Funding News - August 2026
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News Information and Guidance
National Lottery Good Causes: Call for Evidence
Lottery
Arts Council England - Music Growth Fund
Trusts and Foundations
Active Travel England – ArtRoots Fund
Aldi Sport Fund
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – Free from Fear Programme
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Reveal and Respond
Aviva Foundation - Financial Futures Fund
Barclays Community Sport Fund- Female Coaches for Girls
Fat Beehive Foundation - Digital funding for small charities
Gardens Trust Community Grants
Henry Moore Foundation
Henry Smith Foundation – Maternity Equity Fund
Hinrichsen Foundation - Contemporary Music Projects
Postcode Local Trust - Grassroots Grants
Royal Academy of Engineering - Ingenious Public Engagement
International Tree Foundation – UK Community Tree Planting
Leche Trust - Heritage Conservation Grants
Macmillan Q Lab Funding
National Garden Scheme (NGS) - Community Garden Grants
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teacher Development Fund
Screwfix Foundation
School for Social Entrepreneurs - Social Investment Gateway
Southover Manor Educational Trust
Strengthening Justice Fund
Sunrise Medical Community Fund
Toy Trust
Green Allotments Charity - The New Allotment Site Fund
Tree Council- Trees Outside Woodland Fund
Vinehill Trust
Visa Inc - Let's Celebrate Towns
Woodroffe Benton Foundation - Small Grants Programme
Funding Diary
News, Information and Guidance
National Lottery Good Causes: Call for Evidence
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport is asking for views on the future of National Lottery good cause funding.
The call for evidence looks at how Lottery funding is distributed, what it supports, whether it reflects current priorities, and how access to funding could be made simpler, especially for communities and smaller organisations.
Charities, community groups, organisations and individuals across the UK can respond. The preferred way to take part is by completing the online survey. Responses can also be sent by email or post if needed.
The survey takes around 15 to 20 minutes to complete and is open to people aged 16 and over.
Responses must be submitted by midday on 23rd September 2026.
Lottery
Arts Council England - Music Growth Fund
Arts Council England’s Music Growth Fund supports sustainable and inclusive growth in new music.
It can fund workforce and organisational development, music programming, touring, showcasing, collaboration and audience development.
Grants range from £1,000 to £100,000 for activity lasting up to three years.
Requests from £1,000 to £40,000 require at least 25% cash match funding, while requests from £40,001 to £100,000 require at least 50%.
The fund is open to music businesses, sole traders, charities, CICs, not-for-profit organisations and eligible consortia that develop, promote, platform or distribute new music by living, UK-based artists.
The application timetable differs by grant amount:
£1,000–£40,000: Consecutive application rounds are scheduled until 7th January 2027. The next deadline is 3rd September 2026.
£40,001–£100,000: Two rounds are scheduled. The first runs from 7th September to 1st October 2026, and the second from 23rd November 2026 to 15th January 2027.
Trusts and Foundations
Active Travel England – ArtRoots Fund
Active Travel’s ArtRoots Fund aims to support creative improvements to traffic-free National Cycle Network paths that encourage walking, wheeling and cycling.
The Fund offers standard grants of £2,500. Projects expected to achieve significantly greater outcomes can receive up to £6,000. Applicants do not need to provide match funding.
ArtRoots covers a wide range of project costs, examples include sculptures, murals, planters, interactive objects and play equipment, live performances, repairs to existing artwork. See the Funder’s guidance for full details.
Successful ArtRoots projects will:
- Put the power of creative change into the hands of the community
- Raise awareness of local traffic-free National Cycle Network routes for everyone to use
- Demonstrate strong knowledge of the local area and what artistic contribution could make the best improvement to the environment
- Make traffic-free National Cycle Network routes more enjoyable and attractive places to explore
- Encourage and build confidence in local communities to use active travel (walking, wheeling and cycling) to visit or experience the project.
The Fund is open to community groups and may also consider applications from non-constituted groups, individuals or other organisations at its discretion.
There is a two-stage process, starting with an Expression of Interest. The ArtRoots Team then invites suitable groups to submit a full application.
The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 31st August 2026.
Tel: 07971009400
Aldi Sport Fund
Aldi Sport Fund is offering a limited number of one-off grants for grassroots sports clubs and organisations that promote sport and physical activity in their local communities.
The Fund is open to applications throughout England and Wales. It intends to award 39 grants across 13 regions, with Gold Awards of £3,000, Silver Awards of £1,250 and Bronze Awards of £750.
Funding can support essential club costs such as sports equipment, team kits and clothing, coaching, training programmes, facility hire, costs that increase participation, and improvements that enhance the experience for club members.
The Fund is aimed at groups that want to grow, welcome more people and make a greater local difference.
Eligible applicants include community sports clubs, CASCs, registered charities, charitable service funds of the Armed Forces, Community Interest Companies, Scouts and Guides groups.
To apply, email Aldi with no more than 200 words explaining how your group would use the funding, the expected impact, and how many participants would benefit.
The Fund is open for applications until 31st August 2026 (11:59 pm)
Email: sportsfund@aldi.co.uk
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust – Free from Fear Programme
The Covenant Fund’s Free from Fear Programme supports projects addressing domestic abuse through preventative measures or providing effective support routes for victim-survivors in Armed Forces communities.
In 2026, the programme has expanded to include projects supporting veterans and reservists, as well as serving personnel and their families.
Free from Fear awards grants of £100,000 to £250,000 for projects delivered over two years. Funding can cover costs including staff time, volunteer expenses, travel, venue hire, equipment, accessibility, reasonable overheads, partnership working and evaluation.
Projects should achieve one or more of the following outcomes:
- Victim-survivors have clear routes to access support, including the ability to recognise and report domestic abuse
- Perpetrators recognise and take responsibility for their harmful behaviour and engage with opportunities for meaningful change
- Domestic abuse is prevented through measures addressing emerging and current challenges
- Sustainable improvements are made to services to meet the evolving needs of victim-survivors
The Fund also welcomes projects that address additional barriers, stigma or marginalisation, or involve organisations working together through formal partnerships to improve the quality, reach and effectiveness of support.
Free From Fear accepts applications from registered charities and local authorities. Charities must have strong and recent experience of domestic abuse work. Those without Armed Forces experience can still apply but must work with an organisation experienced in supporting the Armed Forces community.
The deadline for applications is 23rd September 2026 at 12 noon.
Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Reveal and Respond
The Covenant Fund’s Reveal and Respond Programme supports projects improving access to mental health and wellbeing support for underrepresented groups within the Armed Forces community.
The Fund is particularly interested in projects supporting:
- Female, neurodivergent, LGBTQ+, ethnic minority and non-UK personnel
- Service children with special educational needs and disabilities, and their parents
- Serving and ex-serving personnel, or their partners, with caring responsibilities
- Bereaved Service families
- Early Service leavers and people experiencing an unexpected or abrupt transition
The programme offers two grant strands for projects supporting these groups:
- Test and Develop offers £20,000 to £40,000 for two-year projects to test and develop improving access to mental health and wellbeing support for a specific underrepresented group or cohort within the armed forces community
- Scale and Strengthen offers £150,000 to £300,000 for larger projects that are ready to grow, improve or strengthen an approach that has already been tested or developed. Projects can last for two to three years and share learning about the barriers facing unrepresented groups
Projects must involve partnership working between Armed Forces organisations and specialist organisations outside the Armed Forces community.
The programme is open to registered charities, Community Interest Companies and local authorities.
The deadline for applications is 28th October 2026 at 12 noon.
Email: info@covenantfund.org.uk
Aviva Foundation - Financial Futures Fund
The Financial Futures Fund offers grants to larger charitable and non-profit organisations and social enterprises working on bold, long-term ways to help people build financial resilience.
It supports work that builds financial confidence and capability, improves access to fair, affordable and inclusive financial services, helps people through financial shocks and hardship, or tackles wider issues such as debt, housing insecurity and digital exclusion.
The fund will prioritise work that is transformational, impact-driven, inclusive, community-rooted and focused on learning and wider change.
Please note, applicants must have an annual income of at least £1 million.
Grants start at £100,000, with no upper limit. The average grant is usually between £250,000 and £300,000 over three years. Funding may include core costs and overheads.
There is a two-stage application process. Organisations should contact the Aviva Foundation to express an interest and discuss the next steps.
The next deadline is 7th October 2026.
Email: financialfutures@aviva.com
Barclays Community Sport Fund- Female Coaches for Girls
Barclays Community Sport Fund’s Coaches for Girls aims to increase the number of female coaches delivering football, cricket or tennis activities for girls.
Organisations can apply for up to two grants towards a Level 1 or equivalent introductory coaching qualification. The funding can also cover additional safeguarding and first aid requirements.
The Fund offers £160 for football and £200 for tennis or cricket.
Coaches must meet the course’s age requirements, be connected to a club or group that provides activities for girls, and complete their qualification within 12 months, subject to course availability.
Applicants must operate in, or support people from, areas within levels 1 to 3 of the UK’s Index of Multiple Deprivation. The Fund may also consider disability-focused groups outside these areas and groups supporting women and girls affected by rural isolation.
The fund is open to charities, community groups, youth groups and grassroots sports clubs.
Please note, groups that are not Sported members or existing grantees must create an account before applying.
The deadline is 4th November 2026. Applications may close earlier if all available funding is allocated.
Tel: 0203 848 4670
Email: barclays@sported.org.uk
Fat Beehive Foundation - Digital funding for small charities
The Fat Beehive Foundation is offering grants of up to £2,500 to help small charities use websites and digital tools to extend their reach and increase their impact.
The Foundation is particularly keen to support traditionally hard-to-fund organisations, such as charities supporting prisoners, refugees or disadvantaged young people.
Please note, the Foundation does not fund general hardware or software purchases, core costs or staff salaries.
Fat Beehive accepts applications from registered charities with an annual average income below £1 million. Successful applicants will need to be ready to start their project within three months of receiving a grant.
The next application deadline is 30th September 2026.
Gardens Trust Community Grants
The Gardens Trust is offering grants to volunteer groups for projects that improve, enhance or support historic designed landscapes across the UK.
The Trust particularly wants to seed-fund activities that can become sustainable. These could include developing a restoration plan, setting up a Friends group, carrying out research or providing volunteer training.
It also welcomes projects that support conservation, share knowledge and encourage more people to participate in and enjoy historic designed landscapes.
The Trust offers grants of up to £10,000 for capital or revenue projects. It will give preference to smaller charities and projects that applicants can complete within 18 months.
The deadline is 16th October 2026.
Henry Moore Foundation
The Henry Moore Foundation supports projects that develop the study of sculpture and increase public awareness and appreciation of it.
The Foundation provides up to £20,000 for new projects and commissions, acquisitions and collections, and long-term research by organisations. It provides smaller grants for research and travel, conferences, lectures and publications.
The fund is open to not-for-profit art galleries, museums and other institutions concerned with art and art history, including universities. Individuals may apply only through the Foundation’s small research grant route.
The current round closes on 1st September 2026 for projects starting from January 2027. The next closes on 1st December 2026 for projects starting from April 2027.
Email: grants@henry-moore.org
Henry Smith Foundation – Maternity Equity Fund
The Foundation’s Maternity Equity Fund opens soon for organisations providing preventative support during pregnancy and birth.
It aims to improve people’s access to maternity support and their experiences and outcomes. The fund focuses on marginalised communities and those in areas of high deprivation, including rural areas. The Foundation also wants to build and share learning about what improves maternity equity.
The Foundation expects to award around 35 flexible grants, each providing £185,000 over three years.
The fund is open to registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Community Interest Companies and other charitable organisations with an annual income between £20,000 and £1.5 million. It also welcomes partnership applications.
The Foundation will hold a webinar on 2nd September 2026 (1.30pm–2.30pm). Organisations can register through its website.
Expressions of Interest open on 3rd September and close on 14th October 2026 (5pm).
Hinrichsen Foundation - Contemporary Music Projects
The Hinrichsen Foundation offers small, one-off grants for projects promoting contemporary and experimental music. Projects must focus on performance, commissioning with a confirmed performance, or recording.
Grants typically range from £500 to £3,000. The Foundation will not be the sole funder, so applicants must identify another secured or projected source of income, such as ticket sales.
The Foundation welcomes composer or artist-led projects involving thoughtful collaboration. It particularly welcomes work that takes artistic risks, promotes diversity and considers sustainability.
The Foundation expects projects to pay composers and musicians responsibly, particularly where the lead organisation has a turnover of £150,000 or more. It recognises that grassroots initiatives may work to a profit- or deficit-sharing model.
The fund is open to individuals, organisations and charities.
The next deadline is 1st September 2026 at 10am, with further funding rounds expected in December and March.
Postcode Local Trust - Grassroots Grants
Grassroots Grants awards £500 to £2,000 in flexible, unrestricted funding to small organisations making a positive difference in their local communities.
The fund prioritises organisations working in the most deprived 15% of areas in England, as well as those supporting marginalised or vulnerable communities.
It welcomes applications from registered charities, constituted voluntary and community organisations, and Community Interest Companies. Applicants must have an annual income below £25,000. Community Interest Companies must also have operated for at least two years.
The fund closes for applications on 30th September 2026.
Tel: 0121 237 3640
Royal Academy of Engineering - Ingenious Public Engagement
The Royal Academy’s Ingenious Programme supports projects that engage the public with engineering while helping engineers develop their public engagement skills.
The Academy provides grants of between £3,000 and £30,000 for activities ranging from after-school workshops to collaborations between artists and engineers. All projects must involve engineers, and activities must be free for the public to attend.
The programme prioritises projects that reach people currently underrepresented in engineering, including those experiencing economic or social disadvantage.
The Academy welcomes proposals from schools, colleges, universities, youth charities, science and engineering communicators, public engagement professionals and organisations working in arts and culture.
Those applying as individuals will need an organisation to host their project and accept the award conditions.
The Academy is open for applications until 23rd September 2026 (4pm).
Tel: 020 7766 0600
Email: engagement@raeng.org.uk
International Tree Foundation – UK Community Tree Planting
The International Tree Foundation supports community woodland and hedging projects across the UK.
Applicants can seek funding for projects involving between 100 and 10,000 trees. The Foundation provides up to £2.15 per tree, including protection and mulch, followed by two smaller grants to support maintenance during the first two summers after planting.
Projects must plant native trees on publicly accessible land, involve local people and include clear plans for ongoing care. They must also address at least one of the following:
- Involve children, young people, vulnerable groups or people with limited access to woodlands
- Improve biodiversity or conserve soil and water
- Support rewilding, natural regeneration or new approaches such as agroforestry
- Increase resilience to tree pests, diseases or climate change; or
- Support urban tree planting
The Fund is open to schools, community groups, social enterprises, charities and parish councils. Applicants need written permission from the landowner or land manager.
Applications close on 11th December 2026.
Tel: 01865 922 430
Leche Trust - Heritage Conservation Grants
The Leche Trust supports the conservation of historically, artistically or culturally significant objects, collections and decorative features dating from before 1837.
Grants are typically under £5,000 for items in public or charitable ownership that are accessible to the public.
Funding can support paintings, sculpture, monuments, wall paintings, architectural fittings, archaeological finds and items held in archives and libraries. Structural repairs are not eligible.
The Trust particularly welcomes smaller projects, or specific elements of larger projects, where its contribution can make a greater difference.
The fund is open to registered charities and public authorities.
The current round closes on 31st August 2026. The next closes on 11th January 2027.
Tel: 07354 423316
Email: info@lechetrust.org.uk
Macmillan Q Lab Funding
Macmillan Cancer Support is looking for four to six UK teams to explore how holistic cancer care could be delivered closer to people’s homes, particularly in underserved communities.
Teams must include at least one community organisation and one public sector organisation and work alongside people with lived experience. The host organisation will distribute funds to partners and reimburse grassroots organisations and people with lived experience.
The first stage provides £75,000 for nine months of discovery and developing solutions. A second, 12-month implementation stage provides £200,000.
The Lab is also looking for individuals to join workshops and share their lived, caring or professional experience with the teams. It will cover reasonable expenses and pay people with lived experience, carers and patient voices for their time.
Participants must commit from December 2026 to September 2027.
The deadline is 14th September 2026.
Tel: 020 7840 7840
National Garden Scheme (NGS) - Community Garden Grants
NGS’s Community Garden Grants programme opens for applications this September, offering grants to community groups to create gardens, allotments or other horticultural projects for their local communities.
it offers grants of £1,500 to £5,000. Applicants can use the funding for plants and containers, flower or vegetable beds, hard landscaping materials, greenhouses, polytunnels, sheds, seating and gardening tools.
Projects should bring people together through a shared space and help them develop gardening knowledge and skills. Applicants must show how they will use sustainable gardening methods, such as avoiding peat wherever possible.
NGS also looks positively at projects that encourage biodiversity and wildlife.
The Fund is open to community groups, registered charities and Community Interest Companies.
Applicants must first complete an eligibility check. The National Garden Scheme will send those that meet the eligibility criteria a link to the second part of the application.
Please note, it will only consider the first 300 eligible submissions.
Applications for 2027 funding open on 29th September 2026. The deadline is 30th October 2026.
Tel: 01483 213905
Email: vince.hagan@ngs.org.uk
Paul Hamlyn Foundation - Teacher Development Fund
The Foundation’s Teacher Development Fund opens soon for partnerships using arts-based approaches in primary classrooms.
The fund aims to improve teaching and learning for pupils who experience systemic inequity.
The Foundation offers grants of up to £165,000 for projects lasting two academic years. It can fund project activities and related core organisational costs.
Each partnership must bring together at least one arts or cultural organisation and between six and ten state-sector primary schools. Each school should involve at least two teachers and one senior leader, although the Foundation offers some flexibility for small rural schools.
A state-sector primary school or an arts organisation can lead the application.
Charities, community organisations, social enterprises and not-for-profit companies working in the arts and culture sector can apply as arts organisations.
The Foundation will accept first-stage applications from the end of August until 11th November 2026. It will then ask successful applicants to submit a full application.
Tel: 020 7812 3300
Email: information@phf.org.uk
Screwfix Foundation
The Screwfix Foundation supports projects that repair, maintain or improve buildings and facilities used by people experiencing financial hardship, sickness, disability or other disadvantage.
Grants are usually around £5,000 and must be spent within 12 months.
The Foundation prioritises projects where it can meet the full cost and make a lasting difference to people in need.
Funding can support improvements such as energy-efficient lighting and heating, new kitchens or bathrooms, sensory rooms, decorating, and building safety and security.
Please note, the Foundation does not fund projects that benefit the general public, including those for community centres, sports clubs and associations, and uniformed groups such as Scouts and Guides.
The fund is open to registered charities and not-for-profit organisations, including Community Interest Companies, Community Benefit Societies, Cooperative Societies and specialist not-for-profit schools.
The current round closes on 10th November 2026 (12pm).
Tel: 01935 414100
Email: foundation@screwfix.com
School for Social Entrepreneurs - Social Investment Gateway
The Social Investment Gateway Programme provides 12 months of free support for not-for-profit organisations considering social investment within the next three years.
The programme helps organisations strengthen their trading income, business model, finances, systems and leadership. It includes tailored learning, diagnostic support, peer coaching, investment surgeries and opportunities to meet social investors.
Alongside the learning and support, the programme offers two types of grants:
- Match Trading Grant of up to £18,000 – paid over 12 months in five instalments as the organisation’s trading income increases
- Repayable grant of up to £24,000 – the School for Social Entrepreneurs is piloting 10 of these grants across the programme’s two rounds. The average award is around £22,000.
The next programme runs from 1st March 2027 to 1st February 2028, with face-to-face sessions offered in London and Manchester at the start, middle and end of the programme.
The programme is open to England-based charities, social enterprises and community organisations with an active trading model and plans to grow.
Applicants should usually have an annual income above £100,000, although organisations below this level can contact the School for Social Entrepreneurs if they have a strong trading model.
Applications close on 6th November 2026 (12pm).
Email: sig@sse.org.uk
Southover Manor Educational Trust
The Southover Manor Educational Trust supports education and learning for young people under 25 in East Sussex, West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.
The Trust funds improvements to educational buildings and learning resources, including IT equipment, books, sports facilities, outdoor learning and playground equipment.
It prioritises projects that widen educational opportunities and meet needs that an organisation’s usual budget cannot cover. It gives additional consideration to projects in areas experiencing deprivation or educational disadvantage.
The Trust particularly welcomes applications where schools or organisations can commit significant resources from their own budgets or secure contributions from supporters. Grant amounts vary.
Schools, colleges, early years settings, youth clubs, volunteer groups and special-interest groups supporting young people’s education may apply. Parent teacher associations can also apply with the support of their headteacher or senior manager.
Applicants must complete the eligibility questions on the Trust’s website before downloading the application form.
The next deadline is 30th September 2026.
Strengthening Justice Fund
The Legal Education Foundation’s Strengthening Justice Fund supports organisations that use, or want to use, the law to address systemic injustice and create wider change.
The Foundation provides flexible grants of £50,000 to £100,000 a year for three to five years. It will not normally fund more than 35% of an organisation’s annual income.
The fund prioritises organisations that are accountable to their communities. Work may include influencing legislation, strategic litigation, judicial review or supporting legal inquiries, but the Foundation will not fund individual pieces of litigation.
The fund is open to organisations doing charitable work, although they do not need to be registered charities.
The Foundation gives priority to small and medium-sized organisations that may struggle to find funding elsewhere. These organisations will usually have an annual income below £2 million.
Applications close on 17th September 2026.
Tel: 020 3005 5697
Email: secretary@lef.org.uk
Sunrise Medical Community Fund
The Sunrise Medical Community Fund supports projects that help wheelchair users and disabled people enjoy greater independence, inclusion and opportunity.
The Fund offers grants of up to £5,000 for disability sports, accessible community events, mobility equipment, accessible days out and experiences, personal challenges, and local projects that improve accessibility and inclusion.
Projects should encourage people to get active, connect with others, try something new or make everyday life easier.
The fund welcomes applications from individuals, families, community groups, charities, disability organisations and sports clubs across the UK.
Sunrise Medical will accept applications until 30th September 2026 and expects to notify applicants of its decisions within a month.
Email: enquiries@sunmed.co.uk
Toy Trust
The Toy Trust supports projects that relieve hardship and help disadvantaged or disabled children under 13 and their families.
Funding can provide care, essential equipment and services, meet basic needs or support children through difficult experiences.
The Trust offers grants of up to £5,000 for projects running for at least one year. It does not fund salaries, wages or general running costs.
The fund is currently open to small, registered children’s charities that have operated for at least one full year and have an annual income below £1 million.
The next application deadline is 15th November 2026.
Tel: 020 7701 7271
Email: tracey@btha.co.uk
Green Allotments Charity - The New Allotment Site Fund
Green Allotments collaborates with people who want to come together to create a new allotment site in their area and manage it voluntarily.
The charity funds up to £50,000 per acre for new allotment land but does not award money to applicants. Instead, it offers the new allotment gardeners a 30-year peppercorn lease.
The new allotment gardeners will manage the site voluntarily as an allotment society. Green Allotments can help them set up as a constituted not-for-profit organisation.
Allotments must be open to members of the public, with environmental stewardship and biodiversity forming an important part of their management.
Green Allotments accepts applications from constituted not-for-profit organisations and people aged 18 or over. Please note: councils, statutory organisations and Community Interest Companies are not eligible.
Applications are open, with no deadline. The first step is to contact Green Allotments.
Email: info@greenallotments.org.uk
Tree Council- Trees Outside Woodland Fund
The Tree Council is offering £10,000 to £40,000 for tree planting outside woodlands to improve green spaces for communities or wildlife
Projects must:
- Provide clear community benefit and involvement, such as volunteering, education or wellbeing
- Improve biodiversity
- Choose suitable sites and trees, following ‘right tree, right place’ principles; and
- Use sustainable, recyclable, non-plastic tree protection
Funding can cover:
- Hedgerows, orchards, agroforestry, riparian and Miyawaki planting, and standard trees, including urban street trees; and
- UK-sourced and grown trees, establishment aids, planting and irrigation equipment, and external contractor costs
Trees must meet biosecure sourcing requirements. External contractor costs cannot exceed 20% of total project costs. Projects must include establishment and aftercare plans and finish by 5th March 2027.
The fund accepts applications from local authorities and registered charities with turnover above £100,000.
The fund closes for applications on 31st October 2026, or earlier if all funding is allocated.
Tel: 020 7407 9992
Email: grants@treecouncil.org.uk
Vinehill Trust
The Vinehill Trust supports specific projects focused on health, heritage or music.
The Trust offers one-off grants of £10,000 to £100,000, covering up to 75% of project costs. It does not provide unrestricted funding or support core running costs.
Each theme has its own priorities:
- Heritage projects to restore historic buildings, fixtures and structures while providing employment or training in traditional building crafts. The Trust is particularly interested in projects in less affluent areas
- Music projects supporting choral and organ traditions, creating music-making opportunities for children and young people, or restoring historically or musically valuable organs
- Health projects must deliver healthcare directly to residents rather than focus on general wellbeing. Priorities include pre-hospital care, life-saving equipment or intervention, suicide prevention, rehabilitation and aftercare, health-promoting green spaces, and oral and dental health outreach.
Charities and other not-for-profit organisations can apply but should check the detailed criteria and exclusions for the relevant theme before doing so.
Applications are accepted at any time, with decisions usually made within three months.
Tel: 0207 680 8100
Email: info@vinehilltrust.uk
Visa Inc - Let's Celebrate Towns
Let’s Celebrate Towns is a joint initiative from Visa and Nationwide. The competition highlights UK towns working to overcome local challenges and build stronger, more resilient communities.
It supports projects and initiatives that strengthen local economies, high streets and communities.
Towns can enter under one of five categories:
- High Street Revival
- Backing Local Business
- Protecting Valued Places
- Connected Places
- Community Pride
Five winning towns will each receive £20,000 towards a community project or initiative.
MPs and local leaders, local authorities, town councils, community groups and organisations can submit an entry.
Entries close on 25th October 2026.
Woodroffe Benton Foundation - Small Grants Programme
The Woodroffe Benton Foundation’s current funding round supports projects that help people access the natural world and spend time outdoors. It particularly focuses on people with physical or learning disabilities.
The Foundation provides one-off grants of between £500 and £2,500. It prefers to support core running costs, although it will also consider project and capital costs.
The fund accepts applications from registered charities with an annual income below £750,000 and at least one full set of accounts following registration.
The current round closes on 31st August 2026.
Funding Diary
August 2026
Youth Music Trailblazer Fund – 28/09/206
Aldi Sport Fund – 31/08/2026
ArtRoots Fund – 31/08/2026
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund – 31/08/2026
Hastings Pride in Place - 31/08/2026
James Tudor Foundation – Mental Health – 31/08/2026
Leche Trust – 31/08/2026
MHCLG Democratic Engagement Fund – 31/08/2026
Woodroffe Benton Foundation-Small Grants Programme – 31/08/2026
September 2026
Green Hall Foundation (round opens/closes rapidly) – 01/09/2026
Grocers’ Charity - 01/09/2026
Henry Moore Foundation – 01/09/2026
Kelly Family Charitable Trust - 01/09/2026
Postcode Society Trust- South of England – 01/09/2026
Idlewild Trust – 04/09/2026
Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund – 04/09/2026
Institute of Physics- Public Engagement Grant Scheme – 07/09/2026
Leeds Building Society Foundation-Small Grants for Homelessness Support – 07/09/2026
Lloyds Bank Foundation – Good Place to Live: New Beginnings - 09/09/2026
Theatre Trust Improvement Scheme -11/09/2026
Thomas Wall Trust (stage one applications) – 11/09/2026
Macmillan Q Lab Funding – 14/09/2026
Scops Arts Trust -15/09/2026
Ulverscroft Foundation – 15/09/2026
Charles Hayward Foundation - Social & Criminal Justice – 18/09/2026
Armed Forces Covenant Fund – Free from Fear - 23/09/2026
Royal Academy of Engineering Ingenious Public Engagement – 23/09/2026
Fidelio Charitable Trust – 25/09/2026
Adamsons Trust - 30/09/2026
Armed Forces Families Fund - Service Pupil Support Fund – 30/09/2026
Co-op Bank Customer Donation Fund – 30/09/2026
Fat Beehive Foundation – 30/09/2026
Postcode Local Trust Grassroots Grants – 30/09/2026
Matrix Causes Fund – 30/09/2026
One Stop Community Partnership Programme – 30/09/2026
Postcode Local Trust Grassroots Fund (rolling programme) – closes 30/09/2026
Schroder Charity Trust – 30/09/2026
Southover Manor Educational Trust – 30/09/2026
Sunrise Medical Community Fund – 30/09/2026
October 2026
Green Community Grants Programme – 01/10/2026
JJ Charitable Trust-Literacy Small Grants Scheme – 01/10/2026
Aviva Financial Futures Fund - 07/10/2026
Henry Smith Foundation-Maternity Equity Fund - 14/10/2026
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund -15/10/2026
Gardens Trust Community Grants- 16/10/2026
Heritage Crafts Association-Endangered Crafts Fund – 16/10/2026
Triangle Trust (Expressions of Interest) – 15/10/2026
Let’s Celebrate Towns – 25/10/2026
ChurchCare -Historic Church Interiors & Churchyards - 26/10/2026
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust – 26/10/2026
PRS Foundation – PPL Momentum Music Fund – 26/10/2026
Armed Forces Covenant Fund-Reveal and Respond – 28/10/2026
Magdalen Hospital Trust – 31/10/2026
War Memorials Trust – 31/10/2026
November 2026
National Churches Trust - Large Grants Programme – 03/11/2026
School for Social Entrepreneurs-Social Investment Gateway Programme- 06/11/2026
Screwfix Foundation - 10/11/2026
Paul Hamlyn Foundation-Teacher Development Fund – 11/11/2026
Ernest Kleinwort Charitable Trust – Main Grants – 12/11/2026
Weaver’s Company Benevolent Fund -12/11/2026
National Archives Project Grants Scheme – 13/11/2026
Innovate Now with Wellcome – 27/11/2026
December 2026
Henry Moore Foundation – 01/12/2026
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust - 01/12/2026
Homity Trust -10/12/2026
James Tudor Foundation – Mental Health – 11/12/2026
International Tree Foundation-UK Community Tree Planting – 11/12/2026
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund – 31/12/2026
January 2027
Leche Trust – 11/01/2027