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 1st September to Sunday 14th 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 1st September and Sunday 7th September 2025
Monday 1 September 2025. The round closes as soon as 150 eligible applications have been received, which is usually within 2 hours of the round opening.
THE GREEN HALL FOUNDATION
Grants of between £1,000 and £10,000 are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of supporting children and young people, churches, community projects disability, homelessness, medicine, older people and social care. Grants can be used to purchase equipment or to fund projects. The Foundation tends to prioritise national organisations, although this is not exclusively the case.
Monday 1 September 2025 at 11pm
THE HENRY MOORE FOUNDATION
Generally, capital grants of up to £20,000 are available for the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern and contemporary fields, and for research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.
Monday 1 September 2025
THE KELLY FAMILY CHARITABLE TRUST
Capital, revenue and core grants up to £5,000 are available to help establish recently formed UK registered charities that are working to nurture and support family life.
Monday 1 September 2025
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 1 September 2025
THE VEGAN SOCIETY
A limited number of grants for between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to small and medium sized organisations in the UK or overseas for projects that promote Veganism and introduce sustainable ways of going Vegan.
Wednesday 3 September 2025
THE VAUGHAN WILLIAMS FOUNDATION
Grants, generally for up to £5,000, are available to charitable organisations and individuals in the UK, the Republic of Ireland and overseas to support for the work of professional composers of the last 100 years, and work which furthers the understanding of the life and music of Ralph Vaughan Williams and Ursula Vaughan Williams.
Thursday 4 September 2025 at 4pm
THE LLOYDS BANK FOUNDATION FOR ENGLAND AND WALES DEAF AND DISABLED PEOPLE’S ORGANISATIONS GRANTS 2025
Unrestricted grants of up to £75,000 over 3 years (i.e. £25,000 per year) are available to support registered charities and Community Interest Companies in England, Wales and the Isle of Man that are led by and working with Deaf and Disabled people aged 18 and over who are experiencing hardship and barriers to accessing services.
Friday 5 September 2025 for Expressions of Interest
THE GROCERS’ CHARITY
One-off grants usually up to £5,000 are available for small UK registered charities working in the areas of education, environmental causes, health, heritage, people with a disability, support for children and young people and the relief of youth poverty, the arts, the elderly, and the military.
Friday 5 September 2025
THE IDLEWILD TRUST
Grants of up to £7,000 are available to UK registered charities and exempt charities for nurturing early-stage professionals in the arts, including dance, music, theatre and visual arts, and the conservation of objects and works of art.
Friday 5 September 2025 at midday (12 noon)
THE THEATRE IMPROVEMENT FUND
Capital grants of up to £20,000 are available to UK not-for-profit theatres for building projects and equipment that improve environmental sustainability.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 8th September and Sunday 14th September 2025
Monday 8 September 2025
THE BRITISH ECOLOGICAL SOCIETY OUTREACH AND ENGAGEMENT GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £2,000 are available for members of the British Ecological Society for projects in England, Scotland and Wales that promote ecological science to a wider, non-academic audience.
Wednesday 10 September 2025 at 5pm for Expressions of Interest
THE HENRY SMITH FOUNDATION: DOMESTIC ABUSE FUND
Grants of £250,000 over five years (£50,000 per year) are available to UK organisations delivering specialist domestic abuse services.
Friday 12 September 2025 at 6pm
THE ELISE PILKINGTON CHARITABLE TRUST
Capital grants, generally for between £2,500 and £15,000, are available to UK registered charities working in the equine sector or charities/hospices supporting older people
Sunday 14 September 2025
THE ANDREW WAINWRIGHT REFORM TRUST
Grants of between £1,500 and £10,000 are available to UK organisations with an annual income of under £250,000 and (occasionally) individuals who do not qualify for charitable funding because they may be viewed as too radical or political. The Trust supports campaigns to create a more just and democratic society and to redress political and social injustices.
