Funding

Wave 2 of this Award Scheme is open for financial awards scheme which seeks to improve access to personalised support services, community-based support, psychosocial support and rehabilitation support groups.

Grants of £500 to £20,000 are available for VCSE organisations across Wakefield District to support with core costs, continuation of existing projects and new projects.

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation is offering up to £6,000 to registered charities whose purpose is to improve the wellbeing, welfare and education of children and adults.

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust have grants available for registered charities, with this round focusing on projects relating to food poverty, in particular food education and cooking skills.

Grants are available for small grassroots community groups and small registered charities providing activities and projects to prevent social isolation and loneliness for older people (the over 55s).

Grants of between £300 and £3,000 are available to support small registered charities and charitable causes that are unpopular or do not receive widespread attention, with particular focus on deprived areas.

Warburtons Community Grants provides small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve health, place or skills for families in their community.

A wide range of UK registered charities based and working in the UK can apply for one-off grants of up to £5,000 for garden projects or up to £10,000 for building or indoor projects.

Local registered charities and not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of up to £5,000 for projects which improve a physical building (or land attached to it) that is used by people in need.

The Community Health programme is open to registered charities that are at least a year old, tackling health inequalities with a total annual income between £20,000 and £150,000.

This programme is for small and local charities and CICs with an income between £25,000 to £500,000 that are led by and working with Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty.

The 2025 GSK IMPACT Awards are open to registered charities that are at least three years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, with a total annual income between £150,000 and £3 million.

The Rewilding Innovation Fund aims to remove barriers to rewilding across Britain. Whether your site or project is in the early planning stages or looking to try out a new approach, you can apply.

The7stars foundation awards grants to charities supporting young people, aged 16 years and under, at risk of or experiencing homelessness, caring for a loved one, and challenged by addiction.‍

Leeds Building Society are offering grants to registered charities, focusing on supporting those in need of a safe and secure home.

Grants are available for UK registered charities for specific projects that improves communication skills for disadvantaged adults and supports NEET people into employment.

The Energy Debt Fund scheme provides grants to help vulnerable and low-income households with problem energy debt. Please signpost this to any households you work with who need support.

Community projects within 5 miles of the Transpennine Route Upgrade route are will be eligible for this grant funding from GMCVO, focused on enhancing and protecting community ‘spaces and places’.

The Community Energy Fund (CEF) is a £10m grant scheme for urban and rural communities to develop energy services to benefit their local area.

Our Community Access Support Bursary aims to help community-focused groups and organisations to access culture during Our Year, with bursaries up to £500 to access cultural events, places and activities.

This fund will focus on supporting user-led LGBT+ organisations based in England, who are working with targeted under-represented and under-resourced communities.

Culture Grants – Culture Everywhere Micro Grants are Wakefield Council’s grants specifically aimed at Wakefield-based VCSE sector organisations to run short term and small scale creative and heritage projects and events.

The Climate Action Fund will fund projects that reach more people by either: linking climate action to the everyday lives and interests of local communities; or influencing communities at a regional or national level.

Small grants are available to community and voluntary groups to support small-scale projects with a community emphasis that would find it hard to obtain funding elsewhere.

The Arnold Clark Community Fund helps registered UK charities and community groups with funding for: cost of living support; our communities support; and gear up for sport.

Motability have various grants available for charities and organisations to address the challenges that disabled people face accessing transport.

Grants are available to community groups, schools and not-for-profit organisations for projects that champion education, participation, environment, diversity and health in the UK.

As part of its new grant-making Strategy 2022-25, BBC Children in Need has launched a grants stream for core costs.

BBC Children in Need is offering funding for defined projects with a focus on children and young people.

In order to help organisations deal with rising costs and inflationary pressures, Key Fund will be launching a new Flexible Finance Fund for established community and social enterprises.

The Foyle Foundation is an independent grant making trust that distributes grants to VCSE organisations.

These grants are designed to support charities, especially those working at grass roots and local community level, in any field, across a wide range of activities.

Grants are available for organisations that are working to support disadvantaged and disabled children in the UK.

Individually tailored grants of up to £2,400 for children and young people who have experienced a crisis that has recently had a significant and enduring impact on their wellbeing and educational engagement.

Funding is available for UK charities working in the Swire Charitable Trust's three core funding areas of: Opportunity, Environment, and Heritage.

Small grants are available to support older people living on low incomes in England and Wales with the costs of home essentials, unexpected large bills, living costs and getting connected online.

Isolation and loneliness are very prevalent in rural areas where transport and amenities are scarce and Pub is The Hub is making funding available to pubs prepared to support their local residents.

The Trust provides long-term core funding to small charities and run an Awards programme for individuals and groups committed to social, cultural and environmental causes.

£1 million of government funding is available for 1,000 new defibrillators in community spaces across England.

Grants to support families and individuals for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits.

The Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust offers grants to registered UK based charities supporting socially disadvantaged and disabled people of all ages.

The Trust aims to support charities that are providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people.

This grant funding supports charities delivering projects which help to improve people’s lives in communities across England, Scotland and Wales.

The Thrive Together Fund (TTF) provides a funding package of loan (75%) and grant (25%) to eligible charities and social enterprises in England.

The National Lottery Community Fund are looking to fund organisations that want to do more to help communities come together and help make us a better-connected society.

Wakefield Council offering shops in Wakefield and Castleford grants to make security improvements. This scheme aims to discourage break-ins and anti-social behaviour to create safer communities.

Capital grants are available to registered charities working in one of the following areas: communities experiencing racial inequalities, disabilities, domestic and sexual abuse, economic disadvantage, and more.

This programme supports development by allowing artists, cultural practitioners and organisations to work in new ways and to get their work out to new audiences.

Grants are available to support not-for-profit organisations in the UK who are working towards the Foundation’s vision of a world in which everyone is free to move and no is forced to move.

The Movement Fund offers crowdfunding pledges, grants and resources to improve physical activity opportunities for the people and communities who need it the most.

Grants up to £75,000 to support larger improvement projects to rural community buildings in England such as full refits and extensions.