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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Find funds specific to England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
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All funds listed on this page are from third parties. Select the external links and read the information and criteria provided by the funder carefully.
Funds are listed in alphabetical order.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Moray Coastal Communities Fund Grant Scheme 16088
Moray Council is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available for community-led projects that strengthen the economic, environmental and social resilience of Moray's coastal communities and deliver local benefits linked to the coast and sea. The funding is intended for projects that enhance the resilience, sustainability and wellbeing of communities along the Moray coastline.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
Queensberry House Trust 16077
Queensberry House Trust is offering funding of up to £15,000. Grants are available to registered charities and social enterprises in Edinburgh and the Lothians for projects focused on improving the lives of vulnerable older people. The Trust's objective is ' the advancement of citizenship and community development (including the promotion of civic responsibility, volunteering, the voluntary sector or the effectiveness or efficiency of charities), and also having regard, but not exclusively, to the locality.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Sizewell C Community Fund - Small Grants 16105
Suffolk Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000 (small grants) and over £10,000 (large multi-year grants). Grants for capital and revenue costs are available for groups supporting communities impacted by the Sizewell C nuclear plant in East Suffolk. The aim of the Fund is to reduce the impact of, or build on the opportunities created by, the construction of Sizewell C nuclear power station.
Next deadline: 27 September 2026 (the fund is open all year round)
South Lanarkshire Council - Renewable Energy Fund Grants 16078
South Lanarkshire Council is offering grants for community-based capital projects within 10km of a participating renewable energy development in South Lanarkshire. Main grants of over £20,000 are avilable as well as smaller grants of less than £20,000.
Deadline: 15 September 2026