Community, health & welfare

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

  • Esmée Fairbairn Foundation

    The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation provides revenue funding to support charitable work in the UK. The foundation spends around £45m to £50m a year through its grant programme which has three funding priorities: Our natural world – grants to help restore and protect: species health and habitats; sustainable and ethical food (encompassing nature-friendly farming and fishing); […]

  • Hospital Saturday Fund

    The Hospital Saturday Fund provides assistance for registered health charities such as hospitals, hospices and medical organisations which need grants for medical projects, care, research or to support medical training. There are two grant categories: standard grants of up to £2,000 and large grants of up to £10,000. Large grant applications should be towards specific […]

  • Screwfix Foundation

    The Screwfix Foundation provides grants up to £5,000 for projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings. The aim is to help those in need: this could be by reason of financial hardship, sickness, distress or other disadvantages. The funding can be used for projects that […]

  • Community Ownership Fund: CLOSED

    The Community Ownership Fund (COF) which was originally due to close at the end of March 2025 has now been closed to new applications. The aim of the programme was to support community groups to take ownership of assets that are at risk of being lost to the community. This included sports facilities, arts and […]

  • Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust

    The Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust provides grants to support the wellbeing of service personnel, armed forces families and veterans. The Trust has a new £30million Funding Framework for 2024 to 2027 and is launching new funds as part of this. There is an eligibility checker on the Armed Forces Covenant Trust website as well […]

  • Steel Charitable Trust: UK Under-26 Fund

    The Steel Charitable Trust has launched a new funding strategy with changes to its grants programme. From 2025, it will offer two funding streams: one focused on activities benefiting Luton; and a new Under-26 Fund for the rest of the UK. Under-26 Fund Charities can apply for funding for projects that focus on creating educational […]

  • DWF Foundation

    Registered charities can apply to the DWF Foundation for one-off grants up to £5,000 to support work in the areas of: homelessness health and wellbeing employability education environment and sustainability In particular, the foundation is looking for projects that develop and improve local communities by: tackling a specific community issue helping voluntary and community groups […]

  • Bruce Wake Charitable Trust

    Charities and other not-for-profit organisations can apply to the Bruce Wake Charitable Trust for funding to help provide leisure activities for people with physical disabilities. There is a particular focus on assisting wheelchair users and the Trust will therefore favour applications which meet one or all of the following criteria: the potential beneficiaries are physically […]

  • Misses Barrie Charitable Trust

    The Misses Barrie Charitable Trust provides small grants to charities. The focus is on supporting the arts, young people, old people and people with disabilities or health conditions. Small and medium-sized charities in Devon can apply (charities in Worcestershire, Warwickshire, Surrey and Scotland are also eligible). Most grants are in the range of £1,000 to […]

  • National Lottery Community Fund

    The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF) has announced new plans to put community agency, power and control at the heart of its funding. It is committed to investing at least £3 billion of funding to support communities in England by 2030. The plans include the introduction of three new programmes which will have a total […]