Round three will be opening in January 2023. They will shortly be sharing details of round one projects.

They know that London’s communities have been hard hit by COVID-19. Some communities have been disproportionally affected, many of whom already experience long term inequality and disadvantage in areas such as health, employment, housing and access to green spaces.

£1000 Grant for a digital access initiative in Harrow

Version 1, an organisation that drives customer success through 25 years of market leadership and innovation in IT services, are pleased to offer a small grant to an organisation improving lives in Harrow.

The CAF Tourle Foundation Fund seeks to award grants to local charities delivering services for local people in all parts of the UK.

This programme is open to national and local charities helping disadvantaged children and young people to overcome the barriers they face.
Charities can apply for a small or large grant, depending on their income

BlueSpark provides funding for projects which aim to improve the education and development of children and young people by means of educational, cultural, sporting or other activities. Subject to that overriding objective, the Trustees have absolute discretion as to the making of grants. We will give particular consideration to projects which we consider will help enhance the self-confidence, team working skills and future employability of children and young people.

National Lottery Awards for All offers funding from £300 to £10,000 to support what matters to people and communities.

Their priorities are:

-bringing people together and building strong relationships in and across communities

-improving the places and spaces that matter to communities

-enabling more people to fulfil their potential by working to address issues at the earliest possible stage.

The Henry Smith Charity aims to use its resources to help people and communities at a time of need and to bring about positive change. We achieve this by funding organisations that work with people to reduce social and economic disadvantage.

The overall aim of this funding programme is to prevent people entering the criminal Justice system and to support people entering the criminal justice system and to support those already in the system to move on and rebuild their lives.

UK Youth in partnership with Pears Foundation

£5m fund to support youth organisations and young people through cost-of-living crisis.

The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded, charitable grant-making foundation, which supports a wide range of causes across the UK, donating over £80 million annually. It was established in 1958 by the Weston family and is one of the largest and most respected charitable institutions in the UK which has donated over £1 billion in total. The Trustees are descendants of the founder and the Weston family continues to take a highly active and hands-on approach. For an overview of our grant-making philosophy and approach please click here.

Go! London Partnership

The purpose of Go! London is to use the power of sport and physical activity to transform the lives of young Londoners. We will focus on underserved children and young people aged 4-24, those at a higher risk of poverty, social exclusion and discrimination.

We want Go! London funding to support initiatives that will create positive experiences of sport and physical activity for children and young people to:

1. improve wellbeing (physical and mental);
2. improve employability skills;
3. better connect communities;
4. improve safety;
5. reduce loneliness.

We want to support groups that are trusted by young Londoners, particularly those who have experienced more structural challenges. Read on if you work with young people who:

• have special educational needs, are deaf or have other physical/learning/sensory disabilities; or young people with mental health problems;
• have been, are, or at risk of being excluded from school or college;
• are not in education, employment or training (NEETs);
• have been, or are, associated with or affected by gangs and/or exploitation;
• are experiencing, or have been impacted by, domestic violence and abuse;
• are experiencing homelessness;
• are refugees or asylum seekers, or are newly arrived migrants;
• have a social worker (this includes those in the care of a London Borough, those with a protection plan, children in need and care leavers) or are young carers;
• identify as LGBTQIA+;
• come from low-income families;
• experience barriers to being physically active.

Go! London Funding Pillars

Go! London Partnership will provide funding and support through 5 ‘pillars’ or ‘streams’. Some of these will focus on organisations that support young people and deliver activities for them, some will invest in young people and their ideas directly, and some will improve local community infrastracture.

Currently, there are two pillars open for applications: Foundation grants and Evolution grants. We will update this page with further information on the other funding pillars as they develop – join our mailing list to be the first to know.

Sport England want to support projects that bring communities together and provide sport and physical activities for people who may be less physically active.

They also particularly want to support projects focusing on environmental sustainability.

They believe that communities that work together and share resources provide a stronger and more sustainable impact.

Therefore, they want applications from projects that demonstrate how they connect with their communities, make best use of the existing skills and assets in an area, and will provide the biggest possible impact to those who need it most.

They also want projects to show how they've sought to reduce their impact on the environment through the goods and services they use to deliver the activity.

Please be aware that they always have more applications than they're able to fund, so their priority is to support projects working with people in disadvantaged communities.

See their section on priorities for more information.

The Taylor Family Foundation supports charities who provide opportunities for children and young people from disadvantaged backgrounds and difficult circumstances, to improve their chances of attaining success to lead fulfilling lives.

The Dulverton Trust is an independent grant-making charity. We support UK charities tackling a range of social issues, protecting the natural world, and preserving heritage crafts. The latest information about how we are prioritising applications in light of the COVID-19 health crisis can be found here.

The Peter Harrison Foundation makes grants under four programmes: Opportunities through Sport, Special Needs and Care for Children and Young People, Opportunities through Education, Trustees' Discretion.

This is a new opportunity from BBC Children in Need which seeks to help with the core costs of non-profit organisations. Core costs are the essential organisational and administrative spending. These are the key expenses required to keep your organisation running.



Applicants to this programme can apply for grants for up to three years. BBC Children in Need aim to give quicker decisions for grants of £15,000 or less per year, but you can apply for up to £120,000 of funding.

The Core Costs funding can be spent on your organisation’s central day-to-day operations. These might include, for example:

• Management and administration

• HR and payroll

• Communications and outreach

• Monitoring, evaluation, and learning

Our ambition is to support small and medium-sized charities to recover and renew beyond the immediate crisis. In 2021, we will offer around 190 charities a two-year unrestricted grant of £50,000 which gives charities we partner with greater flexibility over how they use their resources.