About Us: We fund charitable initiatives that champion sustainable energy solutions and foster inclusive, safe, and diverse educational and work environments.
Criteria: This Manchester based charity offers grants to UK registered charities based and working in England, Scotland or Wales. The funding will support the costs of projects that align with the Trust’s core objectives which are:
Youth Empowerment,
Children’s Play and Safe Spaces – supporting schools, youth clubs and programmes that actively reduce social exclusion, improve physical and mental wellbeing, and equip young people with life and employment skills through hands-on engagement.
Hospice and Palliative Care – support for projects that complement and enhance the essential work of hospices, focusing on initiatives that improve comfort and dignity for patients and families. (Core clinical operations or NHS-run hospices are not eligible).
Community-Based Social Benefit Projects – support for initiatives that strengthen local communities through direct support, such as food banks, befriending schemes, accessible transport services, or improvements to shared facilities that promote inclusion and wellbeing.
Community-Led Environmental Action – support for hands-on projects that enhance local environments and foster community wellbeing, including but not limited to tree planting, habitat restoration, community gardens, and the creation or improvement of outdoor spaces designed for public use.
Net-Zero and Energy Efficiency Projects – invests in infrastructure for charities whose core mission aligns with one of the other funding priorities that drives immediate carbon reduction – including but not limited to solar panel installations, heat pump systems, and retrofit schemes – with demonstrable environmental and cost-saving benefits.
Grant Size: up to £10,000
Deadline for applications: 31st December 2025
About Us: The Radcliffe Trust supports music, heritage and crafts.
Criteria: Grants for not-for-profit groups, and exempt organisations across the UK to support projects in the areas of music or heritage and crafts.
Grant Size: up to £7,500
Deadline for applications: 31st January 2026
About Us: The Heathrow Community Take Off Fund (HCTOF) supports part of our ‘Giving Back Programme’ which sets out our goal to make the areas around Heathrow better places to live.
Criteria: HCTOF funding will be allocated to support projects delivering:
- Health & Wellbeing
- Community Collaboration & Inclusivity
- Environmental Improvement
- Children/ youth, learning & development
- Legacy projects that support communities for years to come
If you have a community project that would benefit from Heathrow funding, based on the above criteria, please contact communityrelations@heathrow.com
Grant Size: Not stated
Deadline for applications: Rolling programme
Following a strategic review of the Schroder Charity Trust’s grant-making programme, we are only considering applications for work under the following two objectives:
Objective (1): Enabling children and young adults from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential in education and employment.
Objective (2): Strengthening communities through services and opportunities which enhance the wellbeing and life outcomes of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
The Schroder Charity Trust typically makes grants of up to £5,000. We fund both core costs and project (restricted) costs. Grants are for a one-year period and not over multiple years.
Deadline: The eligibility questionnaire and application form for the next application window will go live at 9am on the 1st October 2025 and the window will remain open from 1st October – 30th November 2025. We anticipate making decisions on grants within four months of the application window closing. Application window dates for 2026 will be published on the Schroder Charity Trust website by the 31st December 2025.
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is a grant-giving body founded in 2004 by members of the Kelly family.
We’re interested in funding charities whose activities involve all or most family members, where possible, in initiatives that seek to tackle problems facing one or more of its members. We’ve funded charities working in fields including early intervention, mediation, prison services and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence, among others.
We generally offer grants worth up to £5,000 – though trustees will consider requests for higher amounts. We’re happy to fund charities’ core costs and we encourage applications from relatively new charities to help them become established.
The trustees take a close interest in the progress of the charities they support, and projects shortlisted for grants will be contacted by the trust’s grants administrator Stuart Armstrong, or a trustee. The Trust only make grants to organisations whose activities take place within the UK.
The trust has decided to prioritise its funding in favour of charities whose activities involve all or most family members where possible, in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members. The objective is to reinforce the benefit and support that family members as a unit can give to each other.
The three areas of activity that the charity wishes to support are:
Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, eg practical family support, relationship counselling, mediation
Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit
Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment
The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered.
The trust will consider both capital and revenue grants. The trust is happy to support requests for core funding as well as project-based grants, and actively encourages applications from relatively new organisations to help them become established.
The Motability Foundation are currently accepting applications for their Community and Shared Transport grants. These are intended to help community transport providers make an immediate impact in their local area by developing, expanding and improving transport options for disabled people.
Available over a period of one to three years, grants can be used to address local needs and challenges by organisations that have been active for at least three years.
There are two different grants available depending on the level of funding required:
Small Grants
1- Suitable for small community transport operators.
2- Requests can be up from the value of £50,000 to £149,999 to help cover the costs of staff, vehicles & their associated costs, as well as training.
Apply for a Small Grant
Large Grants
1- Suitable for medium-large community transport operators
2- Requests can be up from the value of £150,000 to £1 million to help cover the costs of staff, vehicles & their associated costs, as well as training.
Apply for a Large Grant
Applications must be received by 23 December 2025.
This initiative aims to support UK-registered charities and local authorities that provide care and services for older individuals, particularly those with neurodegenerative conditions or experiencing social isolation.
The grant focuses on capital projects that enhance the quality, accessibility, and sustainability of services.
Eligible organisations must be UK registered charities or local authorities. If applicable, they should have at least a ‘Good’ rating from a regulator such as the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Projects should also aim to increase the financial sustainability of the organisation.
Applicants can request grants ranging from £25,000 to £75,000.
Applications deadline : Applications follow a two-stage process. The deadline for Stage 1 applications is 5 January 2026. Organisations invited to proceed will have until 1 March 2026 to submit a full application.
Arts Council National Lottery Project Grants is our funding programme for arts, museums and libraries projects.
The programme supports a broad range of high quality creative and cultural projects that benefit people living in England.
Projects can range from creating and delivering creative and cultural activity to projects which have a longer term positive impact, such as organisational development, research and development, and sector support activity.
We aim to broadly reflect the diversity of England through the grants we make.
Applications are open for the £30,000 and under strand of our National Lottery Project Grants programme. We’re currently using alternative online systems to support you in making your application. All questions remain the same in our new process, and the guidance below can support your preparation.
Deadline: Submit your full application, ensuring that you use the link at the bottom of this webpage. We’ll get back to you with a decision within 12 weeks of your submission date for applications submitted from 3 November, or within 10 weeks for applications submitted before 3 November. For applications we receive between 20 December 2025 and 4 January 2026, when our offices are closed, the turnaround time will be 14 weeks.
We’re committed to supporting projects that deliver maximum impact with minimal waste. We believe that small, well-targeted grants can unlock significant change, especially when driven by organisations that know their communities best.
That’s why we look for:
- A well-defined problem and a practical solution
- Direct action with clear, measurable outcomes
- A commitment to social or environmental benefit through physical delivery; not through education or awareness alone
- Efficient use of funds with transparent reporting of the impact achieved
- Tangible and direct interventions with clear and immediate benefit
We want every pound we invest to stretch as far as possible – creating real impact for people, places, and the planet.
Our funding priorities are geographically targeted across Great Britain, with a particular focus on where Calisen operates and where our employees live. This approach ensures our support is rooted in the communities we know best. The fifth category, Net-Zero & Energy Efficiency Projects, is open to eligible charities across Great Britain, provided their core mission aligns with one of the other four funding areas.
The Trustees will accept applications for funding based on their alignment with the Charity’s core objectives which are detailed as follows:
Youth Empowerment, Children’s Play & Safe Spaces
- Supporting schools, youth clubs and programmes that actively reduce social exclusion, improve physical and mental wellbeing, and equip young people with life and employment skills through hands-on engagement.
Hospice & Palliative Care
- We fund projects that complement and enhance the essential work of hospices, focusing on initiatives that improve comfort and dignity for patients and families. We do not fund core clinical operations or NHS-run hospices.
Community-Based Social Benefit Projects
- Enabling initiatives that strengthen local communities through direct support, such as food banks, befriending schemes, accessible transport services, or improvements to shared facilities that promote inclusion and wellbeing.
Community-Led Environmental Action
- Funding hands-on projects that enhance local environments and foster community wellbeing, including but not limited to tree planting, habitat restoration, community gardens, and the creation or improvement of outdoor spaces designed for public use.
Net-Zero & Energy Efficiency Projects
- Investing in infrastructure for charities whose core mission aligns with one of our other funding priorities that drives immediate carbon reduction – including but not limited to solar panel installations, heat pump systems, and retrofit schemes – with demonstrable environmental and cost-saving benefits.
Maximum Grant Available: £10,000 per project.
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential.
We are looking for projects that deliver clearly defined educational benefits to a specific group of children or young people. Projects could, for example, support special educational needs, or foster social, emotional or life skills. Preference will be given to projects piloting new approaches where the outcomes will be disseminated to a wider audience.
Grants range from £3,000 up to around £10,000. Preference will be given to requests where the grant would cover a significant element of the project costs (at least 50%) and to applications from smaller charities.
Grants must be spent within twelve months from the date of the award.
Recipients are expected to submit a written evaluation report within three months of the completion of the project.
Grants are only given to registered charities. We do not give grants to community interest companies.
All of the criteria must be met. Projects must:
Have a commencement date after 31 October 2025 (Spring 2025 round) or 30 April 2026 (Autumn 2025 round)
Be for children and young people under the age of 25 who are disadvantaged
Consist of educational activities that develop learning, motivation and skills
Have clear aims and objectives to be met within a planned timescale
Be carried out within the UK.
About Us: Protecting church heritage.
Criteria: To listed and unlisted Christian places of worship, of any denomination, across the UK towards project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1, to support churches preparing for a major project, and in developing their project to the point at which they can approach a major grant funder.
Grant Size: Up to £10,000
Deadline for applications: 16th December 2025
About Us: Friends of the Elderly provides grants to older people living on low incomes.
Criteria: To support vulnerable older people living on low incomes in England and Wales. The funding which is being made available through the charity Friends of the Elderly assists individuals and couples who are of or over the state pension age, have savings of less than £5,000, and do not meet the criteria for other funders. The funding aims to assist with various needs such as purchasing a new fridge, paying unexpected bills, obtaining food and clothing, or covering gas and electricity costs. To apply for these grants, individuals must submit their applications through a third-party Referral Agent. Acceptable Referral Agents include charities, local authorities, housing associations, community organisations, Information, Advice and Guidance providers, as well as social services representatives.
Grant Size: up to £600
Deadline for applications: Rolling programme
About Us: We’re committed to supporting projects that deliver maximum impact with minimal waste.
Criteria: The Trustees will accept applications for funding based on their alignment with the Charity’s core objectives which are detailed as follows:
Youth Empowerment, Children’s Play & Safe Spaces
- Supporting schools, youth clubs and programmes that actively reduce social exclusion, improve physical and mental wellbeing, and equip young people with life and employment skills through hands-on engagement.
Hospice & Palliative Care
- We fund projects that complement and enhance the essential work of hospices, focusing on initiatives that improve comfort and dignity for patients and families. We do not fund core clinical operations or NHS-run hospices.
Community-Based Social Benefit Projects
- Enabling initiatives that strengthen local communities through direct support, such as food banks, befriending schemes, accessible transport services, or improvements to shared facilities that promote inclusion and wellbeing.
Community-Led Environmental Action
- Funding hands-on projects that enhance local environments and foster community wellbeing, including but not limited to tree planting, habitat restoration, community gardens, and the creation or improvement of outdoor spaces designed for public use.
Net-Zero & Energy Efficiency Projects
- Investing in infrastructure for charities whose core mission aligns with one of our other funding priorities that drives immediate carbon reduction – including but not limited to solar panel installations, heat pump systems, and retrofit schemes – with demonstrable environmental and cost-saving benefits.
Grant Size: £10,000 per project
Deadline for applications: Rolling programme
With thanks to Wokingham & Bracknell InVOLve, West Berkshire Volunteer Centre and Slough CVS for the information contained in this article.
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