Each week’s Friday website article is dedicated to listing 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 23rd March to Sunday 5th April 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 23rd and Sunday 29th March 2026
Thursday 26 March 2026 at 4pm
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION (SPRING 2026 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.
Thursday 26 March 2026 at 5pm
THE QUAKER HOUSING TRUST: BEST PRACTICE GRANTS
Grants of up to £6,000 are available for organisations in England, Scotland and Wales that are at the early stages of developing a project to provide housing for people in need. Applicants do not need to be part of the Quaker movement to apply for a grant. The Trust is particularly interested in receiving applications from minoritized communities as well as projects from geographically underrepresented areas in previous grant rounds, particularly Cornwall, Devon, Somerset, Wales and the East of England.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 30th March and Sunday 5th April 2026
Monday 30 March 2026
SPEAKING VOLUMES: GRANTS FOR CHRISTIAN BOOKS IN THE COMMUNITY 2026
Grants of up to £500 are available to local groups or organisations in the UK that wish to place Christian books and DVDs in community places such as public libraries, schools, hospitals, hospices, prisons or churches in the UK or overseas.
Monday 30 March 2026 at 5pm
THE STRATEGIC LEGAL FUND
Grants of up to £30,000 are available to UK not-for-profit organisations for initiatives across the UK that make a significant contribution to law, practice, and procedures to uphold and promote the rights of people seeking asylum, refugees and migrants.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE ASSOCIATION FOR INDUSTRIAL ARCHAEOLOGY: RESTORATION GRANT
Capital grants of up to £30,000 are available to UK charitable organisations, including Community Interest Companies, for the restoration of historically, technically, architecturally, and/or archaeologically important industrial buildings, structures, machinery, vehicles and vessels across the UK.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE BAILY THOMAS CHARITABLE FOUNDATION
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.
Tuesday 31 March 2026 at 12 noon (midday)
THE ENDING HOMELESSNESS IN COMMUNITIES FUND
Revenue and Capital Grants of between £50,000 and £200,000 are available to voluntary, community and faith organisations in England for projects that address the root causes of homelessness and ensure people get the right support at the right time.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE FAT BEEHIVE FOUNDATION
Grants of up to £2,500 are available to a limited number of small UK registered charities operating in the area of human rights to help them develop their online presence.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE FINE & COUNTRY FOUNDATION
Grants of up to £3,000 are available for UK and overseas charities as well as housing associations that are working to prevent homelessness and poverty in the UK and/or overseas.
Tuesday 31 March 2026 for Project Viability Grants
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 31 March 2026 at 5pm
THE MATRIX CAUSES FUND
Revenue grants of up to £4,500 per year for up to 3 years (i.e £13,500 in total) are available to UK organisations that promote access to justice (particularly for people trying to get support to meet their basic personal needs), equality of opportunity and a sustainable environment in the UK and/or overseas.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF DECORATIVE AND FINE ARTS (THE ARTS SOCIETY) CHARITY GRANTS: SPRING 2026 ROUND
Grants of up to £2,000 are available to UK registered charities with an annual income of under £3 million for projects across all aspects of the arts and heritage. Applications for projects that provide access to the arts to those that would not normally have such an opportunity are particularly welcomed.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
ONE STOP STORES LTD COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIP GRANTS
Grants of up to £1,000 are available to a wide range of organisations in England, Scotland and Wales for local good causes that address food poverty, support low-income families, older people and those living in a neighbourhood who are disadvantaged and vulnerable. Environmental, recycling and reducing waste initiatives, as well as youth sports teams, can also be funded. Projects must be based in an area in which a One Stop Store is currently accepting applications.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE PAWPRINT TRUST
Grants from £50 to £1,000 are available for individuals, charities and/or other organisations for children and young people aged 11-25 in the UK for recreational and leisure time activities that develop their skills, capacities, and capabilities, and enable them to participate in society as mature and responsible individuals. In particular, the Trust wants to help fund a young person’s “adventure of a lifetime”.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE VINCI UK FOUNDATION
One-off grants of between £3,000 and £10,000 are available for innovative projects in the UK and the Republic of Ireland that address social exclusion, especially around promoting access to employment, integration through housing, inclusive mobility and building better communities.
Tuesday 31 March 2026
THE WOODROFFE BENTON FOUNDATION SMALL GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of between £500 and £2,500 are available to smaller UK registered charities with a focus on intergenerational projects, which it defines as “those that “aim to bring people of different generations together in purposeful, mutually beneficial activities which promote greater understanding and respect between generations, enhanced opportunities for learning and wellbeing, and contribute to building more cohesive communities.”
Tuesday 31 March 2026
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.
Wednesday 1 April 2026 at 5pm
THE ALEC DICKSON TRUST
Grants of up to £500 are available to young people or teams of young people aged 30 and under in the UK who want to use volunteering or community service to improve their community.
Wednesday 1 April 2026
THE JEAN SAINSBURY ANIMAL WELFARE TRUST
Grants, usually for between £2,000 and £10,000, are available for UK animal welfare charities for projects or activities in the UK and overseas that benefit and protect animals, relieve the suffering of animals, address the conservation of wildlife and/or encourage a greater understanding of animals.
Wednesday 1 April 2026
THE OAK TRUST
Grants of between £250 and £2,000 are available for UK registered charities working in the areas of the environment, medical causes and with people who are disadvantaged in the UK and/or overseas.
Wednesday 1 April 2026
THE SASHA FOUNDATION
A limited number of grants, generally for up to £10,000, are available to small-to-medium sized UK charitable organisations working at a grassroots level to support young people facing mental health challenges or who are confronting drug abuse issues. The Foundation also supports education and healthcare projects in Developing Countries, with a focus on education for young women.
