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 15th December to Wednesday 31st December 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 15th December and Sunday 21st December 2025
Monday 15 December 2025
THE CHRYSALIS TRUST
A small number of grants are available to UK registered charities working in the UK (particularly the North-East of England) and internationally in the areas of the relief of poverty, disability, healthcare, education, shelter, water and less popular or unpopular causes.
Monday 15 December 2025
HELP THE HOMELESS GRANTS
Capital grants of up to £5,000 are available for projects that help homeless people rebuild their lives and move towards a return to mainstream society.
Monday 15 December 2025
MOTABILITY FOUNDATION GRANT PROGRAMMES
Motability is accepting Stage 1 applications (Expressions of Interest) to 5 grant programmes for initiatives across the UK that support, research and innovate in order that all disabled people can make the journeys they choose.
Monday 15 December 2025
THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION
Revenue grants. usually for under £5,000, are available for local and national UK and overseas not-for-profit organisations, including Community Interest Companies (CICs), libraries, schools, colleges and sports groups, for projects that benefit visually impaired people.
Tuesday 16th December 2025
NATIONAL CHURCHES TRUST: SMALL AND MEDIUM GRANTS PROGRAMMES
Small Grants of up to £5,000 and Medium 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.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
CLIMATE ACTION FUND – OUR SHARED FUTURE (NATIONAL LOTTERY FUND)
Revenue grants between £500,000 and £1.5 million over 3-5 years are available to UK community-led partnership projects that have a significant impact on climate change and make a clear link between climate and nature.
Wednesday 17 December 2025
THE PADDLE TRUST (PREVIOUSLY THE CANOE FOUNDATION)
Capital grants of between £500 and £10,000 are available to UK clubs, community groups, parish and town councils and local authorities for projects that improve accessibility to waterways and canoeing facilities, thereby encouraging greater use.
Friday 19 December 2025
THE ANGLING TRUST THE ANGLING IMPROVEMENT FUND: FISH PROTECTION & PREDATION MANAGEMENT
Grants of up to £6,000 are available to support non-lethal and legal techniques to manage unsustainable predation (the preying of one species on another) at angling sites and venues across England that are covered by an Environment Agency non-migratory trout and coarse fishing licence.
Friday 19 December 2025
THE HINRICHSEN FOUNDATION
One-off grants, generally for between £500 and £3,000, are available to UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and individuals to assist the public performance of contemporary music and independent musicological research.
Friday 19 December 2025 at 5pm for Stage 1 applications
THE 1001 CRITICAL DAYS FOUNDATION (THE PARENT-INFANT FOUNDATION)
Grants of up to £100,000 per year for up to 5 years are available to UK registered charities for projects that support babies and their families during the first 1,001 days of life, from pregnancy to age 2.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 22nd December and Wednesday 31st December 2025
Monday 22 December 2025 for Stage 1 applications (Expressions of Interest)
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST: GRANTS FOR REGISTERED CHARITIES
A limited number of revenue grants of up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities that are developing communication skills for disadvantaged adults aged 18 and over so that they can improve their employment prospects, self-confidence, resilience and life-chances.
Wednesday 31 December 2025
THE ADAMSON TRUST
Small grants, generally for £1,000 or less, are available for individuals, registered charities, charitable organisations and schools across the UK to assist with the costs of respite breaks or holidays for children aged over 2 and under 18 who are living with emotional, mental or physical challenges.
Wednesday 31 December 2025
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FUND
Capital, core, research and revenue grants up to and over £9,000 are available to UK registered and exempt charities for the care and relief of children, young people and adults with learning disabilities in the UK.
Wednesday 31 December 2025
THE BARCLAYS COMMUNITY SPORT FUND: FEMALE COACHES FOR GIRLS FUND
Small grants are available for football, tennis, and cricket coaching courses to help increase the number of female coaches delivering sport to girls across the UK. Two coaching grants are available per club as a contribution towards a Level 1 coach qualification, as follows: Cricket (up to £200); Tennis (up to £200) and Football (up to £160).
Wednesday 31 December 2025
THE FORRESTER FAMILY TRUST: SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
Small grants of up to £10,000 are available to registered charities in England and Wales with an annual turnover of less than £250,000 for initiatives that address the rehabilitation of imprisoned and formerly imprisoned offenders in England & Wales.
Wednesday 31 December 2025
THE ROBERT CLUTTERBUCK CHARITABLE TRUST
Grants of up to £3,000 are available to registered charities in England and Wales that are supporting Armed Forces and ex-service personnel, as well as natural history and wildlife projects. Projects in Cheshire and Hertfordshire tend to be favoured, but not exclusively.
Wednesday 31 December 2025 at 23:59
UNLTD AWARDS FOR SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS – FUNDING FUTURES PROGRAMME
Awards of up to £18,000 are available to help social entrepreneurs across the UK aged 16 and over to start up or grow their idea for a social venture and develop their potential as social leaders.
Wednesday 31 December 2025
THE YORKSHIRE BUILDING SOCIETY CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SMALL CHANGE BIG DIFFERENCE GRANTS
Project and equipment grants of between £250 and £2,500 are available to UK registered charities with an annual turnover of less than £100,000 that are working to help relieve poverty, improve health and save lives.
