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 some of those with upcoming deadlines to make it easier for you to search.
Grants are available to help organisations and individuals in the UK to host an Armed Forces Day event which can take place
within two weeks of the Armed Forces Day event.
Application deadline: 30 April 2026
Funding available to support charities and VCSE organisations in England to continue gambling harm prevention and treatment services during the transition from the voluntary, industry-funded system to the new statutory gambling levy system.
Application deadline: 30 April 2026
Grants are available to UK-based community groups that aim to bring musical projects to their local communities.
Application deadline: 7 May 2026
Grants are available for craft practitioners, community groups and voluntary organisations across the United Kingdom to deliver projects that protect endangered crafts and provide
opportunities for makers and trainees to develop their skills.
Application deadline: 8 May 2026
Grants are available to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations for projects that improve, fix, and repair buildings, homes and facilities specifically used by people in need across the UK.
Application deadline: 10 May 2026
Grants are available for charities and housing associations that focus on vocational skills and technical training in the creative industries in the UK.
Application deadline: 11 May 2026
Grant funding to help individuals (over 21 years) and groups of exceptional ability in the UK that would not otherwise be able to carry out an artistic project or activity without financial support.
Application deadline: 15 May 2026
Grants are available to support health and wellbeing programmes in Museums across the UK. Funding is for proven health and wellbeing programmes that have the potential to develop and embed excellent practice at the applicant’s museum, and/or are at risk.
Application deadline: 20 May 2026
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations operating in an area of high deprivation in the UK to make football, cricket, or tennis more accessible to women and girls.
Application deadline: 27 May 2026
Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations across the UK to support a range of data protection advice and consultancy services.
Application deadline: 31 May 2026
Funding is available for UK-based community groups, charities, and not-for-profit organisations to support local projects that deliver a positive and lasting impact on their communities.
Application deadline: 31 May 2026
Grants are available for voluntary groups, social enterprises, and other not-for-profit organisations to deliver cycling projects and activities across England for people who do not normally cycle.
Application deadline: 1 June 2026
Grants for capital projects are available to small and medium-sized charities registered in the UK working to assist homeless people to rebuild their lives and return to the community.
Application deadline: 20 June 2026
Grants are available to help social welfare and charitable organisations working to improve the lives of people in the North East of England, particularly those working in the fields of social welfare, youth, disability, the elderly, women, ethnic minorities, education, arts and the environment.
Application deadline: 23 June 2026
Grants are available to support the conservation and sustainable use of church buildings in the UK, focusing on larger and more complex projects with priority given to urgent structural repairs or the introduction of kitchens and accessible toilets.
Application deadline: 7 July 2026
Grants are available for projects lasting up to two years which help enhance early childhood education and childcare settings of young children (birth to 5 years) from Armed Forces families.
Application deadline: 15 July 2026
A small number of grants are available once a year for registered charities supporting members of the armed forces community, including regulars, reservists, veterans, and their families.
Application Deadline: 31 July 2026
One-off grants are available to small UK registered charities for work in the specific areas of: relief of hardship; children and young people; disability and inclusion; the elderly; health; military; environment and conservation; the arts; and heritage.
Application deadline: 1 September 2026
A small number of grants are available each year to small not-for-profit groups with projects that address a community issue or support a local community initiative; and provide benefits to the local community.
Application Deadline: 7 September 2026
Grants are available for small, grassroots charities, community
interest communities (CICs), and voluntary and community groups across England to deliver vital services that benefit their local communities.
Application deadline: 30 September 2026
Grants are available for activity providers, communities, networks and organisations across the UK to develop new opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active or help increase their levels of physical activity.
Application Deadline: This is a rolling programme. Applications will be accepted until all of the funding has been allocated.
Grants are available to individuals from public sector bodies, commercial organisations, registered charities and other not-for-profit organisations to support the development of the skills needed to ensure continued resilience of the archives sector in England and Wales.
Application deadline: There is no application deadline for this fund.
A collaborative programme that brings together partners, funding and innovation to develop technology-driven solutions addressing major challenges in adult vocational learning in the UK.
Application deadline: Applicants should complete a short form on the programme website to receive further information and opportunities to get involved.
The Men’s Health Community Fund is a £6.3 million national initiative designed to support community-led projects that improve men’s health and reduce inequalities, particularly among those least likely to engage with traditional health services. The scheme sits within the UK Government’s Men’s Health Strategy for England and has been developed as a partnership between the Department of Health and Social Care, Movember, and People’s Health Trust.
Application deadline: Applications are expected to open during summer 2026
The Regenerations Programme and Investment Team at Northumberland County Council produce a regular monthly funding ebulletin covering the latest external funding opportunities. You can download them by clicking the links below:
Other useful website links
Charity Excellence Framework Newsletter – March 2026
Get Grants – Fundraising Training and Support
Get Grants Newsletter – March 2026
Get Grants Newsletter – April 2026
Get Grants Funding Opportunities – March
Northumberland VCSE MH Alliance – April Funding opportunities update
