Grants up to £40,000 are available to hospices to make services more accessible and supportive for people facing financial hardship. Deadline: 17 November.

This funder has three categories of funding: Promote Health and Well-Being, Provide Hospice Care and Provide Support for the Homeless. Grants can be between £500-£20,000 depending on the category. Applicants are encouraged to make contact prior to applying for further guidance under the broad category of Promote Health and Well-Being. The Trust plans to spend its entire resources by 2029.

Grants up to £10,000 are available for charities for projects that support people with disabilities. Deadline: ongoing.

Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000  are available to small UK charities who provide aid or support to a defined group of ‘needy or deserving’ people, e.g. those with physical or mental disabilities or disadvantaged people. The Trust prefers to support organisations working in areas of high unemployment and deprivation, and it favours charities that make good use of volunteers.

One-off grants are available to registered charities for projects that improve homes and communities spaces for those who are experiencing homelessness, in financial hardship, impacted by health, disability or other disadvantage or distress. There are two levels of grants (up to £5,000 for garden projects and up to £10,000 for building or indoor projects). There is a two-step application process. The first step is to complete the Expression of Interest form which can be found on the B&Q Foundation website. EOIs can be made at any time.

Grants are available to voluntary organisations, charities and schools in the UK to assist with the care and relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in the UK. The Charity operates the following grant schemes:

• Small Grants:  up to £9,000
• General Grants: over £9,000.

The main grants and small grants programmes provide funding to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disability. The Charity will fund projects concerning children and adults with the conditions generally referred to as severe learning difficulties or autism.

Funding is normally considered for capital and revenue costs and for both specific projects and for general running/core costs.

Small Grant applications are accepted at any time and will be considered monthly, or as demand decrees.

The deadlines for submitting a General grant for over £10,000 (if both satisfactory references are received) are:

• 1 March for consideration at the June meeting
• 1 August for consideration at the November meeting
• 1 December for consideration at the interim meeting in March the following year.

Applicants should keep checking the website as submission deadline dates may be subject to change.

Grants from £100 to £2,000 are available for small local groups and small local charities to improve the quality of life and combat loneliness in older people as well as adults with a physical or mental disability. In 2021, the average grant was £725. Priority will be given to innovative projects that help older people and those with a disability to get active, meet people, and reduce isolation. Funding is intended to help small community groups and local charities with the following:

• Activity projects
• Equipment and materials for use by members
• Member transport
• Day trips, outings and group holidays in the UK.

Apply any time.

Grants up to £249,000 are available for organisations to improve and expand access to good quality, affordable wheelchairs and mobility equipment for disabled people. Deadline: 15 December.

Grants up to £1,000,000 are available to improve and increase access to quality, affordable wheelchairs and mobility equipment for disabled people. Deadline: 15 December.

Grants up to £1,000,000 are available for not-for-profit projects that improve travel options for disabled people. Deadline: 15 December.

Groups across the region can apply for a free defibrillator for their local community. Deadline: ongoing.

Varied grants are available to fund all aspects of cancer research. Deadline: ongoing.

Grants up to £50,000 are available for Parishes to carry out projects that improve accessibility and inclusion for disabled people. Deadline: ongoing.

Grants up to £5,000 are available for charitable organisations that promote the benefits of the countryside to support projects engineered to improve health and wellbeing, and to provide opportunities for education.

(Please note that priority is given to projects supporting children and young people who may be disadvantaged financially, physically or mentally, or from deprived areas). Deadline: ongoing.

Grants and other support are available to homelessness charities and hospices in the UK for refurbishment and construction projects. Assistance is offered in the following three ways:

• Pro bono professional expertise, which could include architects, engineers, quantity surveyors or specialists who can advise on the replacement or repair of existing building components such as damp-proofing, roofs or heating systems
• Sourcing free-of-charge or discounted construction products.
  Cash grants (no minimum or maximum grant levels are listed) provided through donations from the construction and property industry.

There are no deadlines for applications.

Grants up to £1,000 are available for registered charities that provide services or other benefits for people with learning disabilities.

To apply for this fund, contact:

David Solomons Charitable Trust
2 Highfield Road
Collier Row
Romford
RM5 3RA
Tel: 01708 502 488
Email: davidsolomonscharitabletrust@gmail.com

Deadline: ongoing.

Grants up to £2,000 are available to registered charities for projects for the benefit of people with physical and mental disabilities.

To access this fund, contact:

The Secretary
Douglas Arter Foundation
Fern Villa
Melksham Road
Patterdown
Chippenham
Wiltshire
SN15 2NR
Tel: 01249 448252
Email: dafbristol@aol.com

Deadline: ongoing.

Grants are available to charities and organisations in the UK working to support individuals or families who have suffered life changing circumstances as a result of severe personal injury, accident or clinical negligence. The Foundation has not set a minimum or maximum grant amount. Applications can be made at any time.

Varied grants are available for charities supporting individuals or families affected by serious injury or medical conditions due to illness or clinical incidents. Deadline: ongoing.

Friends of St Monica’s Hospital are keen to support projects across our local community – the area served by the Ampleforth, Easingwold, Hovingham, Stillington and Tollerton GP Surgeries. Projects need to be linked to improving the health and well-being of our residents. We will consider funding one-off projects or projects that might need support for a 2–3-years. However, it is important that these have a clear plan for ongoing funding once our support ends. There is an online pre-application process that allows to submit proposal, support is available from the Grant Committee as part of the application process.

Varied grants are available to groups and people who are disabled to help them start gardening projects. Deadline: ongoing.

Grants up to £5,000 are available for charitable organisations delivering medical research or environmental conservation activities. To apply, contact:

Mrs L Dadswell
Hamamelis Trust
c/o Penningtons Manches LLP
31 Chertsey Street
Guildford GU1 4HD
Tel: 01483 791800

Deadline: ongoing.

Grants are available of up to £500 for organisations working with people in Harrogate who are or have been street homeless. Funding is intended to support charitable organisations and agencies to provide practical help to people who are or have been street homeless in Harrogate with the aim of getting people off the street or preventing them from returning. Applicants must be referred by a relevant support organisation that has assessed their circumstances and can confirm they are in need of funding. Funding will be given to the agency working with the individual. The fund is administered by Two Ridings Community Foundation. Applications can be made at any time but will be subject to available funding.

Main grants and County grants supporting a wide range of groups including Carers, Community Service, Disability, Healthcare, Mental Health, Young and Older People. Apply any time.

Grants are available for small grass roots community groups and small local registered charities that are providing activities and projects to prevent social isolation and loneliness for older people (the over 55s) in the UK.

• Small grass roots organisations can apply for up to £500
• Small local registered charities can apply for up to £1,500. Larger grants can be considered for exceptional projects.

Applications can be made at any time and can take up to three months to process.

Varied grants are available to registered charities for charitable purposes including education, medical research, and to other charities that can prove that the funding will be used effectively.

To apply, contact:

Enquiries
The Joron Charitable Trust
Ravensale Ltd
26 New Broadway
London
W5 2XA
Tel: 020 8908 4655
Email: info@ravensale.com

Deadline: ongoing.

Grants up to £60,000 are available for charities working to improve the health and wellbeing of older people living with dementia and their carers. Deadline: ongoing.

Grants are available for local and national charities in England that are working to reduce loneliness and isolation in later life. There are two funding levels:

• Large grants starting from £10,000 are available to charities with an annual income exceeding £500,000. The average large grant will range from £20,000 to £60,000
• Small grants of between £1,000 and £15,000 are available to charities with an income of under £500,000.

To be eligible, applicants must be supporting disadvantaged and vulnerable older people over the age of 50 years and provide:

• Mental and physical health support
• Gateway and access to service, eg, transport and technology
• Community based approaches, ie, volunteering, positive ageing and neighbourhood support
• Advocacy, social and welfare support.

The Trust has changed from an application deadline system to a rolling grants programme.

The Charity operates a charitable fund for people with disabilities and/or illnesses. The charity provides or pays for items, services or facilities which will alleviate the suffering or assist the recovery. Apply any time.

Funding is available to UK registered charities with primary objectives to assist one or more of the following groups: disadvantaged/underprivileged young people (persons under 25); people with disabilities (physical or learning disabilities or mental health problems); older people (aged over 60). Two grant programmes are in operation as follows:

• Large grants – one off payments for capital expenditure of approximately £750 and over. The majority of grants fall within the range of £2,000 to £5,000
• Small grants – donations of up to £750.

Applications can be made at any time.

This fund aims to support work connected to health, mental health, addiction, poverty, education, and social disadvantage. Grants are available for UK based charities, voluntary groups, and other not-for-profit organisations to support projects and activities that directly assist people in the most desperate need, with a particular focus on directly saving lives and improving quality of life. Both small scale-grants (under £3,000) and larger-scale grants are available. Applications can be made at any time.

Grants are available to charities in the UK working in the fields of arts, health and wellbeing, education in its widest sense and those that cover social issues, to support activities that bring clear and direct benefits to vulnerable and disadvantaged people. Grants typically range from £10,000 to £20,000 per year for up to three years.

The funding is intended to support salaries and project costs. Core costs will also be considered but the Foundation tends to only award these when an organisation is making a step-change in the way that it works or tackles a particular issue and where a core grant will provide greater flexibility during the transition period. Applications can be submitted at any time.

Grants up to £1,000,000 available for not-for-profit organisations to deliver and grow impactful travel support programmes for disabled people. Deadline: 15 December.

Grants are available for charitable organisations to improve the outcomes for seafarers and fishers, and their families. Funding is at the discretion of the trustees. Grants can be used for core costs, project costs and capital costs. Applications can be made at any time.

Grants are available to support the core costs of smaller hospices, including hospice at home services, who are providing practical and emotional support to people with, or at high risk of, physical or mental ill health, people living with disability, and their families and carers. The maximum grant available is £5,000. Around 300 grants are awarded each year. Apply anytime.

Grants are available to allow hospices to run training courses on dementia care at free or heavily discounted cost to care home staff in the UK. Grants of up to £2,000 per course are available. Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and must be received at least one month before training commences.