Funding opportunities

Below is a list of the latest funding opportunities in the UK.

You can also view regional funding opportunities on the following pages:

• England specific funding
• Scotland specific funding
• Wales specific funding
• Northern Ireland specific funding

The funder finder website contains a comprehensive and exhaustive list of trusts and foundations in England.

UK funding opportunities

Awards for Bridging Cultures (ABCs)
Awards available: Award winners will receive a trophy, £10,000 cash prize and a digital camcorder and editing support; Commended organisations receive £5,000 cash prize and a digital camcorder and editing support; Shortlisted organisations will receive a digital camcorder and editing support.
Application deadline: 13 September 2010
The ABCs reward grassroots projects, run by community and voluntary organisations, that help to build bridges between communities and cultures. It also rewards private and public sector organisations that support this work by funding or initiating projects.
www.bridgingcultures.org.uk 

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Grants Making Programme
Funding available: £1,000 to £10,000
Application deadline: 1 November 2010
The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust which awards grants to charitable organisations in the United Kingdom and overseas. 
www.austin-hope-pilkington.org.uk 

Moto Community Grants
Funding available: Up to £ 10,000
Application deadline: 1 October 2010
Financial assistance is available to community and voluntary groups within a 25 mile radius of a Moto site.
www.motointhecommunity.co.uk

Co-operative Community Fund
Funding available: £100 to £2,000
Community groups can apply for grants for projects which carry out positive work in the community and which address a community issue; provide a good long-term benefit to the community; support co-operative values and principles and which is ideally be innovative in its approach.
http://www.co-operative.coop/communityfund  

ACT Foundation
Funding available: Not specified. Previous grants have ranged from £100 to £4 million
Application deadline: You can apply for grants at any time.
Grants for individuals in need and charities that work to enhance the quality of life for people in need, (specifically the mentally and physically disabled).
www.theactfoundation.co.uk

Football Foundation - Facilities Scheme (England and Wales only)
Funding available: Up to £1 million.
The facilities scheme gives grants for projects that improve facilities for football and other sport in local communities; sustain or increase participation amongst children and adults, regardless of background age, or ability; help children and adults to develop their physical, mental, social and moral capacities through regular participation in sport.
www.footballfoundation.org.uk/our-schemes/facilities-scheme

The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation
Funding available: £1,000 to £10,000
Providing grants to charitable organisations for new projects relating to education, music composition and performances, disability, the assistance of the elderly and farming.
www.pwwsolicitors.co.uk/charitable-applications

The Dulverton Trust
Funding available: Small grant scheme - Up to £3,500; Large grants - Over £3,500
Support for registered charities for activities in the following categories: youth and education and general welfare
www.dulverton.org

The MacRobert Trust
Funding available: £5,000 to £10,000
The major categories under which the Trustees consider support are science and technology, youth, services and sea, education, disabled and handicapped, community welfare. Grants are open to all UK charities although preference is given to charities in Scotland.
www.themacroberttrust.org.uk

LankellyChase Foundation - Local People, Local Places Grant
Funding available: Up to £50,000
Grants to help local organisations to find long term solutions to local issues and engaging the skills and talents of individuals to transform communities for the benefit of all.
www.lankellychase.org.uk

The Clothworkers’ Foundation
Funding available: Up to £10,000 (small grant fund); over £10,000 (Main grant fund)
Application deadline: Not specified
Funding to improve the quality of life, particularly for people and communities facing disadvantage, particularly in the following areas: Encouragement of Young People, Social Inclusion, Disability, Visual impairment.
www.clothworkers.co.uk/Grant-Making/Grant-Making.aspx 

The Archer Trust
Funding available: £250 to £3,000
Application deadline: No deadline specified, although trustees meet twice a year, usually in March and September.
Funding for groups who provide aid or support to a defined group of needy or deserving people, for instance those with physical or mental disabilities or the disadvantaged.
www.archertrust.org.uk 

The Hedley Foundation
Funding available: Up to £5,000
Application deadline: The trustees meet six times per year.
Charitable foundation which supports young people, the disabled and the terminally ill.
www.hedleyfoundation.org.uk

Ernest Cook Trust
Funding available: Small grant scheme - Up to £4,000; Large grant scheme - £4,000 to £10,000
As well as offering a wide-ranging programme of land-based learning for children and young people, the Ernest Cook Trust gives grants to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations wishing to encourage young people’s interest either in the countryside and the environment, the arts, or aiming to raise levels of literacy and numeracy.
www.ernestcooktrust.org.uk

Tesco Community Grants
Funding available: £500 to £4,000
Application deadlines: Children’s education and welfare grants – 31 January and 30 June; Elderly people and children with disability grants – 31 march and 30 September
Grants to fund practical benefits, such as equipment and resources for projects that directly benefit children, the elderly and adults and children with disabilities, living in the local communities around Tesco stores in the UK.
www.tescoplc.com/plc/corporate_responsibility_09/community/making_difference/charitablegiving/tesco_charity_trust/

Henry Smith Charity
Funding available: Small grants - £500 to £20,000; Main grants – Over £20,000
Application deadline: Not specified. Trustee meetings take place in March, June, September and December.
Grant funding to organisations in the United Kingdom, with priority given to work with groups experiencing social and/or economic disadvantage and work that tackles problems in areas of high deprivation.
www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk

Dulverton Trust – Minor Grants
Funding available: Up to £3,500
Application deadline: Not specified
The Dulverton Trust awards grant funding to charitable organisations in the UK working in the following areas: Youth and Education, General Welfare, Conservation.
www.dulverton.org

Garfield Weston Foundation Grant Programme
Over the past fifty years The Garfield Weston Foundation has supported a wide range of organisations with grants of varying sizes. Recent funding has supported projects in the following categories: arts, community, education, welfare, medical, religion, youth and environment.
www.garfieldweston.org

J Paul Getty Junior Charitable Trust
Funding available: Small grants - Up to £5,000; Large grants - £10,000 to £250,000
Application deadline: No closing dates
The trust supports a range of work to alleviate poverty and overcome disadvantage.
www.jpgettytrust.org.uk

Children in Need
Funding available: Small Grants: up to £10,000; Main grant: over £10,000
Application deadline: Children in Neen have four deadlines per year: 15 January, 15 April, 15 July and 15 October
Grants to make a positive change to the lives of disadvantaged children and young people across the UK.
www.bbc.co.uk/pudsey/grants 

The Fair Share Trust
Funding available: £5,000 to £250,000
Application deadline: Rolling deadlines. See local agent website for specific deadlines.
Grants for groups in areas who have not received their fair share of lottery funding, to build capacity, increase social capital and improve ‘liveability’.
www.fairsharetrust.org

Community Cash Awards
Grants available: Up to £1,000 is available for 14-16 year olds; up to £5,000 is available for those aged 16-25
Community Cash Awards are grants of up to £5,000 to help young people set up a project that will benefit their community.
Visit the Prince's Trust website for more information.

Cash 4 Clubs
Funding available: £250, £500 or £1000
Application deadline: Applications are judged quarterly.
Grants to help community sports clubs.
www.cash-4-clubs.com

UnLtd Sport Relief Awards
Funding available: Up to £10,000
Application deadline: Applications can be submitted at any time.
UnLtd Sport Relief provides awards to young people who want to use sport or the arts to
address a social problem or conflict within their community.
www.unltd.org.uk

Tudor Trust
Funding available: There is no maximum or minimum grant amount.
Application deadline: No deadline.
The Tudor Trust supports people and organisations working to achieve lasting change in their communities.
www.tudortrust.org.uk

UnLtd
Funding available: £500 to £5,000
The aim of the Awards is to support individuals or informal groups of people who have an idea which will change society for the better, and want help getting it off the ground.
www.unltd.org.uk

Drinkaware
Funding available: £250 to £100,000
Application deadline: No appliocation deadline, however you should apply for the grant at least two months before the start of your project.
The Drinkaware grants scheme aims to change the UK’s drinking culture for the better. They work to positively influence public behaviour and find innovative ways to raise awareness about the effects of alcohol, to help reduce alcohol misuse and minimise alcohol-related harm.
www.drinkaware.co.uk/grants

Heritage Lottery Fund - Young Roots
Funding available: £3,000 to £25,000
Application deadline: Young Roots is a rolling programme with no deadlines for applications
The Young Roots Programme aims to involve 13 to 25 year-olds in finding out about their heritage, developing skills, building confidence and promoting community involvement.
Visit the Heritage Lottery Fund website for more information.

Britannia Building Society Foundation
Funding available: £1,000 to £25,000
Application deadline: Applications to the Community Fund can be submitted at any time.
Grants for registered charities and schools, working within education, who are seeking funding specifically for numeracy and/or financial literacy projects.

Britannia Building Society Foundation – Community Fund
Funding available: Up to £1,000
Application deadline: Applications to the Community Fund can be submitted at any time.
Grants for voluntary groups, charities and schools who are seeking funding specifically for numeracy and/or financial literacy projects. The Fund also supports individual members wishing to achieve personal development goals that support the fund’s key priorities with a donation of up to £100.
Visit the Britannia Foundation website for more information.

02 - It’s Your Community Initiative
Grants available: £100 to £1,000
Application deadline: Applications can be made at any time
Awards of up to £1,000 are available to local groups and individuals, for anything that you can show will benefit your community.
www.itsyourcommunity.co.uk

Wakeham Trust
Funding available: £75 to £750
Application deadline: Applications can be made at any time.
The Wakeham Trust provide grants to help people rebuild their communities. They are particularly interested in neighbourhood projects, community arts projects, projects involving community service by young people, or projects set up by those who are socially excluded.
They also support innovative projects to promote excellence in teaching.
www.wakehamtrust.org

HBOS Foundation: Community Action Programme
Funding available: Up to £10,000
Application deadline: Applications can be made at any time.
HBOS Foundation donations must fit within the two key themes of money advice and financial literacy or developing and improving local communities. You must be a registered charity, or a not for profit local community group.
www.hbosfoundation.org

Paul Hamlyn Foundation: Education and Learning Open Grants Scheme
Application deadline: Applications can be made at any time
Grants available: There is no minimum or maximum grant size.
The Education and Learning Open Grants Scheme is currently accepting applications for innovation and change concerned with supplementary schooling and tackling school exclusion and truancy
www.phf.org.uk

Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales
Every year the Lloyds TSB Foundation funds thousands of charities working to tackle disadvantage across England and Wales. Their focus is on supporting small and medium under-funded charities that can make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged people by helping them to play a fuller role in the communities of their choice.
www.lloydstsbfoundations.org.uk

The Links Foundation
Funding available: Average spend per project is currently about £20,000.
Application deadline: The Board meets every four months. The closing date for applications is four weeks before the Board meeting.
The Links Foundation was launched in 2003 as a charitable trust to distribute funds to communities that needed help.
www.linksfoundation.org

Heinz Charitable Trust
Heinz Charitable Trust promotes community health and well-being and offers funding to registered charities in the UK.
Visit the Heinz website for more information.

Healthy Heart Grants
Funding available: Up to £10,000
Application deadline: Applications are only accepted during January and February for the May round of grants and July and August for grants awarded in November, each year.
Grants are available to community groups, voluntary organisations and researchers who are spreading the healthy heart message.
www.heartresearch.org.uk/healthy_heart_grants.htm

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Funding available: Up to £10,000 (small grants programme), £10,000 to £30,000 (large grants programme)
Application deadline: The Grants Committee meets quarterly to consider applications at the beginning of February, May, July and November. Applications must be received at least eight weeks prior to a meeting.
The Foundation provides grants for projects within the following three areas: health care and disability, community support, and education and the arts.
www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk

The Mohammad Ibrahim Foundation
Funding available: The grants range from £500 - £10,000. Extraordinary projects may receive grants up to £50,000.
Application deadline: Grants are awarded twice a year
The Mohammed Ibrahim Foundation makes grants to organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK, both now and in the future. They are particularly interested in supporting community building, strengthening non-profit organisations, and supporting families.
www.ibrahimfoundation.com

The Classical Association Grants
Funding available: £50,000
Application deadline: Decisions on grant applications are normally made by Council which meets at the start of April and in mid-November each year.
The Classical Association awards grants to classical projects, such as institutions offering extra-mural courses in Greek, Latin and classical civilisation; and support of regional Greek or Roman days or of school conferences.
Visit the Classical Association website for more information.

Yapp Charitable Trust Grants - England and Wales only
Funding available: Up to £3,000 per year for up to three years
Application deadline: Applications are processed continuously.
The Yapp Charitable Trust makes small grants, for running costs and salaries, to small registered charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work.
www.yappcharitabletrust.org.uk

The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust Grants Programme
Funding available: Not specified
Application deadline: Applications are considered on a continuing basis.
The Peter De Haan Charitable Trust supports charitable organisations which aim to improve the quality of life for people and communities in the UK.
www.pdhct.org.uk

The Rayne Foundation
Funding available: The average grant in 2007 was £13,666.
The Rayne Foundation helps and encourages inspiring individuals and organisations who can help build bridges within society. They give grants within four sectors: Arts, Education, Health & Medicine, and Social Welfare & Development.
www.raynefoundation.org.uk

Steel Charitable Trust
Funding available: £1,000 to £25,000
Application deadline: No deadline
The Steel Charitable Trust is a grant-making trust supporting general charitable purposes within the following areas: health and medical research, social services environment, culture.
www.steelcharitabletrust.org.uk

Hilton Foundation
Funding available: Up to £50,000
Application deadline: The grants committee meet quarterly.
Focusing on children and young people, the Foundation supports activities in education and health to relieve suffering and equip individuals.
www.hilton-foundation.org.uk

The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation (England and Wales only)
Funding available: From less than £1,000 to £250,000
Application deadline: Not specified
The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation aims to improve the quality of life particularly of those in need. Funding can be for education, arts, religion, community, children and youth, health, social welfare, environment and amateur sport.

For more information, please email office@sunleyfoundation.com.

Youth Music (England and Wales only)
Funding available: £5,000 to £30,000
Grants  will be available to support projects that provide structured, regular and progressive music-making activities for children and young people.
www.youthmusic.org.uk

Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
Funding available: £1,000 to £10,000
Grant assistance available to small UK charities for projects that will make a significant impact on their work.
www.foylefoundation.org.uk/small-grants-scheme

Equitable Charitable Trust
Funding available: 2,500 to £30,000
The Trust is an education charity which makes grants towards projects for children and young people under the age of 25 who are from disadvantaged backgrounds or disabled.
www.equitablecharitabletrust.org.uk