Members of Sobus - Hammersmith & Fulham VCS (small charities, CIOs, CICs, community groups, social enterprises, faith groups)
Compiled 28 July 2026.
What this covers. Funding announced or updated on GrantFinder between 29 June and 28 July 2026 — a four-week window. 146 items were reviewed and 51 kept as things a Hammersmith & Fulham voluntary or community organisation could realistically apply for.
What it does not cover. This is not a search of the whole GrantFinder database. A fund that is open right now but was last written about before the start of that window will not appear here, so treat this as "what's new this month", not "everything available". It also does not cover funding sources outside GrantFinder, or the council's own grants.
Items were left out where the funder restricts to another UK nation or region, to a sector members don't work in, or to applicants that aren't voluntary or community organisations. Where eligibility was genuinely unclear, the item was left out rather than guessed at. Deadlines and amounts are as published on the dates above — always check the funder's own page before applying.
| Fund | Deadline | Amount | Fit | Tags | Who can apply | Why it fits Sobus members |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Irish Youth Foundation (UK) S37721 |
31 July 2026 3d left |
Up to £3,000 (small) or £3,001–£10,000 (standard) | High | Children & Young People Mental Health Health & Wellbeing Advice & Advocacy Housing & Homelessness | Organisations supporting disadvantaged young Irish people and their families, up to age 30, living in England, Scotland or Wales. | H&F has one of London's largest Irish communities and the Irish Cultural Centre in Hammersmith. Covers training, counselling, mental and physical health, advice, family support, homelessness and cultural activity. Grants can fund extra staff, equipment, evaluation or organisational capacity. Check: Decisions in November 2026. |
Barchester Healthcare Foundation N83364 |
31 July 2026 (window closes) 3d left |
£100–£2,600 | High | Older People Disability Mental Health Health & Wellbeing | Small community groups and small local charities in England, Scotland or Wales. Reserves over £200,000 unlikely to be supported. | Reducing isolation and loneliness for older people and adults with physical, learning or mental disabilities. Funds activities, equipment, transport, day trips and group holidays — a strong fit for small H&F lunch clubs and day services. Check: Quarterly windows; this one runs 1–31 July 2026. |
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust — Round 3 N83383 |
31 July 2026 3d left |
£1,000 | Medium | Carers Health & Wellbeing | UK-registered charities with operating income £100,000–£1m. | Rounds 3 and 4 of 2026 focus exclusively on unpaid carers, prioritising therapeutic support including healthy eating and outdoor activities. Check: Projects must focus exclusively on unpaid carers. CICs and other non-charity not-for-profits are not eligible. |
Delamere Dairy Foundation N83384 |
31 July 2026 3d left |
£1,000–£5,000 | Medium | Children & Young People Poverty & Hardship Health & Wellbeing | Charities and community groups across England, Scotland and Wales. | Objectives include advancement in life of young people, relief of financial hardship, advancement of education and relief of sickness. Check: One application per calendar year. |
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust S36018 |
1 August 2026 4d left |
£1,000–£10,000 | Low | Animals | UK-registered charities, registered at least 12 months. | Rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of animals; vets' fees and neutering for animals owned by people on low incomes. Check: Only relevant if a member works in animal welfare. |
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust S41907 |
3 August 2026 (then 26 October) 6d left |
Up to £1,600 (groups) / £600 (individuals) | Medium | Disability Sport & Physical Activity | Groups, clubs and projects starting or running disability tennis provision; also individuals. | Court hire, coaching fees and equipment for disability tennis. Small but easy money for a member running inclusive sport. Check: Projects should aim towards self-financing. |
Arts Council England — Music Growth Fund N83499 |
Round one opens 6 August 2026 9d left |
£1,000–£40,000 or £40,001–£100,000 | Low | Arts & Heritage Children & Young People | UK-based music organisations and businesses including charities, CICs, not-for-profits and sole traders. | Part of the £45m Music Growth Package. Ten decision rounds a year for the smaller strand. Covers organisational development, skills and capacity building, equipment, programming and small-scale capital. Check: Applicants must develop, promote, platform or distribute new music for commercial exploitation — a poor fit for most community groups. |
Skinners' Charity Foundation — Relief of Poverty and Hardship N83497 |
7 August 2026 (stage 1, 17:00) 10d left |
Up to £5,000 per year, for up to 3 years | High | Poverty & Hardship Older People Disability Domestic Abuse & VAWG Children & Young People London | Grassroots registered not-for-profits working in local communities in London and Kent, income under £500,000, with at least one set of examined accounts. | Explicitly London-focused and aimed at grassroots organisations. Priority groups are families, older people, people with disabilities, early years and domestic violence. Covers project and related core costs including pro-rata staffing. Check: Grant capped at 20% of the applicant's annual running costs. Two-stage process. |
AIM Museum Fundamentals Grant Programme S53353 |
7 August 2026 (expression of interest) 10d left |
Up to £20,000 | Low | Arts & Heritage | Small-to-medium museums across the UK with fewer than 50,000 visitors a year. | Core activities, collections care, staff costs, volunteer recruitment and expenses, and meeting Accreditation standards. Check: Only relevant if a member runs a museum or accredited collection. |
GSK Community Health Programme 2027 N83406 |
10 August 2026 (17:00) 13d left |
£10,000 unrestricted + leadership programme (worth ~£5,000) | High | Health & Wellbeing Infrastructure & Core Costs | Registered charities in the UK, at least 1 year old, annual income £20,000–£150,000, independently constituted from any national umbrella body. | Unrestricted money plus King's Fund leadership development, pitched exactly at very small charities tackling health inequalities. The income band suits many Sobus members. Organisations led by and supporting under-represented, ethnic minority, disabled and LGBTQ+ communities are encouraged. Check: Must be a registered charity by the deadline. |
LGBT+ Fund — London Fund (with City Bridge Foundation) N83370 |
12 August 2026 (noon) 15d left |
£2,000–£20,000 per year, for up to 3 years | High | LGBT+ Health & Wellbeing Infrastructure & Core Costs London | LGBT+ organisations across London with annual income of £500,000 or less, supporting LGBT+ communities in London for at least a year. | £785,000 available. Priority to grassroots, volunteer-led and under-resourced groups, and to intersectional communities: D/deaf, disabled and neurodivergent LGBT+ people, LGBTQIA+ women, and LGBT+ people of faith. Funds core and running costs including salaries, rent and utilities. Check: Groups just outside London can apply if most work benefits LGBT+ Londoners. |
Heart Research UK — Healthy Heart Grants (England South) S38873 |
12 August 2026 (17:00) 15d left |
Up to £15,000 (one grant) | High | Health & Wellbeing Older People Food & Healthy Eating Sport & Physical Activity | Small registered charities and CICs with annual income under £1m. | The England South region explicitly includes Inner London – West, which covers Hammersmith & Fulham. Funds salaries, overheads and equipment for new community heart-health projects focused on nutrition, physical activity, smoking or alcohol. Check: Only one grant is available. Projects must run 3–12 months and target vulnerable or isolated groups. |
Skinners' Company — Young People's Vocational Development (NEET) N83498 |
14 August 2026 (expression of interest, 17:00) 17d left |
Up to £10,000 per year, possibly up to 3 years | High | Children & Young People Employment & Skills London | Registered not-for-profits with annual turnover up to £1m and at least one set of examined accounts. | Primarily for London and Kent. Supports NEET young people into work, with a preference for programmes leading to a vocational qualification. Check: Project funding, not general organisational costs. Two-stage process. |
B&Q Foundation — Home Improvement Grants N83478 |
14 August 2026 17d left |
Up to £10,000 | Medium | Housing & Homelessness Domestic Abuse & VAWG Disability Poverty & Hardship | UK-registered charities only. | Essential home improvements for people facing homelessness, domestic abuse, disability, illness or financial hardship, plus gardens and community space. Check: CICs and unregistered community groups are not eligible. A Neighbourly profile is required. |
B&Q Foundation — Home Starter Kit Grants N83477 |
14 August 2026 17d left |
Up to £10,000 (max £500 per kit) | Medium | Housing & Homelessness Poverty & Hardship Domestic Abuse & VAWG | UK-registered charities providing home-starter packs. | White goods, furniture, bedding, flooring, lighting, safety items and gift cards for people moving into a home after homelessness, domestic abuse or hardship. Check: Kits must be delivered within 12 months. |
National Archives — Engagement Grants N83474 |
14 August 2026 17d left |
Up to £3,000 | Low | Arts & Heritage | Not-for-profits, public bodies and business archives working with archival collections in England or Wales. | Outreach and engagement connecting archives with communities. Current theme is 'Belonging'. Covers events, materials and staff time. Check: Applicant needs an archival collection to work with. |
GSK IMPACT Awards 2027 N83405 |
19 August 2026 (stage 1, 17:00) 22d left |
£50,000 unrestricted (10 winners); £5,000 (5 runners-up) | High | Health & Wellbeing Infrastructure & Core Costs | Registered charities at least 3 years old, working in a health-related field in the UK, annual income £150,000–£3m, independently constituted from any national umbrella body. | Unrestricted funding plus around £13,500 of free training and 12 months of pro bono legal support. Recognises existing excellence rather than funding new projects, so no new delivery burden. Check: Two-stage process. Community can be geographical or a community of interest. |
King Charles III Charitable Fund — Small Grants N83440 |
Opens 5 August, closes 19 August 2026 (noon) 22d left |
Up to £3,000 per year, up to 3 years (£9,000 total) | Medium | Arts & Heritage Children & Young People Employment & Skills | UK-registered not-for-profits with annual income £25,000–£500,000. | This round covers heritage and conservation, and education, training and employability — including education through music, arts, sport and outdoor pursuits. Priority to projects serving the most disadvantaged communities. Check: Very short two-week window. Restricted funding, though core costs directly attributable to the project are allowed. |
Heathrow Community Trust — Communities Together Small Grants N83417 |
20 August 2026 (10:00) 23d left |
Up to £5,000 per year, for up to 2 years | Medium | Environment & Green Space Health & Wellbeing Infrastructure & Core Costs London | Charities, social enterprises, not-for-profit companies, local authorities and community groups across the nine London boroughs surrounding Heathrow Airport. | Community cohesion, social inclusion, local environment and community facilities. Covers capital costs, delivery salaries and up to 15% overheads. Priority explicitly given to smaller local organisations. Check: Confirm Hammersmith & Fulham is one of the nine boroughs in the Trust's target area before investing time — the article does not name them. |
CHIP Community Chest Fund (CHIC) S52507 |
21 August 2026 24d left |
Up to £5,000 per organisation per year | Medium | Health & Wellbeing Employment & Skills Environment & Green Space Criminal Justice | Community groups, charities, social enterprises, CICs, uniformed groups and sports clubs known to a social housing provider that is a CHIC member. | Broad remit: social and community development, health and wellbeing, crime and justice, pre-employment support, environmental sustainability. Covers equipment, materials, paid staff, contractors, travel and volunteer expenses. Check: Hard gate — you must name CHIC-member housing providers aware of your activities. Check the CHIC member list for H&F providers first. |
Wingate Foundation N83423 |
21 August 2026 (17:00) 24d left |
Discretionary | Medium | Arts & Heritage Faith & Community Buildings Refugees & Migrants | Smaller UK-registered charities. | Music and performing arts, with priority for active participation by often-excluded adults (homeless people, asylum seekers, prisoners, NEET young people) and by children facing significant barriers. Also Jewish/interfaith relations and cross-cultural understanding. Check: Registered charities only. |
Henry Smith Foundation — Welcome for Newcomers Fund N83403 |
26 August 2026 (expression of interest, 17:00) 29d left |
£200,000 over 3 years (20 grants) | High | Refugees & Migrants Advice & Advocacy Infrastructure & Core Costs | Registered charities, CIOs, asset-locked not-for-profit CICs and other not-for-profit charitable organisations in the UK. | Flexible running-cost funding for organisations supporting refugees, people seeking asylum and migrants including those with no recourse to public funds. Substantial multi-year core funding is rare. Check: Requires long-term access to safe physical space and a track record across specialist support, belonging and influencing work. Use the online eligibility checker first. |
Hilden Charitable Fund — UK Programmes N83513 |
27 August 2026 (15:00) 30d left |
£5,000–£7,000 per year, for up to 2 years | Medium | Refugees & Migrants Criminal Justice Infrastructure & Core Costs | Registered charities, CIOs, charitable companies and excepted charities with total annual income under £200,000. | £400,000 available for asylum seekers and refugees, and penal affairs work in and after prison. Unrestricted grants are available where all of an organisation's work meets the criteria. Check: If oversubscribed, priority may be given to organisations based outside Greater London — a real risk for H&F applicants. |
Schroder Charity Trust N83404 |
28 August 2026 (17:00) 31d left |
Up to £5,000 (core and project costs) | High | Poverty & Hardship Older People Children & Young People Housing & Homelessness Carers | UK-registered charities with income £150,000–£1m, operating in areas in the top 20% of the Indices of Multiple Deprivation. | Covers core costs as well as project costs. Priorities include financial hardship advice, reducing isolation and maximising independence for older people, youth work, young carers, care leavers, literacy and homelessness prevention. Check: The top-20% IMD requirement matters — check which H&F wards qualify before applying. |
LNER Customer and Community Investment Fund S43971 |
31 August 2026 (23:59) 34d left |
Up to £10,000 | Medium | Mental Health Health & Wellbeing Environment & Green Space Employment & Skills | Charities, community groups and other not-for-profits within 15 miles of the East Coast Main Line. Preference for charities with income under £1m. | Themes are equality and inclusion, positive mental health and bringing communities together, skilled and inclusive communities, and reducing waste. H&F sits roughly six miles from King's Cross, the southern terminus of the route. Check: Confirm with LNER that the 15-mile catchment is measured from the route including its London terminus — this is the one assumption worth checking. |
Democratic Engagement Fund N83495 |
31 August 2026 34d left |
Up to £25,000 (up to £50,000 exceptionally) | Medium | Advice & Advocacy Children & Young People Disability Poverty & Hardship | Civil society organisations with income £50,000–£1m, delivering community-based, politically neutral projects in England. | £2.5m fund aimed at people least likely to engage with democracy — young people, ethnic minority groups, homeless people, disabled people and people from low socio-economic backgrounds. Around 80–100 projects will be funded. Check: Projects must be politically neutral. Focus on areas with historically low engagement. |
Woodroffe Benton Foundation — Small Grants N83505 |
Round two: 1–31 August 2026 34d left |
£500–£2,500 (one-off) | Medium | Disability Health & Wellbeing Environment & Green Space | UK-registered charities with annual income under £750,000, operating for at least two years. | Primarily core operating costs — rare for a small grant. Improves quality of life and social engagement for people with severe physical or learning disabilities. Check: This round focuses on helping people access the natural world and spend time outdoors. |
Youth Endowment Fund — VAWG Prevention (Objective 2) N83430 |
2 September 2026 (09:00) 36d left |
No maximum cap set for this round | Medium | Domestic Abuse & VAWG Children & Young People Mental Health | Registered charities, companies, statutory bodies and CICs delivering in England. | Early targeted support for 10–18 year olds showing emerging concerns around gender norms and relationships, delivered mainly through schools and colleges. Covers staff, training, materials, travel, venues, supervision and overheads. Check: Requires an emerging theory of change and willingness to work with an independent evaluator. |
Henry Smith Foundation — Career Ready Fund N83421 |
2 September 2026 (expression of interest, 17:00) 36d left |
£200,000 over 4 years (£50,000/year, up to 8 grants) | Medium | Disability Children & Young People Employment & Skills | Registered charities, CIOs, asset-locked CICs and other not-for-profits in the UK with annual income of £3m or less and at least one year of examined accounts. | Job coach-led careers education for young people with learning disabilities in mainstream and SEND school settings, building pathways into supported internships and paid work. Check: Requires established school partnerships. Use the online eligibility checker first. |
Heathrow Community Trust — Environment and Sustainability Grants N83416 |
3 September 2026 37d left |
Up to £15,000 | Medium | Environment & Green Space London | Charities, community groups, social enterprises, local authorities and not-for-profit companies across the nine London boroughs surrounding Heathrow Airport. | Sustainable development in community buildings, protecting the natural environment, and reduce/reuse/recycle projects. Covers capital costs, delivery salaries and up to 15% overheads, with priority to smaller local organisations. Check: Same catchment check as the Trust's small grants programme. |
Reach for the Sky Challenge Fund S50680 |
4 September 2026 (12:00) 38d left |
No set minimum or maximum (£750,000 total) | Low | Children & Young People Employment & Skills | Registered charities and organisations registered with Companies House, including exempt charities and CICs. Delivery must be not-for-profit and focused mainly on England. | Outreach helping young people aged 16+ into aviation and aerospace careers, reducing barriers for under-represented groups. Careers guidance, employer engagement and recruitment support all qualify. Joint bids permitted. Check: Sector-specific. Applicants must set out gold, silver and bronze delivery ambitions. |
Strategic Legal Fund N83508 |
7 September 2026 (then 26 October) 41d left |
Up to £30,000 (average £12,000–£15,000) | Medium | Refugees & Migrants Advice & Advocacy | Not-for-profit organisations and solicitors offering specialist legal advice; law firm work must be non-profit-making with a pro bono element. | Strategic legal work on immigration, asylum, human rights, education, housing, welfare benefits, discrimination and community care where the outcome goes beyond the individual case. Check: Most awards run six months or less. Covers pre-litigation research and third-party interventions. |
City Bridge Foundation — Climate and Environmental Justice Programme N83413 |
8 September 2026 (noon) 42d left |
£125,000–£450,000 over 5 years | High | Environment & Green Space Poverty & Hardship Infrastructure & Core Costs London | Community-led organisations across London with income £50,000–£1.5m, working with communities most affected by climate and environmental injustice. | £5.6m available as five-year core grants covering salaries, wellbeing, training, overheads and infrastructure. Approaches are place-based resilience, community organising and influence, and storytelling and narrative change. Long, flexible core funding of this size is unusual. Check: Must be genuinely community-led and link immediate needs to longer-term systems change. |
Lloyds Bank Foundation — Going Place to Live: New Beginnings S55777 |
9 September 2026 (17:00) 43d left |
£100,000 or £200,000 over 4 years | High | Housing & Homelessness Criminal Justice Domestic Abuse & VAWG Refugees & Migrants Infrastructure & Core Costs | Registered charities, CIOs and CICs in England, Wales or the Isle of Man with income £25,000–£2m and at least one year of frontline delivery. | £8m across 40–50 awards. Unrestricted, holistic support covering housing, welfare, immigration and health. Beneficiary groups are people leaving prison, care leavers, domestic abuse survivors and people leaving the asylum system with right to remain. Check: Needs at least three unrelated trustees, published accounts and appropriate safeguarding and insurance. |
Thomas Wall Trust S32659 |
11 September 2026 (stage 1, noon) 45d left |
Up to £5,000 | High | Employment & Skills Disability Refugees & Migrants Mental Health | UK-registered charities with annual turnover £25,000–£500,000. | Communication skills for disadvantaged adults of working age moving toward employment. Explicitly welcomes proposals targeting women, people with physical, mental or learning disabilities, and refugees. Check: Beneficiaries must gain an accredited vocational qualification during or within two months of the project. No capital costs. Decisions November 2026. |
Mayor of London — Investment in Youth Clubs Programme N83486 |
14 September 2026 (noon) 48d left |
£200,000–£850,000 | High | Children & Young People Mental Health Employment & Skills Infrastructure & Core Costs London | One lead VCS organisation per London borough, working with specialist paid delivery partners. | £30m programme awarding 33 grants — one in every London borough plus the City. That means a Hammersmith & Fulham allocation is effectively ring-fenced. Funds frontline youth workers, programme delivery, proportionate building running costs and workforce development for October 2026–September 2029. Check: The lead organisation needs a physical space with safe capacity for at least 50 young people at once, multi-room or large open-plan, suitable for high-volume delivery. Only one award per borough, so Sobus may want to broker a single strong H&F bid. |
City of London Corporation — Enjoying Green Spaces and the Natural Environment S43994 |
21 September 2026 (noon) 55d left |
£2,000–£15,000 | Low | Environment & Green Space Children & Young People Health & Wellbeing | Registered charities, CICs and other not-for-profits. | Connecting communities with green spaces, opportunities for children and young people to engage with nature, and improving wellbeing through green space. Up to three years. Check: Projects must benefit the City of London Corporation's own green spaces — Hampstead Heath, Epping Forest, West Ham Park, Queen's Park, Burnham Beeches and similar. None are in H&F, so this suits outreach or trips to those sites rather than local park work. |
London Marathon Foundation — Active Spaces Fund N83479 |
23 September 2026 (full application; EOI any time) 57d left |
£10,000–£80,000 | High | Sport & Physical Activity Disability Older People Children & Young People Health & Wellbeing London | Not-for-profit groups, community enterprises, local authorities, statutory bodies and schools across London. | Improving spaces and facilities so the least active people can be more active. Target audiences include children and young people, ethnically diverse groups, lower socio-economic groups, women and girls, disabled people, people with long-term conditions, over-65s and LGBTQ+ communities. Check: Expression of interest required first; three full-application deadlines a year. |
Ingenious Public Engagement Grants (Royal Academy of Engineering) N83476 |
23 September 2026 (16:00) 57d left |
£3,000–£30,000 | Low | Children & Young People Employment & Skills | Youth charities, schools, colleges, universities, arts and cultural organisations and public engagement professionals, working with UK-based engineers. | Priority to projects reaching diverse and under-represented audiences, including communities in the most deprived neighbourhoods. Covers salaries, events, materials and travel. Check: Requires partnering with graduate-level engineers. Public activities must be free. |
London Community Energy Fund — Phase Nine N83385 |
25 September 2026 (expression of interest) 59d left |
Up to £10,000 (feasibility) or up to £60,000 (delivery) | Medium | Environment & Green Space Infrastructure & Core Costs London | Small not-for-profit organisations across Greater London. | Carbon reduction and community energy across London, including resilience for communities vulnerable to high energy costs. Community energy organisations can claim up to 25% of their grant as core funding. Check: Delivery grants capped at one third of capital value. Two-stage process. |
AB Charitable Trust N83439 |
23 October 2026 (July round has closed) 87d left |
Typically £10,000–£40,000 per year, 1–3 years | Medium | Refugees & Migrants Criminal Justice Advice & Advocacy | UK-registered charities based and working in the UK with annual income £150,000–£1.5m and at least a year of examined accounts. | Human dignity and human rights of marginalised people: migrants and refugees, the criminal legal system and penal reform, access to justice, and the human rights framework. Check: The priority area must be the sole or majority focus of the organisation. Only around a third of eligible applicants are funded. Note the July deadline moved to 24 July and has now passed. |
National Churches Trust — Large Grants S44009 |
3 November 2026 (stage 1, midnight) 98d left |
£10,000–£50,000 (average around £21,000) | Medium | Faith & Community Buildings Arts & Heritage | Listed and unlisted Christian places of worship of any denomination in the UK, open for at least six services of public worship a year. | Urgent structural repairs, or installing kitchens and toilets — the works that let a church hall carry community activity. Priority to buildings with strong community engagement. Check: At least 50% match funding required. Repair projects must cost over £80,000; kitchen and toilet installations over £30,000. The Trust seeks more non-Anglican applications. |
Social Investment Gateway Programme (School for Social Entrepreneurs) N83501 |
6 November 2026 (noon) 101d left |
Match Trading grant up to £18,000, or repayable grant up to £24,000 | Medium | Infrastructure & Core Costs Employment & Skills | England-based charities, social enterprises and community organisations with annual income above £100,000 and an active trading model. | Free 12-month support programme plus a grant, aimed at organisations wanting to strengthen trading and get investment-ready within three years. Includes coaching, investment surgeries and help with pricing, financial strategy, governance and impact evidence. Check: This cohort runs March 2027–February 2028. Organisations below £100,000 income can contact SSE directly. |
Access Foundation — Digital Divide Grants S55759 |
No deadline — open now rolling |
£20,000–£50,000 | High | Digital Inclusion Older People Poverty & Hardship | Bona fide charities and not-for-profit organisations. | Making computing facilities, support and learning available to disadvantaged and vulnerable people. Rolling applications with decisions inside 16 weeks, and a grant size that is meaningful without being a mega-bid. Check: Restricted funding — must be tied to specific services or projects with measurable outcomes. Projects up to one year. |
Albert Gubay Charitable Foundation — General Fund N83482 |
Open now — but can close suddenly rolling |
Grants over £5,000 preferred, projects of 1–3 years | Medium | Housing & Homelessness Domestic Abuse & VAWG Criminal Justice Disability Carers Faith & Community Buildings Sport & Physical Activity | Registered charities with annual expenditure under £10m working in England, Wales, the Isle of Man or the Republic of Ireland. | Unusually broad priority list: modern slavery, domestic abuse, ex-offenders and families, homelessness, terminal illness and carers, substance misuse, intellectual disability, care leavers, energy efficiency for places of worship with community use, and disability sport. Check: Applications can close at short notice — apply early. Short online form first. |
Tesco Fruit and Veg Grants N83515 |
Open all year; shortlisting every four months rolling |
Up to £1,500 / £1,000 / £500 by customer vote | Medium | Food & Healthy Eating Children & Young People Poverty & Hardship | Schools, registered charities and not-for-profits including voluntary and community groups, social enterprises and local authorities. CICs must be limited by guarantee and trading for at least two years. | Breakfast and after-school clubs, holiday clubs and holiday hunger, growing projects, cooking sessions, youth clubs and support for foodbanks. One of the few options genuinely open to unincorporated community groups. Check: Awarded by in-store customer vote, so the outcome is not in the applicant's control. |
Youth Jobs Grant (DWP) N83373 |
Open — applications any time rolling |
£3,000 per eligible hire | Medium | Employment & Skills Children & Young People Infrastructure & Core Costs | Employers of any size in Great Britain registered with HMRC, including sole traders. | Relevant to Sobus members as employers rather than as grant applicants: £3,000 for recruiting an 18–24 year old who has been on Universal Credit and job-seeking for six months or more. Paid £1,800 at six weeks and £1,200 at 18 weeks. Check: Roles must be at least 25 hours a week and expected to last at least four months. |
DWP Pathways to Work Innovation Fund S55764 |
Opens September 2026 rolling |
Not yet confirmed (£60m total) | Medium | Disability Health & Wellbeing Employment & Skills Mental Health | Organisations across the UK including charities, businesses and public sector bodies. | New approaches to supporting disabled people and people with health conditions into and staying in work. Cross-sector collaboration is explicitly in scope. Check: Eligibility, award sizes and assessment criteria not yet published. Worth registering interest now. |
Rayne Foundation N83367 |
Rolling programme closed 10 July 2026 rolling |
Typically £10,000–£30,000 per year | Medium | Refugees & Migrants Older People Carers | Voluntary, statutory and for-profit organisations including CICs and CIOs across the UK. | Priorities are opportunities for refugees and asylum seekers, and quality of life for people in later life and their carers — both core H&F concerns. Check: The open rolling programme has closed. The Foundation is moving to time-limited targeted calls; watch for the first one. |
MSE Charity N83401 |
Summer round closed 13 July 2026; winter round to follow rolling |
£2,000–£10,000 | Medium | Poverty & Hardship Advice & Advocacy | UK charities, CICs, credit unions, not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee and social enterprises with income £10,000–£600,000, active at least 18 months. | Financial capability work — money management workshops, training volunteers as peer supporters, upskilling staff to support clients on money. Check: Windows are very short (one week). Set a reminder for the winter round. |
DCMS 'Turn It Up' plan for music — |
Policy announcement — schemes opening separately rolling |
Various (£45m package, £12.5m libraries, £10m mentoring) | Low | Arts & Heritage Children & Young People | Not an open fund — a national strategy consolidating several programmes. | Two elements are worth tracking locally: Music in Libraries (£12.5m) turning public libraries into community music hubs, and the Creative Mentoring Programme (£10m) for care-experienced children and young people. Check: No application route yet. Watch for the individual schemes opening. |
Recorded so nobody re-checks the same dead ends next month.