Support For Groups - Latest Funding Opportunities
This page aims to keep you up-to-date with useful info about funding opportunities inside Westminster and more widely in London. Also make sure to check the training and events page for an updated list of training opportunities and events.
One Westminster can also help your organisation through the Online Resources section of this website and through our staff team.
Funding
June
WCC Creative Health Microgrants
Westminster City Council would like to encourage more connections between local cultural services and health networks to increase promotion of creative health including dance, art, music etc. This programme will invest in collaborative social prescription and culture projects to increase the wellbeing of vulnerable residents, build on existing good practice and address health inequalities across the borough.
There are 6 grants available – 2 x £5000 and 4 x £2,500
Who can apply?
Any organisation working in Westminster delivering support to people who, live work or have a strong connection to the borough.
What can be funded?
We are looking to fund activity that promotes creative health – creating bridges between health and creativity and the arts for marginalised groups that fall in the inclusion health category or using creative and arts based activity to improve health outcomes.
This can be an enabler for new or existing activity to take place
It can cover staff (paid and volunteer expenses) , resources, equipment for the activity or travel
It can cover a larger one off event or a series of activity within the timeframe of the grant (June 26 – Feb 27)
Creative Health as a model can be explored here National Centre for Creative Health
People in inclusion health groups include:
- People who experience homelessness
- People with drug and alcohol dependence
- Vulnerable migrants and refugees
- Gypsy, Roma, and Traveller communities
- People in contact with the justice system
- Victims of modern slavery
- Sex workers
- Other marginalised groups
People who are socially excluded are likely to have the following experiences in common:
- Discrimination and stigma
- Violence and the experience of trauma
- Poverty
- Invisibility in health datasets
Which result in:
- Insecure and inadequate housing
- Very poor access to healthcare services due to service design
- Poor experience of public services
- Poorer health than people in other socially disadvantaged groups
How do I apply
We have a simple application form that you can complete and send back to [email protected] by 22nd June 2026.
You can apply as a single applicant or as a partnership.
What happens after application
All applications will be decided upon at a multi-disciplinary panel and you will be informed of the outcome.
Payments will be made to the successful applicants by August 2026.
One Westminster will hold short engagement sessions to successful applicants in July, October and January to offer support and receive general updates. The lead person on applications should be available for these meetings
All activity is to be completed by February 2027 with a final short evaluation report completed on the given template by 31 March 2027.
Rosa's Stand With Us Fund
Rosa’s Stand With Us fund is now open for applications, offering one-year grants of up to £28,000 to organisations in the UK delivering frontline services addressing male violence against women and girls.
Legal Support Grant
The Legal Support Grant 2026 is a two‑and‑a‑half‑year grant programme funded by the Ministry of Justice and delivered by The Access to Justice Foundation across England and Wales.
There is a total of £15 million available in funding from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2029.
Alongside supporting organisational infrastructure and development of a central, national online support offer, this grants programme will require funded organisations to be involved in an independent evaluation and research project, which includes piloting a shared outcomes framework.
Funded organisations will need to collate and share data and evidence through involvement in forums, visits and by completing monitoring and evaluation. The evidence and insight generated through this work will help inform the Ministry of Justice’s approach to future funding of legal support at both local and national level.
Deadline: 25 June 2026
Theatres Trust’s Small Grants Programme
Theatres Trust's Small Grants Programme, supported by The Linbury Trust, funds small projects that make a big impact to a theatre’s resilience, sustainability, accessibility or improving the diversity of audiences. This scheme provides grants of up to £7,500 for essential works to enable not-for-profit theatres across the UK to be viable and thrive in the future.
Eligible projects include small capital works, the installation of key plant and machinery and works which make theatre buildings digital-ready. This scheme will prioritise improvements to buildings that protect theatre use and remove barriers to participation and attendance.
Priority will also be given to projects where the total project costs are less than £250k or where the grant is the sole external funder and/or achievable within the total fund awarded.
Deadline: Friday 26 June 2026 (noon).
July
The Wolfson Foundation - Funding for charities working with disability
A second round of The Wolfson Foundation’s health and disability funding programme is now open.
Focussing on capital builds, they have funded projects such as the creation of a training kitchen for adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs, and the refurbishment of a hospice.
Funding covers: New build, refurbishment and equipment. Minimum grant amount: £25,000. Usual grant range: £40,000 – £75,000. Some match funding may be required for larger project costs.
The Wolfson Foundation’s is particularly interested in projects which focus on training, employment and supported housing, especially when the project helps young people transition from children’s services to adults’ services.
To be eligible for funding your project should:
- be for a new building, refurbishment work or equipment
- include capital costs of at least £50,000
- have a shortfall in capital funding of at least £25,000
Your project should also address at least one of the following aims:
- Increased access to services for new and existing users
- Improved quality and range of services
- Improved future sustainability of the organisation
Stage 1 application deadline: Wednesday 1 July 2026.
Early Years Parenting Fund
Funding from the Henry Smith Foundation to support organisations that improve the development of children most at risk of poor early childhood outcomes, by investing in effective, culturally grounded parenting support.
The Foundation wants to support work that makes a clear contribution to children’s physical health, social and emotional development, and cognitive development in the first five years of life.
Applying organisations should have an annual income of between £100k and £5m and work closely with parents with babies and children aged up to five from Black (Caribbean or African, Any Other Black), Pakistani, and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities
and / or
Work with parents with babies and children aged up to five living in areas ranked within the most deprived 20% nationally.
Applicants will be expected to deliver parenting support that is trusted, culturally relevant and rooted in the communities they serve. This funding is flexible – grants can be used towards general running costs.
Grant amount: £56,250 per year for four years (£225,000 total)
Expression of Interest deadline: Wednesday 1 July 2026 - 5pm
Weavers' Company Charitable Grants
Weavers’ Company are keen to support projects that work specifically with young people aged 16 – 25 years old involved with the Criminal Justice System to ensure they are given every possible chance to realise their full potential and to participate fully in society, rather than general youth development projects. Grants are up to £5,000.
Deadline: Thursday 2 July 2026.
Sites of Memory community grants
Sites of Memory community grants support community-led projects that uncover and share the histories and legacies of transatlantic slavery.
The programme is part of a wider commitment to remembrance, reflection and public engagement, as part of the Mayor’s commitment to deliver London’s first permanent memorial to honour enslaved Africans who were trafficked as part of the transatlantic slave trade.
Sites of Memory is made possible with The National Lottery Heritage Fund. Thanks to National Lottery players, we will be able to ensure that this history is explored and understood with community voices and lived experience at the centre.
Grants will support up to 10 community groups with grants of up to £10,000 to share their research and suggest new places for memorial markers.
Deadline for EOI: 3 July 2026
Henry Smith Foundation - Proud Homes
Around one in four young people experiencing homelessness in the UK identifies as LGBT+. Most of them encounter a generalist service first: a hostel, a housing team, an outreach worker. Those encounters can be unsafe or dismissive: places where a young person cannot see themselves reflected, cannot trust that they’ll be heard.
Proud Homes will fund up to six generalist homelessness organisations to improve how they assess, place, and support LGBT+ young people. It will also fund up to two organisations already showing strong inclusive work.
This fund is designed for organisations ready to commit to sustained organisational change, including improvements to safeguarding, placement decisions, staff capability, supervision, culture, and systems. This is not for one-off training or short-term projects.
Grant amount: £200k (£50k per year up to 4 years). Organisations must have an annual income between £250k-£3m.
Deadline: Friday 24 July 2026, 5pm
Barchester's Charitable Foundation
Barchester's Charitable Foundation offers grants of £100 to £2,600 for projects, activities or equipment to combat isolation and loneliness among older or disabled people.
The Foundation supports applications from community health professionals, community groups and registered charities that combat isolation and loneliness and enable older people and adults with disabilities to be active and engaged.
Deadline: Friday 31 July 2026
August
The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
Grants from the Drapers’ Charitable Fund improve the quality of life and aspirations of people and communities, particularly those who are socially excluded or disadvantaged. They give most of their grants to charities in Greater London, where they have historical roots, for projects in education and social welfare. Grants are typically up to £25,000.
Deadline: Monday 31 August 2026.
September
Sported
Funding for charities, community groups and not-for-profit companies delivering sport and physical activity for wider social purpose.
Grants will support a wide range of projects and activities that address local need, promote social inclusion, and strengthen communities in underserved areas.
To apply for funding, your organisation should have a turnover of less than £1m. Organisations with a turnover of £250k or less will be prioritised.
Applicants must demonstrate support to one or more of the following underrepresented groups; people living in areas of high deprivation, women and girls, people from racially diverse communities, people living with disabilities, and individuals from the LGBTQ+ community.
Sported will prioritise applications from organisations that operate in and support people from areas of high deprivation (Indices of Multiple Deprivation 1-3).
Deadline: Tuesday 1 September 2026 (12 noon)
Grassroots Grants from Groundwork
Groundwork is working with People’s Postcode Lottery for a third year to deliver Grassroots Grants.
This year, the programme will provide unrestricted funding of up to £2,000 to 700 small, local organisations in England that are making a positive difference in their communities.
Funding can be used for core organisational costs that support the important work organisations deliver in their communities. The funding offered is unrestricted and therefore flexible and can be used where it is most needed.
The grant programme is possible thanks to funding raised by players of People’s Postcode Lottery and is awarded through Postcode Local Trust, Postcode Places Trust, Postcode Neighbourhood Trust and Postcode Society Trust.
Changes for 2026 – key information:
- Applications may be submitted at any time between January and September
- Eligible to organisations whose income is up to £25,000 in the last financial year
- Applicants will receive a decision within 10 weeks of submission
- Successful organisations awarded up to £2,000 will have 12 months to spend the grant
- The programme will not fund sports or physical activities-based projects.
Deadline: September 2026
Theatre Improvement Scheme
The Theatres Trust, in partnership with the Wolfson Foundation, is currently accepting applications from not-for-profit theatre operators in the UK for capital improvement projects that will improve environmental sustainability (the current theme of their partnership).
Grants of up to £20,000 can be used for capital costs of building or equipment.
Because the theme for applications is 'Improving Environmental Sustainability' the funding will be given to projects that demonstrate how a small intervention can have a big impact on reducing the theatre's environmental impact, such as:
- Purchase of key plant and machinery.
- Replacement of inefficient or out-dated equipment.
- Improvements to building heating or insulation.
- Planting sedum roofs or green walls.
- Impactful, high-quality interventions.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Own or manage theatres with titles or signed leases of more than five years on buildings in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
- Run a year-round programme of live performance, of at least 30 performances per year of theatre, dance, comedy, musicals.
- Have a bona fide UK charitable or not-for-profit legal structure and be able to provide certified or audited accounts for at least two years. This can include local authorities or town and borough councils that own and/or operate a venue.
- Have the permission of the property owner and any relevant planning body to do the work required.
Applicants can expect to have a decision within 10 weeks of the deadline.
Deadline: 11 September 2026 (noon).
October
The Green Community Grants Scheme
One-year, flexible grants of up to £25,000 are available to non-profit groups in England, Scotland and Wales with an annual income of between £10,000 and £1,000,000. There will be three funding rounds in 2026.
The Green Community Grants scheme was established in 2025 by the Wildlife Trusts with funding from the People's Postcode Lottery and Postcode Green Trust.
To apply, an organisation's principle aims and objectives must fit with one of the following themes:
- Contributing to nature recovery and responding to the climate emergency.
- Improving nature-rich spaces and access to them.
The grants can be used for a wide range of sustainable activities, including recycling, litter picking, beach cleans or sustainable transport.
To apply, organisations must:
- Have an annual income between £10,000 and £1 million in the most recent financial year.
- Have been operating for a minimum of 12 months and have signed annual accounts at the time of submitting their application.
- Have a UK bank account in the organisation's name with two unrelated signatories.
As funding is expected to be oversubscribed, priority will be given to organisations:
- With an income of £250,000 or below.
- That work in communities located in the top 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation
- Whose main activities are focused on supporting marginalised groups. This could include, but is not limited to, disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequity, and LGBT+ people.
Groups can apply for no more than 25% of their annual income listed on their most recent set of signed accounts.
This funding is designed to offer flexibility and support so groups can strengthen their organisation and deepen their impact.
Applications for 2026 will be accepted in the following windows:
- Round One: 25 March 2026 to 22 April 2026.
- Round Two: 24 June 2026 to 15 July 2026.
- Round Three: 30 September 2026 to 1 October 2026.
Anytime
Cameron Grant Memorial Trust
Applications for a grant of between £100 and £2,500 will be considered. The grant can be used to trial a new service, create an asset, a technology, a performance, fund research, or otherwise experiment in any way that supports the treatment mental health. The emphasis will be on innovation – using new methods, channels, technology, ideas or approaches to reach out and effect change. Ideas should typically fit into one of the following categories:
- Destigmatising mental health
- Reducing barriers to mental health care
- Improving mental wellbeing
Note the grants are for project-based activities that demonstrate clear innovation. They will not be made to fund ongoing operational expenses or salaries.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Migration Fund
Paul Hamlyn Foundation's Migration Fund has reopened after a pause and is now focused on supporting not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are working towards the Foundation’s vision of a world in which everyone is free to move and no is forced to move.
Grants of up to £60,000 per year for three to four years (a total of £240,000) or grants up to £50,0000 per year for five years (a total of £250,000) are available to support core costs and specific programme costs.
Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organisations of any size working anywhere in the UK who are working towards:
- Embedding anti-racist practice across their organisation and work.
- Adopting an organisational culture that centres care and wellbeing.
- Shifting power to migrants and diaspora communities so their interests, perspectives and contributions are centred across the organisation’s work.
- Building solidarity and collaboration across communities, while working towards transformational change that benefits us all.
- Unlearning and challenging the harm, inequity, and oppression within their organisational structures and work.
- Learning, reflecting and being responsive to change
Priority will be given to applications from organisations:
- Led by migrants and diaspora communities.
- That work with historically underfunded groups and regions.
- With an annual turnover under £500,000.
- That have less access to funding from other sources.
Newly established and unincorporated groups who meet the Fund’s criteria are welcome to apply.
There are no deadlines. The Fund operates on a rolling basis.
David Riddell Memorial CIO
This fund aims to support suicide awareness and prevention programmes run for charitable purposes. Priority will be given to innovative projects. Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available. The David Riddell Memorial CIO is established to reduce the number of people who take their own lives by educating people about suicidal ideation and informing them of ways to prevent suicide, particularly people working in the financial services sector and associated industries.
Applications will be taken all year round and assessed on a rolling basis.
Tesco Stronger Starts
Grants of up to £1,500 are available to support community projects involving Children and Young people or Food Insecurity in the broadest sense including equipment, activities, holiday/breakfast clubs, cookery classes, food growing courses, food packages etc.
Shortlisted projects are displayed in their local Tesco stores for a 3 month voting period, and the top placed project will receive up to £1500, the 2nd - £1000 and the 3rd - £500. Funding must be used within a year.
Organisations that have been nominated by a Tesco employee via this portal not only stand a very good chance of being selected at shortlisting, but because of this local endorsement would not necessarily need to fit the themes of children and young people or food insecurity.
Applications are now open on a rolling basis and will be accepted at any time.
Masonic Charitable Foundation - Children and Later Life Programmes
Following a period of closure to review its grants processes, the Foundation has reopened its Small and Large Grants applications on a rolling basis.
This announcement relates to grants in two main areas:
- Creating the best start in life for disadvantaged children and young people
- Reducing isolation and loneliness for older people.
Charities registered with the Charity Commission can apply as long as their beneficiaries are in England.
The Foundation offers large grants starting from £10,000 up to around £60,000, and small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000.
Organisations with an income of less than £500,000 can apply for a small grant covering core funding, while those with an income exceeding £500,000 can apply for a large grant covering project and delivery costs.
Final decisions are expected in around two to three months for small grant applications, and around three to four months for large grants.
Applications are now accepted at any time.
Trust for London
Funding is available for organisations carrying out charitable work (whether registered as a charity or not) that strive for economic and social justice under the new Trust for London 2030 strategy.
Under the economic justice aim, they want to fund work under four priority areas:
- Decent work
- Tackling the housing crisis
- Improving social security
- Ending the poverty premium
Under the social justice aim, they want to fund work under three priority areas:
- Ending migrant destitution
- Racial justice
- Disability justice
The Trust provides two different types of funding:
- Project funding: Funding for discrete and timebound pieces of work.
- Unrestricted funding: If you’re a registered charity working solely to tackle poverty in London you can apply for unrestricted funding. By unrestricted, they mean funding that can be used flexibly for general operational costs in your organisation.
Grants usually range from £40,000 to £80,000 a year for up to five years.
Deadline: on a rolling basis
Lead the Change
Lead the Change is a new £3.4 million, three-year initiative that will support young people to play a leading role in strengthening relationships, fostering understanding and building belonging in their communities.
The funding is being by launched by BBC Children in Need with other partners, and coordinated by UK Community Foundations. Funding will be delivered across 27 target localities by community foundations.
Lead the Change will invest directly in youth leadership, community connection and opportunity. Grants of £123,353 per organisation will be available, over three years.
The programme aims to:
- Strengthen community connection and safety
- Empower young people as leaders, storytellers and changemakers
- Support young people to build digital literacy and challenge harmful narratives
- Increase opportunity for young people through skills and leadership pathways
- Build a national movement for youth‑led connection and change
Expressions of interest open on Wednesday, 1 April 2026 with a three-week submission window.
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
The grant scheme support capital projects, not running costs. There are three types of grant; major grants of £50,000 and above, medium grants between £5,000 and £50,000 and small grants below £5,000. Small grants account for 80% of those awarded annually.
There are two criteria to fulfil before applying for a grant. Please ensure you read these carefully before making an application.
1. You must be a registered charity in England or Wales or have accepted/exempt status to apply
AND
2. You must fall into one of the categories set out below. Please click on a link for more information as to whether you qualify:
- Community
- Education
- Health
- Social Welfare
Deadline: Applications can be submitted at anytime.
BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme
BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials Programme supports children and young people who are facing exceptionally difficult circumstances, and is delivered by Family Fund Business Services. The programme provides items that meet a child’s most basic needs such as a bed to sleep in, a cooker to provide a hot meal and other items or services critical to a child’s wellbeing.
All applications must be made by a registered referrer.
There is no deadline for applications, but each region or nations has a tier allocation, which may be subject to change, as the current funding year progresses.
Sport England - Green Sport Initiatives
Sport England has announced up to £16 million from its £160 million Movement Fund will be reserved to help the sector respond to the impact of climate change in a move to help create the 'greenest sports sector in the world'.
Community sports clubs and physical activity groups looking to become more environmentally friendly and sustainable are being encouraged to apply for grants of between £300 and £15,000 from the Movement Fund to promote environmental sustainability.
There is particular interest in initiatives that promote and support ‘climate justice’ – addressing the barriers facing those most affected by climate change to support them to access sport and physical activity opportunities.
Sport England is now looking for projects that:
- Show they will improve environmental sustainability by addressing at least one of the six Every Move priorities:
- Just transition: Inequalities, inclusion and participation
- Energy and resources: Carbon emissions – travel and facilities
- Energy and resources: Circular economy – supply chains, products and waste
- Nature: Blue-green environment quality and use
- Nature: Biodiversity
- Resilience: Adapting to climate change and extreme weather events.
- Show they will benefit physical activity in the community.
- Have a clear, feasible and reasonable delivery plan.
Deadline: Ongoing
The Leathersellers' Company Charitable Fund
Charitable Grants are available to UK registered charities working within the UK. Whilst we prioritise those charities working for the benefit of people in Greater London, we do welcome and support applications from all corners on the UK. Fund is available for special projects, capital grants and core costs such as salaries, rent and utilities. You can apply for up to four years of funding.
The Fund operate two grant giving programmes for charities:
- The Small Grant Programme is a fast track grant assessment for one-off grants of up to £3,000. Applicants can expect a result within six weeks of making an application.
- The Main Grants Programme is a far more thorough assessment for single and multiple year grants of £5,000 or more. A successful application can take up to nine months to receive a result.
The Fund particularly welcome applications supporting the use of leather within the fashion industry, education in leather technology and the leather trade.
The Architectural Heritage Fund Project Viability Grant
Grants of up to £15,000 are now available for formally constituted charities or social enterprises that have the necessary powers to undertake a project involving the acquisition and conversion of an historic building.
The Architectural Heritage Fund Project Viability Grant aims to enable organisations to work out whether a proposed use for a building will be economically viable. The grant will contribute towards the cost of exploring different options for reuse or testing a single option.
Applications can be submitted at any time and you will normally get a decision in 6 to 8 weeks.
Sport England – Movement Fund
The new fund replaces Sport England’s existing Small Grants Programme and Active Together fund. The Movement Fund aims to get more people active and increase sports participation across England, closing the ‘significant activity gap’ between people based on where they live, how affluent they are, their sex, ethnic background or whether they have a disability or long-term health condition. The launch coincides with the introduction of Sport England’s new Movement Hub pilot – which aims to make it easier to find existing tools and resources.
Grants of between £300 and £15,000 are available for not-for-profit organisations working with people living in England.The funding is intended for local not-for-profit groups and organisations whose projects promote physical activity, including active travel, walking, cycling, dance, fitness and sporting activities.Priority will be given to projects in communities where there is a greater need.
There is particular interest in projects providing opportunities for groups facing barriers to activity, such as:
- People living on low incomes.
- Disabled people or those with long-term health conditions.
- Older people.
- People from culturally diverse communities.
- Pregnant women and parents with very young children.
- Girls aged 5-16.
- LGBTQ+ people.
- People who are in foster care.
- People who provide care without pay.
Projects and activities need to address Sport England’s four ambitions:
- Encouraging positive experiences of sport and physical activity.
- Involving the community in planning and delivery.
- Prioritising environmental sustainability.
- A good use of public money.
The money could be used for equipment, facilities, learning and development, delivery costs or emergency relief.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts-based Learning Fund
Arts organisations and charities that are working with schools, colleges and other formal education settings can apply for grants of between £30,000 and £300,000 to enhance the lives, development and achievements of children and young people who have experienced inequality through high quality arts-based learning activities.
Yapp Charitable Trust
The Yapp Charitable Trust offers grants only for core funding to registered charities with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000 and are undertaking work that focuses on one of these priority groups:
Elderly people
Children and young people aged 5 - 25
People with physical impairments, learning difficulties or mental health challenges
Social welfare - people trying to overcome life-limiting problems of a social, rather than medical, origin (such as addiction, relationship difficulties, abuse, offending)
Education and learning (with a particular interest in people who are educationally disadvantaged, whether adults or children)
The charity will fund running costs for up to three years. Grants are for a maximum of £3,000 per year.
Applications are accepted at any time.
Google Ad Grants
Google Ad Grants provide over £7,500 per month of free Google Ads advertising to eligible Not For Profit organisations. The adverts will appear on relevant Google search result pages and can boost organisations’ visibility to their key audiences. The programme is designed to help people connect with causes to make a greater impact on the world.
No deadline
City & Guilds Foundation - Local Community Skills Fund
The funding aims to support a wide range of initiatives that will make a positive impact on communities across the UK.
One key focus is to fund innovative local and community-led projects that may not be eligible for traditional funding sources. This could include anything from setting up a community garden to running a digital skills workshop. The fund also seeks to help disadvantaged people develop the skills they need to find employment by providing training and support.
Additionally, the fund will address specific skills gaps in local areas and reach out to communities where access to training and development opportunities is limited. By working with external organisations, the fund aims to create a sustainable model for delivering social impact through funding and match-funding.
Eligible Expenditure
Funding for projects that are:
- Seeking funding for projects or activities that will be delivered in the UK.
- Supporting people 16+ who are facing barriers.
- Supporting the development of skills required to move towards or into employment.
Projects will also be viewed positively if they address any of the following:
- People with convictions, young people at risk of offending, refugees and displaced people, neurodiverse learners and lower socio-economic groups.
- Can evidence that they are addressing local skills gaps and/or directly link to job outcomes.
- Are in a community or region of defined social need (Indices of Multiple Deprivation, DofE cold spots).
Applications can be made at any time throughout the year and will be reviewed on a monthly basis.
The Hedley Foundation
The Hedley Foundation can offer grants of up to £5,000. Occasional larger sums are given to charities where high impact can be achieved.
Small charities can also benefit from smaller grants of £250 upwards.
The Foundation seeks to help and improve the quality of life of people in the UK, particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This is achieved by making grants to charities for the benefit of young people, disabled people, elderly people, the terminally ill, the homeless, ex-offenders, and otherwise disadvantaged people and their carers.
Applicants should be from a charity with an annual income below £1m. Community Interest Companies cannot apply. Grants cannot cover core salaries, building construction, general running costs, or transport.
The Foundation’s trustees meet regularly to discuss applications and to make decisions on grants.
The Percy Bilton Charity
Capital grants are available to organisations and individuals in need throughout the U.K.
Social workers may apply on the behalf of individuals who have a disability or mental health problem, or who are over 65, for grants to purchase basic furniture, equipment and clothing.
Organisation that may apply should be a registered charity in the U.K. whose primary objectives are to assist one or more of the following groups:
- Disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (persons under 25)
- People with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems)
- Older people (aged over 60)
They have 2 programmes for organisations:
- Large grants: one off payments for capital expenditure of approximately £2,000 and over i.e. furniture and equipment; building/refurbishment projects. Please note that they do not fund running costs.
- Small grants - Donations of up to £500 towards furnishings and equipment for small projects. This programme is more suitable for smaller organisations.
Deadline: Applications may be submitted at any time and will be considered at the next appropriate Board meeting. Applications for Small Grants are considered monthly.
Westminster Community Events Fund
Funding has been made available for communities in Westminster to lead and organise events of cultural significance as well as events that promote community cohesion and integration. These can be:
- Cultural events
- Events that raise awareness of issues that affect the community
- Events that bring communities together for collective reflection.
The fund can be used to book a space or pay for other associated event costs. For each event, a maximum of £2,500 will be made available, or for collaboration between organisations grants of up to £5,000 will be available.
Deadline: the fund will close when the allocated funding runs out.
The Access Foundation - Digital Divide Grant
The Access Foundation awards grants to support charities and CICs to mitigate the digital divide by making IT facilities, support and learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Grants are between £10,000 and £50,000. This funding will normally support a project that lasts no more than a year.
There are no application deadlines. They aim to have approved or declined your request within 12 weeks of receiving your completed application.
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 £4,000 is available.
Applications to the School Holiday Activity Fund can be submitted at any time, but must be received by the Grants Office by the following deadlines:
- Christmas and February half-term – 1 October
- Easter and May half-term – 1 February
- Summer and October half-term - 1 May
King Charles III Charitable Fund
King Charles III Charitable Fund has opened its small grant programme to UK registered non-profit organisations supporting grassroots projects in diverse and deprived communities. The small grants programme awards single or multi-year grants to a maximum value of £5,000. The average award is £1,500.
Applications will be considered from organisations with an income of up to £1 million that have completed at least two years of activity and are able to submit accounts or income and expenditure statements.
This is a rolling programme - Please note that the Small Grant Committee considers applications in February, May, July and October.
Aviva Community Fund
Organisations can receive up to £50,000 in match funding from the Aviva Community Fund. Eligible organisations must have been operating for at least 12 months.
Funding areas:
- Financial Wellbeing: helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything.
- Climate Action: Promoting healthy, thriving communities by preventing, preparing for and protecting against the impacts of climate change.
The Charles Haywood Foundation
The Charles Hayward Foundation is a grant-making charitable trust which is located in the United Kingdom. They make grants to charities which are registered through two different programmes:
Main grant programme
Social & Criminal Justice and Heritage & Conservation (for charities with an income of more than £350,000) and Overseas (for charities with an income between £150,000 and £5,000,000).
Small grant programme
Social & Criminal Justice and Older People (for charities with an income of less than£350,000).
The Foundation predominantly funds capital costs. Projects that are preventive or provide early intervention are encouraged with a preferred area of impact at the community and neighbourhood level.
Size of grant is typically £15,000 to £25,000. Where agreed, project funding may be for up to a maximum of three years in duration. Small grant scheme makes grants of up to £7,000.
The trustees meet only four times a year to consider applications and you may have a wait of several months before you receive a decision. On average, trustees approve one in twenty applications.
The Fat Beehive Foundation - Digital Fund
The Fat Beehive Foundation is providing small grants of up to £2500 for websites and digital products for small UK registered charities to help these organisations carry out their work in a more efficient and effective way.
Charities must have an average income of less than £1 million a year.
No deadline
The National Lottery Community Fund - The Solidarity Fund
This funding is for organisations in England dealing with the causes of inequality. By inequality they mean poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. They’ll fund organisations that are working on making a lasting change to the causes of inequality. Organisations can apply for between £1 million and £5 million in total. This funding can be spent over 5 to 10 years. They are expecting to fund around 10 organisations in the first year.
What they’ll fund: your work must,
- help make big and lasting changes to the root causes of poverty, disadvantage or discrimination. By this they mean doing more than helping people with the issues they are facing now. Like changing the way organisations or sectors work together, so it’s fairer for people. This is sometimes called ‘systems change’.
- bring people together to deal with the root causes of poverty, disadvantage or discrimination. By supporting people to work on this across different issues and communities. This is what they mean by working in ‘solidarity’.
How they expect you to work: you must,
- support communities to build power. So they have the skills, confidence, and support to get organised and make lasting change,
- create, share, and use learning from people that experience inequality. To support them to have a say and be heard. And to support people to take action to make things better.
Deadline: Ongoing