Not for profit organisations and private law firms working with vulnerable young migrants can apply for grants of up to £30,000. The grants can be used to support legal work that benefits young migrants living in poverty who face significant disadvantage or discrimination as a result of their immigration status. Applicants should note that the average grant size is around £12,000. The funding is being made available through the Strategic Legal Fund (SLF) for Vulnerable Young Migrants and the closing date for applications is the 1st September 2025. Funding to Support Vulnerable Migrants (UK)
Small Homeless charities can apply for grants of up to £5,000 for projects that aim to help homeless people rebuild their lives. To be eligible to apply, applicants must be a registered charity and have an annual turnover of under £500,000, with ‘unrestricted reserves’ of under six months. Typically, organisations awarded funding operate residential or training facilities to assist homeless people. The funding is being made available through Help the Homeless, a grant-giving trust, founded in 1975, to help homeless people off the streets and enable them to live healthy, independent lives. Previously funded projects include the Booth Centre, an advice and activity centre for homeless people in Manchester, which received a grant of £1,500 to transform the centre and a grant of £3,000 to the Amber Foundation to enable the Foundation to buy new bedroom furniture for their residential centre in Devon. The next closing date for applications is the 15th September 2025. Grants of up to £5,000 Available for Projects that Help the Homeless (UK)
As part of the launch of the new Code of Fundraising Practice, we’ve published three code support guides to help fundraising organisations apply the code in practice. These guides can be used alongside the code and they focus on areas that fundraisers have told us can be complex or high-risk: documenting decisions, due diligence, and monitoring fundraising partnerships.
Read our blog from our Head of Policy, Paul Winyard, for more details about what each code support guide offers.
We’ve recently published new advice for retailers, such as supermarkets, who carry out charitable cash collections on their premises. Retailers play an important role in supporting charitable causes through providing a space for charitable collections in their stores. However, it is important that everyone involved meets certain standards to make sure fundraising occurs in a safe and secure way, so that any money raised reaches its intended purpose. You can read our blog explaining more about why we’ve published this guidance and what it covers from our Head of Proactive Regulation, Jim Tebbett.
Organisations that support disadvantaged families with children or directly with children aged 0-11 can apply for grants of up to £10,000 per year for up to three years through the Woodward Charitable Trust. Eligible applicants are UK-registered charities, CIOs, CICs and exempt charities with annual income under £200,000 and at least 75 per cent of work benefiting the target group. Priority activities include parenting support, in- and out-of-school education, programmes that build children’s wellbeing and development, and pre- or post-natal services. Applications must be submitted online by 12 noon on Thursday 31 July 2025. Grants of up to £10,000 Available to Charities working with Disadvanyaged Families and Children (UK)
Grants are available for UK registered charities seeking to enhance and improve people’s lives through advancing the arts, health and medical welfare, and the environment. The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust typically awards grants of between £500 and £6,000 for projects and core costs, with a preference for small-scale, locally based initiatives. Community services could include promoting access to the arts, conservation activities, music and art therapy to improve mental health and wellbeing, and providing breaks for carers. There are three grant-making meetings held annually. Projects should have a start date of at least three months after the meeting date. The next deadline for applications is 11.59 pm on 30 September 2025. Funding for Activities to Improve People’s Lives (UK)
Grants are now available to support children and young people in the UK experiencing a crisis or emergency. The grants which are made available through the BBC Children in Need Emergency Essentials programme support families with children up to the age of 17 who are living with financial, health and social difficulties by providing items that meet children’s most basic needs, such as kitchen appliances, furniture, baby equipment, beds, clothing, and other items and services that are critical to children’s wellbeing. Applications must come through a registered referral agency supporting the family or young person. The programme is delivered by Family Fund Business Services, and applications can be made at any time. Support for Children Living in Severe Poverty (UK)
Black and Racially Minoritised charities and social enterprises in England can now benefit from £4 million of funding and support via the Social Investment Business. Delivered in partnership with the Ubele Initiative and Create Equity, the Flexible Finance Fund will support the growth and long-term resilience of up to twenty-five organisations working to improve people’s lives or the environment they live in. Flexible loans of between £50,000 to £1.5 million are available with up to 100% of this amount as a grant (capped at £200,000), with terms of between 1 to 6 years at a fixed rate of 7.9% per annum. Eligible applicants must have been operating for at least two years and have a minimum turnover of £200,000. Applications are accepted at any time. Grants & Loans to Support Black & Racially Minoritised Organisations (England)
Grants up to £40,000 will soon be available to community groups and other not-for-profit organisations delivering sport and physical activity to underserved children and young people in London. The funding is made available through the Go! London Foundation Grants programme, which aims to transform the lives of young people aged 4-24 through sport and activity, and improve the sustainability of the groups delivering these activities. Grants are usually available for a maximum of two years, and can support both project and core costs. Groups and organisations with an annual income of less than £500,000 will be eligible to apply. Further details will be made available when the fund opens on the 30th June 2025. The deadline for applications will be the 15th September 2025. Funding for Youth Sports & Activity Programmes (London)
Support is available to assist low-income families caring for disabled or seriously ill young people aged 18 to 24 who live at home, helping to manage the significant additional costs of caring for young adults with high support needs. Funding is available for essential items that improve quality of life and promote independence, including technology, white goods, clothing, adapted sports equipment, travel expenses, and access to social or leisure activities. Applications must be submitted by a parent or carer and are considered on a first-come, first-served basis until resources are exhausted. This funding is provided by UK charity Family Fund through its Your Opportunity grant programme. Funding to Support Young People Living with Disabilities (UK)
sobus
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Sobus is a new Community Development Agency for Hammersmith & Fulham. It has been created through the merger of the Community and Voluntary Sector Association Hammersmith & Fulham (CaVSA) and the Fulham Community Partnership Trust (FCPT). Building on the strengths of both organisations, sobus aims to provide a wider range of support services for local charities, community groups, social enterprises and start up businesses.