Funding Portals
You can use the following Funding Portals for your funding search some of which may require a Subscription Fee:
My Funding Central – Free for Groups with annual turnover of less than £30,000. Fees apply above this level.
https://www.myfundingcentral.co.uk/
Funds Online – Subscription Fees start from £150 + VAT for Charities
Grants Online – Subscription Fees start from £15 + VAT for one month and £99 + VAT for one year
https://www.grantsonline.org.uk/
Charitable Excellence – The free Charity Excellence Framework online toolkit, enables any non-profit to health check every area of activity in under half a day, with its own Quality Mark and the largest resource base in the sector, including 100s of organisations that provide free goods and services. Its Funding Finder database gives you click through to a huge range of funders, with the latest uploaded weekly into the Recent Additions search category. Everything is free.
Gov.uk – Find a Grant – Find a grant is a service that allows you to search government grants.
https://www.find-government-grants.service.gov.uk/
Available Grants
Use the links below to find a funder and grant scheme for your group. You can use the search box on the top right of the table to find the grants you are looking for by either geographical location, the funder’s priorities or type of funding you want.
You can also use the arrows at the top of each column to sort the grants into Alphabetical order.
If you need support with your funding application, you can get in touch with your local service.
Current Grant Funding Schemes
| Name of Grant | Funder / Grant Manager | Amount Awarded (£) | Area Covered | Criteria | Deadlines | More Info / Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Human Rights Framework | AB Charitable Trust | Unrestricted | Lincolnshire | To be eligible for our open programme, an applicant will: -Work in one of our priority areas. -Be registered as a UK charity delivering work in the UK. -Have an annual income between 150k and 1.5m. -Have operated for at least a year. -Deliver activities to protect the human rights framework and the principles of human rights and the rule of law, including campaigning, advocacy and narrative change work. | 31/01/2025 25/04/2025 25/07/2025 | The A B Charitable Trust, an independent grant-making organisation |
| Animal Friends Pet Insurance | Animal Friends Pet Insurance | No limit | Lincolnshire | Supports animal initiatives and causes, including: - Emergency and crisis appeals. - Long term welfare and conservation projects. - One-off requests. | Rolling | Animal Friends Pet Insurance |
| The Veterans' Capital Housing Fund | Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust | Between 75,000 and 500,000 | Lincolnshire | Themes and priorities – We want to support projects that need help to refurbish or extend existing accommodation or build new accommodation to house Veterans. You can apply for this programme if your project will: • Enable major refurbishment of existing social rented or affordable rented homes for Veterans • Enable extensions of existing buildings to increase the availability of Veteran housing • Increase the number of new build, homes/housing units available to Veterans at affordable or social rents • Ensure properties meet decent homes and energy efficiency standards | 08/01/2025 | Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust |
| Hidden Voices | Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust | Up to 20,000 | Lincolnshire | Projevcts that address mental health and wellbeing in marginalised groups within the Armed Forces. Meet the following outcomes: - Collaborative partnerships built. - Identifying gaps in service provision. - Providing accessible and defined interventions. Enhance awwwareness and understanding of needs of Armed Forces community. | 08/01/2025 | Armed Forces - Hidden Voices Fund |
| Arnold Clark Community Support Fund | Arnold Clark | No limit | Lincolnshire | Applications to Our Communities Support are only eligible if in one of the following categories: animal welfare (benefiting humans), arts and culture, community development, disability, education, recreation, relief support and mental health support – where people/communities in the UK are the primary and immediate focus of investment. Applications are also only eligible if they’re made by an organisation that is based/operates solely in the UK and is located within 50 miles of an Arnold Clark branch. | Rolling | Arnold Clark Community Fund |
| Student Opportunities Programme | Art Fund | Up to 10,000 | Lincolnshire | The aim of this funding is to help museums, galleries and visual arts organisations provide paid opportunities for full-time university students to gain meaningful, developmental work experience. | 09/05/2025 19/09/2025 | Art Fund |
| Creative People and Places National Portfolio Fund | Arts Council England | Between 750,000 and 1,000,000 | Boston, East Lindsey | The central aims of the programme are: -Engage more people -Empower communities -Encourage partnerships -Take an Action Research approach | 16/01/2025 | Arts Council |
| Outdoor Community Spaces Fund | Asda Foundation | up to 3,000 | Lincolnshire | Aims: - Transform an outdoor area, creating greener and more engaging community spaces. - Create or enhance community growing projects. - Enable community clean ups / litter picks (grants for community clean ups only will be capped at £500). | 11/02/2025 | ASDA Foundation - Outdoor Community Spaces Fund |
| Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust | Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust | Round 1: 1,000 Round 2: 5,000 Round 3: 1,000 Round 4: 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Rounds 1 and 2: Improving Access to performing arts Rounds 3 and 4: Projects focusing exclusively on refugees and/or asylum seekers | Round 1: 01/02/2025 - 28/02/2025 Round 2: 01/04/2025 - 30/4/2025 Round 3: 01/07/2025 - 31/07/2025 Round 4: 1/09/2025 to 30/09/2025 | Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust |
| General Grants Fund | Baily Thomas | General grants for 9,000 and over and Small grants for under 9,000. | Lincolnshire | Grants to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disabilities. | 01/03/2025 | Baily Thomas |
| Community Impact Grants | Benefact Trust | Based on total costs of project and match funding secured. Size of grant based on total project costs calculated by Grants Officer. | Lincolnshire | Capital and Revenue costs to: 1) Grow congregations and Christian communities 2) Addressing social challenges facing communities 3) Enabling wider community use of church buildings 4) Empowering Christian education | Rolling | Benefact Trust - Community Impact Grants |
| Building Improvement Grants | Benefact Trust | Based on total costs of project and match funding secured. Size of grant based on total project costs calculated by Grants Officer. | Lincolnshire | Capital costs for churches, cathedrals, denominational bodies and Christian charities to support with: - Essential one-off works - Minor capital works - Conservation of historic features. - Aesthetic enhancements. - Energy efficiency methods. | Rolling | Benefact Trust - Building Improvement Grants |
| Methodist Grants | Benefact Trust | Up to 100,000 | Lincolnshire | Grants to Methodist churches for building development projects to support church growth, community engagement and improving accessibility. | Rolling | Benefact Trust - Methodist Grants |
| Heritage Skills Grants | Benefact Trust | Funds specific individuals through training for up to 3 years. | Lincolnshire | Offers funding to any registered charity around training for heritage skills specifically towards Christian buildings. | Rolling | Benefact Trust - Heritage Skills |
| Bernard Sunley Foundation | Bernard Sunley Foundation | Small Grants: Up to 5,000 Medium Grants: 5,001 to 20,000 Large Grants: 20,000 and up | Lincolnshire | Give grants around priorities of Community, Education, Health and Social Welfare. Can support: - Capital buildings - New minibuses and vehicles | Rolling | Bernard Sunley Foundation |
| Biffa Award | Biffa | Between 10,000 and 75,000 | Within 5/10 miles of licensed landfill site or 10/15 miles of significant operation. | Projects must respond to one of the following: - Rebuilding Biodiversity - Community buildings - Recreation - Cultural Facilities | Rolling | Biffa Award |
| Community Fund | BNA Charity Incorporated Organisation | No limit | Lincoln and Lincolnshire | Supporting projects that make a real difference in the UK. | 07/01/2025 | BNA Charity |
| Small Grants Scheme | Boston Town Area Committee (BTAC) | Up to 1,000 | Boston | Projects that support the town centre wards of Boston | 30/01/2025 | BTAC - Small Grants Scheme |
| Project Grants | Bourne United Charities | No limit | Bourne, Cawthorpe, Dyke or Twenty | Projects that support residents within Bourne, Cawthorpe Dyke and Twenty | Rolling | Bourne United Charities |
| Core Grants | Children In Need | Up to 40,000 per year for 3 years | Lincolnshire | Core costs including: - Management and administration - HR and payroll - General office expenses - Accountancy and audit - Communications and outreach - Monitoring, evaluation. - Governance, regulatory, and compliance costs | Rolling | Children in Need - Core Costs |
| Project Grants | Children In Need | Up to 40,000 per year for 3 years | Lincolnshire | Project costs that supports a specific piece of work to support children and young people. | Rolling | Children in Need - Project Costs |
| Grants to help disadvantaged people to access the benefits of the countryside | CLA Charitable Trust | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | We support a wide range of organisations providing activities engaging young people and communities in these areas. This includes but are not limitied to: -Farms providing day or residential experiences for disabled or disadvantaged young people. - Growing projects inlcuding horticultural therapy and community projects supporting people through outdoor activities and gardening. -Forest school type activities giving people the opportunity to utilise their outdoor spaces for the benefit of their mental and physical wellbeing. -Conservation and environmental projects giving people the chance to learn about the natural environment and how to care for it. | Rolling | CLA Trust |
| Music Grants for Older People | Concertina | Up to 250 | Lincolnshire | Grants fo charitable bodies which provide musical entertainment and related activties for the elderly. | 30/04/2025 | Concertina |
| Customer Donation Fund | Co-operative bank | Up to 1,000 | Lincolnshire | Any interested Community Directplus account holders can apply for up to £1,000 from the fund to support their community initiatives and activites. | Rolling | The Co-operative Bank |
| Community Energy Fund | Department for Energy Security and Net Zero, Midlands Net Zero Hub | Stage 1 Feasibility Grant of up to 40,000. Stage 2 Development Grant of up to 100,000. | Lincolnshire | The funding will help to kickstart clean energy projects including small-scale wind farms and rooftop solar partnerships, as well as battery storage, rural heat networks, electric vehicle charging points. It can also be used to fund fuel poverty alleviation schemes such as energy efficiency, retrofit, and advice projects. Applicants need to show that a good level of community engagement has been carried out and that there is genuine community support for the project, including plans for ongoing community engagement. | Rolling | Midland Net Zero Hub |
| Edith Murphy Foundation | Edith Murphy Foundation | Between 500 to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Projects that support the following: - Carry out research, - Supporting disadvantaged individuals. - Relieve the suffering and care for unwanted animals. | Rolling | Edith Murphy Foundation |
| Edward Gostling Foundation Rolling | Edward Gostling Foundation | Up to 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Themes are: - Health & Wellbeing - Independent Living at Home - Respite - Transition | Rolling | Edward Gostling Foundation |
| Community Action Fund | FCC Communities Foundation | Between 2,000 and 100,000 | Within 10 miles of a FCC Environment waste facility | They will fund projects, that support the: - Supply or improvement of a public amenity. - Delivery of biodiversity conservation for UK species or habitats. - Repair or renovation of historic or architecturally significant buildings. | Round 1: 04/12/2024 to 19/02/2025 Round 2: 26/02/2025 to 14/05/2025 Round 3: 04/06/2025 to 20/08/2025 Round 4: 03/09/2025 to 10/11/2025 | FFC Communities Foundation |
| Small Grants Scheme | Foyle Foundations | Between 2,000 and 10,000 | Lincolnshire | The Foyle Foundation accepts applications from the following UK based organisations: Arts charities, Learning charities, Small charities, State Funded Schools, Special Education Needs providers. Projects need to be completed during 2025. | 31/01/2025 | Foyle Foundation |
| Garfield Weston Foundation | Garfield Weston Foundation | Between 1,000 to 100,000 and 100,000 + | Lincolnshire | Capital and revenue projects should have a focus on one of the following: - Arts - Community - Education - Environment - Faith - Health - Museums & Heritage - Welfare - Youth | Rolling | Garfield Weston Foundation |
| Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust | Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust | Up to 1,000 | Boston and Lincoln | The Trust supports: - Care for older people - Medical health volunteer schemes, respite care, hospices. - Physical/mental health. support for the less able. - Children’s charities enhancing sports/social opportunities. - Church based projects with a proven outreach factor. - Education reading support, literacy advocation, one to one support. | Rolling | Hillards Charitable Trust |
| Greenhall Foundation | Greenhall Foundation | Between 1,000 and 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Projects should help improve lives. Prefers to fund permanent equipment / buildings. | Round 1: Opens 03/03/2025 to when 150 applications received Round 2: Opens 1/09/2025 to when 150 applications received. | GreenHall Foundation |
| Help the Homeless | Help the Homeless | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | For small charitable organisations whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to rebuild their lives. | 15/03/2025 15/06/2025 15/09/2025 15/12/2025 | Help the Homeless |
| Grants to enable disadvantaged young people | Ironmongers Company | Up to 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Projects must: - Be for children and young people under 25 who are disadvantaged. -Consst of educational activites that develop learning, motivation and skills. -Have clear aims and a planned timescale. | 31/07/2025 | Ironmongers Company |
| Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust | Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust | Between 1,000 and 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Objectives are - to benefit or protect animals - to relieve animals from suffering - to conserve wild life - to encourage the understanding of animals | 01/04/2025 01/08/2025 | Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust |
| Beatrice Laing Trust | Laing Family Trust | Between 2,000 and 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Priority areas are: - New church buildings, extensions and redevelopments. - To support the disadvantaged and vulnerable including homeless, ex-offenders, the elderly and former service personnel - Physical, mental and learning difficulties and | Rolling | Beatrice Laing Trust |
| Kirby Laing Trust | Laing Family Trust | Between 2,000 and 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Priority areas are: - Promotion of Christian faith. - Education and youth development. - Culture and the environment. | Rolling | Kirby Laing Trust |
| Len Pick Trust | Len Pick Trust | Up to 1,000, 1,000 and Above | Bourne, Dyke, Cawthorpe, Twenty, | Projects must benefit the residents of Bourne and the surrounding areas. | Rolling | Len Pick Trust |
| Bicker Wind Farm Trust | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 5,000 | 10 mile radius of Bicker Fen | Practical or educational projects that contribute to conservation, energy efficiency or environmental improvements. | 01/04/2025 01/10/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Bicker Wind Farm Trust |
| Bishop of Lincoln’s Social Justice Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 2,500 | Lincolnshire | Addressing root causes of social injustice such as poverty, loneliness, isolation and homelessness. | 15/01/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Bishop of Lincoln Social Justice Fund |
| Evan Cornish Grassroots Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 6,000 | Lincolnshire | To make life more comfortable, ease distress and isolation for those most in need in Greater Lincolnshire. | 01/03/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Evan Cornish Grassroots Fund |
| Grange Wind Farm Community Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 5,000 | Within a 10 mile radius of the wind farm at Tydd St Mary in South Holland | Projects include: - Diversionary and educational activities for young people - Support for meeting places. - Energy efficiency schemes - Projects for older people to tackle isolation, loneliness and dementia. | 01/06/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Grange Wind Farm |
| High Sherriffs' Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Not for profit community groups delivering services that benefit people living in Lincolnshire can apply for grants of up to £5,000 provided they address community safety and crime reduction initiatives. | 01/03/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Fund |
| Horncastle Health and Wellbeing Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 2,000 | Horncastle and Surrounding Districts | Support residents of Horncastle and the surrounding district who may be sick, convalescent, disabled or in need of financial assistance. | 01/03/2025 01/09/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation - Horncastle Health and Wellbeing Fund |
| UK Shared Prosperity GRASSroots Grants Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 24,999 | South Holland | Strengthen the social fabric of communities, building pride in place by improving local community infrastructure, creating opportunities for social connections to develop and thrive. | 17/01/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation - UK Shared Prosperity GRASSroots Fund |
| Sutton Bridge Solar Farm Community Fund | Lincolnshire Community Foundation | Up to 5,000 | Sutton Bridge | To support voluntary & community sector groups and organisations to deliver projects improving the lives of people living in Sutton Bridge. | 01/05/2025 | Lincolnshire Community Foundation |
| Community Wildlife Grant | Lincolnshire County Council | Between 50 and 500 | Lincolnshire | Priorities are: - to protect, improve or promote wildlife - promote access to and enjoyment of the countryside - local communities support and may undertake | Rolling | Lincolnshire County Council - Community Wildlife Grant |
| Specialist Funding | Lloyds Bank Foundation | Up to 75,000 over 3 years | Lincolnshire | Supporting registered charities whose main focus is to support one of the following themes: - Addiction - Asylum seekers and refugees - Care leavers - Domestic abuse - Homelessness - Offending - Sexual abuse and exploitation - Trafficking and modern slavery | 23/01/2025 | Lloyds Foundation - Specialist Funding |
| Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust | Margaret Dobson Further Education Trust | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | To support people with learning disabilities aged 18 to 25 outside the school environment | 01/01/2025 to 31/03/2025 | Margaret Dobson Trust |
| Grants for Good, supporting small organisations | Matthew Good Foundation | 15,000 shared between 5 projects | Lincolnshire | 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. | Rolling | Matthew Good Foundation |
| UK Charitable Grants | Medlock Charitable Trust | Up to 50,000 (Average Award between 5,000 to 15,000) | Boston | Projects within Boston in the following areas: - Education - Health & social care - Housing - Sports & recreation - Arts & culture - Environment & conservation - Community services - Employment | Rolling | Medlock Charitable Trust |
| Michael Cornish Charitable Trust | Michael Cornish Charitable Trust | Average Award 2,000 | Lincolnshire | Supports the following priorities: - General Charitable Purposes - Children/ Young People - Disabled / Disabilities - Economic/ Community Development - Amateur Sport - Advancement of Health or Saving of Life | 28/02/2025 | Michael Cornish Charitable TrustMichael Cornish Charitable Trust |
| Mick George Community Fund | Mick George | Between 10,000 and 15,000 | Stamford, Market Deeping, Bourne, Wisbech | Grants are available to voluntary and community organisations for community projects. | 05/03/2025 | Mick George Community Fund |
| Morrisons Foundation | Morrisons Foundation | Up to 10,000 | Lincolnshire - near a Morrisons store | Supports the following objectives 1. Tackling poverty and social deprivation; 2. Enhancing community spaces, facilities and services; 3. Improving health and wellbeing | Rolling | Morrisons Foundation |
| Active Travel Grant Programme | Motability | 100,000 to 4,000,000 over 3 years | Lincolnshire | Focused areas include : - Providing funding to ensure the voices and needs of disabled people inform and influence design requirements, and crucially, that they are shared with industry and Government to raise awareness. - Providing funding of charitable programmes that introduce disabled people to different active travel products and services. - Supporting existing programmes that have a clear focus on increasing travel confidence and safety for disabled people, to enable them to confidently use active travel products and services. - Providing funding to schemes, programmes and initiatives that are already successful in supporting Active Travel and provide best practice solutions but need further support to remain operational or increase the service they provide, to help more disabled people. - Providing funding to programmes, charities or organisations to help fund more high quality and affordable active travel equipment for disabled people. | 31/03/2025 | Motability - Active |
| Large Grants | National Churches Trust | Up to 50,000 | Lincolnshire | For urgent and essential structural repair projects with estimated costs of at least £80,000 that will help places of worship. | 04/03/2025 | National Churches Trust - Large Grants |
| Small Grants | National Churches Trust | 500 to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Small grants to support small, urgent maintenance and repair issues or to carry out small investigative works costing up to £20,000. | 28/02/2025 | National Churches Trust - Small Grants |
| Arts Council Project Grants | National Lottery | 30,000 and under Between 30.000 &100,000 | Lincolnshire | 3 outcomes: 1. Creative people - everyone can develop and express communities throughout their life. 2. Creative communities - villages, towns and cities thrive through a collaborative approach to culture. 3. A creative and cultural country - England's cultural sector is innovative, collaborative and international. | Rolling | Arts Council |
| Awards For All | National Lottery | 300 to 20,000 (for up to 2 years) | Lincolnshire | Themes are: - 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 | Rolling | Awards For All |
| Heritage Fund Project Grants | National Lottery | 10,000 to 10,000,000 | Lincolnshire | Funding to support the following: - Nature - Designed landscapes - Large-scale rural projects - Oral history recordings - Cultural traditions - Community archaeology - Historic buildings, monuments and historic environment. - Musuems, libraries and archives. - Acquiring new objects. - Commemorations and celebrations - Industrial, maritime and transport | Rolling | Heritage Lottery Fund |
| Partnerships Fund | National Lottery | From 20,001 upwards for up to 5 years | Lincolnshire | Themes are: - 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 | Rolling | Partnerships Fund |
| Reaching Communities | National Lottery | From 20,001 upwards for up to 5 years | Lincolnshire | Themes are: - 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 | Rolling | Reaching Communities |
| North Kesteven Heritage Grants | North Kesteven District Council | Up to 3,000 | North Kesteven | Funding is available to both residential and commercial buildings, and the aim of the scheme is to preserve and enhance the District’s built heritage by encouraging the sympathetic repair of historic buildings | Rolling | North Kesteven District Council |
| Events Funding | North Kesteven District Council | No upper limit - 12,000 in pot | North Kesteven | To support new community events in North Kesteven Events must have taken place by March 2024 for this round. reopens April 2024. | Rolling | NKDC - Events Programme |
| Community Partnership Programme to Tackle Food Poverty & Support the Elderly (UK) | One Stop Community Partnership programme | Up to 1,000 | Lincolnshire | Community groups and other not for profit organisations within a two-mile radius of a One Stop shop can apply for grants of up to £1,000 through the One Stop Community Partnership programme. This programme supports projects and initiatives that are: • Tackling food poverty • Supporting the vulnerable • Supporting the elderly • Supporting low-income families • Supporting local sports teams • Improving the local environment • Reducing Waste in the community | 02/12/2024 to 24/01/2025 | One Stop Community Partnership Programme |
| East Coast Community Fund | Orsted & Grantscape | 1000 to 50,000 | East Coast of Lincolnshire | Grants will be available for: - Community buildings - Community activities and services - Environmental and public open space projects. - Sports, recreation and play. | 12/02/2025 30/07/2025 | East Coast Community Fund |
| Sports Grants | Peter Harrison Foundation Opportunities Through Sport Grant Scheme (UK) | Up to 5,000 for small grants. 5,001 – 30,000 for major grants | Lincolnshire | The aim of the grant scheme is to provide opportunities for sport and physical activity at a grassroots level that enable people who are physically, mentally, socially, or economically disadvantaged to develop personal and life skills to fulfil their potential. | 01/01/2025 01/04/2025 01/07/2025 01/10/2025 | Peter Harrison Foundation |
| Rescue Centre Grants | Pets at Home Foundation | From 250 upwards | Lincolnshire | Will support: • Vet bills • Boarding costs • Food • Equipment • Trap and Neuter Schemes • Vehicles • Building Work | Rolling | Pets FoundationPets At Home |
| Community Chest | Platform Housing Group | Up to 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Consider projects that make a difference in one of these ways: -Digital Inclusion - Health & Wellbeing - Community Cohesion - Skills and Employability - Community Safety | 23/01/2025 25/02/2025 | Platform Community Chest |
| Screwfix Foundation | Screwfix Foundation | 5000 | Lincolnshire | • The Foundation is looking to support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings. | Rolling - Reviewed Jan, Apr, July, Oct | Screwfix Foundation |
| Community Power Fund | Sleaford REP | Up to 5,000 | Sleaford, North Kesteven | Projects supported are: - The environment, sport, wellbeing and education. - Encourage community cohesion to build stronger communities. - Benefit the community/group by supporting activities and projects that bring wider community benefit. | 09/04/2025 | Community Power Fund |
| Small Grants | Sport England | 300 - 15,000 | Lincolnshire | Providing sport and physical activities for people who may be less physically active. | Rolling | Sports England - Small GrantsSport England - Together Fund |
| Stronger Starts Grant | Tesco Community Foundation | Up to 1500 | Lincolnshire | Priority given to projects that provide food security and support to young people. | Rolling on a quarterly basis | Tesco Community Grants |
| Young People in England | The 7 Stars Foundation | Project Funding: 2500 Shine Bright Funding: 1500 Individual Funding: 500 Social Impact: 1500 | Lincolnshire | Priorities are in the areas of Abuse, Addiction, Child Carers and Homelessness for Children. | Rolling | 7 Stars Foundation |
| The Allen Lane Foundation | The Allen Lane Foundation | Up to 15,000 (Average Grant awarded is 5,000 - 6,000) | Lincolnshire | Priority Areas: Asylum seekers and refugees Gypsies and Travellers Offenders and ex-offenders Older people People experiencing mental health problems People experiencing violence or abuse | Rolling | Allen Lane Foundation |
| The Charles Hayward Foundation Grants | The Charles Hayward Foundation | Main Grants: - Social & Criminal Justice (up to 25000). - Heritage & Conservation (Currently Closed) - Overseas (up to 15000). | Lincolnshire | For UK registered charities operating within the fields of Heritage and Conservation, Social and Criminal Justice, Overseas, or Older People. | Main Grants: Stage 1: 31/01/2025 23/05/2025 19/09/2025 | The Charles Hayward Foundation Grants |
| The Clothworkers Foundation | The Clothworkers Foundation | No limit - Average Grant is 25,000 | Lincolnshire | Capital costs to support the following areas: - Racial Inequalities - Disabilities - Domestic and Sexual Abuse - Economic disadvantage - Homelessness - LGBT + - Older People - Prisons and Rehabilitation - Substance Misuse and Addiction - Young People | Rolling | Clothworkers Foundation |
| Grants to support Disadvantaged Young People through Educational & Sporting Activities | The Hargreaves Fund | No upper limit- 2 million in pot per year | Lincolnshire | To help children and young people to fulfil their potential and improve their wellbeing, self-esteem, and independence through educational and sporting activities. This could include initiatives that improve academic engagement and attainment, develop skills to aid future employment, improve life skills, and ensure sport is accessible. | Rolling | The Hargreaves Foundation |
| Christian Projects | The Henry Smith Charity | £10,000 + per year up to 3 years | Lincolnshire | The Christian Projects grant programme provides grants to support projects that explicitly promote the Christian faith in the UK. 3 priorities are: - Meeting the spiritual needs of older people, including those with dementia - Reaching out to the unchurched - especially young people and young families by nurturing their spiritual interest and well-being. - Projects which support and care for Anglican clergy at times of needs | Rolling | Henry Smith Charity |
| Holiday Grants for Children | The Henry Smith Charity | £500 to £2750 | Lincolnshire but will prioritise top 20% areas of most deprivation | Short holidays and recreational trips for children | At least 5 weeks before the trip takes place. | Henry Smith - Holiday Grants |
| The Inman Charity | The Inman Charity | Between 2,000 and 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Priorities are: - Care of the elderly - General Welfare - Hospices - The deaf and blind - Care of disabled - The Armed Forces - Medical Research | Round 1: 28/02/2025 Round 2: 31/08/2025 | Inman Charity |
| The Key Fund | The Key Fund | 5,000 - 300,000 | Lincolnshire | Sectors they would invest in for Social Enterprises include: • Creative • Health • Digital • Housing • Eco • Education & Training | Rolling | The Key Fund |
| Small Grants Programme | The Leathersellers' Company | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Priorities include: - To provide assistance to vulnerable people in their community. - In geographical areas of deprivation (within the UK). | Opening at 10am on following dates: 06/01/2025 03/02/2025 31/03/2025 06/05/2025 40 applications per round - available on first come, first served basis. | Small Grants Programme |
| The Leche Trust Grant | The Leche Trust | Up to £5000. | Lincolnshire | Offering grants for two areas: performing arts and conservation. | 09/12/2024 to 24/01/2025 24/03/2025 to 02/05/2025 | The Leche Trust Grant |
| The Pink Ribbon Foundation Grants | The Pink Ribbon Foundation | Up to 6,000 | Lincolnshire | To support practical projects and initiatives, which aim to deliver good physical and mental health to individuals with and recovering from breast cancer. | 30/05/2025 | Pink Ribbon Foundation |
| Supporting Rural Communities | The Royal Countryside Fund | Up to £25,000 over 2 years | Lincolnshire (rural communities) | Priorities are: - Keeping young people in the countryside - Powering up rural communities - Increasing environmental sustainability - Building emergency resilience in rural areas. | Window for applications - 10/01/2025 to 02/02/2025 | Supporting Rural Communities |
| Under 26 Fund | The Steel Charitable Trust | Between 10,000 and 25,000 | Lincolnshire | Core priorities are below: Creating educational and/or access opportunities for young people under 26 in circumstances, groups or locations that face economic challenges or social marginalisation that may lead to significant disadvantages in later life. | Rolling | Steel Charitable Trust |
| The Toy Trust Fund | The Toy Trust Fund | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Funding for small UK based children's charities, working for the benefit of children across the UK. | Mid February Mid June Mid August Mid November | The Toy Trust |
| The Weavers' Company | The Weavers' Company | Up to 15,000 | Lincolnshire | Priorities are: - Supporting offenders into work - Helping specific groups within the criminal justice sector - Supporting young people | 13/03/2025 03/07/2025 13/11/2025 | Weavers' Company |
| Community Investment Funding | Theddlethorpe GDF Community Partnership | Small grants – under £10,000 Medium grants – above £10,000 to £50,000 Large grants – above £50,000 | Lincolnshire | Here are some examples: - Economic Development - Natural or Built Environment - Community Wellbeing | Rolling | Theddlethorpe Community Investment Fund |
| Grants for Registered Charities | Thomas Wall Trust | Up to 5,000 | Lincolnshire | Proposals welcome for projects that target people experiencing multiple deprivation or other groups facing major hurdles to employment especially; women, people with physical, mental or learning disabilities and refugees. | 06/01/2025 | Thomas Wall Trust |
| True Colours Trust | True Colours Trust | Up to 10,000 | Lincolnshire | Priorities include: - Disabled children and young people; - Children and young people with life-limiting condition and their families. | Rolling | True Colours TrustTrue Colours Trust |
| Trusthouse Charitable Foundation | Trusthouse Charitable Foundation | Small Grants: 2,000 to 10,000, Major Grants: 10,000 to 100,000 | Lincolnshire | Small Grants: Projects focus on community support. Major grants: Organisations focus on family support - includes support for core costs, salaries, running and project costs | Rolling - Meetings Jan, April, June & October | Trusthouse Charitable Foundation |
| Start Up Awards | UnLtd | Starting Up - Up to 8,000 Scaling Up - Up to 18, 000 | Lincolnshire | Supports Social Enterprises and Social Entrepreneurs with funding and tailored support Additional support available in following priority areas: Healthy ageing and access to employment. | Rolling | Unltd - Start Up Awards |
| Veterans' Foundation | Veterans' Foundation | 30,000 | Lincolnshire | Grants are available to support charities and not-for-profit organisations that provide lifetime support to those in need among serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and their immediate families. | Round 1: 20/01/2025 Round 2: 31/03/2025 Round 3: 21/07/2025 | Veterans Foundation |
| Councillor Initiative Fund | West Lindsey District Council | Up to £1000 | West Lindsey | Grants are available to support a wide range of community projects and activities in West Lindsey. | Ongoing until May 2027 | WLDC - Councillor Initiative Fund |
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