Grants and External Funding

Grants are available to support grassroots sports clubs and organisations in the UK working in the sport-for-development sector that have been adversely affected by the coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic.

Different deadlines may apply depending on the individual community foundation administering the fund locally.

Grants to help older people in Cumbria stay warm and healthy.

Grants are available for innovative projects across the UK and Ireland which tackle one or more of the Foundation's areas in the fight against social exclusion: access to employment, insertion through housing, inclusive mobility and building better communities.

The deadline for applications is 31 March 2022.

Up to ten grants are available for adult and children’s hospices in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to re-open day hospice services for patients both virtually and face-to-face following on from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The deadline for applications is 14 February 2022 (17:00) with notification in early April 2022.

Small grants are available to support older people living on low incomes in England and Wales with the costs of home essentials, unexpected large bills, living costs and getting connected online.

Applications can be made at any time.

Grants are available for voluntary, community and social enterprise sector organisations in North Cumbria to support people returning home from hospital, enabling them to live more independent lives.

Although there is no deadline, organisations should apply as soon as possible and not wait to make an application.

Grants are available for UK-registered charities operating in the UK and internationally to support projects in the areas of health, poverty, education, and the environment.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. The trustees meet at the end of each month to consider applications.

Grants, incentives and other support are available for woodland creation by farmers, landowners/managers and community groups, as part of the England Woodland Creation Partnerships.

There is no set deadline.

Funding is available to charities and social enterprises in the UK, who are working with young people from disadvantaged backgrounds for social and emotional learning (SEL) interventions that could help improve educational attainment, with the aim of them becoming stronger and more effective.

Applicants must first complete the online eligibility checker form by the deadline of 17 January 2022.

Grants are available for community-led arts and culture projects taking place in communities across England, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man to make it easier for people to talk about death and dying.

The deadline for applications is 21 February 2022 (5pm). Notification of decisions will be made by end of March 2022.

Grants are available to local voluntary and community groups, schools, and parish councils for projects that support the Cumbria Police and Crime Plan and make a difference to their local communities.

Applications are normally considered on a quarterly basis. The next deadline is 21 January 2022.

Easy-to-access grants for groups that are involved in supporting their community through the ongoing Coronavirus work in Cumbria.

All grant funding must be spent by 30 September 2022.

Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations in the UK who can raise their initial funding through a crowdfunding campaign for projects that address Aviva’s current themes of climate champions and financial empowerment.

Applications are open all year with quarterly funding rounds for eligible charities.

Grants are available to UK charities for projects that improve wellbeing, resilience and promote good mental health for veterans who have served in Afghanistan and other recent conflicts and the wider veterans community.

Applications must be submitted by the deadline of 17 January 2022.

A new business rates relief scheme for retail, hospitality and leisure properties in England.

There is no set deadline.

Grants for England's hospitality businesses (defined as accommodation, food & beverage services) and leisure premises that have suffered losses owing to a lack of trade because of the effects of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.

Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for events and activities which commemorate those whose lives have been lost during the COVID-19 pandemic in the UK.

Funding is intended to provide bereavement and grief support to members of the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) community affected by loss due to COVID-19.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until the end of February 2022.

Groups can now apply for funding to deliver creative and cultural activities as part of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in June 2022.

Projects can begin from 1 April 2022 so that preparation such as rehearsals may take place. Public-facing activity should take place in June near the Queen's Platinum Jubilee Weekend.

Groups should refer to their local Community Foundation for details of the closing date in their area.

UK registered organisations can access support for innovative skills, talent, and training projects for Power Electronics, Motors and Drives (PEMD).

The deadline for applications is Wednesday 2 February 2022 (11:00 GMT).

Funding for listed and unlisted places of Christian worship in the UK to investigate or address small problems before they turn into large repairs.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until 31 October 2022.

Applications are being accepted for community, biodiversity and heritage projects in local communities within the vicinity of a Viridor site in England.

The deadlines for applications in 2022 are 31 January, 30 April, 31 July and 31 October.

Funding to support the promotion of ecological science to a wider audience.

The deadline to apply is 18 March 2022 (5pm).

Landowners or managers will be supported to carry out changes to land-use and habitat restoration in England, such as establishing new nature reserves, restoring floodplains, or creating woodland and wetlands.

Applications for the first wave of 15 Landscape Recovery projects will open shortly. At this stage Defra will be releasing an invitation to apply and publishing full scheme guidance.

Support will be offered to farmers in England for locally-targeted actions which make space for nature, such as creating wildlife habitat, planting trees or restoring peat and wetland areas.

Defra plans to make an early version of the scheme available to a limited number of people in 2023 as part of its plans for testing and rolling out the scheme. The scheme will then be rolled out across the whole country by the end of 2024.

Support for pan-European consortia to develop low carbon technologies in fields such as carbon-free energy, green mobility, smart cities, smart housing, bioresources and sustainable environment.

Proposals for EUROGIA Call 19 must be submitted by the deadline of 18 February 2022 (5pm CET).

Organisations and individuals can still apply for funding to host an event in June 2022 in recognition of the UK’s servicemen and women.

The deadline to apply for 2022 event funding is 1 March 2022.

Grants are still available for England’s cultural organisations, across all sectors, that were previously solvent but now find themselves financially at-risk because of the impacts of coronavirus.

Applicants must first complete a 'Permission to Apply' form. The deadline for submission of this form has been extended by one week, to 18 January 2022.

The Association of Independent Museums has opened three of its grant programmes which aim to support small to medium sized museums to care for their collections.

The deadline for applications is 31 March 2022.

Capital funding for not-for-profit organisations to fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for those in need across the UK.

The first deadline for applications is 10 February 2022.

The application deadline for the Culture Recovery Fund for Heritage Emergency Resource Support has been extended by one week. The Fund is part of the £1.57 billion rescue package announced by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to safeguard cultural and heritage organisations across the UK from the economic impact of COVID-19.

The deadline for applications has been extended by one week. Applications will be accepted until 18 January 2022.

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £2.5 million to carry out industry-led civil aerospace collaborative R&D projects.

The closing date for applications is 11:00am on 12 January 2022.

UK registered organisations can apply for a share of up to £25 million for game-changing and commercially viable research and development (R&D) innovation that can significantly impact the UK economy.

The closing date for this fund is 11:00am on 12 January 2022.

Registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £1 billion for capital centric investment projects that help industrialise the electrified automotive supply chain at scale in the UK.

The closing date for this fund is 11:00am on 12 January 2022.

UK registered businesses can apply for a share of up to £20 million for digital innovation projects that will improve the resource efficiency and energy efficiency of manufacturing processes in factories.

The deadline is 11:00am on 26 January 2022.

A new government innovation fund which aims to make clean heat systems smaller, easier to install and cheaper to run is now open.

The deadline for applications to Steam 1 is 22 February 2022 (14:00 GMT) and the deadline for Stream 2 is 15 February 2022 (14:00 GMT).

Funding is available to ease the pressure on commercial airports and ground handlers in England hit by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

The next deadline for applications is 18 January 2022.

The Government has announced a further £1 billion package of support to help businesses with the impact of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.

UK organisations can apply for a funding to develop solutions that integrate climate and environmental factors in the financial services industry.

Applications will be accepted from Monday 17 January 2022 until the closing date of Wednesday 16 February 2022 (11:00 GMT).

Funding available to local authorities in England to support the widespread adoption of digital citizen engagement tools and services within the planning process.

Expressions of Interest should be submitted by the deadline 25 January 2022.

Black and minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations now have an extra three weeks to apply for organisational developmental funding.

The application deadline is now 31 January 2022 (17:00).

Funding for UK charities with projects that improve wellbeing, resilience and promote good mental health for veterans who have served in Afghanistan and other recent conflicts and the wider veterans community.

The deadline for applications is 17 January 2022.

Inbound operators and destination management companies in Great Britain are invited to apply for grants to promote tourism to Britain.

The deadline for completed applications is Thursday 13 January 2022 (23:59 GMT).

Funding for projects which increase awareness and support for donation in Black, Asian, mixed race and minority ethnic groups.

The grant application deadline is 9 January 2022 (5pm).

Changes to the plug-in grant scheme have been made to ensure funding goes further and helps more applicants switch to electric vehicles.

Applications can be made at any time.

Responding to the negative impact the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has had on the UK’s restaurant trade, the Black Business Fund has been created to empower a recovery within the industry amongst black-owned businesses.

The deadline for applications is 12 January 2022.

Hospice UK is providing grants to support community-led and culture projects which aim to open up conversations about dying, death and bereavement in new and creative ways at a grassroots level.

The deadline for applications is 21 February 2022 (5pm).

Start-up founders from across the UK are being supported to create tech solutions for global social and environmental problems.

The deadline for applications is 9 January 2022 (23:59 GMT).

A playwriting award has opened to applications for new scripts in 2022.

The 2022 Prize is open for entries until Sunday 30 January 2022 (21:00 GMT).

Funding is available for UK-based, business-led feasibility and industrial research projects to advance the commercialisation of quantum technologies in the UK.

The competition opens on Monday 17 January 2022. The deadline for applications will be Wednesday 9 March 2022 (11:00 GMT).

A fund designed to encourage collaboration and peer-to-peer learning for the protection and enhancement of local landscapes in England is open to new applications.

The deadline to apply for the 2022 round of Facilitation funding is 19 January 2022. Agreements will run from 1 June 2022 for three years.