Who’s Funding: GoFibre, Amazon, Joseph Rowntree and more

15 Dec 2025 News

In this fortnightly column, Civil Society looks at funding pots available to the UK charity sector…

By Olivier Le Moal, Adobe

Amazon – Literary Partnership Grant

Grants available: Unspecified.
Deadline to apply: 30 January 2026.
Who is the funding for? Registered not-for-profits in the UK or Republic of Ireland with a core mission to develop emerging writers, support diversity and build authors’ careers. Organisations should be “financially sound” and have an online presence and membership.
When will you hear back? 15 May 2026.

Find out more information here.

Northern Ireland Department of Health – cancer charities grant scheme

Grants available: Up to £25,000 out of a £500,000 total pot, and from 25,000 - £150,000 out of another £1.5m total pot.
Deadline to apply: 23 January 2026.
Who is the funding for? UK registered charities or not-for-profits operating in Northern Ireland with a clear cancer-related purpose. They should fund services such as mental health support, transport and rehabilitation and prevention.
When will you hear back? March 2026.

Find out more information here.

GoFibre – GoFurther Fund

Grants available: Up to £3,000 per project out of a total funding pot of £12,000 
Deadline to apply: 31 January 2026.
Who is the funding for? Charities, community groups and organisations based in the Scottish Borders whose projects deliver environmental benefit, community wellbeing, education and skills and internet safety and digital inclusion.
When will you hear back? Unspecified.

Find out more information here.

Impact on Urban Health and NHS South East London – Black maternal health funding

Grants available: Up to £1.5m in total funding for up to three years.
Deadline to apply: 10 January 2026.
Who is the funding for? VCSEs and CICs based in or serving south east London as well as partnerships or associations – NHS, local authorities, care partnerships – where a community organisation is the lead partner. These should be organisations committed to anti racism, trauma-informed practise and ones that focus on Black mothers’ voices.
When will you hear back? Unspecified.

Find out more information here.

Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust – Peace and Security Programme

Grants available: No fixed limit.
Deadline to apply: 2 March 2026 (first deadline) and 2 September 2026 (second deadline).
Who is the funding for? Organisations performing national-level work in the UK – work that is legally charitable and focuses on systemic change. JCRT will not fund large, established national charities or statutory bodies, nor will it fund business development projects.
When will you hear back? June 2026 (round one) or December 2026 (round two)

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