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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Each fund has its own eligibility criteria. If you find a fund that looks suitable, please open the website link and read the guidance carefully before applying.
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If you are part of the Sported network, you will also receive a monthly Funding Bulletin by email, highlighting selected funds. If you would like extra support, our team of staff and volunteer consultants across the UK would be happy to arrange a chat with you.
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Staffordshire Moorlands - Councillors' Community Initiative Fund 16533
Staffordshire Moorlands District Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to support a wide range of community projects and activities in Staffordshire Moorlands. The Councillors' Community Initiative Fund aims to support a wide range of community projects and activities and encourage people to volunteer their time for common beneficial purposes. Deadline: 19 February 2027.
Stirling - Community Get Active Fund 16070
Stirling Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants for local groups and organisations to deliver sport and physical activities for children and young people aged 3 to 26 years old. The Fund aims to support inclusive physical activities to encourage children and young people (aged 3 to 26 years old) to improve their physical and mental wellbeing.
Deadline: 14 September 2026
Strengthening Communities 16401
The National Lottery Community Fund offers grants of up to £500,000 for community-led projects. Open to charities, CICs and community organisations in Northern Ireland. Funding supports projects tackling poverty, disadvantage and discrimination, helping people improve wellbeing, build connections and reach their potential. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Sunrise Medical Community Fund 16119
Sunrise Medical is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for community groups, sports clubs, disability organisations, and individuals across the UK to support projects and improvements that make community spaces and experiences more accessible and help to create more wheelchair-friendly and inclusive environments. This fund aims to support a variety of projects and activities that help wheelchair users and disabled people to enjoy greater independence, inclusion, and opportunity.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Surrey County Council - Your Councillor Community Fund 16560
Surrey County Council is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available to help voluntary and community organisations in Surrey deliver activities that benefit local people in their neighbourhoods. Through the annual Your Councillor Community Fund programme (formerly the Members' Community Allocation), each of Surrey's county councillors has funding to distribute to help residents, voluntary and community organisations deliver activities that benefit local people. Deadline: 31 January 2027.
Sussex Community Foundation Main Grants Programme 16287
Sussex Community Foundation is offering funding of up to £10,000. The Foundation manages various funds that are available to voluntary and community groups whose work improves the lives of people in East Sussex, West Sussex, and Brighton and Hove. Sussex Community Foundation (SCF) is a charity that promotes philanthropy and is working to build a substantial permanent fund to support communities across East and West Sussex, and the city of Brighton and Hove.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants 16379
Tesco offers grants of up to £1,500 for projects that improve access to fruit and vegetables for children and young people. Open to schools, charities and community organisations. Funding supports healthy eating, nutrition education and food-growing activities. Rolling programme.
Test Valley Borough Councillors Community Grant Scheme 16535
Test Valley Borough Council is offering funding of up to £2,000. Grants are available to encourage community-led initiatives that will deliver solutions to local issues. The Councillors' Community Grant Scheme supports local residents to establish their own priorities and deliver local solutions to local issues. Deadline: 22 March 2027.
Tewkesbury - Warm Spaces Grant 16280
Tewkesbury Borough Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to not-for-profit community venues in Tewkesbury Borough that provide free, warm, welcoming and safe spaces for local residents during the winter months. The funding is intended to support community venues to provide Warm Spaces where local residents can socialise, eat, stay warm and take part in activities during the winter months.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust Grant 16395
The 29th May 1961 Charitable Trust offers grants of up to £50,000 for project, capital and core costs. Open to registered charities and community organisations. Funding supports a broad range of charitable activities, with preference for projects in Coventry, Warwickshire and the Midlands. Rolling programme.
The Beyond Grant 16609
Beyond offers grants of up to £5,000 for project projects. Open to charities. Funding supports specialist mental health services for young people, families and educators.
Closing date: Not specified
The Brathay Bursary 16400
Brathay Trust provides bursary funding towards outdoor residential experiences. Open to schools, charities and youth groups supporting young people facing financial barriers. Funding helps children and young people access residential programmes that build confidence, resilience and personal development. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The Brathay Bursary 16610
Brathay Trust offers bursary funding for project projects. Open to schools, charities and community groups. Funding supports outdoor learning, confidence building and personal development for young people.
Closing date: Rolling programme
The Evelyn Trust 16472
The Evelyn Trust is offering funding of up to £250,000. One-off grants are available to charities and not-for-profit organisations for medical research and health and wellbeing projects in Cambridgeshire. The funding is intended for medical research and health and wellbeing projects taking place in Cambridgeshire that are run by charities and not-for-profit organisations. Deadline: 6 November 2026.
The Evelyn Trust 16348
The Evelyn Trust is offering funding of up to £250,000. One-off grants are available to charities and not-for-profit organisations for medical research and health and wellbeing projects in Cambridgeshire. The funding is intended for medical research and health and wellbeing projects taking place in Cambridgeshire that are run by charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Deadline: 6 November 2026
The Greg Turley Bursary Awards 16380
Fermanagh Trust offers bursary funding for young people aged 11-18 in Fermanagh. Open to individuals and groups. Funding supports talent development in community service, sport, music and drama. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The Homity Trust 16516
Homity Trust is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations based and working in Sussex to support local causes and those suffering financial hardship. The funding is intended to support community groups with local causes where a small grant will make a big difference. Deadline: 10 December 2026.
The Honourable The Irish Society - County Londonderry Fund 16611
The Honourable The Irish Society offers grants of up to £20,000 for project projects. Open to charities, community groups, CICs and companies limited by guarantee. Funding supports community wellbeing, education, sport, heritage and local development.
Closing date: Not specified
The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust Grant 16091
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 Royal Company of Archers Charitable Trust 16389
The Royal Company of Archers Charitable Trust provides grants for project, core and capital costs. Open to charities, community groups, local authorities, sports clubs and individuals in Scotland. Funding supports disability sport, recreation, heritage, culture and activities that improve quality of life for disadvantaged people. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
The Screwfix Foundation 16368
The Screwfix Foundation provides grants of up to £5,000 for building improvement projects. Open to charities and CICs. Funding supports repairs, refurbishments, accessibility improvements, kitchens, bathrooms, heating, lighting and security measures in facilities used by people in need. Closing date: 10 November 2026.
The Span Trust 16546
The Span Trust is offering funding of up to £20,000. Grants are available to London based charities for projects that alleviate poverty, disability, age or ill health and advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment. The Span Trust currently supports charities based in London and surrounding areas that advance or promote the Trusts objectives, which are to: Advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment in areas of social and economic deprivation, in particular Deadline: 29 January 2029.
The Valesco Foundation Grants 16606
The Valesco Foundation offers grants for projects and capital projects. Open to registered charities with annual income below £1 million. Funding supports education, health, social mobility and community impact initiatives.
Closing date: Not specified
Thomas Wall Trust - Grants for Registered Charities 16178
Thomas Wall Trust is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available for UK registered charities for specific projects that improves communication skills for disadvantaged adults and supports NEET people into employment. The Trust views communication skills as critical capabilities for people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience, and life chances.
Deadline: 11 September 2026
Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Grant 16384
Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation offers grants of up to £10,000 for project costs. Open to charities, CICs, schools and community organisations. Funding supports initiatives that promote peaceful alternatives to violence, social wellbeing and community development. Applications accepted on a rolling basis.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund 16122
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
Turners Court Youth Trust Grant 16573
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 Trusts 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.
Twin Rivers Wind Farm Community Fund 16569
East Riding of Yorkshire Council is offering discretionary funding. Funding is available to local community groups, community organisations, societies, charities, parish councils, schools and churches for charitable, educational, community, environmental, energy efficiency and community amenities initiatives taking place in the Fund area of benefit. The fund's objectives are community, charitable, amenity, educational, environmental and energy efficiency initiatives. Deadline: 31 March 2027.
Twinkl Community Collection support fund 16339
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!).
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Funding Amount: A £1,000 cash grant. A new giveaway is open each month.
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Eligibility: Open to all UK schools, community groups, and registered educational charities.
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Criteria: A simple 5-minute application (100 words or less) explaining how the funds will be used.
September deadline: 30/09/2026
Ulster Garden Villages: Grants for Charities 16213
Ulster Garden Villages is offering funding of up to £1,000,000. Grants are available to charitable organisations for community projects that improve the lives of people across Northern Ireland, with a particular focus on poverty, housing and homelessness, health and wellbeing, and community resilience and cohesion. Ulster Garden Villages (UGV) provides charitable grants to organisations across Northern Ireland to support projects that address significant social needs and improve the lives of local communities.
Deadline: 30 November 2026
Ulverscroft Foundation 16179
The Ulverscroft Foundation is offering funding of up to £500,000. The Foundation provides funding for projects in the UK that benefit visually impaired people. The Foundation supports charities, community interest groups and social groups in the UK and worldwide with projects that help visually impaired people.
Deadline: 15 September 2026
Utilita Football Rebooted - Grassroots Fund 16141
Grassroots Football Limited is offering discretionary funding. Grants are available for FA-accredited community football clubs and leagues to improve the experience and accessibility of football to local people. The funding is intended to enhance grassroots football, providing tailored support based on individual application needs.
No deadline is stated
Veolia Environmental Trust 16136
Veolia Environmental Trust is offering funding of up to £75,000. Grants for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities for projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment that are located near a qualifying Veolia site in England. The Trust currently offers the following grant schemes: Community Grants are for constituted, not-for-profit organisations and local authorities to create or improve community buildings or outside spaces for the benefit of the community.
Deadline: 1 October 2026
Veolia Telford and Wrekin EnviroGrant Scheme 16275
Telford and Wrekin Council is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in Telford and Wrekin to support projects that benefit the local community or the environment. This fund aims to support community groups in Telford and Wrekin with projects that: Improve or protect the local environment through practical action/education.
Deadline: 31 October 2026
Veolia's Sustainability Fund 16203
Veolia UK is offering funding of up to £1,000. Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations and community groups in areas where Veolia partners with the local authority to support projects that will help transform their local community or environment. The funding is intended to support projects that make a positive, sustainable difference to local areas and deliver long-term social and environmental benefits with the aim of empowering local people to take positive action in their local area.
Deadline: 30 September 2026
Vernon Charitable Foundation 16301
Vernon Charitable Foundation is offering funding of up to £5,000. Grants are available to registered charities and community organisations to deliver projects and activities that address poverty and support community development across Stockport, Cheshire, and Greater Manchester. This fund aims to support local charities providing public benefit in local communities, focussed on the prevention and relief of poverty and community development.
Deadline: 18 September 2026
VisitScotland - National Events Programme 16204
VisitScotland is offering funding of up to £25,000. Funding is available towards cultural and sporting events, designed to showcase specific towns and regions across Scotland, outside of the key metropolitan areas of Glasgow and Edinburgh. The funding is intended to support the strategic development of public-facing live sporting and cultural events, which take place outwith the local authority areas of the City of Edinburgh Council and Glasgow City Council and drive domestic tourism within Scotland.
Deadline: 5 October 2026
Wales Community Asset Loan Fund (CALF) 16180
Welsh Government is offering funding of up to £300,000. Loans are available to community groups in Wales that are seeking to bring property into community ownership. Additionally, small grants are available to support purchasing organisations with the sustainable management of their property. The funding is intended to support local organisations in purchasing property for community use, or for use by groups that will benefit the community.
No deadline is stated
Walking and Cycling Grants London 16326
Transport for London (TfL) is offering funding of up to £10,000. Grants are available to VCSE organisations in Greater London for projects that engage communities in safe, enjoyable and inclusive walking and cycling activities. The programme aims to: Increase walking and cycling in London (including new, lapsed or occasional cyclists).
Deadline: 28 September 2026
Walney Extension Community Fund 16512
Ørsteds is offering funding of up to £50,000. Grants are available to a range of not-for-profit organisations for new or existing community and environmental projects that benefit local residents off the Cumbria and Lancashire coast. The funding is aimed at a wide range of not-for-profit groups and organisations that are working for the benefit of the local community and environment in the areas of Copeland, South Lakeland, Barrow-in-Furness, Walney Island, Lancaster and Wyre. Deadline: 8 January 2027.