs for work lasting up to 18 months. To be eligible, your project must support at least two of the funder’s goals, which include home energy efficiency, environmental protection, local business growth and better quality of life for older and vulnerable residents.
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HPC Community Fund: Active Spaces
Amount: Over £30,000 (multi-year)
Closing date: 16 Dec 2026
Overview: The HPC Community Fund’s Active Spaces programme supports community buildings, parks, and shared local sites across Somerset areas affected by the Hinkley Point C development. Run by Somerset Community Foundation, the fund awards multi-year grants of over £30,000 from an annual £350,000 pot for building repairs, energy-saving upgrades, and local activities. Groups can also get extra practical help alongside their funding to support planning, governance, and the day-to-day running of their spaces.
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Main Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: 30 Dec 2026
Overview: The Hampshire Archives Trust offers grants of between £500 and £10,000 to help local groups protect and share the county’s history. Funding can cover storage equipment, publishing books, buying records, or running events and exhibitions that open archives up to the wider public. Applications are reviewed twice a year, with deadlines falling on 30 June and 30 December.
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Sheffield Town Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 08 Jan 2027
Overview: The Sheffield Town Trust offers grants typically between £500 and £5,000 to local charities, community groups, and CICs working across the city. Funding can pay for core running costs, equipment, building repairs, or community events that clearly help local people and the surrounding area. Most awards are one-off payments, and successful groups need to wait two years before applying to the Trust again.
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Ponton House Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: 10 Jan 2027
Overview: The Ponton House Trust offers grants of up to £3,000 for local charities supporting children and young people who face hardship across Edinburgh and the Lothians. The funding covers both project and core running costs, with awards to be spent within 12 months. Successful organisations must acknowledge the Trust’s support in their annual reports, publicity, and online channels.
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Grants to Charities and Organisations
Amount: Varies
Closing date: 19 Jan 2027
Overview: The Army Benevolent Fund awards single-year grants to charities and organisations that run support services for serving soldiers, veterans and their immediate families across the UK. Funding can go towards project delivery or contribute to general running costs, covering areas such as housing, elderly care and mental fitness. Grants do not cover the full cost of an activity, and the funder will not support research, expeditions or sporting events.
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Grants for Organisations
Amount: Up to £5,000 a year
Closing date: 01 Feb 2027
Overview: Chippenham Borough Lands Charity offers grants of up to £5,000 a year to local charities, schools, and community groups supporting people living in the Parish of Chippenham. Funding covers core running costs, capital purchases, projects, or one-off events for up to three years. Supported work must help local residents by improving health, education, housing, community ties, or access to sports, arts, and the outdoors.
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Helen Roll Charity Grants
Amount: Up to £20,000
Closing date: 15 Feb 2027
Overview: The Helen Roll Charity awards project grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 to registered charities, giving out around £300,000 each year across roughly 30 organisations. The trustees look to fund projects that struggle to find money elsewhere, covering causes from animal welfare and conservation to social care and education. While they often back the same groups over several years, they usually take on one or two new charities annually.
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Benevolent Fund Grants
Amount: Up to £60,000
Closing date: 17 Feb 2027
Overview: The Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund offers grants between £1,000 and £60,000 to charities and schools, focusing mainly on London. Funding covers running costs and specific projects that help young people facing disadvantage through education, STEM learning, and practical training for work. The trustees meet four times a year to review appeals, usually awarding one-off donations with the chance to reapply in later years.
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Bishampton Solar Park Community Fund
Amount: Up to £8,000
Closing date: 17 Feb 2027
Overview: Managed by GrantScape, this fund provides grants between £500 and £8,000 for local groups supporting residents in Bishampton, Throckmorton, Abberton, and Church Lench. It has an annual pot of £10,500 that pays for both capital works and running costs across community buildings, green spaces, energy projects, and local activities. Revenue projects can run for up to two years, and while match funding is not required, larger bids over £2,500 benefit from showing some local fundraising or in-kind support.
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Rees Jeffreys Road Fund – Project Grant – Expression of Interest
Amount: Up to £50,000
Closing date: 09 Apr 2027
Overview: This programme offers grants, usually between £5,000 and £30,000, for research, education, and physical roadside improvements across the UK. Trustees want projects that improve road design, safety, and appearance for everyone who uses them, especially ideas that carry national importance and draw in match funding. Larger awards of up to £50,000 are available for standout work, with all projects needing to finish and show results within two years.
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Neilston Greener Grid Park Community Fund
Amount: Up to £20,000
Closing date: 14 Apr 2027
Overview: Run by GrantScape, this fund provides grants between £500 and £20,000 for local groups, schools and charities based within 3km of the Neilston Greener Grid Park in East Renfrewshire. It supports practical projects that cut carbon emissions and help the community move towards net zero, from energy efficiency upgrades in public buildings to tree planting and green transport. Applications over £5,000 require at least 20% match funding, though you can use in-kind contributions towards this total.
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Museum, Archive and Conservation Award
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: 01 Jun 2027
Overview: The Textile Society offers grants of up to £5,000 for UK museums, archives, and conservation studios working on textile-related projects. Funding covers exhibitions, publications, or conservation work that helps the public learn more about a collection. To qualify, projects must be new, clearly show an educational purpose, and cannot be used for core running costs or staff wages.
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Cleve Hill Community Benefit Fund
Amount: Up to £50,000
Closing date: 29 Sep 2027
Overview: Run by GrantScape, this fund provides grants between £250 and £50,000 for local projects in the Kent parishes of Graveney with Goodnestone and Hernhill. It backs community groups, schools, and charities working on local facilities, social activities, parks, and sports spaces. Applications over £2,500 need some match funding or in-kind help, and works cannot start before a grant agreement is in place.
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Chellaram Foundation Grants Programme
Amount: £17,000 to over £500,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Chellaram Foundation awards capital and project grants, historically ranging from £17,000 to over £500,000, to registered charities working in the UK and abroad. Funding supports practical work across health, education, youth support, culture, disaster relief, the environment, and animal welfare. The trustees look for well-planned proposals with clear costs, covering tangible needs such as medical tools, school buildings, and direct community care.
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Matchroom Charitable Foundation Grants
Amount: £1,000 to over £300,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Funded by ticket sales from major sporting events, the Matchroom Charitable Foundation awards grants to UK charities and community groups. Support ranges from £1,000 for small local projects to multi-year awards over £300,000, covering capital, core, and project costs. Their funding focuses on sports initiatives, community projects, disability support, and both adult and children’s hospices.
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Inclusion in Finance Foundation Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £150,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This programme offers one-year grants between £5,000 and £150,000, usually landing between £5,000 and £15,000, to help charities and CICs across the UK improve diversity and social mobility in the financial and professional services sectors. Funding covers both project and core costs for work that opens up careers to people from underrepresented backgrounds, supports their progression at work, or funds research into the barriers they face. Successful applicants must put part of the grant towards measuring what works, and can also receive hands-on advice and access to the Foundation’s industry network.
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Sustainable Charlbury Community Grants
Amount: Up to £60,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Funded by profits from Southill Solar farm, this programme offers grants to local groups in West Oxfordshire running practical environmental and climate projects. Grants range from around £200 up to £60,000, paying for work such as energy-saving refits to community buildings, nature restoration, local food growing, and green travel schemes. Funding can cover one-off costs, match funding, or multi-year partnerships, with applications open to charities, schools, and community groups.
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Barker Bridge House Trust Non-Ecclesiastical Grants
Amount: Up to £50,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers grants ranging from £74 to £50,000 for local groups, schools and clubs that support the residents of Datchet. The trustees prefer to pay for capital works or specific items of equipment, and they rarely turn down eligible requests from within the village. They do not fund general running costs, staff salaries or work that should be covered by public money.
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Bell Restoration Fund
Amount: Up to £47,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers grants and loans to help churches across the Diocese of Guildford repair, maintain, and improve their church bells and bell towers. Awards range from £25 for routine work such as replacing ropes or pulleys up to £47,000 for major jobs like re-hanging bells and tower repairs. Guild members also lend a hand with free practical advice and technical inspections to help parishes keep costs down.
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Grants for Children’s Health and Education
Amount: £800 to £40,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Nadezda Foundation awards grants to charities, schools, community groups, and individuals across the UK to help children and young people, particularly those with disabilities or life-limiting conditions. There are no fixed funding limits, with past awards between £800 and £40,000 covering equipment like medical and mobility aids, running costs, and activities such as therapy sessions.
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The Company of Arts Scholars Charitable Trust Grants
Amount: £500 to over £40,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund supports UK individuals and charities working across fine and decorative arts, antiques, and heritage collections. Grants range from smaller discretionary awards of £500 to £5,000 up to major awards over £40,000 for large-scale conservation work. Money goes towards school outreach, museum restoration, and university bursaries or paid traineeships in art history and conservation.
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Small Project Grant Scheme
Amount: Up to £30,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Fire Service Research and Training Trust offers grants between £1,000 and £30,000 for UK fire and rescue services, charities, and community groups working on small projects. Funding lasts for up to two years and covers the direct costs of new training materials, research into fire safety, or improvements to equipment. It helps back work that improves how the fire service operates, especially where other funding is hard to find.
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Axminster Care Service Community Grants
Amount: Up to £25,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Run by local volunteers, this fund offers grants to help individuals, schools, and community groups based in the Axminster Medical Practice area. Awards generally range from £400 to £25,000, paying for practical things like building repairs, sports kit, room hire, and dyslexia support for pupils. Funding also covers hardship grants to help local families with everyday essentials, replacement appliances, and school trips.
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AVA Wellness Foundation Grants Programme
Amount: Under £1,000 to over £25,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This programme offers grants from under £1,000 to over £25,000 to help groups and individuals in England and Wales run health, nutrition, and wellbeing projects. Funding covers capital equipment, research, workforce training, and everyday running costs, with a strong focus on preventative care that eases pressure on the NHS. Eligible applicants include registered charities, community groups, schools, local authorities, and individuals working on the front line of community healthcare.
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William A Cargill Charitable Trust
Amount: Up to £20,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The William A Cargill Charitable Trust provides grants of between £1,000 and £20,000 to UK charities, community groups, and other non-profit organisations. Managed by Glasgow solicitors Miller Beckett & Jackson, the fund covers both capital and revenue costs for work that helps local communities, focusing particularly on healthcare, mental health, respite breaks, and social welfare. Across the year, the trust shares around £120,000 between roughly 25 to 30 groups to support these vital services.
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Charitable Funding Programme
Amount: Up to £20,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Winchcombe Rotary Club offers grants to local charities, community groups, and schools for humanitarian work that brings lasting benefit to the area. Awards typically run from small sums of £70 up to £20,000 for major Legacy Fund capital projects in Winchcombe and its neighbourhood. Applications are reviewed regularly by their advisory group, with final decisions made by club members.
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WCoFF Charitable Trust Grants
Amount: £1,000 to £19,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Worshipful Company of Firefighters Charitable Trust awards grants to UK charities, local authorities, and community groups, with recent payments ranging between £1,000 and £19,000. Trustees fund work connected to fire safety, emergency response, and firefighting heritage, as well as youth schemes such as fire cadets and support for young people with physical or mental health needs. Grants can cover running costs, equipment, building work, research, and restoration projects.
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Wheelwrights’ Charity – Stage 2: Full Application
Amount: Varies
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Wheelwrights’ Charity offers grants to small UK charities for tangible capital items, equipment, and distinct projects rather than day-to-day running costs. Funding focuses heavily on improving mobility and access to sports, education, or recreation for people with disabilities, particularly children, young people, and former service personnel. They also support apprentice wheelwrights with training expenses and tools, alongside backing selected City of London causes.
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Education Grants
Amount: No fixed limit
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Lytham Schools Foundation awards project and capital grants to individuals under 25, schools, and community groups across Lytham St Annes and the Fylde area. Funding covers course fees, study materials, and travel for students facing financial hardship, as well as educational equipment and building works for local organisations. Grants have no fixed limits, ranging from small awards for personal study costs up to more than £15,000 for larger community projects.
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Wiltshire Historic Churches Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £15,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This programme offers grants to places of Christian worship across Wiltshire and Swindon to help pay for essential repairs and community improvements. Funding typically ranges from £500 to £6,000 for standard building work, kitchenettes and accessible facilities, with up to £15,000 available for major structural or roof restorations. Grants are paid out directly to churches once the work is finished and the contractor’s invoices have been settled.
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Bell Restoration Fund
Amount: Up to £13,500
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers grants to help church authorities repair, maintain, or improve bells, bell fittings, and the fabric of church towers. Funding covers everything from small urgent jobs under £250, such as fixing clappers, up to £13,500 for larger work like complete rehangs or tower repairs. Awards are usually paid once the work is finished, with applications supported directly by the local bell-ringing community across Hertfordshire, Barnet, and Harrow.
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Grant Making Programmes
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Ibrahim Foundation awards grants of £500 to £10,000 twice a year to UK charities and community groups, with up to £50,000 available for standout work. Funding centres on local community action, environmental education, strengthening other non-profits, and helping families and people with disabilities meet everyday needs. The trustees want to see modest sums put to good use, and organisations must sit out a round before applying again.
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The Canbrick Charitable Trust Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Canbrick Charitable Trust offers grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 for work that supports children and young people up to the age of 25. Charities, community interest companies, and local groups can apply for projects focused on education, health, social development, or the environment. Funding covers direct project costs rather than everyday overheads or salaries, and awards can pay for a project in full or act as matched funding.
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Small Animal Welfare Grants
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Douglas & Joanne Chapman Animal Trust offers grants of up to £10,000 for local charities, community groups and individuals working to improve small animal welfare across Norfolk. Funding covers one-off costs rather than running expenses, helping groups pay for items such as equipment, enclosure works and building repairs. Emergency grants of up to £350 are also available for urgent situations through Spire Solicitors.
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Capital Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This scheme offers capital grants of up to £10,000 for Church of England Parochial Church Councils within the Colchester Deanery. Funding covers up to half of the total cost for building works, repairs, or improvements to churches and church halls that support local ministry and community use. Parishes need to secure match funding through their own reserves or local fundraising, and you must apply before any building work starts.
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Shaftesbury Charitable Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers grants between £100 and £10,000 for charities, community groups, and sponsored individuals working directly in Shaftesbury and its immediate neighbourhood. Trustees back practical local work across areas like poverty relief, health, local heritage, culture, and the environment. Money can cover up to 100% of project costs, capital purchases, or running expenses, though they welcome shared funding with other donors.
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Bell Restoration Fund
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Bell Restoration Fund offers capital grants to help repair, maintain, and restore bells hung for change ringing across the North East, covering church towers, secular buildings, and redundant places of worship. Awards typically contribute up to 10% of the project’s net cost, with a standard limit of £10,000, though the committee may give more towards smaller jobs under £2,000. Larger bids need to show how the work will also support teaching and recruiting local ringers.
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Malcolm Bradbury Trust Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This programme offers grants of up to £10,000 for creative writing and literary arts projects across the UK, as well as work that preserves Malcolm Bradbury’s legacy. Funding supports individuals, schools, charities, and community groups, with an emphasis on helping new writers from underrepresented backgrounds and people facing social, economic, or health barriers. Grants can cover projects, bursaries, and educational courses, and the trust is happy to partner with other funders on larger pieces of work.
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Jalal Agha Foundation Grants
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Jalal Agha Foundation offers grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 to UK charities, community groups, and CICs. Funding helps organisations run projects for Afghan people living in Afghanistan or displaced elsewhere, including refugees here in the UK. The awards cover project, revenue, and core running costs focused on health, schooling, training for work, and relief from hardship.
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Climbers Against Cancer Grant Programme
Amount: Around £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Climbers Against Cancer offers project grants and lump sum funding, typically around £10,000, to research centres, healthcare bodies, and charities helping people with cancer and their families. The scheme backs research into causes and cures, alongside therapy programmes and awareness work across the UK and overseas. Applications remain open throughout the year, with trustees reviewing requests on a continuous basis.
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Sponsorship and Donations Programme
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Simpson McCreath Trust offers grants and sponsorships, typically between a few hundred pounds and £10,000, to local charities, schools, sports clubs, and community groups near Simpsons Malt operational sites. Funding covers capital costs, equipment, events, and day-to-day project running expenses, with priority given to work that matches the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Eligible areas include Norfolk, Northumberland, East Lothian, Angus, Moray, and the Scottish Borders.
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HatHats Foundation Grant Programme
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Set up by the HatHats Coffee Company, this foundation offers grants usually under £10,000 to charities, community groups, and individuals across Kent as well as international coffee-growing communities. Funding can cover day-to-day running costs, new equipment, or specific community projects, with a focus on causes backed by company staff. Because the business pays for all overheads, every penny awarded goes straight to the work itself.
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Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Marjory Boddy Charitable Trust supports local charities, CICs, and community groups working to improve quality of life for residents across Cheshire West and Chester. While funding historically focuses on health, education, welfare, and the arts, the trust will consider any work that meets local needs, including a dedicated strand to help recruit and keep volunteers. Awards rarely exceed £10,000, with an average grant size of around £3,300 to help with project, capital, or core costs.
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Group or Organisation Grants
Amount: Up to £10,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This grant helps local charities, sports clubs and community groups running projects in Malmesbury and its surrounding villages. Funding can cover both equipment and running costs for work that boosts local health, wellbeing and day-to-day quality of life. The trustees do not set fixed grant limits, with awards shaped by what each project actually needs, including recent sums of up to £10,000.
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Three-Year Rolling Programme
Amount: Up to £3,000 a year for three years
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Radley Charitable Trust offers grants of up to £3,000 a year for three years to back specific projects focused on peace, equality, human rights, and conflict resolution. They prefer funding grassroots groups that help marginalised people, especially in areas that struggle to find support from other funders. Successful applicants will need to build a direct relationship with the trustees, which includes sending annual reports and attending a trustee meeting during the grant period.
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Donations for Charities and Organisations
Amount: Up to £7,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This scheme provides discretionary grants to charities, community groups, and schools, with a strong focus on projects that help people in Lymington and the New Forest. Funding can cover both equipment and running costs, with recent awards typically ranging from £300 for school resources up to £7,000 for hospital equipment. The trustees look at each application on its own merits, deciding award amounts based on the needs of the project and the funds they have available.
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Pump House Trust
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Pump House Trust offers capital and revenue grants to smaller Scottish charities, focusing on local community work, the environment, women’s groups, and young people. Most awards fall between £500 and £5,000, though the trustees sometimes give larger amounts at their discretion. It is a good fit for local organisations running practical work that helps bring people together and tackle social exclusion.
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CriSeren Foundation Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The CriSeren Foundation offers core and project funding to small and mid-sized charities, community interest companies, and community groups across London, the South East, and Wales. Introductory grants usually sit between £3,000 and £5,000, with the potential for larger sums as the working relationship grows. Alongside direct funding, the team provides hands-on practical help, including advice on business plans, board recruitment, and introductions to other funders.
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Awards up to £5,000
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Friends of Upward Bound UK offers grants of up to £5,000 to help local charities, schools, and community groups run out-of-school activities for young people up to age 25 in Greater London. The money covers direct project costs, including staff time, venue hire, food, and equipment, with a focus on building practical skills, confidence, and paths into work. To apply, your group will just need to show clear financial rules that explain how spending is approved and tracked.
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Institutional Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Hymns Ancient and Modern offers grants of up to £5,000 to UK churches, schools, and charities connected with the Church of England. The scheme supports practical projects that help a good number of local people, giving priority to smaller groups without access to major donors. Funding cannot be used for salaries, building repairs, accommodation, or travel.
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Bowyers’ Charitable Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £2,500
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Bowyers’ Charitable Trust offers one-year grants usually between £1,500 and £2,500, with a focus on smaller UK charities, CICs and sports clubs. Funding supports education and training, work with young people facing disadvantage, the City of London, and the Company’s military ties. You can apply online for project or running costs up to £2,500, with larger amounts only considered after speaking directly to the Trust.
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Wetherby District Lions Club Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Wetherby District Lions Club offers one-off grants between £10 and £5,000 to local charities, community groups, schools, sports clubs, and individuals facing hardship. Funding can cover core running costs, specific projects, or equipment, with priority given to work across Wetherby and the surrounding areas of North and West Yorkshire. Trustees support broad community needs, including youth activities, help for older people, local environmental projects, and practical support for people with disabilities or health conditions.
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Jamieson-Bystock Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers grants between £100 and £5,000 to local charities and community groups helping people through tough times, such as homelessness, abuse, addiction, or isolation. Priority goes to grassroots work across Devon, particularly in Exeter, Exmouth, and East Devon, though national groups working in these areas can also apply. Funding can pay for direct project work as well as everyday running costs, with an average award of around £2,000.
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Wiltshire Gardens Trust – Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000 a year
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Wiltshire Gardens Trust awards grants of up to £5,000 per year for projects that develop gardens for public enjoyment, education, or gardener training across Wiltshire. Funding is open to individuals and local organisations, with multi-year support considered for larger phased work. Grants pay for site preparation, equipment, and capital works, though they do not cover living plants or trees.
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The Darkley Trust Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Darkley Trust offers project grants of between £250 and £5,000, mainly supporting artists and smaller charities that help people experiencing homelessness across Wales and its borders. Awards focus on specific project costs or equipment rather than core running expenses, with most successful grants sitting well below the upper limit. Both individuals and registered charities can apply, provided they have already secured their basic living costs or core funds elsewhere.
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British Judo Trust Funding
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The British Judo Trust offers grants across the UK to help grow the sport and get more people involved. Community groups and sports clubs can apply for up to £5,000, while individual players can seek up to £1,000. Funding pays for basic kit, equipment, and projects that support personal development through judo.
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Fish in Need Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Fish in Need offers grants between £250 and £5,000 to UK charities, community groups, and sports clubs working to protect freshwater fish and their habitats. Funding pays for practical, hands-on work, including restocking fish, buying hatchery kit, and building channel features like live willow structures and fish refuges. Successful groups can also get extra advice and publicity to support their work, with the chance to apply for further funding later on.
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Lords Group Foundation Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Lords Group Foundation offers grants of up to £5,000 to UK charities and community groups running local projects that help people in need. Funding covers project and capital costs, with a strong focus on community centres, hospices, youth clubs, and support for people facing homelessness or disability. Grants pay for direct project costs rather than ongoing overheads, and you must have a dedicated organisation bank account to apply.
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Legacy Grant
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Budleigh Salterton Lions Club offers annual grants of up to £5,000 to help turn local ideas into reality across Budleigh Salterton and nearby East Devon villages. The funding supports both capital costs and specific project work for charities, community groups, sports clubs, schools, and individuals in need. Applications are reviewed once a year to back good causes that make a practical difference to people living in the area.
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Pitstone Step-Up Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Pitstone Parish Charity offers grants to local residents and community organisations to relieve hardship and create lasting improvements to people’s quality of life. Funding ranges from £1,000 for personal development or urgent help, up to £2,500 for career training and £5,000 for parish project costs. Applications are open to individuals, charities, and community groups based in Pitstone who can show how the award will make a real difference to their day-to-day lives.
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Small Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Arcobaleno Cancer Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 across the UK to help both individuals and organisations. People who have cancer can apply for money towards treatment, daily living costs, education, or personal wishes. Groups such as charities, hospices, and research teams can also use this funding to pay for care services, specialist equipment, or pilot studies.
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St Albans Lions Club Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: St Albans Lions Club awards grants to local charities, community groups, schools, and individuals across the St Albans area and wider Hertfordshire. Awards usually range from £50 to £5,000, though trustees will consider larger sums for projects that run over a longer time. The money can help cover equipment, running costs, community events, or specific welfare and health projects, with requests for both full and partial funding welcome.
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Chelwood Community Fund Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Chelwood Community Fund offers grants between £250 and £5,000 to local groups and individuals in Chelwood and its neighbouring villages. Funded by profits from a community-owned renewable energy scheme, the programme supports work to improve local facilities, protect the environment, or provide community training. Grants can go towards equipment, staff, and everyday running costs for projects lasting up to 15 months.
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Gale Charitable Trust Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Gale Charitable Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 to UK charities supporting refugees, people seeking asylum, and migrant communities, alongside projects in healthcare, education, community outreach, and the arts. Funding can cover project running costs, community activities, or general organisational expenses that help build an inclusive and compassionate society. Applications open each September and run through to June, with decisions made at the end of the funding round.
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CTCLF Grants and Donations
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Child & Teenage Cancer & Leukaemia Foundation offers grants up to £2,500 and donations up to £5,000 to UK charities, CICs and community groups. Funding covers both running costs and capital items to support children and teenagers with cancer, their families, and practical research into these conditions. Organisations can apply either for fresh project costs or to expand an existing service that does not receive statutory support.
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Norman Collinson Charitable Trust Grants to Organisations
Amount: Up to £2,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Norman Collinson Charitable Trust offers grants between £200 and £2,000 to charities and community groups working within 20 miles of York. Funding mainly supports people of all ages with disabilities or additional needs, alongside local projects that tackle clear social need. They make about 80 awards each year, and they are happy to help with start-up costs for new work or building upgrades that improve disabled access and community use.
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Small Grants Scheme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Dorset Gardens Trust offers matched grants of up to £5,000 to help public and private owners restore historic parks and gardens across Dorset. Funding covers practical repair and conservation work to garden structures, such as stone walls, summerhouses, and bandstands, rather than routine maintenance. Priority goes to sites recognised on local or national historic registers, and all work must be carried out by qualified tradespeople.
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The Swettenham Foundation Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Swettenham Foundation offers grants of up to £5,000 to local charities, community interest companies, and grassroots groups working across Cheshire West, Chester, and the Wirral. Funding helps cover running costs, equipment, and materials for local projects that improve mental health, open up green spaces, and tackle loneliness. The trustees mainly look for community-led work that leaves a lasting positive difference in the areas where their pharmacies once traded.
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Small Grants Scheme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This scheme offers grants of up to £5,000 to help individuals, charities, and local groups repair and preserve historic buildings across Surrey. Funding usually covers around 10% of total costs for projects over £5,000, focusing on urgent structural repairs, specialist surveys, and restoring original architectural features. Grants are paid out once the conservation work is finished and has passed an inspection.
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Conservation Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The St Andrew’s Conservation Trust awards grants of up to £5,000 to help conserve historic objects, decorative features, and fittings inside parish churches or public charity buildings. Support usually covers up to half the cost of work on items like woodwork, stained glass, metalwork, monuments, and wall paintings, as well as specialist conservation training. They do not fund structural building repairs, bells, organs, or projects that have already started.
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Lions Club of Dorchester & District Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers one-off grants of between £10 and £5,000 to local groups, charities, and individuals across Dorchester and the surrounding district. Trustees will consider requests for core operating costs, equipment, and community projects, particularly those supporting older people, families, young people, and people with disabilities. Applications are assessed on their own merits by the committee, with no strict restrictions on what the money can cover as long as it directly benefits the local area.
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NorAH Grant Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Norfolk Archives and Heritage Development Foundation offers grants between £100 and £5,000 for projects that protect, share, and help people learn from Norfolk’s historical records. Funding is open to local charities, community groups, and local authorities to cover costs like purchasing rare items, digitisation, conservation, and running wellbeing activities based around local history. Trustees meet every three months to make decisions, though they can agree urgent funding sooner if an archive is up for auction.
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LP-J Christian Project Grant
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This fund offers grants of up to £5,000 for Christian outreach and community projects in and around Portsmouth, covering work such as youth clubs, debt advice and support for people experiencing homelessness. To qualify, your project must involve at least three different churches working together and putting money into the budget, with a focus on sharing the Christian faith through practical care. You will also need to have at least 25% of the total project costs raised before you apply.
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Grants to Organisations
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Royal Victoria Trust for the Blind offers grants between £1,000 and £5,000 to charities and community groups supporting people with sight loss across the North East and Cumbria. Funding covers project and running costs, service improvements, partnership work, and equipment for demonstration or frontline staff. Trustees meet four times a year in January, April, July, and October to make their decisions.
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Warwickshire & Coventry Historic Churches Trust Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: This programme offers grants between £350 and £5,000 to help charities and community groups repair, maintain, and protect historic places of worship across Warwickshire, Coventry, and parts of the Diocese of Coventry. Priority goes to structural repairs to the church fabric, though trustees also consider smaller requests for stonework, churchyards, and internal fittings like bells or stained glass. Successful applicants receive their funding by cheque once the work is finished and the charity has received their second annual membership payment.
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Community Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Darlington Lions Club provides grants, typically between £120 and £5,000, to local voluntary groups, sports clubs, schools, and individuals in Darlington and the surrounding area. The funding comes directly from the club’s town centre bookshop and community events, helping with everything from equipment and everyday running costs to hardship relief and medical transport. While there are no set limits, they tend to look favourably on work supporting young people, older residents, and people with disabilities.
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Fleet Lions Community Grants
Amount: Up to £5,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: Fleet Lions awards grants between £100 and £5,000 to local charities, schools, community groups, and neighbours in Fleet and the Hart district. The money helps cover equipment costs, run local projects, and support families or individuals through times of hardship. Alongside funding, the club can also step in with practical volunteer help like decorating, moving furniture, or lending a hand at community events.
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Ian Askew Charitable Trust
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Ian Askew Charitable Trust offers grants of up to £3,000 to help local charities, CICs, and community groups across Kent and Sussex. Funding covers project, core running, and capital costs, with a focus on frontline work for children, older people, and people with disabilities, as well as woodland conservation. Most awards are for £500 or less, making it a good fit for smaller groups looking to pay for straightforward, day-to-day community support.
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The Beer-Harris Memorial Trust Grants
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Beer-Harris Memorial Trust offers annual grants between £1,000 and £3,000 to UK charities and CICs running projects for adults experiencing mental health issues, particularly severe mental illness. Funding supports both community-based work, such as outdoor or creative therapies, and research into mental health recovery and rehabilitation. Organisations can apply each year for specific project costs, with a short impact report due six months after receiving a grant.
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Small Grants Programme
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Finn Family Fund offers grants of up to £3,000 for volunteer-led charities across the North East, Cumberland, and Westmorland and Furness. Funding covers project and core costs that help improve daily life and tackle disadvantage, with a clear focus on young people. The trustees prefer smaller organisations where a modest grant will make a direct difference, and they do not fund animal welfare, medical research, or religious activities.
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The Four Barrows Foundation Grants
Amount: Up to £3,000
Closing date: Rolling
Overview: The Four Barrows Foundation offers project grants of £1,000 to £3,000 to schools and charities helping young children up to the age of 12 who face difficult circumstances. The funding focuses on pre-school and primary education, backing practical work like reading mentoring, holiday play clubs, and therapy sessions across Wiltshire, Berkshire, Surrey, Lothian, and Fife. Trustees are happy to consider multi-year support to help these early years activities make a lasting difference to children’s learning.
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