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Useful for SMEs, micro businesses, entrepreneurs, and other profit-making organisations:

The UK Games Fund
The UK Games Fund is offering grants of between £50,000 and £150,000 to support the development of original, commercial games-for-entertainment content.
Open to: SME business
Amount available: Up to £150,000
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Find out more: Visit UK games fund

Plug-in Van and Truck Grant
The plug-in van grant (PIVG) was launched in 2012 to help bridge the price gap between the cost of ultra-low emission vans and diesel vans.
Open to: SME business
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Find out more: Visit Plug-in Van and Truck Grant

Electric vehicle infrastructure grant for staff and fleets
The grant provides small and medium-sized businesses money off the installation of electric vehicle (EV) chargepoints and supporting infrastructure for their staff and fleet vehicles.
Open to: SME business
Amount available: Up to £15,000
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Find out more: Visit EV infrastructure grant

Boiler Upgrade Scheme
The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) supports the decarbonisation of homes and small non-domestic buildings in England and Wales.
Open to: SME business
Amount available: Up to £7,500
Closing date: 31 December 2027
Find out more: Visit Boiler Upgrade Scheme

Vinted Ventures
Vinted Group has launched a new venture fund to accelerate growth in the re-commerce sector and will provide investment and specialist support to innovative start ups.
Open to: Start-ups in the re-commerce sector
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Vinted Ventures

John Ellerman Foundation
Grants are available to support projects that promote wellbeing through the arts, environment, and social action, recognising their vital role in strengthening people, communities, and the natural world.
Open to: UK registered company, UK charity, museum or gallery, individuals, overseas charity, University, hospital, hospice or School
Amount available: Up to £50,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit John Ellerman Foundation

Adult Social Care Learning and Development Support Scheme
Adult social care employers in England can claim up to £400,000 for completed staff training through the 2025/26 LDSS, covering eligible courses across a wide range of care services.
Open to: Adult Social Care Employers
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Adult Social Care LDSS

Greener Homes Alliance (Phase 2)
The Greener Homes Alliance offers up to £20m in low-interest loans to SME housebuilders for fossil-fuel-free, energy-efficient homes, with rates improving as more green criteria are met.
Open to: SME housebuilders and developers
Amount available: Up to £20 million
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Greener Homes Alliance

Creative Enterprise Business Builder
Grants may be available for small businesses in the screen-based sector, including film, TV, animation, games, and immersive media, to develop their storytelling-focused enterprises.
Open to: SME in screen-based sector
Amount available: Up to £250,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Creative Enterprise Business Builder

IP Advance
The Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has launched a new scheme to support innovative small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with their intellectual property (IP) such as copyright, designs, trademarks and patents.
Open to: SME business
Amount available: 1. IP Audit provides part-funding of £2,250 (including VAT) 2. IP Access provides a contribution of up to £2,250 (including VAT)
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: In England, contact Innovate UK Business Growth via their National Enquiry Gateway at contact@innovateukedge.ukri.org

UFI Ventures Challenge Fund
The Ufi Ventures Challenge Fund is designed to support early-stage businesses that are developing and deploying vocational technology to support people with essential skills for work.
Open to: Early-stage companies using vocational technology to make a positive and scalable impact on skills development for the transitioning economy.
Amount available: Up to £250,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit UFI Ventures Challenge Fund

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme (GBVS) – UK
Grant contribution to pay towards upgrading business broadband to a high-speed capable connection.
Open to: SME business
Amount available: Up to £3,500
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit GBVS

Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative
Investment linked to job deliverables. Can be used for Capital Expenditure, R&D, Training, and other project-related costs.
Open to: SME including suppliers and innovators
Amount available: Up to £500,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit AMSCI

SWEF Business Grant
Grants available for UK-based entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30 with a business bank account and clear financial need; funding must be spent within one month and cannot be used for salaries, stock, or software development.
Open to: UK-based entrepreneurs aged 18to 30
Amount available: Up to £2,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: SWEF Business Grant

The SWEF Start-up grant
Grants are available for UK-based entrepreneurs aged 18–30 who have been trading for less than two years, with a visible business presence and plans to generate revenue within three months; funding must be spent within one month and cannot be used for salaries, rent, or software development.
Open to: UK-based entrepreneurs aged 18–30 trading for less than 2 years
Amount available: Up to £500
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: SWEF Start Up Grant

Black Artists Grant
Funding is available through the Black Artists Grant, offering £500 in no-strings-attached support to UK-based Black artists across all creative disciplines. Open on a rolling basis, the grant can be used for anything from creating work to covering life expenses, with one recipient selected each month.
Open to: Black artists working in any creative discipline, such as visual arts, music, performance, or design.
Amount available: Up to £500
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Black Artists Grant

Randal Foundation
Grants available of £5,000 to £30,000 from the Randal Foundation for UK-registered organisations tackling poverty, healthcare, mental health, education, prisoner rehabilitation, or protecting vulnerable women and children. Projects must be innovative, impactful, completed within 12 months, and funding can cover up to 50% of costs.
Open to: UK Registered Organisations
Amount available: Up to £30,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Randal Foundation website

Oli Bennett Charitable Trust
Grants available for young entrepreneurs from the Oli Bennett Charitable Trust for people aged 18 to 30 starting new or very early-stage businesses, with funding typically directed toward purchasing a business asset. Applicants must provide a business plan, and grants are not available for training courses.
Open to: Entrepreneurs aged 18 to 30 with early-stage businesses
Amount available: Up to £2,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Oli Bennett Charitable Trust website

Useful for community groups, CICs, charities, and sports clubs:

TELUS
Grants are available for Greater London not-for-profits delivering health and education programmes for young people (up to 29), with funding of up to £20,000. Priority is given to projects that use technology to enhance their impact, and organisations can apply annually for up to three years.
Open to: Not-for-profit organisations
Amount available: Up to £20,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Visit the TELUS website

Charles Hayward Foundation - Older People Grants 
Grants available for UK charities with incomes under £350,000 delivering local, preventative projects that improve the physical and emotional health of people aged 60+, including support for isolation, independent living, and dementia care. Funding is for one-year projects only
Open to: Registered Charities that have an annual income of less than £350,000
Amount available: Up to £7,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Visit the Charles Hayward Foundation website

Swire Charitable Trust
Grants are available for UK charities that support vulnerable people, protect the environment, or preserve heritage through three programmes: Opportunity, Environment, and Heritage. There is no minimum or maximum grant size, but only around 25% of applications are successful.
Open to: Registered Charities
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Visit the Swire Charitable Trust website

DofE Access Without Limits Community Funding
Access Without Limits Community Funding offers grants to support eligible organisations in delivering the DofE programme.
Open to: Community and voluntary organisations
Amount available: Up to £10,250
Closing date: 1 January 2026
Find out more: Visit the DofE Access Without Limits website

The Animal Defence Trust
Funding is available to support approved animal welfare charities working to rescue and care for animals that have suffered cruelty.
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Find out more: Visit the Animal Defence Trust website

Expanding Access to Driving Tuition for Disabled People – Motability Foundation
Expanding Access to Driving Tuition for Disabled People, funding of £50,000–£1 million over up to three years is offered to organisations providing driving lessons, adapted vehicles, and related support for disabled people in the UK. Grants can cover vehicles, adaptations, instructor costs, training, and initiatives that scale services or reduce barriers to driving, with priority for projects in deprived areas or serving underrepresented groups.
Open to: Incorporated charity, company limited by guarantee, community interest company (cic), community benefit society
Amount available: Up to £1 million over a period of up to three years.  
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Find out more: Visit the Motability Foundation website

The Eloise and Katie Memorial Trust
The Eloise and Katie Memorial Trust funds small projects in England and Scotland that improve the lives of children and young people, particularly in education, disability, recreation, music, and sport, as well as medical research and patient support for cancer and Parkinson’s disease.
Open to: Individuals, Registered charities
Amount available: Up to £10,000 
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Visit The Eloise & Katie Memorial Trust website

The Joss Stone Foundation
The Joss Stone Foundation offers small grants to UK-registered charities working both in the UK and internationally, supporting diverse causes including children, families, the elderly, animal welfare, environment, and social issues.
Open to: Registered Charities
Amount available: Up to £10,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Visit The Joss Stone Foundation website

The John Lewis Partnership Foundation
The John Lewis Partnership Foundation offers grants and support for projects in its operating areas, focusing on employment, education, vulnerable and care-experienced young people, and the environment. Its four programmes provide funding, employee volunteering, environmental restoration, and targeted support for disadvantaged groups in the UK and abroad.
Open to: Registered Charities, Community groups
Amount available: Up to £100,000 
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Visit The John Lewis Partnership Foundation website

Lord Barnby's Foundation - Discretionary Donations
Grants are available to UK-registered charities for a wide range of causes, including environmental projects, health, hospices, disability support, museums, and youth groups. Applications, accepted year-round in writing, are reviewed three times a year in February, June, and November.
Open to: Registered Charities
Amount available: Up to £12,000 
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Applications may be made at any time in writing to PO Box 442, Market Drayton, TF9 9EQ and should include: a brief description of the organisation and project, and a copy of the organisation’s most recent accounts.

The Linder Foundation
The Linder Foundation offers funding to charities for projects focused on the Environment, particularly biodiversity, sustainable farming, and species preservation, and Young People, with an emphasis on early intervention and rehabilitation for vulnerable 12–24-year-olds at risk of entering the justice system. Projects must align closely with these themes and demonstrate clear, positive outcomes.
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Up to £15,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit The Linder Foundation website

The Sofronie Foundation
The Sofronie Foundation funds projects in the UK that equip disadvantaged young people with STEM skills, increase access to higher education, or provide vocational training and work experience. Grants cover all project delivery costs and are open to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Open to: Registered charities and not for profit organisations
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit The Sofronie Foundation website

The Solidarity Fund
Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations tackling the root causes of poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination. Projects must aim to create lasting, systemic change.
Open to: Voluntary and community organisations
Amount available: Up to £5 million
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit The Solidarity Fund website

National Lottery Project Grants
Grants are available for arts, libraries, and museums projects across England through Arts Council England’s National Lottery Project Grants. Offering grants to individuals, community groups, and cultural organisations to support creative, cultural, or developmental initiatives.
Open to: Individuals, arts organisations, museums, and libraries
Amount available: Up to £100,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the National Lottery Project Grants website

Your Opportunity (18 to 24 year olds)
Your Opportunity offers grants to low-income families of disabled or seriously ill young adults (18–24) living at home, for items like tech, transport, or learning support. Parents or carers must apply, and funding is limited and first-come, first-served.
Open to: Parents and carers
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Family Fund (Your Opportunity) website

Energy Resilience Fund
The Energy Resilience Fund offers a mix of 60% loan and 40% grant to eligible charities and social enterprises in England to improve energy efficiency, reduce emissions, or upgrade buildings, vehicles, and equipment.
Open to: Charities and social enterprises
Amount available: Up to £250,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Energy Resilience Fund website

The Victoria Wood Foundation
The Victoria Wood Foundation offers grants to UK registered charities supporting arts projects, with a focus on initiatives in London.
Open to: Registered Charities
Amount available: Up to £5,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit The Victoria Wood Foundation website

Windrush Justice Programme
Windrush Justice Programme supports over 20 grassroots UK groups with funding, advocacy, and capacity building to assist Windrush Generation applicants.
Open to: UK organisations providing advocacy support to access the Windrush compensation scheme
Amount available: Up to £22,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Windrush Justice Programme website 

February Foundation
Grants are available for registered charities providing healthcare and patient support, particularly end-of-life care, from the February Foundation.
Open to: Registered Charity Organisations
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the February Foundation website

Buttle UK Chances for Children
Grants are available to vulnerable children and young people who have experienced significant crises impacting their well-being and education.
Open to: Registered charities, housing associations, or public sector organisations
Amount available: Up to £2,400
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Buttle UK website

London Hearts: Public Access Defibrillator Grant
Grants to help fund the purchase and storage of Mindray C1A public access defibrillators across Greater London.
Open to: Charities and not for profit organisations
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the London Heartt website

Biffa: Landfill Communities Fund
Grants available for community-focused projects costing under £200,000 within a set radius of a Biffa operation or landfill site (you can check on their website with a postcode checker). Funding streams include community buildings, recreation, cultural facilities, and rebuilding biodiversity.
Open to: Charities and not for profit organisations
Amount available: Up to £75,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Biffa Landfill Communities Fund website

Stronger Starts – Tesco
Grants available to provide children and young people in our communities the opportunity to access healthy and nutritious food, and activities.
Open to: Schools, local authorities, charities, and not for profit organisations
Amount available: Up to £1,500
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Stronger Starts – Tesco website

Aviva – Community Fund
Grants are available to support projects that are fighting climate change and building stronger, more resilient communities across the UK.
Open to: Charities and community groups
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Aviva – Community Fund website

Christian Projects – The Henry Smith Charity
Grants for projects that support Anglican Clergy Wellbeing.
Open to: Schools, churches, small charities and not-for-profit organisations
Amount available: £10,000 per year for up to 3 years
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Henry Smith Charity website

The Percy Bilton Charity
Charities aiding disadvantaged groups can apply for grants for furnishings and equipment (excluding office items).
Open to: Charities
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Percy Bilton Charity website

Benefact Trust
Grants for Christian churches and cathedrals.
Open to: Christian charities
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Benefact Trust website

Albert Hunt Trust
Core funding to registered charities that are working in the health and welfare sector: hospice care, support for the homeless, and promoting health and well-being.
Open to: Charities in the health and welfare sector
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Albert Hunt Trust website

Trust for London
Funding for organisations fighting for economic and social justice in London.
Open to: Registered charities, CIC groups, trusts, unincorporated associations
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Trust for London website

The YAPP Charitable Trust
Grants for small charities that are working to improve the lives of disadvantaged people.
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Up to £3,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the YAPP Charitable Trust website

Bernard Sunley Foundation
Grants available to support charities in England and Wales working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
Open to: Charities and CIC organisations
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Bernard Sunley Foundation website

Alpkit Foundation
Small grants are available to community groups, schools and other not-for-profit organisations for projects that champion education, participation, environment, diversity and health in the UK.
Open to: Community groups, schools and not for profit organisations
Amount available: Up to £500
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Alpkit Foundation website

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Funding to support organisations leading the way with transformative projects that will have a long-term impact on the community. Most grants are for core costs and can be for three to five years.
Open to: Charities and CIC organisations
Amount available: Min of £30,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation website

Social investment for charities and social enterprises
Social investment is the use of funds to achieve a social return as well as a financial one. This organisation lends to charities and social enterprises from money donated by their funders.
Open to: Social enterprise, charities, community groups
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the CAF Social Investment website

Grant Funding – Morrisons Foundation
A grant funding programme that supports registered charities delivering projects which help to improve people’s lives in communities across England, Scotland and Wales.
Open to: Charities
Amount available: Up to £25,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Morrisons Foundation website

National Lottery Awards for All England
Funding for projects 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.
Open to: Community organisations
Amount available: £300 to £20,000 for up to two years
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the National Lottery Awards for All England website

The National Lottery Community Fund – Reaching Communities
Funding for 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.
Open to: Community organisations
Amount available: £20,001 or more, for up to five years
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the National Lottery Reaching Communities website

National Lottery Heritage Grants
Is your organisation looking to care for and sustain heritage in the UK? Will your heritage project run for no more than five years (excluding the development phase)?
Open to: Community organisations
Amount available: £300 to £20,000 for up to two years
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the National Lottery Heritage Grants website

The Clothworkers' Foundation – Open Grants Programme
Grants are awarded towards capital projects, which we define as: Buildings: purchase, construction, renovation or refurbishment. Fittings, Fixtures, and Equipment.
Open to: Charities, CICs and not for profit organisations
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Clothworkers' Foundation website

Stobart Sustainability Fund
Funding is available for organisations that want to transform their local community through projects that tackle climate change, reduce carbon emissions or that protect and enhance the environment.
Open to: SME, schools, colleges, community groups
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit the Stobart Sustainability Fund website

New Allotment Site Fund
Grants of up to £50,000 per acre are available in England to purchase land for new community-managed allotment sites with a focus on environmental stewardship.
Open to: Not-for-profit organisations and individuals can apply
Amount available: Up to £50,000 per acre
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Green Allotments website

The Florence Cohen Charitable Trust
Grants of up to £5,000 are available for charities supporting older people with ill-health, specifically women over 60 and men over 65. Applications can be made at any time in writing.
Open to: Charity Organisations
Amount available: Up to £5,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Applications can be made in writing to Sir Jonathan Rivett-Carnac, Chair, at The Florence Cohen Charitable Trust, c/o DSG Chartered Accountants, 43 Castle Street, Liverpool, L2 9TL.

The Frognal Trust
Small grants are available for UK-registered charities supporting children and young people, the elderly, environmental heritage, medical research, and people with disabilities, especially blindness. Applications can be made at any time in writing, with no matched funding required.
Open to: Registered Charities
Amount available: Up to £3,500
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: To apply, you must contact the trust Frognal Trust Alexandra House, St John’s Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1 2SB. Tel: 01722 412412. Email: joyce.salkeld@wilsonsllp.com

Geoff & Fiona Squire Foundation
Grants are available for smaller UK registered charities typically under £20,000, supporting projects in disability, education, medicine, and child welfare. Applications can be submitted at any time in writing, with priority given to charities outside large national organisations.
Open to: Small registered charities
Amount available: Up to £20,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Applications may be made at any time in writing, addressed to: The Trustees, The Geoff and Fiona Squire Foundation, Henry Moore Court, Manresa Road, London, SW3 6AS.

The Gilbert Edgar Trust
Funding is available for UK-registered charities from a trust offering small grants, usually £1,000 or less, for general charitable purposes. Priority is given to charities supporting people with learning difficulties; applications must be made in writing and the trust has no website.
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Up to £1,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Written applications should be made to trustee@milcote.uk

The Hobson Charity
Funding is available for registered charities in England with grants typically under £10,000 for specific items or projects that improve quality of life, especially for disadvantaged or vulnerable groups. Current priorities include cost-of-living-related support from frontline service charities; applications cannot include salaries or core running costs.
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Up to £10,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: The Hobson Charity website

Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund
The Football Foundation is offering a new grant to improve the quality of grass pitches across the country. The Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund provides eligible organisations with a six-year, tapered grant to help sustain and enhance football pitches. Eligible applicants must have a PitchPower Pitch Assessment Report and the required security of tenure, such as a 10-year uninterruptible lease.
Open to: Grassroots football clubs, leagues, charities, and education sites
Amount available: Various
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund website

Masonic Charitable Foundation
Grants available from the Masonic Charitable Foundation for registered charities supporting disadvantaged children (including early years, those affected by domestic abuse, and those with special educational needs or disabilities).
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Various
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Masonic Charitable Foundation website

RYA Foundation
Grants available of £1,000 to £5,000 for RYA-affiliated clubs, centres, and non-profit boating organisations to improve sailing opportunities for disadvantaged people. Funding can support staff training, equipment, infrastructure, and programme development.
Open to: RYA-affiliated clubs, centres, and non-profit boating organisations
Amount available: Up to £5,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: RYA Foundation website

Gardening with Disabilities Trust
The Gardening with Disabilities Trust provides small grants to help people with disabilities or limited mobility continue gardening, funding equipment, plants, and garden adaptations. Individuals can apply for up to £1,000 and organisations up to £1,500, with proof of disability required, and the trust pays suppliers directly rather than giving cash awards.
Open to: Individuals or charity organisations
Amount available: Up to £1,500
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Gardening with Disabilities Trust website

The Toy Trust
The Toy Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 to small UK-based children’s charities supporting disadvantaged children under 13, funding equipment or services (but not research). Projects must provide tangible relief from hardship and support all children equally, with applications open to registered charities.
Open to: Registered charities
Amount available: Up to £5,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: The Toy Trust website

Lionesses HERe to Play Fund
The Football Foundation’s Lionesses HERe to Play Fund offers grants of up to £25,000 to improve grassroots football facilities for women and girls. Not-for-profit organisations can apply for up to 75% of project costs to make facilities safer and more inclusive.
Open to: Local authority, county FA, professional club, community organisation, educational establishment providing facilities for the community, registered charity, not-for-profit company, community interest company (CIC) or other social enterprise, or a company limited by guarantee.
Amount available: Up to £25,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Football Foundation website

BlueSpark Foundation
Grants available for schools, community groups, and individuals supporting the education and development of children and young people aged 5–22 through creative, sporting, and educational projects. Funding of up to £5,000 is offered for specific initiatives that promote confidence, teamwork, aspiration, and learning.
Open to: Not for profit organisations
Amount available: Up to £5,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: Blue Sparks Foundation website

The True Colours Trust
Grants are available for smaller UK organisations supporting children and young adults (aged 0–25) with disabilities and life-limiting conditions through the True Colours Trust's Small Grants scheme. The scheme offers up to £10,000 for projects, like family support and respite, and essential equipment such as hydrotherapy pools.
Open to: Registered charitable organisations and CICs that support children and young adults aged 0 – 25 with disabilities and life-limiting conditions.
Amount available: Up to £10,000
Closing date: No closing date
Find out more: True Colours Trust website

Useful for local authority departments, and schools:

Workplace Charging Scheme
The aim of the scheme is to help the transition to electric vehicles through accelerating the provision of chargepoints in workplaces.
Open to: Public sector, SME, and private sector
Amount available: From £300 to £350
Closing date: 31 March 2026
Find out more: Visit Workplace Charging Scheme

The Youth Endowment Fund’s Open Call funding round
The Youth Endowment Fund offers funding for well-established projects supporting 10–18-year-olds at risk of or affected by violence, offending, or exploitation. The fund aims to rigorously evaluate existing work to understand what effectively reduces youth involvement in violence.
Open to: Projects in youth services, education, policing, and health
Amount available: Variable
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Youth Endowment Fund

LoveReading4Kids Funding for Schools Scheme
The LoveReading4Kids Funding for Schools Scheme offers UK state-funded schools credit to spend on books that promote reading for pleasure. Open to primary, secondary, and early years settings, the scheme prioritises schools facing income or cultural deprivation and excludes funding for textbooks or curriculum materials.
Open to: Schools and Early Years
Amount available: Up to £5,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit LoveReading4Kids

Blue Spark Foundation
Grants available to support the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.
Open to: Schools, colleges and community groups
Amount available: Up to £10,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Blue Spark Foundation

Football Foundation
Grants are available for community grassroots football through the Football Foundation to improve facilities, including goalposts, floodlights, pitches, and changing rooms.
Open to: Local authority, not for profit football club, community interest company (CIC) or other social enterprise
Amount available: Up to £25,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Football Foundation

Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk
Grants towards the repair and conservation of listed buildings, scheduled monuments and registered parks and gardens. This includes project development actions which enable repair or improved future management.
Open to: Public sector, not for profit and private sector organisations
Amount available: From £5,000 to £500,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Repair Grants for Heritage

Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants
Schools can apply to help fund a breakfast club for pupils between reception age and year 13. Priority will be given to those schools that have 35% and above of children in receipt of pupil premium funding.
Open to: Schools
Amount available: Up to £1,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Kellogg’s Breakfast Club Grants

Sport England - The Movement Fund
Grants available through Sport England’s Green Sport Initiatives fund support community sports organisations in eco-friendly projects, for initiatives like reducing carbon emissions and enhancing biodiversity. Priority is given to groups supporting high-need communities, with applications accepted anytime.
Open to: Local authorities, Schools, Community Benefit Societies and Not-for-profit companies, Sports clubs, charities
Amount available: Up to £16,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit The Movement Fund

Electricals Recycling Fund
Material Focus provides grants for projects that make it easier for people to repair, donate or recycle their old electricals.
Open to: Local authorities, Schools, Waste collection authority areas, Contractors, Not-for-profit companies, Community organisations, charities, and retailers
Amount available: Up to £100,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Electricals Recycling Fund

London Marathon Foundation - Active Spaces Fund
Active Spaces Fund is for projects that will improve and activate spaces, places and facilities in London that will help the least active children, young people and underserved groups and communities to lead active and healthy lives.
Open to: Local authority, not for profit community organisations and charities
Amount available: Up to £80,000
Closing date: No Closing Date
Find out more: Visit Active Spaces Fund