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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Saintbury Trust 16279
The Saintbury Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for registered charities in the West Midlands, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and North Gloucestershire that are undertaking activities that fall within the Trust's areas of interest which includes work to support people with disabilities.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Sapling Grants Milton Keynes Community Foundation 16491
Milton Keynes Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to charities and community groups in Milton Keynes to develop and strengthen community projects or emerging organisations with a clear local benefit. Sapling Grants aim to develop and strengthen community projects and emerging organisations, helping them grow, increase their impact, and create lasting local benefits in Milton Keynes. Deadline: 18 December 2026.
Scotmid Community Grant 16402
Scotmid Co-operative offers grants of up to £500 for community projects and activities. Open to charities, schools, sports clubs, CICs and community groups. Funding can be used for equipment, events, local initiatives and fundraising activities that benefit communities. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Severn Waste Services Community Action Fund 16478
FCC Communities Foundation is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for amenity projects eligible under Object D and Object DA of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible Severn Waste Services waste facility in Herefordshire or Worcestershire. 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.
Shackleton Award - Cumbria 2026 16502
Francis C Scott Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grant for a Cumbria-based, early-stage social entrepreneur whose venture supports children and young people (aged 0 to 25 years old) facing barriers in the area. The new Cumbria-only scheme supports an individual whose new venture will make a real difference to the lives of children and young people (from birth up to 25 years old) facing barriers in the county. Deadline: 2 November 2026.
SIIC Grant Scheme 2026 16267
Shropshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to support young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) to improve their skills, resilience and employability. The fund aims to address the challenges faced by unemployed young people by supporting innovative projects, services and initiatives that provide education and training.
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Sir Walter St. Johns Educational Charity 16484
Sir Walter St. Johns Educational Charity is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for charities and voluntary and community groups across the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth to deliver educational projects and activities for disadvantaged children and young people in the area. This fund aims to support projects and activities that promote the education and training of children and young people under the age of 25 who live across the London Boroughs of Wandsworth and Lambeth and are in need of financial assistance. Deadline: 1 December 2026.
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.
Rolling applications: the fund is open all year round
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
South Gloucestershire - Resettling Communities Grant 16565
South Gloucestershire Council is offering funding of up to £7,000. Grants are available to organisations for projects supporting refugees and asylum seekers in South Gloucestershire. The aim of the grant is to help organisations with projects that will have a positive impact on supporting the integration of refugees and asylum seekers within South Gloucestershire. Deadline: 31 March 2027.
South Oxfordshire - Councillor Community Grants 16505
South Oxfordshire District Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations for projects to benefit communities in South Oxfordshire. The funding is intended to bring better outcomes for South Oxfordshire residents and contribute to the council's corporate plan priorities: Protect and restore the natural world. Deadline: 4 December 2026.
South Oxfordshire - Performing Arts Grant 16550
South Oxfordshire District Council is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in South Oxfordshire for projects that improve community wellbeing by engaging people in the performing arts. Funding is available to support community and voluntary sector organisations groups in South Oxfordshire with the aim of enhancing the cultural landscape of the district through increased access to the performing arts. Deadline: 30 September 2026.
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
Sports Foundation for the Disabled Organisation Grants 16386
Sports Foundation for the Disabled offers grants of up to £1,000 for specialist sports equipment. Open to charities, schools, sports clubs and community organisations in Wales and South West England. Funding supports participation opportunities for people with physical disabilities and visual impairments. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
St Olave’s Foundation Fund 16319
St Olave’s Foundation Fund is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for youth groups and schools in the London Borough of Southwark for educational projects and activities for young people. This fund aims to support activities for young people under the age of 25 years old in pursuit of education and who are residents in the London Borough of Southwark.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Staffordshire Community Fund 16498
Staffordshire County Council is offering funding of up to £2,500. Grants are available for local voluntary and community sector groups and organisations to support community projects that benefit the residents of Staffordshire. The funding is intended to support a wide range of community activities across Staffordshire. Deadline: 1 November 2026.
Staffordshire Moorlands - Councillors' Community Initiative Fund 16533
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to support a wide range of community projects and activities in Staffordshire Moorlands. The Councillors' Community Initiative Fund aims to support a wide range of community projects and activities and encourage people to volunteer their time for common beneficial purposes. Deadline: 19 February 2027.
Surrey County Council - Your Councillor Community Fund 16560
Surrey County Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to help voluntary and community organisations in Surrey deliver activities that benefit local people in their neighbourhoods. Through the annual Your Councillor Community Fund programme (formerly the Members' Community Allocation), each of Surrey's county councillors has funding to distribute to help residents, voluntary and community organisations deliver activities that benefit local people. Deadline: 31 January 2027.
Sussex Community Foundation Main Grants Programme 16287
Sussex Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. The Foundation manages various funds that are available to voluntary and community groups whose work improves the lives of people in East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove. Sussex Community Foundation (SCF) is a charity that promotes philanthropy and is working to build a substantial permanent fund to support communities across East and West Sussex, and the city of Brighton and Hove.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Test Valley Borough Councillors Community Grant Scheme 16535
Test Valley Borough Council is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to encourage community-led initiatives that will deliver solutions to local issues. The Councillors' Community Grant Scheme supports local residents to establish their own priorities and deliver local solutions to local issues. Deadline: 22 March 2027.
Tewkesbury - Warm Spaces Grant 16280
Tewkesbury Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit community venues in Tewkesbury Borough that provide free, warm, welcoming and safe spaces for local residents during the winter months. The funding is intended to support community venues to provide Warm Spaces where local residents can socialise, eat, stay warm and take part in activities during the winter months.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Grant 16395
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust offers grants of up to £50,000 for project, capital and core costs. Open to registered charities and community organisations. Funding supports a broad range of charitable activities, with preference for projects in Coventry, Warwickshire and the Midlands. Rolling programme.
The Evelyn Trust 16348
The Evelyn Trust is offering funding of up to £250,000. One-off grants are available to charities and not-for-profit organisations for medical research and health and wellbeing projects in Cambridgeshire. The funding is intended for medical research and health and wellbeing projects taking place in Cambridgeshire that are run by charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Deadline: 6 November 2026
The Evelyn Trust 16472
The Evelyn Trust is offering funding of up to £250,000. One-off grants are available to charities and not-for-profit organisations for medical research and health and wellbeing projects in Cambridgeshire. The funding is intended for medical research and health and wellbeing projects taking place in Cambridgeshire that are run by charities and not-for-profit organisations. Deadline: 6 November 2026.
The Homity Trust 16516
Homity Trust is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations based and working in Sussex to support local causes and those suffering financial hardship. The funding is intended to support community groups with local causes where a small grant will make a big difference. Deadline: 10 December 2026.
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.
Rolling applications: The trustees meet four times a year to review applications
The Span Trust 16546
The Span Trust is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to London based charities for projects that alleviate poverty, disability, age or ill health and advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment. The Span Trust currently supports charities based in London and surrounding areas that advance or promote the Trusts objectives, which are to: Advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment in areas of social and economic deprivation, in particular Deadline: 29 January 2029.
Turners Court Youth Trust Grant 16573
The Turners Court Youth Trust is offering funding of up to £2,500. Grants are available for registered charities and small community groups whose work is focused on the needs of vulnerable and disaffected children and young people up to the age of 23 years in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The funding is for charitable projects in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire that share and reflect the Trusts charitable objects which are to: Provide and assist in the provision, care and support for children and young people (23 years and under) with emotional and Deadline: 31 October 2026.
Twin Rivers Wind Farm Community Fund 16569
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering discretionary funding. Funding is available to local community groups, community organisations, societies, charities, parish councils, schools and churches for charitable, educational, community, environmental, energy efficiency and community amenities initiatives taking place in the Fund area of benefit. The fund's objectives are community, charitable, amenity, educational, environmental and energy efficiency initiatives. Deadline: 31 March 2027.
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
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
Veolia Telford and Wrekin EnviroGrant Scheme 16275
Telford and Wrekin Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in Telford and Wrekin to support projects that benefit the local community or the environment. This fund aims to support community groups in Telford and Wrekin with projects that: Improve or protect the local environment through practical action/education.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Vernon Charitable Foundation 16301
Vernon Charitable Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to registered charities and community organisations to deliver projects and activities that address poverty and support community development across Stockport, Cheshire, and Greater Manchester. This fund aims to support local charities providing public benefit in local communities, focussed on the prevention and relief of poverty and community development.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
Walking and Cycling Grants London 16326
Transport for London (TfL) is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to VCSE organisations in Greater London for projects that engage communities in safe, enjoyable and inclusive walking and cycling activities. The programme aims to: Increase walking and cycling in London (including new, lapsed or occasional cyclists).
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Walney Extension Community Fund 16512
Ørsteds is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to a range of not-for-profit organisations for new or existing community and environmental projects that benefit local residents off the Cumbria and Lancashire coast. The funding is aimed at a wide range of not-for-profit groups and organisations that are working for the benefit of the local community and environment in the areas of Copeland, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Walney Island, Lancaster and Wyre. Deadline: 8 January 2027.
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
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
Warwickshire - Police and Crime Commissioner's Police Property Fund 16567
Police and Crime Commissioner for Warwickshire is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to local charitable organisations in Warwickshire for projects that will improve quality of life for the countys residents, support victims, reduce crime and make communities safer. The aim of the funding is to support projects in Warwickshire that seek to address one of more of the priorities in the Police and Crime Plan (2025-29): Victims and survivors. Deadline: 31 March 2027.
We Love Lichfield Fund 16273
Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to community and voluntary organisations in Lichfield for projects and activities that will make a real difference to the lives of local residents. The We Love Lichfield Fund aims to enhance the provision of service, provide new services or to help make organisations more efficient or to improve the scope of their provision.
Deadline: 23 October 2026
We Love MCR Charity - Stronger Communities Fund 16299
We Love MCR Charity is offering funding of up to £4,000. Grants are available to local community and charity groups for projects in Manchester that improve their local communities. Funding is intended to assist local charities, community groups and organisations working to improve the lives and life chances of people living in Manchester and to help develop stronger communities by encouraging more citizens to be active in working together.
Deadline: 15 September 2026