Our Friday website article each week 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 9th to Sunday 22nd March 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 9th and Sunday 15th March 2026
Monday 9 March 2026
THE BROMLEY TRUST
Unrestricted multi-year grants of between £15,000 and £30,000 are available to UK registered charities with an annual income of between £100,000 and £1.2 million working in the fields of human rights and prison reform.
Wednesday 11 March 2026 at 11:59pm
THE BAGRI FOUNDATION
Grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 (but averaging £20,000) are available for UK not-for-profit organisations that promote the sharing of traditional or contemporary Asian culture.
Thursday 12 March 2026
THE WEAVER’S COMPANY CHARITABLE GRANTS
Grants, generally for up to £15,000, are available for smaller UK registered charities working with young disadvantaged people, particularly young offenders, prisoners, ex-prisoners and young people at risk of becoming involved in criminal activity in the UK.
Friday 13 March 2026
HOSPITAL SATURDAY FUND LARGE GRANTS
One-off grants up to £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.
Friday 13 March 2026
THE LEARNING THROUGH LANDSCAPES TRUST: LOCAL SCHOOL NATURE GRANTS
Non-grant awards of up to £500 are available to provide outdoor learning, training and equipment for schools and early years providers in England, Scotland and Wales.
Friday 13 March 2026 at 5pm
THE MCCARTHY & STONE CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: DEMENTIA GRANTS PROGRAMME 2026
Grants of up to £7,500 are available to dementia clubs, memory cafes and for carer support in England, Scotland and Wales. Applying organisations, which include registered charities, constituted community groups and Community Interest Companies, must have an annual income of under £250,000 and be working in an area in which older people are affected by deprivation.
Sunday 15 March 2026
THE BARBARA WHATMORE CHARITABLE TRUST (Charity Commission link – the Trust doesn’t have a website)
A limited number of small grants for up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities working in the areas of the relief of poverty, conservation and crafts training, and education projects in museums, the theatre and poetry that can inspire young people.
Sunday 15 March 2026
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.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 16th and Sunday 22nd March 2026
Monday 16 March 2026 at 12 noon (midday)
THE SIR JULES THORN CHARITABLE TRUST SCALING IMPACT IN HEALTH AND CARE FUND
A limited number of grants for between £150,000 and £500,000 are available to established UK registered and exempt charities, as well as NHS organisations, with an annual income of over £10 million, to expand proven health and care interventions and deliver them more widely within the UK. Partnership applications are welcomed.
Wednesday 18 March 2026 at 3pm
GROW WILD YOUTH PROJECT GRANTS 2026
Grants of up to £500 are available for young people aged 14-25 across the United Kingdom to carry out creative projects that celebrate UK native plants and fungi in exciting and engaging ways.
Wednesday 18 March 2026
THE JERWOOD FOUNDATION
Grants, normally for between £1,000 and £20,000, but sometimes for significantly higher amounts, are available for UK arts-based organisations for activities and projects that support the promotion of the arts for public health.
