Not-for-profit community groups

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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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Clocaenog Forest Wind Farm Fund 16234

RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available for projects benefiting communities within the rural area of Conwy and Denbighshire. Funding is available to support community based projects that will make a positive difference to the lives of the residents of Conwy and Denbighshire.

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Clyde Borders Community Fund 16240

SSE is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available for constituted, not-for-profit organisations to deliver activities that promote community spirit, enhance wellbeing, and help create sustainable communities in Skirling, Upper Tweed, and Tweedsmuir. This fund aims to support constituted, not-for-profit groups to deliver activities and projects that promote community spirit, bring people together, enhance wellbeing and quality of life, and foster vibrant, sustainable communities in Skirling, Upper Tweed, and Tweedsmuir.

Deadline: 2 October 2026


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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


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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


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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


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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


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Community Foundation North East - EDF Green Rigg Wind Farm Community Fund 16307

EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £5,000. The Fund provides capital costs to charities, community and voluntary projects based within a ten-mile radius of the Green Rigg Wind Farm. The EDF Green Rigg Wind Farm Community Fund supports community groups and organisations within a ten-mile radius of the Green Rigg Wind Farm for projects to benefit local residents.

Deadline: 14 September 2026


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Community Foundation North East - Nadara Sisters and North Steads Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund 16308

Community Foundation North East is offering funding of up to £20,000. The Fund provides capital and revenue costs to charities, community and voluntary projects based within 5km of the Nadara Sisters and North Steads wind farms. The Nadara Sisters and North Steads Windfarm Community Benefit Fund supports charities and community groups within a five kilometre radius of the wind farms, with priority given to those within a three kilometre radius.

Deadline: 21 September 2026


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Community Foundation North East - RWE Renewables Kiln Pit Hill Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund 16309

RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to support local voluntary and community groups in the Parish of Shotley Low Quarter, Northumberland. The aim of the fund is to provide communities with sustainable support over the lifetime of the wind farm.

Deadline: 28 September 2026


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Community Foundation North East - Tyne & Wear High Sheriff's Awards Scheme 16311

Community Foundation North East is offering funding of up to £1,000. Awards are made in recognition of groups in Tyne & Wear who encourage useful and beneficial pursuits for young people aged between 10 and 25, supporting them to be upstanding citizens and deterred from criminal activities and/or to positively turn their lives around. Awards are made in recognition of groups in the community who encourage useful and beneficial pursuits for young people, supporting them to be upstanding citizens deterred from criminal activities and/or to positively turn their lives around.

Deadline: 19 October 2026


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Corra Foundation – Boost Small Grants 16170

STV Children's Appeal is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available to support grassroots organisations and charities delivering community-led activities to children and families across Scotland affected by poverty. This fund aims to ensure accessible, supportive, community-led activities remain available to children and families despite the challenges the cost-of-living poses for charities and community groups.

No deadline is stated


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Craven Trust 16297

The Craven Trust is offering funding of up to £1,500. Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups for projects that improve the quality of life of local people living within the Craven Trust area. The Trust supports local community projects that build better and stronger communities for the benefit of future generations in the Craven area.

Deadline: 14 September 2026


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Cripplegate Foundation - Islington Community Chest 16321

Cripplegate Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to groups based in Islington for a wide range of projects that support Islington residents. This fund aims to support a range of projects that support disadvantaged Islington residents and contribute towards the Council's 2030 Missions.

Deadline: 21 September 2026


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Crowdfund Lancashire Culture and Sport Fund (with Crowdfunding) 16300

Lancashire County Council is offering funding of up to £15,000. Funding is available to not-for-profit organisations, town and parish councils, businesses and individuals who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign to deliver culture and sport projects in Lancashire.

Deadline: 17 September 2026


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Cumbria Community Foundation - Barrow Helping Barrow Fund 16302

Team Barrow is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to community groups and charities to deliver projects that respond to local priorities and make a positive difference in Barrow. The fund supports community groups and charities to deliver projects that respond to local priorities and make a positive difference in Barrow.

Deadline: 21 September 2026


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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


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Dorset Community and Culture Project Fund 16278

Dorset Council is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to community organisations in Dorset for new projects benefitting local people in the areas of the arts, museums, heritage, sport, physical and play activities. The fund's purpose is to help community organisations start new activities and events that benefit the local community.

Deadline: 30 September 2026


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Dorset Council - Capital Leverage Fund 16284

Dorset Council is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to community and cultural organisations for capital projects which provide new and improved facilities for local residents in Dorset.

Deadline: 10 January 2027


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Dudley - Voluntary Sector New Beginnings Funding 16266

Dudley Metropolitan Borough Council is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available to VCSE organisations in Dudley supporting newcomers (i.e., refugees, asylum seekers and migrants) into the community. Funding is available to VCSEs operating in Dudley borough to provide a range of activities and safe spaces in the community for newcomers to meet and make connections.

Deadline: 18 September 2026


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East Ayrshire Council – Community Grants to Local Organisations 16083

East Ayrshire Council is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for local voluntary organisations to support community-based projects in East Ayrshire. This fund aims to support voluntary organisations in East Ayrshire delivering a wide variety of activities that benefit residents, local areas, and the environment.

Deadline: 17 September 2026


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East Midlands Airport Community Fund 16332

East Midlands Airport is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are for voluntary and community organisations located in areas affected by the operations of East Midlands Airport, in order to undertake projects that will have a lasting benefit, bring communities closer together through sport and recreation and offer environmental improvements and heritage conservation. The Fund awards grants to support eligible projects that have a long lasting community and/or environmental benefit to those areas most affected by the airport's operations.

Deadline: 5 October 2026


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Energy Resilience Fund 16131

Architectural Heritage Fund is offering funding of up to £250,000. A mixture of grant and loan funding is available to support community organisations and social enterprises in England to install energy saving measures or technology and purchase energy efficient or environmentally friendly vehicles or equipment. The Energy Resilience Fund provides eligible charities and social enterprises in England with a blended funding package of loan (60%) and grant (40%) to improve their energy resilience.

No deadline is stated


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FCC Community Action Fund - England 16137

FCC Communities Foundation is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for public amenity projects eligible under Object D of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF) and located within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment landfill site. 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


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Fermanagh and Omagh - Community Services Project Development Grants 16222

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Fermanagh and Omagh to help identify local need and/or further develop community project ideas. The funding is intended to improve services and facilities, build community capacity, and create positive change, promoting social inclusion in the community.

No deadline is stated


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Fermanagh and Omagh - Significant Sporting Achievement Fund 16223

Fermanagh and Omagh District Council is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available to sports teams in Fermanagh and Omagh who have been selected or qualified to compete at the highest level within their sport. The funding is intended to support sports teams that have achieved significant success by being reaching a final, tournament, competition or event following a performance-based selection or qualification process.

No deadline is stated


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Fermanagh Trust 16225

The Fermanagh Trust is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community groups working to improve and promote the wellbeing of those who are disadvantaged and socially excluded in Fermanagh communities. The funding is intended to support local organisations in Fermanagh and the surrounding area engaged in social and community development work to enhance living conditions.

No deadline is stated


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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


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Football Foundation - Facilities Grants 16145

The Football Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for the provision of capital items, or to refurbish/improve existing community football facilities in England. The funding is intended to enhance the grassroots football experience by supporting projects ranging from the purchase of goalposts to improving changing pavilions.

No deadline is stated


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Football Foundation - Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund 16144

The Football Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for grassroots football organisations in England to enhance or sustain the quality of their pitch playing surfaces. The Maintenance Fund provides six-year tapered grants to help football clubs sustain pitches already at a 'good' level and enhance pitches that are either considered 'poor' or 'basic', in accordance with a PitchPower Pitch Assessment.

No deadline is stated


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Football Foundation - Lionesses HERe to Play Fund 16132

The Football Foundation is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available to improve football facilities for women and girls involved in grassroots football in England. The fund aims to elevate the experience of women and girls in football by creating inclusive, welcoming, and high-quality environments that support female participation at every level.

No deadline is stated


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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


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Foundation Scotland - Achlachan Wind Farm Community Fund 16073

Whirlwind Renewables LLP is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to organisations in the Halkirk area for community activity and development. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in proximity to the Achlachan Wind Farm.

Next deadline: 15 September 2026


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Foundation Scotland - An Suidhe Wind Farm Community Fund 16081

RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £9,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit organisations for projects which benefit people living within the Dalavich, Furnace, Glenorchy and Inishail or Inveraray areas, which are in close proximity to the An Suidhe Wind Farm. The Fund aims to benefit communities in proximity to the An Suidhe Wind Farm.

Deadline: 16 September 2026


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Foundation Scotland - Blackridge Community Fund 16090

Gresham House Asset Management is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants to supports community projects benefiting those living in the Blackridge community council area. The Blackridge Community Fund aims to support organisations for the benefit of local residents.

Deadline: 25 September 2026


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Foundation Scotland - Carrick Futures 16094

ScottishPower Renewables is offering funding from £500 to over £50,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations for projects supporting rural regeneration and sustainability in South Ayrshire. The aim of the Fund is to support rural regeneration and sustainability of the six community council areas of Ballantrae, Colmonell & Lendalfoot, Barr, Barrhill, Pinmore & Pinwherry and Girvan & District.

Next deadline: 21 September 2026


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Foundation Scotland - Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund 16074

Foundation Scotland is offering discretionary funding. Grants for community projects to benefit the residents of the Cockburnspath & Cove Community Council area in the Scottish Borders. The aim of the Cockburnspath & Cove Community Fund is to support projects and initiatives for the benefit of local communities.

Next deadline: 15 September 2026


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Foundation Scotland - EDF Power Solutions Longpark Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund 16095

EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £12,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations with charitable projects that will benefit the Community Council area of the Parish of Stow in the Scottish Borders.

Deadline: 21 September 2026


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Foundation Scotland - EDF Renewables Corriemoillie Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund (Strathpeffer) 16067

EDF Power Solutions is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations to support charitable projects in Strathpeffer. The Fund aims to support local community projects and activities to benefit the residents of Strathpeffer.

Deadline: 14 September 2026


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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


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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


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