Energy Saving Trust – Roots and Routes Fund

The Roots & Routes Fund is now open for applications from youth-led organisations in England seeking grant funding for their climate justice projects.

The Fund is dedicated to supporting youth-led climate projects and encourages applications from young people in underrepresented groups.

Potential applicants can register for a webinar on Monday 28 April, 5.00PM to 6.00PM. This will provide additional guidance on the fund and application process. 

Applications for this first round of funding, with grants of up to £20,000 available, will close at 11.59PM on Monday 2 June.

The Roots & Routes Fund webpage includes information about:

How young people and youth-led organisations can apply to access the fund.
The eligibility requirements for the fund.
The criteria that applications are assessed against and when applications will be reviewed.
Expected timeframes for decision-making.
Updates on the webinar on Monday 28 April that will support applicants through their application.
FAQs and contact details for enquiries.
Roots & Routes Fund opens for applications – Energy Saving Trust

Deadline: Monday 2nd June

Turning Point – Community Innovation Fund

Our Community Innovation Fund is open to Turning Point services and the organisations, enterprises and groups that we are connected to in areas where we are located. If you have an idea for a project that would improve wellbeing for people in your local area, you can apply for up to £2500 to bring your idea to life.

For general queries or to learn more please contact us at: innovations@turning-point.co.uk

Barclays New Community Sport Fund

About Us: This new fund, delivered in partnership with Sported, aims to reduce inequalities in sport – with a focus on football, tennis, and cricket. The three-year funding programme, running from April 2025 to December 2027, will provide £1.4 million each year.
Criteria: The funding supports community groups and grassroots sports organisations who are working within the most deprived areas of the UK and are making sport more accessible to women and girls, as well as engaging people from other under-represented groups including people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities and from the LGBTQ+ community.
Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organisations including community groups, youth groups and traditional sports clubs.

To be eligible, applicants must:

Deliver football, cricket, or tennis activities for women and girls – or are applying for funding to start.
Operate in an area of high deprivation. Only organisations located in or supporting people from IMD areas 1-3 are eligible to apply.
Disability applications from groups that sit outside of IMD areas 1-3 will be considered as long as they groups offer activities for women and girls.
Grant Size: £1,000
Deadline for applications: 22nd June 2025

Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation

About Us: Crowdfunder and Mortgage Advice Bureau Foundation have teamed up to make £100,000 available for sustainable community projects based across England, Scotland and Wales. Eligible projects will be supported by Mortgage Advice Bureau staff or their customers.
Criteria: To access the match funding, you must:
Be located in England, Scotland or Wales
Have a Sponsor who is a Mortgage Advice Bureau member of Staff, customer or approved business partner.
Be an existing registered Charity or Community Interest Company
Grant Size: up to £5,000
Deadline for applications: Rolling programme

Tesco Stronger Starts – Cooking For All Fund

Tesco Stronger Starts Cooking for All Fund offers grants for organisations and schools educating children and young people on the importance of healthy food and how to cook. 150 grants of £1000 are available nationally.

Application deadline: 30th May (noon)

Pets Foundation – Pets Assisting People Grants

Provides funding to charities who help children and adults through the provision of specially trained assistance animals, or through the provision of structured animal assisted learning and therapy.

Application deadline: 31st May 2025

The Hugo Burge Foundation – Creative Grants

The Foundation’s first round of grant funding this year will support projects, people, and organisations that align with three key areas: Creative Education, Creative Communities, and Creative Individuals.

Application deadline: 31st May 2025

The Eloise and Katie Memorial Trust

Awards grants to: Make a real difference to young people including education, disability, recreation, music and sport. Support causes important to Eloise and Katie’s family – particularly cancer and Parkinson’s disease.

The Albert Hunt Trust

Core funding for areas such as family support eg Home Start, children and young people counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers support, cancer support, prisoner support and rehabilitation,community centres, food banks and debt advice.Typical grant sizes range from £1,000-£5,000.

Deadline for Applications: 30th May

Grants for Good

The Mathews Good Foundation – Grants for Good is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment.

Deadline for applications: 15th June

Asda Foundation – Local Community Spaces Fund

Grants from £10,000 – £20,000**

We know accessible community spaces can be a lifeline for local people, and many of these spaces require funding to repair, renovate and develop them so that they can continue delivering vital activities and services. In addition, loneliness and isolation continue to be highlighted through our Community Insight Survey as top areas of concern for local communities throughout the UK.

To be eligible to apply for this fund, your community space must be an accessible place where members of the community can interact, seek support and access a variety of services and activities.

Through our Local Community Spaces Fund, we will continue playing our part in helping to fund safe and welcoming community spaces that bring people together, connect communities and address loneliness and isolation. We have invested £2.5million in community hubs since 2022, and for 2025, will commit a further £1.25million.

Thank you to West Berkshire Volunteer Centre, Wokingham & Bracknell InVOLve, Small Charities Co-alition and Slough CVS for the information contained in this article.