Grants for Public Sector Organisations

Local authorities, NHS trusts, schools, and other public bodies can access government grants for infrastructure, digital transformation, and community services. DLUHC, DfE, and DHSC are the main funding departments. Many programmes require partnership with the voluntary sector.

There are currently 45 live grants available for public sector in the UK, with deadlines ranging from 29 May 2026 to 1 April 2028.

Fostering Programme: New Hubs Expression of Interest

Department For Education

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£700,000 – £1,500,000Administrative & Support Services, Public Administration & Defence, Charities & Non-Profit

The Department for Education is offering £700,000 to £1,500,000 for new Fostering Hubs. This funding helps local areas recruit, assess and support foster carers through an integrated approach. Groups

Community Care Fund

Caremark

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£3,000 – £3,000

The Community Care Fund gives £3,000 grants to grassroots community projects. You can use the money to improve shared spaces, buy equipment, or enhance local services. UK-based community groups, chari

Contracts for Innovation: Advanced Connectivity Technologies (ACT) – Call 1

Innovate UK Business Connect

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Information & Communication, Professional & Scientific Services

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of £15 million to develop advanced connectivity technologies. You need to create testable solutions that address the UK's secure, resilient and sustai

Police Audio Visual Multi-Media (AVMM) Redaction Funding

The Home Office

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£5,000 – £500,000Public Administration & Defence

The Home Office is offering funding to help police forces improve their audio visual and multimedia redaction systems. Police and Crime Commissioners in England and Wales can apply on behalf of their

Battery Innovation Programme: Battery skills initiatives

Innovate UK Business Connect

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Manufacturing

UK registered organisations can apply for up to £1.2 million per project through the Battery Innovation Programme. The money is for establishing or scaling regional skills initiatives for battery manu

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Battery Innovation Programme: Battery skills initiatives

Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and the Battery Innovation Programme, funded by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

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£440,000 – £1,200,000Manufacturing, Public Administration & Defence, Charities & Non-Profit

UK registered organisations can apply for up to £1.2 million to establish or scale regional skills initiatives for battery manufacturing. The funding supports training programmes for the battery suppl

Remediation Enforcement Support Fund

Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government

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£5,000 – £100,000Public Administration & Defence

The Remediation Enforcement Support Fund provides £5,000 to £100,000 for local authorities and fire and rescue authorities in England. The money helps you get legal advice to pursue people responsible

Trees, woodlands and forestry - Woodland Creation Planning Grant

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs / Forestry Commission - Nature for Climate Fund

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£1,500 – £30,500Agriculture, Forestry & Fishing, Public Administration & Defence, Charities & Non-Profit

The Woodland Creation Planning Grant pays for creating woodland design plans. You can get between £1,500 and £30,500 to produce a plan that meets UK Forestry Standards. Landowners, land managers and p

Regional Improvement for Standards and Excellence (RISE) School Improvement Grant

Department for Education

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£40,000 – £240,000Education

The RISE grant provides funding for schools in England that Ofsted has identified as needing improvement. The Department for Education runs this programme to raise standards across all schools. Grants

Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)

Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

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£5,000 – £9,999,900Public Administration & Defence, Charities & Non-Profit

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme helps improve poorly performing district heating and communal heating systems in England and Wales. You can get revenue grants to pay for studies that find problems

Minnygap Community Fund

Foundation Scotland

Ongoing

The Minnygap Community Fund supports community projects in three specific areas of Scotland. You can apply if your project benefits people living in Johnstone, Templand, or Kirkpatrick Juxta community

Changing Futures

National Lottery Community Fund

Ongoing

Changing Futures helps adults facing multiple disadvantages like homelessness, addiction, or mental health issues. The programme supports public sector organisations and local communities to work toge

Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body

Innovate UK

Ongoing

This grant supports projects related to robotics adoption across the UK. You can apply as a single organisation or work with partners. UK registered businesses of any size can lead projects. Research

The Beinneun Community Fund

Foundation Scotland

Ongoing

The Beinneun Community Fund supports projects that help local residents in two Scottish Highland areas. You can apply if your project benefits people in Glengarry or Fort Augustus community council ar

Armed Forces Day Events Grant

Action Together

Ongoing

This grant supports Armed Forces Day events across the UK. It helps show support for servicemen and women, both past and present. Local councils can apply. Voluntary and community groups can apply. Sc

Battery Innovation Programme: battery skills initiatives

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £3,700,000Manufacturing

UK registered organisations can apply for up to £1.2 million per project through the Battery Innovation Programme. The money is for establishing or scaling regional skills initiatives for battery manu

Dual-use aviation systems and autonomy

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £10,000,000Transport & Storage

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £10 million to develop aviation technologies. The funding supports systems that work for both civil and military use. This is from Innovate U

Cash For Kids - Impact Grant

Action Together

Ongoing
Charities & Non-Profit

The Cash for Kids Impact Grant supports community groups, schools and charities working with disadvantaged children and young people. You can apply if you are a registered charity with annual turnover

EPSRC Materials Innovation Partnerships

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

Ongoing
Up to £7,500,000

This grant funds ambitious research partnerships between businesses and universities working on advanced materials. You need an established partnership of at least one year with your academic or busin

Solution Development for Advanced Connectivity Technologies

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £25,000,000

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million to develop secure, sustainable or sovereign connectivity technologies. This funding supports the UK's Advanced Connectivity Techn

Business chargepoint funding

Energy Saving Trust

Ongoing
Transport & Storage

Energy Saving Trust offers grant funding to help Scottish businesses and organisations install electric vehicle charging points. The funding supports the uptake of electric vehicles across Scotland by

Scottish zero emission bus challenge fund

Energy Saving Trust

Ongoing
Energy & Utilities, Transport & Storage

The Scottish Zero Emission Bus Challenge Fund helps organisations in Scotland switch their bus fleets to zero emission vehicles. Partners and collaborators can apply for grants to transition to cleane

2409 : Robotics Adoption Central Convening Body

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £2,000,000

This grant offers up to £2 million to create a central body that coordinates robotics adoption hubs across the UK. UK registered businesses, research organisations, public sector bodies, and universit

Contracts for Innovation in drug and alcohol addiction healthcare

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £20,000,000Health & Social Work

This grant offers up to £20 million for developing new treatments for drug and alcohol addiction. You can create pharmaceutical drugs, digital health tools, or medical technology. The funding helps im

Youth Guarantee Trailblazer

Liverpool City Council

Ongoing
Education

The Youth Guarantee Trailblazer programme helps organisations support young people aged 17-21 who are not in education, employment or training. The programme provides pathways to help these young peop

Frontier AI Benchmarking Datasets

Innovate UK

Ongoing

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £4.5 million from Innovate UK. This programme funds the creation, curation, annotation and exploitation of FAIR-data and benchmarks for AI in

National Lottery Heritage Grants: £10,000 to £250,000

National Lottery Heritage Fund

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£10,000 – £250,000Arts, Entertainment & Recreation, Charities & Non-Profit

The National Lottery Heritage Fund offers grants from £10,000 to £250,000 for heritage projects across the UK. You can apply for money to restore buildings, conserve nature, record oral histories, or

Robotics adoption hubs

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £38,000,000

This grant helps UK businesses create 'one-stop shops' for robotics adoption. These hubs will guide other businesses in using robots and automated systems. You can apply for a share of £38 million in

Electric vehicle pavement channels grant

Energy Saving Trust

Ongoing
Energy & Utilities, Transport & Storage

This grant provides up to £25 million for local authorities in England to install pavement channels. These channels help residents without driveways charge electric vehicles from their homes. The fund

EDF power solutions Burnfoot Hill Wind Farm Community Fund (Clackmannanshire)

Foundation Scotland

Ongoing
Energy & Utilities

This community fund supports projects in five specific areas of Clackmannanshire. The fund covers Alva, Dollar, Menstrie, Muckhart and Tillicoultry, Coalsnaughton and Devonside. It comes from the EDF

Community Right to Challenge

Liverpool City Council

Ongoing
Public Administration & Defence, Charities & Non-Profit

The Community Right to Challenge lets community groups take over council services in Liverpool. Voluntary agencies, charities, community groups, and groups of council employees can apply. You express

Digital Capital Grant

Nottingham City Council

Ongoing
£10,000 – £15,000Education

Nottingham City Council offers grants of £10,000 to £15,000 for digital equipment. The money helps community organisations buy computers, tablets, and other digital tools. You can use the funding to h

NHS fit for the future dementia challenge

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Ongoing
Health & Social Work

The NHS fit for the future dementia challenge funds clinical interventions and technological innovations for dementia care. Healthcare professionals, businesses and researchers can apply. The funding

Zero emission vessels and infrastructure round two: electric power

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £150,000,000Energy & Utilities, Transport & Storage

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million from Innovate UK. The funding supports developing, deploying and operating innovative clean maritime solutions. Projects must ru

Big Bike Revival Grants Programme

Active Travel England and UK Government (administered by Cycling UK)

Ongoing
Up to £3,500Transport & Storage, Health & Social Work

The Big Bike Revival Grants Programme helps get more adults cycling, especially women, people on low incomes, and ethnic minorities. You can get up to £3,500 to run bike events that fix, teach, and en

Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants

Action Together

Ongoing
Health & Social Work

Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants help schools that lack money and resources. The grants pay for healthy food and activities that improve young people's mental and physical wellbeing. Schools and organisatio

Blackford Community Fund

Foundation Scotland

Ongoing
Public Administration & Defence

The Blackford Community Fund provides funding to benefit residents in the Blackford Community Council area. This area is in Perth & Kinross, Scotland. The fund is charitable and aims to help the local

North Rhins Wind Farm Community Fund

Foundation Scotland

Ongoing
Energy & Utilities

The North Rhins Wind Farm Community Fund provides money to Community Councils in Scotland. The wind farm has been running since 2010 and will pay community benefit for 25 years. Community Councils can

Increasing EV charging capacity on the strategic road network

Innovate UK

Ongoing

This grant provides up to £10 million for developing electric vehicle charging solutions on England's main roads. You can get between £500,000 and £3 million to create charging stations that can charg

Living Streets grant

Plymouth City Council

Ongoing
Transport & Storage

This grant helps Plymouth City Councillors fund highway improvements in their local areas. Councillors can direct money to fix roads, pavements, and other transport infrastructure problems. The fundin

Robotics Adoption Programme skills development

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £2,500,000

This grant helps UK organisations create vocational robotics skills courses. You can get up to £2.5 million to develop training programmes that teach people robotics skills. The money comes from the D

Expression of interest: NHS fit for the future dementia challenge

Medical Research Council (MRC)

Ongoing
Health & Social Work

This grant supports clinical interventions or technological innovations for dementia care in the NHS. Healthcare professionals, businesses and researchers can apply. The funding amount is not specifie

The Movement Fund

Sport England

Ongoing
£300 – £15,000Health & Social Work

The Movement Fund gives grants of £300 to £15,000 for projects that get people moving. It focuses on people who face barriers to being active. This includes people from lower income backgrounds, disab

Kellogg's Breakfast Club Grants Programme

Kellogg's

Ongoing
£1,000 – £1,000Education, Health & Social Work

Kellogg's offers £1,000 grants to school breakfast clubs in England. The money helps provide breakfast to children who need it most. Each grant is exactly £1,000. School breakfast clubs can apply for

UK-Germany Collaborative Innovation for Quantum Technologies 2026

Innovate UK

Ongoing
Up to £3,000,000Professional & Scientific Services, Manufacturing, Information & Communication

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £3 million for innovative quantum technology projects. This is a collaborative programme between the UK and Germany. The funding supports inn