The Express Grants Programme from Quartet Community Foundation will temporarily close at the end of July 2019 and reopen in September 2019, allowing the funders to assess this service.

Quartet wants to ensure that small, local non-profits and community groups receive efficient support to continue and expand their work. Grants of £500-5,000 can be transformative for these small organisations, helping them to address local people's needs. 

UK-based not-for-profit organisations and schools can apply for funding to the Nineveh Charitable Trust for a broad range of projects and activities that promote a better understanding of the environment and countryside, whilst facilitating improved access, education and research.

The Society of Merchant Venturers charity has a range of grants available to organisations that benefit people in the greater Bristol area. Grants are typically between £500-5,000. 

Your organisation should address one or more of the following needs:

Local Trusts and Foundations don’t always have the largest amounts to give, but making and keeping a good relationship with them is a key part of a sustainable grants strategy. They are also more likely to give grants quickly and to respond positively to the local concerns and needs that might be hard to get across to national organisations.

This is a general list; click on the links to research how appropriate each one is for your needs.

People's Postcode Trust provides funding for projects in Great Britain relating to combatting discrimination, promoting human rights and poverty prevention.

Grants are available to support schools and registered charities that wish to undertake educational work with children and young people in disadvantaged areas. The British & Foreign Schools Society (BFSS) normally makes grants for educational projects totalling about £600,000 in any one year.