We’ve rounded up 57 new grants now open to charities, CICs, and nonprofits across the UK.
If you’re looking for more funding opportunities like these, you can browse our full grant database for free here.
(As we released Week 1 a little late due to Christmas Breaks there is a little overlap with this week and last week, sorry!)
🌟 CABWI Lifelong Learning and Development Fund – £40,000
The fund supports projects that enable young people (16+) and adults to gain skills, qualifications, confidence, work experience and training aimed at improving employability.
🎯 Intelligent Energy Charitable Trust – £15,000
The Intelligent Energy Charitable Trust seeks to support charitable and voluntary organisations that deliver positive impact in the local Charnwood community.
🚀 Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme – £5,000
Sir Jules Thorn’s endowment was provided primarily for medical research and medical care.
🌍 Scaling Impact in Health and Care Fund – £500,000
The Scaling Impact in Health and Care Fund supports charities and NHS organisations to expand proven health and care interventions and deliver them more widely.
💡 Knowsley Youth Workforce Development Fund – £100,000
The Knowsley Youth Workforce Development Fund supports local youth organisations to develop their workforce by funding accredited training and qualifications in youth work, SEND (Special Educational Needs & Disabilities), care-experienced youth support, and other specialist skills.
✨ Thrive Together Fund: Small Grants – £10,000
The Thrive Together Fund is a partnership between GiveBradford and The National Lottery Community Fund , to develop inclusive places, spaces and activities for people who are least able to come together.
📚 Natural Environment Improvement Fund – £1,000,000
The Natural Environment Improvement Fund (NEIF) is a grant scheme funded by Sizewell C, and delivered by the Suffolk & Essex Coast & Heaths National Landscape (SECHNL).
🤝 Thrive Together Fund: Large Grants – £30,000
The Thrive Together Fund is a partnership between GiveBradford and The National Lottery Community Fund , to develop inclusive places, spaces and activities for people who are least able to come together.
🏆 Short / Feature Film / XR Travel Grant Fund – £10,000
The British Council offers early to mid-career filmmakers, and creatives producing XR (including virtual reality, immersive storytelling experiences and installations) the opportunity to apply for Travel Grant funding.
🎨 Physics Education Grant – £5,000
Our grants are split into two strands: Curriculum support: to support the teaching and learning of physics from 11-18 in the classroom, including equipment for teaching physics, teaching resources and teacher CPD.
🌟 Teach Physics internships 2026 – £400
The Ogden Trust offers annual Teach Physics internships for university students studying physics or engineering.
🎯 The Dulverton Trust Grants – £35,000
The Dulverton Trust is an independent grant-making charity.
🚀 Community Chest Fund – £5,000
The Communities and Housing Investment in People (CHIP) Community Chest Fund has been created to align with the social value objectives determined by Communities and Housing Investment Consortium (CHIC).
🌍 Create- Individuals – £50,000
“Create” funds the development and creation of high-quality arts experiences that help creative individuals and organisations engage with and connect to the public.
💡 Create- Organisations – £50,000
“Create” funds the development and creation of high-quality arts experiences that help creative individuals and organisations engage with and connect to the public.
✨ Newby Trust Grants (Education, Environment, Health, Social Welfare) – £10,000
The Newby Trust (the “Trust”) funds local, regional or national charities registered in the UK within the broad categories of education, the environment, health and social welfare.
📚 Golsoncott Foundation – Grant – £3,000
The Golsoncott Foundation, established as a Charitable Trust in July 1998 from the estate of the artist and sculptor Rachel Reckitt (1908-1995) is an arts-funding trust whose declared object is …
🤝 Building the Community-Pharmacy Partnership Programme – £12,000
BCPP is a regional community development programme funded by the Department of Health (DoH) and developed and delivered by Community Development and Health Network (CDHN).
🏆 Reach Fund – £15,000
The Reach Fund helps charities and social enterprises raise investment, the programme offers grants on average between £5,000 and £15,000.
🎨 Individual Grants – £3,000
We provide: Immediate Resettlement Grants: If you’ve just arrived at a Refuge or Youth Support accommodation, we can help with essential items like clothing and food.
🌟 Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) – £15,000
The Mandarin Excellence Programme (MEP) is delivered by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) in partnership with the British Council.
🎯 Support for the Work of Professional Composers – £3,000
Funding supports: Performance, commissioning or recording of music by professional British/Irish composers active in the last 100 years who lack broad national/international recognition (or are early-career).
🚀 The Hospital Saturday Fund – £13,500
The Hospital Saturday Fund will consider giving grants towards medical projects, capital projects, medical care or research, hospice/respite care and in support of medical training.
🌍 Aughrim Landfill Programme – £10,000
Aughrim Landfill Programme is a partnership between Aughrim Landfill Ltd and Groundwork NI.
💡 Teacher Training Scholarships – £31,000
As an RSC scholar, you’ll receive both financial and practical support to help you make the most of your studies and thrive in your career.
✨ DCF Bursary Scheme – £1,000
This fund is now OPEN for Round 4 – Applications received by the 4th of January will receive a decision by late February.
📚 Achievement Award Scheme
This page invites organisations that are not currently running the Jack Petchey Foundation Achievement Award Scheme to apply to join the scheme .
🤝 Educational Visit Grant – £1,200
Educational Visit Grants support schools and youth organisations with the costs of making visits to museums, theatres, science shows, and more.
🏆 Leader Awards – £1,000
Jack Petchey Foundation Leader Awards recognise the incredible commitment of adults who go above and beyond at the schools and youth organisations they support and who exemplify dedication to support young people.
🎨 Individual Grants for Volunteering – £500
This programme is for young people who want to take part in a volunteering project!
🌟 Wheelchairs for Children
We fund a range of wheelchairs, including: Lightweight manual wheelchairs Powered wheelchairs Sports wheelchairs All-terrain wheelchairs All wheelchairs Variety provides are bespoke in order to meet the needs of the user.
🎯 Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (EYE)
Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs helps provide aspiring European entrepreneurs with the skills necessary to start and/or successfully run a small business in Europe.
🚀 Group Grants – £2,600
Our funding focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community.
🌍 Individual Grants – £1,500
Our funding focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community.
💡 Heritage Revival Fund – £350,000
The Heritage Revival Fund has been created to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings.
✨ The Boring Fund – £200
The Boring Fund aims to help small non-profit organisations cover some of the boring costs that keep them running.
📚 Creative Careers Service Grant (2026/27-2028/29) – £7,000,000
This grant is for £7M to design and deliver a refreshed UK-wide creative careers service over 3 years.
🤝 Regenerative Fund for Nature – £500,000
Launched in January 2021, the Regenerative Fund for Nature is consistent with Kering’s Biodiversity strategy .
🏆 Path Accessibility Fund – £10,000
The Path Accessibility Fund exists to remove physical barriers on public paths and rights of way that restrict access, especially for people with reduced mobility.
🎨 Grange Wind Farm Community Fund – £5,000
The Object of the Trust is to support volunteer led not-for-profit projects that improve the lives of people living within a ten-mile radius of The Grange Wind Farm at Tydd St Mary, Lincolnshire, where priority is given to projects providing a service for people living within a five-mile radius.
🌟 Disabled Children’s Holiday Grant (Individual)
The Adamson Trust is a long established Perthshire charity based in Crieff.
🎯 Disabled Children’s Holiday Grant (Group)
The Adamson Trust is a long established Perthshire charity based in Crieff.
🚀 General Programme – Main Grants (General Grants ≥ £9,000)
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund is a registered charity which was established primarily to aid the research into learning disability and to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability by making grants to voluntary organisations working in this field.
🌍 The Port of Dover Community Fund – £10,000
If you have applied through the Annual route, there is no need to apply to this fund also – you will automatically be considered.
💡 North Petherwin Community Fund – £1,000
North Petherwin Fund welcomes applications to support community projects in the following Areas: North Petherwin.
✨ Trewen Wind Fund – £5,000
Trewen Wind Fund welcomes applications to support community projects in the following Areas: Trewen nr Launceston.
📚 The Britford Bridge Trust – £50,000
The Britford Bridge Trust (the “Trust”) is a charitable trust registered in England & Wales (registered number 1160012).
🤝 Hardship and Access Grants – £100
The Hellenic Society may be able to offer small hardship and access grants for those who, due to unexpected hardship, need a small amount of financial aid to help complete a programme of study or to help overcome issues of access: for example, attendance at a summer school when a language or other skill (such as epigraphy, numismatics or papyrology etc) is required to begin or access further study.
🏆 Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust – £3,000
The Robert Clutterbuck Charitable Trust exists to help other charities by making grants to them.
🎨 Cultural Capital Fund – Schools – £5,000
To encourage schools to prioritise and provide more arts activities for their pupils we are pleased to offer our Cultural Capital Fund (CCF).
🌟 Schools in Partnership Fund (London) – £60,000
We are committed to helping the most disadvantaged young people by promoting the crucial link between schools, home-life and the community.
🎯 School Holiday Activity Fund (SHAF) – £5,000
The School Holiday Activity Fund (SHAF) is designed to enable organisations to deliver fun and accessible activities for children and young people during the school holidays.
🚀 Open Programme – £20,000
The Open Programme funds a wide range of activities and organisational costs that support the life-chances of children and young people.
🌍 Capacity Building – Learning and Development Fund (Micro Grant) – £500
The Learning and Development strand of the Capacity Building Fund seeks to provide opportunities for individuals to attend training sessions which are not a statutory requirement for their role but would enhance their ability to undertake their job effectively.
💡 Capacity Building – Media Support (Micro Grant)
John Lyon’s Charity provides an additional strand to the Capacity Building Fund by providing communications support delivered by Goodwork to its groups across the Beneficial Area.
✨ Cultural Capital Fund – Arts Organisations – £30,000
The Cultural Capital Fund (CCF) has relaunched to offer expanded and accessible support for schools eager to bring impactful Arts experiences to their students.
📚 Refurbishment Fund – £30,000
The Refurbishment Fund focuses on renovation and repair.
