Your weekly guide to current funding opportunities is below.
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Nationwide

LAST CHANCE
Who: The Giving Machine Community Grants
How much: Eight unrestricted grants worth £250 each
To note: Any cause with a turnover less than £1m.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 31 October

Who: Churchill Fellowship
How much: Funding for an 4-8 week international research period, in person or online
To note: Provides funding for around 100 individuals with an idea for change to spend 4 - 8 weeks learning from leading practitioners worldwide – in person or online – to use that experience to drive change in the UK. Open to UK citizens over 18.
How to apply: For more information and to apply click here
Deadline: 4 November 2025.

Who: You Can Learning Innovation Fund
How much: Up to £8000
To note: Intended to help seed-fund volunteer projects that will support historic designed landscapes in the UK
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 14 November 2025

Who: CIPD Trust - HRPCT Bursary
How much: Funding towards tuition fees for CIPD Level 3 Foundation in People Practice qualification, and CIPD student membership
To note: HR, People & Culture, Talent/Recruitment, L&D professionals (including generalists and sole HR practitioners) and Operations managers employed in small UK charitable organisations.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 1 December 2025

Who: Cash4Clubs
How much: Up to £2,000
To Note:A total of £500,000 is being made available to 250 community sports clubs in UK and Ireland through this fund, amid concerns that more than two in five clubs are cancelling services due to a lack of funding. It is being launched by betting firm Flutter UK & Ireland and promotion of this grassroots sports funding is being fronted by former England footballers Alan Shearer and Peter Crouch.
How to apply: For more details click here.
Deadline: 8 December



Who: National Lottery Awards for All England - Environment
How much: £300 - £20,000 for up to two years
To note: Funding supports community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with nature locally. This includes new or ongoing activities, one-off events, and initiatives that tackle environmental challenges and foster local engagement with nature.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 17 December 2025

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Climate Action Fund
How much: £500,000 - no maximum
To note: Supports partnership-led projects across the UK that tackle climate change and promote long-term, sustainable action. Funding prioritises initiatives that engage new audiences—especially those facing poverty, discrimination, or disadvantage—and link climate action to everyday life. Projects must show potential for lasting impact, be scalable or replicable, and involve diverse partners, not just climate-focused organisations.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 17 December 2025

Who: The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Hidden Voices Programme
How much: Between £3,000 and £25,000
To note: The Hidden Voices Programme will award grants of up to £25,000 to enable accessible, bespoke mental health and wellbeing support for those with seldom heard needs in the armed forces community
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Noon, 21 January 2026

England

Who: Better Youth Spaces
How much: From £5,000 to £100,000
To note: The project must meet at least one of the fund objectives:  
Improving the reach of activities provided.  
Improving the safety of existing youth facilities.  
Improve the youth sector’s capacity and quality to deliver a range of enrichment activities.  
Improving the financial sustainability of youth facilities. 
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: Noon, 6 November 2025

Who: Point North
How much: Up to £25,000
To note: This funder has launched two strands to its Public Health Thriving Together Fund, which supports good health and wellbeing in County Durham. The first offers small grants of between £2,000 and £5,000, while the second offers large grants of between £5,000 and £25,000.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here.
Deadline: 23 November

Scotland

Who: Get Active Scotland fund
How much: Up to £5,000
To note: For the highlands and Glasgow. Constituted community clubs, groups and organisations based within the Highland Council or Glasgow City Council area are eligible to apply for funding if they deliver sport and physical activity opportunities.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, for Glasgow click here and the Highlands here
Deadline: Highland: 10 November 2025. Glasgow is ongoing.

Wales

Who: Volunteering Wales Main Grant Scheme
How much: Up to £25,000 in development funding, after using the funding can apply for up to £2m for up to six years.
To note: This funding aims to improve children and their caregivers’ health and wellbeing in Wales. It is looking for projects that do this by helping them connect with the natural environment.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 24 October 2025

Who: National Lottery Community Fund - Meithrin Natur
How much: Up to £30,000 per year over a maximum of two years
To note: The scheme will focus on projects that tackle barriers to volunteering, give a positive experience for the volunteer and have a long-lasting impact on the community.
How to apply:For more details and to apply, click here
Deadline: 12pm, 1 December 2025

For funders with rolling deadlines, visit the below websites

B&Q Foundation

Making a Difference Locally (Nisa stores)

Marsh Charitable Trust

Masonic Charitable Foundation

The Pollination Project Daily Grant Programme

The National Lottery Community Fund

Tim Parry Johnathon Ball Foundation

Oak Trust

Tesco Stronger Starts

If you would like to be featured here as a funder, email melissa.moody@charitytimes.com

Your weekly guide to current funding opportunities is below.
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