Open grants

224 grants currently tracked.

• Community Action

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for communities in Scotland to run projects that help people connect. We support work that’s open, inclusive and community-led

  £20,001 – £250,000Scotland
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• Dormant Assets for All

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for VCSE organisations in Northern Ireland, from the Dormant Assets Scheme, to help them grow stronger and face future challenges.

  £300 – £20,000Northern Ireland
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• Fairer Life Chances

  charity,community_group

  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for projects that support children, young people and families, or help people be healthier with better access to support

  £20,001 – £500,000Scotland
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• National Lottery Awards for All England

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  We fund projects in England that bring people together and improve communities. Apply for grants of £300 to £20,000 for projects up to 2 years.

  £300 – £20,000England
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• National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  We fund community-led projects that tackle the climate and nature emergency, improve the environment, and help people connect with and enjoy nature locally.

  £300 – £20,000England
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• National Lottery Awards for All Northern Ireland

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Apply for £300 to £20,000 to fund projects in Northern Ireland that connect people and strengthen communities. Grants last up to 2 years.

  £300 – £20,000Northern Ireland
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• National Lottery Awards for All Scotland

  charity,community_group

  The National Lottery Community Fund

  We fund projects in Scotland that bring people together and improve communities. Apply for grants of £300 to £20,000 for projects up to 2 years.

  £300 – £20,000Scotland
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• National Lottery Awards for All Wales

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for projects that bring people together and improve communities in Wales. Apply for grants of £300 to £20,000 for projects up to 2 years.

  £300 – £20,000Wales
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• People and Places

  charity,community_group

  The National Lottery Community Fund

  We fund projects in Wales that are accessible, community-led, and focused on the issues that matter most to local people.

  £20,001 – £500,000Wales
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• Scottish Land Fund

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  The Scottish Land Fund helps communities across Scotland become stronger and more sustainable by supporting them to own and manage land and buildings

  £5,000 – £1,000,000Scotland
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• Strengthening Communities

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Strengthening Communities funds community-led projects that help people live healthier, happier lives. It supports our strategy, It starts with community.

  £20,001 – £500,000Northern Ireland
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• Strengthening Organisations

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  We fund organisations in Scotland we already support. Funding helps you test new ideas, improve your work, or grow your organisation.

  £300 – £50,000Scotland
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• Supporting Change - Carers

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  This funding is for projects that will improve the health of unpaid carers.

  £500,000 – £2,000,000Scotland
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• The Solidarity Fund

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for organisations in England who prioritise community agency and do work that tackles the root causes of poverty, disadvantage and discrimination.

  £1,000,000 – £5,000,000England
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• The UK Fund

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  The UK Fund offers large grants to grow proven projects. We fund work with impact that can scale, change systems, and benefit communities across the UK.

  £500,000 – £5,000,000England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
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• Young Start - Main Grants

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Young Start - Main Grants offers £20,001 to £150,000 for projects up to 3 years that help children and young people in Scotland build confidence and realise their potential.

  £20,001 – £150,000Scotland
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• Supporting Great Ideas

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Supporting Great Ideas funds bold projects in Wales that aim to create positive, lasting change for communities.

  £20,001 – £500,000Wales
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• Sustainable Steps Wales - Egin Grants

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  This funding helps community groups in Wales take action on climate change, live more sustainably, or kick-start new ideas.

  £100 – £15,000Wales
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• Climate Action Fund - Food Systems

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Climate Action Fund – Food Systems supports projects that strengthen our food system and reduce food insecurity for people and communities.

  £2,500,000 – £7,000,000England, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales
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• Young Start - Small Grants

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Young Start - Small Grants offers £300 to £20,000 for projects up to 1 year that help children and young people in Scotland build confidence and realise their potential.

  £300 – £20,000Scotland
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• Change makers

  charity,community_group

  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding that supports community leaders who are making change in and for their communities.

  £1,000,000 – £5,000,000England
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• The Step Forward Fund

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for grassroots organisations from Global Majority and racially minoritised communities to help them grow.

  £100,000 – £225,000England
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• Reaching Communities England

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  The National Lottery Community Fund

  Funding for small or large organisations, from £20,001 to £20,000,000, to strengthen communities and improve lives across England.

  £20,001 – £20,000,000England
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• Millennium Stadium Trust — Regional Grants

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  Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust

  Grants of up to £10,000 for charities and community groups in Wales working in arts, community, environment, or sport.

  £100 – £10,000Wales
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• Millennium Stadium Trust — Local Grants

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  Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust

  Grants of up to £5,000 for charities and community groups in Wales working in arts, community, environment, or sport.

  £100 – £5,000Wales
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• Clean Energy Fund — Voluntary Sector

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  Ambition North Wales

  Grants of £25,000 to £500,000 (50% of project cost) plus interest-free loans up to £250,000, for voluntary organisations, charities and community-led projects in North Wales working on renewable energy, energy efficiency, or decarbonisation.

  £25,000 – £500,000Wales
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• Cist Gwynedd — Community Support Fund

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  Cyngor Gwynedd (Gwynedd Council)

  Local authority grants for Gwynedd's community and voluntary groups: capital grants of up to £20,000 and/or revenue grants of up to £10,000, for projects that improve quality of life and support communities across Gwynedd. Part of the wider Cist Gwynedd programme, which also includes the Welsh Church Fund (charities), Emergency Food Aid Fund, Allotments Grant, and Warm Spaces Fund.

  £500 – £20,000Wales
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• Tesco Community Grants

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  Tesco / Groundwork

  Grants for local charities and community groups, funded by the Tesco Bags of Help carrier bag levy. Three local projects are put to an in-store customer vote each round: £1,500 for first place, £1,000 for second, £500 for third.

  £500 – £1,500UK
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• Co-op Local Community Fund

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  Co-op

  Funding for local causes, distributed based on Co-op members choosing to support your cause with their membership. £5 million available annually across all supported causes UK-wide; the amount each cause receives depends on member selection over the funding period, so it isn't a fixed award.

  Amount variesUK
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• Aviva Communities Fund

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  Aviva

  Match-funding scheme: Aviva matches donations your organisation raises, up to £250 per donation, to a maximum of £25,000 per organisation per calendar year (across up to two projects). Open to organisations with annual income under £1 million.

  £250 – £25,000UK
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• Screwfix Foundation

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  Screwfix Foundation

  Grants of up to £5,000 (average award around £4,200) for UK registered charities and not-for-profits, for projects that repair, maintain, improve, or adapt spaces for people facing hardship, sickness, distress, or other disadvantage. Quarterly deadlines: 10th of the month before March, June, September and December trustee meetings.

  £500 – £5,000UK
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• TechSoup UK — Discounted & Donated Technology

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  TechSoup UK

  Not a cash grant: free registration gives UK charities access to heavily discounted or fully donated software, hardware, and services from a large catalogue of partners, including Microsoft Office 365 and Copilot through TechSoup's Microsoft partnership. Successor to Charity Digital Exchange as of July 2025. Worth checking before buying IT equipment or software outright.

  Amount variesUK
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• Corris Community Council – Community Support

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  Corris Community Council – Community Support

  [Local community body] The most local lead: the council specifically provides financial assistance to local groups and organisations, considering applications in June and December. Previous recipients include Ysgol Dyffryn Dulas and Cylch Meithrin Corris. Approach the clerk about IT equipment or specialist children's sessions before the December review. (No fixed maximum published; recent awards have ranged from £50 to £1,000.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Bro Dyfi Community Renewables – Community Energy Fund

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  Bro Dyfi Community Renewables – Community Energy Fund

  [Local community-owned business/community benefit fund] A highly local fund whose principal eligible area expressly includes Corris Community Council. Community groups, youth groups, schools, associations and similar organisations may apply. Proposals must demonstrate a connection to reducing carbon emissions, biodiversity, climate action or stronger communities. The published round is labelled 2025, so the club should contact BDCR about the next round and could frame IT or educational sessions around environmental learning and reduced resource use. (The published 2025 round awarded £1,000 to each of 11 local organisations.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Cynnal Endowment Fund – Groups

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  Cynnal Endowment Fund – Groups

  [Local educational endowment administered by Community Foundation Wales] Funds educational projects for children and young people under 18 in Gwynedd and Anglesey. Registered charities and not-for-profit community organisations are eligible, with funding available for project running costs and capital items. (Up to £2,000 per year for as many as three years.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Delwedd Community Fund

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  Delwedd Community Fund

  [Gwynedd business community-giving programme] A Gwynedd-based web-design company offering support to local organisations, teams and projects for equipment, events and other community needs. Delwedd previously created websites free of charge for local good causes, making it particularly relevant to the club's website-update goal. The 2026 cash-fund deadline was 30 April 2026, but the programme is annual and the live page provides contact details for future rounds or a direct in-kind website-support approach. (Applications up to £500.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Watkin Property Ventures Community Fund

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  Watkin Property Ventures Community Fund

  [North-west Wales business charitable fund] The charitable arm of a Gwynedd-based property company, established specifically to support charities in north-west Wales. It considers various causes, with particular interest in projects improving mental health. (No standard award amount or application window is published; direct approaches are invited.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Henry Smith Charity — Holiday Grants Programme

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  Henry Smith Charity

  Grants of £500 to £2,750 for schools, youth groups, not-for-profit organisations and charities across the UK, to help disadvantaged children and families access a holiday or short break.

  £500 – £2,750UK
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• Lloyds Bank Foundation — Specialist Programme

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  Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales

  Three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000 (paid as £25,000/year), plus tailored development support, for small, local, specialist charities in England and Wales supporting people facing complex issues. Charities with annual income between £25,000 and £500,000.

  £25,000 – £75,000England,Wales
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• Clothworkers' Foundation — Small Grants

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  The Clothworkers' Foundation

  Capital grants of up to £15,000 for UK charities with annual turnover under £2 million, for buildings (purchase, construction, renovation) and equipment (office, digital, furnishings, specialist therapeutic equipment). No deadline, rolling applications.

  £500 – £15,000UK
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• Trusthouse Charitable Foundation — Small Grants

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  Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

  Grants of £2,000 to £10,000 for community organisations with annual income under £250,000. Restricted to remote, rural, economically deprived areas with a population under 10,000, in the bottom 50% most deprived areas nationally. Can cover up to 50% of a project's cost.

  £2,000 – £10,000UK
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• BBC Children in Need — Project Costs Funding Stream

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  BBC Children in Need

  Grants of up to £40,000 per year for 1-3 years (maximum £120,000 total) for not-for-profit organisations working with disadvantaged children and young people up to 18 years old, across the UK, Channel Islands and Isle of Man. No application deadline; starts with an online expression of interest. Applications of £15,000 or under get a quicker decision.

  £1,000 – £40,000UK
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• Waitrose Community Matters

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  Waitrose

  Local charities apply to their nearest Waitrose store to become one of three good causes customers vote for each round. Standard stores share £1,000/month, Little Waitrose stores £500/month, split between the three causes by vote share. Supports projects that bring people together, encourage healthier lifestyles, or promote sustainable food systems.

  £100 – £1,000UK
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• Gwynedd Nature Partnership

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  Gwynedd Nature Partnership

  [Local nature partnership / in-kind and funding support] A county-level partnership that provides biodiversity advice, identifies funding opportunities and supports collaboration with community groups. It has specifically invited Gwynedd communities with nature-project ideas to contact partneriaethnatur@gwynedd.llyw.cymru. Bryn Castell’s woodland restoration and wildlife-conservation plans are closely aligned.

  Amount variesWales
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• Mantell Gwynedd

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  Mantell Gwynedd

  [Local voluntary-action organisation / fundraising and volunteer support] Gwynedd’s county voluntary council offers direct help with funding applications and getting charities’ governance and policies ‘fit for funding’. Its Gwynedd Volunteer Centre can also help local organisations recruit and match volunteers, potentially supporting practical woodland work.

  Amount variesWales
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• Gwynedd Welsh Church Fund

  charity

  Gwynedd Welsh Church Fund

  [Local charitable fund administered by Cyngor Gwynedd] Open to registered charities operating in Gwynedd, explicitly including conservation organisations. Eligible work includes providing open spaces, retaining land of natural-history interest and heritage-related capital or revenue projects. Although the principal 2026 deadline has passed, the fund states that applications below £1,000 may be submitted at any time, subject to available funding. (Requests under £1,000 accepted at any time, subject to available funding; the annual scheme otherwise allows applications up to £5,000.)

  Amount variesWales
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• First Hydro Company Sponsorship and Donations

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  First Hydro Company Sponsorship and Donations

  [Regional energy-company sponsorship and donations programme] First Hydro supports initiatives generally within 20 miles of its Ffestiniog and Dinorwig power stations, with environmental initiatives expressly included. Applications are accepted through a downloadable form and reviewed monthly. Bryn Castell should confirm postcode eligibility with the company and emphasise sustainable materials and community access.

  Amount variesWales
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• Cymdeithas Eryri / Snowdonia Society

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  Cymdeithas Eryri / Snowdonia Society

  [Local environmental charity / practical in-kind partnership] An Eryri-based conservation charity running a professionally organised volunteer programme covering footpath maintenance, invasive-species control and wildlife-habitat management. Its website states that it works with farmers and community groups, making it a concrete contact for discussing a joint volunteer workday or practical conservation partnership at Bryn Castell.

  Amount variesWales
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• Rotary Club of Dolgellau – Community Assistance

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  Rotary Club of Dolgellau – Community Assistance

  [Local voluntary service club offering financial or practical assistance] The club explicitly welcomes applications for assistance from any part of the Dolgellau community. It is especially relevant because its own Community Peace Woodlands project involved volunteers clearing land, planting more than 400 trees and controlling invasive plants. Bryn Castell could request a contribution, volunteer work party or help sourcing materials.

  Amount variesWales
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• Mantell Gwynedd – Helping Hand to Volunteer Project

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  Mantell Gwynedd – Helping Hand to Volunteer Project

  [Gwynedd voluntary-action organisation offering in-kind support] The Gwynedd Volunteer Centre project supports local organisations by matching them with volunteers. Bryn Castell could enquire about practical volunteers for appropriate supervised woodland, path or conservation tasks.

  Amount variesWales
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• Eryri Nature Partnership – Local Places for Nature

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  Eryri Nature Partnership – Local Places for Nature

  [Local environmental partnership and project-support contact] The partnership brings together community and wildlife groups working on nature recovery in Eryri. Its current page specifically invites communities with Local Places for Nature project ideas to contact the partnership coordinator, making it relevant to woodland restoration, wildlife habitat and improved green access.

  Amount variesWales
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• North Wales Housing Community Fund

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  North Wales Housing Community Fund

  [Regional charitable housing association community fund] Supports locally beneficial projects in Gwynedd and neighbouring North Wales counties. Constituted voluntary and community groups can apply, but proposals must demonstrate a benefit to North Wales Housing residents, so Bryn Castell should identify any residents who would use or volunteer at the woodland. (Awards typically range from £25 to £250)

  Amount variesWales
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• Watkin Property Ventures Community Fund

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  Watkin Property Ventures Community Fund

  [North-west Wales business charitable fund] The charitable arm of a Bangor-based property business, supporting charities across north-west Wales. It considers varied local causes and has a particular interest in mental health, offering a potential approach for woodland paths, volunteering and nature-access activities framed around community wellbeing.

  Amount variesWales
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• Cyngor Gwynedd Welsh Church Fund

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  Cyngor Gwynedd Welsh Church Fund

  [Local charitable fund administered by Cyngor Gwynedd] Supports registered charities operating in Gwynedd, expressly including conservation organisations. Relevant costs can include obtaining or safeguarding land of natural-history interest and providing open spaces for leisure. The main 2026 round closed on 22 May 2026, but applications below £1,000 are accepted at any time, subject to funding availability. Bryn Castell would need to be a registered charity rather than solely a CIC. (Up to £5,000; applications below £1,000 may be submitted at any time, subject to available funding.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Eryri Nature Partnership – Local Places for Nature support

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  Eryri Nature Partnership – Local Places for Nature support

  [Local nature partnership coordinated by Eryri National Park Authority] The partnership brings together local conservation organisations, wildlife groups and public bodies to coordinate nature-restoration work in Eryri. Its live page specifically invites community groups with project ideas to contact the coordinator to discuss them further. This is primarily a lead for practical advice, partnership development and potential in-kind support rather than a guaranteed cash award.

  Amount variesWales
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• Mantell Gwynedd / Gwynedd Volunteer Centre

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  Mantell Gwynedd / Gwynedd Volunteer Centre

  [Local county voluntary-action organisation providing funding advice and volunteer recruitment support] Gwynedd’s local umbrella organisation for voluntary and community groups offers funding advice and practical organisational support. Its Volunteer Centre can also help Bryn Castell advertise opportunities and recruit volunteers for woodland, path, wall or fencing work.

  Amount variesWales
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• Adra Community Investment Fund

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  Adra Community Investment Fund

  [Regional charitable housing association community-giving programme] Supports community and voluntary organisations in North Wales where Adra provides housing. Eligible activities specifically include local environmental schemes, improvements to community resources and facilities, and projects that attract or develop volunteers. Bryn Castell would need to demonstrate direct benefit for Adra customers or residents. (Up to £1,000)

  Amount variesWales
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• Woodland Trust — MOREwoods

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  Woodland Trust

  Cost-share scheme (not a fixed cash grant) for landowners in England, Wales or Northern Ireland planting at least 500 trees on half a hectare or more. Woodland Trust supplies a site visit, bespoke species mix, trees and tree protection, covering up to 75% of costs for self-planted projects or up to 60% where the Trust arranges a contractor. Typical landowner cost is roughly £900-£2,000 per hectare. Cannot fund restocking of established woodland or recently felled areas. Requires a 30-year management commitment.

  £900 – £5,000England,Wales,Northern Ireland
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• Glastir Woodland Creation

  woodland_environmental,farm_estate

  Welsh Government

  Capital grant for farmers, land managers and other landowners in Wales planting new woodland, minimum 0.25 hectares with no maximum. Paid as a capital grant on completion of planting, followed by 12 years of annual Maintenance Payments and a Woodland Creation Premium of £350 per hectare per year to offset lost agricultural income. Requires a verified Woodland Creation Plan prepared by an approved management planner before applying.

  £2,000 – £50,000Wales
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• Historic England — Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk

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  Historic England

  Grants of £5,000 to £750,000 for the repair and conservation of listed buildings, scheduled monuments, and registered parks and gardens on Historic England's Heritage at Risk register in England. Open to organisations or individuals with legal responsibility for the asset. Grants are primarily for urgent repairs needed to prevent loss or damage to important architectural, archaeological or landscape features -- not general modernisation.

  £5,000 – £750,000England
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• National Lottery Grants for Heritage (£3,000-£10,000)

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  The National Lottery Heritage Fund

  Open programme for any type of heritage project across the UK -- buildings, landscapes, museum collections, cultural traditions and more. Open to not-for-profit organisations, private owners of a heritage asset, and partnerships. Every funded project must involve a wider range of people in heritage as a mandatory outcome. Applications accepted year-round via an online portal; acquisition costs aren't eligible.

  £3,000 – £10,000UK
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• Cadw — Historic Buildings Grant

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  Cadw (Welsh Government historic environment service)

  Grants towards the repair and conservation of listed buildings, ancient monuments, registered parks and gardens, and conservation areas in Wales. Typically funds 50% of eligible costs, with the applicant expected to secure match funding for the remainder -- though this can be exceeded in exceptional cases. Must apply and receive written approval from Cadw before starting any work.

  £1,000 – £100,000Wales
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• Architectural Heritage Fund — Heritage Revival Fund

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  The Architectural Heritage Fund

  Grants and loans for community-led organisations rescuing and repurposing neglected historic buildings in England, particularly in town centre locations and economically disadvantaged areas. Covers everything from early feasibility studies and business plan development through to capital repair works. Aimed at buildings being brought back into community use, not private residential restoration.

  £5,000 – £150,000England
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• Farming in Protected Landscapes (FiPL)

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  Defra / National Park and National Landscape bodies

  Funding for farmers and land managers within (or, for projects that clearly benefit it, just outside) a National Park, National Landscape (AONB), or the Broads in England -- open to public, private and charity-sector land managers alike. Small grants up to £10,000 and larger grants above that for projects delivering a climate, nature, people or place outcome. Extended to March 2029. Contact your local protected landscape body to check whether your land qualifies -- this is a real geographic restriction narrower than 'England' as a whole.

  £500 – £10,000England
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• Countryside Stewardship — Capital Grants

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  Defra / Natural England

  Funding for farmers, land managers and rural businesses in England to deliver environmental improvements -- hedgerows, boundaries, water quality, air quality and similar capital works. £225 million available for the 2026 offer, opening late July 2026. Sits alongside Countryside Stewardship Higher Tier, a longer-term agreement-based scheme for more significant environmental land management commitments.

  £1,000 – £50,000England
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• Boiler Upgrade Scheme

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  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  Grant for homeowners in England and Wales replacing fossil fuel heating (gas, oil, LPG boilers) with a low-carbon alternative. £7,500 towards an air source heat pump, or £5,000 towards a ground source heat pump, paid directly to the installer to reduce the upfront cost. Not means-tested -- open to any homeowner regardless of income. Runs to 2030.

  £5,000 – £7,500England,Wales
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• Warm Homes: Local Grant

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  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (delivered via local authorities)

  Grant for owners of privately-owned homes in England with an EPC rating of D, E, F or G. Means-tested: household income usually needs to be £36,000 a year or less (some households qualify by postcode or benefits instead). Covers up to £15,000 for energy performance measures (insulation, draught-proofing, glazing, solar) plus a further £15,000 for low-carbon heating such as heat pumps. £500 million allocated to run from April 2025 to March 2028, delivered through local councils, who contact eligible applicants to arrange a survey.

  £5,000 – £30,000England
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• Ernest Cook Trust — Outdoor Essentials Grant

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  The Ernest Cook Trust

  Grant for UK state-funded schools to remove practical barriers to outdoor learning -- covering options like transport and travel, wellies and waterproofs, nature and nurture activities, or teacher training. £500 for primary and special schools, £1,000 (a double award) for secondary schools. Has given out over £1 million since launch.

  £500 – £1,000UK
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• Brithdir, Llanfachreth and Rhydymain Community Council

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  Brithdir, Llanfachreth and Rhydymain Community Council

  [Exact-area community council] Bryn Castell's Brithdir postcode falls within this council's area. Current council records show that it considers requests for financial assistance and has Section 137 powers to support activity benefiting the community. Approach the clerk directly with a concise request for paths, fencing, wall restoration or volunteer equipment.

  Amount variesWales
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• Cymdeithas Eryri / Snowdonia Society Conservation Volunteers

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  Cymdeithas Eryri / Snowdonia Society Conservation Volunteers

  [Regional environmental charity offering in-kind support] Runs practical conservation volunteering across Eryri, including footpath maintenance, habitat management and invasive-species clearance. Its website provides a dedicated contact for organisations or groups interested in conservation volunteering support.

  Amount variesWales
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• Delwedd Community Fund

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  Delwedd Community Fund

  [Gwynedd-based business community-giving programme] A small business fund for organisations and projects benefiting communities in Gwynedd or Anglesey, including equipment and other locally beneficial costs. The 2026 round closed on 30 April 2026, but the named annual programme and direct contact remain available to monitor or enquire about a future round. (Up to £500)

  Amount variesWales
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• Business Wales — Young Person's Start Up Grant

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  Welsh Government (Business Wales)

  Grant of up to £2,000 for young people under 25 who are living in, or returning to, Wales to become self-employed. Comes with a package of support including one-to-one advice and webinars covering core business practices, delivered through Big Ideas Wales.

  £500 – £2,000Wales
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• The King's Trust — Enterprise Programme

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  The King's Trust

  Support for young people aged 18-30 in England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland who are unemployed or working under 16 hours a week and want to start a business. Includes a £500 test grant to validate your business idea, a free four-day workshop, an ongoing business adviser and mentor, and — once your business plan is approved — a non-repayable start-up grant of up to £5,000 (a separate repayable start-up loan of £500-£25,000 is also available on top, but isn't counted in the amount here since it isn't grant funding).

  £500 – £5,000UK
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• SMART Cymru — Innovation Funding

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  Welsh Government (Business Wales)

  Discretionary research, development and innovation grant for Welsh businesses of any size (micro, SME or large), social enterprises, knowledge-based institutions and public sector organisations, to develop, implement and commercialise new products, processes or services. Matches up to 50% of eligible prototype or commercialisation spend, up to a £20,000 ceiling.

  £1,000 – £20,000Wales
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• The Royal Countryside Fund — Supporting Rural Communities Programme

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  The Royal Countryside Fund (formerly The Prince's Countryside Fund)

  Grants of up to £25,000 over two years for projects making a long-term difference in remote rural communities across the UK. Open to properly constituted, not-for-profit, community-led organisations with annual income under £500,000, who can show beneficiaries are drawn from the local rural community. Highly competitive -- only around 15% of applicants are funded each round. Does NOT fund private companies or individuals directly, despite the fund's farming/rural business focus -- support flows through community organisations.

  £1,000 – £25,000UK
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• Scottish EDGE — Young EDGE / Wild Card EDGE

  business,individual

  Scottish EDGE

  Grant-only awards of up to £15,000 from Scotland's biggest business funding competition. Young EDGE is for companies where all directors are under 30; Wild Card EDGE is for pre-trading companies, sole traders and partnerships. Applicants must be pre-trading or under five years trading, with turnover below £1 million, based in Scotland, with at least half of key business leaders resident in Scotland. Runs as a recurring competition with periodic rounds -- check scottishedge.com for the current round's deadline. (The main Scottish EDGE and Social Enterprise EDGE categories offer larger awards but pay out as a blended grant+loan, not shown here.)

  £5,000 – £15,000Scotland
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• Invest NI — Business Innovation Grant (BIG)

  business

  Invest Northern Ireland

  Grants of £5,000 to £20,000 (70% grant rate) for micro and small-to-medium enterprises in Northern Ireland to develop and commercialise new or improved products, services or processes. Open to businesses who are not currently Invest NI clients, or who haven't received an Invest NI grant in the past five years.

  £5,000 – £20,000Northern Ireland
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• Rural Business Development Grant Scheme

  business,farm_estate

  Northern Ireland local councils

  Capital grant of £500 to £7,500 (up to 50% of eligible costs) for rural micro-businesses in Northern Ireland, towards the purchase of capital equipment to support sustainability and growth. 2026-2027 round -- administered locally, so check with your council for exact opening dates.

  £500 – £7,500Northern Ireland
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• UnLtd Awards for Social Entrepreneurs

  business,charity

  UnLtd

  Starting Up awards of up to £8,000 for social entrepreneurs aged 16+ across the UK at an early stage of creating social impact, or Scaling Up awards of up to £18,000 for founders of an already financially sustainable social venture trading over a year with at least £18,000 in traded income. Includes business mentoring, legal and financial guidance, and peer community support alongside the funding. UnLtd commits to 50% of awards going to Black, Asian and minority ethnic or disabled social entrepreneurs.

  £8,000 – £18,000UK
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• Corris Community Council – Annual Community Support

  charity

  Corris Community Council – Annual Community Support

  [Community council grant scheme] The most directly local lead: the council represents Corris, Corris Uchaf, Pantperthog and Aberllefenni. It budgets annually for financial assistance to local groups and organisations, with applications considered in June and December. Its 2025–26 report records support for Ysgol Dyffryn Dulas and states that community funds remain available for local activities. Contact the clerk at corriscommunitycouncil@gmail.com. (Recent contributions ranged from £50 to £1,000; the council reported £2,185 in community funds carried forward at 31 March 2026.)

  Amount variesWales
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• North Wales Housing Community Fund

  charity

  North Wales Housing Community Fund

  [Regional housing association community fund] Supports community-based projects in Gwynedd and neighbouring North Wales counties. Constituted voluntary and community groups with a bank account can apply. A proposal must show a benefit to North Wales Housing residents, so this is suitable only if children or families using the club include its tenants. Small equipment or specialised-session costs could fit the typical award size. (Awards typically range from £25 to £250.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Mantell Gwynedd

  charity

  Mantell Gwynedd

  [Local voluntary-sector support organisation] Gwynedd's county voluntary council provides community groups with funding advice, governance support, volunteer recruitment assistance, training and equipment hire. It is not presented as a currently open cash grant, but offers concrete local in-kind help with identifying suitable funds, strengthening applications and recruiting volunteers. Its Dolgellau-area contact is especially relevant to southern Gwynedd organisations.

  Amount variesWales
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• Rotary Club of Tywyn

  community_group

  Rotary Club of Tywyn

  [Local service club / charitable donor] A highly local prospect based in Tywyn. The club raises money for local good causes and specifically reports supporting school activities, youth music, sport, Cubs, Brownies, Guides and primary-school events. Its members also contribute time and practical resources, making it suitable for a request for trip sponsorship, equipment or volunteer support. No formal application round or award amount is published; contact should be made through the Race the Train website.

  Amount variesWales
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• Delwedd Community Fund

  community_group

  Delwedd Community Fund

  [Regional business community-giving programme] A community fund operated by a Caernarfon-based company for organisations, teams and projects in Gwynedd or Anglesey. It can fund or contribute towards equipment, sponsorship and other locally beneficial activities. The 2026 round closed on 30 April 2026, but the fund has operated annually since 2024 and is a concrete prospect to monitor for its next round. (Applications up to £500)

  Amount variesWales
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• Cist Gwynedd – Community Support Fund

  community_group

  Cist Gwynedd – Community Support Fund

  [Local-authority community grant] Cyngor Gwynedd's dedicated fund for voluntary and community groups undertaking projects that improve life for Gwynedd residents. Eligible applicants include community groups, and the criteria cover equality of opportunity, skills and stronger communities. Children's projects must have appropriate safeguarding arrangements. The 2026 round closed on 22 May 2026, so this is a lead for the next published round. (Revenue grants up to £10,000 and capital grants up to £20,000 in the 2026 round)

  Amount variesWales
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• Gwynedd Youth Volunteering Grant – Mantell Gwynedd

  community_group

  Gwynedd Youth Volunteering Grant – Mantell Gwynedd

  [County voluntary-action council youth grant] A Gwynedd-specific fund administered by Mantell Gwynedd for projects led and carried out by young people aged 14–25 that create youth-volunteering opportunities. It could fit if participants aged 14–16 help design and organise the fishing programme, supported by accountable adults and appropriate safeguarding. The published 2025–26 round required completion by 31 March 2026, so the club should monitor the page or contact Mantell Gwynedd about a successor round. (Published 2025–26 options were £1,000, £2,620 or £5,240)

  Amount variesWales
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• Sport England — Small Grants Programme

  community_group,charity

  Sport England

  Grants of £300 to £15,000 for community sport and physical activity projects in England, particularly those reaching people who currently face barriers to being active. Priorities include helping inactive people build lasting activity habits and developing more positive attitudes to sport among young people.

  £300 – £15,000England
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• Sport Wales — Be Active Wales Fund

  community_group,charity

  Sport Wales (National Lottery funded)

  Grants of up to £50,000 for sports clubs and community organisations across Wales to improve access to physical activity. Supports projects that promote equality and build long-term sustainability and innovation in sport. Three separate funding streams depending on project scale.

  £1,000 – £50,000Wales
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• Rural England Prosperity Fund

  business,farm_estate

  UK Government (delivered via local councils)

  Capital grants of £2,000 to £20,000 for micro and small rural businesses (49 employees or fewer) in England for lasting assets -- buildings or equipment. Explicitly covers farm business diversification outside of agriculture, including rural tourism and visitor accommodation, as well as other diversification projects like event venues. £33 million available for 2025-26. Administered locally, so exact amounts and deadlines vary by council -- check with your local authority.

  £2,000 – £20,000England
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• Agriculture Diversification Scheme

  farm_estate,business

  Welsh Government

  Capital grants of £3,000 to £100,000 (up to 40% of eligible invoiced costs, excluding VAT) for farmers in Wales establishing new viable diversification enterprises on their farm, or developing existing novel or niche enterprises. Aims to build resilience into Welsh agriculture by developing diversified income streams alongside traditional farming. Runs in periodic application windows.

  £3,000 – £100,000Wales
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• Arts Council of Wales — Lead Creative Schools Scheme

  education_provider

  Arts Council of Wales

  Grant of £5,000 per year for two years for a school in Wales to embed creative learning across the curriculum, working with a Lead Creative Practitioner. Requires a 25% school contribution to the grant total, which can include staff time (up to 10 days) for a School Coordinator role rather than needing to be all cash.

  £5,000 – £10,000Wales
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• Cyngor Gwynedd Welsh Church Fund

  heritage_building

  Cyngor Gwynedd Welsh Church Fund

  [Local authority-administered charitable fund] A particularly strong fit for Bryn Castell. The fund supports registered charities operating in Gwynedd and explicitly includes maintenance work on non-listed buildings with historic connections, heritage education and architectural or historical projects. The main 2026 round closed on 22 May 2026, but the official page says applications below £1,000 may be submitted at any time, subject to available funding. (Up to £5,000; applications below £1,000 accepted at any time subject to available funding.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Cywaith Legacy Fund

  heritage_building

  Cywaith Legacy Fund

  [Local historic-buildings trust legacy fund] A ring-fenced north-west Wales heritage fund created from the remaining assets of Cywaith: Gwynedd Buildings Preservation Trust and administered by the Architectural Heritage Fund. It is specifically for community-led organisations in Gwynedd, Anglesey and Conwy seeking sustainable new uses for historic buildings. Buildings need not necessarily be listed, although listed buildings, conservation-area properties and buildings at risk are preferred. The source is the fund’s 2017 launch page, so current availability and limits should be confirmed with AHF before applying. (Launch page states viability grants up to £5,000 and project-development grants up to £25,000; confirm current limits.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Cist Gwynedd Community Support Fund

  heritage_building

  Cist Gwynedd Community Support Fund

  [Gwynedd community and voluntary-sector grant scheme] Supports constituted community and voluntary organisations operating in Gwynedd. Relevant objectives include improving places important to communities, encouraging local investment and protecting or enriching the environment. It can support new capital projects, although routine maintenance and core costs are excluded. The 2026 application round closed on 22 May 2026, making this a lead to monitor or discuss with the council’s Community Support Officers for the next round. (Up to £20,000 capital or £10,000 revenue.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Eryri Community Funds

  heritage_building

  Eryri Community Funds

  [National Park local community grant programme] A geographically targeted programme for communities within Eryri, including infrastructure, community development and major capital projects. Bryn Castell is in the Eryri area, making the capital tiers potentially relevant if the restoration will deliver clear community benefits. All Tier 1, 2 and 3 funding for the 2026/27 financial year has already been allocated, but the official programme page remains available to monitor future rounds. (Tier 1 up to £500; Tier 2 up to £5,000; Tier 3 £5,000–£25,000.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Delwedd Community Fund

  heritage_building

  Delwedd Community Fund

  [Gwynedd-based business community-giving programme] A local CSR fund operated by Caernarfon-based web and design company Delwedd for organisations, teams and projects in Gwynedd or Anglesey. It can contribute towards equipment, community projects, events and other locally beneficial costs; the company also has a documented history of providing free websites and continued website support to local good causes, making an in-kind approach potentially worthwhile. The 2026 funding round closed on 30 April 2026. (Up to £500.)

  Amount variesWales
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• Perthyn Grant

  charity

  Welsh Government (delivered by Cwmpas)

  Grants of up to £5,000 for community groups across Wales developing social enterprises or community-led housing projects. Open to all communities in Wales (previously Welsh-speaking communities only).

  £500 – £5,000Deadline: 2026-01-31Wales
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• Fund for Wales

  charity

  Community Foundation Wales

  Grants for small, local, community-led constituted charities and voluntary organisations (associations, social enterprises, CICs, clubs) across Wales with annual income under £100,000. Community Interest Companies registered in the last 12 months are not eligible. Panel meetings held monthly; outcome notified within two months of submission.

  £500 – £10,000Deadline: 2026-03-09Wales
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• Comic Relief Cwtch Communities

  charity

  Comic Relief / WCVA

  Grants for voluntary organisations in Wales with annual income under £250,000, already working in one of three priority themes: basic needs, health (early childhood development), or safety. Applications submitted via WCVA's Multipurpose Application Portal.

  £15,000 – £35,000Deadline: 2026-05-22Wales
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• BBSRC Brazil pump-priming award (FAPPA) (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC), The São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

  This award is for BBSRC-funded research groups to pump-prime interactions with FAPESP scientists in Brazil. Applications must be made by a project lead who is currently in receipt of BBSRC research funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £1 – £35,000Deadline: 2026-07-14National
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• UK international ocean drilling programme site survey (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council

  Apply for funding for ship borne and virtual site survey investigations (SSI) to support the development of applications for a scientific ocean drilling expedition. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

  £10,000 – £500,000Deadline: 2026-07-14National
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• Biological influence on ocean carbon: novel modelling approaches (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  Apply for funding for a project to improve representation of biological processes in carbon storage models. It must be led by a UK researcher and can have US team members that are NASA supported. The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

  £50,000 – £312,500Deadline: 2026-07-14National
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• Multiple model assessment of biological influence on ocean carbon (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)

  Apply for funding for a project comparing and improving biological carbon storage in multiple global models. It must be led by a UK researcher and can have US team members that are NASA supported. The project lead must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding.

  £50,000 – £625,000Deadline: 2026-07-14National
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• Centre for Quantum Commercialisation Skills (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Apply for funding to establish a UK centre for quantum commercialisation skills that will provide opportunities for researchers to develop commercialisation skills, engage with industry, and explore new career pathways. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

  £10,000,000 – £11,300,000Deadline: 2026-07-14National
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• Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Deployment trials

  business,charity

  Department for Transport

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

  £750,000 – £11,850,000Deadline: 2026-07-15England
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• Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Feasibility studies

  business,charity

  Department for Transport

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

  £50,000 – £850,000Deadline: 2026-07-15England
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• Clean Maritime Demonstration Competition 7: Pre-deployment trials

  business,charity

  Department for Transport

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £121 million across the three strands of this competition for innovative clean maritime technologies. This funding is from the Department for Transport (DfT).

  £375,000 – £4,740,000Deadline: 2026-07-15England
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• Men’s Health Community Fund

  charity

  Department of Health and Social Care, Movember, People's Health Trust. This Find a Grant application route is for DHSC funding only.

  The Men’s Health Community Fund (MHCF) is a partnership between the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), Movember, and People’s Health Trust (PHT) combining government commitment with philanthropic expertise to support community-based men’s health across England. The fund supports delivery of the Men’s Health Strategy for England by investing in preventative, community-led approaches that improve health and wellbeing and build understanding of what works to engage men. It also aims to generate practical evidence on improving engagement, help-seeking and reducing health inequalities among men and boys to inform future policy, commissioning and system change.

  £75,000 – £125,000Deadline: 2026-07-15National
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• Environmental sciences: Global Partnerships Seedcorn Fund 2026

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council

  Apply for funding to create new and sustainable global partnerships in environmental science. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for NERC funding. The inclusion of one or more international project partners is mandatory.

  £1 – £100,000Deadline: 2026-07-16National
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• Warm Homes Loan Scheme

  business,charity

  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  The Warm Home Loans Scheme will support private sector lenders to provide low-interest rate finance to homeowners and PRS landlords in the UK who wish to install low carbon home upgrades, including solar PV, batteries and heat pumps. The WHLS will provide a CDEL grant to participating lenders to reduce the principal amount of eligible loans, resulting in a lower interest rate for the borrower.

  £1 – £300,000,000Deadline: 2026-07-17National
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• Early Education Partnerships Grant

  business,charity

  Department for Education

  The early education partnerships initiative offers funding for schools and early years providers to develop new partnerships to strengthen transitions into school – so children feel confident, prepared and supported when they start school, and schools are ready to meet each child's needs. Partnerships will bring early years providers, including private, voluntary and independent (PVI) nurseries, childminders, maintained nursery schools and school-based nurseries, together with state-funded primary schools to share their knowledge and expertise, improve transitions, and support reception readiness until 2029. Partnerships will focus on inclusion and support for children with SEND, additional needs, and those from disadvantaged backgrounds.

  £12,500 – £50,000Deadline: 2026-07-18England
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• Antimicrobial resistance and infection prevention community engagement fund

  charity

  Scottish Government

  This grant provides funding for third-sector organisations to engage with communities to support the development of infection prevention and antimicrobial resistance strategies.

  £49,999 – £100,000Deadline: 2026-07-20Scotland
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• Muslim War Memorial

  business,charity

  Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

  Muslims made a critical, yet often overlooked contribution to the defence of this country during both World Wars, with an estimated 400,000 serving during the First World War alone. Their courage, sacrifice and steadfast commitment helped secure the freedoms we all enjoy today. MHCLG is pleased to provide funding to support the creation of a permanent, public and accessible memorial to honour this service. The memorial will offer a dedicated space for learning and reflection, helping current and future generations to understand and value the pivotal role that Muslim communities have played in shaping our shared history.

  £50,000 – £970,000Deadline: 2026-07-22England
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• Video games and gambling-related harms (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (MRC), Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)

  Apply for funding to improve understanding of the relationship between gambling and video games and produce insights to inform policy and regulation, support interventions, and promote safe and responsible video games. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UKRI funding.

  £1 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2026-07-23National
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• Peatland Restoration Sector Capacity Grant Scheme

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  England’s peatlands are our largest terrestrial carbon stores and provide several environmental benefits, however, approximately 87% of England’s peatlands are degraded, damaged and dried out, emitting approximately 8 million tonnes of carbon dioxide each year. Defra is now launching the Peatland Restoration Sector Capacity Grant Scheme, which will provide funding for a range of activities that will remove barriers to peatland restoration to grow and develop the scope and size of the peatland restoration sector. The scheme will run from 2026 to 2030 with a total value of £1.15m. The scheme will have annual rounds of competition offering individual grant awards up to and including £20,000 with a term of 12 months.

  £1,000 – £20,000Deadline: 2026-07-23England
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• Magnet Hub Grant Scheme

  business,charity

  Department for Business and Trade

  The Magnet Hub competition will provide up to £20 million of grant funding to support a UK-based facility for developing new and innovative manufacturing capability for rare earth magnets. The successful organisation will develop a world-class national facility that supports innovation, skills development and the scale-up of rare earth permanent magnet manufacturing in the UK.

  £1 – £20,000,000Deadline: 2026-07-23National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Women's Diversionary Activity Grant 1/1/27 - 31/3/29

  charity

  His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service/ Ministry of Justice

  The Ministry of Justice Invitation to Tender for the Women's Diversion Grant Funding competition is now open from Monday 15 June 2026. The competition is published on the Jaggaer Portal. To register with portal, use this link: https://ministryofjusticecommercial.ukp.app.jaggaer.com/web/login.html Once registered, the reference to the Invitation to Tender is ITT_10480 The closing date will be Friday 24 July at 10:00hrs. The Authority is planning a further Information Session regarding this Grant competition. If you would like to attend, use the link below to join the call on Tuesday 23 June 2026 10:00-11:00: https://teams.microsoft.com/meet/328743106806844?p=fqlo3F6F83kqLriCaU Meeting ID: 328 743 106 806 844 Passcode: 7Fh3px63

  £60,000 – £475,000Deadline: 2026-07-24England,Wales
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• Child Focused Court IDVA - Coventry and Warwickshire

  charity

  West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner and Warwickshire Police and Crime Commissioner

  Child Focused Courts represents significant change to private law children’s cases. The model aims to improve the experience and outcomes for children and families, particularly adult and child victims of domestic abuse. It focuses on early identification of risk, increased engagement with children and bespoke support for victims, all within a streamlined court process.

  £1 – £283,439Deadline: 2026-07-25England,Midlands
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• Tobacco and Vapes Implementation Grant

  charity

  Department of Health and Social Care

  A grant to support implementation and impact of the Tobacco and Vapes Act and the Department of Health and Social Care’s smoking cessation programmes.

  £150,000 – £450,000Deadline: 2026-07-25England
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• Full ADOPT Grant: Round 8

  business

  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

  Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a share of up to £5 million for on-farm trial and demonstration projects, to improve adoption of new ideas or solutions in the agricultural sector.

  £50,000 – £200,000Deadline: 2026-07-29England
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• Trees, woodlands and forestry - Tree Production Innovation Fund

  business,charity

  The Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs via the Forestry Commission

  The TPIF supports projects that enhance UK tree production methods. Improving tree production will help meet the government’s target of increasing tree and woodland cover to 16.5% by 2050.

  £20,000 – £600,000Deadline: 2026-07-30National
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• Violence Against Women and Girls Helplines

  charity

  Home Office

  FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - The Home Office is seeking to award to eligible organisations to support victims and others affected by violence against women and girls (VAWG) via the VAWG Helplines Scheme. The VAWG Helplines Fund will support a suite of eleven national helplines providing free, confidential advice and support on VAWG related harms.

  £243,732 – £9,736,176Deadline: 2026-07-31England,Wales
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• Violence Against Women and Girls Advocacy Support Fund Pre-Market Engagement Registration

  charity

  Home Office

  FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - The Home Office is seeking to award to eligible organisations to support victims and others affected by violence against women and girls (VAWG) via the VAWG Advocacy Support Fund. The VAWG Victim Advocacy Support Fund will support delivery of seven advocacy services across England and Wales that provide accessible, specialist one-to-one support for victims of VAWG who are least likely to be able to access support locally.

  £759,285 – £2,277,855Deadline: 2026-07-31England,Wales
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• Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition - Round 2

  business

  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  The Heat Pump Investment Accelerator Competition (HPIAC), worth up to £90 million in total, aims to bring forward investment in the UK heat pump manufacturing supply chain. It is open to proposals to manufacture heat pumps and/or heat pump components (including thermal storage that can be paired with a heat pump) to support the construction of new factories or the expansion, re-tooling, re-working or re-purposing of existing buildings.

  £1 – £30,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-05National
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• DRIVE35: Scale Up Fund

  business,charity

  Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with the Department for Business and Trade (DBT) and the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC)

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million, to create scale up manufacturing facilities for zero emission vehicle technologies.

  £2,500,000 – £20,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-05National
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• CfI: Earlier identification of UK children with SEN

  business,charity

  UKRI

  Organisations can apply for a share of £2.5 million inclusive of VAT to develop innovations that enable earlier, fairer, more reliable identification of special educational needs (SEN) in contexts where existing market solutions underperform or do not operate.

  £200,000 – £500,000Deadline: 2026-08-05International
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• Advanced Connectivity Technologies: New Innovators

  business

  Innovate UK

  UK registered micro and small businesses can apply for a share of up to £500,000 to develop affordable, adoptable and investable innovations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies. This funding is from the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.

  £25,000 – £50,000Deadline: 2026-08-05National
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• Creative Foundations Fund

  charity

  Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  The Creative Foundations Fund is an open-access capital fund that supports creative and cultural organisations in England in revitalising, restoring, retrofitting, or renewing cultural assets, including urgent work to address issues which prevent organisations from effectively delivering work for the public.

  £100,000 – £10,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-07England,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Local News Fund

  business,charity

  Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  The Local News Fund offers grants through a competitive bidding process to local news outlets and other eligible organisations to help ensure the long-term provision of high quality local news. The Fund invites bids from eligible providers for grants to invest in innovation and the tools, resources and infrastructure from which the whole industry can benefit in moving towards a financially sustainable future.

  £1 – £275,000Deadline: 2026-08-07National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Cynllun Grant Diwydiant 4G+ Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru - MoD

  business

  Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru

  Mae Cynllun Grant Diwydiant 4G+ Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru yn darparu cymorthdaliadau i weithredwyr rhwydweithiau symudol a darparwyr seilwaith i gefnogi cyflwyno ac uwchraddio seilwaith 4G a 5G mewn ardaloedd Heb Wasanaeth Llwyr (Total Not Spot) ac Heb Wasanaeth Rhannol (Partial Not Spot) ledled Gogledd Cymru, gan helpu i wella darpariaeth a chapasiti symudol lle nad yw buddsoddiad masnachol yn unig yn hyfyw.

  £1 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-07Wales
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• Ambition North Wales 4G+ Industry Grant Scheme - EOI

  business

  Ambition North Wales

  The Ambition North Wales 4G+ Industry Grant Scheme provides subsidies to mobile network operators and infrastructure providers to support the deployment and upgrade of 4G and 5G infrastructure in underserved Total Not Spot and Partial Not Spot areas across North Wales, helping to improve mobile coverage and capacity where commercial investment alone is not viable.

  £1 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-07Wales
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• Commercial Climate Services Call

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  The UK Space Agency’s Commercial Climate Services Call invites applications for funding of innovative climate services that can help open new markets and strengthen the UK’s EO climate services sector. We are looking for forward-thinking ideas that use satellite-based EO data to create services focused on topics relevant to making decisions in a changing climate – be that for water resources, human health, agriculture, urban heat, wildfires or anything relevant to climate mitigation, adaptation, or resilience. Our focus is on innovation – whether you’re developing a brand-new service, enhancing an existing service to meet climate challenges, or reaching a new type of customer. We are seeking proposals that have a well-defined route to market.

  £1 – £85,000Deadline: 2026-08-08National
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• Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF)

  charity

  The Home Office

  The Home Office is inviting applications to the Modern Slavery Innovation Fund (MSIF), a £6.27 million grant programme designed to support innovative, evidence-based projects that raise global standards to protect people from modern slavery and reduce the impact of modern slavery on the UK. Funding is available for projects delivering activities under one of two thematic focus areas: (1) tackling trafficking and forced criminality in cyber-scam centres; or (2) strengthening prevention and response to forced labour and child labour in UK supply chains. Successful projects will demonstrate innovation, measurable impact, meaningful engagement of people with lived experience, and the potential to generate sustainable change and wider system influence.

  £627,000 – £1,254,000Deadline: 2026-08-08International
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• Next Wave: Breakthrough Wave 1

  business

  Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £10 million for industrial research projects to explore industrial strategy aligned Createch innovation. This funding is from Innovate UK.

  £70,000 – £350,000Deadline: 2026-08-11National
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• Independent Legal Advisors Service

  business,charity

  Ministry of Justice

  The grant recipient will deliver free, independent legal advice to support victims of adult rape in England and Wales understand, uphold and feel confident in their legal rights. The grant will be awarded in a single lot - applications are welcome from either a single organisation or a consortium.

  £6,000,000 – £6,025,000Deadline: 2026-08-11England,Wales
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• Better Futures Fund: Learning and Development Service

  business,charity

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  DCMS is providing up to £2,600,000 of grant funding to a delivery partner/consortium to provide a learning and development service that strengthens the knowledge, capability and confidence of organisations and stakeholders to design and deliver Social Outcomes Partnerships through the Better Futures Fund. DCMS is seeking to select a single grant recipient, which could be a single organisation, or a consortium (with a lead partner making the application). The successful bidder will deliver this funding between October 2026 and March 2031. This funding can only be used for activity in England.

  £1 – £2,600,000Deadline: 2026-08-11England
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• Quaker Housing Trust Grants

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  Quaker Housing Trust

  Project Development Grants of up to £6,000 for feasibility research on affordable housing projects, and grant funding up to £20,000 for housing projects serving people with No Recourse to Public Funds. Registered charities with under £1.5m annual turnover, operating in England, Scotland, Wales, the Channel Islands, or Isle of Man.

  £1,000 – £20,000Deadline: 2026-08-11England,Wales,Scotland
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• ADOPT Facilitator Support Grant: Round 10

  business

  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

  Farming, growing or forestry businesses based in England can apply for a grant of £2,500, to engage an external Project Facilitator to support the development of a Full ADOPT Grant application.

  £2,499 – £2,500Deadline: 2026-08-12England
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• Barnsley AI Upskilling Fund

  business,charity

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  The ​Barnsley AI Upskilling Fund​ is available for upskilling providers to deliver novel AI skills pilots in Barnsley, aiming to drive SME productivity and support local labour market participation and progression as part of the Tech Town initiative.

  £100,000 – £350,000Deadline: 2026-08-12North West England
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• Hybrid Algorithms for Quantum Advantage (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

  Apply for funding to advance theoretical capabilities required for the design and implementation of hybrid quantum algorithms, enabling the UK to progress towards achieving quantum advantage. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

  £1 – £2,285,000Deadline: 2026-08-20National
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• Paludiculture and Wetter Farming Fund

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  The Paludiculture & Wetter Farming Fund (PWFF) is a new grant scheme funded by Defra and delivered by Natural England (NE). The grant offers the potential to unlock barriers to the development of paludiculture markets and wetter farming practices, maintaining the profitable use of lowland peatland whilst significantly reducing soil erosion, land subsidence, biodiversity loss and the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the current drained state required by conventional agricultural use.

  £50,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-21England
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• Youth Matters Fund

  charity

  Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is seeking a single grant recipient (or consortium) to lead the Youth Matters Fund (YMF). This £400 million+ programme is committed to delivering significant, long-term change in youth provision across underserved areas in England. The YMF aims to achieve rapid improvements in the quality and level of youth services, long-term sustainability of youth sector facilities, and meaningful local partnerships that drive sector growth. The successful recipient (single or consortium) will lead the programme, manage the grant allocation, and oversee large-scale youth service delivery.

  £300,000,000 – £416,800,000Deadline: 2026-08-22England
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• Better Commissioning Pathways

  charity

  Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  The Better Commissioning Pathways programme (the “Pathways Programme”) is a funding package of up to £2.03 million to deliver a national training and guidance offer to support voluntary, community, and social enterprise organisations (VCSEs) to develop the skills and capacity to enter into public sector supply chains.

  £1 – £2,029,600Deadline: 2026-08-24England,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Public Engagement Spark Awards 2026A (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  Apply for funding to engage the public with Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) supported science. Applicant organisations must: • be UK-based • produce annual accounts certified by an accountant Proposals must include an appropriate STFC subject-matter expert (SME).

  £5,000 – £20,000Deadline: 2026-08-25National
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• Consumer Led Flexibility for the Clean Energy Superpower Mission

  business,charity

  Innovate UK

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for pre-commercialisation projects. This funding is from the UKRI R&D Missions Accelerator Programme through the Clean Energy Superpower Mission.

  £100,000 – £3,000,000Deadline: 2026-08-26National
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• National River Walks

  business,charity

  Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs

  Defra is looking to award grants via the National River Walks Programme to address the Environmental Improvement Plan 2025 commitment to deliver 9 new national river walks, one in each region of England. One river walk has already been delivered in the North West region. We now welcome applications from the remaining 8 regions of England to deliver the next river walks. We are not looking for further applications from the North West. We aim to select 4 river walks to be delivered by 31st March 2028. A further competition to fund the remaining 4 walks will be arranged in the future.

  £1 – £1,350,000Deadline: 2026-08-27England
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• The Democratic Engagement Fund

  charity

  Ministry of Housing Communities and Local Government

  The Democratic Engagement Fund provides grants to civil society organisations (CSOs) to deliver politically neutral, place-based projects that support people to understand, engage with, and participate in democracy in England.  The Fund focuses on communities that are currently less democratically engaged, including young people, ethnic minority communities, disabled people, people experiencing homelessness, regular movers, and people from low socio-economic backgrounds. Projects should help overcome barriers to democratic participation related to knowledge, opportunity, motivation or trust, and must contribute learning on what works to increase democratic engagement.  Projects must be delivered in England. 

  £1,000 – £50,000Deadline: 2026-09-01England
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• Earth Observation Missions and Technology Innovation Call 1

  business,charity,individual

  UK Space Agency

  The UK Space Agency invites proposals for UK-based research and development projects to develop innovative Earth Observation (EO) technologies through the EO Missions and Technology (EOMT) Innovation Call 1. Applications are encouraged for innovative, early Technology Readiness Level (TRL) projects supporting climate monitoring, the environment, dual use and commercial applications.

  £50,000 – £200,000Deadline: 2026-09-02National
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• UK-Switzerland CR&D Round 3

  business

  Innovate UK

  UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £3 million for innovative projects in specific technology areas. You must collaborate with at least one Swiss implementation partner applying under the equivalent Swiss Innosuisse programme.

  £1,000 – £450,000Deadline: 2026-09-03National
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• International Digital Technical Standards Grant Scheme 2026-29: Improving Proficiency, Capacity and Participation

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  The Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT) invites applications for funding to strengthen the UK’s role in digital technical standards, which are essential to the economy and society and developed through global multistakeholder collaboration in organisations such as the European Telecommunication Standardization Institution (ETSI), Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The goal is to support innovative initiatives that embed standards teaching in higher education, inspire career interest, enhance academic–industry collaboration and strengthen the UK talent pipeline for participation in international standards development.

  £2,500 – £40,000Deadline: 2026-09-07National
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• UK Japan Civil Nuclear Research Programme 2026 (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Apply for this jointly funded opportunity between EPSRC and the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) aiming to support two projects focused on the decommissioning of Fukushima and Sellafield.

  £250,000 – £593,750Deadline: 2026-09-08National
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• Aviation’s non-CO2 impacts on the climate 2026 (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council

  Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research which focuses on the underpinning science of aviation’s non-carbon dioxide (non-CO2) impacts and how they interact with climate over time with the view to identifying benefits, mitigation options, informing industry and government policy decisions.

  £1 – £385,425Deadline: 2026-09-08National
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• Small molecule high throughput screen using AstraZeneca facilities (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council (MRC)

  Apply for funding to run a high throughput screen (HTS) using AstraZeneca’s compound library and screening robots. There are two funding opportunities per year that are open to all targets.

  £1 – £270,000Deadline: 2026-09-09National
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• Farming Innovation Programme: Feasibility Round 5

  business

  The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)

  UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £15 million for feasibility projects. This funding is from the industry led R&D Partnerships Fund, part of the Farming Innovation Programme.

  £200,000 – £500,000Deadline: 2026-09-09National
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• Sector transition: UKRI policy fellowships 2026 (Fellowship)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, BBSRC, AHRC, EPSRC, ESRC, MRC, NERC, STFC

  Apply for this sector transition fellowship to transfer knowledge and skills across academic and policy sectors and increase sector porosity. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £180,000 – £280,000Deadline: 2026-09-10National
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• Optical wireless communications research and testing facility (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

  Apply for funding to establish optical wireless communications research and testing facility. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

  £1 – £7,125,000Deadline: 2026-09-15National
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• Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Electric Power

  business,charity

  Department for Transport

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

  £1,000 – £30,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-16National
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• Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Energy Efficiency

  business,charity

  Department for Transport

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

  £1,000 – £30,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-16National
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• Zero Emission Vessels and Infrastructure 2: Alternative Fuels

  business,charity

  Department for Transport

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £150 million. The funding will be to develop, deploy and operate innovative clean maritime solutions for three years in a real world environment. This funding is from the Department for Transport.

  £1,000 – £30,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-16National
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• DRIVE35 Innovation Fund: Collaborate 3

  business,charity

  Department for Business and Trade (DBT)

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £20 million for late stage collaborative research and development projects. Projects will support the UK’s transition to zero emission vehicles and a pathway to a net zero automotive industry.

  £2,500,000 – £20,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-16National
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• Doctoral focal awards in data-intensive sciences (grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Research Council

  Apply for funding to deliver STFC’s doctoral focal awards in the field of data-intensive sciences. This funding opportunity builds on our previous investment, providing students with skills and training to enable careers in academia or industry. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding

  £1 – £2,100,000Deadline: 2026-09-16National
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• UKRI Translation: Impact Acceleration: CHERI IKC (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

  Apply for funding to establish an Innovation and Knowledge Centre (IKC) focused on driving adoption of the Capability Hardware Enhanced RISC Instructions (CHERI) digital security by design technology. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding.

  £1 – £7,700,000Deadline: 2026-09-17National
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• Scaling performance of quantum computing hardware: CR&D

  business,charity

  Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)

  UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £33 million to develop device level hardware and associated software to meet the scale, programmability, and runtime performance needs of universal fault tolerant quantum computers.

  £1,000,000 – £3,500,000Deadline: 2026-09-18National
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• Lowland Peat Water Implementation Grant

  business,charity,individual

  Environment Agency

  The implementation grant scheme is designed to support projects in taking a collaborative and strategic approach to water management within lowland peatland catchments. It aims to deliver the infrastructure and water management controls needed to facilitate a positive change in water management, with a primary focus on the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from lowland peat whilst enabling wider benefits such as biodiversity improvements, flood and drought mitigation and sustainable land use.

  £100,000 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-19England
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• Early independence: BBSRC fellowships: full stage (Fellowship)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)

  Apply for a BBSRC fellowship to further your career through an independent research project. You must: be an early career researcher hold a PhD qualification (or equivalent experience) be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding

  £1 – £9,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-23National
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• Local Water Environment Grant

  business,charity,individual

  Environment Agency

  Local Water Environment Grant (LWEG) provides capital and revenue grants to local authorities and third sector organisations to improve their local water environment.

  £1 – £100,000Deadline: 2026-09-26England
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• Early Independence: Ernest Rutherford Fellowships 2026 (Fellowship)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC)

  Apply for this Early Independence Fellowship to support you to establish your own research niche and independence. You must hold a doctorate or evidence equivalent research experience and be based at a UK research organisation eligible for STFC funding.

  £1 – £6,000,000Deadline: 2026-09-30National
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• Enhancing resilience to wildfires in the wildland-urban interface (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation

  Apply for funding to deliver collaborative research projects with partners from the US, Canada or both to improve understanding of and resilience to wildfire occurrence and impacts in the wildland-urban interface. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) funding.

  £1 – £1,575,000Deadline: 2026-10-01National
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• Japan-UK Joint call for collaborations in Advanced Connectivity Technologies (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research & Innovation, Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council, NICT

  Apply for funding to form world-leading partnerships with collaborators in Japan for your research into Advanced Connectivity Technologies. UK applicants must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for EPSRC funding. Japanese applicants must be eligible for NICT funding.

  £1 – £1,121,600Deadline: 2026-10-06National
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• Doctoral focal award plus: innovating in data-driven research (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council

  We are commissioning one doctoral focal award plus to develop a cadre of social scientists from doctoral studentships and across career stages with the skills needed to use data-driven research approaches in innovative ways. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for ESRC funding.

  £1 – £5,850,000Deadline: 2026-10-14National
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• UKRI Translation: MRC Impact Acceleration Awards (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Medical Research Council

  Apply to the MRC Impact Acceleration Award to address a single, high-risk development step and generate key data to de-risk a new medicine, medical device, diagnostic or other medical product. You must be based at a research organisation eligible for MRC funding.

  £50,000 – £300,000Deadline: 2026-11-11National
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• National Space Innovation Programme - Call 3

  business,charity

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  The National Space Innovation Programme (NSIP) provides co-funded grant support to derisk high-reward R&D projects with a clear target market. NSIP operates open funding calls for all space-related technologies under two strands: NSIP Kick Starter that supports highly disruptive early-stage innovations, and NSIP Major Projects which emphasizes commercialisation and growth of particularly lucrative ideas from UK businesses, universities and research organisations. NSIP Call 3 will expand the NSIP portfolio of innovative R&D projects that meet the programme’s objectives to: catalyse investment into the UK space sector, capture market growth, raise Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) of priority space capabilities, and position space activities closer to commercialisation and exploitation.

  £150,000 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2026-11-13National
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• Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks

  business

  Great British Energy

  The Great British Energy (GBE) Supply Chain Fund: Offshore Wind and Networks will award up to £300 million in capital grant funding to build UK manufacturing capacity for key constrained components in offshore wind and enabling electricity networks sectors. Funding must be used to construct new or extend existing manufacturing facilities in the UK. The application window will close 10 December 2026 (or earlier if the Fund's budget is fully allocated).

  £1 – £300,000,000Deadline: 2026-12-10England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland
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• Transferable Audio-Visual Equipment on Rail Replacement Coaches

  business

  The Department for Transport

  The Department for Transport is providing up to £2 million in grant funding to support coach operators in delivering accessible journey information on rail replacement services. From the 1st of August 2026, these services will be required to provide clear, audible and visible information, including next stop announcements, in line with the Public Service Vehicle (Accessible Information) Regulations. The grant will reimburse up to 75% of the cost of purchasing transferable audio-visual equipment, helping operators meet these requirements and provide passengers, particularly disabled passengers, with greater confidence, independence and consistency when travelling during disruption. The scheme will run for six months, or until funding is fully allocated.

  £1 – £99,999Deadline: 2026-12-18England,Wales,Scotland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Forest Creation Grant

  business,charity,individual

  The National Forest Company, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  Supports landowners and tenants within the National Forest or close to the boundary to create woodland, enhance habitats and deliver environmental, community and economic benefits through tree planting and forest creation projects. The grant uses standard-cost items with rates linked to nationally available tree-planting and agri-environment grants.

  £1,500 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2027-02-01Midlands
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• Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups

  business

  Department for Business and Trade

  The UK Government has launched the Visa Fees Reimbursement Scheme for Scale Ups (VFRS4SU), a targeted grant scheme to help UK scale ups in Clean Energy, Life Sciences, and Digital and Technologies hire internationally by reimbursing eligible visa application fees for specialist hires and their dependants.

  £500 – £25,000Deadline: 2027-03-02National
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• Commissioned Rehabilitative Services General Grant Scheme

  charity

  Ministry of Justice

  Commissioned Rehabilitative Services General Grant Scheme for support for people with shared protected characteristics or shared experiences or to promote rehabilitation and desistance to support the aims of Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) to protect the public and reduce reoffending. This includes the aims to improve people’s engagement in, and experience of, probation and other rehabilitative activities; to support an individual’s rehabilitation and desistance journey; and to improve HMPPS’ knowledge of which activities work to support people and to encourage rehabilitation and desistance.

  £8,000 – £450,000Deadline: 2027-03-29England,Wales
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• AHRC responsive mode: UKRI NSF-SBE lead agency (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council

  Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the Unites States (US). Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of AHRC and US National Science Foundation, Social, Behavioural and Economic Sciences Directorate (NSF-SBE). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• AHRC responsive mode: working with Brazilian researchers (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP)

  Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in the State of São Paulo, Brazil. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and State of São Paulo Research Foundation (FAPESP). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• AHRC responsive mode: collaborate with researchers in Luxembourg (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC), Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR)

  Apply for funding to work with overseas researchers in Luxembourg. Submit a collaborative research grant application within the remit of Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and Fonds National de la Recherche (FNR). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• AHRC responsive mode: standard research grant (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC)

  Apply for Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) standard research grant funding to support well-defined collaborative projects across the arts and humanities, in areas covered by our remit. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £300,000 – £1,500,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• AHRC responsive mode: Curiosity Award (Grant)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council

  Flexible awards to fund fundamental research that leads to new research agendas, networking activity and idea generation, which enables the development of further research opportunities and new research agendas.  There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £1 – £100,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• AHRC responsive mode: catalyst awards (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council

  AHRC awards to support researchers without prior experience of leading a significant research project to accelerate their trajectory as independent researchers, to unlock their potential and build leadership and convenor experience. You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for AHRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £100,000 – £300,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• Pushing the frontiers of environmental research (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Natural Environment Research Council (NERC)

  Apply for funding to pursue an adventurous, ambitious, curiosity-driven project in environmental research. You must be: • based at a UK research organisation eligible for Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) funding • in a role that meets the individual eligibility requirements There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £1 – £950,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• Mathematical Sciences Early Independence Fellowship (Fellowship)

  business,charity

  UK Research and Innovation, Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

  Apply for an early independence fellowship if your research focus is within EPSRC Mathematical Sciences remit. You must have: a PhD evidence of career consolidation and past productivity plans for establishing your own research niche that enables a step-change towards independence

  £1 – £1,250,000Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Households with On-Street Parking

  individual

  Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

  The grant provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers with support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV chargepoints at residential properties when also installing a cross-pavement charging solution.

  £1 – £500Deadline: 2027-03-31National
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• Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for residential landlords

  business,charity,individual

  Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

  This grant provides landlords with support towards the cost of the purchase and installation of electric vehicle chargepoints at residential properties.

  £1 – £100,000Deadline: 2027-04-01National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Workplace Charging Scheme

  business,charity

  Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

  Grant to provide support towards the costs of the purchase, installation and infrastructure of electric vehicle chargepoints at eligible places of work.

  £300 – £350Deadline: 2027-04-01National
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• Music Export Growth Scheme

  business

  Department for Business and Trade and Department for Culture, Media and Sport

  MEGS provides match-funding grant support to representatives of UK-based music acts (normally music management companies or record labels who meet SME criteria) to help deliver high-quality marketing and promotion campaigns normally linked to international tours to enable these acts to grow their international business. The scheme is targeted at artists that have achieved reasonable levels of commercial success in the UK and are now looking to break internationally. Successful recipients can claim no more than 50 per cent of eligible expenditure for their projects. No UK activity can be funded.

  £5,000 – £50,000Deadline: 2027-04-01National
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• Places grants

  business,charity,individual

  Historic England

  Grants for projects that repair, conserve and care for historic places including buildings, structures, monuments, landscapes and areas.

  £1,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2027-04-01England
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• People and Research

  business,charity,individual

  Historic England

  The People and Research Scheme offers grants for activities that help people understand and champion the historic environment through, engagement, skills, training, education and heritage project-based posts. It also offers grants for research activities related to the historic environment sector including scientific and technical conservation, surveys and investigations, publication, archiving, toolkits and guidance. https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/grants/what-we-fund/people-activities/ https://historicengland.org.uk/advice/grants/what-we-fund/research-activities/

  £250 – £300,000Deadline: 2027-04-01England
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• Electric Vehicle Chargepoint Grant for Renters and Flat Owners

  individual

  Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

  The grant provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers who are renters or own a flat with support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV charge points.

  £1 – £500Deadline: 2027-04-01National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Electric vehicle chargepoint grant for renters and flat owners

  individual

  Office for Zero Emission Vehicles

  The grant provides electric vehicle (EV) drivers who are renters or own a flat with support towards the costs of the purchase and installation of EV charge points.

  £1 – £500Deadline: 2027-04-01National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Plug-in Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle Grant

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Transport

  The Wheelchair Accessible Vehicle (WAV) grant is available into financial year (FY) 2025/26 with price cap of £50,000, with grant rates up to £2,500 for an eligible vehicle. The recent price cap increase to £50,000 will bring more vehicles into scope, widening customer choice and removing barriers for disabled passengers by ensuring they can get around more easily and with peace of mind.

  £1 – £2,500Deadline: 2027-04-06England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland
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• BBSRC standard research grant: applicant-led mode (Grant)

  business,charity,research_organisation

  UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £1 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2027-04-29National
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• BBSRC new investigator award: applicant-led mode (Grant)

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  UK Research and Innovation, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council

  Apply for funding for a research grant in any area within the remit of the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC). You must be based at a UK research organisation eligible for BBSRC funding. There is no limit on the value of the grant, the value specified within the summary page is an example.

  £1 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2027-04-29National
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• Improve Animal Health and Welfare

  business,individual

  Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  Payments are available for farmers in England for vet visits and diagnostic testing to reduce endemic diseases, improve productivity, and raise welfare standards across herds and flocks. It is part of the wider Animal Health and Welfare Pathway. The grant provides direct payments to livestock keepers to cover the cost of these vet visits.

  £10 – £1,000Deadline: 2027-06-20England
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• Community Hub Bursaries

  business,charity,individual

  The National Archives

  Skills Bursaries provide grants of up to £1,000 for people seeking to grow their expertise in community heritage work. Open to applicants at any stage of their personal or professional journey, these bursaries can be used for training, mentoring, attending workshops, or other professional development activities related to heritage and community engagement to be determined by you. Offered on a rolling basis, Skills Bursaries are designed to be accessible and responsive, helping to build confidence and capacity across the sector—particularly among those who may not have had access to such opportunities before.

  £10 – £1,000Deadline: 2027-07-04National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Boiler Upgrade Scheme

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  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  The Boiler Upgrade Scheme (BUS) supports the decarbonisation of homes and small and medium non-domestic buildings in England and Wales. The scheme provides upfront capital grants of up to £7,500 to encourage property owners to replace existing fossil fuel heating with more efficient, low carbon heating systems including heat pumps and biomass boilers.

  £5,000 – £7,500Deadline: 2028-01-01England,Wales
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• Opportunities for the Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA)

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  Advanced Research and Invention Agency

  Society’s most important advances have stemmed from those willing to think differently about what might be possible. ARIA is an R&D funding agency built to unlock scientific and technological breakthroughs that benefit everyone. Created by an Act of Parliament, and sponsored by the Department for Science, Innovation, and Technology, ARIA funds breakthrough R&D in under explored areas to catalyse new paths to prosperity for the UK and the world. 

  £10,000 – £10,000,000Deadline: 2028-01-17International
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• UK Global Screen Fund: International Distribution (P&A Support)

  business,charity

  British Film Institute

  Supporting UK films to reach international audiences.

  £1 – £100,000Deadline: 2028-04-01National
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• Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES)

  business,charity

  Department for Energy Security and Net Zero

  The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides funding to public, private and third sector applicants, to support improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects in England and Wales that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators. Projects can apply to HNES for either revenue or capital grant funding: Revenue grants – grants to fund procurement or mobilisation of external third-party support to carry out Optimisation Studies. These studies will assess heat network projects to identify causes of sub-optimal performance and recommend costed intervention or improvement measures. Capital grants – grants to part-fund the delivery (installation) of eligible intervention/improvement measures.

  £5,000 – £9,999,900Deadline: 2028-04-01England,Wales
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• Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund (TRIF) Pilot

  business

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  The Life Sciences Transformational R&D Investment Fund Pilot offers capital grants to support large-scale R&D projects in the UK life sciences sector (eligible projects must exceed £100 million in total costs). It aims to boost research and development within the UK's Life Sciences sector by supporting large-scale investments focused on innovation and strengthening health resilience, as well as projects with the potential to generate economic benefits. This fund complements the separate Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF).

  £5,000,000 – £25,000,000Deadline: 2028-04-01National,England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Poultry Biosecurity Review

  business,individual

  DEFRA grant delivered by RPA

  The Poultry Biosecurity Review (PBR) grant will support veterinary surgeon led review and advice to improve biosecurity on eligible poultry farmers. The aim of the scheme is to use improved biosecurity measures to reduce the incidence of disease on poultry farms, including avian influenza, improving animal health and welfare and productivity.

  £1 – £430Deadline: 2028-10-01England
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• Youth Jobs Grant

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Work and Pensions

  The Youth Jobs Grant is part of the Youth Guarantee and provides financial support to employers to encourage the recruitment of young people who may otherwise find it difficult to enter the labour market. It is intended to complement, not replace, existing recruitment activity. Eligible employers may receive up to £3,000 per job outcome, paid in stages and subject to meeting all scheme conditions.

  £3,000 – £25,000,000Deadline: 2028-11-01England,Wales,Scotland,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• Tree Health Pilot

  business,charity,individual

  Forestry Commission

  The Tree Health Pilot (THP) scheme is testing different ways of slowing the spread of pests and diseases affecting trees in England. It expands on support available through the Countryside Stewardship Woodland Tree Health grant. The THP supports owners and managers of trees in woodland or trees outside woodland to deal with tree health issues. Funding from the pilot can go towards a range of measures including: felling and treating diseased or infested trees and necessary infrastructure improvements; restocking with new trees and capital items to assist this; maintenance of newly planted trees biosecurity items. he Tree Health Pilot guidance on GOV.UK sets out the aims of the pilot in detail including eligibility and application details.

  £500 – £1,500,000Deadline: 2029-04-01North West England,South East England,Midlands
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• UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development

  business,charity,individual

  British Film Institute

  Supporting UK screen content businesses across film, TV, animation and interactive narrative video games to enhance their international activities.

  £1 – £100,000Deadline: 2029-04-01National
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• UK Global Screen Fund: International Co-production

  business,charity

  British Film Institute

  Supporting UK producers to work as partners on international co-productions and help create new global projects.

  £1 – £300,000Deadline: 2029-04-01National
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• UK Global Screen Fund International Distribution Festival Launch Support

  business,charity

  British Film Institute

  Supporting the festival launch of UK films in order to enhance their promotion, reach and value internationally.

  £1 – £15,000Deadline: 2029-04-01National
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• Spruce Site Assessment

  business,charity,individual

  Forestry Commission

  Spruce Site Assessment can help to evaluate costs involved in felling spruce in the proactive spruce removal area and identify funding available to help with the cost.

  £1,999 – £2,000Deadline: 2029-04-01South East England
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• UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) International Distribution Video Game Release funding

  business,charity

  British Film Institute

  Growing exports and global demand for UK independent narrative video games, enabling them to secure wider and higher profile releases.

  £5,000 – £50,000Deadline: 2029-04-01National
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• Trees, woodlands and forestry - Woodland Creation Planning Grant

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs / Forestry Commission – Defra Trees Programme

  The Woodland Creation Planning Grant (WCPG) offers funding of up to £30,500 for the production of a UKFS-compliant woodland creation design plan. Landowners, land managers and public bodies can apply. WCPG is open for applications year-round. The ‘Find a grant’ tool requires a ‘closing date’ to be specified, however 31 March 2030 reflects the period WCPG funding is currently confirmed until, rather than a known closure date. The scheme was re-launched in autumn 2020 to enable more people to apply and help proposals move more quickly through the Environmental Impact Assessment process and future planting and establishment grant funding.

  £1,500 – £30,500Deadline: 2030-04-01England,North East England,North West England,South East England,South West England,Midlands
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• England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO)

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs / Forestry Commission – Defra Trees Programme

  England Woodland Creation Offer (EWCO) supports the establishment of new woodlands and is administered by the Forestry Commission. The ‘Find a grant’ tool requires a ‘closing date’ to be specified – 31 March 2030 reflects the period EWCO funding is currently confirmed until, rather than a known closure date. EWCO is funded through the Defra Trees Programme.

  £4,000 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01England
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• Cladding Safety Scheme

  business,charity,individual

  Homes England (England), Department for Levelling up, Housing & Communities (NI)

  The Cladding Safety Scheme (CSS) will meet the cost of addressing life safety fire risks associated with cladding on residential buildings over 11m in height (11-18m in London).

  £250,000 – £20,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01England,Northern Ireland
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• The Life Sciences Innovative Manufacturing Fund (LSIMF)

  business

  Department for Science, Innovation and Technology

  UK registered businesses can apply for funding for life science manufacturing capital investment projects which help increase UK health resilience.

  £1,000,000 – £130,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01National
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• Electric Car Grant

  business,charity,individual

  Department for Transport

  The Electric Car Grant will support the industry and drivers by reducing the prices of new, eligible EVs priced at or under £37,000.

  £1,500 – £3,750Deadline: 2030-04-01England,Wales,Scotland,Northern Ireland
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• Heritage at Risk Capital Fund

  business,charity

  Historic England

  The Heritage at Risk Capital Fund (HARCF) supports the repair and conservation of historic buildings and sites at risk across England. Following the successful first year of the fund, which saw £15 million invested in projects across England, up to £60 million remains available for allocation over the next four years, to 2030. Priority will be given to projects in areas of England with the highest level of deprivation and need for investment, and those that bring most community benefit.

  £100,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01England
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• Places of Worship Renewal Fund

  business,charity

  Historic England

  The Places of Worship Renewal Fund (PWRF) supports urgent repairs and essential improvements to listed places of worship in England. Grants ranging from £10,000 to £1,000,000 will be awarded for capital works that keep buildings safe, open and in public use. Any listed place of worship in England can apply, of any faith or denomination, provided it is an active place of worship.

  £10,000 – £1,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01England
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• Heritage Revival Fund

  charity

  Architectural Heritage Fund

  The Heritage Revival Fund will help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings. It will do this by supporting community organisations to take ownership of, adapt and reuse the local heritage assets that matter to them, transforming them into thriving spaces that meet their needs. This programme is being delivered by the Architectural Heritage Fund in partnership with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) and Historic England, and forms part of the government’s wider £1.5 billion investment in arts and culture.

  £5,000 – £500,000Deadline: 2030-04-01England
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• Cynllun Grant Technoleg Di-Wifr Uwch

  business,charity

  Uchelgais Gogledd Cymru / Ambition North Wales

  Mae’r Cynllun Grant Technoleg Di-Wifr Uwch yn cynnig cefnogaeth i sefydliadau sy’n gweithredu yng ngogledd Cymru i uwchraddio eu systemau di-wifr uwch, i wella cynhyrchiant ac effeithiolrwydd.

  £20,000 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01Wales
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• Ambition North Wales Advanced Wireless Grant Scheme - EOI

  business,charity

  Ambition North Wales

  The Advanced Wireless Grant Scheme offers support to organisations operating in north Wales to upgrade or enhance their wireless connectivity systems to improve productivity and efficiency.

  £20,000 – £2,000,000Deadline: 2030-04-01Wales
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• Business Support for Scotland

  business,charity,individual

  Scottish Government

  FindBusinessSupport.gov.scot gives an overview of grants, loans, funding, advice and other support available to businesses in Scotland, offered by over 100 Scottish public sector organisations, conveniently in one place. Information is available for businesses of all sizes and sectors, from start-ups and sole traders to large enterprises and includes support for social enterprises.

  £1 – £10,000,000Deadline: 2030-09-30Scotland
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• National Highways Lorry Parking Facilities Improvements Scheme

  business,charity

  National Highways

  This grant provides lorry parking operators with support to improve HGV driver facilities, including improvements to welfare facilities, driver and site security, and HGV parking amenities and capacity.

  £1 – £20,000,000Deadline: 2031-04-01England
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• Community and Environment Fund (CEF) and Business and Local Economy Fund (BLEF)

  charity

  HS2 Ltd

  This funding programme provides grants to local communities and economies that are disrupted by the construction of Phase One and Phase 2a of HS2 between London and Crewe.

  £1 – £250,000Deadline: 2035-03-31England
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