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 September to Sunday 28th September 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 September and Sunday 21st September 2025
Monday 15 September 2025
HELP THE HOMELESS
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 September 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 16 September 2025
THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND: LARGE GRANTS
One-off grants between £2,001 and £10,000 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.
Thursday 18 September 2025 at 4pm
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION (AUTUMN 2025 GRANTS ROUND)
Capital and revenue grants of up to £10,000 are available to UK registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Community Interest Companies, Hospices and Parent Teacher Associations for projects in the areas of gardening and plant sciences, art history and fine art.
Friday 19 September 2025
THE CHARLES HAYWARD FOUNDATION MAIN GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £25,000 per year over 3 years (i.e. up to £75,000) are available to UK registered charities working in the UK in the areas of Social and Criminal Justice. Grants of up to £15,000 are also available for overseas projects. Small grants of up to £7,000 are also available for UK registered charities working with older people.
Friday 19 September 2025
THE CHARLES HAYWARD FOUNDATION OVERSEAS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £15,000 are available to UK registered charities to deliver projects in disadvantaged communities in the Commonwealth countries of Africa
Sunday 21 September 2025 at midnight
BETTER YOUTH SPACES CAPITAL GRANTS (FOR NON-REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS)
A £30.5m capital grants programme funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business, offering grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 for small scale-capital projects including capital equipment, small refurbishments and other capital projects to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 22nd September and Sunday 28th September 2025
Monday 22 September 2025 for Stage 1 applications
THE THOMAS WALL TRUST: GRANTS FOR REGISTERED CHARITIES
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.
Tuesday 23rd September 2025 at 5pm for Stage 1 applications
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST
Grants of up to £15,000 (although awards are usually for less than £10,000) are available to small to medium sized UK charitable organisations, including social enterprises, for children and young people’s instrumental music education.
Wednesday 24 September 2025 at 5pm
MUSIC FOR ALL COMMUNITY PROJECT GRANTS (ROUND 4, 2025)
Grants and awards, usually equivalent to £2,000, are available to not-for-profit organisations, including schools, for projects that bring music into communities across the United Kingdom.
