SIB Group offers funding and flexible finance to organisations with a social purpose to help them make a positive difference in the communities they support. There are currently three programmes available: Reach – grants between £5,000 and £15,000 for charities and social enterprises that need support to raise finance from approved social investors Energy Resilience […]
Community, health & welfare
Funding for social and community enterprise, schools and innovative social services.
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BookRelief UK
BookRelief UK supports children’s and adult literacy projects in Devon and overseas. You can apply for a grant for adult or children’s literacy initiatives such as library projects, storytelling activities, updating libraries in hospitals, mental health institutions, or buying books for a school project and updating a school library. BookRelief UK typically awards grants of […]
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Youth Music
Youth Music gives grants for music projects that help to provide equal access to music. The current funds are as follows: Youth Music Trailblazer Fund Grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music. Your work must cover one of the following themes: […]
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Allen Lane Foundation
The Allen Lane Foundation was established by Sir Allen Lane, who set up the publishing company Penguin Books. The foundation awards funding for charitable purposes across the UK, focusing on specific groups that experience marginalisation and/or discrimination. There are seven funding programmes: Asylum seekers and refugees – the foundation has updated its focus, now supporting […]
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Persimmon Community Champions
The Persimmon Community Champions programme provides support to community organisations that make a real difference to people’s lives. Each of Persimmon’s 30 offices makes a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to local organisations. The £6,000 is usually shared between three or four organisations such as charities, voluntary groups, healthcare organisations including hospices, sports […]
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Benefact Trust
The Benefact Trust provides grants to support the repair, restoration, protection, improvement and reach of places of Christian worship. This includes activities that benefit the wider community and the environment. The following grant schemes are open to applications: Building improvement grants – including making essential repairs, enhancing accessibility, restoring historic features, or installing energy-efficient systems […]
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Health Lottery Foundation
Voluntary organisations will soon be able to apply for funding from the new Health Lottery Foundation. The foundation will be distributing funding from the Health Lottery which launched in January 2025. Grants will be available for organisations offering support in the following areas: chronic disease disability inequity healthcare IT health disparity preventative care young people […]
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Parkinson’s UK: Physical Activity Grants 2025
Parkinson’s UK is re-opening its grants programme to help people with Parkinson’s to get and stay active. You can apply for between £500 and £3,000 to help people with Parkinson’s become and stay active, or help people increase their levels of physical activity. This year’s programme will re-open on 10 March and Parkinson’s UK will […]
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Energy Redress Scheme
Charities and community energy groups can apply for funding from the Energy Redress Scheme. Energy Saving Trust will be administering the scheme until 2026. Projects will be considered if they support households most at risk from cold homes and high energy bills, develop innovative products and services related to domestic energy use, or address carbon […]
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D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust considers applications from UK registered charities that are seeking funding towards core costs or projects in the UK in the following areas: Advancement of the arts: access and participation in the arts with an emphasis on choirs and singing to bring people together, performance arts, music and drama projects for […]