Funding
Find Funding Opportunities for VCSE Organisations
Our regularly updated list of funders is designed to help VCSE organisations connect with the financial support they need. You’ll find a wide range of grant-makers and charitable funders, along with timely funding alerts from across the sector. Each listing includes key details — but it’s important to double-check deadlines and eligibility criteria directly with the funder before applying. We strongly recommend contacting funders in advance to discuss your project. A conversation early on can improve your chances of success and help ensure your application aligns with their priorities.
GrantNav is 360Giving’s search-engine for grants data. It is a free-to-use platform that brings together open, comparable grants data that is published by funders in the 360Giving Data Standard.
My Funding Central from Idox is a subscription-based funding service helping charities, local communities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises search for funding
The free charity Funding Finder charitable grants directory enables you to search for funders
The Community Foundation award grants to support causes in Northumberland from nearly 300 different funds set up by their donors. Sign up to their fortnightly newsletter to stay informed about the latest funding opportunities
The National Lottery Community Fund distributes over £600m a year to communities across the UK, raised by players of The National Lottery
GrantFinder and Northumberland County Council Open 4 Community is a user-friendly, accurate UK wide professional funding tool which has helped users to secure millions of pounds worth of support. Sign up here
Arts Council England are looking for organisations, artists, events, initiatives and others to apply for their funding and help them achieve their strategy
The monthly funding eBulletin from Northumberland County Council is free and provides opportunities available in the local area. Sign up here
Heritage Fund are the largest funder of UK heritage. They believe in the power of heritage to ignite the imagination, offer joy and inspiration, and to build pride in place and connection to the past.
We provide unrestricted funding for charities and good causes across Britain
The Albert Hunt Trust supports UK registered charities that provide hospice care; provide support for the homeless or promote health and well-being
Asda Foundation is an independent charity with more than 30 years’ history of helping people in local communities
The Ballinger Charitable Trust was founded in 1994 and seeks to support charities, CICs and community groups in North-East England, through grants and funding
The Barbour Foundation (originally called The Barbour Trust) was set up to support charities and good causes primarily in the North East of England
The Bernard Sunley Foundation support charities in England and Wales working to raise the quality of life and provide greater opportunities for the young, the elderly, the disabled and the disadvantaged.
BlueSpark Foundation is a registered charity which supports the education and development of children and young people by providing grants for educational, cultural, sporting and other projects.
The Catherine Cookson Trust supports a wide range of activities including education and training, environment and conservation, arts and culture as well as general charitable purposes
Garfield Weston Foundation support charities that make a positive difference, working in different sectors in the UK. These include welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage and faith.
Grants for Good is designed to direct funding only to small and growing local charities, voluntary groups or social enterprises that are making a big impact on communities, people or the environment
The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme offers grants of up to £20,000 per year to local organisations helping to tackle the challenges facing local communities
The Hedley Foundation provides grants to smaller charities operating across the spectrum of social need. Last year, they supported hundreds of small charities, improving lives and lifting people’s aspirations.
Sir James Knott Trust support charitable activity in Northumberland by making grants to organisations, with the aim of improving the conditions of people living and working in the North East of England
The Joicey Trust make grants across a wide spectrum for either revenue (including ‘core funding’) or capital expenditure
The Mercers’ Company aim to support churches, other faith and community-based organisations that strengthen communities and families
The Morrisons Foundation supports registered charities that make a positive difference in local communities across England, Scotland and Wales
The Northumberland Estates Community Fund was developed to provide support to community groups, charities and organisations that operate in the locality of their operations
Northumberland National Park Communities Fund provides small amounts of funding to projects, community groups, businesses, charities and organisations that wish to deliver a project which is in line with its key aims and priorities.
The Paul Hamlyn Foundation Youth Fund want to fund organisations who support young people (ages 14–25) who face challenging or complex transitions to adulthood
The Rose Education Foundation is pleased and excited to be able to offer financial support to youth projects in North-East England
The Rothley Trust focuses on the needs of children and young people in areas of disadvantage. It also supports community development and the groups which help people with disabilities
The Schroder Charity Trust is an independent grant-making family trust which supports a wide range of charitable activities.
Screwfix Foundation are a grant giving charity with a clear purpose to support projects that improve, repair and maintain homes and community facilities used by those in need throughout the UK
The Veterans’ Foundation provides grants to eligible organisations that provide assistance to serving and former members of the armed forces community, operational qualified seafarers and their immediate families
The Wellbank Foundation is a small, family run, grant-making charity that supports registered charities based in the North East of England
Funding Opportunities
Funding Alerts and News for the VCSE Sector
The Northumberland County 4 Community website is a dedicated funding portal managed by Idox for Northumberland County Council. It serves as a comprehensive “one-stop-shop” for local, regional and national funding information.
It provides weekly interactive bulletins to keep users updated on new funds and approaching deadlines. We’ve summarised these into one document so that it makes it easier to search:
Northumberland County 4 Community – Funding Alerts and News for the VCSE Sector, 27 Jan
