The Royal Society offers a Partnership Grants Scheme which provides £3,000 for science projects in schools and has awarded over £1.3 million to around 800 schools. Applicants are required to work with a ‘Partner’ who would either be a Scientist or Engineer to give children real ‘hands-on’ skills and experience and enable them to go […]
Esmee Fairbairn Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities throughout the UK both now and in the future. The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK and makes grants annually towards a wide range of work within the arts, education and learning and provide funding for […]
The Rayne Foundation
The Rayne Foundation is a charity which makes grants to charities and organisations in order to ‘understand and engage with the needs of UK society, and to find ways and means to help address those needs’. Funding can be obtained for salaries and project costs, running costs and capital costs of building and equipment, and […]
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is a medium-sized independent grantmaking foundation which makes grants totalling around £2 million a year to a variety of charitable projects. They fund both charities and charitable organisations, and provide grants for both general running costs and capital projects. The aim of the foundation is to address local issues in areas […]
Aviva Community Fund
Many large companies have their own community funds, and Aviva is one of them. Over the last few years they have hosted the community fund for brokers and have extended it to a national level so community and charities can now apply. Aviva have 4 funding levels ranging from up to £1,000 up to £25,000 and […]
The Allen Lane Foundation
The Allen Lane Foundation is a grant-making trust set up in 1966 to provide grants for charitable causes. The Foundation makes grants for up to three years, with a total value of £500-£15,000, although the average grant size is £5,000 – £6,000. In order to apply, your organisation does not need to be a registered […]
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation aims to improve the quality of life for people and communities throughout the UK both now and in the future. The Foundation is one of the largest independent grant-makers in the UK and makes grants of £30 – £35 million annually towards a wide range of work within the arts, education and […]
The Tudor Trust
The Tudor Trust is an independent grant-making charitable trust which supports organisations working in any part of the UK. The trust funds a range of people and organisations working to build stronger communities, and do not have specific grant programmes as they believe that the groups they provide support to are best placed to identify […]
The Fenton Arts Trust
The Fenton Arts Trust is an arts charity whose aims are to give encouragement and financial support to those actively contributing to the creative arts in the UK. It provides grants to support or reward work or performances by individuals early in their careers and for institutions or organisations that share these aims. The average […]
Postcode Community Trust
The People’s Postcode Lottery launched the Postcode Community Trust to support local, community-based, grassroots projects across Great Britain at a time when there is overwhelming demand for funding. Registered charities and organisations whose activities align with the themes below can apply for funding up to £25,000 however, organisations not registered as a charity can only […]