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:   

Art Council England

Has opened the second round of its Incentivising Touring scheme, a pilot initiative designed to support mid-large scale theatre and dance productions touring across England. The scheme aims to reduce financial risks for producers and encourage investment by demonstrating potential for financial returns.

Funding, provided as a repayable grant, is available at up to 25% of production capitalisation costs, capped at £500,000 per project.

Eligible applicants include UK-based, publicly funded, commercial and independent theatre and dance producers, National Portfolio Organisations, and collaborative groups. Productions must tour to permanent, ticketed performance venues, each with a minimum of 500 seats, including a minimum of four venues in England, outside of inner London.

Eligible projects include new productions, revivals, or remounted works for first or new tours. Theatre is broadly defined, encompassing plays, musicals, circus, and physical or visual theatre forms.

Deadline 30 September 2025. 

The Hugo Burge Foundation

Invites Applications for Arts and Community Funding. Applications are being accepted for grant funding to support creative projects, organisations and individuals across the UK. The initiative is delivered by the Hugo Burge Foundation.

The funding is structured around three strands. Creative Education supports projects that provide people aged 0 to 29 with opportunities to engage in creative activities. Creative Communities focuses on organisations, festivals and community groups delivering cultural and arts-based events locally. Creative Individuals is for artists, writers and craftspeople pursuing independent work.

Grants of up to £15,000 are available for projects under the Creative Education and Creative Communities strands. Under the Creative Individuals strand, grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Applicants may include individuals, schools, arts organisations, community groups and festivals. In the first round of funding under the Creative Individuals strand, applications will only be accepted from artists based in Scotland. Eligible expenditure includes field trips, community cultural events, materials for student engagement and the development of new creative work. Deadline 30 September 2025.

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Is offering grants for UK-registered charities working with communities 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 2025, Rounds 3 and 4 will accept applications for projects that focus exclusively on refugees and asylum seekers without extending services to other groups.

In this round, grants of £5,000 are available for UK-registered charities with a minimum operating income of £1 million. Applications will not be accepted from CICs or other not-for-profit organisations that are not a UK-registered charity.  Deadline 30 September 2025.

The Different Foundation’s ‘AI for All’ Funding/Mentoring Programme Opens for UK Applications

The Different Foundation, a charity registered in 2024, 'exists to embrace diversity, empower the underrepresented, and shape an inclusive future'. 'AI for All' is the Foundation's 'flagship programme' which offers one-off grants of up to £2,500 and four hours of specialised mentorship with respected leaders in AI. This mentorship provides practical guidance to enhance impact, improve programme delivery, and strengthen organisational capabilities. The funding is intended to promote access and opportunity for members of underrepresented and diverse communities in AI innovation. It supports organisations committed to diversity in technology. The current focus is addressing digital bias, elevating diverse voices, and developing AI that works for everyone. Applications will be accepted from UK registered charities, based and working within the UK, with a turnover of between £150,000 and £1.15 million and one to ten employees. There will be two funding rounds in 2025 and two rounds in 2026. Deadline 30 September 2025.

D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

Funds UK Registered Charities, operating in the UK, in the fields of the advancement of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. Grants of, typically, up to £6,000 are awarded and are usually single grants over a one-year period.   Occasionally longer-term grants of up to 3 years are agreed by the Trustees. Their stated priorities since 2023 are as follows:

THE ARTS

  • Support for charities seeking to engage with young people on the fringes of society through music and drama projects to improve their employability and diminish the risk of social exclusion.

MEDICAL WELFARE

  • Music and art therapy and non-clinical interventions that use singing, drama and musical techniques to aid recovery from illness and improve quality of life and mental wellbeing.
  • Support for charities concerned with alleviating the suffering of adults and children with medical conditions who have difficulty finding support through traditional sources.
  • The welfare of those who care for others through the provision of breaks for carers, with an emphasis on projects and schemes assisting young carers.

THE ENVIRONMENT

  • Active involvement in hands-on conservation activities, particularly those that bring about positive changes in the lives of young people living at the margins of society to improve their skills, build their confidence and break down barriers to their employment.

There are three rounds of funding a year in March, July and November.

The next deadline for applications is 30 September 2025 for the November meeting.

The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

UK registered charities, CICs and local authorities can apply for grants of up to £25,000 to support projects delivered over 12 months that enable accessible, bespoke mental health and wellbeing support for those with seldom heard needs in the armed forces community.

The funding is for projects that meet both of the following outcomes:

  • Those who are underrepresented, or whose voices are seldom heard, within the armed forces community, have equitable access to mental health and wellbeing support which meets their specific needs.
  • Awareness of the needs of underrepresented groups within the armed forces community has been raised among organisations supporting them, through mutual learning and knowledge exchange to embed best practice.

The project should be focused on supporting either serving personnel, veterans or their families or carers who are ’seldom heard’, to access defined or bespoke mental health and wellbeing support.

Here, ‘seldom heard’ refers to groups or individuals whose voices, opinions or needs are not frequently or adequately represented in mainstream policies or services. These groups face barriers to participation and may be marginalised or overlooked in various contexts. It encompasses anyone who is under-served and may have barriers to, or specific needs when accessing mental health and wellbeing support services.

The funding can be used for most things need to run the project or activity, including people’s time, costs of delivering work online or buying/hiring equipment. 

The funding can support both new projects as well as the continuation or expansion of existing work which offers collaborative approaches to support under-served cohorts. Both local and regional projects are eligible to apply.

There are two application rounds for financial year 2025/26.

Round 1 is open for applications with a deadline of 1 October 2025.

Comic Relief Community Fund for England Opens for Applications

Applications to the 2025/26 round of the Comic Relief Community Fund are now open until 6 October 2025.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available for grassroots, community-led organisations in England with an income of less than £250,000 that support people living in, or at risk of, poverty or hardship.

The 2025/26 funding round will support organisations in England that are:

  • Tackling the immediate and urgent impacts of being in poverty, including providing essential resources like food, shelter, advice and healthcare. For example, foodbanks, community kitchens, homeless shelters, welfare advice agencies and health outreach projects.
  • Working to empower communities to take positive steps to lift themselves out of poverty in the longer term. For example, projects that build skills, increase access to employment, strengthen financial resilience or develop community-led solutions.

Applicants must be based within the area where they are carrying out activities.

The programme offers flexible, core funding, and is designed to support the good work of organisations, and not just projects. The grants can be used on core organisation costs, project costs or a combination of both. It is anticipated that around 120 grants will be awarded in the 2025/26 round. Projects must be completed by 30 September 2026.

When assessing applications, Groundwork, who administers the grants programme on behalf of Comic Relief, will take into account the level of deprivation in the area where the organisation is working. Applications from areas that score higher on the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) may be given greater priority.

This will be the only funding round for 2025/2026, and it anticipated that it will be highly competitive.  Deadline 6 October 2025.

The Green Community Grants Scheme

is a new funding programme established in 2025 by the Wildlife Trusts with funding from the People's Postcode Lottery and Postcode Green Trust.

The scheme offers one-year flexible grants of up to £25,000 to organisations whose main aims and objectives fit with one of the following themes: 

  • Contributing to nature recovery and responding to the climate emergency.
  • Improving nature-rich spaces and access to them.

The grants can be used for a wider range of sustainable activities, including recycling, litter picking, beach cleans or sustainable transport. 

Not-for-profit groups based in England, Scotland and Wales can apply as long as they:

  • Have an annual income between £10,000 and £1 million in the most recent financial year.
  • Have been operating for a minimum of 12 months and have signed annual accounts at the time of submitting their application.
  • Have a UK bank account in the organisation's name with two unrelated signatories.

As funding is expected to be oversubscribed, priority will be given to organisations: 

  • With an income of £250,000 or below.
  • That work in communities located in the top 15% of the Index of Multiple Deprivation
  • Whose main activities are focused on supporting marginalised groups. This could include, but is not limited to, disabled people, communities experiencing racial inequity, and LGBT+ people.

Groups can apply for no more than 25% of their annual income listed on their most recent set of signed accounts.

This funding is designed to offer flexibility and support so groups can strengthen their organisation and deepen their impact. Deadline 8 October 2025.

The Elephant Trust

Has small grants available to artists, small organisations and galleries to enable artists and those presenting their work to undertake and complete projects where they are frustrated by a lack of funds. The grants are usually up to £2,000 but are occasionally up to £5,000.

Priority is given to artists in the fine arts and small organisations and galleries who submit well argued, imaginative proposals for making or producing new work or exhibitions.  

Previously successful applicants should leave a minimum of two years before reapplying for help with a new project. Deadline 19 October 2025.

Loved and Wanted Fund

The Mayor of London is offering grants of up to £60,000 for venue-based not-for-profit organisations across London to develop and deliver a programme of work to engage with local communities and promote social cohesion as part of the Loved and Wanted campaign.

The Loved and Wated Fund aims to create a London-wide network of community spaces that offer activities that:

  • Build relationships among Londoners from different community and faith backgrounds.
  • Increase the number and visibility of spaces where Londoners can go to feel more loved and wanted.
  • Help every Londoner to participate fully in community life.
  • Better identify and address pressures within communities, particularly where those relate to social justice and community participation.
  • Strengthen regional interfaith cooperation and engagement on community-building.

To apply, groups should be constituted, have been operating in the same local area for the past five years, have an annual turnover of between £100,000 and £10 million, and work with or within different communities impacted by financial hardship, social exclusion, or structural inequalities.

Funding can be used to cover direct project costs such as volunteer expenses, professional fees, and marketing, as well as a contribution towards organisational overheads (up to 30%).

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online expression of interest before being shortlisted to complete a full application. Deadline 19 October 2025.

The Linnean Society

Is offering grants for community organisations linked with young people to deliver projects and activities that engage young people with local nature and natural spaces and improve their understanding of local biodiversity.

Community groups and other organisations working directly with children and young people aged 16 and under can apply for funding for a variety of activities, such as:

  • Running a school festival about nature.
  • Painting community murals showcasing biodiversity in the area.
  • Building or restoring a community garden.
  • Creating a nature walk.
  • Hiring a speaker to come and talk about local foraging.

The maximum award amount is £1,000. However, groups are encouraged to apply for significantly lower amounts.

Grants can be used for materials, room hire, publicity, speakers, trainers, freelancers, project-specific staff costs, audio-visual equipment hire, reasonable volunteer expenses, transportation, or other costs associated with activities or events. Deadline 25 October 2025.

Edgar E Lawley Foundation

Has small grants available for general charitable purposes within the categories of Hospices, Children & Young People, Elderly, Community, Disabled and Medical Research/Other. Its area of benefit is to any charity or not for profit organisation within the United Kingdom.

The Foundation’s preference is to award unrestricted grants to smaller charities and not for profit organisations.

In a normal year they can fund around 100 to 125. Their 2025/2026 grants programme will amount to £150,000- £200,000, with a typical grant being in the region of £2,000 per successful applicant.

Successful applicants will be advised in November or December 2025 and grants made no later than March 2026. Deadline 31 October 2025.

Skipton Charitable Foundation

Is offering grants of up to £10,000 to support UK registered charities from across the UK who are serving people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.

The funding is to help people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups to:

  • Access a place to call home with the following target outcomes:
    • Access and support into a safe and secure permanent place to call home – supporting charities that enable people most in need to live independently.
    • Access and support into a safe and secure temporary home in times of crisis. Enabling people into temporary accommodation in emergency situations such as homelessness, palliative or end of life, or for those experiencing domestic abuse.
  • Improve financial wellbeing with the following target outcomes:
    • The support needed to prevent and/or address financial difficulty. Support for charities who provide help and guidance on how to manage money and improve financial wellbeing.
    • Access to financial education. Support for charities whose work will support financial independence and education.

The Foundation will consider funding core costs, project costs, and small capital contributions. Deadline 31 October 2025.

The Leeds Building Society Foundation

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

  • Financial stress - projects that help with bills or debt stress.
  • Security and refuge - projects that support emergency accommodation.
  • Quality and suitability of housing.
  • Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness if it is part of wraparound support and the application also meets at least one of the other themes.

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.

UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million based anywhere in the UK can apply for small grants of between £250 and £1,000.

The funding is to be used for projects that support those in need of a safe and secure home. Grants are only for capital expenditure (that is, to purchase items used to directly help those in need).

Applications will be considered at the early December meeting. Deadline 3 November 2025.

Warburtons

Through its Community Grants programme, the family run bakery business Warburtons provides a limited number of grants of up to £400 four times a year. Applications are currently being accepted for projects starting in Winter 2026.

Not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are based and working in England, Scotland or Wales can apply as long as their projects are addressing one of Warburtons' priority areas:

  • Health - supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:
    • Improving physical health
    • Improving wellbeing
  • Place - supporting families to flourish in communities that are safer, greener and more inclusive:
    • Making spaces safe and inclusive
    • Connecting communities with the environment
  • Skills - supporting families to gain useful skills for life and work:
    • Developing useful life skills
    • Developing useful skills for employment.

Grants can be used to cover specific costs that will benefit the cause (eg, purchasing equipment to support an employability project). Deadline 4 November 2025.

Ockenden International Prize 2026

Ockenden International is a UK based charity that has been helping refugees and displaced people across the globe for more than 70 years. It launched its International Prize in 2012.

The 2026 competition offers five awards of £25,000 each to registered charities with existing projects/programmes that have been successful in improving the lives of refugees and/or internally displaced people. Four awards are for projects taking place anywhere in the world. The fifth award is for projects within the UK.

The judges are looking for projects primarily from small-to-medium-scale organisations that promote self-reliance among refugees and/or internally displaced people.

These may be projects that are led by or have a high level of participation from displaced people themselves; projects providing education, legal assistance and/or livelihood assistance; or any other projects that help refugees and/or displaced people build stable, independent lives.

Entries for the UK Prize, a new prize introduced in 2025, must be projects operational on the ground in the UK with the primary focus of the project entered demonstrably advancing the self-reliance of refugees and/or asylum-seekers living in the UK. Last year, the Happy Baby Community 'Starting Well' was awarded the first UK Prize.

The project or programme entered must have been established and operational for a minimum of six months (ie, before 1 March 2025) to be eligible for the 2026 Prizes.

The prize money can be used to help refugees and/or displaced persons and/or asylum-seekers in need as well as core funding such as administrative overheads supporting such projects. It is anticipated that, in general, prize money will be used to continue, extend and/or support the project referred to in the entry or for a similar future project run by the organisation. Deadline 30 November 2025.

Help the Homeless Accepting Applications for Winter Grants

This small grant maker provides grants of up to £5,000 for capital projects that help homeless people return to the community and rebuild their lives. Funding is targeted at projects to find practical ways to help disadvantaged individuals return to the community through training or residential facility provision, rather than merely providing short term shelter.

The reasons for being homeless vary enormously, but may include ill-health, those who are discharged offenders, addictions, family breakdown or other adverse circumstances.  Homelessness is not just about the people that the public sees and thinks about – principally “rough sleepers” living on the streets – but a whole range of people who lack a stable home.

The scheme will only fund capital costs. It will not fund core and running costs, computers or IT equipment. UK registered charities with an annual turnover of under £500,000 can apply. Deadline 15 December 2025.

National Lottery Awards for All England - Environment

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) is inviting applications to its new National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment fund from 25 June 2025. Not-for-profit organisations can apply for grants of between £300 and £20,000 for up to two years.

The funding is for projects that meet one or both of these aims:

  • Help people connect with and care for nature in their area. (Projects that help people engage with good-quality, accessible nature close to home.)
  • Make a positive difference to the environment. (Projects that help care for the environment and respond to climate challenges.)

The funding can be used to:

  • Start a new activity or continue an existing one.
  • Help organisations adapt to new challenges.
  • Run one-off events that have a clear environmental benefit.

All projects must benefit the local community and involve local people from the start.

The funding can support a variety of costs to help the project succeed. These include:

  • Running costs for the organisation
  • Help from a nature organisation
  • Equipment
  • One-off events with a clear environmental impact
  • Staff and training costs
  • Transport and utilities
  • Volunteer expenses
  • Small land or refurbishment projects

Deadline 17 December 2025.

Sovereign Network Group (SNG)

Is offering grants of between £1,000 and £7,500 for groups operating in SNG communities across South England to create sustainable, inclusive communities that people are proud to live in. The Strengthening Place Grants Programme will support projects and activities that align with the following priorities:

Community Safety:

  • Innovative approaches to tackling anti-social behaviour.
  • Crime reduction.
  • Safer neighbourhoods.

Environment and Sustainability:

  • Driving local, long-term environmental improvements.
  • Supporting local nature recovery.
  • Promoting community-led climate action and enhancing biodiversity.

Health, well-being, and social inclusion:

  • Creating healthier, more inclusive communities.
  • Supporting intergenerational connections.
  • Encouraging young people to achieve their goals and plan for the future.
  • Promoting mental and emotional well-being (including creative and holistic approaches).
  • Encouraging healthy lifestyles through sport and physical exercise.

This fund is part of SNG’s Thriving Communities Fund, which aims to support not-for-profit groups and organisations to deliver cohesive, sustainable, and resilient communities.

The deadline for applications is 30 January 2026 or until all funding is fully allocated. 

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.

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.