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Easyfundraising: 250 free online fundraising packs available
Whatever your fundraising target is, the team at easyfundraising can help you get there. This month, they are offering 250 exclusive fundraising packs to libraries in our network. To get your complimentary pack, register for free funding with easyfundraising (it’s...
Music for All
📅Deadline: 24th September 2025 Grant Amount: £2,000 Funding round 4 of 2025 is now open! They are offering financial support to community projects and individuals in the following categories: Physical mobility or accessibility needs (groups and individuals) Mental...
Local Community Fund – project eligibility 2025
📅Deadline: 20th July 2025 Grant Amount: up to £6K The Local Community Fund supports projects in our members’ communities that provide access to opportunities and resources for people to thrive. Co-op Members can choose the local cause they want to support through...
National Lottery Awards for All England – Environment
📅Deadline: 17th December 2025 (open from 25th June 2025) Grant Amount: £300 to £20,000 for up to two years Funding for Community Climate and Nature Projects Local action matters — and funding is now available for community-led projects that protect the environment and...
🌿The Naturesave Trust: Support Nature Connection in Your Community
We’re excited to share that a new funding window is now open — and it’s all about connecting people with nature. 📅Deadline: 10th July 2025 This opportunity, offered by an external funder, is open to charities, community groups, and organisations working to strengthen...
The Europe Challenge
📅Deadline: 29th May 2025 Grant Amount: €10K The Europe Challenge is an annual programme that brings together teams from libraries and communities across Europe to address today’s most pressing social, digital, and climate challenges by developing, sharing and...
Heritage Revival Fund
📅Deadline: Quarterly Grant Amount: £15-250K A £5m programme to help communities rescue and repurpose historic buildings has been announced by The Architectural Heritage Fund (AHF). The government-backed registered charity, which promotes the conservation and...
National Lottery- Reaching Communities Fund (amended criteria)
📅Deadline: Ongoing Grant Amount: £20,001 or more, for up to 5 years The National Lottery Community Fund has updated its criteria for the Reaching Communities fund, now prioritising projects that address poverty, disadvantage, and discrimination while ensuring...
The Community Shares Booster Fund
📅Deadline: You can apply any time and Booster panels meet monthly. Grant Amount: £2,000-£15,000 (other opportunities available) The Booster Fund supports new and existing community businesses in England that are at all stages of a community share issue. If you are...
Northern Powergrid Foundation
📅Deadline: 11th May 2025 Grant Amount: £20K Twice a year, they offer grant funding of up to £20k to community resilience projects. Grants of up to £20,000 to communities in the Northern Powergrid region, which covers the North East of England, Yorkshire, and northern...
The Persimmon Charitable Foundation
📅Deadline: 13th April 2025 Grant Amount: 4x £50K donations The Foundation launched its open application programme in 2025 to enable more charities and community groups to access donations. There are two rounds of funding, with a total of £200,000 available for...
Asda Foundation – Young Future Fund
📅Deadline: Thurs 19th March 2025 Grant Amount: £500-£1,000 Supporting grassroots groups to improve mental health and wellbeing for teens and young people (13-21 years) to help build better futures. This grant is for groups which meet at least one of the following...
Matthew Good Foundation
📅Deadline: Ongoing Grant Amount: £2,000-£5,000 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...
Easyfundraising
An easy way to receive funding for your community library The Community Libraries Network has setup as an easyfundraising partner organisation, helping you to raise unrestricted funding for you community managed library (there are around 60 CMLs signed up already). If...
John Ellerman Foundation
📅Deadline: No deadlines Grant Amount: £10,000-£50,000 There aim is to advance the wellbeing of people, society and the natural world by focusing on the arts, environment and social action believing these areas can make an important contribution to wellbeing. They...
Focus Foundation
📅Deadline: mid-March Grant Amount: £2,000-£8,000 Grants are available for charities and community groups for projects addressing mental health; underprivileged children and young adults; local community projects that are located close to one of the Focus Group’s...
The Ashley Family Foundation (Wales)
Inspiring environmental sustainability and creative arts in Wales, for the benefit of rural communities and those most in need. Three funding rounds per year support a broad range of arts, community and social welfare projects in Wales, with a particular interest in...
The Albert Hunt Trust
Grant Amount: £1,000-£5,000 The Albert Hunt Trust supports UK registered charities that: Promote Health and Well-Being – core funding for areas such as family support e.g. Home Start, children and young people counselling services, suicide prevention, specific carers...
The Royal Countryside Fund
📅Deadline (EOI): 21st February 2025 Grant Amount: £25,000 The new UK-wide Supporting Rural Communities grant programme is launching on Friday 10th January 2025. This new differentiated funding will support transformative, community-led initiatives across the UK,...
The Rectory Foundation (Bucks)
📅Deadline: 9th January 2025 Grant Amount: £5,000 The Rectory Foundation awards grants of up to £5,000 to voluntary and community groups in and around the Buckinghamshire area. In exceptional circumstances additional funding will be considered. Priority will be given...
Libraries Connected – Microgrants
📅Deadline: 17th January 2025 Grant Amount: £1,000-5,000 The microgrants programme, funded by Arts Council England, awards grants of £1-5k to support small-scale projects or the early stages of larger initiatives, such as community engagement or consultation. With a...
Veolia Environmental Trust
Deadline: 7th January 2025 Grant Amount: £10,000-£75,000 They award grants towards projects that make improvements to community facilities and the natural environment. Before applying for a grant, you need to check your project site is located in an area which they...
Power to Change – Testing solutions for community-led high street renewal
Deadline: 20th December 2024 Grant Amount: £25,000-£50,000 Do you have an exciting vision for your high street or town centre you're trying to make a reality? Power to Change are collaborating with a small number of community businesses to test and learn how...
Access – The Foundation for Social Investment
Grant Amount: £50,000 The Cost of Living Resilience Fund supports social sector organisations in areas of deprivation providing services to support people struggling with the rising cost of living, up to £50,000. The programme is funded by Access – The Foundation for...
Cash for Kids
Grant Amount: £1,000-£3,000 Cash for Kids is a charity providing funding to local charities, community groups and projects that are dedicated to supporting children, young people and families. There are two grants to apply for. General Funding: This grant is to...
Lloyds Bank Foundation – Specialist Programme
This programme is for small, local, specialist charities supporting people facing complex issues. Under this programme we will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support...
The Tree Council – Branching out Fund
Grants for Parish and Town Councils, community groups, schools, small registered charities, and Tree Warden Networks seeking to establish trees, hedgerows, and orchards. Grant Amount: £250-£2,500 Deadline: Sunday 1st December 2024 Find out more
YAPP Charitable Trust
Grants to support the running costs of small registered charities in England and Wales working with elderly people, children and young people and people who have disabilities or mental health challenges, or working in the areas of social welfare or education and...
The Ironmongers Company – Grants
The Ironmongers’ Company wishes to support projects that provide opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people to fulfil their potential. They are looking for projects that deliver clearly defined educational benefits to a specific group of children or...
Greggs Foundation Community Grants
The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme offers grants of £20,000, for up to two years, to local organisations helping to tackle the challenges facing local communities. Grants are awarded to organisations who are based in our geographical focus areas, who can...





























