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Grants
Our partner Charity Excellence, specialises in finding Charity and Not For Profit business grants. They created the Funding Finder Database which links to 100s of other free funder databases and online funder lists, giving you click through to more funders than any other system.
Below the video is the most recent update on grants from Charity Excellence and their video on the 4 steps to funding bid success.
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The latest New Funders Uploaded Are Below
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Deadline
£2,500
No Deadline
Bishop of Lincoln Social Justice Fund
Grants of up to £2,500 are available for projects across Greater Lincolnshire, which respond to human need and seek to transform unjust structures of society. Priority will be given to activities for example, which improve social cohesion of intergenerational and diverse communities; engagement to reduce lonely, isolated or vulnerable members of the community; or address the causes of poverty, crime or unemployment.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No Deadline
Borien Educational Foundation for Southern Africa
Runs a number of educational programmes and initiatives to enable young people to step out of poverty and into higher education or employment. Focus on the marginalised communities of the Eastern Cape in South Africa. Spend in year ending Feb 23 was £16k.
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Deadline
£3,000-£5,000
30 September 2025; 31st December 2025
Britford Bridge Trust
The prevention or relief of poverty, education, health or the saving of lives, and the arts, culture, heritage, or science. The secondary charitable purposes of the Trust are citizenship or community development; amateur sport; environmental protection or improvement; and the relief of those in need by reason of youth, age, ill-health, disability, financial hardship, or other disadvantage. Grants up to £30k for UK registered charities. Apply at any time, but deadlines are 30 Mar, 30 Jun, 30 Sep and 31 Dec
Grant
Deadline
£2,000
No Deadline
CF Tyne & Wear - North East Cultural Learning Fund
Supporting quality arts provision for young people across the North East in school and youth settings. Fund Locations: County Durham, Tees Valley, Gateshead, Newcastle, Northumberland, North Tyneside, South Tyneside, Sunderland. Max grant £2,000. Deadline 22 Jan 24.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No Deadline
Cadent Foundation - Winter Support Fund
The £2 million pound fund aims to offer energy and food support to people living in the most vulnerable situations this winter and will be distributed through Cadent Foundation’s current charity partners, including Citizens Advice, Groundwork UK and Trussell Trust. It's designed to allow charities offering energy and money guidance, to have rapid access to additional financial resources, helping to make an immediate impact for people needing extra support.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No Deadline
Carpenter Box Foundation
To support local charities, community groups and projects in the community and neighbourhoods in which Carpenter Box is located as well as those communities and neighbourhoods in which its employees reside - East & West Sussex. A firm of Chartered Accountants with their main office in Worthing. Spend to 31 Mar 22 was £18k.
Grant
Deadline
£50 per child
No Deadline
Cash for Kids Emergency Appeal Funding
For families in financial crisis, allowing them to apply for Cost of Living Grants of £50 per child which can be used for basic essentials – food, heating and clothes. Service providers who support vulnerable children, including schools, social services, health professionals and charities, can submit an application form to their local Cash for Kids office on behalf of the families they work with. Grant applications can only be made to support children living in the UK, or registered charities that help children from the UK. Note - the website says they aren't open yet but I think they are. Thanks UK Fundraising.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No deadline
Charity Fillers
Aim is to pair UK Third Sector organisations and radio stations so that unused commercial airtime can be donated for use by charities. It's similar to the ‘Radio Fillers’ service provided by the UK Government’s Cabinet Office. Registered charities and UK based radio stations can sign up for a user account free of charge at charityfillers.co.uk. Once set up, charities will be able to upload to the website with accompanying copy clearance details, and radio stations will then be able to choose which audio they download and play on their station.
Grant
Deadline
£1,000 and £20,000
No Deadline
Charlotte Heber-Percy Charitable Trust
General grant-making trust. I've found (quite old) data that suggests awards of between £1,000 and £20,000 in England and Wales and, maybe, some preference for Gloucestershire. Previous grants have been made for Animal Welfare and the Local Environment, Medical, Cancer and Hospices, International Charities, Local Organisations, Education and Children, Arts and Museums. No website. I think applications may be made in writing at any time, with review on a quarterly basis.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No Deadline
Community Led Local Development
A funding approach that empowers local communities to address their own challenges. It's primarily used in rural, coastal, and urban areas. The Scottish Government has committed to investing in CLLD2. For the 2024/25 budget, they've committed £12.2 million.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No Deadline
Consuelo and Anthony Brooke Charitable Trust
Grants to other charities in the areas of: Education, The Arts and Heritage, Economic and Community Development. Activities to date in the United Kingdom, Europe and East Africa. Spend in year ending Apr 23 was £112k. Where the charity operates listed as Barnet, Camden, City Of Westminster, Sussex, and Kensington and Chelsea. I can't find anything on Europe or Africa in the Commission record, or online but they wrote the entry.
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Deadline
Not Specified
No Deadline
David Tilley's Children's Foundation
A small, zero expense charity (1138133) helping to educate children in Africa. By providing direct financial assistance, we help promising children in Africa to gain a secondary school education. I think it's Tanzania and Uganda. Spend in year 3ending Dec 22 was £35k. Note - the website is insecure - no SSL certificate.
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Funding resources for international development charities. If you're an IDO in Wales, they'll also provide you with funding support.