Funders with specific interests
Funders with interest in a particular service area or service user group.
Funders with specific interests in
- Advice and advocacy services
- Peer support services
- Community cohesion and development
- Racial justice and intersectional work
- Social justice, campaigning, policy, voice and awareness raising work
- Hate crime and violence
- Housing and accommodation
- Employment support and skills development (including youth development)
- Sports, leisure, arts and cultural activities
- Learning difficulties
- Mental health
- Sensory impairment
- Support for children and young people
- Support for older people
- Grants for individuals
Funders with specific interest in advice and advocacy services
This section identifies funders who will fund specific advice and advocacy services. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
Access to Justice Foundation
The aim of the ATJF is to improve access to legal justice for the most vulnerable in society, funding organisations that support those who need legal help but can’t afford it. They don’t have any current funding programmes open but advise that organisations keep an eye on their website where they will advertise new programmes
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust. The Mount Fund
https://mrssmithandmounttrust.org/the-mount-fund/
The Mount Fund aims to assist disadvantaged people towards greater independence or a better quality of life. Priorities include mental health, learning difficulty and health in the community. Grants are usually between £3000-10,000, some repeated. Grants are for organisations with income under £1million (or up to £500,000 in the health in the community strand). Advice services are specifically mentioned as something they fund. Trustees meet 3 times per year.
Trust for London
https://www.trustforlondon.org.uk
Trust for London is an independent charitable foundation tackling poverty and inequality in the capital; they are particularly interested in new and imaginative ways of addressing the root causes of London’s social problems, especially where it has the potential to influence and change policy, practice and public attitudes, and targeted towards groups of people who are more likely to be affected by poverty and inequality, with Disability as one of their priorities. There is no minimum or maximum size of grant but the average will be around £80K in total over one to three years. They are unlikely to award grants over £150K. There are 3 funding deadlines per year (see website for dates)
The funding programmes that cover advice and advocacy (including campaigning, organising, policy and research) are:
Good Homes and Neighbourhoods: Issues such as affordable and quality housing, provision of temporary accommodation, increasing tenants’ voice and influence, engaging people on low incomes in planning and regeneration, and improving quality of neighbourhood environments. Also, housing legal advice covering legal casework and representation in areas that fall outside of legal aid, particularly in relation to the private rented sector.
Better Work: Issues such as improving pay for those on low incomes, addressing exploitative employment practices and discrimination, improving the practice of public agencies, and promoting good employment practice. Also, employment legal advice covering legal casework and representation in areas that fall outside of legal aid which protects workers’ rights and tackles issues of discrimination. They will also fund tribunal work that ensures workers receive the wages and/ or settlements they are entitled to.
Decent Living Standards: Issues such as the impact of changes to the welfare support system, improving the welfare support system (including areas where there may be less of a spotlight, such as the additional costs of disability), highlighting the effect on low-income Londoners of public services, reducing the cost of living in London, improving understanding of public attitudes on social security and challenging stigma attached to reliance on social security, and the future role of social security and the state in preventing and tackling poverty and inequality in London. Also, legal representation in social welfare law at tribunals and strategic legal action on social security issues affecting low-income Londoners.
Shared Wealth: Issues such as improving the understanding of the impact of income and wealth inequality, reducing income inequality, improving understanding of public attitudes on income and wealth inequality, and examining how inclusive growth and devolution might be used to address economic inequality.
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Funders with specific interest in peer support services
This section identifies funders who will fund specific peer support services. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
A Fairer Future programme wants to create change to ensure equal access for Deaf and Disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequality and those economically disadvantaged. The Creative Confident Communities programme aims to help local people build vibrant, confident places where they can fulfil their potential.
National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/reaching-communities-england
Please note we are currently making changes to this funding to fit our new strategy. Where possible, we strongly recommend that you do not apply until we launch our new criteria in Spring 2025.
We fund projects and organisations that work to make positive changes in their community. By community we mean people living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
We offer funding that starts at £20,001, and for up to five years.
We can fund projects or organisations that’ll do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
We are looking for projects to be:
- involving people and communities from the start
- building on people’s strengths
- connected in your community
We want to be flexible and respond to your community’s needs. So we’ll offer funding:
- for the long or short term
- for a specific activity, or for broader costs to help your organisation or community
- for one organisation or to bring organisations together
- to support people, communities and organisations most affected by the cost-of-living crisis
- to help organisations address the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on how they work, now and in the future.
Application deadline- ongoing. Apply at any time
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Funders with specific interest in community cohesion and development
This section identifies funders who will fund specific projects and services focused on community cohesion and development. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
Asda Foundation
The Asda Foundation provides grants to local charities and not-for-profit organisations that support and develop stronger communities. They offer several grant programmes:
The Outdoor Community Spaces Fund offers grants of £500 to £3000 to improve or transform outdoor community spaces. Organisations must have an annual income below £250,000.
Local Community Emergency Donations. Providing assistance to community groups during emergencies such as floods and fires.
Colleague Match Funding for Local Causes. Asda colleagues fundraising for a local charity can have their donations matched by the Asda Fund up to a maximum of £500.
Aviva Community Fund
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk
The AVIVA Community Fund helps local causes build stronger communities across the UK. There are two key 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.
Charities with a turnover of under £2m may apply. Individual grants will be made up to a value of £50,000 in match funding.
Successful applicants will be asked to present their project on the Crowdfunder platform, stating their funding target. Aviva will then match every individual donation you receive. Organisations that achieve their funding target by the set date will then be able to withdraw the money to go ahead with their project.
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation
https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk
This is a grant-giving charity that helps older people and Disabled adults (18+) including people with mental health conditions. The foundation’s focus is on connecting people with others in their local community, helping combat isolation and loneliness and enabling people to be active. We favour applications that help improve people’s mobility, independence and quality of life. Grants for individuals range from £100 to £1,000 and include funding for mobility scooters, manual and powered wheelchairs and car adaptations. We also help small community groups and charities with transport, activity projects and outings. Our grants for groups range from £100 up to £2,500.
Applications welcome throughout the year.
Blakemore Charitable Foundation
https://www.afblakemore.com/our-community/the-blakemore-foundation
They provide grant funding, up to £200, in kind donations and match fund donations to any good causes in communities near where they trade (which covers London). Simple application form. 8 weeks for decisions
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
A Fairer Future programme wants to create change to ensure equal access for Deaf and Disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequality and those economically disadvantaged. The Creative Confident Communities programme aims to help local people build vibrant, confident places where they can fulfil their potential.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation supports organisations of all sizes, from small local organisations to large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to millions of pounds depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. Grants can be for an organisation’s running costs, a specific activity or for capital projects. Funding sectors include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
Greggs Foundation
https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
Aims to improve the health and well-being of people living in communities where Greggs operates. Operate grant programmes in 3 areas: schools, hardship funding and community funding. Community funding grants are offered up to £20,000 for organisations helping people overcome social isolation and improving the health and wellbeing of the local community.
Heathrow Community Trust
https://www.heathrowcommunitytrust.org
Communities Together supports projects having a positive impact on communities in the area around Heathrow Airport. Eligible London boroughs are Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond. Small grants up to £5,000 per year over two years and large grants up to £15,000 per year over two years are available. Applications are open to charities, community groups and not for profit companies.
National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities
https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/reaching-communities-england
Please note we are currently making changes to this funding to fit our new strategy. Where possible, we strongly recommend that you do not apply until we launch our new criteria in Spring 2025.
We fund projects and organisations that work to make positive changes in their community. By community we mean people living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences.
We offer funding that starts at £20,001, and for up to five years.
We can fund projects or organisations that’ll do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
We are looking for projects to be:
- involving people and communities from the start
- building on people’s strengths
- connected in your community
We want to be flexible and respond to your community’s needs. So we’ll offer funding:
- for the long or short term
- for a specific activity, or for broader costs to help your organisation or community
- for one organisation or to bring organisations together
- to support people, communities and organisations most affected by the cost-of-living crisis
- to help organisations address the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on how they work, now and in the future.
Application deadline- ongoing. Apply at any time
Neighbourhood Planning Support Funding
(managed by Locality)
https://neighbourhoodplanning.org
Locality are managing grant funding (from the government) to support local neighbourhood planning groups who want to have more of a say over development in their area.
Grants of £10K are available for groups writing a neighbourhood plan or neighbourhood development order and can cover costs including developing a website, putting together a project plan, undertaking a local survey, developing evidence base, or hiring a planning expert. Technical support is also available to groups that have complex issues. There is usually one application deadline each year. See the website for details.
The Rayne Foundation
https://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
The Rayne Foundation’s purpose is to bring about positive social change.
Grantmaking in the UK is prioritised in the following areas:
- Improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Creating opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers
- Improving quality of life for people in later life and their carers
- Supporting the development of new, holistic community centres in disadvantaged areas of the UK
Project and salary costs from £10,000 to £30,000 per year are funded for up to 3 years.
Schroder Charity Trust
https://schrodercharitytrust.org
Grants programme currently closed and under review for 2025 and beyond.
Will make single year grants of up to £5K for core costs or specific projects. Priorities include supporting communities. Trustees meet in June and November each year.
Sheldon Trust
Administered via https://pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants/
Funding for community projects, special needs groups, youth development and holidays for the disadvantaged. Grants may be provided for specific projects, operating costs including staff, as well as equipment. Organisations with income less than £1 million may apply.
Sir Halley Stewart Fund: Social grants
The Trust welcomes proposals for catalysing Social initiatives in the UK that are either practical on-the-ground projects (development projects) or focussed on the practical impact of research findings (research projects), which attempt to:
Prevent and resolve conflict, promote reconciliation, encourage re-connection between family members.
Help people to ‘move beyond disadvantage’.
Help people who may be vulnerable and/or have been exploited.
The main grants programme offers large multi-year grants, where the Trust will be a sole or major funder. Funding is for between £5,001 and £60,000 in total, although in rare and exceptional cases grants of up to £80,000 may be considered.
The small grants programme offers one-off grants for small projects, where the Trust will be a sole or major funder. Funding is for up to £5,000, which should cover the entire project or be the major funding contribution. The total project should cost no more than £5,000. This fund is usually aimed at small scoping or pilot projects.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Grants are offered to small and medium sized local organisations working in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Revenue costs include core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Their urban grants are only for projects in urban areas classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the lowest 15%.
Small Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £250,000. Single year grants between £2,000 to £10,000 are offered for projects with a focus on community support. Preference is for frontline organisations working directly with people in need. Grant areas include advice services, transport schemes, employability training, support for young people struggling in mainstream education, youth clubs, family support services.
Major Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £500,000. Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are offered for organisations having a focus on family support.
Wakefield Tetley Trust
https://wakefieldtrust.org.uk
Awards grants to local organisations and charities in Tower Hamlets, Southwark and City of London. Support work with individuals who are marginalised or disadvantaged. Prioritise user-led groups supporting Disabled people. Grants are offered from £500 to £6,000. Trustees meet 4 times a year.
Woodward Charitable Trust
https://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
The trust awards grants to UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Community Interest Companies (CICs) with an annual income of less than £200k.
The Trust will only fund core costs and will only fund organisations that support one of the following target groups:
- Children and young people (up to 25 years)
- Disadvantaged families
- Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
Trustees like projects that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcome for the users.
Small grants are offered up to £3,000, but usually £1,000 or less.
A few large grants are offered over £3,000 each year.
Funders with specific interest in racial justice and intersectional work
Funders with a specific focus on racial justice, Global Majority communities and work supporting Disabled People of Colour.
The Baobab Community Fund
https://www.baobabfoundation.org.uk/baobab-community-fund
Grants ranging from £5,000 – £30,000 per year for up to 5 years. A £500 Access Pot is available to support Black and Global Majority applicants who are disabled. A £3m fund dedicated to Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority collectives, organisations and individuals dismantling systems of oppression for our communities in their work. Currently closed for applications.
Lloyds Bank Foundation Racial Equity Programme
https://www.lloydsbankfoundation.org.uk/funding/racial-equity-programme
This programme is for small local charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity. Under this programme we will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000. The closing date for applications is 29 May 2025 We are only accepting applications from organisations working outside of London.
Funders with specific interest in social justice, campaigning, policy, voice and awareness raising work
This section identifies funders who will fund specific social justice, campaigning, policy, voice and awareness raising work. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
AB Charitable Trust
https://abcharitabletrust.org.uk
The AB Charitable Trust (ABCT) supports charities that defend human rights and promote respect for vulnerable individuals whatever their circumstances. The Trust is particularly interested in charities that work with marginalised and excluded people in society, with a focus including:
- Human rights
- Access to Justice
- The criminal legal system and penal reform
- Migrants and refugees
Open Programme grants are usually £10,000 – £30,000 per year and are awarded from one to three years. Funds are unrestricted. Charities applying should have an annual income between £150k and £1.5M. The Grants Committee meets 4 times a year.
Access to Justice Foundation
The aim of the ATJF is to improve access to legal justice for the most vulnerable in society, funding organisations that support those who need legal help but can’t afford it. They don’t have any current funding programmes open but advise that organisations keep an eye on their website where they will advertise new programmes.
Ashworth Charitable Trust
https://ashworthtrust.org/funding/
Award grants usually up to £3,000, occasionally £5,000. Prioritise smaller charities with an income less than £500,000. A wide range of causes are supported including charities offering information, support, relief or equipment for Disabled people. The Trustees hold biannual meetings in May and November.
Aviva Community Fund
https://www.avivacommunityfund.co.uk
The AVIVA Community Fund helps local causes build stronger communities across the UK. There are two key 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.
Charities with a turnover of under £2m may apply. Individual grants will be made up to a value of £50,000 in match funding.
Successful applicants will be asked to present their project on the Crowdfunder platform, stating their funding target. Aviva will then match every individual donation you receive. Organisations that achieve their funding target by the set date will then be able to withdraw the money to go ahead with their project.
The Baobab Community Fund
https://www.baobabfoundation.org.uk/baobab-community-fund
Grants ranging from £5,000 – £30,000 per year for up to 5 years. A £500 Access Pot is available to support Black and Global Majority applicants who are disabled. A £3m fund dedicated to Black African/Caribbean and Global Majority collectives, organisations and individuals dismantling systems of oppression for our communities in their work. Currently closed for applications.
Edge Fund
http://edgefund.org.uk
Edge Fund is a grant-making body with a difference. We support efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice and to end imbalances in wealth and power – and give those we aim to help a say in where the money goes. Edge Fund like to fund independent groups who find traditional sources of funding closed to them, particularly grass roots organisations with lived experience working on social or ecological change. Grants are usually small, up to £5K maximum but usually smaller than this on average £1,000.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
A Fairer Future programme wants to create change to ensure equal access for Deaf and Disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequality and those economically disadvantaged. The Creative Confident Communities programme aims to help local people build vibrant, confident places where they can fulfil their potential.
John Ellerman Foundation
We aim to advance the wellbeing of people, society and the natural world by focusing on the arts, environment and social action. We believe these areas can make an important contribution to wellbeing.
Under the Social Action strand, we aim to help create a society where all can thrive, by supporting organisations which work to create positive changes at a systems-wide level benefitting wider society.
We want to actively involve those with personal experience of the issue tackled and improve systems through policy, advocacy and campaigning.
We prioritise organisations with an income between £100,000 and £10 million. Grants for their social action strand are about £30-40K per year for up to 3 years.
Postcode Society Trust
https://www.postcodesocietytrust.org.uk
The Postcode Society Trust supports smaller charities in the South of England including London. Funding themes include: Enabling participation in physical activity, Enabling participation in the arts, preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality, improving biodiversity, improving green spaces and access to the outdoors and providing mental health support.
Priority includes organisations such as DDPOs. Organisations can apply for £500 to £25,000. There are three funding rounds per year.
Sir Halley Stewart Fund: Social grants
The Trust welcomes proposals for catalysing Social initiatives in the UK that are either practical on-the-ground projects (development projects) or focussed on the practical impact of research findings (research projects), which attempt to:
- Prevent and resolve conflict, promote reconciliation, encourage re-connection between family members.
- Help people to ‘move beyond disadvantage’.
- Help people who may be vulnerable and/or have been exploited.
The main grants programme offers large multi-year grants, where the Trust will be a sole or major funder. Funding is for between £5,001 and £60,000 in total, although in rare and exceptional cases grants of up to £80,000 may be considered.
The small grants programme offers one-off grants for small projects, where the Trust will be a sole or major funder. Funding is for up to £5,000, which should cover the entire project or be the major funding contribution. The total project should cost no more than £5,000. This fund is usually aimed at small scoping or pilot projects.
Three Guineas Trust – Access to justice for Disabled people
Programme opens: 22 April 2025. Closing date for applications: 12 June 2025 by 6pm. Grant decisions released: Week of 6 October 2025.
This programme is for grants to projects supporting Disabled or neurodivergent people to exercise their rights on:
- Income, welfare benefits or debt
- Housing and homelessness
- Community care
- Personal liberty
- Equal access to goods and services
For this round, we will look at applications from not-for-profit organisations for work to provide legal advice, advocacy, or overcome barriers to access advice and advocacy services for Disabled or neurodivergent people.
We have earmarked a total of £1.5 million for this round of grants. The maximum annual grant will be £50,000 a year. Grants will be for up to 3 years’ funding.
There are no restrictions on what resources the grant can be used to pay for provided the work furthers Disabled or neurodivergent people’s access to justice.
Trust for London
Trust for London is an independent charitable foundation tackling poverty and inequality in the capital.
We fund work with two key aims: economic and social justice. Economic justice includes funding for decent work, improving social security, ending the poverty premium and tackling the housing crisis. Social justice includes funding to end migrant destitution, racial justice and disability justice.
We provide project and unrestricted funding.
There is no minimum or maximum size of grant but the average will be to give £40K- £80K to organisations each year. You can apply for money for up to 5 years. We are unlikely to award grants over £300K in total.
We accept applications on a rolling basis for most of our priority areas so you can apply at any time. Our racial and disability justice funds operate a little differently.
The Yapp Charitable Trust
http://www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk
Awards grants for running costs and salaries to small registered charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work. Funds given only to charitable companies older than three years with a total annual expenditure of less than £40,000, who undertake work with one of the trust’s priority groups – one of which is people with physical impairments, learning difficulties and/or mental health challenges. Grants are only given to core funding, not new projects, extra services or additional delivery costs, and are normally for a maximum of £3,000 per year, for up to three years. Priority given to charities that improve the lives of marginalised, disadvantaged or isolated people; that work through raising awareness of issues, education and campaigning; and that demonstrate an effective use of volunteers and elements of self sustainability.
Applications considered throughout the year.
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Funders with specific interest in hate crime and violence
This section identifies funders who will fund specific work on hate crime and violence. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
Charles Hayward Foundation
http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk/criminal-justice/criminal-justice/
Within their social justice funding strand, Charles Hayward Foundation are interested in alleviating the consequences of domestic violence and criminal exploitation of vulnerable people. They prefer holistic approaches addressing multiple and complex needs. They like local solutions and are open to both tried and tested, and innovative and creative approaches. Applicant organisations for the main grant programme have to have an income over £350K. They will fund £15-25K per year for up to three years.
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust. The Mount Fund
https://www.mrssmithandmounttrust.org/the-mount-fund/
Priorities include therapeutic interventions in mental health, homelessness, community youth services, refugee and asylum seekers. Small Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £500,000. Small Grants are a maximum of £5,000 and given for projects, core costs, salaries, advice services. Large Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £1M. Grants are for the strategic development of services and are generally £15,000 – £25,000 over 3 years. Trustees meet 3 times per year.
Funding includes therapeutic family support and youth services where there is domestic violence.
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Funders with specific interest in employment support and skills development (including youth development)
This section identifies funders who will fund specific employment and skills development support. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority (and grants for individuals).
Adint Charitable Trust
adintct@gmail.com
The Adint Charitable Trust, Suite 512, 571 Finchley Road, London NW3 7BN.
Grants of £250 to £15,000 to registered charities. Interested in disability generally and in education, training, sport and recreation
Blue Spark Foundation
https://bluesparkfoundation.org.uk
BlueSpark provides funding for projects which aim to improve the education and development of children and young people (aged 5-22) by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. We will give particular consideration to projects which we consider will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. Grants are below £5K and are only given for project costs.
The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
Drapers’ Charitable Fund – The Drapers
Award grants to registered charities, of between £5,000 to £15,000 (although larger ones have been given), to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities through education and social welfare, with education and young people as one of their priorities.They are keen to raise aspirations and help young people realise their full potential (they give examples of improved self confidence, employability and life skills of disadvantaged young people, and improved mental health, resilience and self esteem. The main focus is on charities in areas of deprivation in Greater London. Grants are usually for core costs, salaries and project costs. Most grants are for a single year but sometimes multi year grants are considered. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
A Fairer Future programme wants to create change to ensure equal access for Deaf and Disabled people including special educational needs, communities experiencing racial inequality and those economically disadvantaged. The Creative Confident Communities programme aims to help local people build vibrant, confident places where they can fulfil their potential.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation supports organisations of all sizes, from small local organisations to large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to millions of pounds depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. Grants can be for an organisation’s running costs, a specific activity or for capital projects. Funding sectors include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
Greggs Foundation
https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
Aims to improve the health and well-being of people living in communities where Greggs operates. Operate grant programmes in 3 areas: schools, hardship funding and community funding. Community funding grants are offered up to £20,000 for organisations helping people overcome social isolation and improving the health and wellbeing of the local community.
Heathrow Community Trust – Projects for Young People
https://www.heathrowcommunitytrust.org
Projects for Young People invites grant applications from organisations working on projects that give young people new skills to help them into employment, raise aspirations or increase resilience. Grants of up to £15,000 per year for up to two years are available for charities, community groups and not for profit companies. We support significant and positive improvement in quality of life for communities near the airport and so eligible London boroughs are Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond.
Lennox and Wyfold Foundation
Mr G Fincham, Lennox and Wyfold Foundation, 15 Suffolk Street, London, SW1Y 4HG Tel: 02036966721
Grants to registered charities in England and Wales. There is no minimum or maximum level of grant. Most grants range from £5,000 to £10,000. Priorities include education and training, as well as disability.
Applications may be submitted at any time and are considered twice a year by the Trustees. The Foundation only accepts written applications.
Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust
https://www.margaretdobsontrust.org
The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust supports organisations working with young adults aged 18 to 25 years with a learning difficulty who are leaving formal education. The Trust aims to give these young people the practical skills needed to prepare them to be able to lead independent lives and will fund projects designed to support young people outside the school environment. Applications that demonstrate the involvement of people with learning difficulties and their families, partnership working, a demand for the project and either match funding or active fundraising are more likely to be successful.
Grants are usually for up to £5K, awarded annually, with deadlines usually in March.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – The Youth Fund
https://www.phf.org.uk/funding
The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping young people (aged 14-25) in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging. The Fund supports organisations which work with young people experiencing disadvantage. They focus on work recognizing young peole’s overlapping identities (for example race, gender, sexual orientation, ableism) and tackling root causes of inequity and injustice.
We fund organisations who work in an asset-based way which means:
- young people are seen for their potential not current or past experiences
- recognising and building on young peoples strengths
- centre young peoples power, voice and agency so they can shape decisions that affect them
The Fund will provide core funding and grants are usually for up to 3 years totalling £150,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Schroder Charity Trust
https://schrodercharitytrust.org
Grants programme currently closed and under review for 2025 and beyond.
Will make single year grants of up to £5K for core costs or specific projects. Priorities include education and young people. Trustees meet in June and November each year.
Sheldon Trust
Administered via https://pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants/
Funding for community projects, special needs groups, youth development and holidays for the disadvantaged. Grants may be provided for specific projects, operating costs including staff, as well as equipment. Organisations with income less than £1 million may apply.
Tesco Stronger Starts
https://tescostrongerstarts.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Tesco Stronger Starts is open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant up to £1,500. Every three months three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores in the UK. The focus of Tesco Stronger Starts is on supporting children and schools, for example a local school needing funds for a breakfast club, a voluntary organistaion working with families to run holiday clubs, a charity supporting young people with after school clubs or a CIC working with schools to support pupils with their mental health. If you have an idea for a project outside this area then it may still be considered. Applications accepted all year round.
Thomas Wall Trust
https://www.thomaswalltrust.org.uk/grants-for-registered-charities-2/
Grants of up to £5000 to organisations with turnover of less than £500K. Will fund project or running costs. Interested in projects or organisations who support adults to develop their communication skills as critical skills for employment and confidence. Particularly interested in supporting people facing major hurdles to employment including Disabled people. Will consider multi year funding.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Grants are offered to small and medium sized local organisations working in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Revenue costs include core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Their urban grants are only for projects in urban areas classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the lowest 15%.
Small Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £250,000. Single year grants between £2,000 to £10,000 are offered for projects with a focus on community support. Preference is for frontline organisations working directly with people in need. Grant areas include advice services, transport schemes, employability training, support for young people struggling in mainstream education, youth clubs, family support services.
Major Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £500,000. Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are offered for organisations having a focus on family support.
The Will Charitable Trust
https://www.willcharitabletrust.org.uk
Temporarily closed for applications from 15 November 2024. This closure will enable the Trustees to review their strategy and it is likely changes will be made to the grants programme. We expect to be able to accept applications to our new grants programme midsummer 2025.
Youth Music
https://network.youthmusic.org.uk
Funding for music related projects, including skills development/training. They have priorities for young people facing challenges (including disability)
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Funders with specific interest in housing and accommodation
Trust for London
Trust for London is an independent charitable foundation tackling poverty and inequality in the capital.
We fund work with two key aims: economic and social justice. Economic justice includes funding for decent work, improving social security, ending the poverty premium and tackling the housing crisis. Social justice includes funding to end migrant destitution, racial justice and disability justice.
We provide project and unrestricted funding.
There is no minimum or maximum size of grant but the average will be to give £40K- £80K to organisations each year. You can apply for money for up to 5 years. We are unlikely to award grants over £300K in total.
We accept applications on a rolling basis for most of our priority areas so you can apply at any time. Our racial and disability justice funds operate a little differently.
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Funders with specific interest in sports, leisure, arts and cultural activities
This section identifies funders who will fund specific sports, leisure, arts and cultural activities. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
Adint Charitable Trust
adintct@gmail.com
The Adint Charitable Trust, Suite 512, 571 Finchley Road, London NW3 7BN.
Grants of £250 to £15,000 to registered charities. Interested in disability generally and in education, training, sport and recreation
Boost Charitable Foundation
Small grants of £750 for boosting sport opportunities which champion the disabled and disadvantaged.
Bruce Wake Charitable Trust
The Bruce Wake Trust was established to encourage and assist the provision of leisure activities for people with physical impairments. The trustees will consider grant applications related to the provision of leisure activities for Disabled people with a particular emphasis on supporting wheelchair users. The trustees meet quarterly to discuss applications, which can be submitted at any time.
Cockayne
https://cockaynefoundation.org/what-we-do
Support art as a way of enriching life experience. Grants are focused on arts projects in London that provide opportunities to artists from diverse cultures for the creation, development, performance, or exhibition in the performing (music, opera, dance, theatre) literary, or visual arts. Grants are between £1000 and £30,000 and they will only fund 20% of the overall project costs
Country Landowners Charitable Trust
https://www.cla.org.uk/about-cla/charitable-trust/
The CLA Charitable Trust provides education, recreation and facilities in the countryside for Disabled people, particularly the young. Its priorities include education about the countryside for young people from towns and cities, and the provision of facilities for (young) Disabled people to visit and participate in learning experiences about the countryside.
Grants average at around £2K. Applications welcome throughout the year from small charities.
Gardening with Disabilities Trust
https://www.gardeningwithdisabilitiestrust.org.uk
This is a small trust that provides grants to help enable Disabled people to start or continue gardening. Funds are awarded to help adapt private gardens, towards paying for tools, raised beds, paving, wheelchair access and greenhouses. They also provide grants towards specially adapted gardens in hospitals, centres and schools, and offer information on garden aids and techniques.
Applications are reviewed monthly.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation supports organisations of all sizes, from small local organisations to large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to millions of pounds depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. Grants can be for an organisation’s running costs, a specific activity or for capital projects. Funding sectors include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
The Hedley Foundation
https://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Awards grants of up to £5,000 to small charities with an annual income below £1M. Focus on young people, Disabled people of all ages, eldery people and carers. In the past they have prioritized young Disabled people (11-25) and their carers through funding for specialist equipment and respite breaks and holidays. They do not fund core costs. Trustees meet four times a year.
John Lyons Charity
The John Lyons Charity gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 (30 if Disabled people) who live in nine boroughs in northwest London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster. Programme Areas include formal and informal education, youth and play services, sport, arts and culture (out of school), personal development and enrichment.
In 2015 they launched A New Perspective focusing on greater inclusion and support for Deaf and Disabled children and young people.
There is no maximum but grants average £40,000-£50,000 per annum and can be offered up to five years. A Refurbishment Fund and Gateway Fund for organisations new to the charity are aso offered.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts Fund
https://www.phf.org.uk/funding
To support organisations working at the intersection of art and social change. Grants of £90,000 to £300,000 over 3 years. For organisations using their creative practice to challenge traditional hierarchies and to centre the lived experience of those affected by injustice. To explore the role artists can play in addressing issues of social justice and support historically underfunded communities. Organisations with a turnover more than £60,000 are eligible.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Arts Based Learning Fund
https://www.phf.org.uk/funding
The overall purpose of this fund is to support arts and cultural organisations to work with schools and educational establishments and make arts-based learning a core part of the curriculum. Grants of £30,000 to £300,000 available for 1-4 years. We want to support organisations which use arts-based content to support children’s learning and particularly welcome applications from organisations led by people most impacted by oppression including racism, ableism, sexism, classism, homophobia and/or transphobia. We welcome organisations developing established programmes of work or testing new approaches.
Peter Harrison Foundation – Active Lives
https://peterharrisonfoundation.org/about-our-grant-programmes/
The Active Lives programme provides opportunities for Disabled people through sport and physical activity anywhere in the UK. Grants of £5,000 – £30,000 for capital, project or core funding over 1-3 years. The focus is on grassroots involvement with life-enhancing opportunities for those who live in the top 10% areas of deprivation.
Postcode Society Trust
https://www.postcodesocietytrust.org.uk
The Postcode Society Trust supports smaller charities in the South of England including London. Funding themes include: Enabling participation in physical activity, Enabling participation in the arts, preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality, improving biodiversity, improving green spaces and access to the outdoors and providing mental health support.
Priority includes organisations such as DDPOs. Organisations can apply for £500 to £25,000. There are 3 funding rounds per year.
The Rayne Foundation
https://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
The Rayne Foundation’s purpose is to bring about positive social change.
Grantmaking in the UK is prioritised in the following areas:
- Improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Creating opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers
- Improving quality of life for people in later life and their carers
- Supporting the development of new, holistic community centres in disadvantaged areas of the UK
Project and salary costs from £10,000 to £30,000 per year are funded for up to 3 years.
Leisure, arts and cultural activities have been funded.
Schroder Charity Trust
https://schrodercharitytrust.org
Grants programme currently closed and under review for 2025 and beyond.
Will make single year grants of up to £5k for core costs or specific projects. Priorities include arts and culture. Trustees meet in June and November each year.
Sport England
https://www.sportengland.org/funding-and-campaigns/our-funding
Our Movement Fund offers crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources to improve physical activity opportunities for the people and communities that need it the most. Funding up to £15,000 is offered and can cover equipment costs, training and refurbishing facilities. Disabled people are a priority group.
Sylvia Waddiliove Foundation
Administered via http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants
Priorities include disability and illness. For disability strand, grants are usually given for capital costs only to organisations with income below £500K. The trustees meet 4 times per year. Grants are usually £1,000 – £5,000.
Visual and performing arts are mentioned as funding priorities.
Tesco Stronger Starts
https://tescostrongerstarts.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Tesco Stronger Starts is open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant up to £1,500. Every three months three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores in the UK. The focus of Tesco Stronger Starts is on supporting children and schools, for example a local school needing funds for a breakfast club, a voluntary organistaion working with families to run holiday clubs, a charity supporting young people with after school clubs or a CIC working with schools to support pupils with their mental health. If you have an idea for a project outside this area then it may still be considered. Applications accepted all year round.
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Grants are offered to small and medium sized local organisations working in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Revenue costs include core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Their urban grants are only for projects in urban areas classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the lowest 15%.
Small Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £250,000. Single year grants between £2,000 to £10,000 are offered for projects with a focus on community support. Preference is for frontline organisations working directly with people in need. Grant areas include advice services, transport schemes, employability training, support for young people struggling in mainstream education, youth clubs, family support services.
Major Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £500,000. Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are offered for organisations having a focus on family support.
The Wheelrights Charity
https://wheelwrights.org/charity/
Support mobility for Disabled people especially children and young people. Also access to sport, educational and recreational activities. Focus on charities with limited funds and specific projects rather than running costs. Trustees meet 4 times a year.
Woodward Charitable Trust
https://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
The trust awards grants to UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Community Interest Companies (CICs) with an annual income of less than £200k.
The Trust will only fund core costs and will only fund organisations that support one of the following target groups:
- Children and young people (up to 25 years)
- Disadvantaged families
- Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
Trustees like projects that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcome for the users.
Small grants are offered up to £3,000, but usually £1,000 or less.
A few large grants are offered over £3,000 each year.
Funding has been provided for sports and arts projects.
Wyseliot Rose Charitable Trust
https://youngcamdenfoundation.org.uk/funding/the-wyseliot-rose-charitable-trust
Applications made in writing to Jonathan Rose, The Wyseliot Charitable Trust, 17 Chelsea Square, London SW3 6LF.
Funding available to charitable organisations in the UK for general charitable purposes. The Trusts objectives include Promoting health; The Arts; Relief for those in need including Disabled people There is no maximum level for grants but previous grants have been for between £3,000 and £5,000 and applications can be submitted at any time.
Youth Music
https://network.youthmusic.org.uk//
Funding for music related projects, including skills development/training. They have priorities for young people facing challenges (including disability)
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Funders with specific interest in learning difficulties
The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
Drapers’ Charitable Fund – The Drapers
Award grants to registered charities, of between £5,000 to £15,000 (although larger ones have been given), to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities through education and social welfare, with Disability as one of their priorities. Their focus is on adults with less visible impairments (including learning difficulties). The main focus is on charities in areas of deprivation in Greater London. Grants are usually for core costs, salaries and project costs. Most grants are for a single year but sometimes multi year grants are considered. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
The Inman Charity
Grants of £3,000 – £5,000 are awarded to registered charities, with priorities including care of the elderly, general welfare, and Disabled people. They particularly like to support specific projects and do not offer grants to individuals. There are two rounds of funding awarded each year – applications must be received by the end of February or the end of August each year.
Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust
https://www.margaretdobsontrust.org
The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust supports organisations working with young adults aged 18 to 25 years with a learning difficulty who are leaving formal education. The Trust aims to give these young people the practical skills needed to prepare them to be able to lead independent lives and will fund projects designed to support young people outside the school environment. Applications that demonstrate the involvement of people with learning difficulties and their families, partnership working, a demand for the project and either match funding or active fundraising are more likely to be successful.
Grants are usually for up to £5K, awarded annually, with deadlines usually in March.
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust. The Mount Fund
https://www.mrssmithandmounttrust.org/the-mount-fund/
Priorities include therapeutic interventions in mental health, homelessness, community youth services, refugee and asylum seekers. Small Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £500,000. Small Grants are a maximum of £5,000 and given for projects, core costs, salaries, advice services. Large Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £1M. Grants are for the strategic development of services and are generally £15,000 – £25,000 over 3 years. Trustees meet 3 times per year.
Percy Bilton Charity
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org
Offer one-off payments for capital expenditure of £2,000 – £5,000. Preference is given to specific items of furniture and equipment which the charity can fund in their entirety. Priorities include Disabled people and people with mental health problems, disadvantaged young people, older people and people with learning difficulties.
Apply at any time.
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Funders with specific interest in mental health
This section identifies funders who will fund specific work relating to mental health. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority, or other sections on specific service areas.
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation
http://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk
This is a grant-giving charity that helps older people and Disabled adults (18+) including people with mental health conditions. The foundation’s focus is on connecting people with others in their local community, helping combat isolation and loneliness and enabling people to be active. We favour applications that help improve people’s mobility, independence and quality of life. Grants for individuals range from £100 to £1,000 and include funding for mobility scooters, manual and powered wheelchairs and car adaptations. We also help small community groups and charities with transport, activity projects and outings. Our grants for groups range from £100 up to £2,500.
Applications welcome throughout the year.
Cameron Grants for Innovation in Mental Health
https://www.camgrant.org.uk/innovate/
Small cash awards from the Cameron Grant Memorial Trust to support innovation in mental health. Grants of £100 to £2500 to individuals or organisations to trial new ways to support people suffering with poor mental health. The aims of the organisation are to destigmatise mental health, reduce barriers to mental health care and improve mental wellbeing. Apply via email initially.
Childwick Trust
Support charities across the south and south-east of England. Priorities include disability, mental health, severe illness, all age ranges. Give funds for specialist equipment, respite care, holidays, education and core costs. Grants range from £5,000 -£20,000. They have specific times of the year that they are open for applications and they state not to contact them outside of these times. The open dates are April 1st-30th and October 1st-30th.
The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
Drapers’ Charitable Fund – The Drapers
Award grants to registered charities, of between £5,000 to £15,000 (although larger ones have been given), to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities through education and social welfare, with Disability as one of their priorities. Their focus is on adults with less visible impairments (including mental health). The main focus is on charities in areas of deprivation in Greater London. Grants are usually for core costs, salaries and project costs. Most grants are for a single year but sometimes multi year grants are considered. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation supports organisations of all sizes, from small local organisations to large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to millions of pounds depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. Grants can be for an organisation’s running costs, a specific activity or for capital projects. Funding sectors include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health including mental health, arts, heritage and faith.
John Lyons Charity
The John Lyons Charity gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 (30 if Disabled people) who live in nine boroughs in northwest London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster. Programme Areas include formal and informal education, youth and play services, sport, arts and culture (out of school), personal development and enrichment.
In 2015 they launched A New Perspective focusing on greater inclusion and support for Deaf and Disabled children and young people.
There is no maximum but grants average £40,000-£50,000 per annum and can be offered up to five years. A Refurbishment Fund and Gateway Fund for organisations new to the charity are aso offered.
Programme Areas highlight the areas in which we are able to support projects. These include specific mention of Disabled young people, and other themes including Emotional Wellbeing (mental health initiatives for young people given as an example).
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust. The Mount Fund
https://www.mrssmithandmounttrust.org/the-mount-fund/
Priorities include therapeutic interventions in mental health, homelessness, community youth services, refugee and asylum seekers. Small Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £500,000. Small Grants are a maximum of £5,000 and given for projects, core costs, salaries, advice services. Large Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £1M. Grants are for the strategic development of services and are generally £15,000 – £25,000 over 3 years. Trustees meet 3 times per year.
Percy Bilton Charity
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org
Offer one-off payments for capital expenditure of £2,000 – £5,000. Preference is given to specific items of furniture and equipment which the charity can fund in their entirety. Priorities include Disabled people and people with mental health problems, disadvantaged young people, older people.
Apply at any time.
Postcode Society Trust
https://www.postcodesocietytrust.org.uk
The Postcode Society Trust supports smaller charities in the South of England including London. Funding themes include: Enabling participation in physical activity, Enabling participation in the arts, preventing or reducing the impact of poverty, supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality, improving biodiversity, improving green spaces and access to the outdoors and providing mental health support.
Priority includes organisations such as DDPOs. Organisations can apply for £500 to £25,000. There are 3 funding rounds per year.
The Rayne Foundation
https://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
The Rayne Foundation’s purpose is to bring about positive social change.
Grantmaking in the UK is prioritised in the following areas:
- Improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Creating opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers
- Improving quality of life for people in later life and their carers
- Supporting the development of new, holistic community centres in disadvantaged areas of the UK
Project and salary costs from £10,000 to £30,000 per year are funded for up to 3 years.
Woodward Charitable Trust
https://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
The trust awards grants to UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Community Interest Companies (CICs) with an annual income of less than £200k.
The Trust will only fund core costs and will only fund organisations that support one of the following target groups:
- Children and young people (up to 25 years)
- Disadvantaged families
- Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
Trustees like projects that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcome for the users.
Small grants are offered up to £3,000, but usually £1,000 or less. A few large grants are offered over £3,000 each year. They are interested in charities supporting mental health issues.
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Funders with specific interest in sensory impairment
The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
http://www.thedrapers.co.uk/Charities/Grant-making-trusts/The-Drapers-Charitable-Fund.aspx
Award grants to registered charities, of between £5,000 to £15,000 (although larger ones have been given), to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities through education and social welfare, with Disability as one of their priorities. Their focus is on adults with less visible impairments (including sensory impairment). The main focus is on charities in areas of deprivation in Greater London. Grants are usually for core costs, salaries and project costs. Most grants are for a single year but sometimes multi year grants are considered. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Fight For Sight
https://www.fightforsight.org.uk
Fight For Sight has a Social Change Fund to support projects that build connections and confidence for people who are blind or visually impaired. Grants of up to £30,000 are awarded. Priorities include:
- Programmes facilitating social connections including through cultural activities and sports and in particular projects for children and young people
- Digital inclusion programmes
- Personal resilience and self-advocacy programmes
Check website for application deadlines.
The Inman Charity
Grants of £3,000 – £5,000 are awarded to registered charities, with priorities including care of the elderly, general welfare, and Disabled people. They particularly like to support specific projects and do not offer grants to individuals. There are two rounds of funding awarded each year – applications must be received by the end of February or the end of August each year.
Funding for Deaf and Visually Impaired people is a priority.
The Ulverscroft Foundation
https://www.ulverscroft-foundation.org.uk
We support projects that help visually impaired people.
Applications can be made in writing by downloading, completing and posting us an application form. We also accept email applications. Trustees meet quarterly to consider applications.
In general we will not fund staff salaries or ongoing running costs for an organisation. Staffing costs for specific, time-limited projects may be considered at the Trustees’ discretion. Research projects which involve salary costs may also be considered.
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Funders with specific interest in support for children and young people
This section identifies funders who will fund specific children and young people’s support. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
BBC Children in Need Core Costs Grants
Core (Organisational) Costs Funding Stream – BBC Children in Need
You must be working with children and young people aged 18 and under. Organisations prioritised are those that are working in the heart of their communities particularly at times of crisis, putting children at the centre of what they do from design to delivery, addressing challenges faced by children and building their skills and resilience, empowering them and extending their choices, committed to making a difference in children’s lives and keen to keep learning and developing their work
Organisations must have an annual turnover below £2 million.
Core costs grants are for essential organisational and administrative spending -key expenses required to keep your organisation running
Grants for up to 3 years. Grants up to £40,000 per year (for grants over £15000 you must be registered with the Charity Commission or Companies House and decisions take longer than for small grants below £15000).
Apply at any time. Start your application by filling in an Expression of Interest Form
BBC Children in Need Project Costs Grants
Project Costs Funding Stream – BBC Children in Need
You must be working with children and young people aged 18 and under. Organisations prioritised are those that are working in the heart of their communities particularly at times of crisis, putting children at the centre of what they do from design to delivery, addressing challenges faced by children and building their skills and resilience, empowering them and extending their choices, committed to making a difference in children’s lives and keen to keep learning and developing their work
Organisations must have an annual turnover below £2million.
Project grants are for the delivery of a specific piece of, usually time limited, work. Grants for up to 3 years.
Quicker decisions are made for grants under £15000 per year, but larger grants are considered for up to £40K per year.
Apply at any time.
Blue Spark Foundation
https://bluesparkfoundation.org.uk
Blue Spark provides funding for projects which aim to improve the education and development of children and young people (aged 5-22) by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. We will give particular consideration to projects which we consider will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people. Grants are below £5K and are only given for project costs.
Buttle UK
https://buttleuk.org/apply-for-a-grant/
The Chances for Children grant scheme offer up to £2,400 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement. The goal is to increase the capacity of children and young people to engage in education, as well as improve social and emotional wellbeing.
Childwick Trust
Support charities across the south and south-east of England. Priorities include disability, mental health, severe illness, all age ranges. Give funds for specialist equipment, respite care, holidays, education and core costs. Grants range from £5,000 -£20,000. They have specific times of the year that they are open for applications and they state not to contact them outside of these times. The open dates are April 1st-30th and October 1st-30th.
Country Landowners Charitable Trust
https://www.cla.org.uk/about-cla/charitable-trust/
The CLA Charitable Trust provides education, recreation and facilities in the countryside for Disabled people, particularly the young. Its priorities include education about the countryside for young people from towns and cities, and the provision of facilities for (young) Disabled people to visit and participate in learning experiences about the countryside.
Grants average at around £2k. Applications welcome throughout the year from small charities.
The Drapers’ Charitable Fund
Drapers’ Charitable Fund – The Drapers
Award grants to registered charities, of between £5,000 to £15,000 (although larger ones have been given), to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities through education and social welfare, with education and young people as one of their priorities. They are keen to raise aspirations and help young people realise their full potential (they give examples of improved self confidence, employability and life skills of disadvantaged young people, and improved mental health, resilience and self esteem. The main focus is on charities in areas of deprivation in Greater London. Grants are usually for core costs, salaries and project costs. Most grants are for a single year but sometimes multi year grants are considered. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
A Fairer Future programme wants to create change to ensure equal access for Deaf and Disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequality and those economically disadvantaged. The Creative Confident Communities programme aims to help local people build vibrant, confident places where they can fulfil their potential.
Children and young people’s rights are a priority.
Field Family Charitable Trust
Administered via http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants
Usually about £3k grants to organisations with income less than £1million. Some repeated. Improving the quality of life and prospects of vulnerable 13-25 year olds in London is amongst their priorities. Usually give funding for running costs, helplines or equipment.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Foundation supports organisations of all sizes, from small local organisations to large national institutions. Grants range from £1,000 to millions of pounds depending on each charity’s size and scope of work. Grants can be for an organisation’s running costs, a specific activity or for capital projects. Funding sectors include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
Greggs Foundation
https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk
Aims to improve the health and well-being of people living in communities where Greggs operates. Operate grant programmes in 3 areas: schools, hardship funding and community funding. Community funding grants are offered up to £20,000 for organisations helping people overcome social isolation and improving the health and wellbeing of the local community.
The Headley Trust
https://www.sfct.org.uk/the-headley-trust/
The Headley Trust have a Health and Social Welfare Programme which funds projects helping disadvantaged families and young people. They also fund projects that support older people to live independently as long as possible or improve quality of life in residential care. Applications are made through an enquiry form on their website.
Heathrow Community Trust – Projects for Young People
https://www.heathrowcommunitytrust.org
Projects for Young People invites grant applications from organisations working on projects that give young people new skills to help them into employment, raise aspirations or increase resilience. Grants of up to £15,000 per year for up to two years are available for charities, community groups and not for profit companies. We support significant and positive improvement in quality of life for communities near the airport and so eligible London boroughs are Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Richmond.
The Hedley Foundation
https://www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk
Awards grants of up to £5,000 to small charities with an annual income below £1M. Focus on young people, Disabled people of all ages, eldery people and carers. In the past they have prioritized young Disabled people (11-25) and their carers through funding for specialist equipment and respite breaks and holidays. They do not fund core costs. Trustees meet four times a year.
The Henry Smith Charity – Holiday Grants for Children
https://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk
Holiday Grants for Children – One-off short grants of £500 – £2,750 towards recreational trips and holidays for groups of children aged 13 and under who are disabled or disadvantaged, with priority given to the 20% most deprived areas in the UK.
John Lyons Charity
The John Lyons Charity gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 (30 if Disabled people) who live in nine boroughs in northwest London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster. Programme Areas include formal and informal education, youth and play services, sport, arts and culture (out of school), personal development and enrichment.
In 2015 they launched A New Perspective focusing on greater inclusion and support for Deaf and Disabled children and young people.
There is no maximum but grants average £40,000-£50,000 per annum and can be offered up to five years. A Refurbishment Fund and Gateway Fund for organisations new to the charity are also offered.
Kelly Family Charitable Trust
Small grants £1-5K for projects/organisations that support whole families. Can be for capital or revenue
Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust
https://www.margaretdobsontrust.org
The Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust supports organisations working with young adults aged 18 to 25 years with a learning difficulty who are leaving formal education. The Trust aims to give these young people the practical skills needed to prepare them to be able to lead independent lives and will fund projects designed to support young people outside the school environment. Applications that demonstrate the involvement of people with learning difficulties and their families, partnership working, a demand for the project and either match funding or active fundraising are more likely to be successful.
Grants are usually for up to £5k, awarded annually, with deadlines usually in March.
Masonic Charitable Foundation
https://mcf.org.uk
This foundation’s current focus is to support disadvantaged children and young people as well as vulnerable older people. Priority groups include Children with special educational needs and disabilities; Early Years (0-5) with a focus on poverty and neglect; Children affected by Domestic Abuse and Older people with dementia and their carers.
Small grants for charities with income between £25k and £500k are offered. They range from £1,000 – £5,000 per year for up to 3 years and are unrestricted.
Large grants for charities with income between £500k and £5M. They range from £10,000 to £60,000 and are for specific projects. Funds may be used for salaries, equipment, training and administration.
Mrs Smith and Mount Trust. The Mount Fund
https://www.mrssmithandmounttrust.org/the-mount-fund/
Priorities include therapeutic interventions in mental health, homelessness, community youth services, refugee and asylum seekers. Small Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £500,000. Small Grants are a maximum of £5,000 and given for projects, core costs, salaries, advice services. Large Grants are offered to charities with an income less than £1M. Grants are for the strategic development of services and are generally £15,000 – £25,000 over 3 years. Trustees meet 3 times per year.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – The Youth Fund
https://www.phf.org.uk/funding
The Youth Fund supports organisations whose main purpose is about helping young people (aged 14-25) in the most precarious positions, where making the transition to adult independence is most challenging. The Fund supports organisations which work with young people experiencing disadvantage. They focus on work recognizing young peole’s overlapping identities (for example race, gender, sexual orientation, ableism) and tackling root causes of inequity and injustice.
We fund organisations who work in an asset-based way which means:
- young people are seen for their potential not current or past experiences
- recognising and building on young peoples strengths
- centre young peoples power, voice and agency so they can shape decisions that affect them
The Fund will provide core funding and grants are usually for up to 3 years totalling £150,000. Applications are accepted throughout the year.
Percy Bilton Charity
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org
Offer one-off payments for capital expenditure of £2,000 – £5,000. Preference is given to specific items of furniture and equipment which the charity can fund in their entirety. Priorities include Disabled people and people with mental health problems, disadvantaged young people, older people.
Apply at any time.
The Rayne Foundation
https://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
The Rayne Foundation’s purpose is to bring about positive social change. Grantmaking in the UK is prioritised in the following areas:
- Improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Creating opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers
- Improving quality of life for people in later life and their carers
- Supporting the development of new, holistic community centres in disadvantaged areas of the UK
Project and salary costs from £10,000 to £30,000 per year are funded for up to 3 years.
Schroder Charity Trust
https://schrodercharitytrust.org
Grants programme currently closed and under review for 2025 and beyond.
Will make single year grants of up to £5K for core costs or specific projects. Priorities include education and young people. Trustees meet in June and November each year.
Sheldon Trust
Administered via https://pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants/
Funding for community projects, special needs groups, youth development and holidays for the disadvantaged. Grants may be provided for specific projects, operating costs including staff, as well as equipment. Organisations with income less than £1 million may apply.
Tesco Stronger Starts
https://tescostrongerstarts.org.uk/apply-for-a-grant/
Tesco Stronger Starts is open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant up to £1,500. Every three months three local good causes are selected to be in the blue token customer vote in Tesco stores in the UK. The focus of Tesco Stronger Starts is on supporting children and schools, for example a local school needing funds for a breakfast club, a voluntary organistaion working with families to run holiday clubs, a charity supporting young people with after school clubs or a CIC working with schools to support pupils with their mental health. If you have an idea for a project outside this area then it may still be considered. Applications accepted all year round.
True Colours Trust
https://www.truecolourstrust.org.uk
Support Disabled children, young people and their families. Small grants up to 10K. Recently funded projects are: siblings and young carers groups, bereavement support, minibuses, multisensory rooms, play equipment, hydrotherapy pools
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
https://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk
Grants are offered to small and medium sized local organisations working in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts. Revenue costs include core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Their urban grants are only for projects in urban areas classified in the latest government Indices of Multiple Deprivation as being in the lowest 15%.
Small Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £250,000. Single year grants between £2,000 to £10,000 are offered for projects with a focus on comminty support. Preference is for frontline organisations working directly with people in need. Grant areas include advice services, transport schemes, employability training, support for young people struggling in mainstream education, youth clubs, family support services.
Major Grants are offered to eligible organisations with a total annual income up to £500,000. Single year grants between £10,000 and £50,000 are offered for organisations having a focus on family support.
The Wheelrights Charity
https://wheelwrights.org/charity
Support mobility for Disabled people especially children and young people. Also access to sport, educational and recreational activities. Focus on charities with limited funds and specific projects rather than running costs. Trustees meet 4 times a year.
Woodward Charitable Trust
https://woodwardcharitabletrust.org.uk
The trust awards grants to UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) and Community Interest Companies (CICs) with an annual income of less than £200k.
The Trust will only fund core costs and will only fund organisations that support one of the following target groups:
- Children and young people (up to 25 years)
- Disadvantaged families
- Prisoners and Ex-Offenders
Trustees like projects that promote community cohesion and the development of skills that will change the outlook and outcome for the users.
Small grants are offered up to £3,000, but usually £1,000 or less. A few large grants are offered over £3,000 each year.
They also have a specific fund for Summer Playschemes. Grants from £500 – £1,000. Applications only accepted from organisations with income under £100k.
Youth Music
https://network.youthmusic.org.uk//
Funding for music related projects, including skills development/training. They have priorities for young people facing challenges (including disability)
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Funders with specific interest in support for older people
This section identifies funders who will fund specific older people’s support. You should also look at the list of funders with disability as a priority.
Barchester’s Charitable Foundation
https://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk
This is a grant-giving charity that helps older people and Disabled adults (18+) including people with mental health conditions. The foundation’s focus is on connecting people with others in their local community, helping combat isolation and loneliness and enabling people to be active. We favour applications that help improve people’s mobility, independence and quality of life. Grants for individuals range from £100 to £1,000 and include funding for mobility scooters, manual and powered wheelchairs and car adaptations. We also help small community groups and charities with transport, activity projects and outings. Our grants for groups range from £100 up to £2,500.
Applications welcome throughout the year.
Charles Hayward Foundation
http://www.charleshaywardfoundation.org.uk/older-people/
The Foundation offer an Older People small grant programme. Funding is offered for projects aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities. Programmes designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia are included. Focus is on allowing older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent. Projects that offer a sustained benefit rather thatn one-off activities are favoured. Grants of up to £7,000 are awarded.
Childwick Trust
Support charities across the south and south-east of England. Priorities include disability, mental health, severe illness, all age ranges including the elderly. Give funds for specialist equipment, respite care, holidays, education and core costs. Grants range from £5,000 -£20,000. They have specific times of the year that they are open for applications and they state not to contact them outside of these times. The open dates are April 1st-30th and October 1st-30th.
Field Family Charitable Trust
Administered via http://www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charity-grants
Usually about £3k grants to organisations with income less than £1million. Some repeated. Improving the quality of life and prospects of older people in London is amongst their priorities. Usually give funding for running costs, helplines or equipment.
The Headley Trust
https://www.sfct.org.uk/the-headley-trust/
The Headley Trust have a Health and Social Welfare Programme which funds projects that support older people to live independently as long as possible or improve quality of life in residential care. They also fund projects helping disadvantaged families and young people. Applications are made through an enquiry form on their website.
The Inman Charity
Grants of £3,000 – £5,000 are awarded to registered charities, with priorities including care of the elderly, general welfare, and Disabled people. They particularly like to support specific projects and do not offer grants to individuals. There are two rounds of funding awarded each year – applications must be received by the end of February or the end of August each year.
Masonic Charitable Foundation
https://mcf.org.uk
This foundation’s current focus is to support disadvantaged children and young people as well as vulnerable older people. Priority groups include Children with special educational needs and disabilities; Early Years (0-5) with a focus on poverty and neglect; Children affected by Domestic Abuse and Older people with dementia and their carers.
Small grants for charities with income between £25k and £500k are offered. They range from £1,000 – £5,000 per year for up to 3 years and are unrestricted.
Large grants for charities with income between £500k and £5M. They range from £10,000 to £60,000 and are for specific projects. Funds may be used for salaries, equipment, training and administration.
Percy Bilton Charity
https://www.percy-bilton-charity.org
Offer one-off payments for capital expenditure of £2,000 – £5,000. Preference is given to specific items of furniture and equipment which the charity can fund in their entirety. Priorities include Disabled people and people with mental health problems, disadvantaged young people, older people.
Apply at any time.
The Rayne Foundation
https://www.raynefoundation.org.uk
The Rayne Foundation’s purpose is to bring about positive social change.
Grantmaking in the UK is prioritised in the following areas:
- Improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing
- Creating opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers
- Improving quality of life for people in later life and their carers
- Supporting the development of new, holistic community centres in disadvantaged areas of the UK
Project and salary costs from £10,000 to £30,000 per year are funded for up to 3 years.
Skipton Charitable Foundation
https://www.skiptoncharitablefoundation.co.uk
Grants of up to £6000. Priorities include support for older people to improve wellbeing by reducing isolation, helping reduce effects of Dementia and Alzheimer’s and support in later life/palliative care.
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Grants for Individuals
This section is split up into:
- Grants for setting up or scaling up social enterprises, or work and education related grants.
- Grants for support or equipment for independent living.
Social enterprise or work and education related grants for individuals
Access to Work
https://www.gov.uk/access-to-work
Funding for individuals in work to provide support/equipment etc. required to enable them to carry out their job.
Buttle UK
https://buttleuk.org/apply-for-a-grant/
The Chances for Children grant scheme offer up to £2,400 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement. The goal is to increase the capacity of children and young people to engage in education, as well as improve social and emotional wellbeing.
Kaleidescope Foundation
https://thekaleidoscopefoundation.org
We offer grants of up to £1,000 to individuals looking to start social enterprises or small life-style businesses enabling the individual to become self-supporting. Either you or a member of your team must be disabled according to the Equality Act 2010.Your organisation should have a social purpose or objective. You must be over 18 or over.
King’s Trust Development Awards
https://www.kingstrust.org.uk/how-we-can-help/get-funding-train-learn
Awards for 16-30 year olds living in the UK, studying less than 14 hours per week or not in compulsory education, unemployed or working less than 16 hours per week.
You can get support with things like accredited course fees up to Level 3 (A level equivalent), tools or equipment or uniform for a job or qualification; job related license fees; transport to a new job until first pay cheque.
It can take up to eight weeks for us to process the application. Once approved, you’ll be awarded a typical amount of £175-£250 (up to £500) depending on your needs, location and funding availability. The money is paid directly to an organisation or we’ll send you a voucher.
Kings Trust Enterprise Programme
https://www.kingstrust.org.uk/how-we-can-help/support-starting-business
18-30 year olds with a business idea can receive training and support to start your own business including start-up business finance (low interest loans of up to £30K) and support from an experienced business mentor.
Paul Hamlyn Foundation – Ideas and Pioneers Fund
https://www.phf.org.uk/funding/ideas-and-pioneers
The Ideas and Pioneers Fund supports people with unusual or radical ideas to improve the life chances and opportunities of people in the UK. The fund provides grants up to £20,000 and a programme of support to help you develop your skills and explore an idea for social change that has the potential to transform the way things are currently done. The Fund specifically focuses on early stage ideas when it’s harder to get funding.
Priority is given to people age 18-30 with direct lived experience of the issue you want to explore, who have not received funding before. Applicants with indirect experience (you have seen how an issue affects your family or community) and learned experience may also be considered.
As well as individuals we will fund groups of up to 3 people working together (you don’t need to be a registered organisation) and small organisations that have no more than 5 staff.
Skills for Care
Funding for individuals who employ their own Personal Assistant (PA) so they can improve the training and skills of the PA they employ. Direct costs of training are covered as well hiring replacement support whilst your PA attends training and travels.
Thomas Wall Trust – Grants for Individuals
https://www.thomaswalltrust.org.uk/grants-for-individuals/
Programme temporarily closed from January 2025.
Unltd
Provide a range of support programmes and grants to individual social entrepreneurs who are setting up, or trying to grow, ventures which have a social impact. Their current focus topics are access to employment, healthy ageing, funding futures and movement for change.
Committed to 50% of awards going to BAME and/or disabled social entrepreneurs.
Start-up grants of up to £8,000 and scaling-up grants of up to £18,000 are offered plus business support.
Grants for individuals for support or equipment for independent living
Barchester Charitable Foundation
http://www.bhcfoundation.org.uk
This is a grant-giving charity that helps older people and Disabled adults (18+) including people with mental health conditions. The foundation’s focus is on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community, helping combat isolation and loneliness and enabling people to be active. We favour applications that help improve people’s mobility, independence and quality of life. Our grants range from £100 up to £5,000, with the average being approximately £775. Grants can be made for individuals but must be completed by a sponsoring organisation. Applications welcome throughout the year.
Disability Grants
Disability Grants is a national website helping Disabled people and their families find grants towards specialist equipment, holidays, housing, recreation and education. It includes details on charities and trusts that provide funding to anyone with a disability including Disabled children, carers and disability groups.
This is a directory website to help you find a funding body that gives grants for individuals, not a grant-awarding body in itself.
Family Fund
The family fund gives grants to families with Disabled children aged 17 and under on low incomes.
Florence Nightingale Aid in Sickness Trust
Provide funding for medical items and services to improve quality of life of Disabled people (all ages). Includes wheelchairs, riser chairs, white goods, communication aids, sensory equipment, computers and software. Does not include car adaptations or stairlifts. Applications welcome throughout the year through third parties such as advice providers.
Independence at Home
http://www.independenceathome.org.uk
Independence at Home is a national charity that helps improve independence, comfort, safety, dignity and quality of life for Disabled people of all ages who are in financial need. They can help towards the cost of adaptations, equipment or other things that are not available from public funds, including home adaptations, house repairs and other building work, as well as other special equipment such as stair lifts, special beds, riser-recliner chairs etc. They are also able to help towards the cost of heating homes in winter. Applications can be submitted at any time.
Due to demand during the pandemic, this fund was temporarily closed in Spring 2021 but is due to reopen in April 2021.
Mobility Trust
The Mobility Trust provides powered wheelchairs and scooters for people who have severe impairments. This includes helping to organise medical assessments, arrange purchase, delivery and insurance, and follow up any problems. The trust will only give grants to those who have suitable storage for a powered wheelchair or scooter and cannot get one through the Motability scheme. Applications welcome throughout the year, initially by either letter or telephone call. Details are on the website.
The Mrs Smith and Mount Trust- The Mrs Smith Fund
https://mrssmithandmounttrust.org/the-mrs-smith-fund/
The fund aims to assist disadvantaged people towards greater independence and better quality of life. Registered charities can apply to the Mrs Smith Fund for a block grant to distribute hardship funding to individuals in need. Priority groups include Disabled people who are returning home after being in residential settings or hospital; people who are being rehoused due to circumstances beyond their control; people being rehabilitated who are on benefits. Grants under this programme are only made once a year. Registered charities who think they could be eligible must supply a one page document providing initial details about their work. If appropriate they will then be sent an application form when the Trustees are due to consider the next round of funding (once a year).
Turn To Us
https://grants-search.turn2us.org.uk/
A national charity that helps people in financial hardship to gain access to welfare benefits, charitable grants and support services – online, by phone and face to face, through partner organisations and their volunteers.
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