Grants and External Funding

Funding for registered allotment associations and committees for the improvement and development of facilities on registered and permitted sites.

The National Allotment Gardens Trust, a registered charity, has a small amount of funding that it provides each year for allotment and garden projects.

The next deadline for applications is 1 April 2023.

Schools, colleges and universities in the UK have until 6 April to apply for funding to provide their students with an opportunity to study and work abroad starting in September.

Announced in December 2020, the Turing Scheme is a competitive grant funding scheme. It provides grants to organisations to fund individuals undertaking education and training in the UK, to go on study or work placements across the world.

The deadline for applications is 6 April 2023 (4pm).

The £150 million Community Ownership Fund is for communities across the United Kingdom. It has been set up to help communities take ownership of assets at risk of closure. It will run for 4 years until 2024/25. Voluntary and community organisations can bid for match funding. Funding may support the purchase and/or renovation costs of community assets.

Proposals will need to prove the value of the asset to local people and that the asset can run sustainably for the long-term benefit of the community. 

Grants are available for not-for-profit groups in the UK to help improve access to football for all by running football activities for underrepresented groups. This is only open to new groups who have not already received a grant through this fund.

Now in its second year, Barclays Bank in partnership with the Sported Foundation is offering small grants of £500 to groups that are running football activities for one or more of the following underrepresented groups: women and girls, young people with disabilities, young people from racially diverse communities, young people from the LGBTQ+ community and young people from lower socio-economic groups.

The fund is currently open until 31 December 2023. However, it may close earlier if a large volume of applications is received.

Funding is available for charities and grassroots community groups and associations to support young people aged 11-25 years in communities where KFC restaurants are located.

Grants of up to £2,500 are available for charities, community interest companies and clubs or associations with an annual turnover of less than £300,000 to support projects that help young people create firm foundations by addressing their needs through early intervention, and empowering young people to fulfil their potential through the provision of safe social spaces, mentoring, work, and social skills development. 

The deadline to submit an expression of interest is 13 March 2023. 

UK registered businesses can apply for grants to fund innovative solutions to industrial problems using Quantum Computing.

Through this competition, Innovate UK (IUK) is funding innovative solutions to industrial problems using quantum computing (QC). The aim is to bring together end-users from many industry sectors, with experts in QC. They will identify and develop use cases in the UK that demonstrate the potential and commercial benefits of this technology.

The deadline for applications is 29 March 2023 (11:00 BST).

Funding for not-for-profit organisations delivering community-based experiences at a grassroots level for young people (16- to 17-year-olds) in England.

Starting this year, National Citizens Service Trust (NCST) has announced it will be awarding two different types of grants to local organisations delivering community-based experiences at a grassroots level, for the first time.

Applications will be accepted from 13 February 2023 (11am) until they close on 20 March 2023 (9am).

UK registered organisations can apply for grants to fund solutions that reduce the cost and time required for assessing fabric performance of buildings against net zero performance targets.

The aim of this Innovate UK (IUK) competition is to accelerate the shift to a net zero economy. The focus is on reducing the cost and time required for assessing the fabric performance of buildings and assuring net zero performance targets are achieved.

The deadline for applications is 22 March 2023 (11:00 GMT).

Funding to encourage greater participation in sport and physical activity across the country.

To commemorate the Coronation in 2023, Sport England has widened its Small Grants focus.

The deadline to apply is 30 June 2023.

Ahead of a new funding round, environmental groups, charities, public bodies, and landowners in England can read guidance to support their bids for grants to develop sites where peat can be restored.

The Nature for Climate Peatland Grant Scheme (NCPGS) has been set up to support the restoration of degraded peatland in England.

Subject to confirmation, Defra expects to open the third round of Restoration Grant applications in April 2023, for eight weeks.

Funding is available for UK based providers of training relevant to the seafood sector.

The UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme offers funding to improve training in the seafood industry, including the catching, processing and aquaculture sectors.

Applications are open until 21 April 2023 (12:00 BST).

Funding available to local authorities in England to increase tree planting and natural regeneration in local communities.

The Local Authority Treescapes Fund (LATF) provides funding for the establishment of trees in non-woodland settings. These may include parks, riparian zones, copses and shelterbelts, as well as green lanes, small linear woodlands alongside roads and footpaths, and vacant and disused community spaces.

Round three applications may be submitted until 30 June 2023.

Funding is available for planting trees in urban areas, helping to support people’s health and wellbeing, as well as wider environmental benefits.

The Urban Tree Challenge Fund (UTCF) was first developed in response to the Government’s commitment to provide millions of pounds for planting trees in and around England’s towns and cities.

Round 5 is open for applications. Those wishing to plant trees in 2023/24 must submit their applications by 30 June 2023 (23:59 BST).

Grants are available for organisations operating across the public, private and third sectors in England and Wales for upgrading existing heat networks to reduce emissions and energy costs.

The Heat Network Efficiency Scheme (HNES) provides funding to support improvements to existing district heating or communal heating projects that are operating sub-optimally and resulting in poor outcomes for customers and operators.

The scheme will run multiple funding rounds, which will take place approximately bi-monthly. The deadline for Round 1 is 31 March 2023.

Funding to celebrate, commemorate and/or educate about the history of the MV Empire Windrush and the contribution of the Windrush Generation to life in Britain.

Groups have around two weeks left to apply to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC)’s Windrush Day Grant Scheme.

The deadline to apply is 22 February 2023.

The Department for Transport has announced new funding to help local authorities make improvements to walking and cycling routes.

A new £200 million fund has been announced by the government to improve crossings and junctions to support walking and cycling, and therefore reduce emissions and boost local economies.

The successful projects will be announced later this year.

Grants are available for UK businesses and partners to develop, deploy and operate clean solutions which will help decarbonise the UK’s maritime sector.

The Zero Emission Vessel and Infrastructure (ZEVI) Competitions aim to transform the UK into a global leader in the design and manufacturing of clean maritime technologies.

The deadline for applications is 19 April 2023 (11:00 BST).

Not-for-profit organisations across England can apply for funding to deliver capital and public amenity improvement projects in communities within a Communities Trust funding zone.

Suez Communities Trust is offering grants of between £3,000 and £50,000 for not-for-profit groups to deliver projects that make physical improvements to community facilities, or repair buildings of religious worship or buildings of architectural or historic interest.

The next deadline for applications is 22 February 2023.

Awards celebrating grassroots organisations tackling poverty in Great Britain.

The 2023 application window for the Centre for Social Justice Awards is now open.

The deadline to apply is 6 March 2023.

Charitable and not-for-profit youth organisations delivering high-quality youth provision whose work is being hindered, curtailed, or cut back due to rising core costs can apply for funding to address these unprecedented demands.

UK Youth, in partnership with Pears Foundation, is offering unrestricted multi-year grants for charitable and not-for-profit youth organisations across the UK with an annual turnover of less than £500,000 to help them cover rising prices and increased costs due to the cost-of-living crisis.

Applications can be submitted at any time. 

Funding is available for businesses and research organisations, from anywhere in the world, to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or the Indo-Pacific regions.

Innovate UK (IUK) has announced a call for applications to Round 10 of its Energy Catalyst Competitions. The objective of these competitions is to accelerate the innovations needed to create new or improved clean energy access in sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia or Indo-Pacific regions.

All three competition strands open on 27 February 2023. The deadline for applications is 28 June 2023 (11:00 BST).

UK businesses can lead on applications for grants to fund collaborative research and development projects related to hydrogen storage and distribution supply chain.

Forming part of the Future Economy Net Zero Programme, this Innovate UK (IUK) competition will focus on the development of the hydrogen economy. The aim is to develop new ways of delivering integrated hydrogen storage and distribution systems and the associated supply chains.

Applications will be accepted between 13 February 2023 and 26 April 2023 (11:00 BST).

Funding to support forcibly displaced people and their host communities to respond to the climate crisis.

Registered charities and social enterprises can now apply for the next bout of funding from JAC Trust’s climate programme.

The deadline to apply is 8 March 2023.

Funding to help create positive, lasting change for transgender people in England.

National Lottery Community Fund is supporting the five-year TRANSforming Futures project to provide solutions to the issues in healthcare and justice for transgender people across England.

The deadline to apply is 20 March 2023.

Funding for small, local groups across the UK to improve community spaces and places where local people can be together and thrive.

For a second year in a row, the Asda Foundation is offering large grants of up to £25,000 for local groups across the UK who are working to improve spaces in the heart of their local community.

Applications will be accepted from 6 February 2023 to 19 March 2023.

Grants are available for UK organisations carrying out projects that help protect children by identifying and disrupting the sharing of links to child sexual abuse material online.

The aim of this Innovate UK (IUK) competition is to enhance UK capabilities in protecting all users online, but in particular preventing harm of children online.

The programme opens on 7 February 2023. The deadline for applications is 15 March 2023.

Funding to support those in society who face the greatest challenges and whose opportunities are the most limited.

Registered and exempt charities in the UK can now apply for a grant of £1,000 to help tackle social disadvantage and support vulnerable individuals.

The deadline to apply is 28 February 2023.

Grants are available to help start-ups and early-stage founders across the UK to take the next steps on their business journey.

‘Realising the Remarkable’ is a new cash grant programme which has been created to help entrepreneurs start or grow their businesses, and reach their full potential.

The deadline for applications is 26 February 2023 (23:59 GMT).

Grants are available for UK regulators and professional bodies pursuing international recognition arrangements.

The Recognition Arrangements Grants Programme will provide grants for UK regulators to develop recognition arrangements with their international counterparts, and ensure British professionals have their qualifications recognised overseas.

The second round of the programme is now open with a deadline for applications of Friday 24 March 2023 (23:59 GMT).

Organisations can apply for funding to develop Engineering Biology technologies, processes, products and services, or apply Engineering Biology to societal challenges.

Through this competition, Innovate UK (IUK) will fund business-led research and development (R&D) that will lead to new Engineering Biology (EngBio) products, processes or services, and de-risk the adoption of new EngBio technologies that offer high market potential.

The deadline for applications is 29 March 2023 (11:00 BST).

UK businesses, and partner organisations, can apply for research and development funding to help with challenges small businesses and the self-employed face with ill health at work.

Innovate UK has launched a competition to increase access for small businesses and the self-employed to occupational health services (OHS) in the UK.

The deadline for applications is 15 March 2023 (11:00 GMT).

Funding for projects using innovative and creative solutions to benefit communities in the UK.

Kilburn & Strode LLP is a leading practice firm of intellectual property attorneys. Annually, it donates 1% of profits to its charitable arm, the Innovation for All Foundation.

Applications are open until 31 March 2023.

Schools across the United Kingdom can now apply for funding to support breakfast club initiatives for children.

Kellogg’s, in partnership with Forever Manchester, is offering grants of up to £1,000 to schools to help fund breakfast clubs across the UK and ensure that children who need it most receive a morning meal.

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Grants are available for young musicians and composers across the UK to support the performance, recording, and promotion of the music of Michael Tippett.

For 2023 the Trustees have decided to focus the Foundation’s activity exclusively on the funding of performances and recording of music by Michael Tippett, to generate greater revenue for a wider range of activities in future years

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2023.

The transnational call is providing approximately €33 million for projects focusing on applied quantum science and quantum phenomena and resources.

QuantERA II is a European Research Area network focused on quantum technologies (QT). It supports multilateral research projects with the potential to initiate or foster new lines of QT through collaborations exploring advanced multidisciplinary science and/or cutting-edge engineering.

Applications should be submitted by the 11 May 2023 (17:00 CET) deadline.

Funding for community, private and public sector organisations across the UK for initiatives which will help to reduce the UK’s reliance on soy-based animal and fish feed and synthetic fertilisers.

The Co-op Foundation has published the guidance notes for the second round of its £3.5 million Carbon Innovation Fund.

Round Two will open for applications on 1 February 2023 (after the event concludes at midday) and close on 28 February 2023 (midday).

England’s farmers will soon have access to a new set of paid actions to support food production and environmentally responsible farming.

The Government has set out new plans for England’s farming sector, supporting farmers to be profitable and resilient as they produce food sustainably while protecting nature and enhancing the environment.

Applications opened on 30 June 2022. Applications will remain open, so interested parties can apply at a time that works best for them.

Funding and professional support is available to help five emerging filmmakers from the UK and Ireland turn their short documentary ideas into completed films.

Netflix is once again providing the Documentary Talent Fund to identify and support emerging documentary filmmakers from the UK and Ireland.

The deadline for applications is 16 February 2023 (13:00 GMT).

UK registered organisations, collaborating with at least one German SME, can apply for grants for collaborative research projects resulting in innovative solutions.

The aim of this Innovate UK (IUK) competition is to support UK and German business-led collaboration in innovation. IUK will support UK businesses to collaborate successfully with German counterparts and build global growth prospects. Proposals must contribute to the development of commercial products, processes or technical services.

The competition opens on Tuesday 7 February 2023. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 7 June 2023 (11:00 BST).

Support is being offered for a range of organisations to develop bids addressing the water sector's most pressing challenges.

Ofwat’s new Water Discovery Challenge is a £4 million competition for innovations that can help solve the biggest challenges facing the water sector; today and in the future. The aim is to directly support organisations with innovative propositions and facilitate their engagement with water companies.

The deadline for applications is 5 April 2023 (12:00 GMT).

Funding to help provide lifetime support to those in need among serving Armed Forces personnel, veterans, and their immediate families.

Not-for profit organisations which support the Armed Forces community in Great Britain (veterans, those serving and immediate dependants) can now apply for the next round of grants from the Veterans’ Foundation.

The next deadline is 6 February 2023.

New businesses operating in the UK’s dyeing, textile production or colouration industries can access investment funding to help their enterprises gain traction.

The Dyers’ Company has launched a new Seed Capital Investment Fund designed to support innovation in, and the commercialisation of, business ideas with a link to colour or colouration.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday 28 February 2023.

Not-for-profit organisations across the United Kingdom can apply for funding to cover the purchase of a water foundation to help reduce pollution and the use of non-reusable plastics in coastal communities.

Sea Changers is offering grants of up to £2500 for community groups and other not-for-profit organisations to help prevent negative impacts on UK coastal and marine environments and species by reducing marine litter through the provision of well-located coastal water fountains that will significantly reduce the use of non-reusable plastic drinks bottles. 

The deadline for applications is 28 February 2023.

The Small Grants fund has broadened its criteria to include flood support.

Sport England has temporarily updated its Small Grants guidance to enable funding for organisations affected by recent flooding.

Flood Relief funding is available for a limited time only.

Funding is available for businesses that have ideas to reimagine how transport options in the UK can better support a rapidly ageing population.

The Transport Pathfinder Innovation Programme invites innovators, businesses and entrepreneurs to propose transport solutions that are commercially viable, demonstrate creativity and innovation, and can be supported towards market by investment in good design.

The deadline for applications is Monday 27 February 2023 (12:00 GMT).

Funding to support groups to celebrate and/or educate about the history of the MV Empire Windrush and the contributions of the Windrush Generation to UK life.

Activities in 2023 need to support the central aims of Windrush Day – to tell the story of the Windrush Generation and celebrate and recognise how they have shaped Britain’s heritage.

The deadline to apply is 22 February 2023.

Funding is available to finance the production of a short documentary film produced by an emerging British LGBTQ+ filmmaker.

Applications are being invited to the second annual documentary film fund provided by Iris Prize LGBT+ Film Festival.

The deadline for applications is 31 March 2023.

Funding to build strong relationships in and across communities in England.

Applications are accepted from constituted voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations and statutory bodies such as local authorities and community councils.

Grants of between £300 and £10,000 are available for up to one year.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.

Funding available to support local authority partnerships in England to help unlock surplus land and property.

One Public Estate (OPE) is a partnership between the Office of Government Property (OGP) in the Cabinet Office (CO), the Local Government Association (LGA) and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC).

The deadline for applications is 31 March 2023.

Funding and technical expertise are available to organisations worldwide to advance AI-based projects which address global societal problems.

Google.org is inviting funding applications from organisations around the world that are using artificial intelligence to create new, innovative solutions to existing societal problems and to make progress against the UN's Sustainable Development Goals.

Applications may be made at any time and will be reviewed on a rolling basis. The application window will remain open until all selections are made.