Last updated 25 November 2025
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November
Health Inequities: Structural Racism and Discrimination Partnership
The National Lottery Community Fund (TNLCF) has announced a major new programme to address health inequities stemming from racism, discrimination and systemic injustice. They are looking for 10 established organisations with a strong track record in tackling structural racism and involving communities with lived experience to join a £50m partnership.
Partners will receive £50,000 - £1m over five years to continue their work, and help shape future funding initiatives. An additional £40m has been set aside for the first year of further projects, which will be co-designed with partners.
You can find out more by attending one of their webinars:
- 9th October, 3.30pm - 4.15pm
- 21st October, 10.00am - 10.45am
- 6th November, 10.00am - 10.45am
Application deadline: 26th November 2025 (midday)
New Schroder Charity Trust
The Schroder Charity Trust’s grant-making programme accepts applications for work under the following two objectives:
- Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and employment.
- Strengthening communities through services and opportunities which enhance the wellbeing and life outcomes of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
Application deadline: Sunday 30th November 2025
December
The Classical Association is a major provider of grants to classical projects, mainly but not exclusively in the UK. The Association's grants fund schoolteachers, students, academics and organisations to provide wider access to teaching and learning about the classical world.
- Applications of up to £5,000 should be submitted for the consideration of the Small Grants Committee ahead of the following deadlines: March 1, June 1, September 1, December 1
Henry Moore Grants support exhibitions, exhibition catalogues, commissions, conferences, research, post-doctoral research fellowships, publications, and the development of collections through acquisitions, conservation, cataloguing and display. If your exhibition or commission project aims to encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history, or contributes to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture, you should consider applying for a Henry Moore Grant.
Applications are assessed in terms of their:
- development of the study of sculpture
- contribution to the public awareness and understanding of sculpture
- encouragement of new thinking in sculpture, including the history of sculpture
- artistic quality
- careful financial management
Applications are considered four times per year. Upcoming application windows:
- Applications open 1 November 2025, 9:00; Submissions close 1 December 2025, 23:00 (For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 April 2026)
- Applications open 1 February 2026, 9:00; Submissions close 1 March 2026, 23:00 (For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 July 2026)
- Applications open 1 May 2026, 9:00; Submissions close 1 June 2026, 23:00 (For projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 October 2026)
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a grant making registered charity which was established primarily to aid the research into learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability by making grants to voluntary organisations working in this field. Grants available include:
- General Grant Programme for appeals of £9,000 and above
- Small Grant Programme for appeals under £9,000
Meetings of the Trustees are usually held in March, June and November of each year. The deadlines for submitting an appeal for funding of £9,000 and above are:
- 1 December for consideration at the interim meeting in March
- 1 March for consideration at the June meeting
- 1 August for consideration at the November meeting
Keep checking the website as submission deadline dates may be subject to change. Please note the deadlines are final. There are no submission deadlines for applicants seeking funding below £9,000.
In line with the Company's history and in response to the shortfall of skilled STEM workers in the UK, the Ironmongers’ Foundation wishes to support initiatives that encourage young people to study science subjects at school and go on to pursue STEM-related further education or vocational training, particularly in the area of Materials Science.
The Foundation prefers to support smaller projects where it is the sole funder or its contribution makes a real difference. Most grants are below £10,000.
The Foundation Committee meets three times per year in January, May and September. The deadlines for receipt of applications are 1st December, 1st April and 1st August respectively.
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust
The objectives of the Trust are to donate to UK registered charities whose purposes encompass one or more of the following:
- to benefit or protect animals
- to relieve animals from suffering
- to conserve wild-life
- to encourage the understanding of animals
Application deadlines:
- 1st December (for Spring meeting)
- 1st April (for Summer meeting)
- 1st August (for Autumn meeting)
Paul Hamlyn have opened applications to the Ideas and Pioneers Fund, offering grants of up to £20,000 and a flexible support package to people with bold and brave ideas that have the potential to transform the way things are currently done.
Application deadline: Tuesday 2nd December 2025
The Fore’s Funding Rounds offer unrestricted grants to help small charities and social enterprises grow, strengthen, become more efficient or resilient. All UK registered charities, CIOs, CICs limited by guarantee and CBSs.
Successful applicants will receive:
- A grant of up to £30,000 of unrestricted funding spread over 1 to 3 years.
- Access to free, highly skilled support provided by experienced professionals.
- Access to our programme of workshops, covering areas such as fundraising, communications, finance, strategy and more.
- A fully funded place on an impact measurement course.
- Access to peer networking opportunities.
Charity size: with an annual income of under £500,000 are welcome to apply
Grant size: up to £30,000
The first step to applying is to register your interest. Registration is open for one week at the beginning of each funding round.
Next registration period: from 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 26th November to 12pm (midday) on Wednesday 3rd December
Application deadline for for charities with a confirmed place on funding round: 5pm, Monday 12th January 2026
Phase 8 of the London Community Energy fund (LCEF)
Grant funding is available to support the feasibility, development and delivery of community energy projects in London.
Grants: up to £630,000 of funding is available across three streams.
Application deadline: 11.59pm on Sunday 7th December 2025
New Voices from the Front Line
Grants of £500 to £10,000 over 18 months to UK organisations led by and for women and girls for campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voices to achieve change.
Eligible activities include workshops, events, petitions, and other advocacy efforts targeting communities, government, media, or service providers. Organisations must be governed and led by women, with a majority female board and leadership team.
Application deadline: 4.00pm, 9th December 2025
London Marathon Foundation Active Spaces Fund
This fund awards grants to projects in London that improve spaces and facilities and help the least active children, young people and underserved groups and communities to lead active and healthy lives.
To be eligible your project must take place in a London borough and support one or more of these audiences to be active: children and young people, people from ethnically diverse groups, people from lower socio-economic groups, women and girls, people with disabilities , people with long-term health conditions, older people (65+) or the LGBTQ+ community.
Grant size: between £10,000 and £80,000 towards total project costs.
Upcoming deadlines: 11 December 2025, 25 March 2026, 8 July 2026, 23 September 2026
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2025-26 This grant will reopen for applications at 10am on Monday 15 December 2025
The Small Grants Programme is a rolling funding programme for one-off grants of up to £5,000. There are 8 application windows throughout the year and each window will close when 40 applications have been received.
The Leathersellers’ Small Grants Programme 2025-26 will consider applications from charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) registered and operating in the UK. Applications from Community Interest Companies (CICs) will not be consider considered.
Charities and CIOs must meet the following criteria:
- Deliver activities to meet an identified need for vulnerable members of the community
- Have a planned expenditure of under £200,000 during the financial year in which you are applying for funding.
- Have at least one year’s published accounts
The Small Grants Committee will meet on eight occasions throughout the year, to support timely decisions. An application window will open a few weeks before each meeting and will close when 40 applications have been received.
The Ulverscroft Foundation supports projects which will have a positive effect on the quality of life of visually impaired people (blind and partially sighted).Their funding is channelled via recognised organisations which help the visually impaired, for example, libraries, hospitals, clinincs, schools and colleges, and social and welfare organisations.
Applications should be made in writing (they do not have an application form). Make your proposal as detailed as possible. Include details of your current service to the visually impaired, if any, and how the proposed project will be integrated or enhanced. If possible, please give an estimate of how many visually impaired people use/will use your service. Also include the amount of funding obtained to date, if any, and the names of other organisations to whom you have applied.
Our Trustees meet quarterly to consider applications: in January (deadline 15 December), April (deadline 15 March), July (deadline 15 June) and October (deadline 15 September).
The Motability Foundation support organisations which help disabled people to make journeys. The Foundation currently have five funding rounds open and expect more to be launched later this year (2025).
Charities and organisations can apply for grants from £50,000 to £1 million.
Application deadline: 15 December 2025
The National Churches Trust supports a wide variety of projects through their grant programmes. From repairing a roof to helping to install an accessible toilet - and many other projects - their grants help people to continue to serve, and to serve better, their local communities. Current grants available:
- Large Grants
This programme offers the Trust's largest grants of up to £50,000 towards the cost of major urgent structural repair projects costed at more than £80,000 including VAT. Next Stage 1 deadline: 3 March 2026 (midnight)
- Medium Grants
This programme offers grants of up to £10,000 towards urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing up to £80,000. The previous Small grants have now been merged into the Medium Grants programme, and you can apply for those awards via that stream. Next Deadline: Tuesday 16 December 2025
National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment
Funding community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.
Grant size: £300 to £20,000 for up to two years
Application deadline: 17th December 2025
Under the Serving Families: On the Move programme the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust will award grants of up to £50,000 for one-year projects aimed at improving the quality of life for newly relocated service families impacted by relocation due to service life.
Application deadline: 17th December 2025
London Growth and Resilience Programme 2026
For London charities, CICs and community groups with little or no trading income, the 18-month London Growth & Resilience Programme gives you up to £19,000 across two grants to change that.
Use a Set Up Grant (£4,000 to £7,000) to pilot and build capacity, then as your sales grow, increases in your trading are matched (up to £12,000). You also get 10 learning days, 1:1 mentoring, expert panels and buyer events so you can turn ideas into income and build long-term resilience.
Application deadline: midday on Thursday 18th December 2025
New Early Childhood Education Funding
Multi-year grants of up to £100,000 per year for five years to UK charities supporting babies and parents during the first 1001 days, from pregnancy to age two.
Projects must be delivered in community-based family hubs or similar “one stop shop” settings and may include infant feeding support, parenting programmes, perinatal mental health services, and targeted help for dads or marginalised communities. Most awards will range from £20,000 to £80,000 annually.
Application deadline: 5.00pm, Friday 19th December 2025
Thomas Wall Trust offers grants up to £5,000 for specific projects rather than general organisational costs that improve communication skills for disadvantaged adults and supports NEET people into employment. Beneficiaries must gain at least one accredited vocational qualification during delivery or within two months of project completion. Funds charities with an income below £500,000. They are open for applications for their March 2026 meeting.
Application deadline for 1st stage: Monday 22 December 2025
Local authorities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding for projects to create and improve green and blue infrastructure in London. Projects can last up to two years.
Grant size: £10,000 - £500,000
Next application deadline: Thursday 22 January 2026, 2pm. Deadlines are intended to happen twice a year.
Unltd Awards Social Entrepreneurs
Unltd specialist support for social entrepreneurs to help them grow as social leaders. Inclusion is very important to the organisation – the organisation are committed to 50% of our awards going to Black, Asian and minority ethnic social entrepreneurs, and/or disabled social entrepreneurs across our funding programmes.Grants of £500 - £5,000 are available to support start-up ventures, and grants of up to £15,000 are available to help established ventures grow and increase their impact. Looking for social entrepreneurs to help them develop as social leaders, and to start up or grow their idea for a social venture.
Upcoming application cycles:
- 1 Jul 2025 - 30 Sept 2025
- 1 Oct 2025 - 31 Dec 2025
The Tree Health Pilot (THP) scheme is testing different ways of slowing the spread of pests and diseases affecting trees in England. The THP supports owners and managers of trees in woodland or trees outside woodland to deal with tree health issues. Funding from the pilot can go towards a range of measures including: felling and treating diseased or infested trees and necessary infrastructure improvements; restocking with new trees and capital items to assist this; maintenance of newly planted trees biosecurity items.
Grant size: from £500
Application deadline: 31st December 2025
Support to Londoners facing homelessness through individual (up to £200) and project grant funding (up to £2,000).
Application cycles:
- February round: 1 November - 31 December
- May round: 1 February - 31 March
- November round: 1 June - 31 August
The Britford Bridge Trust is a charitable trust that donates funds to a number of UK registered organisations and charities primarily involved in the prevention or relief of poverty; the advancement of education; the advancement of health or the saving of lives; and the advancement of the arts, culture, heritage, or science. Applications are invited from any UK registered charity.Grant size: up to £30,000 to a number of organisations each year. In exceptional circumstances, the trustees have the discretion to award larger or multi-year grants.You can apply throughout the year.
Applications to the trust are reviewed quarterly. Quarterly cut offs are 30 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December each year.
2026
January
Grants of up to £30,000 for projects lasting 12-36 months that improve access to employment for blind and vision impaired people in the UK through digital inclusion.
Application deadline: 6th January, Midday, 2026
New Access to Justice - Round 1
£6.5m in grants to ‘led by and for’ not-for-profit organisations across Greater London delivering free social welfare advice and driving social action and systems change in areas such as housing, welfare benefits, debt, employment, and immigration.
Two streams are available:
- 3-Year Development Grants of £75,000
- 5-Year Transformation Grants of £200,000, £300,000 or £450,000, supporting core costs and long-term objectives.
Application deadline: 12 noon, Wednesday 7th January 2026
The Veolia Environmental Trust grants
The Trust support community and environmental projects across England through the Landfill Communities Fund, using money provided to us by Veolia.
Two grant schemes available:
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Community Grants: Available to constituted not-for-profit organisations and local authorities. Grants of between £10,000 and £75,000 are available to create or improve buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
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Environmental Improvement Grants: Available to Environmental Bodies that are enrolled with ENTRUST, the regulator of The Landfill Communities Fund. Grants of over £75,000 are available to enable landscape scale improvement projects such as habitat creation/management, and/or species protection.
The Trust have four funding rounds each year. It is important that you apply at the right time, as only one grant application may be submitted per project site, in a 12 month period.
The Trust have four funding rounds a year.
Next funding rounds:
- 27 November 2025 - 08 January 2026
- 26 February 2026 - 02 April 2026
- 21 May 2026 - 25 June 2026
Social Housing Innovation Fund
This fund will provide grant funding to social landlords, tenant representative groups and other relevant organisations to test innovative projects which seek to improve tenant engagement with landlords and strengthen resident voice on matters that affect their homes. The resulting insights into best practice for achieving this will then be disseminated more widely across the sector to enable better outcomes for tenants.
Grant size: The indicative amount of funding we will award per project will be between £60,000 and £100,000.
Application deadline: midday on 9th January 2026
The Grocers’ Charity one-off grants
The Grocers’ Charity typically provides one-off grants up to £5,000 for U.K. registered charities. This year the funder is leaning towards, but not exclusively funding, applications which support youth, e.g., preventing (re)offending; helping those struggling due to financial hardship and environment charities helping to reduce plastic waste and reducing emissions.
Charity size: with a turnover of over £500,000, except for Health/Medical Charities (up to £15m turnover)
Grant size: up to £5,000
To apply, applicants must send a short expression of interest via the charity's online Initial Enquiry form.
Upcoming deadlines for Initial Enquiries are:
- 5 September 2025
- 9 January 2026
New Black Maternal Health Fund
As part of their Black Maternal Health Programme, Impact on Urban Health and NHS South East London have this week launched up to £1.5m of funding for multiyear grants of up to 3-years that will fund projects seeking to improve experiences and outcomes for Black mothers, birthing people, and their babies.
Grantees are invited to submit proposals against eleven solution areas that were generated at a workshop held in Brixton in June.
Application deadline: 10th January 2026
New The VALOUR Recognised Centres (VRCs) Development Fund
Funded by the Office for Veterans’ Affairs within MOD, grants of up to £1m will be awarded to provide veterans, and then the wider armed forces community, with in-person guidance and support.
You may be able to apply to this fund if you have experience delivering complex projects and collaborating with other organisations and are a registered charity or CIC.
Application deadline: midday on 14th January 2026
The objectives of the Trust are framed in general terms to work for a just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices.
The Trust will prioritise organisations that are ineligible for charitable funding because they are considered too political or radical to come within the Charity Commission’s guidelines.
The directors meet three times a year - in March, July and November - and Stage 1 registrations forms must be submitted by 14 January, 14 May or 14 September respectively.
The Big Give Earth Raise is a seven-day online match funding campaign dedicated to helping charities playing a vital role in tackling pressing environmental issues, run in partnership with Environmental Funders Network (EFN).
Application deadline: 16th January 2026 at 5.00pm
Apart, not Alone 2025-26 consists of two complementary programmes aimed at improving the quality of life for those impacted by service related separation. Both programmes support families experiencing separation, and recognise the significant impact it can have on various aspects of family life, including emotional wellbeing, mental health, social connections and overall family dynamics.
Application deadline: 21st January 2026
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust funds registered charities operating in the UK in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. The majority of the Trust’s grants are single grants in the range £500 - £5,000 over a one-year period. Occasionally longer-term grants (usually up to 3 years) are agreed by the Trustees when deemed to have particular merit. The Trustees will consider applications for core costs or projects, and they also consider applications for matched funding.
The Trustees usually consider applications three times a year in March, July and November.
Next application deadline: 11:59pm, 21st January 2026
Congregational & General Charitable Trust
The Trust awards grants ranging from a minimum of £1,000 to a maximum of £25,000 for all sorts of building projects to all sorts of churches of the Protestant tradition.
All grants are directly linked to the cost of the project involved. Within the above limits, the maximum percentage is 25% of the total project cost, to the nearest £100. The level of grant awarded is at the Trustees discretion and will depend on the denomination of the Church, the type of work being undertaken and the overall aim of the project. All arrangements are subject to periodic review.
The next trustee board meeting is on 4 December 2025. The closing date for grant applications to be reviewed at this meeting is 22 January 2026 - 10:00am
Scops Arts Trust Round 1 Stage 1 will open on 13th January
The goal of Scops Arts Trust is to help people to understand, participate in and enjoy the arts, particularly the performing arts. They are keen to find projects which widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on the community.
Grant awards start at a few hundred pounds and very occasionally they make multi-year grants of up to £15,000 pa.
Application deadline: 27th January 2026
A B Charitable Trust (ABCT) promotes human dignity and defends human rights for marginalised and excluded people. Funding is available for small to medium sized charities
who work in three priority areas:
- Migrants and refugees
- Criminal justice and penal reform
- Human rights, particularly access to justice
- 24th October 2025 - Decisions in January 2026
- 30th January 2026 - Decisions in April 2026
- 24th April 2026 - Decisions in July 2026
- 31st July 2026 - Decision in October 2026
The Span Trust seeks to fund projects by awarding grants between £5,000 and £20,000 that will alleviate poverty, disability, age or ill health, and advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment. We offer grants to both registered and exempt charities. The Trust accepts applications twice annually
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Deadline 1: 11.58pm on the last Friday of January (30 January 2026)
Trustees will meet at the end of February and applicants will be notified shortly after.
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Deadline 2: 11.58pm on the last Friday of June
Trustees will meet at the end of July and applicants will be notified shortly after.
The Radcliffe Trust supports the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s cultural heritage and crafts sectors.
- For consideration by the Trustees in June: The deadline is 31st January for applications to both the Music and Heritage & Crafts schemes for consideration in June.
- For consideration by the Trustees in December: The deadline is 31st July for applications to both the Music and Heritage & Crafts schemes for consideration in December.
Supporting Christian charities concerned with social inclusion particularly through ministries of healing and the arts.
Grant size: the maximum grant provided is £12,000
Application deadline: applications are considered at twice yearly Trustee meetings, usually held in April & October and deadlines for receipt of applications are 31st January and 31st July respectively. Please take these dates into account when submitting your application - particularly with time sensitive projects.
February
Warburtons' financial giving programme is aimed at supporting projects, activities and organisations. They work with the Charities Aid Foundation to deliver their financial giving programme, to ensure that all organisations they support are charitable and that they accurately record their social impact.
Warburtons Community Grants provides small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve Health, Place or Skills for families in their community.
Full details of priorities and eligibility for grants can be found in their Financial Giving Policy.
Based on their localism approach, their community investment funds are allocated to their local bakeries and depots. This helps their Community Champions to make the best decisions for our local communities. They will use your postcode to understand which of their sites is closest to you and they will then receive the application and make a decision.
Next application deadline: unpunblished, however the grants have quarterly deadlines in November, February, May and August
John Lyon’s Charity – School Holiday Activity Fund
The School Holiday Activity Fund is designed to enable organisations to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays. This includes all half-term breaks, Easter, Christmas and the summer holiday. You may apply to the School Holiday Activity Fund once a year for a maximum of three consecutive years.
The Fund will pay for the running costs of holiday programmes that provide young people with activities in supportive and accessible environments. Up to £5,000 is available.
Organisations that are currently in receipt of a grant from John Lyon’s Charity for core services are also eligible to apply to this Fund as long as funds from the Charity are not already being used for holiday activities.
The Fund is considered three times a year. If you are aiming to deliver activities over multiple school holidays within a 12-month period, you should apply to whichever deadline applies to the first holiday you wish to deliver in.
Application deadlines:
- 1 October (Christmas & February half term)
- 1 February (Easter & May half term)
- 1 May (Summer & October half term)
As an IT charity, all projects funded must make use of information technology, and must relate to one or more of our priority areas - education, inclusion, IT for charities, and public understanding of IT.
Projects need to demonstrate an innovative use of IT, be scalable for wider replication, and be sustainable over time. As all of our grants are restricted, we expect recipients to produce formal reports on their outcomes.
Grant size: up to £15,000
Next application deadline: 5pm on February 6, 2026
Grants from the Cherry Family Foundation
The Cherry Family Foundation gives funding to charities with operations in London, the East and the South East of London who organise programmes that support young people. Grants range from £1,000 to £40,000 and are limited to one annual grant per organisation. Funds must be spent within 18 months of receipt.
Charity size: registered charities that turnover under £5M annually.
Upcoming application cycles:
- 1 – 10 August 2025
- 1 – 10 February 2026
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust (EKCT)
Requests for funding must fit within one of the following areas of EKCT’s remit to:
- Support beneficiaries located in Sussex, within one of EKCT’s focus areas as follows: care of the elderly; disability; general welfare; hospices; youth; wildlife & environmental conservation.
- Deliver international or UK based wildlife & environmental conservation projects.
- Deliver international reproductive health family planning projects which have a clear and intended impact on the environment and are delivered in Africa or Asia.
Small Grant: up to £10,000 (applications accepted throughout the year)
Medium Grant: £10,001 to £20,000
Application cycles:
- 4th January – 4th February
- 18th April – 12th May
- 10th July – 13th August
- 9th October – 12th November
Large Grant: over £20,001
Application cycles:
- 4th January – 4th March
- 10th July – 10th September
If you are professionally involved in the arts, you or your organisation may be eligible for a grant from the Garrick Charitable Trust.
Grants size: normally in the range of £2,500-£5,000
Application deadline: The Trustees meet quarterly usually in March, June, September and December with the next meeting being held in March. If you wish to be considered at this meeting, you will need to submit your application no later than Friday 13 February.
During 2021, the Toy Trust welcome applications from small UK children's charities - working for the benefit of children across the UK. As part of your application you will be asked which area of the UK you work.Trustees meet 4 times a year and encourage applicants to note the upcoming deadlines. Every effort is made to review all applications that meet the Trust’s criteria but the Toy Trust reserves the right to review any funding applications received at future meetings should a higher volume than normal be received.
All applicants should:
- Be in support of disadvantaged children aged below 13 years
- Be in support of children and projects regardless of faith, sex or disability
- Come from a charity that has been running for a minimum of one full year
- Be for less than £5000 unless a compelling case can be put forward
- Be for equipment and services but generally NOT for salaries, wages and research
- Applications must be for less than £5000 unless a compelling case can be put forward.
(additional requirements on the Trust’s website)
Application deadlines:
- March meeting – mid February
- July meeting – mid June
- September meeting – mid August
- December meeting – mid November
National Lottery Heritage Fund grants
The National Lottery Heritage Grants programme funds projects that value, care for and sustain heritage for everyone across the UK, now and in the future. From historic buildings, our industrial legacy and the natural environment, to collections, traditions, stories and more heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.
National Lottery Heritage Grants programme offers funding at two levels:
- £10,000 to £250,000 – applications are accepted all year round
- £250,000 to £10million - these grants have quarterly deadlines; applicants must submit an Expression of Interest before starting a full funding application
Upcoming deadlines for grants over £250,000 and when you can expect a decision
- 12noon, 6 August 2025, to receive a decision by the end of December 2025
- 12noon, 12 November 2025, to receive a decision by end of March 2026
- 12noon, 26 February 2026, to receive a decision by end of June 2026
- 12noon, 28 May 2026, to receive a decision by end of September 2026
- 12noon, 6 August 2026, to receive a decision by end of December 2026
- 12noon, 12 November 2026, to receive a decision by end of March 2027
Royal Victoria Hall Foundation grants
The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation awards between twenty and thirty grants each year to smaller scale professional theatre projects based in London. There are two rounds of funding, with deadlines in February and August.The Foundation has two major aims: to help professional productions in need of financial support and to introduce high-quality live performance to groups who are not traditional or regular theatre goers.
Applicants should be theatre companies, not individuals. Grants will normally be in the range of £250 – £2,000.
Applications must be received by the Royal Victoria Hall Foundation by 5.30pm on the last Friday in February (27 February 2026) for the spring round of funding, and by 5.30pm on the last Friday in August (28th August 2026) for the autumn round.
Directors operate a grant giving policy aimed at making annual distributions of £325,000. They support a wide range of UK Registered Charities. See website for application guidelines and exclusions. Key areas of charitable work supported include: care of the elderly, general welfare, hospices care of the physically & mentally disabled.
Application deadlines: Applications must be received by the end of February or the end of August for consideration at Spring or Autumn Meetings.
The Ashworth Charitable Trust (“the Trust”) is a small grant-making charity. It was created primarily to support humanitarian causes operating locally, nationally and internationally, as opposed to animal or utilitarian projects. For the most part, the Trust looks to fund projects and not core funding. The work of the Trust is informed by a set of underlying principles:
- The oneness of humanity;
- The establishment of true justice;
- The paramount importance of education for all;
- The need to address the situation of the very poor and of those at the margins of society;
- That all people everywhere should be able to share the fruits of and be empowered to participate in the construction of a just, prosperous and sustainable society; and
- That to achieve these aims, it is necessary to build the capacity of individuals, communities and institutions.
Levels of grant do not usually exceed £3,000. Very occasionally, a grant of up to £5,000 may be made.
Application deadline: The Trustees meet twice a year, in May and November. Applications need to be submitted by the end of February or the end of August respectively.
Adverse Childhood Experiences Main Grants Programme 2025 Re-opens in 2026
2025/26 marks the fourth year of The Leathersellers’ strategic giving to help prevent and tackle the consequences of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). They use this term to recognises traumatic events that occur during childhood that can have a significant impact on a person’s physical, emotional and mental health throughout their life.
Grant size: unrestricted grants of £20,000-£25,000 per annum, for up to four years, to charities and CIOs throughout the UK.
Charity size: expect to have an organisational income of £200,000-£2,000,000 in 2025-26.
March
Lady Ryder of Warsaw Memorial Trust
Specific areas of interest for the Trust are education, health related matters, social welfare, homelessness, poverty and the promotion of religious belief. Exceptional applications outside of these areas will be considered.
The Trust considers applications four times a year and applications should arrive by 1st January, 1st April, 1st July and 1st October each year.
The DPO Centre Charity and Community Fund Next round opens 1st March 2026
The fund’s purpose is to provide access to our data protection consultancy services, but at an 80% funded rate, therefore enabling worthy causes to access our expertise, but with the least effect on their ability to fund their core purpose.
Eligible charities will be invited to apply for up to £10,000 of funding towards any of DPO’s consultancy services.
Funding for charities whose work involves all or most family members, where possible, in projects that aim to tackle problems facing one or more of those family members. They've funded work which has included early intervention, mediation, prison services and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence, among others. Grants are generally offered up to £5,000.
There are 2 rounds of funding each year with application deadlines of 1st March and 1st September.
The Marc Fitch Fund is an educational charity established in 1956 by Marc Fitch (1908-1994). The Fund makes small grants towards the costs of publishing scholarly work in the fields of British and Irish national, regional and local history, archaeology, antiquarian studies, historical geography, the history of art and architecture, heraldry, genealogy and surname studies, archival research, artefact conservation and the broad fields of the heritage, conservation and the historic environment.
Application deadlines: 1 March and 1 August each year
A grant-giving charity that supports innovative and pioneering Social, Medical and Religious projects, to enable human flourishing and to prevent suffering.
The Trust funds a wide range of organisations to achieve this goal, with grants normally ranging from one to three years in duration and up to circa £60,000 per project (with a £30,000 limit per year), although in exceptional cases up to £80,000 may be considered. The Trust is underpinned by Christian values, but welcomes applications from other faith and non-faith projects.
Application deadline: The currently open round is due to close on 10 March 2026, but may need to close earlier due to the volume of applications being received
The Weavers’ Company Benevolent Fund
The Fund’s principal aim is to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other disadvantaged young people. Preference is given to pump-priming new projects, especially those that are innovative and can serve as a model elsewhere.
Charity size: Though income is not a barrier to an application being considered, the Committee’s preference is to support small organisations. Local organisations, such as those working in a village, estate or small town should normally have an annual income of less than about £100,000. For those working in larger cities and/or across the UK, annual income should not be more than about £250,000.
Grant size: of up to £15,000 per annum
Closing dates for applications in 2026/2027:
- Thursday 12 March 2026 (to be considered in June 26)
- Thursday 2 July 2026 (to be considered in Oct 26)
- Thursday 12 November 2026 (to be considered in Feb 27)
- Thursday 11 March 2027 (to be considered in June 27)
- Thursday 1 July 2027 (to be considered in Oct 27)
- Thursday 1 November 2027 (to be considered in Feb 28)
Help The Homeless Grant scheme
Funding for capital costs of projects with grants of up to £5,000 to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enable them to resume a normal life. They are able to help only small and medium-sized charities with an annual turnover of under £1m and with ‘unrestricted reserves’ of under six months annual running costs. All applications must relate to projects that assist individuals in their return to mainstream society.
The quarterly deadlines for applications for funding each year are: 5pm on 15th March / 15th June / 15th September / 15th December.
Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good
Grants are available for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment.
Every three months, the Foundation share £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment. These five charities will all receive a share of £10,000 – the more votes a cause receives, the bigger the donation. Following the vote, the project that receives the most votes will receive a grant of £3,500, second place £2,500, third place £2,000 and fourth and fifth place will both receive £1,000.
Charities and projects are welcome to apply all year round, and applications will be considered in the next funding round. Funding will be awarded every three months, in April, July, October and January, with an application deadline of the 15th of the month before.
Annual application cycles:
- 16 December – 15 March (Applications for funding awarded in May)
- 16 March – 15 June (Applications for funding awarded in August)
- 16 June – 15 September (Applications for funding awarded in November)
- 16 September – 15 December (Applications for funding awarded in February)
Grant-making programme to strengthen the support available to vulnerable, disadvantaged and excluded young people in London by supporting opportunities for them to learn, be healthy, be heard, and be active citizens. The fund is available to organisations that are providing one or more of the following outcomes for children and young people in London:
- Supporting young people to access learning and employment
- Supporting young people to live a healthy, active life
- Supporting young people to be active citizen
- Supporting young people to give a voice to their situation
Grant size: £5,000 to £10,000
Charity size: income of up to £1m per year
Grants are typically made twice a year in approximately November and June. The application window for June grants runs from 1st February to 31st March and for November grants, from 1st June to 1st September
Heritage Protection Commissions Programme
The Heritage Protection Commissions and Capacity Building Scheme provides funding for strategic research and to build skills and capacity in our historic environment. The research funding from this scheme helps us to know what our historic environment comprises, which aspects of it are the most significant, how people value and interact with it, and what innovations in science and approach will help us to look after it for the future. From £250 to £300,00.
Application deadline: 31st March 2026, 11:59pm
Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
Grants towards the repair and conservation of listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks and gardens. This includes project development actions which enable repair or improved future management. From £100,000 to £300,000.
Application deadline: 31st March 2026, 11:59pm
Funding under this programme for activities and projects which are local or regional in coverage and which promote the understanding, management and conservation of the historic environment. From £1,000 to £100,000.
Application deadline: 31st March 2026, 11:59pm
Section 17 Management Agreement
Funding to improve the management of monuments or access to them through agreements with the owner or occupier of the land. From £100 to £30,000.
Application deadline: 31st March 2026, 11:59pm (Midnight)
The Heritage Revival Fund has been created to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings. It will do this by supporting community organisations to take ownership of, adapt and reuse the local heritage assets that matter to them, transforming them into thriving spaces that meet their needs. From £5,000 to £350,000.
Application deadline: 31st March 2026, 11:59pm (Midnight)
The Animal Defence Trust makes grants to approved charities working in animal welfare in the United Kingdom and occasionally elsewhere. Grants are available to animal charities who care for animals which have undergone suffering and cruelty before rescue. Applications for grants are welcome from registered charities.
Grants are given for capital projects or animal protection projects, although applications for running costs may be considered where finances are restricted.
Grant applications must be made by 31 March in the relevant year
All applications must be made via post:
Animal Defence Trust
PO Box 44
Plymouth
PL7 5YW
The Rose Foundation provide financial assistance to registered charities and exempt bodies undertaking building projects less than £200,000 in the London area.The donation is usually between £5,000 and £10,000.
Apply anytime after July 1st each year and before March 31st of the following year.
William and Jane Morris Fund - Church Conservation Grants
Two rounds of funding annually for churches, chapels and other places of worship. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for the conservation of decorative features and monuments, but not structural repairs. Examples of what they support are: stained glass windows; sculpture; furniture; monuments and tombs, and wall paintings, all of which must date no later that 1896. Yearly application deadlines: 31st March and 31st August.
April
Friends of Parks groups and local stakeholders, including Resident Associations are invited to apply for funding to improve their local park, with monies from the Platinum Jubilee Parks fund.
Grant size: up to £20,000
Application deadlines:
- (for applications under £3,000) applications can be made at anytime
- (for applications over £3,000) 1st October and 1st April each year
Concertina makes grants to charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activities for the elderly. This not only brightens up their lives, but also provides a therapeutic benefit to their health and well-being.
Concertina is keen to support smaller organisations which might otherwise find it difficult to gain funding. Since its inception in 2004, it has made grants to a wide range of charitable organisations nationwide in England and Wales. These include funds to many care homes for the elderly to provide musical entertainment for their residents.
Application deadlines: The trustees review applications after the deadline dates of April 30th and October 31st each year.
Grants towards the installation, renewal, rebuilding, improvement, maintenance, preservation and restoration of pipe organs.
Grants size: currently range between £200 and £1,000
Application deadline: Applications are considered in May and November of each year and the final dates for receipt of application by the Secretary are 30th April and 30th September respectively.
May
Screwfix are offering grants of up to £5000 to support projects that will fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for those in need throughout the UK. Applications must meet the following criteria:
- Your organisation or project is part of a Charity or Not for Profit Organisation
- The funds will help people in need (by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress) in the UK
- The project relates to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community facilities and other buildings
Please note that applications are approved at the quarterly Trustees meeting which are held in March, June, September and December. The cut off date for applications will be midnight on the 10th of the month prior to the Trustee meeting.
Upcoming application cycles:
- (for June Meeting) 11 February - 10 May
- (for September meeting) 11 May - 10 August
- (for December meeting) 11 August - 10 November
June
The CPF Trust Opens to applications from 1st June
The CPF Trust is a grant making charity that mainly supports charities operating in the following areas: the arts, education, support for carers and older people, early intervention projects for disadvantaged children and young people, animal welfare, medical research and support.
Grant size: £1,000 - £3,000
Applications must be submitted between 1st June and 30th September
The Joyce Fletcher Charitable Trust
Support of institutions and organisations specialising in music in a social or therapeutic context.
Grant size: between £1,000 and £3,000
Application deadline: applications are to be made by letter, to be received before 1st October 2026