Friday funding round up – 16 October

Your guide to current funding opportunities, including those with rolling deadlines.
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NEW
Who: Youth Music - The Recharge Fund: Racial Equity
How much: Flexible grants of up to £120,000 are available over four years
To note: This £2.4m fund is aimed at tackling racial inequity in arts funding and to support charities and other community organisations led by and for those experiencing racial injustice. The fund has been made possible through National Lottery funding through Arts Council England.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 4 December

NEW
Who: Historic England – Neighbourhood Heritage Grant
How much: Grants of up to £15,000
To note: This fund is aimed at supporting communities to use heritage to shape the future of their local area. Funding is for projects run by those representing communities experiencing disadvantage, those less likely to participate in heritage activity, global majority communities, disabled people, neurodivergent people and LGBTQ+ communities.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 27 November

NEW
Who: LGBT+ Fund – Youth Joy Fund
How much: Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available.
To note: The LGBT+ Fund has received £300,000 in funding from the National Lottery Community Fund to hand out to charities and groups supporting LGBT+ youth across England. This including supporting events, youth work and community engagement.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Midday 18 November

NEW
Who: Henry Smith Foundation – Enterprise Gateway Fund
How much: Each partner can apply for between £500,000 to £1.5m.
To note: At least four intermediary partners are being sought to deliver grants through the Foundation’s three year £6m Enterprise Gateway Fund. The Fund is aimed at supporting charities to access the support they need to “realise their trading potential”.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 25 November

Who: Church Urban Fund’s Windrush Day Grant Scheme
How much: Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available to fund events and projects related to Windrush Day.
To note: A total fund of £500,000 is available through this fund which is being administered by the Church Urban Fund on behalf of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to help communities celebrate and mark the Windrush Generation and their contribution to UK life. National Windrush Day takes place on 22 June.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 29 October

Who: The AB Charitable Trust - Open Programme
How much: Between £10,000 to £30,000 per year for one to three years
To note: For work that promotes human dignity and defends the human rights of the most marginalised and excluded people. Priority areas: The Human Rights Framework, Access to Justice, The Criminal Legal System and Penal Reform and Migrants and Refugees.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 23 October 2026

Who: School for Social Entrepreneurs
How much: Up to £7,000
To note: This learning and grant funding programme is for early-stage charities and other organisations in England and Wales tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness. Also on offer is 12 training support and one to one support over nine months.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 16 November

Who: Randal Charitable Foundation
How much: Grants of between £5,000 and £30,000
To note: This foundation is making grants available to UK registered charities with an annual turnover of £1m or less who are involved in international projects that “directly save lives”. This includes projects involving poverty relief, healthcare, creating opportunities for young people, providing clean water and tackling inequality.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Who: The Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
How much: Minimum of £30,000
To note: Only accept applications for work that fits one or more of our the priorities under three strategic aims: Our Natural World; A Fairer Future; and Creative, Confident Communities.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Who: The B&Q Foundation
How much: Up to £10,000
To note: The grants are for charities who are creating or improving homes where people are living
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Who: The Bailey Thomas Charitable Fund
How much: No defined limit
To note: Grants are for those undertaking research into learning disabilities OR general grants are to aid in the care and relief of those affected by learning disabilities
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Who: Brian & Ann Clark Fund
How much: £1,000 to £5,000
To note: Grants for individuals and charitable organisations to support the relief of poverty, the advancement of education, and the promotion of good health, both physical and mental.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Who: The Dulverton Trust
How much: No defined limit
To note: How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Who: CHIP Community Chest Fund
How much: Up to £5,000
To note: Must be for one of these: Youth opportunities, general welfare, heritage, conservation, Kenya and Uganda or international stability and reconstruction
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

England

Who: Voluntary and community sector support grants (SOUTHWARK, LONDON)
How much: Core resilient grants of up to £50,000 for two years are available to each recipient.
To note: Southwark Council has launched this grant scheme that will provide a total of £1.5m to charities in the area. This includes £100,000 to help grant recipients develop a sector led consortium focused on shared learning, innovation and fostering links with the local authority.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 25 October

Who: City Bridge Foundation’s Communities Building Economic Change grants (GREATER LONDON)
How much: Five-year, flexible grants of between £150,000 and £450,000 are available.
To note: Charities tackling economic injustice and providing frontline support in the Greater London area and with an annual income of between £50,000 and £1.5m are being asked to apply for funding.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 3 November


Who: Abri Community Fund (SOUTH OF ENGLAND)
How much: Grants of up to £3,000 are available for charities
To note: This housing association is looking to fund projects supporting communities, in particular their health and wellbeing.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 21 October


Who: Enovert Community Trust (VARIOUS LOCATIONS)
How much: Unknown
To note: Must be for a community within 10 miles of a landfill site operated by Enovert. For community and environmental projects, such as improving community halls, creating new children’s play areas, restoring green spaces and habitats, and enhancing community sports and recreation facilities.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadlines: 4 December

Who: Police Property Fund (WARWICKSHIRE)
How much: £5,000
To note: This grant from the Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner offers local charities up to £5,000 to support projects that directly benefit communities in the county.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadlines: 4 December

Who: Beeby Family fund (WEST CUMBRIA)
How much: Up to £5,000
To note: Priority will be given to projects to promote life skills, support young people to fulfil potential and encourage personal development
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

Wales

Who: Public Health Wales fund to tackle gambling harms
How much: Grants of up to £75,000 a year for up to two years are available from this fund, which is being administered by the WCVA.
To note: This public health fund is for civil society groups in Wales who are tackling gambling addiction and gambling harms.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Rolling

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