Welcome to the Sported Funding Bulletin. This page is here to help you find funding opportunities that may be available to your group or organisation.
We know that funding is a priority for many groups in our network, and that finding the right opportunity can sometimes feel complicated.
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Each fund has its own eligibility criteria. If you find a fund that looks suitable, please open the website link and read the guidance carefully before applying.
Finding a fund is an important first step, but it is not the only part of securing funding. If you need more support, you can also explore the resources available on the Hub.
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Masonic SEN & Disabilities Fund 16383
Masonic Charitable Foundation offers grants of up to £60,000 for project and core costs. Open to charities in England and Wales supporting children and young people with SEND. Funding supports early intervention, accessible education and leisure opportunities, and specialist advice services. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Mayor of London – Investment in Youth Clubs Programme 16318
Mayor of London is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for voluntary and community sector organisations delivering youth clubs across London to help them stay open later to give young Londoners a safe place to go during evenings, weekends, and school holidays. This fund aims to help youth clubs to stay open later and longer, giving young Londoners a safe place to go on weekday evenings, weekends, and school holidays, reach more young people aged 14–24 years old, and strengthen the quality and sustainability of their provision.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Mayor of Sefton's Charity Fund 16547
Mayor of Sefton's Charity Fund is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for small local registered charities and voluntary groups undertaking charitable activities that benefit the people of Sefton. The Mayor of Sefton's Charity Fund offers grants to smaller charitable and voluntary groups based and operating in Sefton that do not have a national profile and whose work benefits the residents of Sefton. Deadline: 30 June 2027.
Mid Sussex District Council Community Grants 16293
Mid Sussex District Council is offering grants to community groups and charitable organisations for projects that help the Council meet its aims and benefit the residents of Mid Sussex District. Grants are available for projects that support community activity and are in line with the Council priorities areas.
Deadline: 24 September 2026
Monmouthshire Building Society Charitable Foundation 16233
Monmouthshire Building Society Charitable Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Funding is available to support local communities in specific postcode areas of South Wales, Hereford, Gloucester and Bristol. The Foundation aims to support projects that will have a positive impact on the lives of disadvantaged or vulnerable people in communities located in specific postcode areas of South Wales and South West England.
Deadline: 6 November 2026
Montirex Foundation - Level the Field 16500
Montirex Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for charities and CICs for sporting initiatives widening opportunity and fulfilling potential in Liverpool. This funding is intended for projects that offer access to and opportunity through sport to underrepresented, underprivileged, vulnerable young people and/or adults. Deadline: 1 December 2026.
Morrisons Foundation - Connecting Communities 16133
Morrisons Foundation offers grants of up to £20,000 for capital projects. Open to registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales. Funding fully covers projects that improve community facilities and support local people experiencing disadvantage, poor health or financial hardship. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
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.
No deadline is stated
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
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
Newcastle - Ward Committees Grants 16316
Newcastle City Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to support single projects, activities and events that benefit all residents within a ward. The Council aims to offer grant aid to community and voluntary groups providing individual projects on a one-off, short-term basis.
Deadline: 31 December 2026
NextEnergy Midlands and North Solar Impact Fund 16493
Next Energy Group is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for local groups to support social and environmental projects and activities that benefit the residents around the NextEnergys solar assets in the Midlands and the Northwest of England. The funding is intended for activities that will have positive social, economic and/or environmental impacts on the area. Deadline: 31 December 2026.
NextEnergy South East England Solar Impact Fund 16576
Next Energy Group is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for local groups to support social and environmental projects and activities that benefit the residents around NextEnergys solar assets in Southeast England. The funding is intended for activities that will have positive social, economic and/or environmental impacts on the area. Deadline: 31 December 2026.
Norman Family Charitable Trust 16282
Norman Family Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for registered charities and other non-profit, voluntary organisations, in areas in the South West of England. The funding is intended for a wide range of charitable work.
Deadline: 22 October 2026
North Berwick Trust Forever Fund 16314
North Berwick Trust Ltd. is offering funding of up to £32,000. Grants are available for community organisations, charities and individuals in North Berwick for projects and initiatives that deliver against the Trust’s funding themes. The funding is intended for not-for-profit organisations with projects that deliver against one or more of the Trust’s funding themes, which are to: Support and enhance recreational, cultural and sporting activities and facilities for the community.
Deadline: 30 October 2026
North Berwick Trust Forever Fund 16555
North Berwick Trust Ltd. is offering funding of up to £32,000. Grants are available for community organisations, charities and individuals in North Berwick for projects and initiatives that deliver against the Trusts funding themes. The funding is intended for not-for-profit organisations with projects that deliver against one or more of the Trusts funding themes, which are to: Support and enhance recreational, cultural and sporting activities and facilities for the community. Deadline: 30 October 2026.
North Devon - Community Councillor Grants 16285
North Devon Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to support not-for-profit community and voluntary organisations located within the North Devon District, whose projects or services benefit the local community or area. The aim of North Devon District Council when awarding grants to voluntary organisations is to help develop activities and facilities that will benefit the socio-economic culture and environment of North Devon.
Deadline: 31 January 2027
North Hertfordshire District Council - Community Grants 16328
North Hertfordshire District Council is offering funding of up to £1,500. Grants are available for third sector organisations working for the benefit a local area in North Hertfordshire. Community Grants are aimed at independent and not-for-profit organisations working to benefit a local North Herfordshire community, to enable people to participate in the work and enjoyment of voluntary groups and activities.
Closing date: Varied depending on area (up to March 2027)
North Lincolnshire - SSE Local Keadby Wind Farm Fund 16258
SSE is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to benefit the local communities of North Axholme and Gunness & Burringham. The SSE Local Keadby Wind Farm Fund aims to support a range of community projects for the benefit of the local residents of North Axholme and Gunness & Burringham.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
North Lincolnshire - SSE Sustainable Development Fund 16489
SSE is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants to support strategic projects across North Lincolnshire enabling projects to achieve significant impact in local communities. SSE Renewables established the Sustainable Development Fund as part of its community benefit arrangements to support projects that will bring transformational change and significant community benefits to the regions in which SSE Renewables operate. Deadline: 14 December 2026.
Northern Powergrid Foundation Grants 16257
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for capital projects that improve community buildings, equipment and spaces in the Bradford District. The funding is intended for capital projects that create, extend, improve or refurbish community facilities and enable community organisations to take ownership of underused but valued local assets.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Northumberland High Sheriff Awards Fund 16313
Community Foundation North East is offering funding of up to £1,000. Awards are made in recognition of groups in Northumberland who encourage useful and beneficial pursuits for young people aged between 10 and 25, supporting them to be upstanding citizens and deterred from criminal activities and/or to positively turn their lives around. Awards are made in recognition of groups in the community who provide constructive and developmental activities for young people aged between 10 and 25 years old.
Deadline: 26 October 2026
Oak Grants – Milton Keynes Community Foundation 16286
Milton Keynes Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to support well-established not-for-profit organisations in Milton Keynes to scale up, embed change, or address root causes of disadvantage. Oak Grants are designed to support established organisations to scale proven approaches, embed lasting change, and tackle systemic disadvantage in Milton Keynes.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Oldham – Rotary Community Grant 16303
Chadderton and Failsworth Rotary Club is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for constituted voluntary groups in Oldham to deliver projects and activities that bring people together and make a difference in local communities. This fund aims to support groups and organisations to deliver projects and activities that benefit local people and address specific priorities in their communities.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Oxfordshire - Councillor Priority Fund 16558
Oxfordshire County Council is offering discretionary funding. Funding is available to support a broad range of community projects in Oxfordshire that meet County Councillor priorities for their local areas. The fund has been created as part of the councils commitment to supporting local communities across Oxfordshire in creating a greener, fairer and healthier county. Deadline: 30 November 2026.
Oxfordshire - Step Change Fund 16457
Oxfordshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants for local charities to support projects that can demonstrate realistic plans for increasing reach and impact and for building longer-term resilience for the future. Grants are available to local charities and social organisations to establish firm foundations and build their core capacity and continue delivery of critical services. Deadline: 30 October 2026.
Pathways - Grants Programme 16539
Housing Pathways Trust is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations working in Brentford and Ealing to deliver projects and activities that benefit local communities and support disadvantaged people. This fund aims to support projects working with people on a low income, people disadvantaged through ill health or disability, survivors of domestic violence, those needing support into employment and education, and community groups working to overcome isolation and support and Deadline: 24 November 2026.
Peak District National Park - Connect Fund Grant 16452
Peak District National Park Foundation is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available for schools, community groups and associations to help pay for the cost of a trip to visit the Peak District National Park. The funding is designed to remove barriers for disadvantaged and marginalised communities to access, understand and enjoy the park. Deadline: 16 October 2026.
Peter Kershaw Trust - Ordinary Grants 16304
Peter Kershaw Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to registered social welfare charities working in Greater Manchester and North Cheshire for the benefit of disadvantaged people. The grants are for registered charities operating in Greater Manchester to support a wide variety of purposes under the general heading of "social welfare", such as assisting people with medical conditions, disabilities, addictions, to help the aged, youth work etc.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Provincial Walsh Trust for Bolton 16537
Provincial Walsh Trust for Bolton is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for voluntary groups, community groups, and charities across Bolton to deliver a variety of projects and activities that support vulnerable communities and individuals. This fund aims to support people who are most in need and/or vulnerable and/or who live in the most disadvantaged areas of Bolton Borough. Deadline: 23 October 2026.
Reaps Moss Community Benefit Fund 16532
GrantScape is offering funding of up to £3,500. Grants are available for community projects which will benefit residents in the area of the Reaps Moss wind farm on the moors between Bacup and Todmorden. The Fund is intended to support community and environmental projects taking place within the area of the Reaps Moss wind farm. Deadline: 17 February 2027.
Richmond Foundation 16545
Richmond Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable organisations serving local community needs in the areas covered by postcodes TW9, TW10, SW13, and SW14 in Richmond, London. This fund aims to support projects and activities that align with the following priorities: Accessing support and advice. Deadline: 28 October 2026.
Richmond Upon Thames Climate Action Microgrants 16538
London Borough of Richmond upon Thames Council is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available for community groups and other not-for-profit organisations across the London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames to support small-scale locally led climate action initiatives. This fund aims to support activities and initiatives that promote positive behaviours in the local community around climate change and sustainability. Deadline: 23 October 2026.
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
Roger and Douglas Turner Charitable Trust 16272
The Roger and Douglas Turner Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to registered charities based in Birmingham, the Black Country, Worcestershire and Herefordshire for projects that support the Trust's priorities. The grants are for registered charities working in the following key areas: adults in need, young people in need, mental health support, poverty and the enviornment.
Deadline: 23 October 2026
Rose Foundation 16570
Rose Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants and professional expertise are available to registered charities and exempt bodies for building projects in London. The Rose Foundation assists registered charities with small building projects in the London area. Deadline: 31 March 2027.
Roughley Trust 16268
The Roughley Trust is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available to Birmingham-registered local charities for projects supporting community work, special needs, health and wellbeing, education, arts and leisure, heritage, and the environment. The funding is intended to support registered charities addressing special needs, deprivation and disadvantage, promoting health and wellbeing, education and community development, and encouraging engagement with the arts, heritage and environment.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Royal Leamington Spa - Community Grant Fund 16506
The Town Council of Royal Leamington Spa is offering funding of up to £2,000. Funding is intended to support community and voluntary organisations with projects that are of benefit to the wider community of Royal Leamington Spa. The aim of the Fund is to support community and voluntary organisations for projects that are of benefit to the wider community in Royal Leamington Spa. Deadline: 4 December 2026.
Rushcliffe – Community Wellbeing Fund 16331
Rushcliffe Borough Council is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to support community wellbeing projects that are helping to tackle social isolation, loneliness and cost of living pressures in the borough. The funding is intended to support town and parish councils, local groups and community organisations to set up, sustain or expand projects that improve inclusivity and wellbeing within the Rushcliffe Borough.
Deadline: 2 October 2026
Saddleworth Hydro Sustainability Fund 16554
Saddleworth Community Hydro is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for community groups, clubs, societies, and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver sustainability projects across Oldham, with a preference for projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This fund aims to stimulate and assist community sustainability projects in Oldham and the surrounding area, particularly projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Deadline: 30 October 2026.