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

Barcapel Foundation is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available to registered charities in Scotland for projects and activities that promote the Foundation's priority areas of health, heritage and youth.

Deadline: 5 October 2026

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £12,000. Grants are available to local organisations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough working to improve the quality of life of young people experiencing difficulty and disadvantage, with a particular focus on looked-after children. The Fund supports not-for-profit organisations in Cambridgeshire and Peterborough delivering projects for children and young people with experience of the care system who face additional barriers as a result of their background.

Deadline: 1 November 2026

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

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 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

Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is offering funding of up to £648,000. DCMS is seeking one or more delivery partners or consortia with expertise in engaging and supporting young people to deliver a three-year 'Connections through Gaming' pilot in England. The programme will use gaming to engage boys aged 11-16 who may be experiencing loneliness, social isolation or low wellbeing. The funding is intended to support delivery of a programme that combines gaming-based activities with structured wellbeing and confidence-building support.

Deadline: 11 September 2026

East Suffolk Council is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants for voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups to support young people in East Suffolk.

Deadline: 2 October 2026

Gannochy Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available across Scotland for work that aims to inspire young people under 21 years of age; and for projects in Perth and Kinross that aim to improve the quality of life for local people, develop and inspire young people or improve the availability/quality of the built and natural environment for wide community use. The Gannochy Trust aims to make a positive difference to people living in Scotland, and in Perth and Kinross in particular, in fields such as community, sport, culture including art, music and dance, youth work, environment, health and wellbeing and heritage.

Deadline: 2 October 2026

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

Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for Welsh charities to improve individual and community wellbeing through projects in the arts, education, health, and social action. The funding is intended for Welsh charities whose work benefits people in Wales in the areas of the arts, music, youth, community and wellbeing.

No deadline is stated

Hadrian Trust is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to help social welfare and charitable organisations working to improve the lives of people in the North East of England, particularly those working in the fields of social welfare, youth, disability, the elderly, women, ethnic minorities, education, arts and the environment.

Deadline: 12 October 2026

I AM Brent is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for charities and other not-for-profit organisations in the London Borough of Brent to deliver projects and activities aimed at young people to reduce violence in local communities. This fund aims to support projects designed to benefit young people aged 25 and under, their families or community members who live, work, study, or spend substantial time in at least one of the following areas: Chalkhill Estate.

Deadline: 27 September 2026

Inspire Hounslow is offering grants (large and small) for organisations across Hounslow to deliver projects and activities that support young people across Hounslow. This fund aims to support projects and activities that benefit disadvantaged young people who work, live, or study in Hounslow.

Closing date: 8th January 2027 (large grants)

London Borough of Islington Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups in Islington to deliver events, activities or projects which bring benefit to local residents. Funding is intended to support locally run initiatives that will have a positive impact on the local community.

Deadline: 21 January 2027

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

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.

Rolling applications: The trustees meet four times a year to review applications

John Watson's Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for education purposes to children and young people under the age of 21 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, East Lothian and West Lothian who have a physical or learning disability or who are socially disadvantaged. The Trust awards grants for educational purposes to children and young people under the age of 21 who have a physical or learning disability, or who are socially disadvantaged.

Deadline: 23 October 2026

Martin Trust is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to individuals or local voluntary youth organisations for projects that directly benefit young people living in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. The Trust aims to directly benefit young people living in Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland. Deadline: 16 December 2026.

Mayor of London is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for voluntary and community sector organisations delivering youth clubs across London to help them stay open later to give young Londoners a safe place to go during evenings, weekends, and school holidays. This fund aims to help youth clubs to stay open later and longer, giving young Londoners a safe place to go on weekday evenings, weekends, and school holidays, reach more young people aged 14–24 years old, and strengthen the quality and sustainability of their provision.

Deadline: 14 September 2026

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 is offering funding of up to £150,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Scotland for work that helps young people (aged 8 to 24) to become more confident and play an active part in realising their potential. The Fund aims to create opportunities for children and young people aged between 8 and 24 years to help them realise their potential.

No deadline is stated

Community Foundation North East is offering funding of up to £1,000. Awards are made in recognition of groups in Northumberland 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 provide constructive and developmental activities for young people aged between 10 and 25 years old.

Deadline: 26 October 2026

Pump House Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 for revenue and capital costs. Open to charities in Scotland. Funding prioritises community development, environmental projects, youth work, women's initiatives and activities promoting social inclusion. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.

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

Sasha Foundation is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable organisations across the UK working to support young people suffering from mental health and drug abuse issues. This fund aims to support charitable organisations working with young people, with a preference for those suffering from depression and mental health issues, or those who are confronting drug abuse issues.

Deadline: 1 October 2026

Scott Bader Commonwealth Limited is offering funding of up to £25,000. Grants are available for UK registered charities to fund environmental and educational projects and which help young or disadvantaged people in communities worldwide. The Scott Bader Commonwealth Global Charity Fund aims to provide grants to charitable organisations registered in the UK for projects around the world, and in particular in the local communities in which Scott Bader Group facilities are based.

Deadline: 14 September 2026

GambleAware is offering funding of up to £500. Grants are available for groups of young people across Scotland to deliver gambling education and prevention projects and activities. This fund aims to enable youth workers and young people to transform their ideas into action and create their own local gambling education and prevention project.

No deadline is stated

Scottish Government is offering funding of up to £35,000. Grants are available for third sector organisations to develop and deliver short breaks projects and services for disabled children and young people (aged 20 and under), and their carers (adult and/or young carers) in Scotland. The principles of the Better Breaks Fund must be applied to the planning and delivery of all projects, which should make a positive difference to the lives of children and young people with disabilities (aged 20 and under).

Deadline: 30 September 2026

Shropshire Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin to support young people who are not in employment, education or training (NEET) to improve their skills, resilience and employability. The fund aims to address the challenges faced by unemployed young people by supporting innovative projects, services and initiatives that provide education and training.

Deadline: 25 September 2026

Sports Charity Scotland is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations in Scotland who operate within sectors representing children, young people and sport. The funding is intended to provide support which can make a significant difference to the delivery of existing activities that will benefit children and young people, the disabled and disadvantaged in Scotland.

No deadline is stated

St Olave’s Foundation Fund is offering funding of up to £3,000. Grants are available for youth groups and schools in the London Borough of Southwark for educational projects and activities for young people. This fund aims to support activities for young people under the age of 25 years old in pursuit of education and who are residents in the London Borough of Southwark.

Deadline: 14 September 2026

The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for registered charities or CICs working in, or benefiting the people of, Nottinghamshire, for the benefit of people of socially and medically disadvantaged groups, particularly children and young people, older people, and people with disabilities.

Rolling applications: The trustees meet four times a year to review applications

The Triangle Trust 1949 Fund is offering funding of up to £100,000. Grants are available for charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies in the UK that are working to support young people with criminal convictions or young people at high risk of offending for the first time. The Trust holds two grants rounds per year, Spring and Autumn.

Next deadline: 15 October 2026

The Turners Court Youth Trust is offering funding of up to £2,500. Grants are available for registered charities and small community groups whose work is focused on the needs of vulnerable and disaffected children and young people up to the age of 23 years in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire. The funding is for charitable projects in Buckinghamshire, Berkshire and Oxfordshire that share and reflect the Trust’s charitable objects which are to: Provide and assist in the provision, care and support for children and young people (23 years and under) with emotional and… Deadline: 31 October 2026.

Community Collection is a monthly support fund for schools, community groups, and educators, and it's totally free to enter. The fund offers support to help schools, educators and educational settings bring their projects to life. Recipients receive the funds to decide how they want to use them, whether it is for a new sensory room, more equipment for outdoor/active play, or, as one recent recipient used it, a brand new mud kitchen!).

• Funding Amount: A £1,000 cash grant. A new giveaway is open each month.

• Eligibility: Open to all UK schools, community groups, and registered educational charities.

• Criteria: A simple 5-minute application (100 words or less) explaining how the funds will be used.

September deadline: 30/09/2026

Heart of Bucks Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants for projects to benefit children and young people living in Buckinghamshire (excluding Milton Keynes). The aim of the fund is to improve the quality of life for children and young people (from birth to 30 years old).

Deadline: 25 September 2026