Funding schemes closing soon
- Dan Coast
- Jun 19, 2024
- 4 min read
Updated: 5 days ago
To find out more about any of the schemes click the link in the grants name and complete the short form to receive further details
Closing Date | Grant | Information |
9/5/25 | Democratic Engagement Grant | The Welsh Government has made £400,000 available, per year, to improve democratic engagement in Wales. We want to support local authorities, third sector, and not-for-profit organisations working in Wales to pursue an innovative approach to engaging those typically under-represented in our democracy. |
23/5/25 | Charles Hayward Foundation | Projects across the following categories: Social & Criminal Justice, Heritage & Conservation, Overseas and older people. We value projects that are preventative and provide early intervention. Grants of up to £75000 available |
28/5/25 | Arts, Health and Wellbeing Lottery Funding | The aim of this programme is to support partnerships from across the arts, health, social care and third sectors to provide high-quality creative projects that deliver health and wellbeing benefits for the people of Wales. Grants of up to £50000 |
28/5/25 | Local Community Spaces Fund | Supporting grassroots community groups to transform spaces at the heart of their local community with grants of up to £20k |
29/5/25 | Lloyds Bank Foundation - Racial Equity Programme | This programme is for small local charities and CICs which are led by and working with people who are experiencing economic inequity because of their race or ethnicity. Under this programme we will support charities to strengthen their capacity and capabilities and become more resilient through a range of tailored development support offers alongside a three-year unrestricted grant of £75,000. |
31/5/25 | The Edith Maud Ellis 1985 Charitable Trust - grants | Each year Trustees give a small number of grants to organisations who have innovative ideas to bring about a more peaceful, just and sustainable world. Seed grants of between £1,000 and £5,000. |
2/6/25 | 2025 Community Grants | Postcode Community Trust provides unrestricted up to £25,000 for good causes operating in Wales. We are looking to fund good causes making a difference in one of our seven thematic areas covering most areas of society. |
3/6/25 | The D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust | Up to £6000 Providing grants to registered charities working in the areas of the arts, health and medical welfare and environmental protection or improvement. |
4/6/25 | Be Active Wales Fund - Sport Wales (Window 1) | The Be Active Wales Fund is a grant supported by the National Lottery. It funds not-for-profit sports clubs and community groups across Wales. You can apply for grants from £300 to £50,000 to get more people taking part in sport. |
6/6/25 | Up to £20,000 for projects in Gwent focussed on the following themes * Older people (including those with dementia)
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16/6/25 | Ynni Cymru: capital grant funding programme 2025 to 2026 | Ynni Cymru supports community-owned renewable energy and Smart Local Energy Systems (SLES). SLES bring together energy generation, storage, demand, and infrastructure in a local area. This improves efficiency and delivers the greatest local benefits. Applications open to schemes both under and over £150,000 |
22/6/25 | Barclays Community Sport Fund | The fund supports community groups and grassroots sports organisations who are working within the most deprived areas of the UK and are making sport more accessible to women and girls, as well as engaging people from other under-represented groups including people with disabilities, from racially diverse communities and from the LGBTQ+ community. In Football, Cricket or Tennis. Applications are up to £1000. |
23/6/25 | ROSA Rise Fund | Rosa’s Rise Fund offers two-year organisational development grants of between £10,000 and £40,000 to Black and racially minoritised-led women’s and girls’ organisations, that have an income of between £30,000 and £300,000. |
30/6/25 | Bupa Foundation Green Community Grants | Grants of up to £2,000 are available to fund community gardens, allotments, forest schools and more across the UK. Applications open 1-30 June 2025. |
31/7/25 | The Austin & Hope Pilkinton Trust | Grants up to £1k, To be eligible, a project must focus exclusively on refugees and/or asylum seekers as its beneficiaries, without extending services to other groups. We don’t fund salaries for charity staff unless specifically employed for the project concerned. |
11/7/25 | The scheme enables community groups and organisations in Wales to access funding for small-scale projects that contribute to Wales’ delivery of UN Sustainable Development Goals and deliver benefits to Wales and Africa. The first round of the Wales and Africa 2025-28 scheme is now open to applicants, closing on 11 July 2025 at 11:59 pm. The earliest activity can begin is 15 September 2025. Applications of up to £25,000 can be made. | |
17/9/25 | Be Active Wales Fund - Sport Wales (Window 2) | The Be Active Wales Fund is a grant supported by the National Lottery. It funds not-for-profit sports clubs and community groups across Wales. You can apply for grants from £300 to £50,000 to get more people taking part in sport. |
30/9/25 | The Austin & Hope Pilkinton Trust | Grants up to £5k, To be eligible, a project must focus exclusively on refugees and/or asylum seekers as its beneficiaries, without extending services to other groups. We don’t fund salaries for charity staff unless specifically employed for the project concerned. |
30/9/25 | The GC Gibson Charitable Trust - grants | The GC Gibson Charity offers grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 to a wide range of charities worldwide. Applications open every August |
If you would like support in making an application or for more information on any of these grants, please contact our development officer Dan to get support with your application.
If you go on to make an application to any of these grants after finding the information on our page, please do contact Dan to let us know.
This list does not include grant schemes that remain open throughout the year including the National Lottery, We hold monthly in person funding surgeries in partnership with the National Lottery Community Funds Team where you can chat through your project plans and we can look at what funding is available, find out more about these sessions and book your place via this link
