As in previous years, we’ll be using each Friday’s website article to list 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 19th January to Sunday 1st February 2026.
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 19th January and Sunday 25th January 2026
Monday 19 January 2026 for full applications. An Expression of Interest may be submitted at any time.
THE HERITAGE REVIVAL FUND (THE ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE FUND (AHF)
Grants are available to help communities across England rescue and repurpose neglected historic buildings, focusing on regenerating historic buildings in town centre locations.
Tuesday 20th January 2026 for consideration at the Army Benevolent Fund’s February 2026 meeting.
THE ARMY BENEVOLENT FUND: GRANTS TO CHARITIES AND ORGANISATIONS
Grants, generally for up to £15,000, are available to UK charitable organisations, including registered charities and Community Interest Companies, for projects and activities that directly benefit the Armed Forces community.
Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 12 noon (midday)
APART, NOT ALONE: SUPPORT FOR SERVING FAMILIES FACING SERVICE-RELATED SEPARATION PROGRAMME 2025-26
Grants of up to £25,000 over 12- months or up to £50,000 over 24-months are available for projects in the UK that are focused on supporting serving families, including reservists, impacted by service-related separation, for example deployment, weekending, or military exercises.
Wednesday 21 January 2026 at midday (12 noon)
THE ARMED FORCES COVENANT FUND TRUST: HIDDEN VOICES PROGRAMME
Revenue grants of between £3,000 and £25,000 are available to UK registered charities, Community Interest Companies and local authorities for local and regional projects that provide accessible, bespoke mental health and wellbeing support for those with seldom heard needs in the Armed Forces community.
Wednesday 21 January 2026 at 11:59pm
THE D’OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUST
One-off revenue grants of up to £6,000 are available for projects and core costs of UK registered charities working at a grassroots level in the areas of the arts, the environment and medical care.
Wednesday 21 January 2026 for Expressions of Interest
THE ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION: COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIONS FUND
Revenue grants of between £40,000 and £100,000 are available to Museum Association members for work that improves inclusion and equitable working with community partners to improve access to museum collections.
Thursday 22 January 2026
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.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 26th January and Sunday 1st February 2026
Monday 26 January 2026 at 23:59
ANCHOR GRANTS (THE ALLIANCE FOR YOUTH ORGANISING)
A limited number of grants of up to £85,000 over 2 years are available for UK organisations that are supporting youth organising – the process of engaging young people in building power for systemic change while supporting their individual and collective development.
Monday 26 January 2026 for Expressions of Interest. The Fund opens to applications on Monday 5 January 2026.
THE CERTIFICATION AND ASSESSMENT BOARD FOR THE WATER INDUSTRY (CABWI): LIFELONG LEARNING AND DEVELOPMENT FUND
Grants of up to £40,000 (this was previously £35,000) are available for UK registered charities to promote learning and development that enables young people and adults to gain additional skills and qualifications, as well as confidence to enter the labour market.
Monday 26 January 2026
THE LECHE TRUST
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities, public authorities and institutions to support projects in the areas of the performing arts, particularly dance, music and theatre, and conservation, with an emphasis on pre-Victorian buildings, including churches and collections.
Monday 26 January 2026 (the Fund opens to applications on Monday 19 January 2026)
THE MONEY SAVING EXPERT CHARITY
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations in the UK for projects that focus on building financial resilience and capability skills.
Tuesday 27 January 2026 at 5pm
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST: MUSIC FESTIVAL GRANTS
A limited number of 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 local music festivals.
Friday 30 January 2026 at 23:59
THE AMAZON LITERARY PARTNERSHIP 2026
The Amazon Literary Partnership (ALP) is back for its 7th year to provide grants to literary organisations that inspire and champion writers across the UK and the Republic of Ireland.
Friday 30 January 2026
THE LISA ULLMAN TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP FUND
The Lisa Ullman Travelling Scholarship Fund (LUTSF) supports individuals in the UK who are working in all areas of movement and dance who wish to travel in order to enrich their professional practice. The average scholarship (Main Award) in the last few years has been around £600. So far, the Fund has awarded over 500 scholarships totalling more than £250,000.
Friday 30 January 2026 for Stage 1 applications
THE RACING FOUNDATION
Small Grants for under £30,000 and Open Grants for over £30,000 are available to UK registered charities and charitable organisations for activities that advance, for public benefit, the horseracing and thoroughbred breeding industry or equine welfare.
Saturday 31 January 2026
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION
Revenue and capital grants of between £1,000 and £12,000 (but usually for under £5,000) are available to UK-registered Christian charities working in the UK and overseas on projects that encourage social inclusion through the ministries of healing and the arts.
Saturday 31 January 2026
THE DUKE OF EDINBURGH AWARD: ACCESS WITHOUT LIMITS COMMUNITY FUNDING
Grants of up to £10,200 are available to registered charities, voluntary and community organisations and social enterprises across the UK to set up and deliver the Duke of Edinburgh Award for vulnerable, marginalised and at risk young people aged 14-24.
Saturday 31 January 2026
GIVE AS YOU LIVE: GRANT FOR GOOD PROGRAMME
Small grants up to £1,000 are available to for UK fundraisers and fundraising teams to help cover the costs of staging a fundraising challenge.
Saturday 31 January 2026
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION
One-off grants of between £250 and £3,000 are available to UK registered charities and voluntary groups for activities that promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and, in particular, the fine arts and music. During the year ended 30th June 2024, the Foundation awarded 90 grants totalling £92,055.
Saturday 31 January 2026
THE JOHN RAYNER CHARITABLE TRUST
A limited number of grants averaging £3,000 are available to smaller UK registered charities that are supporting children and young people, carers and the elderly, medical causes, people with a disability, and the arts. National charities as well as charities providing services in Merseyside and Wiltshire are preferred.
Saturday 31 January 2026
LIPMAN-MILIBAND TRUST SMALL GRANTS
Small grants of up to £3,000 are available to organisations and individuals across the UK for the study and research into socialist ideas and educational activities that raise public awareness and understanding of struggles and movements for peace, human rights and co-operation. Individuals can also be awarded a grant.
Saturday 31 January 2026
THE RADCLIFFE TRUST
Revenue grants of between £2,500 and £7,500 are available to UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) working in heritage, crafts and music, with a particular emphasis on music education, composition and chamber music.
Sunday 1 February 2026
THE DAN MASKELL TENNIS TRUST
Grants of up to £1,600 for groups and £600 for individuals are available to enable disabled people in the UK to play tennis through the purchase of wheelchairs, tennis equipment and grants for coaching.
Sunday 1 February 2026
THE 7STARS FOUNDATION
Project grants up to £5,000 are available for smaller UK registered charities working with children and young people aged 18 and under in the areas of abuse, addiction, caring for sick and disabled adults, and homelessness.
