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 27th July to Sunday 9th 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 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 GIVING MACHINE: COMMUNITY GRANTS
Unrestricted micro-grants of £250 are available to UK not-for-profit organisations to support small-scale local initiatives. Funding can be spent flexibly without strict reporting requirements.
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.
2. National grant programmes with an Application Deadline between Monday 3rd and Sunday 9th August 2026
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 5th 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 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.
