Charity funding links

Andrews Charitable Trust aims to help young organisations who have ground-breaking ideas to tackle housing related poverty. Also Christian Community Grants are available under two main programmes: Speaking Volumes offers grants for Christian books to any library whether it’s in a school, prison, hospice or church; partners with the Cinnamon Network (see below), which provides micro-grants for starting up an approved social action project.

Introduced a new grants framework in January 2023, and has 5 programmes: Community Impact Grants; . Building Improvement Grants; Heritage Skills for Christian Buildings Grants; Methodist Grants and Roof Alarm Grants.

Makes grants to charities and charitable organisations which are registered in the UK.

The largest single source of funding for community activities in the UK.

Micro-Grants of £2,000 are available in some areas to start social action projects.

Hereford based charity committed to supporting Education, Healthcare, Heritage and Arts.

An independent grant-making charity supporting UK charities tackling a range of social issues, protecting the natural world, and preserving heritage crafts.

Founded in 1961, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation is one of the UK’s largest independent funders. It makes unrestricted, core and project grants for charitable work in the UK.

Awards grants to community projects from funds donated by FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund and Scottish Landfill Communities Fund.

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A database with over 8,000 funders, produced by the Directory of Social Change.

A family founded grant-maker that gives money to support a wide range of charities across the UK that make a positive difference, including welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.

Offers grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 to a wide range of charities. Priority for support is given to charities that the trustees have previously worked with, however the trust adds a few new charities each year.

Provides a guide to social investment, including a list of places to go for finance and investment.

Invests in local charities, empowering communities in greatest need to flourish. Currently only accepts applications from organisations that are registered with the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland or with another charity regulator in the UK or Ireland.

Provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need.

Funds a broad range of projects that connect people and communities to the UK’s heritage.

Awards grants in two areas: Arts and Conservation.

Independent Christian grant-maker with an interest in projects that: demonstrate a Christian approach to the practical, educational and spiritual needs of people of all ages; and the adaptation of Church properties to provide improved facilities for use by the church and its work in the community.

Giving of the Laing Family Trusts reflects the values espoused by Sir John Laing, seeking to promote Christian faith and values; care for those in need; encourage young people to realise their potential (especially, but not exclusively, in the field of science and engineering and through Christian youth activities).

Partners with small and local charities and communities working with people facing complex issues and barriers. Through unrestricted funding and support, it works alongside those who understand the complexity of the issues people face or the barriers they experience and are best placed to make a genuine difference to people’s lives.

Awards grants on behalf of a number of different donors. There is a list of eligibility criteria that all organisations need to meet before they can apply for funding and each fund may also have its own additional criteria.

Guide to financial and other support for anyone undertaking UK related heritage projects.

Subscription-based funding service, free where annual turnover is up to £30,000 p.a.

Accepts applications for listed and unlisted churches, chapels and meeting houses, as long as they are open for regular public worship (i.e. more than six services a year) and are located within England, Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The building must have been built as a place of worship, and be more than 30 years old.

Practical tips and step-by-step guides on how to find the money you need for your community group, organisation or charity.

Northumbria Historic Churches Trust has £500,000 to award in small grants to churches in the north east region. Grants range up to £15,000.

Grants are available for the preservation of Christian and secular historic buildings in West Midlands and North Wales.

Funds focus on arts, education and learning, migration and young people.

Grant-making across the UK to improve life chances for the vulnerable and preserve the best of our past.

A new £92 million programme supporting the repair of listed places of worship across England and targeted at areas in most need. Delivered by Historic England and funded by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, the fund will run over four years to March 2030. Open to all faiths and denominations, and places of worship do not need to be on the Heritage at Risk Register to apply. Deadline for submitting Expressions of Interest for the first round of grants is midnight, Sunday 14 June, 2026. Further rounds of grants will follow later in the year and in future years.

Programme in Edinburgh for movements, collectives and grassroots organisations who are committed to the deep and long-term work needed to address the root causes of and the intersection between poverty, racism and climate change. Organisations can ‘self-recommend’ themselves until 22 April 2025.

Umbrella organisation that facilitates the work of the grant making trusts and charities established by three generations of the Sainsbury family.

Provides finance and support to build a more equal society.

Funds projects and organisations, small and large, that help people get more people active.

Manages several different funding schemes that benefit the voluntary sector in Wales. Plus, the website includes the free online search engine Funding Wales.

Supports christian workers to share the gospel in the most deprived areas of the uk.

A wide range of funding programmes and activities with a fundamental aim to improve the civic health of society, mainly through education and research. Supports excellence in the fields of education, science and medicine, health and disability, and heritage, humanities and the arts.

Finds, funds and supports social entrepreneurs – enterprising people with solutions that change our society for the better.

You can search for your local community foundation which may offer funding opportunities.

Possible funding sources for disability groups and voluntary organisations.

Benefits for ill or disabled people. Information provided by UK Government and the Money & Pensions Service.