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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.
We know that funding is a priority for many groups in our network, and that finding the right opportunity can sometimes feel complicated.
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England and Wales Cricket Board - County Grants Fund 16135
England and Wales Cricket Board is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to support ECB affiliated cricket clubs in England and Wales which are actively engaged with women's cricket, girls' cricket and/or disability cricket with creating welcoming environments, providing enhanced facilities and playing opportunities. The funding is intended to support projects and activities that may include: Creating welcoming environments.
Deadline: 30 September 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 - 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
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 - 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
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
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
Foundation Scotland - RWE Bad á Cheò Wind Farm Community Fund (Halkirk District) 16076
RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available for a range of activities and projects to benefit residents of the Halkirk Community Council area in Caithness. The Fund aims to support community activity and development in the Halkirk district in Caithness, and a wide range of projects are funded.
Next deadline: 15 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - RWE Bowbeat Wind Farm (Innerleithen) Community Fund 16096
RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £5,000 a year. Grants are available for community projects that benefit the residents of the Innerleithen & District community council areas. The Fund supports a wide range of activities and projects to benefit the communities located near the RWE Bowbeat Wind Farm in the Scottish Borders, by improving facilities, services, environment, activities and opportunities, and making the area a friendly, welcoming and sustainable place to live in and visit.
Deadline: 21 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Social Investment Fund 16172
Grant and loan investments of between £10,000 and £250,000 per organisation with up to 25% of this in the form of a grant are available to social enterprises, community organisations and charities across Scotland to benefit local communities. The fund aims to provide blended grant and loan investment to incorporated community organisations to meet the needs of the business, achieve a vision and secure the organisation's future.
No deadline is stated
Foundation Scotland - Todhill Wind Farm Community Fund (Larbert, Stenhousemuir & Torwood) 16085
Netro Energy UK is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations for community projects in Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood in Falkirk. The aim of the Fund is to preserve and develop the local community areas of Larbert, Stenhousemuir and Torwood.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
Foundation Scotland - Vattenfall Clashindarroch Wind Farm Community Fund 16068
Vattenfall is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to local not-for-profit organisations for activities which will benefit residents of the Huntly, Strathbogie and Tap o’Noth community council areas, plus the Cabrach Community Association region. The aim of the Fund is to support positive change by investing in a wide range of community projects in the Huntly, Strathbogie and Tap o’Noth community council areas plus the region served by the Cabrach Community Association.
Deadline: 14 September 2026.
Foundation Scotland - Volant Charitable Trust Large Grants Programme 16115
Volant Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in Scotland undertaking projects to help poverty and social deprivation, particularly supporting children, young people and women. The Large Grants Programme aims to support women, children and young people who are at risk and facing social deprivation in Scotland, particularly during the cost of living crisis.
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Fund for Wales 16153
Community Foundation Wales is offering funding of up to £7,500. Grants are available to small, local charities and voluntary organisations in Wales for projects and activities designed to support and strengthen local communities. The funding is intended to support small, volunteer-driven community organisations in Wales whose activities aim to deliver the following outcomes: Improving people's chances in life.
Deadline: 9 November 2026
Gallaher Trust 16226
The Gallaher Trust is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that create jobs, develop skills and support disadvantaged adults in the wider Ballymena community. The funding is intended to support projects that align with the Trust's objectives to benefit adults living in Ballymena.
No deadline is stated
Gannochy Trust 16188
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
Giving Machine - Community Grants 16124
Giving Machine is offering funding of up to £250. Small unrestricted grants are available to charitable organisations across the UK. The fund is intended to give small unrestricted grants to UK not-for-profit organisations to enable them to continue their work.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Gordon Fraser Charitable Trust 16140
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
Greenham Trust - Community Grants 16289
Greenham Trust is offering funding of up to £30,000. Grants are available for charities and not-for-profit organisations undertaking charitable activities that benefit communities in West Berkshire and North Hampshire. Funding is intended for charities and other not for profit organisations undertaking charitable activities that directly benefit local communities in West Berkshire and North Hampshire.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Groundwork – Grassroots Grants 16127
Postcode Local Trust is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available for small, grassroots charities, community interest communities (CICs), and voluntary and community groups across England to deliver vital services that benefit their local communities. This fund aims to support flexible, unrestricted grants for small grassroots organisations that are working to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Charity 16189
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
Gwynt y Môr Wind Farm Community Fund 16235
RWE Renewables UK Limited is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants are available for projects benefiting communities within the coastal communities of Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire. Funding is available to support community based projects that will make a positive difference to the lives of the residents of Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire's coastal region.
No deadline is stated
Hadfield Charitable Trust 16305
Hadfield Charitable Trust is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for charitable organisations in Cumbria to carry out projects in the areas of social needs; youth and employment; help for older people; the arts; the environment. Funding is intended to support community projects that meet the needs of local residents and improve the quality of life for residents of the county.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Hadrian Trust (North East England) 16310
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
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland - Community FLEX Programme 16159
Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for established, registered charities in Northern Ireland with at least one year of annual returns, to support their operations. The funding is intended to support recently established organisations, prioritising charities that assist people in greatest need, such as those living in poverty, the unemployed, and individuals with disabilities or mental health challenges.
No deadline is stated
Harold and Alice Bridges Charity 16298
Harold and Alice Bridges Charity is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for charitable purposes in Lancashire and South Cumbria. Grants are available to local organisations for charitable purposes in Lancashire and South Cumbria, from capital projects to grants for village halls.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Heart of Bucks - International Day of Older People Microgrants 16292
Heart of Bucks Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £500. Grants for community-based events to celebrate older people in Buckinghamshire as part of the International Day of Older People (IDOP). The aim of the Fund is to improve social connectedness for older people, aged 65 years old and over, in Buckinghamshire by supporting community events to mark IDOP.
Deadline: 24 September 2026