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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.
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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
Active Thames Fund 16295
Port of London Authority is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to local not-for-proft groups for projects which improve participation and inclusion in water sports in waterways in Greater London, Kent and Essex. Funding is intended to support growth in water sports and use of the Thames Path National Trail, whilst also enhancing access, diversity and inclusion and raising awareness of the benefits of blue space and physical activity.
Deadline: 27 September 2026
Age Scotland – Encouraging and Supporting Grassroots Activity Fund 16064
Scottish Government is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to community-based, not-for-profit organisations in Scotland that support people living with dementia for activities and programmes that make a meaningful difference to people with lived experience of dementia and those who provide unpaid care. This fund aims to support groups across Scotland to run projects in local communities supporting people living with dementia.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Aldi Scottish Sport Fund 16104
Aldi Scotland is offering funding of up to £3,000. One-off grants are available through a random regional draw for local sports clubs in Scotland to support work in their local community. The Aldi Scottish Sport Fund is open in areas across Scotland where there is currently an Aldi store.
Deadline: 27 September 2026 for Fife, Perth & Kinross (Postcode areas PH, KY)
Deadline: 25th October 2026 for Edinburgh & Lothians (Postcode area EH)
Deadline: 22nd November 2026 for South Scotland (Postcode areas DG, TD)
Alice’s Wonderdance Foundation 16306
Community Foundation for Merseyside is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available for community groups and schools across the Liverpool City Region to deliver dance projects and activities for children and young people. This fund aims to remove barriers to dance activities so that children can enjoy dance and grow through movement in a safe, empowering space.
Deadline: 2 October 2026
Ambition North Wales - Clean Energy Fund 16237
Ambition North Wales is offering discretionary funding. Funding is available in North Wales to help businesses and community organisations invest in clean energy and decarbonisation projects, with the aim of reducing costs, improving efficiency and creating new opportunities. The funding is intended to support clean energy projects by enabling businesses and voluntary organisations to build a more sustainable future.
No deadline is stated
Antrim and Newtownabbey - Small Seeding Activity and/or Insurance Community Grant 16216
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for community groups in Antrim and Newtownabbey to set up or to develop their services, and to support associated insurance and administration costs. The funding is intended to support constituted community, voluntary and charitable groups with initial set up costs and insurance, or to deliver a small activity within the community.
No deadline is stated
Antrim and Newtownabbey - Sport and Leisure Events Grants 16212
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to governing bodies and sports clubs for events that can both promote and enhance sport and its development within Antrim and Newtownabbey. The funding is intended to support governing bodies and sports clubs with local, national and international events taking place in Antrim and Newtownabbey to bring real economic benefits and raise the profile of the Borough and/or facilities.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Ards and North Down - Sports Forum Grant Programme 16217
Ards and North Down Borough Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for sports clubs and organisations to promote sports in the Ards and North Down Borough and encourage long term involvement in sport. The funding is intended to promote and encourage life-long involvement in sport and to create, nurture and develop the sporting community within the Ards and North Down Borough.
No deadline is stated
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon - Capital Projects Grants 16207
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to community organisations in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon to support capital projects or the purchase of equipment. The Council offer two Capital Project Funds: Large Capital Project Fund - for large capital projects where a relatively small amount of match funding from the Council is required.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon - Community Development Grants 16208
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to support the core running costs and programme costs of voluntary and community groups in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon. The funding is intended to support community-based organisations so they can deliver sustained programmes or cover core running costs that advance community development outcomes across the borough.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon - Good Relations Grants 16209
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to support community organisations delivering on-the-ground activities and actions which impact positively on Good Relations on an intra-community or cross-community basis in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon. The funding is intended to support the delivery of programmes that have strong Good Relations outcomes or the core running costs of Good Relations-focused organisations.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon - Small Community Events Fund 16210
Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,200. Grants are available to support local small-scale community festivals or events in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon. The funding is intended to support smaller community festivals or events and Christmas parties and Christmas switch-on events in the local area.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
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
Biffa Award Main Grants Scheme – Community Buildings 16147
The Wildlife Trusts is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to provide and improve community buildings that are located within the vicinity of a Biffa Operation or Biffa Landfill site in order to ‘act as mechanisms’ for community involvement. The Biffa Award Community Buildings theme aims to improve buildings at the heart of their communities, such as village halls, community centres and church halls, which are within five miles of a significant Biffa Operation or within 10 miles if an active Biffa Landfill site.
No deadline is stated
Biffa Award Main Grants Scheme – Recreation 16146
The Wildlife Trusts is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations for projects that will benefit people in their free time in communities located within within five miles of a significant Biffa Group Ltd operation or within 10 miles of an active Biffa Landfill site in England.
No deadline is stated
Bingham Trust 16101
The Bingham Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking general charitable activities in Buxton, Derbyshire. Funding is intended to support organisations undertaking general charitable activities, including the relief of poverty, the provision of educational services, the assistance of religious activity and the benefit of the community, in the SK17 postcode area around Buxton. Preference is to fund one-off capital projects.
Next deadline: 24 September 2026
Blaby District Council Community Revenue Grants Scheme 16102
Blaby District Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community in Blaby. Grants are available to develop projects and services that benefit the community.
Next deadline: 25 September 2026
Blaenau Gwent - Pride in Place Fund: Small Grant Scheme 16231
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve community facilities, enhance green spaces and strengthen pride in place across Blaenau Gwent. The funding is intended for projects that improve community facilities and green spaces, delivering lasting improvements that make communities more sustainable, accessible and vibrant while strengthening pride in place across Blaenau Gwent.
Deadline: 16 October 2026
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
Bradford - Pride in Place Impact Fund 16246
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
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
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
Bristol Airport Local Community Fund 16283
Bristol Airport is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to groups in the Bristol area for local projects that benefit the local community and the environment. The main aims of the fund are to mitigate the environmental impacts of the Airport’s operations and give something back to the surrounding communities that are affected by being situated close to an international airport.
Deadline: 24 December 2026
Broadacres Community and Sustainability Fund 16312
Broadacres Housing Association is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available to community organisations based in Broadacres Housing Association locations of Yorkshire and North East England for projects that support community-led ideas that deliver social, environmental, or shared benefits for local people. The funding is for local organisations, community groups, and resident-led projects that help to: Build stronger communities Support activities, events, or projects that bring people together to strengthen neighbourhood connections and promote safer more inclusive place to live.
Deadline: 23 October 2026
Buckinghamshire Holiday Activities and Food (HAF) Programme 16291
Department for Education and Employment is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charities, community groups and voluntary organisations to help deliver activities for children aged 5 to 16 who are eligible for free school meals in Buckinghamshire. The aim of this fund is to support programmes that provide activities and meals for school-aged children, from Reception to Year 11, who receive benefits-related free school meals in Buckinghamshire over the school holidays.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund 16229
Ørsted’s is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to a range of not-for-profit organisations for new or existing community and environmental projects that benefit local residents in Denbighshire, Flintshire, the Wirral and Sefton. The fund will provide up to £225,000 each year over a 25-year period (2015-2040) for the benefit of voluntary groups and organisations located near to the coasts in Denbighshire, Flintshire, the Wirral and Sefton.
Deadline: 23 September 2026
Cairngorms National Park – Outdoor Learning Travel Grant Scheme 16125
Cairngorms National Park Authority is offering funding of up to £300. Grants are available for schools, community groups, and voluntary organisations in Scotland to support transport costs for educational trips to the Cairngorms National Park. This fund aims to support outdoor learning activities in the Cairngorms by helping groups cover transport costs to and from the National Park.
No deadline is stated
Cambridge City Council - Large Community Grants 16098
Cambridge City Council is offering funding of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years. Grants are available to local voluntary and community organisations delivering recurring activities or projects that benefit Cambridge residents. Funding is intended to support local voluntary and community groups to deliver recurring activities and projects that contribute to a fairer, greener and more inclusive Cambridge, supporting the vision of 'One Cambridge – Fair for All'.
Deadline: 22 September 2026
Cambridge City Council - Organisation Support Grants 16099
Cambridge City Council is offering funding of up to £40,000. Grants are available to established voluntary and community organisations in Cambridge to plan ahead, build resilience and deliver long-term impact. These grants provide unrestricted, multi-year funding to established voluntary and community organisations with a strong presence in Cambridge and a track record of delivering significant benefit to residents.
Deadline: 22 September 2026
Cardiff - Period Dignity Grant 16239
City of Cardiff Council is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in the Cardiff local authority area for projects to ensure period dignity for those who menstruate from low income households. The aim of the funding is to ensure low income households have access to free-of-charge period products that are accessible in a practical and dignified way.
No deadline is stated
Causeway Coast and Glens - Building a United Community Fund 16218
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,500. Grants are available to support Good Relations community projects in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The funding is intended to support projects that develop positive relationships between people of differing religious beliefs, political opinions and racial backgrounds in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.
No deadline is stated
Causeway Coast and Glens - Health and Wellbeing Grants 16219
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for local sporting and community organisations in the Causeway Coast and Glens area to promote positive mental health through physical and mental wellbeing activities.
No deadline is stated
Causeway Coast and Glens - Policing and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP) Small Grants Programme 16214
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to support, promote and develop community safety initiatives in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area. The funding is intended to provide organisations with support for projects or events that will help prevent, reduce or address crime and help people feel safer in their own communities.
Deadline: 29 January 2027
Causeway Coast and Glens - Sports Grant and Bursary Programme 16220
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is offering funding of up to £400. Grants are available for local sport clubs, individuals and National Governing Bodies to develop sport in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area.
No deadline is stated
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust 16089
Charles Littlewood Hill Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable organisations carrying out social welfare or community activities in Nottinghamshire or Norfolk. The scheme is intended to support organisations undertaking a range of charitable purposes.
Next deadline: 20 September 2026
Charnwood - Community Grants 16329
Charnwood Borough Council is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to community and voluntary organisations within Charnwood Borough which are currently running projects that benefit Charnwood residents. Funding is intended to provide grants to a wide variety of voluntary and community organisations within Charnwood to further the Council's aims and actively assist the community to enjoy a better quality of life, particularly where those projects would not otherwise go ahead.
Deadline: 25 September 2026
Clarion Futures West Ealing Community Grants Programme 16324
Clarion Housing Group is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to charities and community organisations for projects that benefit the residents and the wider community in the West Ealing area. The West Ealing Community Grants programme is intended for not-for-profit organisations seeking to deliver well designed projects for the benefit of residents and the wider community in the West Ealing area.
Deadline: 23 September 2026