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 3rd to Sunday 16th 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 3rd and Sunday 9th August 2026
Monday 3 August 2026
THE DAN MASKELL TENNIS TRUST
Grants of up to £1,600 are available to support people with all disabilities (physical impairment, deaf, learning disability, visually impaired etc) to play tennis.
Wednesday 5 August 2026 at midday (12 noon)
THE ARMED FORCES COVENANT TRUST: REDUCING VETERAN HOMELESSNESS
Grants of up to £1,250,000 for UK registered charities, local authorities, Community Interest Companies (CICs) and registered social housing providers/social landlords/housing associations strengthen supported housing services for veterans at risk of or experiencing homelessness.
Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 23:59
THE CONTINUO FOUNDATION (ROUND 12)
Grants of between £2,000 and £6,000 are available to support touring and greater access to excellent live period classical music to all sectors of society across the United Kingdom.
Wednesday 5 August 2026 at 5pm
THE HENRY SMITH FOUNDATION: EQUITY IN JUSTICE FUND
The Foundation will award up to 13 grants, each for up to £200,000 over 3-5 years to UK charitable organisations, including Community Interest Companies, who are working with racially minoritized young men aged 18-25 who are in contact with the UK’s criminal justice system.
Wednesday 5 August 2026 at midday (12 noon)
THE NATIONAL LOTTERY COMMUNITY FUND CHANGE MAKERS GRANT PROGRAMME
Up to 12 grants of between £1 million and £5 million are available for projects in England that run for 5 years to support community leaders who are making change in and for their communities. In exceptional cases, projects may run for 3 or 4 years, rather than 5. Applicants should be able to demonstrate (1) experience supporting community leaders; (2) experience working with places, people, and communities facing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination, and (3) established relationships with organisations working at a local level.
Friday 7 August 2026 at midday (12 noon) for submitting an Expression of Interest.
ARTS COUNCIL ENGLAND: CREATIVE FOUNDATIONS FUND
An open-access capital fund designed to help creative and cultural organisations in England revitalise, restore, retrofit, or renew cultural assets and undertake urgent work needed to continue delivering cultural activity for the public.
Friday 7 August 2026 for nominations
BLUE LIGHT CARD FOUNDATION: WORKPLACE WELLBEING FUND
Grants of up to £2,000 are available support the wellbeing of the blue light community at work.
Friday 7 August 2026 at 5pm for submitting an Expression of Interest
THE ASSOCIATION OF INDEPENDENT MUSEUMS (AIM): MUSEUM FUNDAMENTALS GRANTS
Grants of up to £20,000 are available to small and medium UK museums with fewer than 50,000 visitors each year for projects that are based on their collection’s needs and improve knowledge, care and access to UK heritage.
Friday 7 August 2026
THE GOLSONCOTT FOUNDATION
One-off grants of between £250 and £3,000 are available to UK registered charities and voluntary groups for activities that promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and, in particular, the fine arts and music.
2, National grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 10th and Sunday 16th August 2026
Monday 10 August 2026 at midday (12 noon)
THE SCREWFIX FOUNDATION
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve, fix, and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by people in need across the UK.
Tuesday 11 August 2026 at 5pm
THE QUAKER HOUSING TRUST
Loans and grants of various sizes are available to charities in England, Wales and Scotland to provide homes for those in need.
Wednesday 13 August 2026
THE SOUTER CHARITABLE TRUST
Grants, generally for between £1,000 and £3,000 are available to UK registered charities engaged in the relief of human suffering in all aspects in the UK and overseas – especially, but not exclusively, those with a Christian emphasis and ethos.
Friday 14 August 2026
THE B & Q FOUNDATION HOME IMPROVEMENT GRANT
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to UK registered charities for projects that improve homes for people who are experiencing financial hardship, health challenges, disability, homelessness or other forms of disadvantage.
Friday 14 August 2026
THE GARRICK CHARITABLE TRUST
Grants, normally for between £2,500 and £5,000, are available to UK registered charities for activities that encourage theatre, music, literature and dance, and supporting actors, directors, writers, musicians, composers and choreographers in the early stages of their careers.
Friday 14 August 2026 at 5pm
THE WORSHIPFUL COMPANY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGISTS (WCIT) CHARITY
Grants, generally for up to £15,000, are available tor UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and educational establishments for innovative projects that use Information Technology to strengthen communities.
Saturday 15 August 2026 for Expressions of Interest
THE GROCER’S CHARITY
One-off grants, usually up to £5,000, are available for small UK registered charities working in the areas of education, environmental causes, health, heritage, people with a disability, support for children and young people and the relief of youth poverty, the arts, the elderly, and the military.
Saturday 15 August 2026
THE STANLEY SMITH UK HORTICULTURAL TRUST
Grants averaging £3,000 are available to charities, charitable organisations and individuals in the UK to promote horticulture and horticulture education, conservation of the natural environment and making gardens accessible to the general public.
