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 18th May to Sunday 31st May 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 18th May and Sunday 24th May 2026
Wednesday 20 May 2026
THE MUSEUMS ASSOCIATION: HEALTH AND WELLBEING IN MUSEUMS FUND (ROUND 2)
Up to 10 grants of between £50,000 and £75,000 are expected to be awarded to UK museums for the development and continuation of ground-breaking health and wellbeing programmes.
Thursday 21 May 2026 at midnight for submitting a Stage 1 (Expression of Interest) application
THE TRIANGLE TRUST 1949 FUND (LARGE GRANTS, SPRING 2026 ROUND)
Grants of up to £100,000 over 2 years (i.e. up to £50,000 per year) are available to UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and Community Interest Companies working with young women and girls aged 11-25 who have been in the criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of offending for the first time.
2. Grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 25th May and Sunday 31st May 2026
Monday 25 May 2026 at 12 noon
THE ROWING FOUNDATION
Capital equipment grants of between £500 and £4,000 are available to UK organisations affiliated to British Rowing to purchase equipment and refurbish boats so that young people and people with a disability can participate in rowing.
Tuesday 26 May 2026 at 5pm for Stage 1 applications
THE SCOPS ARTS TRUST (ROUND 2, 2026)
A limited number of grants of up to £15,000 (although awards are usually for less than £10,000) are available to small to medium sized UK charitable organisations, including social enterprises, for early career musicians focusing on performance opportunities. Applications will be considered for dance, drama and music.
Wednesday 27 May 2026 at 5pm
THE BARCLAYS COMMUNITY SPORT FUND 2026: ACCESS GRANTS
Unrestricted grants of £1,000 are available to help sustain and increase access to football, tennis and cricket for women and girls across the UK (as well as engage people from other underrepresented groups, such as people with disabilities, those from racially diverse communities and those from the LGBTQ+ community). Small grants are also available for football, tennis, and cricket coaching courses to help increase the number of female coaches delivering sport to girls across the UK. Two coaching grants are available per club as a contribution towards a Level 1 coach qualification, as follows: Cricket (up to £200); Tennis (up to £200) and Football (up to £160).
Friday 29 May 2026
THE PINK RIBBON FOUNDATION
Grants up to £6,000 are available to smaller UK registered charities and social enterprises, including Community Interest Companies (CICs), that are working in the areas of breast cancer education, prevention and research.
Sunday 31 May 2026 at 23:59
THE CAREMARK COMMUNITY CARE FUND
UK home care provider Caremark is offering 3 grants, each of £3,000, to UK-based not-for-profit organisations for community projects that demonstrate a clear and tangible benefit to local residents. Eligible organisations such as charities, schools, pre-schools, community groups, and local authority–run projects may apply. 12 projects – one from each region in the UK – will be shortlisted for a grant, from which 3 will be selected for funding via a public vote.
Sunday 31 May 2026
THE DATA PROTECTION OFFICER (DPO) CENTRE CHARITY AND COMMUNITY FUND
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to enable UK charities, voluntary groups and not-for profits organisations to access DPO data protection advice and consultancy services.
Sunday 31 May 2026
THE ENVIRONMENT PARTNERSHIP (TEP) ENVIRONMENT GRANT PROGRAMME
Grants of between £250 and £1,000 are available to organisations and individuals in the UK for projects that have a positive impact on the environment anywhere in the world by furthering the environmental profession and/or raising awareness of environmental issues.
Sunday 31 May 2026
MATERIAL FOCUS: ELECTRICALS RECYCLING FUND
Grants of up to £100,000 are available to UK organisations, including charities, local authorities and waste partnerships, to expand existing collection methods for small household electricals and trial new approaches to repairing, reusing and/or recycling household electricals.
Sunday 31 May 2026
MICHAEL MARKS CHARITABLE TRUST
A limited number of smaller and larger grants are available to registered charities working in the areas of the arts, education and the environment. The vast majority of grants made by the Trust are to arts charities.
