Community, health & welfare

Funding for social and community enterprise, schools and innovative social services.

  • Veterans’ Foundation

    The Veterans’ Foundation provides grants to charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide assistance to serving and former members of the armed forces community, operational qualified seafarers and their immediate families. There are separate grant schemes, as follows: Small Grants – grants of £500 to £5,000 to help small, grassroots groups to flourish in the Armed […]

  • Social and Affordable Homes Programme

    The government has announced its new grants programme to support the capital costs of developing affordable housing in England. The Social and Affordable Homes Programme (SAHP) will run from 2026 to 2036 with a total budget of £39bn – of this, £27.3bn is for delivery outside London via Homes England. The focus is on new […]

  • Social Housing Innovation Fund

    Grants are available to test innovative approaches that help social housing tenants to have their voices heard. The Social Housing Innovation Fund is for initiatives to improve social housing residents’ experiences by supporting innovative projects that strengthen landlord-tenant engagement and empower residents to influence decisions about their homes. Applications can be made by registered providers of social housing […]

  • Village Halls Fund: Small Grants

    The Platinum Jubilee Village Halls Fund has reopened for applications for small grants. If you are making modest improvements to a village hall, such as a heating upgrade or a new kitchen, you can apply for a grant to cover 20% of your eligible costs, up to a maximum of £5,000. There is just a […]

  • Clare Milne Trust

    The Clare Milne Trust supports people living with disabilities in Devon and Cornwall. Clare Milne was the granddaughter of A.A. Milne, the author and creator of Winnie the Pooh. The Trust makes grants to small, registered charities that work directly with people who have disabilities and who live in Devon or Cornwall. Projects should benefit […]

  • Rosa: Voices from the Frontline

    Rosa is a UK-wide funder that invests in women-led organisations that champion and support women and girls. Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund offers grants of up to £10,000 to women’s and girls’ organisations to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change.  The fund is open to not-for-profit women’s […]

  • The Fore

    The Fore offers grants of up to £45,000 to help charitable organisations to grow, strengthen and become more efficient or resilient. The Fore provides unrestricted grants that can be used for any purpose, including core costs and capital funding and can be for one to three years. The grants should have a transformational impact on […]

  • Livewell Foundation

    The Livewell Foundation supports projects and initiatives that will help improve health and wellbeing, prevent ill health or reduce social isolation within Plymouth and South West Devon. The foundation provides small grants up to £1,000 and large grants up to £10,000 for projects or initiatives that will: There is currently a particular focus on supporting […]

  • Thomas Wall Trust

    Registered charities can apply for a grant for activities that improve communication skills for disadvantaged adults in order to help them move into employment. Grants of up to £5,000 are available for specific projects that help people who want to improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience and life chances. Beneficiaries must gain at least one […]

  • Fight for Sight: Digital Inclusion Fund

    Fight for Sight has launched a new fund to help blind or vision-impaired people to access digital technology and improve their digital skills in order to prepare for work or progress in the workplace. Grants are available for projects that deliver a step-change in people’s ability to know what’s out there, how to access and […]