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 20th July to Sunday 2nd August 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. National grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 20th July and Sunday 26th July 2026
Wednesday 22 July 2026 for Expressions of Interest
THE ESMEE FAIRBAIRN FOUNDATION: COMMUNITIES AND COLLECTIONS FUND
Revenue grants of between £40,000 and £100,000 are available to Museum Association members for work that improves inclusion and equitable working with community partners to improve access to museum collections.
Thursday 23 July 2026 at 10am
THE CONGREGATIONAL AND GENERAL CHARITABLE TRUST
Capital grants from £1,000 to £25,000 are available for community initiatives that support the United Reformed Church and other churches in the Protestant tradition in the United Kingdom. Previously, the Trust has funded Food Banks, Breakfast Clubs and Youth Groups.
Friday 24th July 2026 at midday (12 noon) or as soon as 350 applications have been received, whichever is the sooner.
THE SCOTTISH POWER FOUNDATION: GENERAL GRANTS
Project grants of between £35,000 and £150,000 are available to UK registered charities for projects in the areas of the arts, citizenship and community development, culture, disability relief, education, environment, heritage, science, social welfare and the relief of poverty.
Friday 24 July 2026 at 10am
WOMEN’S DIVERSIONARY ACTIVITY FUND (MINISTRY OF JUSTICE)
Grants are available to registered charities, community and voluntary groups, and social enterprises in England and Wales for services and interventions that will deliver support to women aged 18 and over in the Criminal Justice System (CJS) to help divert them away from further involvement in the CJS, particularly custody.
2. National grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 27th July and Sunday 2nd August 2026
Friday 31 July 2026
THE A B CHARITABLE TRUST
Unrestricted grants, generally for between £10,000 and £30,000 over 1-3 years, are available to small to medium-sized UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies that are supporting people who are most marginalised and vulnerable in UK society.
Friday 31 July 2026
THE ANCHOR FOUNDATION
Revenue and capital grants of between £1,000 and £12,000 (but usually for under £5,000) are available to UK-registered Christian charities working in the UK and overseas for projects that encourage social inclusion through the ministries of healing and the arts.
Friday 31 July 2026
THE AUSTIN AND HOPE PILKINGTON TRUST (ROUND 3, 2026)
Revenue grants of £1,000 are available for UK charities with an annual turnover of between £100,000 and £1 million for projects that support the mental health of unpaid adult carers aged 18 and over.
Friday 31 July 2026
BARCHESTER’S CHARITABLE FOUNDATION (BARCHESTER’S HEALTHCARE)
Grants of up to £2,600 are available for community health professionals, community groups (including CICs) and registered charities in England, Scotland and Wales for activities that combat isolation and loneliness and enable older people and adults with disabilities to be active and engaged within their communities.
Friday 31 July 2026
THE DELAMERE DAIRY TRUST
A limited number of grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to registered charities and Community Interest Companies in England, Scotland and Wales working in the areas of agriculture, the environment, education, children and young people, financial hardship and the relief of sickness.
Friday 31 July 2026 at 5pm
D’OYLY CARTE CHARITABLE TRUST LARGE CHARITIES (charities with an annual income of above £5 million).
One-off revenue grants of between £500 and £8,000 are available for the projects and core costs of UK registered charities working at a grassroots level in the areas of the performing arts, creative health and heritage crafts.
Friday 31 July 2026
THE HUGO BURGE FOUNDATION
Creative grants of up to £15,000 for community organisations and schools, and grants of up to £5,000 for individuals for activities that promote creativity through Creative Education, Creative Communities and Creative Individuals.
Friday 31 July 2026
THE IRISH YOUTH FOUNDATION (UK) LIMITED
Revenue grants of up to £10,000 are available to UK registered charities and community organisations working with disadvantaged children, young people and young adults of Irish heritage.
Friday 31 July 2026
THE RADCLIFFE TRUST (DR RADCLIFFE’S TRUST)
Revenue grants of between £2,500 and £7,500 are available to UK registered charities and Community Interest Companies (CICs) working in heritage, crafts and music, with a particular emphasis on music education, composition and chamber music.
Saturday 1 August 2026
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.
Saturday 1 August 2026
THE MARC FITCH FUND
A limited number of small grants, usually for under £10,000, are available to UK registered charities and individuals for projects, publications and research that focuses on local and regional history across the United Kingdom.
