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 13th October to Sunday 26th October 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 13th October and Sunday 19th October 2025
Tuesday 14 October 2025
THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND: STANDARD GRANTS
One-off grants up to £2,000 are available for registered health charities, hospices and medical organisations based and operating within the UK or the Republic of Ireland for medical projects that require capital funding, medical care or research, medical training and running costs.
Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 5pm
THE JERWOOD FOUNDATION
Grants, normally for between £1,000 and £20,000, are available for UK arts-based organisations for activities and projects that support the promotion of the arts for public health.
Friday 17 October 2025 at 5pm
THE HERITAGE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION: ENDANGERED CRAFTS FUND
Small grants are available to individuals and voluntary and community organisations in the UK, especially craft practitioners for projects that support endangered crafts listed on the Red List of Endangered Crafts.
Sunday 19 October 2025 at midnight
THE ELEPHANT TRUST (AUTUMN/WINTER 2025 GRANTS ROUND)
Grants, usually for up to £2,000, are available to small UK charitable arts organisations, galleries and individual artists that are finding it difficult to secure funding for new work and exhibitions.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 20th October and Sunday 26th October 2025
Monday 20 October 2025 at midday (12 noon)
THE NATIONAL GARDEN SCHEME COMMUNITY GARDEN GRANTS 2026
Grants of between £1,500 and £5,000 are available for community gardening projects in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Monday 20 October 2025 at midnight
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND (AUTUMN 2025 GRANT ROUND)
Grants of up to £80,000 over 2 years (i.e. up to £40,000 per year) are available to UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and Community Interest Companies working with young women and girls aged 11-25 who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of offending for the first time.
Tuesday 21 October at 1pm
THE UNIVERSAL UK SOUND FOUNDATION: THE SCHOOL FUND
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to schools in the UK and Ireland that are teaching the national curriculum to support music education for young people in all its forms, specifically for school music projects and the purchase of instruments and equipment.
Wednesday 22 October 2025 at 5pm
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS (WCIT) CHARITY
Grants, generally for up to £15,000, are available for UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and educational establishments for innovative projects that use Information Technology to strengthen communities.
Friday 24 October 2025
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST
Unrestricted grants, generally for between £10,000 and £30,000 for 1-3 years, are available to small to medium-sized UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies that are supporting people who are most marginalised and vulnerable in UK society.
Friday 24 October 2025 at 10am
THE CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST
Capital grants from £1,000 to £25,000 are available for community initiatives that support the United Reformed Church and other churches in the Protestant tradition in the United Kingdom. Previously, the Trust has funded Food Banks, Breakfast Clubs and Youth Groups.
Saturday 25 October 2025 at midnight
OUR LOCAL NATURE GRANTS (THE LINNEAN SOCIETY OF LONDON)
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to UK schools, charities and community groups to engage young people aged 16 and under with nature.
