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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
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
Antrim and Newtownabbey - Grants for Sport and Leisure Clubs 16211
Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to support sports clubs to attend high level competitions, deliver coach education programmes or purchase specialised equipment to improve facilities. The funding is intended to support sports clubs to attend high level competitions, deliver coach education programmes or purchase specialised equipment to improve facilities.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
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
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
Bentley Advancing Life Chances Small Grants Programme 16113
Bentley Motors is offering funding of up to £4,000. Grants are available to support charitable organisations working with vulnerable, disadvantaged or under-represented communities in 19 locations across the UK. The fund aims to support vulnerable, disadvantaged or under-represented communities in areas where Bentley has a corporate presence by providing small grants to charities working with local people.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust 16238
Bernard Piggott Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for registered charities undertaking social welfare or community projects in the greater Birmingham area or the region of North Wales. The Bernard Piggott Trust provides grants to registered charities working in The greater Birmingham area, Solihull, Wolverhampton, Dudley, Sandwell, Coventry, Wrexham, Flintshire, Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Conwy or Isle of Anglesey.
No deadline is stated
Better Community Business Network (BCBN) Grant Initiative 16340
Better Community Business Network is offering funding of up to £3,000. A small number of grants are available each year to small not-for-profit groups with projects that address a community issue or support a local community initiative; and provide benefits to the local community. Funding is intended to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities, especially those who come from disadvantaged or socially deprived backgrounds.
Deadline: 9 November 2026
Better Derbyshire Dales Fund 16345
Derbyshire Dales District Council is offering funding of up to £5,000. Funding is available to support the work of new or existing community and voluntary groups or organisations that are working within the Derbyshire Dales to develop or strengthen communities and people's health and wellbeing.
Deadline: 5 November 2026
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
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 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
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
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
Cambridgeshire - Outlook Fund 16347
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
East Suffolk - Youth Fund 16352
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
Fat Beehive Foundation 16114
Fat Beehive Foundation is offering funding of up to £2,500. Grants are available to small UK registered charities to help them improve their digital presence. The funding is intended to support the creation of websites or digital products that enable small charities to carry out their work in a more efficient and effective way, resulting in positive social benefit.
Deadline: 30 September 2026