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 8th September to Sunday 21st 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 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.
Tuesday 9 September 2025 at 5pm
THE ENERGY REDRESS SCHEME
The 13th funding round of the Ofgem Energy Industry Voluntary Redress Scheme (Energy Redress Scheme for short) is accepting applications for £40 million in grant funding for charities and community energy groups in England, Scotland and Wales. The scheme is designed to provide support for (1) people in vulnerable situations struggling with their energy bills, and (2) the development of innovative energy-related products or services and projects that empower people to reduce their carbon emissions. Charities can apply for funding to deliver energy related projects through 6 different funding streams.
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.
Friday 12 September 2025 at 12 noon (midday)
THE SOCIETY FOUNDATION
A small number of grants of up to £2,500 are available to UK registered charities that are helping ex-offenders, those who are recently homeless or vulnerably housed and young adults aged 16-24 years old not in employment, education or training, move towards paid employment.
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.
2, Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 15th September and Sunday 21st September 2025
Monday 15 September 2025
HELP THE HOMELESS
Capital grants of up to £5,000 are available for projects that help homeless people rebuild their lives and move towards a return to mainstream society.
Monday 15 September 2025
THE ULVERSCROFT FOUNDATION
Revenue grants. usually for under £5,000, are available for local and national UK and overseas not-for-profit organisations, including Community Interest Companies (CICs), libraries, schools, colleges and sports groups, for projects that benefit visually impaired people.
Tuesday 16 September 2025
THE HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND: LARGE GRANTS
One-off grants between £2,001 and £10,000 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.
Thursday 18 September 2025 at 4pm
THE FINNIS SCOTT FOUNDATION (AUTUMN 2025 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.
Friday 19 September 2025
THE CHARLES HAYWARD FOUNDATION MAIN GRANTS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £25,000 per year over 3 years (i.e. up to £75,000) are available to UK registered charities working in the UK in the areas of Social and Criminal Justice. Grants of up to £15,000 are also available for overseas projects. Small grants of up to £7,000 are also available for UK registered charities working with older people.
Friday 19 September 2025
THE CHARLES HAYWARD FOUNDATION OVERSEAS PROGRAMME
Grants of up to £15,000 are available to UK registered charities to deliver projects in disadvantaged communities in the Commonwealth countries of Africa
Sunday 21 September 2025 at midnight
BETTER YOUTH SPACES CAPITAL GRANTS (FOR NON-REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS)
A £30.5m capital grants programme funded by the UK Government and administered by Social Investment Business, offering grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 for small scale-capital projects including capital equipment, small refurbishments and other capital projects to help youth organisations to better support the young people they work with.
