We regularly update this page with available funding from Idox-Grantfinder and other sources we think might interest the organisations we support.

Please see funding opportunities with deadlines below:   

B&Q Foundation Offers Grants for Home Starter Kits

One-off grants are available for UK registered charities who are providing home-starter packs for people in need to move into their home.

The funding is intended for UK charities working to improve the lives of people in need by supporting projects that make homes safe, welcoming, and comfortable.

Grants support home starter kits to help individuals and families facing homelessness, domestic abuse, disabilities, illness, or financial hardship to feel more settled and supported in their living spaces.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available for kits, with a maximum allocation of £500 per kit. Kits to be delivered within 12 months.

The grants can support:

• Small electrical appliances e.g. microwaves, TV.
• White goods.
• Decoration e.g. pictures, throws, etc.
• Furniture
• Bedding
• Cleaning items, DIY tools
• Flooring, Paint
• Kitchen utensils
• Storage
• Home retailer gift cards
• Curtains/blinds
• Lighting fixtures/lamps
• Safety items, eg, smoke alarms
• Gardening tools, plants, outdoor furniture
• Basic home repair materials
• Laundry essentials, eg, drying racks, baskets.   Deadline 20 February 2026.

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Is offering grants for UK-registered charities working across the UK to help those most in need.

The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interest being funded each year. There are normally four application rounds per year, with applications accepted for one month only, usually in February, April, July, and September. Charities can apply for one round per calendar year.

In 2026, Rounds 1 and 2 will focus on projects supporting people experiencing or at risk of homelessness. Focus will be given to projects that provide life skills, including food education, healthy living, and budgeting. Priority will be given to people leaving the armed forces, leaving prison, or care. 

In this round, grants of £1,000 are available for UK-registered charities with an operating income of between £100,000 and £1 million. Applications will not be accepted from CICs or other not-for-profit organisations that are not a UK-registered charity. Deadline 28 February 2026.

Magdalen Hospital Trust Accepting Applications

The Trust makes grants to promote the welfare of young people, under the age of 25 years, who suffer from various effects of social deprivation, abuse, mental and physical handicap, inadequate housing, lack of education or training, and the problems derived from unemployment and broken families.

Grants of between £500 and £2,000 are available to UK-based Charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) working with vulnerable children and young adults, especially those at risk of sexual and other forms of exploitation.

The funding will support project costs. Projects can include those that provide:

• Training for work and personal development
• Clubs and play schemes
• Safeguarding education
• Mental health support and counselling
• Emergency care.   Deadline 28 February 2026.

Leeds Building Society Charitable Foundation

Is offering grants to UK registered charities for projects which address one or more of the following funding priorities:

• Financial stress
• Security and refuge
• Quality and suitability of housing.

Applications are welcome from those who take a Housing First and/or relationship-based approach. Applications should show evidence of:

• Strength-based practice
• Trauma-informed care
• Psychologically informed environments

Depending on their annual turnover, UK registered charities can apply for:

• Small Grants of up to £2,500. This is available to charities anywhere in the UK that have a turnover of less than £500,000. Small Grants are flexible and can be used for core, project and/or capital costs.
• Large Grants of up to £75,000 across one, two or three years. (The average grant size is £40,000 over two years.) This is for charities with a turnover of £1 million or less who have a registered address in Yorkshire or the North East of England. Large Grants can support running costs, staff and volunteer costs, project and  capital costs.  Deadline 2 March 2026.

Shaftesbury Young People Trust (SYP)

Is offering grants for constituted not-for-profit organisations across London to deliver projects and activities that bring about positive change in the lives of young people aged between 11 and 18.

Grants in the range of £5,000 to £10,000 are available for projects that align with the following priorities:

• Providing opportunities and encouragement for young people to access learning and employment.
• Empowering young people to lead the healthiest lives they can.
• Engaging young people to feel empowered in their choices, to be able to act independently, and to have a voice.

Priority will be given to smaller, local community-based organisations with an income of up to £400,000 per year, with reserves between three to six months of annual running costs, where most beneficiaries are within the Greater London boundary. There is also a particular interest in organisations looking for seed funding for new ideas and to help scale up successful pilot projects.

There is a two-stage application process. Groups should first submit an online expression of interest before being invited to submit a full application. There are typically two funding rounds per year. Deadline 6 March 2026.

Hinrichsen Foundation

Has grants of between £500 and £3,000 available for charities and organisations across the UK to deliver music projects that focus on the performance, commissioning, or recording of contemporary music.

The Hinrichsen Foundation will support projects and activities that:

• Align with The Hinrichsen Foundation's values and objectives for contemporary and experimental music.
• Express a clear programme of activity and project timeline, parameters, and outputs
• Deliver high-quality projects for diverse audiences, prioritising the cultivation of less familiar and experimental music appreciation.
• Embrace artistic risks and diversity.
• Encourage thoughtful collaboration among composers, musicians, and project leads.
• Ensure fair payment for composers and musicians, particularly in larger organisations.
• Demonstrate the financial need and feasibility of the proposed project.

Applications that take artistic risks, promote diversity, consider sustainability, or are artist-led are encouraged.

The Foundation rarely supports projects where it is the sole funder. Applicants are expected to indicate another source of income, either secured or projected. Deadline 13 March 2026.

The Access to Justice Foundation

Organisations providing free legal advice across Scotland, Wales, London and the Southeast of England will soon be able to apply for new funding through the Access to Justice Foundation's Improving Lives Through Advice 2026 programme.

Funding is being made available through a collective action settlement, Gutmann v SW Trains.

The fund will offer unrestricted, three-year grants, with a total of £3.9 million expected to be available. The programme is designed to strengthen access to justice for communities most in need of legal support. 

Further details on eligibility and the application process will be made available when the programme opens to applications.

The Access to Justice Foundation will host an online information webinar on 19 February 2026 (14:00). Organisations can register here.  Deadline 16 March 2026.

Jerwood

Is offering grants to UK-based organisations that focus on making art available for public benefit and promoting emerging talent in the arts.

Funding is available for various projects and activities that promote the arts for public benefit, as well as organisations interested in working with the Jerwood Collection. Grants of up to £200,000 have previously been awarded, although most grants tend to be significantly less than this.

Proposed activities should start at least three months, but less than 12 months, from the closing date. In this round, proposed projects should start or be open to the public from 1 July 2026 to 30 June 2027.  Deadline for applications is 18 March 2026. 

 

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EMPOWER Rivers Community Grants Programme

Is accepting applications for 2026 Funding Round. Thames21, in partnership with Lund Trust, is offering grants of up to £20,000 for voluntary and community groups in Greater London with an annual income of less than £1 million to deliver small-scale, volunteer-led river restoration and water quality monitoring initiatives.

Through the EMPOWER Rivers Community Grants Programme, a total of £80,000 is available for the following types of projects:

• Water quality monitoring projects, such as monthly urban riverfly monitoring initiative (RMI) surveys, water sample testing, and regular monitoring of chemicals and physical
• River restoration projects, such as the creation of berms, adding large wood habitats, small-scale weir removal and channel reprofiling, backwater creation or restoration, installation of reed beds, and invasive species control or removal.

Contractor activities will also be considered, including vegetation management specialists, small-scale concrete bank reinforcement removal, and surveys.

Applications from projects that involve physical river improvements must be submitted by recognised community groups such as River Action Groups or Friends groups, or by registered charities. Deadline 20 March 2026.

Quaker Housing Trust

Offers the following support and informal advice to grassroots housing organisations across Britain:

• Main grants and interest-free loans (a mix of grants and loans) up to £50,000 to enhance the quality of provision. (Up to £20,000 for grants.)
• Best practice grants of up to £6,000 for feasibility studies to test specific proposals.

In addition, the Trust also gives advice, information and encouragement to Quakers who are already involved with housing projects, enquiring about how to start a new project, or wanting to make use of their meeting's property and/or funds to meet housing need.

Finding a safe, comfortable and affordable home challenges many people in Britain. The Quaker testimony of equality means a belief that everyone should have access to quality housing. QHT support charities which provide homes for people who have a particular housing need or are at points of transition in their lives.

Until the end of 2026, QHT is particularly interested in the following:

• Projects in areas geographically underrepresented in previous grant applications (East of England, Wales, Southwest of England (Somerset, Devon, Cornwall).
• Organisations working with people with No Recourse to Public Funds.
• Organisations working with minoritised communities (as per the definition in the Equality Act 2010).
• Organisations working with people leaving prison.

QHT aims to use its funding to create homes. It is looking to fund projects which meet a real housing need and where QHT funding makes a real difference.

Applications will be considered from organisations with legal charitable status, operating in Britain with an annual turnover of up to £1 million, who are meeting a real and demonstrable housing need and providing actual ‘bricks and mortar’ housing. Deadline 26 March 2026.

Laughology

Is offering two grants of £5,000 for grassroots, not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver projects that help to build strong, resilient communities.

Funding is for projects that enable sustainable outcomes aligned with the following priorities:

• Mental health
• Wellbeing
• Inclusion
• Skills development

Priority will be given to activities that have a sustainable impact and the potential to continue beyond the initial funding. In 2026, a total of £20,000 is available across two application cycles. Deadline 27 March 2026.

Stef and  Philips Foundation

Is offering grants of up to £2,000 for organisations working to support individuals and families living in emergency or temporary accommodation in London. 

Funding will support projects that aim to enrich people's lives, improve their health and well-being, or offer opportunities to realise their potential.

Eligible costs include:

• Essential items for home or family life.
• Training and education.
• Recreational trips for children.
• Community projects that promote social inclusion and welfare.

To apply, groups must have an annual income of less than £1 million and have unrestricted reserves that are less than 30% of their income level. Deadline 31 March 2026.

Heritage Revival Fund

Is currently accepting applications for projects that will help to rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings, like theatres, department stores and former banks. It will do this by supporting community organisations, charities and social enterprises to take ownership of these sites, transforming them into vibrant spaces that meet local needs. The programme will be delivered by the Architectural Heritage Fund and will be open to charities and social enterprises in England seeking to take ownership of and adapt historic buildings for community uses. The Heritage Revival Fund will offer advice and grants to charities and social enterprises, supporting projects from the earliest stages through to capital works, with funding available for feasibility studies, development of business plans and drawings for architectural adaptations, as well as the costs of acquiring and renovating buildings. Deadline 31 March 2026.

Screwfix Foundation

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 funding is to be used for the following types of projects:

• Improved energy efficient lighting and heating.
• Installation of new kitchen, bathroom etc.
• Installation of a sensory room.
• General painting and decorating.
• Improving safety and security of a building.

Registered charities, Community Benefit Societies, Cooperative Societies and Community Interest Companies can apply as long as they have suitable governance to manage the fund and are supporting people in need whether by reason of financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage or distress. Deadline 10 May 2026.

Metropolitan Public Gardens Association

The Metropolitan Public Gardens Association is offering grants of up to £1,500 for charities, community groups, and other organisations across Greater London to deliver projects that preserve, maintain, or improve green spaces that are accessible to the public.

Funding can be used for the following:

• The planting of trees, shrubs, herbaceous plants, bulbs, seeds, and accompanying growing material as part of a carefully planned planting scheme.
• The provision of raised beds and troughs
• The provision of benches.
• The provision of tool sheds.
• The provision of tools.

Funding is for projects involving publicly accessible green spaces, including community gardens, church grounds, recreational spaces, public parks and squares, or street planting, and gardens in institutions that are open to the public, such as art galleries, historic houses, libraries, museums, hospitals, youth clubs, or workplace gardens. Deadline 12 May 2026.

Green Roots Fund Accepting Applications for Third Funding Round

Local Authorities and constituted not-for-profit organisations across London can apply for grants of between £10,000 and £500,000 for projects to create and improve green and blue infrastructure.

The Green Roots Fund has a total of £12 million available across three years for projects that:

• Enhance blue and green spaces in London, making neighbourhoods healthier, more nature-rich, and climate-resilient, so that they are higher-quality and natural spaces are better connected.
• Include and involve Londoners in blue and green spaces, ensuring access to green and blue infrastructure and its benefits for all Londoners, so they feel welcome and comfortable in green, blue, and natural spaces. This also means involving diverse groups in management and decision-making.

For Round Three onwards, there will be a priority theme for projects that focus on improving the green infrastructure associated with travel to accessing waterways. Examples could include:

• Greening and wayfinding along a route connecting an underground, tram, DLR, or overground station to a riverside or canal path.
• Greening and wayfinding along the road or cycle network to a lake or pond

Projects can fall into the following categories:

• Implementation work that focuses on activities that happen in a place to improve the physical space.
• Enabling work that focuses on supporting activities like research, design, and community engagement.

Proposed projects may be delivered in one or more locations, existing blue or green spaces, or areas where there is currently little to no infrastructure, and can last up to two years.  Deadline 28 May 2026.

Grocer's Charity Grant

Has one-off grants available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of poverty, disability and inclusion, the elderly, health, military, environment and conservation, and the arts and heritage. Deadline 01 September 2026.

Groundwork

In partnership with the Postcode Local Trust, Postcode Places Trust, and Postcode Society Trust, is offering grants of between £500 and £2,000 for small grassroots organisations that work to make a positive difference in local communities, particularly those working to support marginalised or vulnerable groups.

Funding is to support the work of groups that provide vital services in their local communities, such as:

• Access to food or basic essentials.
• Improvements to local greenspace.
• Cultural, support, or wellbeing activities.
• Volunteering opportunities to improve the local environment or support other people.

Grants are unrestricted and can be used flexibly for costs such as:  

• Paying staff or volunteer expenses.
• Costs for equipment or materials.
• Core, ongoing running costs of the organisation, such as rent, utilities, and other general running costs.
• Training for staff and volunteers.
• Consultant time to help develop the organisation or key policies. 

Priority will be given to work in communities that rank as being within the top 15% on the English Indices of Deprivation, and work to support communities that are classed as marginalised or vulnerable. To apply, groups should have an annual income of less than £25,000. Deadline 30 September 2026. 

The Michael Tippett Musical Foundation

Is offering grants of between £500 and £3,000 for groups across the UK to support the development of group music-making, especially involving young people, with composing central to the project.

In 2023, the Trustees decided to include within the Foundation’s activities the funding of performances and recording of music by Michael Tippett. As of 2026, the Foundation will no longer accept open applications for such projects. Instead, the Trustees welcome applications for grants towards projects that support group music-making, especially those that involve young people in the process of composing and the development of creative ideas.

The Foundation will still occasionally but will still consider funding large-scale performances and recordings of music by Michael Tippett.

Successful projects should commence from January 2027.

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2026