Funding Friday
Connecting Communities grants – Morrisons Foundation
The Connecting Communities grants offer up to £20,000 to charities who provide placed-based services to the entire community or specific groups.
Funding is available to support capital projects that:
- Breathe new life into local spaces: Upgrade and revitalise buildings and outdoor areas.
- Bring people together: Reduce social isolation and foster a strong sense of belonging.
- Secure the future: Ensure vital local services remain open and accessible for generations to come.
There is no fixed deadline to apply for a Connecting Communities grant, they process applications monthly.
Morrisons Foundation Connecting Communities Grant Request
Community Gardens grants – National Garden Scheme
The Julia Rausing Trust announced a £1.5 million grant to the National Garden Scheme for their Community Garden Grants programme. Funding began in 2025.
The Community Garden Grants programme focuses on support for community groups to create or improve gardens for the benefit of local communities, many of which play an important health and social welfare role through providing community orchards, food banks and settings for local GP social prescribing.
The funding for the Community Garden Grants programme will aid the development of community garden projects with a purpose focussed on demonstrating the health benefits of gardens, and gardening, not only to health and wellbeing, but also to the environment and communities surrounding them.
Individual grants are between minimum £1500 and maximum £5000. The deadline for applications is 30 October 2026.
Community Garden Grants – National Garden Scheme
Screwfix Foundation
The charity supports projects that improve, repair and maintain buildings and facilities used by people in need throughout the UK. The Screwfix Foundation currently offers local registered charities and not for profit organisations funding in the region of £5,000.
The types of projects they fund are:
- Improved energy efficient lighting & heating
- Installation of new kitchen, bathroom etc.
- Installation of a sensory room
- General painting & decorating
- Improving safety and security of a building
The next deadline for applications is 10 November 2026.
Screwfix Foundation | Screwfix
Green Community Grants Programme – The Wildlife Trusts
This programme offers one-year flexible funding for not-for-profit groups in England, Scotland and Wales with an annual income between £10,000 and £1 million.
Grants of up to £25,000 are available for projects which fit with one of the two funding themes:
- Contributing to nature recovery and responding to the climate emergency
- Improving nature-rich spaces and access to them
The fund is open in 2026 for one further application window: 30 September to 21 October.