This is our regular Friday round-up of national grant programmes with an upcoming application deadline. All of the programmes summarised below are featured in detail in the daily grants bulletin we send out at 8.30 each weekday morning throughout the year.
The following list covers the period Monday 11th August to Sunday 24th August 2025.
If you click on the title of each grant scheme, it should take you directly to the grant programme in question. A free 2-week trial of the daily grants bulletin is available for anyone who would like to try it out. Simply email GRIN at info@grin.coop with ‘Free 2-week trial’ as the subject heading and you’ll receive the bulletin the following morning.
1. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 11th August and Sunday 17th August 2025
Monday 11 August 2025
LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY FOUNDATION SMALL GRANTS
Small Grants of up to £1,000 across the UK are available for registered charities working in communities local to the Building Society’s branches to provide a safe and secure home for people in need.
Monday 11 August 2025
LEEDS BUILDING SOCIETY FOUNDATION LARGE GRANTS
Large Grants of between £25,000 and £100,000 in North-East England are available for registered charities working in communities local to the Building Society’s branches to provide a safe and secure home for people in need.
Tuesday 12 August 2025
THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST: CHERISH GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for places of worship in Scotland, Wales and Northwest of England (Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Cumbria) for small repairs and maintenance to help keep historic churches and chapels thriving.
Tuesday 12 August 2025
THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST: MEDIUM GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for listed and unlisted Christian places of worship of any denomination in the UK to support project development and medium size repairs.
Tuesday 12 August 2025
THE NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available for UK listed and unlisted places of worship of any denomination for projects that support interventions to investigate or address small structural problems before they turn into large, expensive repairs.
Friday 15th August 2025 at 5pm for Expressions of Interest.
THE JAMES TUDOR FOUNDATION PHYSICAL HEALTH GRANT PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £25,000 are available for UK health charities that provide therapeutic interventions, health information, and direct healthcare.
Friday 15 August 2025
THE ROBERT MCALPINE FOUNDATION
Grants, normally for between £2,500 and £10,000, are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of supporting children and young people, the elderly, as well as medical and social research.
Friday 15 August 2025
THE STANLEY SMITH UK HORTICULTURAL TRUST
Grants averaging £3,000 are available to charities, charitable organisations and individuals in the UK to promote horticulture and horticulture education, conservation of the natural environment and making gardens accessible to the general public.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 18th August and Sunday 24th August 2025
Monday 18 August 2025 at 5pm
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS (WCIT) CHARITY
Grants, generally for up to £15,000, are available tor UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and educational establishments for innovative projects that use Information Technology to strengthen communities.
Wednesday 20 August 2025 at 12 noon.
THE KING CHARLES III CHARITABLE FUND: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £3,000 per year for up to 3 years are available to established UK registered not-for-profit organisations with an annual income of between £50,000 and £250,000 working at a grassroots level to invest in the economic and environmental wellbeing of the UK countryside.
Thursday 21 August 2025 at 3pm
THE HILDEN CHARITABLE FUND
Grants, generally for between £5,000 and £7,000 per year for up to 2 years, are available to smaller UK charitable organisations working to support asylum seekers, refugees and penal affairs in the UK and/or overseas.
Thursday 21 August 2025
THE REES JEFFREY ROAD FUND PROJECT GRANTS
Grants of up to £30,000 are available to UK registered charities, researchers and academic institutions for projects that promote the advancement of road-related research and education, as well as roadside improvement projects.
Friday 22 August 2025 at 5pm
THE SYLVIA WADDILOVE FOUNDATION
Capital grants of between £500 and £5,000 are available to UK registered charities, exempt charities and Community Interest Companies working in the areas of education (relating to organic farming, animal husbandry, veterinary science, animal welfare and animal surgery), visual and performing arts, medical research, disability and severe illness, the preservation of buildings of architectural or historical significance, and accommodation for those in need.
