Funding UK grassroots, neighbourhood-based community projects; mental health and wellbeing, inclusion, learning and skills development. Open to individuals and other organisations. Up to £2,500 per quarter, per project.

Quarterly application deadlines

Grants are available to organisations doing legally charitable work in the UK that focuses on Communities or people most affected being involved in campaigning or leading change / Work which makes connections across our aims: Our Natural World, A Fairer Future and Creative, Confident Communities. You must have an annual turnover of less than £100,000. Funds of £30,000 upwards

Ongoing deadline

Provides funds, resources and support to help local communities achieve their full potential. Supports charities with impact in 1 of following areas: Homelessness, Health & Wellbeing, Employability or Education. Up to £5,000 available

Ongoing deadline

Part of The Conservation Volunteers commitment to support Community Network members. The fund makes grants available to encourage and enable community groups to carry out conservation activities. Two grants are available for Start Up (up to £160) and Support (up to £350).

Applications are reviewed every 6 weeks

They are giving away up to £2,000 every month to fund local community initiatives.

Ongoing applications

There are 5 UK focused funding priorities: arts access and participation; education and learning through the arts; migration and integration; investing in young people; nurturing ideas and people. Organisations can request up to £90,000 spread over three years.

This charitable fund is back open for applications, making grants of up to £1,000 to UK registered charities and community groups. For this winter round of funding, the Fund will only accept applications from projects delivering:

Food banks, Toy banks, Poverty relief, Housing and accommodation

Grants of between £20,000 and £60,000 per year for up to three years are available to grassroots level community-led charities and not-for-profit organisations working to support communities in the most deprived areas of the UK.

Decisions are made quarterly

Single year grants between £2,000 and £10,000 for core costs, salaries, running and project costs. Projects must have a focus on Community Support.

Ongoing deadline

Up to £5,000 is available to projects focused on arts, culture and heritage; environment & conservation; strengthening communities; education, training & employment; health & wellbeing.

Decisions made twice a year

Grants are available from £250 - £5,000 to small and medium sized UK charities.

The next meetings are as follows:

24 January 2024
24 April 2024
17 July 2024
13 November 2024

Applications should be received at least 6 weeks prior to the meeting date

Offer grants of up to £2,500 to small charities and projects that encourage community service by young people to their own neighbourhoods and communities.

Ongoing deadline

This programme offers a larger amount of funding of over £10,000 for organisations that work together with a shared set of goals to help their community thrive – whether that’s a community living in the same area, or people with similar interests or life experiences. The support is aimed at enabling organisations to continue to deliver activity or change and adapt to improve resilience.

Ongoing deadline

Their Small Grants Scheme is designed to support charities registered and operating in the UK, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities. The focus is to make one-year grants only to cover core costs or essential equipment, to enable ongoing service provision, homeworking, or delivery of online digital services to charities that can show financial stability.

Ongoing deadline

Awards grants via three funding programmes to registered charities:

Opportunity Programme (Improving life chances, realising potential), Environment Programme, Heritage Programme

They offer awards of up to and over £25,000 as well as multi-year grants.

Ongoing application window

Provides small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve Health, Place or Skills for families in their community.

Quarterly deadlines in November, February, May and August

Funding between £300 to £20,000 for VCFSE organisations to:

• 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

• support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.

Ongoing deadline

Two grant options are available small grants of up to £100,000 and major grants of £100,000 or more. The types of grant made fall into one of three categories – Capital, Revenue (often called ‘core costs’) and Project work. The most important thing is that you apply for what you need.

Ongoing deadline

Funding of up to £5,000 for UK registered charities and CIO’s currently supporting vulnerable people in geographical areas of high deprivation (within the UK) and with an annual income under £200,000.

Rolling deadline

The grant is always open for applications from charities and community organisations to bid for up to £1,500. Three projects in 575 local communities are voted on by customers in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with projects changing every three months.

Ongoing deadline