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Increasing opportunities for children and young people (CYP) to engage in sport, movement and performing arts in Newcastle
Community Foundation Tyne & Wear and Northumberland
This grant supports activities that give children and young people in Newcastle more chances to take part in sport, movement, and performing arts. It is funded through the Wembley Stadium Foundation Communities Fund. You can apply for up to £10,000. The closing date is 19 October 2026.
Dunmore Community Benefit Fund
Community Foundation Northern Ireland
This fund supports local community projects near Dunmore Wind Farm in Northern Ireland. You can apply for grants up to £2,500. Projects must benefit the local community within 10 miles of the wind farm. Eligible activities include community cohesion, energy efficiency, sport and culture, training, education, and environmental projects. Your organisation must be based within that 10-mile radius to apply. The deadline to apply is 22 October 2026.
Dunbeg Community Benefit Fund
Community Foundation Northern Ireland
This fund supports community projects near the Dunbeg Wind Farm, between Limavady and Coleraine in Northern Ireland. Grants are available up to £6,000. Priority areas include community cohesion, energy efficiency, sport and culture, training, and environmental projects. You must be a community or voluntary organisation within 6 miles of the wind farm site. The deadline to apply is 22 October 2026.
Barchester Charitable Foundation - Group Grants
Barchester Charitable Foundation
Group grants of £100 to £2,600 support activities, equipment and transport that connect older people and adults with disabilities or mental health conditions with their communities. The October 2026 application window is open until 31 October.
Barclays Community Sport Fund
Barclays (delivered in partnership with Sported)
The Barclays Community Sport Fund helps community groups make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible to women and girls. You can get Access Grants of £1,000 for running activities or Female Coaches for Girls Grants of £160-£200 for Level 1 coaching qualifications. The fund targets groups working in deprived or rural areas. You must be a charity or not-for-profit organisation delivering these three sports. The programme runs from April 2025 to December 2027. Applications appear to be accepted on a rolling basis.
Thornog Community Benefit Fund
Energia Renewables / Community Foundation Northern Ireland
This fund supports community organisations near the Thornog Wind Farm in Co Tyrone and Co Fermanagh. Projects must relate to energy efficiency, sustainability, social, cultural or sporting benefit, education with a sustainability angle, or environmental and economic benefit. Most funding goes to groups within 6 miles of the wind farm, with 70% of funds reserved for them. In exceptional cases, grants of up to £10,000 can be awarded. The deadline to apply is 5 November 2026.
Brockaghboy Community Benefit Fund
Greencoat Capital / Community Foundation Northern Ireland
This fund supports community projects within 6km of Brockaghboy Wind Farm near Swatragh, County Londonderry. Grants are available up to £3,000. Priority areas include projects that bring local groups together, support people experiencing disadvantage, increase use of community spaces, connect different generations, and encourage participation in sports, culture and the arts. The deadline to apply is 5 November 2026.
Long Mountain Community Benefit Fund
Energia Renewables / Community Foundation Northern Ireland
This fund supports community projects near the Long Mountain Wind Farm in Dunloy, Northern Ireland. Grants of up to £3,000 are available. Funded projects can cover cross-community relations, energy efficiency, sustainability, social, cultural or sporting activities, education with a sustainability angle, and environmental or economic benefit. The deadline to apply is 5 November 2026.
DCMS Place-Based Philanthropy Community of Practice
Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
DCMS is offering up to £997,000 to one delivery partner or consortium. The money is to set up and run a national Community of Practice for place-based giving across England. You will also deliver capacity-building support and manage onward grants to local initiatives. The work must run between November 2026 and March 2029. This is a single award to one organisation or group of organisations working together.
Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
This grant funds research into the long-term impact of major sporting and cultural events in the UK. You must run a live experimental evaluation of a real event. The aim is to fill gaps in existing research methods. Up to £1,320,000 is available. You must be based at a UK research organisation that is eligible for AHRC funding.
Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites
Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)
This grant funds research into new ways of collecting engagement data from unticketed cultural, heritage, and sporting events. The research must result in a working tool that can be used in at least one sector overseen by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). Up to £1,320,000 is available. You must be based at a UK research organisation that is eligible for AHRC funding.
Long-term cultural and sporting events legacy
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council
This grant funds research into the long-term impact of major sporting and cultural events in the UK. Researchers must run a live experimental evaluation of a major event. The aim is to fill gaps in existing research methods. Funding ranges from £1,100,000 to £1,320,000. The deadline to apply is 1 December 2026. You must be based at a UK research organisation that is eligible for AHRC funding.
Attendance and engagement at UK sporting, cultural and heritage sites
UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council
This grant funds research into new ways of collecting engagement data from cultural, heritage, and sporting sites that do not use ticketing systems. You must develop a working tool that can be used in at least one sector overseen by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Funding ranges from £1,100,000 to £1,320,000 per project. The deadline to apply is 1 December 2026. You must be based at a UK research organisation that is eligible for AHRC funding.
Transferable Audio-Visual Equipment on Rail Replacement Coaches
The Department for Transport
The Department for Transport is offering up to £2 million to help coach operators buy audio-visual equipment for rail replacement services. The grant covers up to 75% of the cost of purchasing transferable equipment. This includes things like next stop announcements, so disabled passengers get clear journey information. From 1 August 2026, rail replacement coaches must provide audible and visible passenger information by law. The scheme runs for six months or until the money runs out. Applications close on 18 December 2026.
Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund
Access Sport / Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund
The Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund gives grants of £2,500 to £5,000 to community sports clubs and groups. The money supports children and young people up to age 25. You can use it for facility improvements, volunteer training, youth crime prevention, and running costs for community sport. Priority goes to clubs in deprived areas serving disadvantaged young people, women and girls, minority ethnic communities, and young offenders.
Islington Local Initiatives Fund
Islington Council
Small grants support projects benefiting residents of Islington wards. The next published application deadline is 21 January 2027, with decisions expected by early April. Each ward has an annual budget of £13,000; no individual grant maximum is published. Projects should start at least three months after the application deadline.
Music Export Growth Scheme
Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport
The Music Export Growth Scheme helps UK music acts grow their international business. It provides match-funding grants of £5,000 to £50,000 for marketing and promotion campaigns linked to international tours. You must be a UK-based music management company or record label that meets small business criteria. The scheme targets artists who have achieved commercial success in the UK and want to break internationally. You can claim up to 50% of eligible project costs. No UK activity can be funded. The deadline is 31 March 2027.
Plug-in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant
Department for Transport
This grant helps cover the cost of buying a plug-in wheelchair accessible vehicle. You can get up to £2,500 off the price of an eligible vehicle. The vehicle must cost £50,000 or less. The grant is available across the UK until 5 April 2027.
Heritage Revival Fund
Architectural Heritage Fund
The Heritage Revival Fund helps community organisations rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings in England. You can use the funding to take ownership of, adapt, and reuse local heritage buildings that matter to your community. Grants range from £5,000 to £500,000. The fund is delivered by the Architectural Heritage Fund with support from DCMS and Historic England, as part of a wider £1.5 billion government investment in arts and culture. The deadline to apply is 31 March 2030.
Coventry Building Society Small Grants
Heart of England Community Foundation
Grants of £500 to £2,000 support projects addressing isolation and vulnerability, with priority for Coventry and consideration of projects in Warwickshire. The current offer is the Small Grants fund. No application deadline is published on the current page.
Stimulus Fund
Suffolk Community Foundation
Grants of up to £1,000 support grassroots tennis projects in Suffolk for people facing disadvantage, including in rural areas. Applications are accepted throughout the year, with decisions made as demand requires.
North Somerset Community Transport Grant
Quartet Community Foundation
Grants of £20 to £500 help community transport schemes serving people with limited mobility in North Somerset. Applications are accepted throughout the year for eligible unexpected costs, training and related support.
The Movement Fund
Sport England
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, disabled people, older adults, and people from diverse ethnic communities. Community groups, sports clubs, and local councils in England can apply. The money comes from the National Lottery. You can apply at any time as there is no set deadline. Projects must work to reduce inactivity in your local area.
A Place for Sport Crowdfunder
Sport Wales
A Place for Sport helps sports organisations in Wales raise money to improve their facilities. You can get up to £15,000 through crowdfunding support. The programme runs all year round with no set deadlines. You need to be a sports organisation based in Wales to apply. The funding helps with facility improvements like upgrading changing rooms, buying new equipment, or improving playing surfaces. This is crowdfunding support, so you will need to raise money from the public too.
Current listings exclude closed deadlines and duplicate pages. A missing deadline does not mean applications are open. Latest listing update: 14 October 2026.
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