Open Grants Programme AB Charitable Trust
For organisations that work to uphold, enhance and implement the human rights protection frameworks in the UK, defend civic space and hold the Government to account around human rights protections.
Introduction
Find information on grants available throughout Lincolnshire. You can use the search box and filters below to find a funder and grant scheme for your group, or simply browse all grants.
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Filters allow you to select predefined grant options, such as the amount, who the funder is etc.
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The 'Amount Awarded in £' shows the maximum amount awarded, but it only shows grants where the award amount is fixed and not unlimited or has varying amounts for example.
In the 'Area Covered Type' where 'other area type' is an option this is because the award may have criteria specific to an area around a postcode or town/village or near a particular facility such as a landfill site.
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Aldi Sports Fund
Through Aldi's Sports fund, eligible sports clubs can receive support towards essential costs such as equipment, team kits, coaching, training programmes and facility hire.
Alpkit Foundation Grants
Grants in the region of £50 to £500 to individuals, community groups, schools and organisations to encourage people to get outdoors and have great experiences that otherwise couldn’t happen.
Animal Friends Pet Insurance
Passionate about supporting animal charities, Animal Friends Pet Insurance provide funding to a range of initiatives and causes from large scale community campaigns to small contributions.
Heritage Revival Fund – Project Viability Grants
The Heritage Revival Fund has been created to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings, offering grants of up to £15,000 to support early-stage work.
Heritage Revival Fund – Project Development Grants
The Heritage Revival Fund helps communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings with grants of up to £100,000 to support development work on historic building projects.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust Supporting Partners Programme
The Supporting Partners programme provides solutions and support for partners of serving personnel, including reservists, to reduce the challenges that service life can sometimes present.
Arnold Clark Cost of Living Support Fund
The Arnold Clark Community Fund helps registered UK charities and community groups close to their branches build stronger communities across the UK.
Music Growth Fund
Grants to support investment and growth in new music that is created or performed by UK based artists or creators.
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust
Grants for registered UK charities that work with communities in the UK with the aim to give grants to those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are most limited.
Aviva Community Fund Matched Funding
Aviva has partnered with Crowdfunder to support small charities and community groups with innovative ideas that benefit their communities and are looking to raise up to £50,000.
B&Q Foundation Grants
Grants of up to £10,000 for a wide range of charities who are looking for funding to improve or develop spaces that benefit their local communities.
Older People and Disability Grants
Barchester's Charitable Foundation funding focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community with grants of up to £2,500.
Female Coaches for Girls Grant
The Barclays Female Coaches for Girls Grant could provide £200 towards a Level 1 or equivalent introductory coaching qualification, including relevant safeguarding and first aid requirements.
Children in Need – Core Costs Grant
The Core Costs grant supports essential organisational and administrative spending. These are the key expenses required to keep your organisation running.
Children in Need – Project Grants
This grant is for project costs that supports a specific piece of work to support children and young people and is for charities and not-for-profit organisations.
Bernard Sunley Foundation Grant
Supports charities in England and Wales working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
Bluespark Foundation Education Grants
Schools, colleges and community groups in England can apply for grants to support the education and development of children and young people through educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.
BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund
Grants of between £12,000 and £150,000 to develop the film and screen industry in the UK.
Calisen Impact Charitable Trust
To provide financial support to initiatives that champion and deliver sustainable energy solutions and to foster inclusive, safe, and diverse educational and work environments.
Anglian Water Thriving Communities Fund
Anglian Water has established the Thriving Communities Fund to empower not for profit groups to improve the water environment and bring real social benefits to local communities.
Social and Criminal Justice Fund
The Social and Criminal Justice Fund funds projects which help to prevent people entering the criminal justice system, and which support those in contact with the system to rebuild their lives.
CLA Charitable Trust Grant
This grant is for charitable organisations dedicated to helping those who are disabled or disadvantaged to visit and participate in learning experiences about the countryside.
Customer Donation Fund – Coop Bank
Encourages community groups to continue the valuable work they do in their local communities. Charity and Community Bank Account customers can apply for grants up to £1,000 to support projects.
Music Grants For The Elderly
This grant is for charitable bodies that provide musical entertainment and related activties for the elderly community in need who find it difficult to avail themselves of funds.
D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust
The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust is a UK-based charitable trust that provides grants to other UK-registered charities in three areas: performing arts, creative health interventions & Heritage Crafts
Dan Maskell Tennis Trust
Disabled individuals, as well as disability groups, tennis clubs, schools, and associations across the UK that work with people with disabilities, can apply for grants to support people into tennis.
Edith Murphy Foundation Grant
Supports other organisations and charities to carry out research, relieve the suffering and care for unwanted animals and supports individuals suffering hardship, distress or are otherwise in need.
The Elephant Trust Arts Grants
The Elephant Trust has its origins in a single painting: Max Ernst’s ‘The Elephant Celebes’ (1921). For almost 50 years this one canvas has been funding artists to produce new work.
Local Clubs Football Grants
Grants of up to £25,000 are available to local clubs to transform grassroots football facilities, where the need is greatest and the greatest impact will be made.
Forrester Family Trust Small Grants
The Forrester Family Trust has been helping small charities work towards a just and equitable society since 1986 and support excellent charities to help people facing significant disadvantage.
Forte Charitable Foundation Grants
Providing small grants up to £10,000 for projects that focus on Community Support and main grants up to £100,000 for organisations that focus on Family Support.
Garfield Weston Foundation
Supporting charities that make a positive difference, working in different sectors in the UK. These include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
Greenhall Foundation
To sustainably improve lives among the sick, elderly, disabled and disadvantaged, where permanent equipment or building is required as opposed to funding salaries or the charity running costs.
Hedley Foundation Grants
The Hedley Foundation is an endowed grant giving charitable foundation, which supports small UK registered charities operating across the spectrum of social need with a grant of up to £5,000.
Help the Homeless Grant
For small charitable organisations whose aim is to help homeless people return to the community and enabling them to rebuild their lives. Grants of up to £5,000 are available.
Christian Projects Grant
Provides grants to support projects that provide a means for Anglican Clergy to be supported or take preventative measures to ensure they remain healthy and effective in their ministry.
Welcome for Newcomers Grant
Grants for organisations and partnerships supporting newcomers to the UK to rebuild their lives, feel at home and become active members of their local communities.
UK Funding – Hilden Charitable Fund
The Hilden Charitable Fund is an endowed grant-making foundation and a registered charity offering grants of up to £7,000.
Ironmongers Foundation – STEM Projects
The Ironmongers’ Foundation wishes to support initiatives that encourage young people to study science subjects at school and go on to pursue STEM-related further education or vocational training,
Jean Sainsbury Animal Welfare Trust Grant
The Trust is dedicated to supporting charities that rescue, rehabilitate, release, and rehome animals in need, with grants ranging from £1,000 to a normal maximum of £10,000.
Small Grants King Charles III Charitable Fund
King Charles III Charitable Fund awards small grants of up to £3,000 per year, for up to three years, to approximately 100 UK registered non-profit organisations each year.
Beatrice Laing Trust
Supports new church building, extension or redevelopment projects and organisations offering services to those who are disadvantaged, vulnerable, have physical/mental health and learning difficulties.
Kirby Laing Foundation
Grants up to £10,000 with the intention that both income and capital should be applied, at the Trustees’ discretion, for general charitable purposes focusing on five main funding streams.
Community Wildlife Grant
A grant of between £50 and £500 for parish councils, charities and constituted voluntary groups to protect, improve or promote wildlife and promote access to and enjoyment of the countryside.
Lloyds Bank Foundation – Good Place to Live: New Beginnings Fund
The Lloyds Bank Foundation - Good Place to Live: New Beginnings Fund offers up to £200,000 for local organisations that are working to prevent homelessness in their communities before crisis hits.
Grants for Good
This grant 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.
Morrisons Foundation
Supports registered charities in tackling poverty and social deprivation, enhancing community spaces, facilities and services as well as improving health and wellbeing with grants up to £10,000.
Medium Grants for Churches
This programme offers medium grants of up to £10,000 towards urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects for churches costing up to £80,000.
Large Grants for Churches
This programme offers our largest grants of up to £50,000 towards the cost of major urgent structural repair projects for churches costed at more than £80,000 including VAT.
Community Grants – National Deaf Children’s Society
The National Deaf Children's Society provide community grants of up to £10,000 for those supporting deaf children and their families.
Arts Council Project Grants
National Lottery Project Grants is an open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual practitioners, community and cultural organisations.
National Lottery – Awards For All
Voluntary or community organisations can get between £300 and £20,000, to deliver a new or existing activity or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges.
Heritage Fund Project Grants
Heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations and they fund heritage projects from £10,000 up to £10million.
National Lottery – Reaching Communities
For voluntary or community organisations to help fund projects that work to make positive changes in their community. The award amount is £20,001 or more, for up to five years.
National Lottery – Awards For All Environment
Voluntary or community organisations can get between £300 and £20,000 to fund community-led projects that improve the environment and help people connect with and enjoy nature where they live.
Naturesave Trust Grants
Naturesave Trust Grants focus on projects that are environmental in nature and promote sustainability and community engagement.
Physical Activity Providers Grant
The grant scheme helps fund activity providers to give people with Parkinson's more opportunities to get and stay active, with grants of up to £3,000 available.
Rescue Centre Grants
Providing funding to organisations whose main activity is the rescue and rehoming of UK pets. Grants can range from £250 upwards towards vet bills, animal care equipment, building work, etc.
Community Chest Funding – Platform Housing
If you are a charity, club, other not-for-profit organisation or a Platform customer, you can apply for Community Chest funding to bring about positive changes in our local communities.
Postcode Places Trust Grassroots Grant
This year, the programme will provide unrestricted funding of up to £2,000 to 700 small, local organisations in England that are making a positive difference in their communities.
Postcode Places Trust – Unrestricted Grant
Grants of up to £50,000 for up to 3 years (CICs and Registered Charities) for various funding themes relating to certain areas of impact they are looking to target.
Postcode Places Trust Community Sports Grant
Grants of up to £25,000 will support a wide range of projects and activities that address local need, promote social inclusion, and strengthen communities in underserved areas.
Rowing Equipment and Refurbishment Grants
Grants of up to £4,000 towards the cost of boat equipment or boat refurbishments to support junior and student rowers, and adaptive rowing for all ages.
Schroder Charity Trust Grants
The Schroder Charity Trust Grants support those who are vulnerable and from disadvantaged backgrounds to thrive and achieve their potential, enhancing their wellbeing and quality of life.
Screwfix Foundation
The Foundation is looking to support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings.
Marine Conservation Main Grant
Grants towards projects and research that address the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK, and increase the number of people taking action to save marine conservation.
Marine Conservation Small Grant
Grants towards projects and research that address the root causes of marine conservation threats and challenges in the UK, and increases the number of people taking action to save marine conservation.
Skipton Charitable Foundation Grants
Skipton Charitable Foundation supports and helps people facing hardship and under-served groups to access a place to call home and and improve financial wellbeing with a grant of up to £10,000.
William and Jane Morris Church Conservation Grants
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to churches, chapels and other places of worship built before 1896 to carry out small programmes of conservation work to decorative features and monuments.
Movement Fund
Offering up to £15,000 for physical activity projects and sport in the community. The focus is on people who face barriers to activity and projects designed to help them join in.
Vicar’s Relief Fund
The Vicar's Relief Fund helps people who are at risk of, or currently experiencing, homelessness by providing crisis grants to support access to accommodation with a grant of up to £500.
Stanley Smith (UK) Horticultural Trust
Offers grants of up to £5,000 to support horticultural projects for public benefit, carrying out projects of significance to horticulture, gardening, or botany with a strong horticultural element.
Stobart Sustainability Fund
The Stobart Sustainability fund is aimed at supporting community-led sustainability projects and initiatives lead by non-profit organisations, community groups and educational facilities.
Fruit and Vegetable grants
Tesco are providing fruit and vegetable grants of up to £1,500 for non-profit organisations that seek to improve access to fruit and vegetables for children.
Stronger Starts Grant
Open to charities and community organisations to apply for a grant of up to £1,500, Tesco Stronger Starts will fund local good causes whose focus is on supporting Children and Families across the UK.
Young People Grant
Grants to charities supporting young people, aged 16 years and under, addressing the needs of children impacted by abuse, addiction, and homelessness, as well as supporting young carers.
The Allen Lane Foundation Grant
Funding for charitable purposes across the UK with the focus on funding particular groups that experience marginalisation and/or discrimination via seven specific funding programmes.
Animal Welfare Grants
Grants are available to animal charities who care for animals which have undergone suffering and cruelty before rescue. Grants are given for capital projects and for running costs.
Free From Fear Programme
Grants of between £100,000 and £250,000 to address domestic abuse through preventative measures or providing support routes for for serving personnel, veterans, reservists and their families.
General Grants Fund – Baily Thomas
Offering two grants to aid the care and relief of those affected by learning disabilities. A general grant programme for appeals over £9,000, and a small grants programme for appeals under £9,000.
The Charles Hayward Foundation Grants
The Foundation has both a main and small grant programme and awards grants for projects in the following categories: Social and Criminal Justice; Overseas and Older People.
The Clothesworkers Foundation Grant
Awards grants to UK registered charities, CICs, and other registered UK not-for-profit organisations (including special schools), towards capital projects such as buildings, vehicles and equipment.
The Fore Small Charities Grant
The Fore Small Charities Grant offers unrestricted grants of up to £45,000 to help small charities and social enterprises develop, grow or become more sustainable.
Unrestricted Community Grants
Their mission is to provide unrestricted funding opportunities for all good causes to ensure their sustainable future. As part of this, they are proud to offer their Community Grants scheme.
Disadvantaged Young People Grants
This grant is to help children and young people under 18 years of age to fulfil their potential and improve their wellbeing, self-esteem, and independence through educational and sporting activities.
Holiday Grants For Children
This fund is to help children aged 13 and under who experience inequity and/or have disabilities to go on fun trips such as camping, adventure activities, or visits to the seaside.
The Inman Charity
Supports charitable work in medical research, care of the elderly, general welfare, Hospices, the Deaf and Blind, care of the physically and mentally disabled and The Armed Forces.
The Key Fund
Supports organisations who want to make a real impact across a diverse range of sectors including the Arts, Health and Social care, Education, Health, Digital, Eco and Community Development.
GSK IMPACT Awards
The GSK IMPACT Awards provide funding, training and development for charities doing excellent work to improve people’s health and wellbeing.
The Leche Trust Grant
Provides funding of up to £5,000 to UK registered charities or public authorities for projects in two areas which are performing arts and heritage conservation.
The Sasha Foundation Grants
The Sasha Foundation grants strive to provide financial support and guidance to charitable organisations which support young people with their mental health.
Society Foundation Grants
The Society Foundation offers grants of up to £2,500 to programmes or organisations that are seeking to help people move towards paid employment.
The True Colours Trust Small Grants Programme
Provide grants which are designed to make a difference to the lives of disabled children and their families and to improve access to good palliative care with grants of up to £10,000.
The Weavers Company Charitable Grants
Supporting offenders and ex offenders into work, helping specific groups within the criminal justice sector and supporting young people aged up to 25 with grants of up to £15,000.
Funding For Charities Working in Mental Health
Provides funding for charities working in mental health. They award grants towards capital projects, with an emphasis on projects which focus on training, employment and supported housing.
Small Grants Programme
Charities can apply for a grant of between £500 and £2,500 for projects that improve access to the outdoors for those with severe physical and/or learning disabilities.
Core Funding Grants
The Yapp Charitable Trust provides grants to small charities for core costs, helping to sustain existing work with vulnerable groups.
Grants for Registered Charities
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 & refugees.
UnLtd – Funding Futures Programme
Supports Social Enterprises and Social Entrepreneurs with funding and tailored support. Additional support is available in following priority areas: Healthy ageing and access to employment.
Small Grants – Veterans Foundation
The Veterans’ Foundation provides grants to eligible organisations that provide assistance to serving and former members of the armed forces community, operational qualified seafarers and families.
War Memorials Trust Grant
The War Memorials Trust Grant supports repair and conservation works undertaken following best conservation practice. Almost all war memorials are eligible for support.
Youth Music Shift the Scene Fund
Youth Music’s Shift the Scene Fund offers grants of up to £200,000 to organisations in England who provide creative opportunities for Disabled children and young people.
Youth Music Trailblazer Fund
The Youth Music Trailblazer fund offers grants of £2,000 to £30,000 to organisations in England to run projects for children and young people (25 or under) to make, learn and earn in music.
