Find UK grants

Community Events Fund

Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council offers up to £2,500 to help voluntary and community groups run events in Westminster. Your event should celebrate culture, bring communities together, or encourage collective reflection. If two or more organisations apply together, you can receive up to £5,000. Applications are open to voluntary and community sector organisations based in Westminster.

North Paddington Community Capital Grant

Westminster City Council

This grant supports voluntary and community organisations in North Paddington. It funds advice services that help people cope with the rising cost of living. Your organisation must be based in or serve the North Paddington area. The grant is funded by Westminster City Council.

PPL Momentum Music Fund

The PPL Momentum Music Fund helps UK artists and bands grow their music careers. You can use the funding for recording, touring, and marketing. The fund is available to artists based in North West England. No specific funding amounts or deadlines are listed for this round.

Good Place to Live: New Beginnings

This fund from Action Together focuses on four key life moments when people face a higher risk of homelessness. It backs organisations that provide the right support at the right time. The fund covers North West England. No funding amounts or deadlines have been published yet.

Youth Matters Fund – Delivery Partner Competition

The Youth Matters Fund provides up to £416.8 million to improve youth services in parts of England with the greatest need. It focuses on around 60 eligible places and aims to create long-term change across three core outcomes. This competition is for delivery partners in North West England. Funding amounts for individual applicants are not specified.

A B Charitable Trust

A B Charitable Trust

The A B Charitable Trust supports charities that promote human dignity and defend the rights of marginalised people in the UK. Registered UK charities can apply. The trust is listed through Action Together and appears to be available to organisations in North West England.

King Charles III Charitable Fund – Small Grants

This grant supports grassroots, community-based projects run by non-profit organisations. It is open to independent UK registered non-profit groups. The fund focuses on community projects that fit its core funding themes. It is available to organisations in North West England.

Communities and Housing Investment in People (CHIP) Community Chest Fund

The CHIP Community Chest Fund supports local groups and organisations connected to Social Housing providers. To be eligible, your group must be known to a Social Housing provider that is a member of CHIC. Projects must benefit the local community by improving wellbeing and creating social value. The fund is open to groups in North West England.

Access Foundation - Digital Divide Grants

This grant supports charities and not-for-profit organisations in North West England. It funds projects that help disadvantaged people who are being left behind by digital technology. It also supports projects that benefit communities and the natural environment. The grant is available on a rolling basis, so there is no fixed deadline to apply.

Boshier Grant Scheme

The Boshier Grant Scheme funds registered charities across the UK. It supports projects that share the National Autistic Society's vision of a society that works for autistic people. From 2025, the scheme introduced an annual theme that changes each year. Projects must align with that year's theme to be eligible.

National Lottery Community Fund- Change Makers Partnership

National Lottery Community Fund

The Change Makers Partnership is a £50 million programme from the National Lottery Community Fund. It aims to invest in community leadership across the UK. The fund plans to work with up to 12 partner organisations over five years. This opportunity is relevant to organisations in North West England.

Youth Endowment Fund - VAWG Prevention Programme - Objective 2

This grant supports organisations working to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG). It funds targeted work that identifies and responds to harmful or problematic attitudes. The programme runs over three years and is part of a wider Youth Endowment Fund research effort. It is available to organisations in North West England.

Hinrichsen Foundation

The Hinrichsen Foundation funds projects that promote music. Individuals, organisations, and charities across the UK can apply. Priority goes to projects involving composers and activity based in the UK. The work does not have to take place in the UK.

Wandsworth Grant Fund - Multi-Year Funding

Wandsworth Borough Council

Wandsworth Borough Council offers multi-year grants to voluntary and community organisations in Wandsworth. Your project must benefit residents of the London Borough of Wandsworth. The fund supports projects across six thematic priorities, though these are not listed in the source. Applications open once a year but are currently paused while the Spending Review concludes.

Active Richmond Fund

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The Active Richmond Fund is run by the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames. It supports voluntary and community sector organisations based in the borough. The fund backs projects that improve civic pride, local environments, or community spaces. Funding amounts and deadlines are not currently listed.

Community Fund

London Borough of Richmond upon Thames

The London Borough of Richmond upon Thames runs this grant for voluntary and community sector groups. It funds services and activities that benefit local residents. You must be based in or serve the borough to apply.

Spindrift

Foundation Scotland

Spindrift is a grant from Foundation Scotland. It funds projects that support local food systems, nature recovery, and climate resilience. Your project should help communities access good food or build environmental skills and knowledge. The grant is open to projects based in Scotland.

Google Ad Grants

Google

Google Ad Grants gives registered UK charities up to $10,000 a month, about £7,500, in free Google search advertising. Your ads appear when people search for topics related to your work, bringing in donations, volunteers and people who need your services. The grant is always open, has no deadline, and renews monthly for as long as your charity stays eligible and meets the programme rules.

Start Up Loans

British Business Bank

Start Up Loans are government backed loans of £500 to £25,000 per founder for starting a business or growing a young one, with up to £100,000 available per business. Repayment runs from one to five years at a fixed rate, currently 7.5% a year, with no fees and no security required, and every borrower gets twelve months of free mentoring. This is a loan you repay rather than a grant, but it is one of the most accessible routes to early funding in the UK and applications are always open.

Support for vulnerable people in Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland

The Ringtons Fund offers grants of up to £5,000 for organisations supporting vulnerable people. It covers Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, and Sunderland. Applications close on 7 August 2026. The fund is managed by Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland.

Funding for Organisations – Charities and Community Groups

Kent Community Foundation

Kent Community Foundation funds local charities and community groups across Kent and Medway. Grants focus on mental health and wellbeing, children and families, crisis and basic needs, connected communities, and the environment. Hundreds of groups receive funding each year through this programme. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis with no fixed deadline.

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation Grants

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

Esmée Fairbairn Foundation funds organisations working towards long-term, systemic change. Grants cover core costs like staff salaries and overheads, as well as project costs and unrestricted funding. Awards start at £30,000 with no upper limit and typically run for three to five years. You must be a constituted organisation with a turnover of at least £100,000. Your work must directly benefit people in the UK. The foundation prioritises work that centres lived experience, promotes justice and equity, and has potential for wider influence.

Open Grants Programme

The Clothworkers' Foundation

The Clothworkers' Foundation gives capital grants to charities and social businesses in England. You must work with marginalised or disadvantaged people and communities. The programme aims to support a more equitable society. No funding amounts or deadlines are listed for this programme.

Tesco Fruit & Veg Grants

Tesco

Tesco is offering grants of up to £1,500 for projects that improve children's access to healthy food. Schools, registered charities, and not-for-profit organisations can apply. Your project must support children and young people. The programme is currently open and based in England.