Hospice UK’s Dying Matters Community Grants Programme (supported by Dignity Funerals) is offering grants of up to £10,000 to UK-hospices to develop arts and culture-based projects that spark open conversations about death, dying and grief.

Save the Children UK has launched the 2025 Young People Climate Fund, offering small grants of £1,000–£3,500 to organisations that empower children and young people to take meaningful climate action. Building on successful rounds in 2023 and 2024, the fund—supported by corporate partner QBE—aims to raise awareness of the climate crisis and its impact on children, while enabling young people to design and lead their own climate-focused activities.

The National Lottery Community Fund has launched an ambitious new programme designed to address health inequities caused by structural racism and discrimination. The Health Inequities: Structural Racism and Discrimination Partnership programme will support up to ten partner organisations in England with significant long-term funding ranging from £250,000 to £5 million over five years.

The Charles Hayward Foundation’s Older People Programme is offering grants of up to £7,000 to UK-registered charities that help older people remain in their own homes and live independently for as long as possible.

The Kristina Martin Charitable Trust is offering grants from a £400,000 fund to support charities helping people facing mental health challenges, especially around bereavement, suicide, homelessness, online bullying, and social isolation.

The 1001 Foundation is offering multi-year grants of up to £100,000 per year for up to five years to charities delivering frontline services that support babies and parents during the first 1001 critical days (from pregnancy to age two). Funding can support community-based projects such as infant feeding support, perinatal mental health, and parenting programmes.

Calling all Wolverhampton charities working with disadvantaged young people under 25: the Ironmongers’ Company has opened its UK‐wide grant round. 

UnLtd offers grants of up to £8,000 for start-ups and £18,000 for growing ventures led by social entrepreneurs making a positive impact in their communities.

Community sports clubs supporting adults (18+) can apply for up to £2,000 in unrestricted funding through the Cash4Clubs grant from Sported and Flutter UKI.

The Woodland Trust is giving away thousands of free trees to schools and community groups to help create a greener, healthier future.

The Reach Fund helps charities and social enterprises in England bridge the gap between ambition and investment, by funding the final pieces of work that investors often require. Managed by Social Investment Business on behalf of Access – The Foundation for Social Investment, the Reach Fund typically provides grants in the range of £5,000 to £15,000.

The Friends of the Elderly Grants Programme provides small grants of up to £600 to help older people living on low incomes across England and Wales. The scheme supports individuals or couples who are of or over state pension age, have savings of less than £5,000, and do not meet the criteria for other funders.

The Adamson Trust provides financial assistance for the cost of holidays and respite breaks for disabled children and their families. Grants are available to help children aged 3–17 with physical, mental or emotional impairments enjoy much-needed time away.

The fund offers restricted grants of £5,000–£20,000 to eligible not-for-profit organisations supporting essential community services, with a focus on improving wellbeing and helping vulnerable residents. This round will support around 28 organisations across the Severn Trent region with one year of core funding.

Apply by 21st October for Triangle Trust grants of up to £10,000 supporting women-led organisations working with vulnerable young women and girls at risk of entering the criminal justice system.

Paul Hamlyn Foundation offering up to £20,000 to support bold, early-stage ideas tackling social issues across the UK (details coming soon)

Apply by 20th October for National Gardens Scheme grants to transform community outdoor spaces and boost wellbeing through gardening.

Apply by 14th October for Groundwork Grassroots grants of £500–£2,000 supporting small charities tackling local issues in Wolverhampton and beyond.

Ongoing grants available from the Gardening with Disabilities Trust to help disabled gardeners adapt their gardens and keep gardening.