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:   

7 stars Foundation

Has grants available for charities working to address key societal issues affecting young people, aged 18 years old and under, aligned to one of our annual focus areas.

Funding is intended to support both direct solutions and approaches that address the wider societal challenges linked to each focus area. Your application may focus on either aspect or incorporate both.

Who should apply?

• Grants are available for £10,000 over two years (£5,000 per year)

• One charity partner will be selected per focus area, per year

• Applicants must be from a registered UK charity

• Applicants must have a turnover of under £1.5m

Fund focus areas

• Child Exploitation
• Child Mental Health
• LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Support
• Anti-Racism
• Online Abuse

Please check which funding round relates to your focus area before applying. The current founding round focus areas are: LGBTQ+ Inclusion & Support.  Deadline 12 April 2026.

Comic Relief x Sainsburys Holiday Activity and Food Programme

Grants of up to £10,000 are available to organisations with a total annual income of up to £500,000 in your previous financial year. This is a pan-London programme, prioritising organisations looking to:

• Increase/improve access to holiday food and activity schemes for children with disabilities
• Increase/improve access to holiday food and activity schemes for children experiencing food poverty
• Increase the delivery period of their programme to include more days per week and/or more weeks of the school summer holidays. Deadline 22nd April 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