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Women's Diversion Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to support early intervention and community-based services for women aged 18 or over who are at risk of involvement in the criminal justice system, with the aim of addressing the underlying causes of offending and supporting more positive life outcomes.

The scheme aims to:

Barchester Healthcare Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to make a difference to the lives of older people and other adults with a physical, learning or mental disability; supporting practical solutions that lead to increased personal independence, self-sufficiency and dignity.

The aim of this fund is on connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. Applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged will receive highest priority.

Rayne Foundation

Aims/priorities: The Foundation's objective is to contribute to lasting social change by funding creative and collaborative approaches that build and test solutions to some of society's most difficult challenges. The aim is to support organisations that think differently and enable innovation. This could be through introducing new methods, ideas, or products to improve services and systems.

The funding is for charitable and not-for-profit organisations across the UK for projects that fall within the foundation's chosen areas of special interest:  

Rewilding Britain - Rewilding Innovation Fund

Aims/priorities: This fund aims to foster new and ambitious community rewilding projects, and to remove barriers to rewilding projects within Britain, whether they’re at the early planning stages or want to move a project one step wilder. Funding will be awarded to projects with potential for the highest impact for people and nature.

Who can apply? To apply for funding, projects must be: 

Rothschild Foundation Hanadiv Europe - European Jewish Heritage Programme

Aims/priorities: This programme aims ensure that materials relating to Jewish heritage and culture in archives, libraries, museums and professional institutions are made available to a wider audience, and to support the digitisation of material to make these collections accessible for diverse audiences

Who can apply? Any organisation or institution active in Europe (EU and non-EU states alike), whose activities are deemed charitable under UK charity law, is eligible to apply.

Baring Foundation - Strengthening Civil Society

Aims/priorities: The Strengthening Civil Society (SCS) programme supports UK organisations to use legal tools to achieve social change. From 2026, the programme focuses on supporting action to address corporate harm, particularly where corporate behaviour contributes to discrimination or disadvantage.

The current funding round focuses on migration.

Who can apply? To be eligible, applicants need to:

Men's Health Community Fund

Aims/priorities: The fund is intended to support projects that improve the physical, mental and social wellbeing of men and boys aged 16 and over, with a particular focus on those living in disadvantaged communities or experiencing the poorest health outcomes.

The Fore

Aims/priorities: The Fore provides unrestricted grants to small charities and social enterprises based in the UK.

The funding is intended to have a transformational impact on the organisations being supported by unlocking significant development in areas such as sustainability, growth, capability, efficiency, or other major steps forward.

Matrix Causes Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is for projects that contribute to one or more of the following objectives:

  • Access to justice
  • Equality of opportunity
  • Sustainable environment

Priority will be given to organisations:

Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to improve the lives of children and young people (up to the age of 25 years), enabling them to access the transformative benefits of inclusive community sport.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from local community groups and sports clubs (with priority given to sports clubs):

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