Community, health & welfare

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

  • 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 […]

  • Swire Charitable Trust

    The Swire Charitable Trust makes grants to charities supporting some of the UK’s most vulnerable people to overcome barriers and realise their potential, and to charities that are protecting the UK’s environment and heritage. There are three funding programmes: Opportunity – improving life chances. In particular, practical support for: vulnerable children and young people; ex-service […]

  • Charles Hayward Foundation

    The Charles Hayward Foundation provides grants for registered charities. Funding is currently available in three funding categories: social and criminal justice – for projects that help to prevent people entering the criminal justice system, and that support those in contact with the system to rebuild their lives. Grants of £15,000 – £25,000 per year over […]

  • John Rayner Charitable Trust

    The John Rayner Charitable Trust makes donations to small and medium-sized charities that support the following: The Trust likes to support charities that show a passion for their cause and have tangible goals. Grants are between £1,000 and £5,000 and can be used for individual projects as well as for core costs.

  • Kristina Martin Charitable Trust

    Charities that have a core focus on supporting mental health and wellbeing can apply to the Kristina Martin Charitable Trust for a grant. The funding is for UK-registered charities that support vulnerable and marginalised people with their mental health and wellbeing through services such as suicide prevention, supportive online experiences, wellbeing services and compassionate grief […]

  • The True Colours Trust

    The True Colours Trust supports children and young adults with disabilities and life-limiting conditions. It provides grants of up to £10,000 through its UK Small Grants scheme to help smaller organisations to develop and deliver programmes for children, their siblings and families. You can apply for funding towards: Projects – such as activities, bereavement support, […]

  • Percy Bilton Charity

    The Percy Bilton Charity provides grants for the purchase of furniture and equipment to support people in need. Applications are accepted from registered charities that are supporting one or more of the following groups: You can apply for a large grant for capital expenditure of approximately £2,000 and over (the majority of grants fall within […]