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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Bradford East Community Chest and Area Committee Funding 16247
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is offering funding of up to £500. Small grants are available to voluntary and community groups which are based in Bradford East and providing a service that benefits the local community. Funding is intended to assist local voluntary and community groups with community-based leisure, social or cultural activities which benefit the community and where the activity could not go ahead without financial assistance.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Bradford South Youth and Community Chest Area Committee Funding 16248
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available to local non-profit making voluntary organisations to carry out activities which benefit the community of Bradford South. Funding is intended to assist local voluntary and community groups with community-based leisure, social or cultural activities which benefit the community and where the activity could not go ahead without grant funding.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Bradford West Community Chest and Area Committee Funding 16249
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available for community groups within the Bradford West area to carry out community-based leisure and cultural activities which benefit the local community. Funding is intended to assist local voluntary and community groups with community-based leisure, social or cultural activities which benefit the community and where the activity could not go ahead without financial assistance.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Bransholme Trust 16250
Sir James Reckitt Charity is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for charities, voluntary and community groups for projects which improve the lives of people living on the Bransholme Estate in Hull. The funding is intended to support activities that encourage people to become involved in their local communities, have a better quality of life, enable people of all ages to develop new skills and encourage people to become more active.
No deadline is stated
Brelms Trust 16251
The Brelms Trust CIO is offering funding of up to £18,000. Grants are available for registered charities based in Yorkshire that are working within local communities to tackle disadvantage and to provide sustainable benefit.
No deadline is stated
Burton Pidsea Wind Farm Community Fund 16568
EnergieKontor is offering funding of up to £10,000. Funding is available to local community organisations for charitable, educational, community, environmental and energy efficiency initiatives taking place in the East Riding of Yorkshire wards of Mid Holderness, North Holderness, South East Holderness and South West Holderness, with a preference for initiatives within the proximity of the development. The funding is aimed at projects which benefit people living within a five kilometre radius of Burton Pidsea Post Office which covers the East Riding of Yorkshire electoral wards of Mid Holderness, North Holderness, South East Holderness and South West Holderness. Deadline: 31 March 2027.
Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust 16253
Charles and Elsie Sykes Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to registered charities for projects that benefit Yorkshire through the relief of need, particularly those related to youth, old age, welfare and medicine. The Trust aims to fund projects for the relief of need, particularly those related to youth, old age, welfare and medicine.
No deadline is stated
Community First Prime Opportunities Fund 16254
Two Ridings Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisation serving communities in York, North Yorkshire, Hull and East Riding for projects that address issues creating barriers for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds from reaching their full potential. Projects should aim to remove barriers that prevent young people (from 11 to 19 years old) from disadvantaged backgrounds living in York, North Yorkshire, Hull and East Riding from reaching their full potential and where opportunities would otherwise be beyond their reach.
No deadline is stated
Community Foundation for Calderdale 16255
Community Foundation for Calderdale is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups and organisations for projects and activities that benefit communities within Calderdale. The Community Foundation for Calderdale offers funding that makes real and lasting changes to local lives, believing that understanding needs and issues in a community are the first step to being able to solve them.
No deadline is stated
Do It For East Yorkshire Community Grant 16256
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants for voluntary and community sector organisations, town and parish councils in East Riding of Yorkshire to support activity that will provide community activities to improve health and wellbeing, improve access to local resources and services, and reduce social isolation. East Riding of Yorkshire Council recognises that the cost-of-living crisis is putting unforeseen pressures on residents and community groups across the county.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
East Riding of Yorkshire - EDI Community Grant Fund 16563
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to local community groups and organisations within East Riding of Yorkshire for projects that celebrate diversity and promote community cohesion. The funding is intended to support local community groups and organisations delivering projects and activities in East Riding of Yorkshire that celebrate diversity and promote community cohesion. Deadline: 31 January 2027.
Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust 16264
Hull and East Riding Charitable Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to registered charities and charitable organisations for any charitable purposes the Trustees think fit within the Hull and East Riding of Yorkshire area. The Trust will fund any charitable purposes the Trustees think fit within the Hull and East Riding area.
Deadline: 20 October 2026
Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner - Community Safety Fund 16262
Humberside Police and Crime Commissioner is offering funding of up to £35,000. Grants are available for local community organisations to kick-start local projects that will cut crime and antisocial behaviour and improve feelings of safety across the Humber area. The funding is for projects that will contribute to reducing crime/antisocial behaviour and/or improving community safety, supporting the delivery of the Police and Crime Plan (2024-2029), which has three aims: Engaged, Resilient and Inclusive Communities.
Deadline: 7 October 2026
International Day of Disabled People 2026 - Small Grants Fund for Leeds 16259
Leeds City Council is offering funding of up to £600. A small number of grants are available for Leeds-based constituted groups to support activities in Leeds that celebrate and recognise the International Day of Disabled People (IDODP). The funding is intended to support activities that provide opportunities for disabled people to come together, participate and have their voices heard.
Deadline: 25 September 2026
J G Graves Charitable Trust 16260
The JG Graves Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for local charitable organisations undertaking benevolent projects in Sheffield, with a preference for supporting capital projects. Established by J.G.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Lincolnshire - Michael Cornish Core Grants Programme 16263
Lincolnshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to support the activities of charitable and not-for-profit constituted community organisations working to benefit people in Greater Lincolnshire. The funding aims to empower and support the resilience of community organisations with the potential to change lives for the better across Lincolnshire.
Deadline: 16 October 2026
Lincolnshire - Q Futures Community Fund 16344
Lincolnshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to support projects across Greater Lincolnshire that are creating employment, training and skills opportunities, helping local people to thrive now and in the future. The fund aims to support not-for-profit groups working to improve and create employment and training opportunities in communities across Greater Lincolnshire.
Deadline: 1 November 2026
Lincolnshire - Q Futures Community Fund 16468
Lincolnshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to support projects across Greater Lincolnshire that are creating employment, training and skills opportunities, helping local people to thrive now and in the future. The fund aims to support not-for-profit groups working to improve and create employment and training opportunities in communities across Greater Lincolnshire. Deadline: 1 November 2026.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Woodsmith Foundation - Catalyst Grants 16572
Woodsmith Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for community organisations across Redcar and Cleveland, Scarborough, and the North York Moors National Park to deliver projects and activities that increase opportunity and tackle disadvantage. The Fund is intended to support projects that bring people together around a common purpose to create new opportunities and provide the momentum for positive, sustainable social change and will: Increase opportunities for local people to have better life chances, prioritising; Deadline: 31 October 2026.
Woodsmith Foundation - Community Grants 16315
Woodsmith Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for community groups, voluntary groups, registered charities, and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects and activities to benefit residents in Scarborough, Redcar and Cleveland, and the North York Moors National Park. This fund aims to support a wide variety of projects and activities that improve the lives of people living in the Foundation’s area of benefit in the following ways: Increase opportunities for better life chances.
Deadline: 5 November 2026
York and North Yorkshire Office for Police, Fire and Crime Commissioning - Community Fund 16509
York and North Yorkshire Office for Police, Fire and Crime Commissioning is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available to local community groups, organisations and individuals for new and innovative community safety projects in North Yorkshire. The Fund provides grants to local community groups, organisations and individuals for new and innovative projects that help communities "Be Safe and Feel Safe" within North Yorkshire and the City of York, including: Diversionary activities for children and young people. Deadline: 5 November 2026.
York and North Yorkshire Office for Police, Fire and Crime Commissioning - Community Safety and Serious Violence Fund 16510
York and North Yorkshire Office for Police, Fire and Crime Commissioning is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available for community groups and organisations in North Yorkshire and the City of York to support projects focused on community safety. The fund aims to support projects and initiatives taking a pro-active, sustainable, outcomes-focused approach to prevention, early intervention, and diversion of anti-social behaviour and crime including serious violence. Deadline: 5 November 2026.
Yorkshire Cricket Board (YCB) County Grants Fund 16261
England and Wales Cricket Trust is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to support ECB-affiliated cricket clubs that are actively engaged in women's and girls' cricket and/or disability cricket, and that aim to create positive and welcoming environment. The County Grants Fund aims to support ECB-affiliated cricket clubs that are actively engaged in women's, girls' and/or disability cricket to create welcoming environments and/or improve playing and changing facilities.
Deadline: 30 September 2026