Grants and External Funding

Loans are available to support the UK’s small and medium businesses to help them through the current difficult trading conditions.

Applications can be made at any time.

Annual cash price celebrating an organisation that has made an extraordinary contribution to the alleviation of human suffering.

At US$2.5 million, the Hilton Humanitarian Prize is the world’s largest annual humanitarian award, recognising the achievements of charitable or non-profit organisations around the world.

Nominations for 2023 will be accepted from 19 August 2022 to 28 September 2022.

Grants are available for independent music companies to showcase UK music projects abroad.

The Music Export Growth Scheme makes grants available to UK-registered independent music companies to assist them with marketing campaigns when looking to introduce successful UK music projects overseas.

The next deadline for applications is 2 September 2022 (23:59 BST).

The majority of new applications for Woodland Creation payments from 2025 will be made through the Local Nature Recovery scheme.

Farmers and landowners in England are being encouraged to apply for a share of £25 million in funding to support woodland creation and tree planting.

Applications may be submitted at any time.

Applications are being accepted by a funding programme designed to help more people in the UK become digitally and financially empowered.

Funding is available to UK charitable organisations for projects to improve people's digital confidence, knowledge and skills to enable them to make more informed decisions about money and have access to financial services.

The deadline for applications is 23 September 2022.

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.

Expressions of interest for the first round of the programme are open until 16 September 2022 (23:59 BST).

Innovation funding, coupled with tailored support, will be awarded to businesswomen in the UK who have enterprising ideas and the potential to become leaders in innovation and deliver economic growth.

Applications will be accepted from 22 August 2022 until 19 October 2022 (11:00 BST).

Grants are available to support the commission and acquisition of important new work, and exceptional projects with significant public impact.

Art Fund recognise that there are distinct opportunities and fundraising challenges in realising a commission, and that the acquisition of a commission can be conceptualised and carried out in many different ways.

Applications for small grants can be submitted at any time.

Community groups, public, and private landowners in England, Scotland, and Wales can apply for funding to develop or scale-up rewilding projects on land or at sea.

Rewilding Britain is offering grants of up to £15,000 to help foster new and ambitious rewilding projects, or scale-up pre-existing projects, across Britain. The Rewilding Innovation Fund will support rewilding projects on land and at sea, at a scale of more than 40 hectares, that adhere to Rewilding Britain’s rewilding principles.  

The deadline for applications is 14 October 2022.

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

The UK Seafood Fund: Skills and Training Scheme will provide a one-off fund to improve training in the seafood industry, including the catching, processing and aquaculture sectors.

The deadline for applications to access funding for training courses and specialist equipment is 12 October 2022 (12:00 BST).

An equity-free cash prize of £15,000 is available for entrepreneurial students and recent graduates across the UK.

The Varsity Pitch Competition rewards UK students and recent graduate entrepreneurs who have enterprising ideas that they wish to turn into viable businesses; enabling participants to showcase their unique, creative ideas to the wider community.

The closing date for applications is Friday 9 September 2022 (12:00 BST).

Grants are available to organisations undertaking media literacy activity projects in England that tackle a range of media literacy challenges.

The deadline for applications is 19 September 2022 (23:59 BST).

Partnerships between the UK seafood sector and research institutes can now apply for funding towards scientific research projects focused on sustainability within the fisheries and seafood sector.

Interested parties can bid for a contract until 5 September 2022 (12:00 BST).

UK businesses and research and technology organisations, working alone or with partners, can apply for funding to develop innovative solutions to health and healthcare challenges.

Applications open on 15 August 2022. The deadline to apply is 12 October 2022 (11:00 BST).

Funding to support the protection of cultural heritage under threat in one or more of the Fund’s target countries.

Administered by the British Council on behalf of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the Fund will support efforts to keep cultural heritage and objects safe as well as providing opportunities for local communities to value, care for and benefit from their cultural heritage.

Expressions of Interest are accepted on a rolling basis, before the application deadline of 31 October 2022.

Funding to support the delivery of new and renewed youth facilities within a short timescale.

Applicants must be working with children and young people, where the majority are aged 11 to 19 years. Where young people have a special educational need, are leaving care, or are considered 'at risk' or vulnerable, funding may be granted up to the age of 25 years.

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis, with Grant Committees expected to be held until March 2024.

Applications are being invited to a fund designed to help support, sustain and promote the growth of the new music infrastructure in the UK.

Funding is available for not-for-profit organisations based in the UK to support new music projects led by promoters, large performance groups, talent development organisations, venues, festivals and curators.

The deadline for applications is 14 September 2022 (6pm).

Support is available for mobility-focused entrepreneurs to help them progress their early-stage businesses.

The Techstars and Audi Mobility Pre-Accelerator is a ten-week programme that provides individual founders, with an innovative idea or early-stage company in the mobility space, the training, tools, mentorship, and network to prepare them for the next level.

The deadline for applications to be submitted is 1 November 2022.

Funding for UK charities to engage young people in the arts, promote skills development in the arts and heritage sector, and support local and regional arts organisations and museums.

The deadline for applications is 30 September 2022. 

Funding is available to support independent screen companies across the UK, ensuring a UK-wide benefit and addressing geographic imbalance within the industry.

The International Business Development strand is open for applications until 13 October 2022.

Funding is available for UK-based businesses to work with the best scientists and research facilities to resolve productivity and competitiveness issues.

The deadline for applications for both competition strands is 31 August 2022 (12:00 BST).

Community groups can be awarded up to £300 to host community events during Great Big Green Week (GBGW) 24^th September – 2^nd October 2022.

CAfS can provide up to £300 of funding for venue hire, publicity materials, speaker expenses, film hire, other activities and equipment.  Any surplus generated through donations should be retained by your group.

The scheme is part of government commitment to ensure young people given access to more activities, trips away from home and volunteering opportunities.

The announcement follows 418 youth projects benefiting from £12 million of cash fast-tracked to those in need earlier this year.

Schools and early years providers in England, Scotland, and Wales can apply for training and resources to promote outdoor learning and make environmental improvements for the benefit of pupils, staff, and the local community.

The next deadline is 2 September 2022 for a decision by 16 September 2022. 

Registered Christian charities throughout the UK and Ireland can apply for funding to support individuals who are training in Heritage skills deemed necessary for the preservation and maintenance of historic Christian buildings.

Applications can be made at any time. 

Owners of high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding in England can now apply for funding to meet the costs of making their properties safe.

The Government originally announced the Building Safety Fund in the Budget on 11 March 2020, to fund the remediation of cladding on high-rise residential buildings over 17.7 metres tall in England.

The deadline for new applications is 1 January 2025.

The fund seeks transformative projects to deliver quality services for individuals experiencing rough sleeping in England.

The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC), in partnership with Housing Justice and Homeless Link, has announced £10 million of funding until 2025 to address homelessness and improve Night Shelter provision across England.

The deadline to apply is 26 August 2022, for notifications in October 2022.

Support is available for small start-up businesses in the UK that are pioneering sustainable technologies to reduce carbon emissions and help Sainsbury’s to achieve its net zero target.

Submissions of interest in the programme may be made at any time.

Groups can still apply for funding to deliver targeted projects aimed at veterans with specific, complex needs.

There are two weeks left to apply for Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust’s new programme to drive sustainable change for Armed Forces personnel.

The deadline to apply is 8 August 2022 for decisions in October 2022.

Capital grants are available to local authorities in England to support their air quality responsibilities.

The 2022/23 application deadline is 23 September 2022 (midday).

A government scheme that cuts the price of leading software, boosting productivity and growth of the UK’s small businesses, is now able to benefit even more firms.

Support can be accessed at any time.

A free 16-week incubator programme has launched for Black-led food and drink start-up businesses seeking to grow in the UK, which aims to support their transition to supermarket shelves.

The deadline for applications is 16 August 2022.

UK non-profit organisations and public bodies working in collaboration can apply for funding to support proposals to form a Community Research Network in their area.

Over the next four years, Innovate UK (IUK) is investing in the creation of a series of Community Research Networks across the UK with the aim of delivering economic, social, and cultural benefits from research and innovation to all UK citizens.

Applications are accepted from Monday 25 July 2022 until Wednesday 14 September 2022.

The Government has launched a public consultation to gather views on the social and environmental purposes of the £738 million in dormant assets funding for England in the years ahead.

The consultation is currently open and will close on Sunday, 9 October 2022.

Grants are available for schools, community groups, parish and town councils, and Tree Warden Networks to support tree planting projects that involve young people up to the age of 21 across the United Kingdom.

The deadline for applications is 4 December 2022. 

This competition will provide grant support for UK businesses carrying out projects to develop technologies, energy systems and mission architecture needed for space based solar power.

The deadline for applications is 23 September 2022 (14:00 BST).

The next round of the 10-year, £100 million Climate Action Fund is now open for applications from projects which focus on the link between climate and nature and bring other social and economic benefits to local communities.

The programme is open on a rolling basis.

A £12 million funding pot that aims to ensure the UK’s rules and regulations keep pace with innovation has opened for applications.

The deadline for applications is 29 September 2022 (12:00 BST).

Grants are available to support projects piloting new methods of delivering media literacy interventions to ‘hard to reach’ citizens across England.

The deadline for receipt of applications is 30 August 2022 (09:00 BST).

A loan scheme offering finance for UK businesses as they grow and recover from the disruption of the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended to 2024.

As of Wednesday 20 July 2022 the scheme has been extended for a further two years.

Funding to develop techniques and pathways for meeting veterans’ physical and health needs in the UK.

The deadline to apply is 12 noon on 31 August 2022, for decisions on 1 November 2022.

UK registered organisations can apply for grants to develop innovative privacy solutions to two real world challenge use cases.

The deadline for applications is 19 September 2022 (11:00 BST).

Innovative proposals are sought to help engineers, or science and engineering communicators, promote their expertise and explore ways to provide engaging training opportunities to a wider public.

The deadline for applications is 26 September 2022 (4pm).

Groups have additional time to apply for funding to address inequalities which may exacerbate gambling harms in vulnerable communities.

The deadline has been extended from 28 July 2022 to 12 noon on 8 August 2022.

Due to open in autumn 2022, this new fund is designed to boost the production of fuel for nuclear reactors in the UK.

Businesses can now register their interest in applying for funding. The scheme will formally open to applications in the autumn.

Cumbria CVS is a registered charity and membership organisation, helping organisations to develop and improve by providing training and advice. If you're interested in learning more about the support and training on offer, visit one of the upcoming Funding Fairs.

This competition encourages participants from industry, academia and research to support the High Altitude Pseudo Satellites Platform (HAPS) development by funding innovation prototypes and multi-mission payloads.

The deadline for applications to be submitted is 2 September 2022 (11:00 BST).

Funding to support projects working with displaced children and young people both in the UK and internationally.

There are no deadlines. Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.

Grants are available for UK based entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups to help them start-up and grow a business.

The deadline for grant applications is 5 September 2022.

Funding to reduce the risk and impact of hate crime at places of worship and associated faith community centres.

The deadline has been extended from 14 July to 23:50 on 28 July 2022.