Funding updates

  • Common Ground Award

    A new government fund opens this month (October 2025) to help voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations to bring people together from different backgrounds and build social connections. The Common Ground Award will provide capital grants up to £10,000 to invest in physical spaces, facilities and equipment. The award aims to support organisations that are […]

  • Toy Trust

    The Toy Trust distributes money raised by the UK toy industry to charities that help disadvantaged and disabled children. The trust is currently inviting applications from small UK-based children’s charities that are supporting disadvantaged children under the age of 13 years. You can apply for a grant of up to £5,000. This can be used […]

  • Gardening with Disabilities Trust

    Small grants are available to help people with disabilities or limited mobility to take an active part in gardening. The Gardening with Disabilities Trust helps people to continue to garden despite advancing age, illness or disability whether mental or physical. Grants can be used to purchase plants and equipment such as raised beds, polytunnels, greenhouses, […]

  • Resource efficiency for resilience and sustainability

    UK businesses can apply for grants for innovative feasibility studies in novel, sustainable, low-carbon materials and manufacturing. The funding aims to assist the UK materials and manufacturing sector to be: Your project must focus on one or both of the following themes. Theme 1: Resource efficient and sustainable materials and manufacturing Theme 2: Seaweed processing […]

  • Great British Energy Community Fund

    The Great British Energy Community Fund has an allocation of £1m in 2025/26 for community energy projects in the South West. The fund is now open for applications in Round 2. The aim of the funding is to: For this round, the funding is for community energy asset projects only, such as renewable or low […]

  • Places to Go, Things to Do

    Devon County Council has launched a new fund to support inclusive, accessible and enriching activities for those aged 11 to 25. Not-for-profit organisations in Devon can apply to the Places to Go, Things to Do fund for a small grant to provide activities for young people that: Projects can include sports and leisure activities, creative […]

  • Funding for musicians and music-making

    There are a number of grant programmes available to support music-making for people of all ages and across all music genres. Several of these are currently open to applications, including: Arts Council England: Supporting Grassroots Music – grants up to £40,000 for industry professionals, music promoters, festivals, venues and studios with initiatives to support audience […]

  • Suez Communities Fund

    The Suez Communities Fund provides grants of up to £50,000 for capital improvements to facilities that benefit the general public. This includes village halls, community centres, cycle paths, playgrounds, sports facilities and historic buildings. Projects need to be within 2.5 miles of a qualifying Suez site: these include Woodbury Salterton and Brynsworthy (Barnstaple). The funding […]

  • Cash4Clubs

    This programme offers community and voluntary sports groups the opportunity to access unrestricted funding to boost their sustainability and get more people playing sports. This year’s programme is focused on supporting adult clubs. Funding is therefore available to groups that support over 18s only. You can apply for a grant of £2,000: there are no […]

  • Growing Communities Fund

    Devon County Council has announced a budget of £85,000 for this year’s Growing Communities Fund. Grants are available from the Growing Communities Fund for projects that support Devon communities wishing to build self-reliance, tackle hardship such as food and fuel inequality, improve mental health and wellbeing or address loneliness and isolation. The Growing Communities Fund […]