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Aims/priorities: The Arnold Clark Community Fund offers the following support:
- Cost of Living Support – funding to registered charities and community group that are within a 50-mile radius of an Arnold Clark branch and whose work directly supports those most affected by the cost-of-living crisis, such as foodbanks, accommodation, poverty relief and where people…
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support projects which specifically address the needs set out in the Trust's latest funding window and fall under the broad objective of promoting and implementing sustainable development.
The theme for the current (October to November 2025) funding round is biodiversity.
Who can apply? Applications are accepted…
Aims/priorities: The Local Innovation Partnerships Fund (LIPF) is designed to support the development and scaling of high-potential innovation clusters across the UK. It is designed to support both established clusters with a proven track record of innovation, and emerging clusters that are in earlier stages of development but have significant potential to generate economic…
Aims/priorities: The fund aims to elevate the experience of women and girls in football by creating inclusive, welcoming, and high-quality environments that support female participation at every level.
Who can apply? Eligible applicants include:
- Not-for-profit football clubs or voluntary groups.
- Local authorities.
- County…
Aims/priorities: The Active Travel Innovation Fund offers a share of £1 million in revenue funding to support small to medium-sized businesses and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in England. The fund aims to enable applicants to develop, deliver or scale interventions that increase walking, wheeling and cycling. Projects may involve innovative behaviour change…
National Lottery Community Fund - Health Inequities: Structural Racism and Discrimination Partnership
Find out moreAims/priorities: The funding is for 10 organisations to partner with the NLCF to work with:
- People in their communities to reduce inequities caused by structural racism and discrimination.
- NLCF and other partners to share learning, test new ideas, and shape future funding.
Partners will lead this work, bringing knowledge of health inequities and…
Aims/priorities: The funding is for charitable work that meets one or more of the Foundation's current priorities:
- Victims of modern slavery: to provide facilities for and support to victims on their journey back to independent living, better mental health and employment.
- Victims of domestic abuse: to provide emergency safety and to support victims…
Aims/priorities: The funding aims to support a portfolio of arts and culture projects which work to open up conversations about dying, death and grief in new and creative ways at a grassroots level. The idea is to support hospices to build new partnerships, particularly with arts and cultural organisations.
Hospices need to be working with local groups/community…
Aims/priorities: We want to improve outcomes for people with heart disease around Greater Manchester, and to reduce its impact on lives beyond current NHS provision. To this end, we intend to fund a wide range of projects.
All applications must demonstrate a close alignment with one or more of NW Hearts Charity’s funding priorities, namely projects that benefit:…
Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support individuals and families who are struggling with everyday costs, such as basic living expenses, household items and utilities, or rent arrears.
Who can apply? Applications will only be accepted from recognised third party social organisation, such as charities, housing associations, schools and social services…
Aims/priorities: The WorkerTech Fund focuses on supporting early-stage ventures that use technology to improve working conditions and outcomes for people in low-paid or insecure employment. Its objectives include increasing access to better pay, career development opportunities and skills for affected workers.
The programme aims to enhance worker voice and influence…
Aims/Priorities: The programme aims to reduce health inequalities by supporting inclusive, locally tailored initiatives that engage people at higher risk of CVD and diabetes. These risks may be linked to lifestyle factors, social determinants of health, or membership of particular demographic groups.
While funded projects should be designed to attract and support…
Aims/priorities: The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is committed to building cohesive and resilient communities. The Common Ground Resilience Fund was launched in September to support local places, and a key part of this is promoting the important role of the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector.
The UK government’s…
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support arts and cultural organisations across the UK and Germany to develop partnerships that explore social arts practice.
The funding is for organisations who embody cultural democracy through:
- Placing communities at the heart of their creative work.
- Exploring new ways of connecting arts and society,…
Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support hospice projects that create sustainable change in care delivery for people experiencing financial hardship or socio-economic deprivation.
Who can apply? Eligible applicants are independent charitable hospices that are members of Hospice UK and based in England, Wales, the Channel Islands, or the Isle…
Aims/priorities: Help the Homeless is a small grant maker with limited funds available for giving.
It provides funding for charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people return to the community and enabling them to rebuild their lives.
Funding is targeted at projects to find practical ways to help disadvantaged individuals return to the community…
Aims/Priorities: The funding is intended to support early-stage, exploratory projects that aim to spark new ideas and innovative approaches to community engagement with heritage. The grants are particularly designed to help organisations test concepts, build partnerships, or pilot activities, with a strong emphasis on experimentation and learning.
Who can apply…
Aims/Priorities: These grants are to help community groups and organisations to support people to eat well and stay warm and healthy during the winter months.
Projects should be designed to deliver local resilience to the risk of crisis, this can include providing food related support and help people to keep warm.
Support must be provided to people who would be at…
Aims/priorities: The 2025 programme is focused on supporting adult participation in sport. Funding is available to groups that support over 18s only.
Since Cash4Clubs aims to get vital funds to clubs that need it most, priority will be given to applications from groups working in areas of high deprivation and engaging adults from specific under-represented groups.…
Aims/priorities: The aim of the Trust is to give people of all ages the opportunities to access, participate in and enjoy the arts (particularly the performing arts), and support projects that widen access and have a lasting cultural impact on local communities.
The application periods for 2025 are as follows:
- Round 1 - Local music festivals (children's…
Aims/priorities: This investment programme supports venues, festivals and promoters, recording studios and rehearsal spaces as well as sector bodies operating in grassroots music. It also supports grassroots music sector bodies in their work to develop and support the sector.
Eligible projects support the transition of artists, bands and industry professionals to…
Aims/Priorities: The funding is for projects that improve the physical infrastructure of the institution concerned to enhance the display, care and accessibility of significant collections
Who can apply? The Fund is open to bids from accredited museums, museum services and galleries in England falling into one of the following categories:
- …
Aims/Priorities: The funding is for churches, charities, and not-for-profit organisations affiliated with the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church, or the Church of Ireland for initiatives that promote the wellbeing of Anglican clergy.
Projects should focus on services like peer support groups, retreats, mentoring, or pastoral care to…
Aims/Priorities: The Foundation aims to support innovative projects and initiatives that drive positive, life-saving, and life-transforming change in communities in the UK and around the world.
Who can apply? In this funding round, UK-registered organisations that have a global operation can apply.
Organisations must have been…
Aims/Priorities: The Ockenden International Prize is awarded to registered charities with existing projects/programmes that have been successful in improving the lives of refugees and/or internally displaced people. Projects can take place anywhere in the world.
The judges are looking for projects primarily from small-to-medium-scale organisations that promote self-…
Aims/Priorities: The Esmée Fairbairn Communities and Collections Fund supports museums and their community partners to improve inclusion and equitable working with community partners.
The fund offers:
- Core grants to museums that have established strategic aims for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI), and that are ready to use their collections and the…
Aims/Priorities: The purpose of the Teacher Development Fund is to support teachers to develop arts-based approaches which create equitable classrooms where all children learn and thrive. It aims to do this through supporting teachers and school leaders to develop the necessary skills, knowledge, confidence and experience.
The Fund is focused on:
- Pupils…
Aims/Priorities: The funding is for projects that are focused on supporting serving families (including reservists) impacted by service-related separation, for example deployment, weekending, or military exercises.
Projects will need to address one or more of the following outcomes:
- Families feel more able to manage the impact of loneliness or isolation during…
Aims/priorities: Virgin Media O2 has launched the £1 million Apprenticeship Talent Fund to support small businesses, charities, social enterprises and local authorities in recruiting and training apprentices in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) roles. The fund will cover the full cost of apprenticeship training for eligible roles by enabling organisations…
Aims/priorities: As a charity our mission is to provide funding opportunities for all good causes to ensure their sustainable future. As part of this, we are happy to announce our Community Grants scheme.
Who can apply? This opportunity is open to good causes, defined as:
- Registered charities
- Schools
- Community Interest…
Aims/priorities: This fund aims to support the preservation and promotion of heritage skills that are essential to the conservation of historic Christian buildings. Funding is available for organisations to train individuals who are pursuing a career in the heritage sector through apprenticeships, scholarships, and training courses.
Who can apply? …
Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that create opportunities for increased integration by building stronger community links and improving access to existing services for newly arrived or relocated service families only.
Projects will need to contribute towards at least one of the following outcomes:
- Families in a new posting have more accessible and…
Aims/priorities: We believe that services, systems, structures, processes and practice can support young people to thrive. We want young people to have their voices heard, and to have agency and autonomy to drive changes and improvements which transform their transitions to adulthood.
This fund achieves this by:
- Focusing on young people (14–25) who…
Aims/priorities: From June 2025, Sport England is encouraging organisations to apply for grants for new initiatives that improve both environmental sustainability and physical activity opportunities for the people and communities who need it the most.
There is particular interest in initiatives that promote and support ‘climate justice’ – addressing the barriers…
Aims/priorities: Failsworth and Chadderton’s Rotary is interested in funding activities that bring people together and making a difference in your community. Since 2014, many small voluntary groups across the borough of Oldham have applied for and received financial support from the Community Cash Award. Projects include a beehive at Sholver & Moorside…
Aims/priorities: The UK Community Tree Planting Programme supports projects run by community groups and voluntary organisations that engage communities in planting and caring for native species of trees.
The Programme supports community projects that will:
- Conserve, restore and protect indigenous trees and woodlands, forests, habitats and associated…
