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Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)

Aims/priorities: The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides funding to support improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators.

The Different Foundation - AI for All

Aims/priorities: The funding is intended to promote access and opportunity for members of underrepresented and diverse communities in AI innovation. It supports organisations committed to diversity in technology.

The current focus is addressing digital bias, elevating diverse voices, and developing AI that works for everyone.

Who can apply? UK registered charities with a turnover of between £150,000 and £1.15 million and one to ten employees can apply.

Grant amount: The programme offers:

King Charles III Charitable Fund - Small Grants

Aims/priorities: The scheme provides small grants to support independent UK registered non-for-profit organisations for grassroots, community-based projects that fall within its core funding themes:

  • Heritage and conservation.
  • Education.
  • Health and wellbeing.
  • Social inclusion.
  • Environment.
  • Countryside.

Who can apply? Applications are accepted from UK registered not-for-profit organisations, including:

Woodroffe Benton Foundation - Small Grants Programme

Aims/priorities: The Foundation aims to support charitable projects in the UK that provide care for the sick and elderly, conserve and improve the environment, promote education, and help those in need as a result of disaster or as a consequence of social and economic circumstances.

The focus of the August 2025 round is on projects that improve the quality of life and social engagement for people with severe physical and/or learning disabilities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

The Million Hours Fund

Aims/priorities: The funding is for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour. The funding is for extra hours of youth work to give these young people more places to go and positive things to do. These extra hours could be used for things like learning, arts, and playing sports, or for activities like mentoring, and developing social or life skills.

To be eligible, projects must:

Serving Families: On the Move Programme

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:

GirlDreamer – Dream Fund

Aims/priorities: We're GirlDreamer and we create greater access to leadership and wellbeing opportunities for young women of colour to tackle social and economic inequity. We do this through grant funding, capacity-building programmes and psychologically safe spaces.

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