Funding

 

 

We regularly update this page with available funding we think might be of interest to the organisations we support. 

 

If you would like to access the Grant Finder portal that KVA subscribes to, please book an 'Ask the Expert' session and a member of our team will get back to you with more information. 

 

  • VCSE Green Grants  - The Royal Borough of Kingston Council (RBK) is offering ‘Green Grants’ to community and voluntary organisations to help support the delivery of the Climate Action Plan. The grants will be £5,000 - £10,000 per year in size for 3-5 years, and offered to projects to tackle climate change. 

 

  • Ground Work - Our Space - The Our Space Award (OSA) aims to help Londoners clean and green the city through active community engagement and participation, increasing a sense of community ownership over shared spaces. Deadline 11 December 2023.

 

  • Disability Justice - Trust For London - A £3 million fund from Trust for London and City Bridge Foundation, towards a strong, vibrant, diverse and sustainable Disability justice movement. Deadline 4 March 2024.

 

 

 

  • The Fore - The Fore is the only open-access funder in the UK offering development funding and strategic support to early-stage charities and social enterprises who have exceptional leadership, innovative idea and cost-effective solutions. Deadline 13 December (applications open 6 December 2023).

 

  • South West London Investment Fund - The fund is for innovative projects that could have a big impact on health and wellbeing across South West London (Croydon, Merton, Kingston, Sutton, Richmond, Wandsworth). Deadline: 10 November 2023.

 

  • The UK Fund (The National Lottery) - A fund supporting organisations that want to do more to help communities come together and help create a better-connected society. Ongoing.

 

  • Percy Bilton Charitable Trust - Funding is provided to UK registered charities whose primary objectives are to assist one or more of the following groups: Disadvantaged/underprivileged young people, people with disabilities and older people. Ongoing. 

 

  • City Bridge Foundation - Aimed at a wide range of organisations. Applications can be submitted at any time. The Grants Committee meets six times a year to consider applications. Ongoing.
Fund categories
Fund iconCommunity DevelopmentFund iconHealth & Social WelfarGrants up to £5,000,000 are available to not-for-profit groups for projects which forge connections between communities to create a better-connected societCity Bridge Trust Reopens for ApplicatioConstituted voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations based in London may apply for funding from a range of programme themes, including (but not limited There is no minimum or maximum grant specified, with awards varying depending on the type of grant applied for. The smallest ever given is £1,000 and the largest £10 million. The grants can cover a period of up to five years.

 

  • British Gas Energy Trust - If any of your beneficiaries are struggling with increased utility bills, they should be encouraged to apply for this grant. Only individuals and families can apply and they need to show the increase on their bills from October, November and December. Grants up to £1500. Ongoing.

 

  • Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants - This is a grant to develop new activities for people affected by Parkinson’s to participate in physical activity and sport or increased participation in these areas. Grants £500 to £3000. Deadline: 30 November 2023. 

 

  • Cash for Kids Cost of Living grant - The charity helps children and young people (up to 18 years old) affected by poverty, neglect or those living with additional needs. Ongoing.

 

  • British Gas Energy Trust Offering Fuel Poverty Grants - In response to the cost-of-living crisis and energy price cap increase, the independent charitable trust is currently providing two funds: Individuals and Families Fund and British Gas Energy Support Fund. No official deadline but will be cancelled once fund runs out.

 

  • Jane Hodge Foundation - Grants are available to UK registered or exempt charities for projects that address the objectives of the Foundation which are welfare, education, medical treatment and research and religion. Ongoing.

 

  • Gosling Foundation - For charities and non profit organisations with an income of less than £30m working with young people, in education, health and with Royal Marines. Ongoing.

 

  • Ovo Energy Fund - Supports OVO customers who’ve fallen behind with their energy payments to OVO. You must be in receipt of: Income Support, Job Seekers Allowance, Pension Credit, Employment and Support Allowance, or Universal Credit (but only if not working). Ongoing.

 

  • Heat Network Efficiency Scheme - Grants are available for organisations operating across the public, private and third sectors in England and Wales for upgrading existing heat networks to reduce emissions and energy costs. Deadline 2 February 2024.

 

 

  • Barclays Community Football Fund - Grants of £500 are available for not-for-profit groups in the UK to help improve access to football for all by running football activities for underrepresented groups. Deadline December 2024.

 

  • Mercers Company and Philanthropy - Grants are intended to support charitable organisations with community-led projects that 'will make a real difference in people's lives' and which address the Foundation's priorities within its three funding programmes.

 

  • Matthew Good Foundation - Grants are available of up to £3,500 for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment. Ongoing.

 

 

  • Tesco Bags of Help Bags of Help is Tesco’s local community grant scheme where the money raised from the 5p bag is used to fund local projects in communities right across the UK. Ongoing.

 

  • Pilgrim Trust - Two levels of grants are available for projects in the UK concerned with heritage preservation and social welfare, especially improving the life chances of vulnerable members of society (particularly women and girls). Grants are up to £5,000 and beyond. Ongoing. 

 

  • Home Instead charities - Grants of up to £1500 are available for grass roots community groups and charities addressing mental health and isolation in older people in the UK. Ongoing. 

 

  • Hargreaves Foundation - Grants up to a discretionary amount are available for charities and educational institutions that support those under the age of 18 years, and living with a mental health condition, disability or growing up in poverty through the mediums of sport and education. Ongoing.

 

  • Ernest Cook Trust - Grants are available to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations in the UK for educational projects that will encourage young people's interest in the countryside and the environment. Grants of up to £15,000 are available. Ongoing.

 

  • Goldsmiths Charity - general charitable support - Grant support of up to £30,000 is available for projects addressing prisoner resettlement, youth and an ageing population. Currently, only prisoner resettlement activities are considered. Ongoing.

 

  • Sobell Foundation - Grants are available to registered charities in England and Wales for causes benefiting children, the sick, elderly, needy and disabled. Ongoing. 

 

  • Henry Smith Charity - Main Grants - Grants are available for registered charities, social enterprises and constituted charitable groups to help people in the UK when other sources of support have failed, are inappropriate, or are simply not available. Ongoing. 

 

  • Barrow Cadbury Trust - Criminal Justice Programme - The Criminal Justice Programme aims to support projects that will strengthen the evidence base for practical, structural change to the criminal justice system to account for the distinct needs and contexts of young adults, women and Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities. Ongoing.

 

  • Toy Trust - The funding is intended for UK based children's charities who are working for the benefit of disadvantaged children under the age of 13 years and their families. Ongoing. 

 

  • London Housing Foundation - The London Housing Foundation (LHF) supports organisations who work with homeless people, or work to prevent people becoming homeless. Ongoing. 

 

  • Sporting Capital Fund - Sporting Capital is a social investment fund operating with the objective of helping organisations that make a difference by developing people and communities through sport. Ongoing.

 

  • Allen Lane Foundation - The Foundation makes grants to voluntary not-for-profit organisations in the UK for work which benefits groups of people who are under-represented in UK society. Ongoing.

 

  • Veterans' Foundation - The aim of the Foundation is to help charities and other organisations that support serving and former members of the British Armed Forces, and sometimes their dependants, who are in need. Ongoing.

 

  • Monica Rabagliati Charitable Trust - Grants are primarily intended to support organisations which are focusing on the alleviation of child suffering and deprivation. Ongoing. 

 

  • Big Local - The aim of the fund is to create empowered, resilient, dynamic and asset-rich communities making their own decisions on what is best for their area. This will involve forming a Big Local partnership and creating a plan unique to each community. Ongoing.

 

  • Displacement Education Grant - The new £1 million Displacement Education Fund has been launched to address the specific challenges that children and young people who have been displaced by conflict face in accessing quality education. Ongoing.

 

  • Lionel Wigram Memorial Trust - Funding is available for charities that are providing services for blind, deaf and disabled people in the UK. Ongoing. 

 

  • Trust for London - Trust for London is an independent charitable foundation aiming to tackle poverty and inequality in London. Ongoing. 

 

  • The Pixel Fund - Grants of between £500 and £5000 are available for registered UK-based charities and registered community interest organisations to support projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.

 

  • London Marathon Trust - The London Marathon Charitable Trust awards grants for capital projects that inspire and increase the numbers of people regularly taking part in physical activities.

 

  • The Kingston Lottery - The Kingston Council has launched the ‘Kingston Lottery’, which aims to raise money for local charities and community groups. Ongoing.

 

  • Jack Petchey Foundation - Supports programmes and projects that benefit young people aged 11-25 in London and Essex. Ongoing.

 

  • Kingston Charitable Trust - The Kingston Charitable Foundation is providing an average of 3 x £500 grants with an emphasis on getting timely help to small, Kingston-based charities.

 

  • Tesco Community Grants - Eligible organisations can apply online for a grant, applications are assessed and shortlisted. Every three months successful shortlisted applications are put into a customer vote in Tesco stores across the UK. Ongoing.

 

  • Stuart Halbert Foundation - Grants for projects that support disadvantaged people, animal welfare, the Armed forces or the local community. Ongoing.

 

 

  • Waitrose Community Matters - Each month every Waitrose branch donates £1,000 (£500 in convenience shops) between 3 local good causes that customers choose. Ongoing.

 

  • Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - Fund the charitable work of organisations that are building an inclusive, creative and sustainable society. Ongoing.

 

  • Garfield Weston Foundation - The foundation supports a broad range of charities and causes across the UK with small and larger grants. Ongoing.

 

  • Cranfield Trust - The Cranfield Trust is a national charity offering free business skills, advice and guidance to voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations. Ongoing. 

 

  • Law Works: the solicitors Pro Bono group - LawWorks is a charity working in England and Wales to connect volunteer lawyers with people in need of legal advice, who are not eligible for legal aid. 

 

  • Groundwork One stop Community Partnership - This programme is designed to support community groups or organisations operating within two miles of a One Stop store and tackling food poverty, supporting the vulnerable, supporting the elderly, supporting low-income families or running youth sports teams. Ongoing.

 

  • Smallwood Trust - Open to women aged 18 or above, living in the UK, on a low income / not in work and in receipt of all benefits entitled to, or have no recourse to public funds, with savings under £2,000. Ongoing.

 

  • Sense Cost of Living Support Fund - To provide financial support to people with complex disabilities who live in the family home and are on low incomes. Ongoing.

 

  • Turn2us - Comprehensive list of grant givers to individuals and families. Ongoing.

 

 

  • Hargreaves Foundation - Grants up to a discretionary amount are available for charities and educational institutions that support those under the age of 18 years, and living with a mental health condition, disability or growing up in poverty through the mediums of sport and education. Ongoing. 

 

  • Buttle Trust - Grants of up to £2000 available to enable vulnerable children and young people in the UK to overcome financial barriers preventing them from achieving their education, training or employment goals. Ongoing.

 

  • Matthew Good Foundation - Grants are available of up to £3,500 for local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on communities, people, or the environment. Ongoing.

 

  • Sobell Foundation - Grants are available to registered charities in England and Wales for causes benefiting children, the sick, elderly, needy and disabled. Ongoing. 

 

 

  • Ernest Cook Trust - Grants are available to registered charities, schools and not-for-profit organisations in the UK for educational projects that will encourage young people's interest in the countryside and the environment. Ongoing.

 

  • Will Charitable Trust - Grants are available to UK registered charities for activities in the UK that fall within the following categories: care of and services for blind people; long-term care of people with learning disabilities; and care of and services for people suffering from cancer. Ongoing.

 

  • Prince of Wales's Charitable Fund - Small Grants - Small grants are available for charitable organisations to support community-based projects in the areas of heritage and conservation, education, health and wellbeing, social inclusion, environment, and countryside. Ongoing.

 

  • Sporting Capital Fund - A social investment fund operating with the objective of helping organisations that make a difference by developing people and communities through sport.

 

  • Allen Lane Foundation - The Foundation makes grants to voluntary not-for-profit organisations in the UK for work which benefits groups of people who are under-represented in UK society.

 

  • Displacement Education Grant - Its new £1 million Displacement Education Fund has been launched to address the specific challenges that children and young people who have been displaced by conflict face in accessing quality education.

 

  • Barchester Foundation - Funding is intended to help small community groups and local charities with activity projects, equipment and materials for use by members, Member transport and day trips, outings, and group holidays in the UK.

 

  • The Pixel Fund - Grants are available for registered UK-based charities and registered community interest organisations to support projects that promote the mental health and wellbeing of children and young adults.

 

 

  • Family Action grants - Grants of up to £600 to support families and individuals for essential personal and household needs to assist families and individuals with low incomes, particularly those living on benefits.