The Garfield Weston Foundation’s Regular Grants programme awards grants to UK registered charities, CIOs, organisations that are either exempt under the Charity Commission guidelines or are registered charities or housing associations with activity in the following areas of:

The Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation is an independent grant-making charity. Funds are given to charities registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales within a set of carefully considered guidelines. They do not support individuals or overseas projects.

Grants are awarded to those specifically applying for assistance towards a capital project: new build, major refurbishment, equipment or transport. Please note that only fund capital projects and running costs which include salaries, are not funded.

The Antony Hornby Charitable Trust makes general charitable donations to organisations working in the following causes:

• education, training and employment;
• medical, health and sickness;
• Arts and culture;
• animals and environment; and
• community development.

Grants are typically around £1,000 and rarely over £5,000, however no maximum amount you can apply for is stipulated.

Deadline: Continuous rolling programme.

The Matthew Good Foundation’s Grants for Good supports small, local community groups, charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises from across the UK with an annual income under £50,000 that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment.

The Ocado Foundation, the charitable arm of Ocado Group, supports charities, CICs and community projects by awarding small grants of up to £1,000, donating certain goods and by offering volunteer help (currently, due to Covid-19, only requests for digital volunteering can be accepted).

The Foundation focuses their efforts in three core areas:

Localgiving has teamed up with National Grid Electricity Distribution to tackle fuel poverty this winter. They are distributing grants of up to £10,000 to non-profits and local authorities who are working on this theme. There is £2.5million worth of grants available until 31st of October and the application process is very simple.

Eligibility

Grass roots, community led organisations in England will be able to apply for grants of up to £10,000 through the Comic Relief Community Fund. The Fund is supporting organisations to deliver projects within four strategic themes; A Safe Place to Be, Children Survive & Thrive, Gender Justice, and Mental Health Matters. Funding is available for both project delivery and organisational development.

The Esmée Fairbairn Foundation has announced that their Fairer Future grants stream will re-open to applications with a revised funding strategy to make more of a difference for people in the UK. The funding will support projects that tackle injustice and structural inequality to create a more inclusive society, with a focus on five priority areas: arts and creativity making change; children and young people's rights; racial justice; gender justice; and migrant justice. The Foundation are keen to work with those with experience of the issues being addressed.

The aim of this funding is to help mitigate the impact of the cost of living crisis, with a particular focus on activities during the winter months. Grants are available: