The Comic Relief Community Fund
The Comic Relief Community Fund is offering grants of up to £5,000 for grassroots, community-led organisations in England that support people living in, or at risk of, poverty or hardship.
The Fund will support:
- Organisations that are tackling the immediate and urgent impacts of being in poverty, including providing essential resources like food, shelter, advice and healthcare - . for example, foodbanks, community kitchens, homeless shelters, welfare advice agencies and health outreach projects.
- Organisations working to empower communities to take positive steps to lift themselves out of poverty in the longer term - for example, projects that build skills, increase access to employment, strengthen financial resilience or develop community-led solutions.
Eligibility
Organisations with an annual income less than £250,000.
Funding Amount
Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Closing Date
Monday 6 October at 12.00pm (midday).
More Information
Please visit Comic Relief - Groundwork for more information.
London Catalyst – Hardship Grants
London Catalyst supports organisations based and operating in London that tackle some of the social determinants of health, including the provision of economic stability, access to advice and information, and addressing social isolation.
The Hardship Grants Programme aims to support vulnerable people in emergencies. Small hardship payments (typically up to £50, but some exemptions may apply) will be given to organisations’ vulnerable beneficiaries to help them with, for example, food, travels, temporary accommodation, personal care (medicine, sanitary towels, etc), mobile top up, sim card, personal development, access support, household items.
Eligibility
- Registered charities, hospitals, NHS agencies and statutory organisations.
- Organisations operating and based in London.
- Charity organisations whose main beneficiaries are 18 years old or above.
Funding amount
Up to £2,000 per application.
Closing date
15 October 2025 at 5.00pm.
More information
Please visit the Hardship Grants - London Catalyst webpage for more information.
The Loved and Wanted Fund
City Hall’s The Loved and Wanted Fund will support organisations to deliver activities that promote greater levels of social cohesion. Funding of up to £60,000 is available for organisations to develop and deliver a programme of work as a Loved and Wanted space. This programme can be made up of new and/or existing activities.
Activities should include elements to:
- build relationships among Londoners from different communities and faith backgrounds
- improve access to the support and services Londoners need to participate fully in community life.
Applicants should show how funding would be used to build on current work to:
- deepen and extend reach with Londoners
- work in partnership with other organisations within the local area and borough to create a wider network of support aligned to the Loved and Wanted campaign
- apply a 'Loved and Wanted' lens to widen your current work in creative ways and increase the impact for Londoners.
Who can apply
Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, community interest companies, other not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee, and community benefit societies are welcome to apply. Eligibility criteria and restrictions apply.
Funding Amount
15 grants of up to £60,000 are available, for delivery from Feb 2026 to Mar 2028.
Closing Date
Expressions of Interest must be submitted by Sunday 19 October at 11.59pm
More Information
Please visit Loved and Wanted Fund | London City Hall for more information.
Derwent London: Community Fund East
Derwent London’s Community Fund aims to support projects that will bring benefits to the local community in areas in which it operates, in particular local community events, increasing employment opportunities for local people, health and well-being, small public space improvements, arts, culture and educational projects.
Eligibility
Registered charities and social enterprises (such as Corporate Investment Companies (CICS) and Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs) that have been in operation for 3 years or more can apply for multi-year funding.
Registered charities and social enterprises (such as CICs and CIOs) that have been in operation for less than 3 years can apply for projects that last no longer than 1 year.
Eligibility criteria and restrictions apply.
Funding Amount
The funder expects to make grants of up to £10,000. The total available fund is £75,000 and it generally doesn’t fund applications where its funding represents less than 20% of the overall cost of the project.
Closing Date
Friday 25 October at 5.00pm.
More Information
Please visit the Derwent London Community Fund webpage for more information.
Leeds Building Society Foundation
The Foundation provides funding to UK registered charities that support those in need of a safe and secure home.
Your project must align with one or more of the following criteria themes:
- Financial stress
- Security and refuge
- Quality and suitability of housing.
Applications can also apply under the theme ‘Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness’ if it's part of wraparound support and the application also meets at least one of the other themes.
Eligibility
Small grant applications are welcome from UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million seeking funding for capital expenditure.
Organisations based in London are not eligible for the large grants programme.
Funding amount
Up to £1,000.
Closing Date
The current application window closes on Monday 3 November.
More Information
Please visit the About Charitable Foundation | Leeds Building Society webpage.
North London Forensic Collaborative Small Grants (NLFC)
NLFC is offering a small grant programme to voluntary sector, faith, and grassroot organisations as part of its aspiration to build relationships and work together to tackle inequalities and improve quality outcomes for forensic service users.
The term “forensic service users” is used to describe people who access adult forensic mental health services, as an inpatient in an adult secure service, or in the community under the care of a specialist community forensic team.
Eligibility
Voluntary, Community, Faith and Social Enterprise organisations based in North London that currently operate within one of the Integrated Care System regions (North East London, North West London, North Central London).
Funding Amount
Grants range from £500 to £4,999. For projects supporting employment pathways, including work-based placements or training leading to jobs, larger grants of up to £9,999 are available.
Closing Date
Applications are welcome until March 2026, or until all funds are spent.
More Information
Please visit the North London NHS Foundation Trust website for more information.
Matthew Good Foundation – Grants for Good
Grants for Good is funded by the John Good Group and is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment.
This programme offers unrestricted funds that can be used for any costs, including core running costs.
Eligibility
UK-based local community groups, charities, voluntary groups and social enterprises with income under £50,000.Applicants must have a bank account in the organisation’s name.
Funding amount
£15,000 is shared between five shortlisted projects each quarter.
Closing date
Quarterly application windows.
More information
Visit the Grants for Good webpage for more information.
Esmée Fairbairn: Creative, Confident Communities
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve our natural world, secure a fairer future and strengthen the bonds in communities in the UK. It supports people and organisations who are doing everything they can to bring about the change they want to see.
The Foundation’s grant funding is focussed on work that will deliver long-term impact and create change for the future. This means that it makes longer-term grants to organisations, rather than short-term or small-scale grants.
The Foundation’s current priorities under “A Fairer Future” are:
- Communities working together for change
- Community driven enterprise and regeneration
- Community-led art and creativity.
Eligibility
Organisations with an annual turnover of more than £100,000.
Funding Amount
Grants valued from £30,000 (no maximum) are available for core or project costs, including staff salaries and overheads. Unrestricted funding for charities is available. The majority of grants are for three to five years.
Closing Date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More Information
Please visit Creative, Confident Communities priorities | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation for more information.
Sanctuary Housing Community Investment Fund
The Community Investment Fund aims to develop successful and sustainable communities in the areas where Sanctuary Housing operates.
The Fund’s current funding priorities are:
- Employment, education, skills and training
- Health and Wellbeing
- Community safety and Infrastructure
- Environment
- Financial inclusion.
Eligibility
Charities, community groups, residents’ associations and voluntary organisations operating in areas where Sanctuary Housing works are welcome to make an enquiry. Please note, match funding requirements apply.
Closing Date
Enquiries are currently welcome, with no closing date stated.
More Information
Please visit the Sanctuary Housing website for more information.
The Cooks Charity – Elizabeth Fund
The aim of the Elizabeth Fund is to provide small, one-off grants to deserving food-related and/or cooking projects or good causes, which would not otherwise be supported by the Cooks Charity’s normal annual grant-giving.
Eligibility
Qualifying projects are to be connected with the City of London, to include the City Fringe boroughs of Camden, Islington, Hackney, Tower Hamlets, Southwark and the City of Westminster in some way.
Funding amount
Up to £1,000.
Closing date
N/A
More information
Visit The Elizabeth Fund webpage for more information.
Shanly Foundation – Core Grants
The Shanly Foundation aims to support causes that help individuals and benefit the local community, including support for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, the homeless, those with mental health issues and people with physical disabilities, injury or life-limiting illness.
Eligibility
- Registered charities, CICs, CIOs, and organisations exempt or excepted under Charity Commission guidance.
- Funding supports core costs and unrestricted activity for groups assisting disabled individuals, the elderly, and disadvantaged communities.
- Organisations focused on rehabilitation, homelessness, local sports and social clubs, Scouts and Guides, youth outdoor centres
Funding amount
The foundation typically awards core grants ranging from £1,000 to £25,000.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the Shanly Foundation website.
Trust for London
Trust for London, established in 1891, is the largest independent charity focused on poverty and inequality in London.
The Trust funds organisations and projects working towards Social Justice and/or Economic Justice. Click here for details about the priority areas of work that sit under each of these strategic aims.
Trust for London provides both project funding and unrestricted funding.
Eligibility
The Trust funds:
- Registered Charities
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIO)
- Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- Companies Limited by Guarantee (CLG)
- Trusts
- Unincorporated Associations
- Cooperative Societies
- Trade unions
£500 Access Payments are available to those requiring accessibility-related support to apply.
Funding amount
Grants range from £40,000 to £80,000 per year, for up to 5 years.
Closing date
Applications can be submitted at any time.
More information
Please read the Trust’s funding guidelines, then visit the Trust for London website.
Morrisons Foundation
The newly established Morrisons Foundation is looking to award approximately £2 million a year for community projects that improve people’s lives. Funding objectives of this fund are:
- Tackling poverty and social deprivation.
- Enhancing Community Spaces, facilities and services.
- Improving Health & wellbeing.
Eligibility
Registered charities with an income of less than £1m .
Funding amount
Grants are available for up to £10,000 for capital spend or direct project delivery
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the Morrisons Foundation website.
The National Lottery Awards for All England
The funding supports new activities, ongoing ones, or organisational adaptations.
Projects must do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities.
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities.
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
- support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.
Eligibility
Applications are accepted from:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charities
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Not-For-Profit companies
- Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- school (if your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish and community council)
- community benefit societies.
Funding amount
£300 to £20,000 for up to two years.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the National Lottery Awards for All England website.
The National Lottery UK Fund
The fund is for organisations wanting to help communities connect better. Organisations are encouraged to apply for funding for projects that:
- strengthen relationships between people whose experiences of life have not been the same. For example, relationships between people of different ethnic backgrounds, generations, occupations, or geographies
- create connections between online and offline worlds
- help make sure people from all backgrounds can shape the future of their communities.
Eligibility
Applications are accepted from:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charities
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Not-For-Profit companies
- Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- school (if your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish, and community council)
- community benefit societies
Funding amount
This UK-wide funding offers £500,000 to £5 million for projects tackling national issues over 2-10 years.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the The UK Fund website.
The National Lottery Reaching Communities England
This funding supports projects and groups improving their community. The National Lottery defines community as people in the same area or with similar interests or experiences.
Projects or organisations applying for funding must do at least one of these things:
- bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
- improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
- help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage.
This fund is flexible and can respond to your community’s needs, therefore the following funding options are available:
- for the long or short term
- for a specific activity, or for broader costs to help your organisation or community
- for one organisation or to bring organisations together
- to support people, communities, and organisations most affected by the cost-of-living crisis
- to help organisations address the impact of the cost-of-living crisis on how they work, now and in the future.
Eligibility
Applications are accepted from:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charities
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Not-For-Profit companies
- Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- school (if your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish, and community council)
- community benefit societies.
Funding amount
£20,001 or more, for up to five years.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the Reaching Communities England website.
The National Lottery Partnerships
This funding is for organisations working together in partnership to help their community. The National Lottery defines community as people in one area or with similar interests or experiences.
Eligibility
Applications are accepted from:
- constituted voluntary or community organisation
- constituted group or club
- registered charities
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Not-For-Profit companies
- Community Interest Companies (CIC)
- school (if your project benefits and involves the communities around the school)
- statutory bodies (including local authorities, town, parish, and community council)
- community benefit societies.
Funding amount
£20,001 or more, for up to five years.
Closing date
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
More information
Please visit the National Lottery Partnerships Fund website.
The Weavers Company
Funding for projects that support offenders and ex-offenders, including supporting them into work, and for helping specific groups within the criminal justice sector, who are less popular with funders. Funding also available for projects aiding disadvantaged young people, including immigrants, in realising their potential and engaging in society.
Eligibility
Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, and in exceptional circumstances, community interest companies can apply. Applicants must demonstrate efforts to secure other funding and future sustainability.
Funding amount
Small Grants Programme offering up to £5,000, and a Main Grants Programme with no maximum limit. Funding covers both project and core costs.
Closing date
13 November 2025
More information
Please visit The Weavers' Company website.