National Grid Community Matters Fund
Grants available: Up to £5,000 of a £500,000 funding pot (up to £2,000 for constituted charitable organisations with no charity number).
Deadline to apply: 5pm, Friday 24 October 2025.
Who is the funding for? Grassroots organisations that serve economically disadvantaged areas and target historically underrepresented and marginalised groups. A list of additional criteria is available to view on the National Grid website.
When will you hear back? By late November.
Find out more information here.
National Deaf Children’s Society Community Grants Programme
Grants available: Between £1,000 and £10,000 per charity.
Deadline to apply: Rolling deadline.
Who is the funding for? Projects that support deaf children in the early years (aged 0-5). This can be directly or indirectly, and projects can also involve older deaf children, deaf young people, families and professionals.
When will you hear back? As a rolling deadline programme, there are set assessment dates throughout the year; once a charity submits its application, NDCS will inform them of when to expect a response.
Find out more information here.
Give As You Live: Grant for Good
Grants available: A share from a total pot of £2,500.
Deadline to apply: 31 January 2025.
Who is the funding for? Individual fundraisers and fundraising teams “looking to go the extra mile for their chosen charity”. The website adds: “Successful applicants will receive funding to help cover the costs of taking on bold, creative, or physically demanding fundraising activities.”
When will you hear back? Not specified.
Find out more information here.
St Martin in the Fields Charity: Funds for local housing solutions
Grants available: Up to £500k for smaller frontline organisations; funding of up to £100k per organisation will be available which can be spent over a maximum of a three-year period.
Deadline to apply: 5pm, 7 November 2025.
Who is the funding for? Organisations with an annual turnover of less than £2 million per year that are "locally embedded", working with people facing homelessness and seeking to develop new housing options.
When will you hear back? Not specified.
Find out more information here.
