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 21st July to Sunday 3rd August 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 21st July and Sunday 27th July 2025
Monday 21 July 2025
THE HENRY SMITH FOUNDATION HOLIDAY GRANTS FOR CHILDREN
Grants of between £500 and £2,750 are available for UK youth clubs, charities, not-for-profit groups and schools to provide recreational trips or holidays for children aged 13 years and younger who live in an area of high deprivation and are experiencing disability or disadvantage.
Monday 21 July 2025 at 9am
SOUND CONNECTIONS
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to individuals and grassroots organisations across England to test and deliver new ideas and approaches to working with children and young people through music.
Friday 25 July 2025
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST
Revenue grants, generally for between £10,000 and £25,000, 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 25 July 2025 at 12 noon for Expressions of Interest
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND: CREATIVE FOUNDATIONS FUND
Capital grants of up to £10 million are available to not-for-profit creative and cultural organisations in England to revitalise, restore, retrofit or renew cultural assets, including urgent work to address issues preventing organisations from effectively delivering work for the public.
Friday 25 July 2025 at 23:59
TOWNSWEB ARCHIVING DIGITISATION FUNDING GRANTS
3 grants of £3,000 for a range of organisations in the UK, the Isle of man and the Channel Islands for the digitisation of valuable and rare heritage collections. Up to £1,000 in match funding is available for all other eligible applicants.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 28th July and Sunday 3rd August 2025
Monday 28 July 2025
THE IRISH YOUTH FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED
Revenue grants of up to £10,000 are available to UK registered charities and community organisations working with disadvantaged children, young people and young adults of Irish heritage.
Tuesday 29 July 2025 at 10am
ASDA FOUNDATION – FOOD BANK FUNDAMENTALS GRANTS
Grants of £750 are available for organisations with an annual income of under £250,000 whose core purpose is to distribute food and alleviate food poverty in their local community.
Thursday 31 July 2025
ABBVIE LTD: UK GRANT PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £10,000 are available for health, science, learning and community-based projects carried out by UK Healthcare Organisations or Charitable Institutions.
Thursday 31 July 2025
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.
Thursday 31 July 2025
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST (ROUND 3, 2025)
Revenue grants of £1,000 are available for UK charities with an annual turnover of between £100,000 and £1 million for projects that focus exclusively on refugees and/or asylum seekers.
Thursday 31 July 2025
THE CALISEN IMPACT CHARITABLE TRUST
Project grants are available for UK registered charities that champion sustainable energy solutions and foster inclusive, safe, and diverse educational and work environments.
Thursday 31 July 2025
THE DELAMERE DAIRY FOUNDATION
A limited number of grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to registered charities and charitable organisations in England, Scotland and Wales working in the areas of agriculture, the environment, education, children and young people, financial hardship and the relief of sickness.
Thursday 31 July 2025
HOME INSTEAD CHARITY
Grants up to £500 for small, grassroots community organisations and grants of up to £1,500 are available for registered charities working at a grassroots level in the UK for wellbeing activities and projects that benefit people aged 55 and over, helping reduce social isolation and loneliness.
Thursday 31 July 2025
THE IRONMONGERS’ TRUST COMPANY: GRANTS FOR CHARITIES
Revenue grants averaging £5,000 are available to UK registered charities that are providing opportunities for disadvantaged children and young people aged 25 and under to help them to fulfil their potential.
Thursday 31 July 2025 at midnight
THE NETWORK RAIL COMMUNITY TREE PLANTING FUND
Grants of between £2,500 and £10,000 are available for a range of organisations and individual landowners in England, Scotland and Wales for community tree planting projects that directly benefit people, communities and wildlife.
Thursday 31 July 2025
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.
Thursday 31 July 2025 at 12 noon (midday)
THE WOODWARD CHARITABLE TRUST
Core funding grants of up to £10,000 are available to UK registered charities, exempt charities and Community Interest Companies with an annual income of under £200,000 that are supporting disadvantaged families with young children up to the age of 11 and organisations that work directly with children aged 0-11 years.
Friday 1 August 2025
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.
Friday 1 August 2025 at 6pm
THE B & Q FOUNDATION
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to UK registered charities for projects that improve homes and community spaces for people who are experiencing financial hardship, health challenges, disability, homelessness or other forms of disadvantage.
Friday 1 August 2025
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.
Friday 1st August 2025
THE MARC FITCH FUND
Small grants, usually for under £5,000, are available to UK registered charities and individuals for projects, publications and research that focuses on local and regional history across the United Kingdom.
