Funding Opportunities

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Discover funding programmes designed to help BAMER-led charities, social enterprises, and community organisations grow stronger, scale their impact, and achieve long-term sustainability.

🌟 Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund (TRIF) Pilot – £25,000,000 – The Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund (TRIF) Pilot offers capital grants to large-scale R&D projects in the UK life sciences sector with total costs exceeding £100 million.

🎯 Cash4Clubs – 2026 Funding Round – £2,000 – Cash4Clubs, funded by Flutter UKI, has increased its 2026 funding round to £/€500,000 to support 250 grassroots sports and community clubs across Ireland and the UK.

🚀 Common Ground Award – £10,000 – The Common Ground Award is a competed grant awarding up to £10,000 in capital funding per successful VCSE organisation operating in England, with potential for exceptional cases to receive more.

🌍 DCMS/Wolfson Museums and Galleries Improvement Fund 2025–27 – £400,000 – For over 20 years, DCMS and the Wolfson Foundation have jointly funded grants to support museums improving displays, collections care, and exhibition accessibility.

💡 Home Instead Charities Grant Programme – £1,500 – Home Instead Charities Grant Programme supports ageing adults by providing grants to existing charities and community groups focused on mental, physical, and emotional wellbeing.

✨ Realising the Remarkable Grant Programme – £5,000 – A collaboration between Enterprise Nation and VistaPrint to support UK’s small independent retail businesses.

📚 Digital Planning Improvement Fund 2025/2026 – £50,000 – The Digital Planning Improvement Fund provides Local Planning Authorities (LPAs) in England with funding (£50,000 each) and support to adopt modern planning practices related to planning data, digital capabilities, and development management software.

🎨 Local Nature Grant Scheme – £1,000 – The Local Nature Grant scheme by The Linnean Society provides up to £1,000 for youth-led projects improving local nature access and biodiversity understanding in the UK.

🤝 Tees Better Future Fund – £5,000 – Tees Better Future Fund offers grants up to £5,000 for projects focused on learning and education and/or health and wellbeing, including mental health support for young people, children, and families.

🏆 Thriving Communities Fund – £7,500 – The Thriving Communities fund supports not-for-profit groups to create cohesive, sustainable, and resilient communities through two grants: Strengthening Place grant (focused on health, wellbeing, social inclusion, community safety, environment, and sustainability) and Skills and Learning grant (focused on community digital support, financial skills and resilience, family learning, and food education).

🌟 Strengthening Place Grant – £7,500 – The Strengthening Place grant by Sovereign Network Group (SNG) is part of the Thriving Communities Fund aimed at improving customer wellbeing and developing thriving, resilient communities through place-based grants.

🎯 Skills and Learning grant – £5,000 – The Skills and Learning grant by SNG (Sovereign Network Group) provides funding between £1000 and £5000 to local groups supporting SNG customers to learn, develop, and thrive.

🚀 Youth Empowerment Bursary Fund – £250 – The Move On and Thrive Youth Empowerment Fund 2024 supports young people aged 16-25 on the Isle of Wight who need help to “Move On and Thrive.

🌍 Football Foundation – Lionesses HERe to Play Fund – £25,000 – The Football Foundation’s Lionesses HERe to Play Fund supports making football facilities more welcoming and inclusive for women and girls.

💡 Live Well Communities Fund (Small Fund) – £10,000 – The Live Well Communities Fund is co-designed with the VCSE sector and residents of North Manchester to reflect community priorities and strengthen community infrastructure.

✨ Live Well Communities Fund (Micro Fund) – £5,000 – The Live Well Communities Fund is co-designed with the VCSE sector and residents of North Manchester to reflect community priorities and strengthen community infrastructure.

📚 Live Well Communities Fund (Seed Fund) – £1,500 – The Live Well Communities Fund is co-designed with the VCSE sector and residents of North Manchester to reflect community priorities and strengthen community infrastructure.

🎨 GMCA Culture Fund: Inspire 2024–2026 – £2,000 – The GMCA Culture Fund: Inspire provides grants to support freelance and independent artists, as well as small creative arts organisations, fostering cultural development and artistic innovation within the community.

🤝 Public Realm Innovation Lab – Open Call – £25,000 – The Public Realm Innovation Lab open call offers up to £25,000 inc VAT funding for SMEs to trial innovative solutions improving public spaces and supporting young people’s health in Barking, focusing on the River Roding Health Corridor.

🏆 Lancashire Red Rose Responding Fund – £5,000 – The Lancashire Red Rose Responding Fund, administered by the Community Foundation for Lancashire (CFL), aims to support local charities, voluntary, and community organizations that help vulnerable people, specifically relating to mental health.

🌟 Greggs Foundation Community Grants – £60,000 – The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme provides grants of £20,000 per year for up to three years to local not-for-profit organisations that tackle local community challenges.

🎯 Reaching Communities England – £500,000 – Reaching Communities England is a funding programme by The National Lottery Community Fund aimed at strengthening communities and improving lives across England, prioritizing places, people, and communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage, or discrimination.

🚀 Support for Activities that Increase Participation in Folk Art Traditions – £3,000 – The North East Endowment for Musical Traditions supports activities to increase participation and involvement in folk art traditions across the North East, including music, dance, or other arts.

🌍 Women’s Mental Health Fund – £3,500 – The Women’s Mental Health Fund is a new fund for 2025/26 established by the Women’s Mental Health Working Group, part of the Suicide Prevention Partnership.

💡 Health and Wellbeing Fund (Medium Grants Programme) – £5,000 – The Health and Wellbeing Fund offers grants for new and existing projects benefiting the health and wellbeing of Salford residents.

✨ Health and Wellbeing Fund (Small Grants Programme) – £1,500 – The Health and Wellbeing Fund offers grants for new and existing projects benefiting the health and wellbeing of Salford residents.

📚 Bristol Advice Grant Programme – £560,000 – 4-year grant programme (running April 2026 to March 2030) investing £560,000 annually into Bristol’s advice sector to help people address complex financial, legal, and social challenges.

🎨 Radius Grants Programme – £2,500 – Radius Foundation Grants Programme offers grants up to £2,500 for projects up to 6 months in Crewe focusing on empowering young people, promoting diversity and gender equality, championing mental health and wellbeing, and supporting people with disabilities.

🤝 Inspire Fund – £2,000 – In light of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been found and reported that the level of investment and support for freelancers, independent creatives, artists, musicians, and performers across the arts could be improved, with many freelance artists leaving the sector.

🏆 Dunmore Community Benefit Fund – £2,500 – This local community fund has been set up to ensure that Dunmore Wind Farm, whilst having obvious environmental benefits, also provides significant social and economic benefits to the local community.

🌟 Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund – £3,000 – The Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within the 6km radius of the windfarm, which includes the areas of Monkstown, Grange, Woodburn, Greenisland, Ballynure and Carnmoney.

🎯 Dunbeg Community Benefit Fund – £6,000 – The Dunbeg Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within 6 miles of the Dunbeg Wind Farm site which is located between Limavady and Coleraine.

🚀 Monnaboy Community Benefit Fund – £2,500 – The Monnaboy Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within 7km of the Monnaboy Wind Farm site which is located off the Monnaboy Road, Greysteel.

🌍 Corby Knowe Community Benefit Fund – £2,500 – Corby Knowe wind farm is located off the Parkgate Road, Kells, County Antrim.

💡 Cloonty Community Benefit Fund – £5,000 – The Cloonty Community Benefit Fund is available to local community projects within 6km of the Cloonty Wind Farm site which is located in an area bounded by the B17 Straid Road to the north, the B62 Ballybogey Road to the west and B147 Kirk Road / Ballintea Road to the south and east.

✨ Stanley Community Fund – £5,000 – The Stanley Community Fund provides grants to support charities, voluntary-led organisations and projects that make a positive difference in their community, enabling them to continue their work and make vital improvements to their services.

📚 Aggression Sessions Small Grant Scheme – £2,000 – The Aggression Sessions Small Grant Scheme is to support the growth and strengthen the sustainability of community sports clubs who are providing opportunities for their communities to engage in physical activity on a regular basis.

🎨 Independent Living Fund (for care leavers) – £500 – Offers grants to care leavers (aged 18-25) to access the things they need to live independently.

🤝 Centenary Fund – £4,000 – The Centenary Fund has been established by The Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich to promote community engagement by churches throughout the Diocese.

🏆 Northumbria Historic Churches Trust Grant Programme – £10,000 – Provides grants to churches for a wide range of building repair and improvement projects.

🌟 Mayor of London – Loved and Wanted Fund – £60,000 – The Loved and Wanted Fund supports civil society organisations to promote social cohesion in London by bringing Londoners together to participate fully in community and city life.

🎯 National Archives – Seed Corn Grants (UK) – £5,000 – Seed Corn Grants offer between £500 and £5,000 to support early-stage, exploratory projects that spark new ideas and approaches to community engagement with history and heritage.

🚀 Live Well Community Fund: Thriving Young People – £5,000 – A grant fund from GMCA’s Live Well Community Fund , delivered by Action Together in Rochdale, aiming to help young people (aged 14-25, up to 30 for those with neurodivergence or learning needs) to thrive and reach their potential.

🌍 SWAG Cancer Alliance – Early Diagnosis and Health Inequalities Small Grants Scheme – £15,000 – SWAG Cancer Alliance runs an Early Diagnosis and Health Inequalities Small Grants Scheme offering up to £15,000 for projects focused on improving early diagnosis and reducing health inequalities in Somerset, Wiltshire, Avon, and Gloucestershire.

💡 Realising a New Economy – New Economy Infrastructure – £120,000 – The New Economy Infrastructure strand, currently open for applications until September 2027, supports organisations central to economic systems change aiming for a stronger sector capable of challenging entrenched economic norms.

✨ Realising a New Economy – Transforming Financial Systems – £120,000 – The ‘Transforming financial systems’ funding strand is open until September 2027.

📚 Revive Community Fund – £10,000 – SUEZ and Surrey County Council jointly operate five Revive re-use shops across Surrey, selling pre-owned items and diverting over 1,000 tonnes per year from disposal.

🎨 Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund – £35,000 – The Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund (GNGF) is a fund using money from the Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) to support local community projects addressing the impact of development in the area.

🤝 Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund – £7,500 – The Little Cheyne Court Wind Farm Fund supports charities and community groups within a six mile radius of the wind farm near Lydd on Romney Marsh.

🏆 Community and Shared Transport (Small Grants) – £149,999 – The Community and Shared Transport (Small Grants) funding round offers grants from £50,000 to £149,999 over 1 to 3 years to develop, expand, and improve community transport options for disabled people.

🌟 Masonic Charitable Foundation Hospice Grants 2025 – £400,000 – The Masonic Charitable Foundation provides a grants programme in partnership with Hospice UK to support hospices in England, Wales, the Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man in improving care for people facing financial hardship or socio-economic deprivation.

🎯 Take the Lead Community Grants – £1,500 – Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) Take the Lead community grants offer micro-grants from £500 to £1,500 for community-led health data activities, projects, or events between 12 January and 8 April 2026.

🚀 Community Garden Grant – £5,000 – National Garden Scheme to Open for Applications on 15th September Delivered by the National Garden Scheme, the Community Gardens Award provides grants of £1,500 and £5,000 for gardening projects carried out within local communities.

🌍 SWEF Enterprise Fund – £2,000 – The SWEF Enterprise Fund exists to support young people (aged 18-30) who cannot afford to invest in their own businesses or raise money externally.

💡 Cinderella Grants – £3,000 – Funding from Cinderella Grants is available for individuals or organisations to support the costs of respite care and support (including holidays) for children and young people under the age of 25 who are sick, convalescent, have special educational needs, or are disadvantaged.

✨ Edward Holt Trust Funding – Varies – The Edward Holt Trust supports charitable activities primarily aimed at alleviating homelessness or poverty within Greater Manchester.

📚 Neighbourhood Investment Funds – £10,000 – Neighbourhood Investment Funds are available to communities to make their neighbourhoods better places to live.

🎨 Greater Manchester Grants – £3,000 – Funding to prevent homelessness, reduce social isolation or support for vulnerable families & children.

🤝 Hardship Grants – £2,000 – The Cosaraf Charitable Foundation’s Hardship Grants will support individuals and families who have exhausted all other sources of funding and are struggling with everyday costs, such as basic living expenses, household items and utilities, work- or education-related expenses, or rent arrears.

🏆 Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust – £3,500 – The Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust is a grant making charity based in Manchester which makes donations to a wide variety of community based organisations in the Greater Manchester area.

🌟 Veterans’ Foundation – Standard & Salary Grants – £75,000 – The Veterans’ Foundation (VF) has established a substantial grants programme to support charities and organisations that provide support to those in need among serving armed forces personnel, veterans, operationally qualified seafarers and their immediate families.

🎯 Help the Homeless Grant Scheme – £5,000 – Help the Homeless is a grant-giving trust, founded in 1975, to help homeless people off the streets and enable them to live healthy, independent lives.

🚀 Cambridge Building Society Community Fund – £10,000 – Grants to support work with a direct connection to homes or housing.

🌍 Schools in Partnership Fund (London) – £60,000 – We are committed to helping the most disadvantaged young people by promoting the crucial link between schools, home-life and the community.

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