1st - 8th September 2026 - we are doing some work on the funding bulletin area so you may notice it looking a bit strange at times! Bear with us as we hope you'll appreciate the refinements when finished 🙂
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Funds are listed in alphabetical order.
Access Broadband Cymru Grant Scheme 16171
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £800. A grant scheme designed to improve broadband speeds across Wales for individuals, businesses, voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations, particularly those in rural communities. The Access Broadband Cymru Grant Scheme (ABC) provides grant funding to support the installation of a broadband solution to any premises within Wales that is unable to achieve a connection via any other means.
No deadline is stated
Arts Council of Wales - Arts, Health and Wellbeing Lottery Funding 16100
Arts Council of Wales (ACW) is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to support partnerships from across the arts, health, social care and third sectors to provide high-quality creative projects that deliver health and wellbeing benefits for the people of Wales. The funding is intended to support partnership proposals spanning arts, health, social care, nature, environment, and the third sectors.
Next deadline: 23 September 2026
Be Active Wales Fund 16065
Grants of up to £50,000 are available to support community sports clubs and organisations in Wales for projects to reduce inequality, create long-term sustainability and introduce new or different ways of operating. The funding is intended to support projects aimed at upskilling volunteers, developing new ways of delivering physical activity, using technology to engage more people, and reaching those currently under-represented in sport and physical activity.
Next deadline: 11 September 2026
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.
No deadline is stated
Bluestone Foundation Community Fund 16092
Bluestone Foundation is offering funding of up to £2,500. Grants are available for local voluntary and community organisations to support social and environmental projects in Pembrokeshire. The aim of the fund is to provide financial assistance to communities across Pembrokeshire through supporting environmental and social projects.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
Coalfields Regeneration Trust - Coalfields Community Grants Programme Wales 16155
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £7,000. Capital grants are available for voluntary and community organisations in coalfield areas of Wales to safeguard, maintain, and/or improve their community facility. The funding is intended to support community and voluntary organisations to maintain or improve community facilities and buildings they own or manage on a long-term lease, for the benefit of coalfield communities in Wales.
No deadline is stated
Community Facilities Programme (Wales) 16156
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £300,000. Capital grants are available for community-led voluntary and community sector organisations to develop and improve community facilities in Wales in order to tackle poverty and its effects. The funding is intended to help organisations develop and improve facilities for communities in order to tackle poverty and its effects, increasing opportunity, creating prosperity for all, and developing resilient communities where people are engaged and empowered.
No deadline is stated
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
Flintshire - Community Chest Grants 16093
Flintshire County Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to support community-focused activities organised by local not-for-profit voluntary and community groups operating in the Flintshire area. The programme has been established to provide funding towards a one-off community-focused activities taking place in Flintshire.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
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
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
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
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
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 - 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 - 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
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
Sport Wales - A Place for Sport (with Crowdfunding) 16168
National Lottery is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit sports clubs or community groups in Wales who want to create, enhance, or redevelop sports facilities for the benefit of their community and who can raise their initial funding through crowdfunding. The funding aims to help community organisations crowdfunding for capital (building or refurbishment) works that will enhance spaces within their local area, to enable people to have a better experience, to ensure facilities are more environmentally and financially sustainable.
No deadline is stated
Wales Community Asset Loan Fund (CALF) 16180
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £300,000. Loans are available to community groups in Wales that are seeking to bring property into community ownership. Additionally, small grants are available to support purchasing organisations with the sustainable management of their property. The funding is intended to support local organisations in purchasing property for community use, or for use by groups that will benefit the community.
No deadline is stated
Walter Dickie Leadership Bursary 16151
Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) is offering funding of up to £2,500. A bursary is available to provide financial support for an individual working in Wales' voluntary sector seeking to develop their leadership skills. The funding is intended to support a selected individual engaged in Wales' voluntary sector to become a better leader.
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Waterloo Foundation - Projects in Wales Programme 16157
The Waterloo Foundation is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available for registered charities and organisations with a charitable purpose that are working to support community development in Wales. Although the funding priorities for the Waterloo Foundation are the environment and world development, the original founders of the Foundation live and work in Wales, and through the foundation they are offering funding in support of the local community.
No deadline is stated
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.
No deadline is stated