Workplace Charging Scheme

Grant to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints at eligible places of work. The Workplace Charging Scheme provides support for organisations towards the cost of installing up to 40 electric vehicle chargepoint sockets at their sites. The scheme covers up to 75% of the total costs Workplace Charging Scheme

Open Business Creators Fund for Women in Business

Welcome to the Open Business Creators Fund for Women in Business sponsored by NatWest Have you got a great business idea but need a little support? Perhaps you have recently started a business and could benefit from creating a portfolio and receiving some funding to grow? The Open University is reopening its Open Business Creators Open Business Creators Fund for Women in Business

Community Services Fund

If you would like to consider ways in which your pub could diversify and support your local community then please read on! Your next steps: Communication is vital and keeping the local community informed with help generate interest and support. Isolation and loneliness are very prevalent in rural areas where transport and amenities are scarce Community Services Fund

Secure Innovation Security Reviews

Helping businesses to identify and manage key security risks, including those linked to state threats, and to integrate protective security into business strategies. Secure Innovation Security Review participating businesses contribute £500 towards the service, with the remaining £2,500 funded by the scheme. To encourage organisations receiving a security review to progress toward achieving Cyber Essentials Secure Innovation Security Reviews

Common Ground Award

The UK government’s Common Ground Award will invest capital funding into VCSE sector organisations that are bringing people together from different backgrounds, supporting the cost of constructing or renovating facilities, or the purchasing of equipment to deliver services. Up to £1.7 million capital funding within the 2025/2026 financial year, distributed in payments of up to Common Ground Award

Thomas Wall Trust

The Trust offers grants up to £5,000 for specific projects rather than general organisational costs that improve communication skills for disadvantaged adults and supports NEET people into employment. Beneficiaries must gain at least one accredited vocational qualification during delivery or within two months of project completion. The Thomas Wall Trust believes that communication skills are critical capabilities Thomas Wall Trust

Awards for All England – Environment

We fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live. You can use the funding to: We’re looking to fund projects that: To find out more

IP Audit

In conjunction with the Intellectual Property Office (IPO), Innovate UK Business Growth is the delivery partner in England for their IP Audit Scheme. IP Audit is a strategic funding programme designed to offer support in helping businesses understand, develop, and implement their IP strategies effectively. IP Audit Funding covers the costs of an IP audit IP Audit

THE DREAM FUND

Our Dream Fund is an impactful initiative aimed at supporting women of colour-led social impact organisations through micro-grants. Our grants play a crucial role in fostering and amplifying the voices and efforts of underrepresented communities, which is a major asset to civil society. Micro-Grants for Impact The Dream Fund provides small yet impactful grants to THE DREAM FUND

7 Starts Foundation Apprenticeship Funding

The7stars foundation is offering funding to charities, CICs, Schools, Nurseries and Children’s Homes to offer apprenticeship training for their staff, which will result in support and benefit to young people challenged by the issues we prioritise. The funding offered through this programme seeks to cover the employer contribution faced by applicant organisations wishing to offer 7 Starts Foundation Apprenticeship Funding

UK Games Fund: Content Fund

DCMS has announced continued support for the UK Games Fund as part of a joint plan between Government and industry to drive growth, build talent and develop skills across the creative sectors. This funding will offer £50,000 – £150,000 commercial games-for-entertainment content grants. We normally expect companies to not be a recently established start-up, or UK Games Fund: Content Fund

Heritage Revival Fund England

The Heritage Revival Fund has been created to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings. This programme will focus on regenerating historic buildings in town centre locations. It will do this by supporting community organisations to take ownership of, adapt and reuse the local heritage assets that matter to them, transforming them into Heritage Revival Fund England

The Movement Fund

Sports England are offering up to £15,000 for physical activity projects in the community. The focus is on people who face barriers to activity and projects designed to help them join in. You might get a grant or a crowdfunding pledge – Sports England decide which type of funding to offer you based on your The Movement Fund

npower Business Solutions Y&H

The npower Business Solutions Foundation is a new fund to help create stronger, greener and more sustainable local communities. Not-for-profit and educational institutions at least two years old and based within a 50-mile radius of the Solihull and Leeds offices are eligible to apply for a grant. The fund will support projects that aim to: Three npower Business Solutions Y&H

Tesco Stronger Starts Fund

Schools and other not for profit organisation can apply for grants of up to £1,500 for projects and activities that give children across the UK a stronger start in life.  Priority is given to projects that provide food and support to young people. Every three months, three local good causes/ projects are selected to be in Tesco Stronger Starts Fund

Wooden Spoon Society

Schools and not-for-profit organisations can apply for funding through the Wooden Spoon Society’s Capital Grants programme. Wooden Spoon is a British and Irish Rugby charity that supports projects that help mentally and physically disadvantaged children under the cognitive age of 25. Each year, the charity supports around 70 projects. Through the programme, funding is available Wooden Spoon Society

Grass Pitch Improvement Fund – England

In partnership with Sport England, the England and Wales Cricket Board has launched a new fund to help cricket tackle inequalities in access to safe, good quality grass cricket pitches across England and Wales. The Grass Pitch Improvement Fund will invest £5 million of National Lottery funding in grassroots facilities over three years. The first Grass Pitch Improvement Fund – England

Charles Hayward Foundation

Grants of up to £7,000 are available to charities in the U.K to support preventative and early community based intervention programmes that focus on helping older people stay in their own homes and maintain their independence. The funding is being made available through the Charles Hayward Foundation Small Grants programme and is looking to support projects Charles Hayward Foundation

Northern PowerGrid Foundation

An independent charity serving the North East, Yorkshire and northern Lincolnshire, that have enduring plans to empower communities with projects across three key funding priorities: 1. Community resilience; supporting projects that embed greater energy resilience within communities. 2. Fuel poverty innovation; supporting innovative and scalable solutions for addressing fuel poverty in our region. 3. Net Northern PowerGrid Foundation

Stobart Sustainability Fund

As part of its long-term commitment to sustainability, the Stobart Group has launched a new fund to support community-led environmental and sustainability projects across the UK. The Stobart Sustainability Fund will support not-for-profit organisations, community groups, and educational facilities, such as schools and colleges, in transforming their local communities through projects that: The fund aims Stobart Sustainability Fund

Hargreaves Foundation

UK charities, educational institutions (such as Schools and Further Educations Colleges) and NHS Trusts seeking funding to support those under the age of 18 who are living with a mental health condition or disability or growing up in poverty can apply for funding through the Hargreaves Foundation. The Foundation aims to help children and young Hargreaves Foundation

Percy Bilton Charity

This charity makes grants to charitable organisations whose primary objectives are to assist one or more of: Two funding streams are available: Applications where their funding would cover most of/all of the costs of delivering a project are preferred. Running costs will not be considered, and in all but a few cases, they will not Percy Bilton Charity

National Lottery Community Fund

Charities and other not-for-profit organisations that want to help communities come together and make the UK a better-connected society can apply for grants of between £500,000 and £5 million through the National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF)—UK Fund. The fund is open to UK-based registered charities, community interest companies, charitable incorporated organisations, community benefit societies, co-operative National Lottery Community Fund

Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Charities and not for profit organisations in the UK can apply for small grants of up to £10,000 to address urban and rural deprivation in the UK.  The funding is being made available through the Trusthouse Charitable Foundation’s small grants programme.  To be eligible for a grant, eligible organisations must have an annual income of Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Community Shares Booster Fund – England

Power to Change, a charity that supports community businesses is making funding available to Community businesses in England looking to raise finance through a community share issue. The Community Shares Booster Fund is a funding scheme that supports new and existing community businesses in England that are at all stages of a community share issue. Community Community Shares Booster Fund – England

Aviva Community Fund

Aviva has partnered with Crowdfunder to support small charities and community groups with innovative ideas that benefit their communities and are looking to raise up to £50,000. The Aviva Community Fund will match each donation given, up to the value of £250, to support projects that enhance community resilience, with a focus on two main Aviva Community Fund

Masonic Charitable Foundation

The Masonic Charitable Foundation Charity Grants programme awards Small grants of between £1,000 and £5,000, and Large grants of between £10,000 and £60,000 to support projects that are focusing on: Small grants are for charities whose annual income is between £25,000 and £499,999, and are unrestricted. Large grants are for charities whose annual income is Masonic Charitable Foundation

Bernard Sunley Foundation

Grants of up to £5,000 are available to charities, specialist schools, CIOs, and other not-for-profit organisations including scout and guide groups, and housing associations, that are working to raise the quality of life for people in England and Wales. The Bernard Sunley Foundation aims to provide greater opportunities for the young, elderly, disabled, and disadvantaged Bernard Sunley Foundation

Paul Hamlyn Foundation

This organisation has a funds focus on arts, education and learning, migration and young people. Each funding programme has different priorities and values of award but they range from £20k per annum to £165k per annum. Click here to find out more.

Amazon Small Business Accelerator

Amazon Small Business Accelerator is a free, online educational programme for anyone who wants to start a new online business or grow an existing one. The online learning is tailored to your experience level, with a comprehensive curriculum covering website building, selling online, social media, marketing, managing cashflow, selling on Amazon, and identifying growth opportunities. Amazon Small Business Accelerator

CRASH: Construction Fund

CRASH, the construction and property industries’ charity, assists homelessness charities and hospices with their construction projects. CRASH offers help in a practical way as well as providing cash grants. CRASH does this by supporting improvements to hospices, hostels, day centres, night shelters, training centres and move-on accommodation. CRASH unites the industry and channels the expertise CRASH: Construction Fund

Gigabit Broadband Voucher Scheme

The Government is providing up to £210m worth of voucher funding as immediate help for people suffering from slow broadband speeds in rural areas. Eligible homes and businesses can apply for up to £4,500 to cover the costs of a gigabit-capable connection. Click here to find out more. 

Clothworkers Foundation

The Clothworkers Foundation awards grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations. Grants are awarded towards capital projects and may cover the cost of: Applicants must be able to demonstrate that the work of the organisation fits within one or more of the Foundations programme areas which are: At least 50% Clothworkers Foundation

Albert Hunt Trust

The Albert Hunt Trust supports UK registered charities that: Grants may be considered for a range of purposes and could include: The type, size and time period of the award is decided on the basis of the perceived ‘difference’ that our support will make to the organisation, to the project and to the targeted beneficiaries. Albert Hunt Trust

Arts Council: National Lottery Project Grants

This programme has recently re-opened and will support arts, museums and libraries projects and promote engagement with the arts across England. Individual artists, community and cultural organisations can now apply to the National Lottery Project Grants programme under its refreshed guidance. The changes have been made to better align with the Council’s new strategy, ‘Let’s Arts Council: National Lottery Project Grants

KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP

Key features of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) are that: We are looking for partnerships that help businesses to innovate, develop, grow and become more productive by employing academic expertise that they do not have in-house. Your project can focus on any type of innovation in any sector but it must aim to deliver results KNOWLEDGE TRANSFER PARTNERSHIP

Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

To help provide certainty to the seafood sector, the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) is to relaunch the Fisheries and Seafood Scheme (FaSS). The fund will deliver investment to safeguard the long-term sustainability, resilience and prosperity of England’s seafood sector, coastal communities and marine environment. The relaunched FaSS will replace the existing scheme, which will no Fisheries and Seafood Scheme

Yorkshire Content Fund

The Yorkshire Content Fund is a public-private investment fund for the TV, film, video games and digital sectors in Yorkshire and Humber, open to producers either based in Yorkshire or wishing to film or establish a base in the region. To receive investment from the YCF you and/or your business must: • Be based in, Yorkshire Content Fund

B&Q Foundation

UK registered charities can apply for grants of up to £5,000 for projects that aim to improve homes and community spaces for those most in need. The funding is made available by the B&Q Foundation to decorate, renovate, or create spaces, both indoors and outdoors, where people can feel at home and have a sense B&Q Foundation