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Find funds specific to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

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Bernard Sunley Foundation 16154

Bernard Sunley Foundation is offering one-off capital grants available to registered charities in England and Wales for projects in the areas of community, education, health and social welfare. The aim of the foundation is to help raise the quality of life in England and Wales, particularly for the young, disadvantaged and older people.

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Biffa Award Main Grants Scheme – Community Buildings 16147

The Wildlife Trusts is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to provide and improve community buildings that are located within the vicinity of a Biffa Operation or Biffa Landfill site in order to ‘act as mechanisms’ for community involvement. The Biffa Award Community Buildings theme aims to improve buildings at the heart of their communities, such as village halls, community centres and church halls, which are within five miles of a significant Biffa Operation or within 10 miles if an active Biffa Landfill site.

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Biffa Award Main Grants Scheme – Recreation 16146

The Wildlife Trusts is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations for projects that will benefit people in their free time in communities located within  within five miles of a significant Biffa Group Ltd operation or within 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site in England.

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Big Issue Invest - Impact Loans England 16139

The Foundation for Social Investment is offering funding of up to £400,000. Loans are available for social enterprises and registered charities in England to help them grow and continue the good work they are currently doing. The Impact Loans England programme offers a range of loan products that support charities and social enterprises that are registered and delivering social impact in England.

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Bingham Trust 16101

The Bingham Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking general charitable activities in Buxton, Derbyshire. Funding is intended to support organisations undertaking general charitable activities, including the relief of poverty, the provision of educational services, the assistance of religious activity and the benefit of the community, in the SK17 postcode area around Buxton. Preference is to fund one-off capital projects.

Next deadline: 24 September 2026


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Blaby District Council Community Revenue Grants Scheme 16102

Blaby District Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community in Blaby. Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community.

Next deadline: 25 September 2026


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Cambridge City Council - Large Community Grants 16098

Cambridge City Council is offering funding of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years. Grants are available to local voluntary and community organisations delivering recurring activities or projects that benefit Cambridge residents. Funding is intended to support local voluntary and community groups to deliver recurring activities and projects that contribute to a fairer, greener and more inclusive Cambridge, supporting the vision of 'One Cambridge – Fair for All'.

Deadline: 22 September 2026


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Cambridge City Council - Organisation Support Grants 16099

Cambridge City Council is offering funding of up to £40,000. Grants are available to established voluntary and community organisations in Cambridge to plan ahead, build resilience and deliver long-term impact. These grants provide unrestricted, multi-year funding to established voluntary and community organisations with a strong presence in Cambridge and a track record of delivering significant benefit to residents.

Deadline: 22 September 2026


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Charles Littlewood Hill Trust 16089

Charles Littlewood Hill Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable organisations carrying out social welfare or community activities in Nottinghamshire or Norfolk. The scheme is intended to support organisations undertaking a range of charitable purposes.

Next deadline: 20 September 2026


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DCMS 'Connections Through Gaming' Pilot Fund (Boys 11-16) 16126

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is offering funding of up to £648,000. DCMS is seeking one or more delivery partners or consortia with expertise in engaging and supporting young people to deliver a three-year 'Connections through Gaming' pilot in England. The programme will use gaming to engage boys aged 11-16 who may be experiencing loneliness, social isolation or low wellbeing. The funding is intended to support delivery of a programme that combines gaming-based activities with structured wellbeing and confidence-building support.

Deadline: 11 September 2026


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Energy Resilience Fund 16131

Architectural Heritage Fund is offering funding of up to £250,000. A mixture of grant and loan funding is available to support community organisations and social enterprises in England to install energy saving measures or technology and purchase energy efficient or environmentally friendly vehicles or equipment. The Energy Resilience Fund provides eligible charities and social enterprises in England with a blended funding package of loan (60%) and grant (40%) to improve their energy resilience.

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England and Wales Cricket Board - County Grants Fund 16135

England and Wales Cricket Board is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to support ECB affiliated cricket clubs in England and Wales which are actively engaged with women's cricket, girls' cricket and/or disability cricket with creating welcoming environments, providing enhanced facilities and playing opportunities. The funding is intended to support projects and activities that may include: Creating welcoming environments.

Deadline: 30 September 2026


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FCC Community Action Fund - England 16137

FCC Communities Foundation is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for public amenity projects eligible under Object D of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment landfill site. The funding is intended to support not-for-profit organisations with the costs of making physical improvements to single amenity sites that are open and accessible to the general public.

Deadline: 18 November 2026


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Football Foundation - Facilities Grants 16145

The Football Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for the provision of capital items, or to refurbish/improve existing community football facilities in England. The funding is intended to enhance the grassroots football experience by supporting projects ranging from the purchase of goalposts to improving changing pavilions.

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Football Foundation - Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund 16144

The Football Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for grassroots football organisations in England to enhance or sustain the quality of their pitch playing surfaces. The Maintenance Fund provides six-year tapered grants to help football clubs sustain pitches already at a 'good' level and enhance pitches that are either considered 'poor' or 'basic', in accordance with a PitchPower Pitch Assessment.

No deadline is stated


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Football Foundation - Lionesses HERe to Play Fund 16132

The Football Foundation is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to improve football facilities for women and girls involved in grassroots football in England. 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.

No deadline is stated


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Ford Britain Trust 16149

Ford Britain Trust is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations and schools for projects that benefit local communities in Great Britain with preference given to Essex, East London, Southampton, Daventry, Manchester, Liverpool, and Bridgend (South Wales). The Ford Britain Trust was created for the advancement of education and other charitable purposes beneficial to the community.

Deadline: 31 October 2026


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Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust 16140

Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities for general charitable purposes in Great Britain. The Trustees have complete discretion as to the type of charitable work supported, however the Trust has focused on supporting projects relating to young people, people with disabilities, the environment and the arts over the last few years.

No deadline is stated


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Groundwork – Grassroots Grants 16127

Postcode Local Trust is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available for small, grassroots charities, community interest communities (CICs), and voluntary and community groups across England to deliver vital services that benefit their local communities. This fund aims to support flexible, unrestricted grants for small grassroots organisations that are working to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.

Deadline: 30 September 2026


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Jack Petchey Foundation – Educational Visit Grants 16148

Jack Petchey Foundation is offering funding of up to £1,200. Grants are available for schools, colleges, and non-uniformed youth organisations in London and Essex to support educational experiences and opportunities for young people aged between 11 and 25 to learn outside of the traditional classroom environment. This fund aims to support schools and youth organisations with the costs of making visits to museums, theatres, science shows and other educational experiences to help young people to develop a wide range of valuable personal and social skills.

No deadline is stated


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John Apthorp Charity 16086

The John Apthorp Charity is offering discretionary funding for one-off captial expenditure. Grants are available for projects which help the young, the elderly, the disabled and the general community, the funding is intended for registered charities who have new and specific projects that benefit the residents of Hertfordshire, Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire.

Deadline: 18 September 2026


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Letchworth Garden City - Community Investment Fund (Wellbeing Through Nature) 16069

Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants for groups to improve resident's wellbeing in Letchworth Garden City through engagement with nature. The aims of the nature engagement programme are to support fully or part-funded projects that: Ensure communities have access to information on green spaces and nature-based activities, and how they can improve wellbeing.

Next deadline: 14 September 2026


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Luton Rising Small Grants 16107

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants for community organisations in Luton for activities that benefit the local community and meet the fund's identified objectives. The fund aims to provide awards for projects run by community groups based in Luton or working for the benefit of the people living there.

Deadline: 29 September 2026


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Morrisons Foundation - Connecting Communities 16133

The Morrisons Foundation is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to registered charities for placed-based services to benefit local communities in England, Scotland or Wales. The Connecting Communities fund is for capital projects that make a difference to people's lives, by improving infrastructure development and shared spaces.

No deadline is stated


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National Lottery Awards for All - England 16129

National Lottery Community Fund is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community. National Lottery Awards for All is a small grants programme provided by the National Lottery Community Fund.

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National Lottery Community Fund - Reaching Communities 16142

National Lottery Community Fund is offering funding of up to £20,000,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations, including schools, statutory or public bodies, serving communities in England for activities that support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination and support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives. The priorities are for projects that: Support places, people or communities experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination Support people and communities to shape the decisions that affect their lives.

No deadline is stated


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National Lottery Community Fund – The Solidarity Fund 16143

National Lottery Community Fund is offering funding of up to £5,000,000. Grants are available for organisations in England taking action on the root causes of inequality, such as poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.

No deadline is stated


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Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust 16138

The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available to registered charities in England and Wales with a preference for projects in Cheshire and Hertfordshire. The Trust awards grants to registered charities to support projects rather than running costs.

Deadline: 31 December 2026


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Sizewell C Community Fund - Small Grants 16105

Suffolk Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000 (small grants) and over £10,000 (large multi-year grants). Grants for capital and revenue costs are available for groups supporting communities impacted by the Sizewell C nuclear plant in East Suffolk. The aim of the Fund is to reduce the impact of, or build on the opportunities created by, the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station.

Next deadline: 27 September 2026 (the fund is open all year round)


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Social Investment Gateway Programme 16128

School for Social Entrepreneurs is offering discretionary funding. A free support programme with possibility of grants for charities, social enterprises and community organisations in England who are considering social investment within the next three years. This free 12-month support programme is a gateway to social investment for charities, social enterprises and community organisations that want to strengthen trading and move nearer to investment readiness within the next three years.

Deadline: 6 November 2026


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Sport England – Movement Fund 16130

Sport England is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants and other resources are available for community groups, local sports clubs and grassroots organisations across England with ideas of how to tackle inequalities and help get more people active as well as new initiatives that improve both environmental sustainability and physical activity opportunities for those who need it most.

No deadline is stated


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The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust Grant 16091

The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for registered charities or CICs working in, or benefiting the people of, Nottinghamshire, for the benefit of people of socially and medically disadvantaged groups, particularly children and young people, older people, and people with disabilities.

Next deadline: 20 September 2026


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Utilita Football Rebooted - Grassroots Fund 16141

Grassroots Football Limited is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for FA-accredited community football clubs and leagues to improve the experience and accessibility of football to local people. The funding is intended to enhance grassroots football, providing tailored support based on individual application needs.

No deadline is stated


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Veolia Environmental Trust 16136

Veolia Environmental Trust is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities for projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment that are located near a qualifying Veolia site in England. The Trust currently offers the following grant schemes: Community Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities to create or improve community buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.

Deadline: 1 October 2026


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Wandsworth – Community Access Revenue Grant Fund 16079

Wandsworth Borough Council is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations across the London Borough of Wandsworth to deliver sports and physical activities initiatives that benefit local communities. This fund aims to support new sport and physical activity programmes that directly benefit residents of the London Borough of Wandsworth.

Deadline: 15 September 2026


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Wandsworth – Women and Girls Capital Grant Fund 16080

Wandsworth Borough Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations across the London Borough of Wandsworth to support the improvement and maintenance of infrastructure and facilities that promote inclusive access for women and girls. This fund aims to support physical improvements to facilities and equipment that promote inclusive access for women and girls.

Deadline: 15 September 2026


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Whitbread Plc Chairman's Fund 16106

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for locally based small charities and community groups in South Bedfordshire for projects that focus on skills and inclusion, reducing rural social isolation and community cohesion. The aim of the fund is to provide financial support to charities and community groups across South Bedfordshire, including Dunstable, Houghton Regis, Leighton Buzzard and the surrounding rural communities, as far as the county boundary to the south west.

Deadline: 29 September 2026


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YAPP Charitable Trust 16134

YAPP Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants to support the running costs of small registered charities in England and Wales working with elderly people, children and young people and people who have disabilities or mental health challenges, or working in the areas of social welfare or education and learning. The Yapp Charitable Trust makes grants to small charities in England and Wales to help sustain their existing work.

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