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 6th October to Sunday 19th October 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 6th October and Sunday 12th October 2025
Monday 6 October 2025 at 12 noon (midday)
COMIC RELIEF COMMUNITY FUND FOR ENGLAND
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to smaller, grassroots community organisations in England, including Community Interest Companies, with an annual income of less than £250,000, for projects and activities that benefit local communities that are addressing poverty and hardship. Projects and activities must take place in England.
Wednesday 8 October 2025
THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF WILDLIFE TRUSTS: GREEN COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £25,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations in England, Scotland and Wales with an annual income of between £10,000 and £1 million for projects that respond to the climate emergency, contribute to nature recovery and/or develop and improve access to nature-rich spaces.
Thursday 9 October 2025
THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES: ARCHIVES REVEALED CATALOGUING GRANTS
Grants up to £50,000 are available to public sector bodies, registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations in the UK to create catalogues of important archival collections for research and/or enjoyment.
Friday 10 October 2025
THE NFU MUTUAL CHARITABLE TRUST
One-off grants of up to £50,000 are available for larger UK charitable organisations and groups for projects that relieve poverty and assist with the education of young people in rural areas.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 13th October and Sunday 19th October 2025
Tuesday 14 October 2025
THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND: STANDARD GRANTS
One-off grants up to £2,000 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.
Wednesday 15 October 2025 at 5pm
THE JERWOOD FOUNDATION
Grants, normally for between £1,000 and £20,000, are available for UK arts-based organisations for activities and projects that support the promotion of the arts for public health.
Friday 17 October 2025 at 5pm
THE HERITAGE CRAFTS ASSOCIATION: ENDANGERED CRAFTS FUND
Small grants are available to individuals and voluntary and community organisations in the UK, especially craft practitioners for projects that support endangered crafts listed on the Red List of Endangered Crafts.
Sunday 19 October 2025 at midnight
THE ELEPHANT TRUST (AUTUMN/WINTER 2025 GRANTS ROUND)
Grants, usually for up to £2,000, are available to small UK charitable arts organisations, galleries and individual artists that are finding it difficult to secure funding for new work and exhibitions.
