Funding update – 3rd September 2025
This section provides the most recent updates on funding and grants currently available across the UK. It highlights a range of opportunities to support community organisations
Charles Hayward Foundation – Small Grants
Application deadline: Applications are accepted at any time
Maximum value: £7,000
Small grants are available to UK-registered charities for projects that support older people.
Small grants will be awarded to Older People’s projects that deliver preventative and early intervention programmes locally, enabling older people to stay in their own homes and remain independent.
The Foundation is particularly interested in seeking out programs that show creativity in improving the quality of life for older people. The Foundation will focus on:
- Programmes aiming to alleviate isolation and depression in older people, including informal day care or social, physical and recreational activities.
- Programmes that mainly use volunteers to provide practical help, assistance, and support for older people living in their own homes.
- Programmes addressing the emotional and practical needs of older carers.
- Programmes designed to meet the specific needs of people with dementia.
There are no submission deadlines; applications are accepted at any time during the year. Charles Hayward Foundation will confirm receipt of all complete and correctly submitted applications, and they aim to notify you of the outcome of your application within four months.
For more information, click the links below:
Eligibility Quiz | Funding FAQ | Older People Application Form | Older People Category Guidelines |
Shaftesbury Young People (SYP) Trust
Application deadline: 19th September
Maximum value: £10,000
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups for projects which improve the lives of young people (aged 11 to 18) in Greater London.
The current funding priorities are:
- Providing opportunities and encouragement for young people to access learning and employment
- Empowering young people to lead the healthiest lives they can
- Engaging young people to feel empowered in their choices, to be able to act independently, and to have a voice
There is a two-stage application process:
- Groups must first submit an online expression of interest. The deadline to submit an expression of interest is 19 September 2025.
- Successful applicants will then be invited to complete a full application.
For more information c,lick the links below:
How to apply | Who can apply? | Further Guidance | Apply online
Application deadline: midnight on 21st September (however, the fund could close earlier if it is heavily oversubscribed)
Value: Grants of between £5,000 and £100,000 (per site) are available.
Grants are available for constituted not-for-profit organisations working with children and young people to make capital improvements to youth facilities in priority areas across England.
Projects must meet at least one of the fund objectives:
- Improving the reach of activities provided
- Improving the safety of existing youth facilities
- Improve the youth sector’s capacity and quality to deliver a range of enrichment activities
- Funding priority areas based on youth needs
- Improving the financial sustainability of youth facilities
All grants must be spent, evidenced, and paid out by January 31, 2026, or earlier.
For more information, click the links below:
FAQs | Who is eligible | Application Guidance | More information |
