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Funds are listed in alphabetical order.
Foundation Scotland - Glenkens & District Community Fund 16082
Grants of between £500 and £25,000 are available to support the local community areas in Dumfries and Galloway with funds from the Blackcraig and Windy Rig wind farms. The Glenkens & District Community Fund aims to enable communities to be connected, resilient and carbon neutral places, where people will want to live, work and visit, to bring up their families, and to grow old.
Next deadline: 16 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Halkirk & District Halsary Windfarm Community Benefit Fund 16075
ScottishPower Renewables is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to organisations for community activity and development in the Halkirk District Community Council and the Watten Community Council area. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in the Halkirk District and the Watten Community Council areas.
Next deadline: 15 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - RWE Bad á Cheò Wind Farm Community Fund (Halkirk District) 16076
RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for a range of activities and projects to benefit residents of the Halkirk Community Council area in Caithness. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in the Halkirk district in Caithness, and a wide range of projects are funded.
Next deadline: 15 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - RWE Bowbeat Wind Farm (Innerleithen) Community Fund 16096
RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £5,000 a year. Grants are available for community projects that benefit the residents of the Innerleithen & District community council areas. The Fund supports a wide range of activities and projects to benefit the communities located near the RWE Bowbeat Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders, by improving facilities, services, environment, activities and opportunities, and making the area a friendly, welcoming and sustainable place to live in and visit.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund 16172
Grant and loan investments of between £10,000 and £250,000 per organisation with up to 25% of this in the form of a grant are available to social enterprises, community organisations and charities across Scotland to benefit local communities. The fund aims to provide blended grant and loan investment to incorporated community organisations to meet the needs of the business, achieve a vision and secure the organisation's future.
No deadline is stated
Foundation Scotland - Todhill Wind Farm Community Fund (Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood) 16085
Netro Energy UK is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations for community projects in Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood in Falkirk. The aim of the Fund is to preserve and develop the local community areas of Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Vattenfall Clashindarroch Wind Farm Community Fund 16068
Vattenfall is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations for activities which will benefit residents of the Huntly, Strathbogie and Tap o’Noth community council areas, plus the Cabrach Community Association region. The aim of the Fund is to support positive change by investing in a wide range of community projects in the Huntly, Strathbogie and Tap o’Noth community council areas plus the region served by the Cabrach Community Association.
Deadline: 14 September 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Volant Charitable Trust Large Grants Programme 16115
Volant Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in Scotland undertaking projects to help poverty and social deprivation, particularly supporting children, young people and women. The Large Grants Programme aims to support women, children and young people who are at risk and facing social deprivation in Scotland, particularly during the cost of living crisis.
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Fund for Wales 16153
Community Foundation Wales is offering funding of up to £7,500. Grants are available to small, local charities and voluntary organisations in Wales for projects and activities designed to support and strengthen local communities. The funding is intended to support small, volunteer-driven community organisations in Wales whose activities aim to deliver the following outcomes: Improving people's chances in life.
Deadline: 9 November 2026
Giving Machine - Community Grants 16124
Giving Machine is offering funding of up to £250. Small unrestricted grants are available to charitable organisations across the UK. The fund is intended to give small unrestricted grants to UK not-for-profit organisations to enable them to continue their work.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
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
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
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Community FLEX Programme 16159
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for established, registered charities in Northern Ireland with at least one year of annual returns, to support their operations. The funding is intended to support recently established organisations, prioritising charities that assist people in greatest need, such as those living in poverty, the unemployed, and individuals with disabilities or mental health challenges.
No deadline is stated
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
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
John Moores Foundation - Northern Ireland 16160
John Moores Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to small voluntary groups and organisations for projects that aim to break down barriers among people who are experiencing disadvantage and living in Northern Ireland. The funding is intended to support projects to enable people who are marginalised, as a result of social, educational, physical, economic, cultural, geographical or other disadvantage, to improve their social conditions and quality of life.
No deadline is stated
Kingspan Kickstart Sports Fund (Island of Ireland) 16161
Kingspan Group is offering grants that are available to amateur athletes, amateur sports clubs and community sports facilities based on the island of Ireland to support them in achieving their sport development goals. The funding is intended to provide financial support to amateur athletes and sports clubs throughout the island of Ireland, specifically for acquiring equipment, training and essential resources.
No deadline is stated
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
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
Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust 16103
Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for community organisations in Wales to support projects and activities in the areas of sport, the arts, the community and the environment. Through its funding, the Trust aims to improve the quality of life of people who live and work in Wales.
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Moondance Foundation 16173
Moondance Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations for good causes which benefit communities in Wales. The funding is intended for projects that prevent or relieve poverty, support the welfare and well-being of women, children, the elderly and the vulnerable in society, improve health outcomes, raise educational standards and preserve the environment for future generations.
No deadline is stated
Moray Coastal Communities Fund Grant Scheme 16088
Moray Council is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available for community-led projects that strengthen the economic, environmental and social resilience of Moray's coastal communities and deliver local benefits linked to the coast and sea. The funding is intended for projects that enhance the resilience, sustainability and wellbeing of communities along the Moray coastline.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
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
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 Awards for All - Northern Ireland 16164
National Lottery Community Fund - Northern Ireland is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations, schools and statutory bodies in Northern Ireland to support projects that improve the lives of local communities, and to help community organisations change and adapt to new and future challenges. The funding is intended to support projects that deliver positive outcomes for local communities and meet at least one of the National Lottery Community Fund's priorities, which are: Bringing people together to build strong relationships in and across communities.
No deadline is stated
National Lottery Awards for All - Scotland 16169
National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for voluntary, community and public sector organisations in Scotland to carry out projects that will improve local communities and the lives of people most in need. The funding priorities of the programme are: Bringing people together and building strong relationships in and across communities.
No deadline is stated
National Lottery Awards for All - Wales 16174
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available for voluntary and community organisations, schools and statutory bodies in Wales to support projects that improve the lives of local communities, and to help community organisations change and adapt to new and future challenges. The funding is intended to support projects that deliver positive outcomes for local communities and meet at least one of the National Lottery Community Fund's priorities, which are: Bringing people together to build strong relationships in and across communities.
No deadline is stated
National Lottery Community Fund - Community Action (Scotland) 16123
National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £250,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for community-led projects that build open and inclusive community cohesion.
No deadline is stated
National Lottery Community Fund - Fairer Life Chances 16175
National Lottery Community Fund - Scotland is offering funding of up to £500,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community and public sector organisations in Scotland for projects that support children, young people and families, or help people to be healthier and have better access to support, with a focus on those experiencing poverty, discrimination and disadvantage. The Fund is intended for projects working to achieve the following objectives: Children, young people and families thrive.
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 - Strengthening Communities (Northern Ireland) 16165
National Lottery Community Fund - Northern Ireland is offering funding of up to £500,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Northern Ireland for community projects that build community cohesion, with a focus on those experiencing poverty, discrimination and disadvantage, and early intervention. The Fund aims to support community led projects that: Involve people who experience poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.
No deadline is stated
National Lottery Community Fund - Supporting Great Ideas 16176
National Lottery Community Fund - Wales is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations, and statutory bodies, to support innovative and strategically important project ideas that encourage positive social change in Wales. The funding is intended to support projects that deliver positive outcomes for local communities.
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
Northern Ireland - Police Property Fund 16150
Northern Ireland Policing Board is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available for local voluntary and community groups for projects which have a real impact on reducing crime, disorder and the fear of crime in Northern Ireland. The funding is intended to support community groups with charitable purposes, as defined by the Charities Act 2008.
Deadline: 12 October 2026
Power NI - Brighter Communities Fund 16162
Power NI is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to charitable, sports and community organisations in Northern Ireland for equipment purchases or projects and activities that enhance their offering within their local community. The funding is intended to enable community organisations in Northern Ireland to 'shine a little brighter', whether that is through acquiring equipment, a revamp of their space, or providing resources for their service users.
No deadline is stated
Queensberry House Trust 16077
Queensberry House Trust is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to registered charities and social enterprises in Edinburgh and the Lothians for projects focused on improving the lives of vulnerable older people. The Trust's objective is ' the advancement of citizenship and community development (including the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities), and also having regard, but not exclusively, to the locality.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation - Grants for Community Photography 16116
Richard and Siobhán Coward Foundation is offering funding of up to £1,500. Grants are available to support the provision of participatory projects in the UK which seek to improve the health and wellbeing of children and young people under 25. The use of photography must be a core element of the project. The funding is intended to support children and young adults under the age of 25 to take part in organised activities that allow them hands-on experience of photographic techniques.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Riverhorse Trust 16117
Riverhorse Trust is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for small UK registered charities with limited resources who are working to deliver frontline services in their communities. The Trust is looking to support organisations that are 'impactful and committed to investing in their own resilience'.
Deadline: 30 September 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
Robertson Trust - Big Change That Lasts Fund 16177
Robertson Trust is offering funding of up to £500,000. Multi-year funding is available to charities, community interest companies, housing associations and credit unions in Scotland for strategic work, including policy work, campaigning, and research, focused on financial security. The Fund aims to support projects that demonstrate strong potential to deliver big change that lasts, meaning strategic, systemic or long‑term impact on poverty and trauma in Scotland.
No deadline is stated