About Us: This funding is for projects that help young people in England take part in place-based youth social action. By place-based youth social action, we mean young people playing an active role in addressing the issues of a specific place or area that matter most to local people.
Criteria: We’re particularly interested in projects that include young people from low-income communities.
In your application, you must show how your project:
creates place-based youth social action opportunities for young people
will help young people get involved in social action. This should be throughout their life, even after the funding ends.
will reach young people who have not taken part in regular social action activities
will continue, even after the funding ends
involves the voices of young people. They should also be a part of your organisation.
We expect projects to support young people aged up to 20, or up to 25 for those with additional support needs.
Grant Size: We expect you to match the funding we give you. The minimum amount we can match fund is £200,000.
Deadline: 24th September 2025
About Us: This funding is for organisations to give extra support to young people in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour. We’ll fund extra hours of youth work to give these young people more places to go and positive things to do.
Criteria: We can only fund projects in certain parts of England. The work you want us to fund must take place in, or benefit young people living in, one of the eligible ward areas. You can check the eligible ward areas for the Million Hours Fund (2025 to 2027).
To apply, your project must:
benefit young people aged 10 to 18, or up to 25 if they have special educational needs or disabilities (SEND)
effectively engage with young people at risk of taking part in anti-social behaviour
deliver more hours of youth work than you provide now
involve young people in deciding how you work
deliver youth work that is open to as wide a range of young people as possible (known as ‘open access’)
be run by trusted adults such as qualified youth workers, youth support workers, or experienced volunteers
The extra youth work you deliver must help young people:
have improved emotional wellbeing
have improved life and practical skills
feel safer and have access to trusted relationships with adults
Grant Size: £30,000 to £100,000
Deadline: 12pm on 22nd October 2025
About Us: Our purpose is to use the power of tech for impact through digital inclusion, education, charitable, and public engagement initiatives across the entire UK.
Criteria: For educational establishments and constituted not-for-profit organisations across the UK to support IT projects and activities.
The WCIT Charity will support activities within the themes of education, inclusion, IT for charities, and understanding of IT, such as the development and delivery of new services, solutions, training, apps, analytics, AI, robotics, or accessibility features/hardware.
Projects that are more likely to be funded include:
Projects where WCIT is a material or sole funder
Projects where WCIT is the sole funder of the IT component of a larger project
Organisations that could benefit from pro bono support
Proposals should demonstrate an innovative use of IT, be scalable for wider replication, and be sustainable over time
Grant Size: up to £15,000
Deadline: 22nd October 2025
About Us: The Trust’s objectives are:
To make grants for the overall care, upkeep and extension of churches
To make grants towards the capital costs of church community projects
To promote the Christian religion and, in particular, the United Reformed and Congregational denominations, and other churches of the Protestant tradition
Criteria: Grants are available to support capital works on church buildings or towards the capital costs of church community projects in the UK. Applications are accepted from all churches of the Protestant tradition in the UK, but particularly those of the United Reformed and Congregational denominations.
Grant Size: up to £25,0000
Deadline: 24th October 2025
About Us: As a grant-giving organisation, we understand the difficulties many charitable organisations face in accessing grant funding to meet fixed costs. Greggs Foundation Community Grants are a core funding grant to help organisations manage the financial requirements to keep their services running.
Criteria: To receive a Greggs Foundation Community Grant you must be a not-for-profit organisation and based in one of our geographical focus areas. Our focus areas will change from round to round and we will publish where these areas are on our website and highlight via social media in each round. We give priority to organisations in geographical areas located near to a Greggs Outlet or in an area of need. In addition to being based in one of our geographical focus areas we are looking for organisations that are delivering activities outlined in our Theory of Change.
Organisations successful in receiving funding are focused in the following areas:
Addressing direct needs in the local community
Providing food and support for individuals
Reducing social isolation and widening networks
Building knowledge, confidence and opportunities
Grant Size: £20,000 per year
Deadline: Rolling programme
About Us: The Zurich Municipal Diversity and Inclusion awards are provided by Zurich Charity Insurance which insures not-for-profit organisations of all sizes within the UK.
The awards aim to celebrate the initiatives that small organisations put in place to promote inclusivity and celebrate diversity within their communities.
These awards are designed to honour the achievements made by organisations as they strive to make their communities a welcome, safe and happy place for everyone.
Criteria: The competition is only to charities and not-for-profit organisations based in the UK who fall within the definition below of a Small Charitable/Not-for-Profit Organisation:
“An organisation which is either registered as a charity at the Charities Commission or a non-profit, is a non-governmental legal entity that operates for a collective, public, or social benefit, rather than to generate profit for private owners with an annual income of up to £100,000.”
Grant Size: Prizes from £3k-£10k
Deadline: 30th September 2025
About Us: We want to give back to the communities that we serve.
Criteria: UK registered charities and community groups who provide services that are widely accessible to their local community and are located within a 50-mile radius of an Arnold Clark branch can apply now for a Community Support grant. Preference is given to smaller voluntary and community organisations.
The funding must be used for charitable or community purposes that address at least one of the following categories:
Pet welfare (to help cover costs for pet bills, animal shelters, therapy animals – reviewed on case by case basis.
Arts and culture (music, books, art and theatre groups looking for money for transport, resources, venue hire, and special licences at arts and culture.
Community enhancement (enhancing community, defib installation and replacements, play parks, community gardens, community galas and events).
Disability (sensory group resources, equipment and adaptations, this could be from groups or hospitals, trips for disability groups).
Educational training / advancement (extra resources for a PTA, school/education fayre/gala, uniform poverty. Extra curriculum resources).
Sustainability enhancements / projects (community clean-ups, recycling programmes, urban gardening, eco-friendly initiatives).
Mental health support (local support groups, networks end events that focus on mental wellbeing support).
Relief support organisations (emergency service aid, cancer or illness support groups).
Equality and diversity (programmes that promote equal access and opportunity, address discrimination and inequality and foster community cohesion).
Youth clubs and groups, such as Brownies, Scouts, Guides, Sea Cadets, Cubs, amateur sports teams, dance groups and gymnastics can apply for up to £750 for community trips, club costs materials, venue hire, transport.
Grant Size: up to £1,000
Deadline: Rolling programme
About Us: The Moto Foundation makes a positive difference to the communities around our network of Motorway Service Areas
Criteria: You are a charity, school, not-for-profit or CIC within a 15-mile radius of a Moto site and
you have the endorsement of a Moto colleague.
Grant Size: up to £1,000
Deadline: Rolling programme
About Us: Our aims are to fund work within each of our funding programmes which:
will make a lasting difference to people’s lives rather than simply alleviating the symptoms or current problems;
is aimed at reducing isolation, stigma and discrimination, and;
encourages or enables groups that experience marginalisation and/or discrimination to share in the life of the whole community.
Criteria: We will fund work in the following areas:
Asylum seekers & refugees
Gypsy, Roma & Traveller communities
Offenders & ex-offenders
Older people
People affected by violence or abuse
People with mental health issues
Young People
We aim to help organisations to become sustainable, supporting running and core costs to enable them to have flexibility, security and longevity. We can contribute to project costs or salaries.
Six of our funding programmes are focused on funding for adults only.
The Young People’s Programme can support people aged approx 12-21 from across a broader range of backgrounds.
Grant Size: up to £15,000
Deadline: Rolling programme
About Us: 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.
Criteria:
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.
Grant Size: up to £5,000
Deadline: Rolling programme
About Us: The Macaulay Moat Foundation is an independent grant-maker supporting charities and social entrepreneurs (including Community Interest Companies) who focus on Autism and Church Outreach.
Criteria: Grants are available for charities, community interest companies (CICs), charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and other not-for-profit organisations across England and Wales to deliver projects and activities around the themes of either Autism support or Church outreach.
Grant Size: Grants of up to £5,000 per year for up to three years are available
Deadline: Rolling programme
Grants are available for charities, community safety organisations, and other not-for-profit organisations across the United Kingdom to support projects and activities that will contribute to a reduction in electrical risks in UK homes.
Application deadline: 12 October 2025
Large grant for one large-scale rewilding project based in England, Wales or Scotland that is at least 1,000ha/10km size with particular interest in community-led/co-designed approaches to rewilding that brings lasting social, economic and ecological benefits for local communities.
Application deadline: 10 October 2025
Grants are available to registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK for projects that address specific categories set out by the Trust each year.
Application deadline: 30 September 2025
About Us: The Community Fund supports voluntary and community groups that help to prevent crime and keep communities safe.
Criteria: To qualify, your organisation must be based within the Thames Valley Police (TVP) area. The majority of applications for the Community Fund are received from Community and Voluntary Organisations, Not for Profit companies limited by guarantee, or Social Enterprises but the fund is not limited to these. We will not accept applications from commercial organisations, for profit organisations, community owned commercial organisations such as village shops or Public Houses.
Grant Size: up to £10,000
Deadline: 12pm (noon) on 22nd September 2025
About Us: The Miller Homes Community Fund gives you the chance to apply for a grant towards improving your community.
Criteria: Grants from the fund can be used in a variety of ways to meet the needs and aspirations of people in the area where you live. The fund will focus on causes that are
linked to education
promote wellbeing
promote the environment
encourage participation in sport
Grant Size: up to £2,000
Deadline: 5th October 2025
About Us: The Linnean Society is offering grants for community organisations linked with young people to deliver projects and activities that engage young people with local nature and natural spaces and improve their understanding of local biodiversity.
Criteria: Community groups and other organisations working directly with children and young people aged 16 and under can apply for funding for a variety of activities, such as:
Running a school festival about nature.
Painting community murals showcasing biodiversity in the area.
Building or restoring a community garden.
Creating a nature walk.
Hiring a speaker to come and talk about local foraging.
Grant Size: up to £1,000
Deadline: midnight on 25th October 2025
Thank you to Slough CVS, West Berkshire Volunteer Centre and Wokingham & Bracknell InVOLve for the funding information shared above.
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