Here is this weeks funding update:
🌟 Powys Community Endowment Fund – Individuals – £1,000
Within the “Powys Community Endowment Fund – Individuals,” several sub-funds exist, each with slightly different focus: Stanley Bligh Memorial Fund: This fund aims to support educational studies in forestry, agriculture and technical and vocational subjects in the arts or sciences.
🎯 Monmouthshire Further Education Trust Fund – £1,000
Monmouthshire Further Education Trust Fund provides financial support to individuals from the Gwent area (specifically the County of Monmouthshire as it existed in 1956) who are pursuing further/higher education or training.
🚀 Cardiff Education Fund – Individuals – £500
The Cardiff Community Endowment Fund is an umbrella of funds and donations dedicated to enhancing education and strengthening communities in Cardiff.
🌍 Cynnal Endowment Fund – Individuals – £500
The Cynnal Endowment Fund provides support for educational activities in Gwynedd and Ynys Mon, including the advancement of education for children under the age of 18 years.
💡 Education Fund for Denbigh and Surrounding Area – Individuals – £500
The Education Fund for Denbigh and Surrounding Area supports the education of individuals and specific educational initiatives including: Educational attainment projects including lifelong learning Education inclusion projects with support for talented individual students in the form of scholarships, travel assistance, sport, prizes for attainment and educational materials.
✨ Stuart Rendel Exhibitions – £1,000
Stuart Rendel Exhibitions provide financial support to undergraduate students studying at the University of Aberystwyth.
📚 Community development fund (CDF) – £3,750
The Community Development Fund (CDF) is an open funding stream open to all Hackney Housing estates.
🤝 Insurance Grant
The grant covers the cost of public liability insurance needed for resident-led events and activities on Hackney estates — ensuring safety and compliance when groups organise events.
🏆 Tenant and Residents Association (TRA) grant – £600
This grant will cover administrative elements to support the function of a Tenants and Residents Association and support the administrative tasks required to be a successful and thriving group.
🎨 Lewisham Community Energy Fund – £25,000
This fund is for local organisations (schools, community groups, charities and faith organisations) who want to run projects that: save energy in homes or buildings use clean energy like solar panels cut energy use from transport teach others how to save energy and inspire action on climate change
🌟 Repair, Reuse, Recycle Grants – £3,000
This fund is for businesses, social enterprises or CICs who want to: cut down on waste grow food locally use less packaging or plastics help people fix or reuse things create solutions to make better use of waste
🎯 Borough of Sanctuary Small Grants Programme 2026 – £1,500
Projects eligible under this grant must address one or more of the following key objectives: 1.
🚀 Yorkshire GREEN Local Community Fund – £20,000
Funding is available for projects demonstrating positive impact benefiting communities currently hosting National Grid Electricity Transmission construction projects which are aligned with one of the following themes: Providing education and Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) opportunities Protecting the environment and ensuring access to green spaces Improving community spaces and saving energy Helping with the cost of living and employability Encouraging physical health and activity Supporting mental health and wellbeing
🌍 Anchor Grants – £85,000
The purpose of the Alliance is to shift power and money to young people, so they can organise together to create change.
💡 Alliance for Youth Organising – £15,000
The purpose of the Alliance is to shift power and money to young people, so they can organise together to create change.
✨ Carew Pole – £2,000
Carew Pole is most interested in supporting projects that aim to have long-term impact, in South East Cornwall.
🌟 Peter Harrison Foundation – Opportunities Through Sport – £30,000
Funds sporting activities that improve opportunities and help people overcome barriers.
📚 Young and Talented – All Talent Fund – £2,000
The Young and Talented Fund supports exceptional young talent in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly, aiding those in sports and arts hindered by hardship or disability.
🤝 Your Station, Your Community’ Improvement Fund (YSYC) 2026/27 – £50,000
The subject areas YSYC supports, are those challenges and issues that are important to, and impact our local communities and the railway.
🏆 Station Partner Support Grants – £25,000
Station Partner Support Grants is offered alongside the main grant, Your Station, Your Community’ Improvement Fund (YSYC) 2026/27.
🎨 Ann Jarvis Hardship Fund
The Ann Jarvis Hardship Fund is designed to support athletes and their families who face financial hardship as a direct result of participating in talent programmes.
🌟 Movement for Good Awards – £1,000
Movement for Good Awards is a charitable giving programme that gives out many small‑size grants (£1,000 / £2,000) throughout the year by random draw, and larger grants (≥ £10,000) via application, to help charities and non‑profits fund projects or core costs.
🎯 Shine Bright – £60,000
Grants for charities delivering innovative, long-term solutions that support vulnerable young people, aged 18 years old and under, aligned to our prioritised themes.
🚀 Project Funding – £5,000
One-off grants to support delivery of projects for vulnerable children and young people (under 18) in England, aligned with at least one of the core themes (Abuse; Addiction; Child Carers; Homelessness).
🌍 Social Impact Funding – £10,000
Small, one-off grants to support projects or activities timed around certain awareness days or issues, aiming to address social issues affecting young people (under 16) — such as mental health, exploitation, inclusion, anti-racism, online safety, etc.
💡 Individual Funding – £500
Small, one-off grants to meet a specific, immediate need of a single child or young person in the UK — typically when that child is in care or legal system, or in other precarious/harmful situations (abuse, addiction impacts, homelessness, caring responsibilities).
✨ Apprenticeships
This grant stream does not fund a “project” per se, but funds apprenticeship training for staff of eligible organisations (charities, CICs, schools, nurseries, children’s homes) that support vulnerable children and young people.
📚 Banbury Community Insight Fund – £3,000
The Brighter Futures in Banbury Community Insight fund will fund projects that promote health and wellbeing and strengthens communities.
🤝 Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs (2026) – £240,000
Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs grants are provided to Lead Settings to create and deliver the Early Years Stronger Practice Hubs network across England.
🏆 The Randal Foundation Fund (Shropshire) – £3,000
The Randal Foundation is dedicated to championing bold, forward-thinking projects that create meaningful, life-saving, and life-enhancing change in communities across the UK and globally.
🎨 Micro Grants – £2,000
An ideal first grant for a new/emerging group, or a modest helping hand for an existing group.
🌟 General Grants – £6,000
Projects may cover start‑up costs, running costs, project costs, community services — depending on the need.
🎯 Gateway 14 Community Benefit Fund – £5,000
Gateway 14 is the largest business, innovation and logistics park in East Anglia.
🚀 Do it For East Yorkshire – Our Place – Youth Fund Provision – £10,000
The Our Place – Youth Provision Fund is designed around the five pillars of youth work, which are Educative, Expressive, Participative, Inclusive, and Empowering.
🌍 Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021–2026
The Mayor has secured £4 billion from Government to deliver affordable homes in London under the new Homes for Londoners: Affordable Homes Programme 2021 2026.
💡 Mark McQueen Foundation Fund – £3,000
The Mark McQueen Foundation has been set up by the McQueen family from Liverpool in loving memory of their son Mark.
✨ Barclays Female Coaches for Girls Grant – £200
Barclays believe in creating opportunities for all through access to sport.
📚 UK City of Culture 2029 – £10,000,000
UK City of Culture is a competition run by DCMS, inviting places across the UK to set out their vision for culture-led transformation.
🤝 Fisheries Improvement Programme (FIP)
Every year the Environment Agency will reinvest about £1M in projects to support clubs, fisheries and other partners to improve local fish stocks and angling opportunities.
🏆 The Rochester Bridge Trust Grant – £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.
🎨 Local Development Fund – £18,000
This Fund primarily supports organisations benefiting those most disadvantaged in society (especially children and young people) and is open to considering organisations active in the field of health and environmental conservation.
🌟 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.
🎯 Ashford Leisure Trust 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.
🚀 Care Leavers Fund – £10,000
This fund is available via funding from CCLA Investment House, with match funding.
🌍 Lucy Phillips Arts Fund (LPAF) – £1,500
The Fund was established in memory of Lucy Phillips, to support people to develop their creative talent and to support arts and culture in Leicester, Leicestershire & Rutland.
💡 London Community Energy Fund – £60,000
LCEF is intended to support community-led energy initiatives (so-called “community energy”): projects that help generate renewable energy, reduce energy demand, improve energy efficiency or resilience — especially in community buildings (schools, community centres, etc.) or for community-wide benefit.
✨ St Albans Community Project Fund – £2,000
The Community Project Fund is for time-limited projects which meet community needs and help reach the Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy and Age-Friendly priorities, as below: Support the District in becoming an Age-Friendly Community, i.e.
📚 Arts Development Grants (Organisation) – £5,000
Aims to support the development and growth of individual artists, and arts organisations.
🤝 Arts Development Grants (Individual) – £5,000
Aims to support the development and growth of individual artists, and arts organisations.
🏆 Food Bank Support Fund – £1,000
The purpose of the Food Bank Support Fund is to help alleviate some of the pressure placed upon food aid providers and increase their capacity to deliver to the wider community.
🎨 Neighbourhood Improvement Fund – £2,000
The purpose of the Neighbourhood Improvement Fund (NIF) is to provide funding to support a wide range of community organisations projects and activities.
🌟 Public Health Research Programme (PHR)
Our Public Health Research (PHR) Programme invites applications in response to specific research questions.
🎯 Didymus Charity Fund – £10,000
Our mission is to distribute grants to UK Registered Charities delivering high quality, creative projects, which widen access to and participation in the arts in Greater London and Yorkshire.
🚀 Inman Charity Grants
The Trustees operate a grant giving policy with a view to making annual grants of £350,000.
