Small Grants to Support Charities in the UK

This small grant-making charity offers grants of between £1,000 and £3,000 once a year to other UK registered charities.

The grants can support projects addressing the following priorities:

• The arts.

• Education.

• Support for carers and older people.

• Early intervention projects for disadvantaged children and young people.

• Animal welfare.

• Health and disability.

Only registered charities based and working in the UK may apply for funding.

The trustees will consider making grants towards revenue or capital costs and for project or core funding. Only one-year grants are made.

Applications are accepted from 1 June to 30 September 2026. For more information please visit The CPF Trust - making charitable grants to other registered UK charities. | The CPF Trust

Grocer’s Charity Accepting Applications Until 15 August

The Grocers' Charity was established in 1968 by the Grocer's Company and awards about £1 million each year to UK registered charities. It receives about 1,000 applications each year with around 14% of applicants receiving a grant.

UK registered charities with a turnover of £500,000 or less (except for medical charities which have a limit is £15 million) can apply for one-off grants of up to £5,000 to support the following areas:

• Relief of hardship: provide training courses, better facilities, or parenting support; support and empower those who experience or are at risk of homelessness, including domestic violence/abuse; work in areas of high deprivation.

• Children and young people: build children and young people's strengths and potential to empower them to participate and take action to realise their goals; support children and young people's wellbeing through peer support or group activities. 

• Elderly: provide services that end social exclusion; befriending or other programmes to end loneliness; and services that enhance daily activities or home life. 

• Disability and inclusion: identify and tackle the barriers to inclusion and participation; and provide front-line support for disabled people.

• Health: undertake ethical research into specific medical conditions; support people with medical conditions by purchasing a piece of equipment or other tangible project; support people with wellbeing concerns or mental health illnesses. 

• Military: provide innovative programmes, education or employment for ex-service people; and support the physical, emotional and mental wellbeing of current and ex-service people and their families. 

• Arts: provide opportunities, education and skills development of creative talent for artists with financing challenges or disability support requirements; engage with marginalised audiences (eg disabled, BAME, and people living below the minimum poverty threshold for the appreciation of arts, performances or exhibitions). 

• Heritage: conservation and restoration of historic buildings (excluding places of worship); conservation of historical objects and paintings. 

• Environment and conservation: support of the protection and survival of plants and animals by maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystems, and protecting biological diversity; educating of behavioural changes addressing environmental issues (eg littering and waste); countering the effects of pollution and climate change (eg ideas and projects which tackle the issue of plastic waste and those to reduce carbon emissions). 

The deadline for applications has been changed from 1 September to 15 August 2026. For more information please visit The Grocers’ Charity provides one off grants for charities

Creative Funding Offered for Education, Communities and Individuals Across the UK

The Hugo Burge Foundation is accepting applications to its creative grants programme, offering financial support for arts, crafts and the wider creative industries across the UK.

Support is available through three strands:

• Creative Education backs projects that give young people aged 0 to 29 opportunities to take part in creative activity. This can include workshops in schools, field trips to arts or cultural sites and the purchase of materials to support student engagement.

• Creative Communities is aimed at organisations, festivals, fairs and community groups that develop and deliver cultural and creative arts activity in their local areas. Eligible activity includes community arts festivals, cultural fairs and other locally delivered creative events.

• Creative Individuals offers support to artists aged over 18, including practitioners working in visual and expressive arts as well as writers and craftspeople. The strand is intended to help individuals undertake artistic projects and develop new creative work.

The maximum award is £15,000 for applications under the Creative Education and Creative Communities strands. For Creative Individuals, grants of up to £5,000 are available.

Funding is available to a broad range of applicants. For Creative Education, eligible applicants include schools, local authorities, community groups, charities, museum and gallery spaces, educational institutions and arts organisations. The Creative Communities strand is open to festivals, charities, arts organisations and community groups. The Creative Individuals strand is open to artists over 18 who may be practitioners across creative disciplines.

In addition, the Foundation provides an access support fund totalling £7,000, available on a first come, first served basis. This can contribute towards access support workers, up to £300 per day, for applicants who may face barriers applying without assistance, including those who are Deaf, disabled or neurodivergent.

The deadline for applications is 31 July 2026. For more information please visit Grants

Bupa Foundation Green Community Grants Opens for Applications

Back for a fourth year, this scheme offers grants of between £500 and £2,000 to support practical projects which benefit both people and planet health from across the UK with priority given to regeneration of green spaces in cities for community use.

Non-fee paying schools, registered charities, not-for-profit organisations, local authorities and social housing providers from across the UK, including the Channel Islands, and Republic of Ireland can apply.

This year, priority will be given to projects that:

• Improve existing green spaces or create new ones in cities, especially in priority areas - London, Staines, Brighton, Leeds, Greater Manchester (in particular Salford), Dublin and Glasgow.

• Take place in areas with the greatest need, meaning areas in the top 20% most deprived, based on official Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) data. 

• Have not received a Bupa Foundation Green Community Grant before.

• Clearly show how they improve people's health and the health of the planet.

Examples of eligible projects include but are not limited to:

• Improving a local community garden for community use and recreational activities.

• Volunteer-led tree or flower planting to improve air quality and biodiversity.

• Creating an outdoor classroom, forest school or natural play area.

• Green/living walls in school grounds or community space to improve air quality

• Planting to reduce flooding and increase biodiversity

• Creating a community food growing space to be more sustainable and healthier

• Making a green city space more accessible.

• Creating a 'pocket park', bringing more greenery into cities for wellbeing.

Projects must be completed by the end of April 2027.

The scheme is being administered by Groundwork UK on behalf of the Bupa Foundation.

Funding decisions will be made by the end of September 2026. It is expected that around 175 projects will be funded.

The deadline for applications is 30 June 2026. For more information, please visit Bupa Foundation Green Community Grants - Groundwork

Small Grants to Tackle Poverty and Harm to Women and Children in NI

Registered charities, community groups, and not-for-profit organisations with an income of less than £100,000 per year who are operating in Northern Ireland can apply for grants of up £3,000 to support projects of up to 12 months that address the following priority areas:

• Poverty alleviation

• Support for women and children at risk of immediate harm.

The current round is focused on support projects addressing violence against women and girls, projects supporting refugees and asylum seekers, and proposals more broadly focused on alleviating poverty in general.

Preference will be given to grassroots and smaller organisations, especially those with lived experience represented in their governance or delivery teams.

Funding is for project costs only.

The funding cannot support capital or building campaigns, advocacy programmes, projects lasting longer than 12 months, or fundraising events. Applications will not be accepted from CIC Companies Limited by Shares, or CICs without an asset lock clause. (Eligible CICs must have at least three unrelated committee members, and/or the majority of the committee unrelated.)

Applications received by the end of each month will be assessed the following month.

A high level of interest in this fund is expected. Applications may close at short notice if available funds are unable to meet demand.

Applications are open and are accepted on a rolling basis. For more information, please visit The Randal Foundation Small Grant - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Alec Dickson Trust Opens Summer 2026 Round for Youth Projects

The Alec Dickson Trust supports volunteering or community service projects in the UK that are organised and run by young people aged 30 and younger.

Grants of up to £500 are available to individuals or small groups of young people in the UK to help them put their ideas into action and run projects that benefit the lives of others, particularly the most marginalised and disadvantaged.

The funding is for UK-based projects that:

• Encourage youth volunteering - particularly those that involve lots of volunteers- and encourage people to continue volunteering in the long term.

• Have a positive impact on disadvantaged communities and individuals, particularly projects that address a specific need and have a long-lasting and meaningful effect on those they reach.

• Are innovative and try to do things differently, such as using social media creatively or using existing resources in new ways.

Applicants will need to provide a referee who knows them in a professional capacity, but who is not part of the volunteer project.

Applications are reviewed on a quarterly basis (January, April, July and October).

The deadline for the current round of applications is 1 July 2026. For more information please visit Alec Dickson Trust – Alec Dickson Trust Website

cardfactory Foundation's Community Fund Reopens with New Criteria on 10 June

This year, the cardfactory Foundation is offering fixed grants of £10,000 to UK registered charities, working nationally or regionally within the UK, for projects that meet one or more of the Foundation's priority areas.

Applications will be accepted from UK registered charities with an income of less than £3 million per annum (particularly smaller, local charities where a £10,000 grant will deliver real impact), who have been actively operating for at least 18 months and who are working within one or more of the Foundation's priority areas:

• Families experiencing financial disadvantage - support families facing long-term, sustained economic hardship, rather than short-term or one-off events, that restricts their ability to meet essential needs like food, housing, or heating. The focus is on addressing immediate pressures while also supporting longer-term stability and resilience.

• Hardship and Crisis Support (Acute) - provide time-bound support to individuals and families experiencing a recent triggering event or escalation in risk (e.g. fleeing domestic abuse, imminent homelessness, or sudden bereavement). There is particular interest in how organisations deliver sustained improvement and longer-term stability beyond the initial crisis response.

• Vulnerable children and young people (0–25) - support young people facing circumstances that threaten their safety, wellbeing, or development. The goal is to protect these individuals, build their resilience, and help them achieve stability. This includes support for those with care experience, at risk of exploitation, young carers, or those with complex needs (SEND).

The criteria and sample application form are available now on the Foundation's website.

The two-week application window is expected to open 22 June 2026 and close 3 July 2026. For more information, please visit The Local Community Fund - Card Factory

Henry Smith Foundation's New Equity in Justice Fund to Open 10th June

The new Equity in Justice Fund aims to support organisations working with racially minoritised young men aged 18 to 25 who are in contact with the UK's criminal justice system. The objective is to increase access to specialist services designed to meet participants' specific needs, with a focus on culturally appropriate support and lived experience.

A total of £2.6 million is available. The foundation anticipates making 13 grants of £200,000 each over three to five years, with applicants able to choose whether they receive support over three, four or five years. Awards are designed for direct service delivery and the grant is flexible, including use for general running costs.

Eligible applicants must be charitable organisations registered in and working in the UK. This includes registered charities and Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Community Interest Companies that are not-for-profit with an asset lock and other not for profit charitable organisations aligned with the foundation's strategy.

Applicants must provide specialist services for racially minoritised young men in contact with the justice system, demonstrate at least 18 months' relevant delivery, offer person centred, holistic and long-term support, include lived experience across services, the organisation and governance and have a first set of published annual accounts.

Priority will be given to smaller organisations and to groups described as 'led by and for' the communities they serve, defined as having 50% of trustees or directors and 50% of staff from the represented community. The foundation also intends to support work across prisons, through the gate and in the community, with a geographical spread and representation including Gypsy, Roma, Traveller, Jewish and Muslim communities. Further rounds are expected to open in January 2027, June 2027 and January 2028.

A live webinar will be held on 23 June 2026 (14:00 to 15:00). Registration is required. 

The guidelines, faqs, a short eligibility quiz, and a sample EOI are now available on the Henry Smith Foundation website.

Applications open 10 June (9:00) and close 5 August 2026 (17:00). For more information pleas visit The gap we should have seen sooner - Henry Smith

Community groups invited to apply to Co-op's Local Community Fund for share of £3.5m fund

Applications now open for Co-op’s Local Community Fund, local charities and community groups invited to apply for share of £3.5 Million fund.

• Co-op has a presence in every UK postal area, and its Local Community Fund has helped 40,000 causes make a difference locally since the fund began

• Applications are open until 24 June 2026

Applications are now open for Co-op’s Local Community Fund, with local charities and community groups invited to apply for a share of the £3.5 Million fund to make a difference in communities in towns, villages and cities across the UK.

With a presence in every postal area, Co-op is looking to support local projects in communities with a focus on enabling communities to access food; improving mental wellbeing; creating opportunities for young people; promoting community cohesion and, building sustainable futures.

Thanks to Co-op Members, Co-op’s Local Community Fund has helped 40,000 causes across the UK since 2016.

David Luckin, Head of Social Value and Community Engagement, Co-op, said: “Beginning the search for new local causes to take part in a fresh round of funding is always exciting, our members have told us that they want Co-op to focus on the real issues affecting people’s lives. Co-operation and, people working together can be very powerful, and our funding enables local causes to deliver projects that focus on issues that matter most locally. We know that things can be increasingly challenging for communities and through this funding we can help to make a real difference – helping people and communities thrive.’’

Applications are open until 24 June 2026. 

For more information, and to apply, visit  coop.co.uk/causes  

The Social Enterprise Awards for Northern Ireland 2026 are now open

The awards, organised by Social Enterprise Northern Ireland, celebrate the amazing work and impact of social enterprises across the region. They are a real opportunity to showcase the very best of the sector, highlighting the active role that social enterprises play in building places, supporting communities, and making a positive impact on our environment and wellbeing.

If you are new to the process, we are hosting a 'How to Enter' session on Zoom on 10th June at 10am.
Register for How to Apply Zoom

Closing date is Sunday 12th July

Further information available here

Good Relations Funding Opportunity: Interfaces and Contested Spaces

As part of our 2026-27 programme, DCSDC Good Relations can offer funding up to £1,000 per project in the following interface areas: Tullally, Currynierin, Fountain, Bogside, Irish Street, Top of the Hill and two contested rural areas (Castlederg and Donemana) for specific types of year-round preventative and diversionary initiatives.  ‘Contested area’ is defined as an area which has a recent history in the last 1-2 years of significant cross-community political tension at key times e.g. marches, commemorations etc.

A maximum of 8 proposals will be funded – 6 x 1 in each designated interface area and 1 each in Castlederg and Donemana.
 
Completed applications must be received no later than 12 noon on Wednesday 10th June 2026. 

Further details
Application Form

The Rural Action Awards for 2026/2027 are open for applications.

Our established Awards offer rural community-based organisations, in Northern Ireland or the border counties of Sligo, Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Leitrim and Louth, the opportunity to apply for and secure £1000 or €1000 towards their volunteer led community action project.

CURRENT CLOSING DATE

20th June 2026

What is a Rural Action Award?

Our Rural Action Awards scheme for this year will again support 12 volunteer led community action projects up to March 2027.

As before, the scheme is open to constituted rural community-based organisations including charities, not for profit community groups, sporting and cultural organisations, heritage groups, Parent Teacher Associations, youth groups/clubs and social enterprises.

The scheme seeks to support practical, tangible and timebound projects where the project must complete within 12 weeks.

This years Awards will operate 3 calls for applications in the financial year to end March 2027.  After each call a random selection will identify 4 recipients.  Upon successful completion of verification, each will receive £1000/€1000 towards their chosen community project.

Rural Action Awards Terms & Conditions.

• A bonafide rural community organisation

• Evidence of governing document can be supplied if successful

• Based in rural Northern Ireland or the 6 border counties as named

• Must be able to use the Award within 12 weeks of receipt

• Registered bank account in name of applicant organisation

• VIEW FULL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

For more information please visit Rural Action Awards - Rural Action

Make a BIG difference with a Small Grant🌱

The Live Here Love Here Small Grants scheme is OPEN for applications until Tuesday 30th June.

This programme supports community-led projects that enhance the local environment, build civic pride, and make communities across Northern Ireland greener, healthier, and more connected.

Grants are available from £500 to £3000, to support community projects that clean-up and green-up shared spaces.

Open to community groups, sports' clubs,  churches, schools, not-for-profit organisations and unconstituted groups. 

Find out more on our website - Live Here Love Here | Small Grants

Have a question you can't find the answer to? Join the Small Grants Webinar, Wednesday 24th June at 5pm: REGISTER HERE.

Henry Smith Foundation Announces New Early Years Parenting Fund

This new fund is part of the Henry Smith Foundation's Getting Started funding priority, which supports families to give young children a strong start in life.

This is the first year of a five-year programme where the focus is on improving children's outcomes via parenting support. It is expected that the fund will be adapted during the next five years, for example, the next round in 2027 will focus on organisations with the same strong community connections but with developing evidence bases. Future rounds might focus on different parent groups.

The funding aims to improve the development of children most at risk of poor Early Childhood Development (ECD) outcomes, by investing in effective parenting support. The first round is focused on communities where outcome gaps are largest.

Charitable organisations should be working closely with and understand parents with children aged newborn to five years from:

• Black (Caribbean or African, Any Other Black), Pakistani, and Gypsy, Roma and Traveller communities and/or

• Growing up in the most deprived 20% areas nationally (using the official deprivation index for that nation).

The funding aims to support organisations that are trusted by the communities they serve and that can evidence the difference their work makes.

Charitable organisations with an annual income between £100,000 and £5 million can apply for a total grant of £225,000 (£56,250 per year for four years). The fund also provides support and relationship-building.

The funding is flexible – grants can be used towards general running costs - and is to be used for work that helps achieve the following objectives:

• Improve children's outcomes across physical development, cognitive development and social and emotional development through support for effective parenting

• More families accessing support that feels culturally relevant, safe and responsive

• Learn what works best for groups most at risk of poor early childhood outcomes to influence public sector service and other support

In this fund, 'parents' refers to anyone with a primary caregiving role for a young child. Applications are welcome from organisations supporting a wide range of caregivers of children aged newborn to five.

A live launch webinar will be held on 2 June 2026 (11am to 12pm) with a recording and transcript available for those who are unable to attend the live event.

Expressions of Interest will be accepted from 3 June (9am) to 1 July 2026 (17:00). For more information please visit Early Years Parenting Fund - Henry Smith

Addressing poverty and Social Exclusion Fund

Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council has launched a new grant scheme to help local community organisations support people who are experiencing hardship or social exclusion.

The Addressing Poverty and Social Exclusion Fund is part of the Council’s DEA Local Investment Plan 2026–27 and has a total budget of £80,000. It will support community-led projects that respond to need, reduce hardship and help residents feel included and connected.

Councillor Tim Mitchell, Chair of the Communities and Wellbeing Committee, said: “Many people and families continue to feel real pressure from the rising cost of living and the impact this can have on wellbeing and social connection. This new fund is designed to support community organisations that are closest to local need, helping them deliver practical projects that reduce hardship and promote inclusion. We would encourage eligible groups to apply.”

What the funding can support:

• strengthen community resilience

• help ease financial pressures

• promote resource sharing within communities

Funding can be used for eligible costs such as:

• delivery of programmes and activities

• volunteer costs

• training

• equipment

• transport costs

Grants available

• Up to a maximum of £3,000 per organisation.

Who can apply

• be based within the Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council area

• have a constitution or other accountable governing document

• have independently examined financial accounts

• hold public liability insurance

Projects should complement existing services and must not duplicate work already being provided.

Closing date

Applications close on Monday 8 June 2026 at 12 noon.

How to apply

Full information, application forms and guidelines are available at: Addressing Poverty & Social Exclusion Fund

For further information, please contact Community Services:
Email: community.services@lisburncastlereagh.gov.uk
Tel: 028 9244 7713

Funding for UK Homelessness Organisations to Become Safer, More Inclusive for Young People

The Henry Smith Foundation's Proud Homes Fund offers long-term development grants to generalist homelessness organisations across the UK to embed safe, culturally competent and affirming practice for LGBT+ young people. In this context, generalist refers to services that are not exclusively specialist LGBT+ provision but support a broader group of young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

The Foundation anticipates awarding eight grants of £50,000 per year for four years, totalling £200,000 per organisation.

Grants are restricted to improving the experiences of LGBT+ young people, while allowing organisations to strengthen the infrastructure needed to deliver sustainable work. Eligible costs can include core running expenses such as rent, utilities and staff salaries, as well as staff wellbeing. The first year of support may also cover research and scoping activity to develop understanding of the issues LGBT+ young people face, alongside planning and set-up costs.

Applications are open to charitable organisations registered in and working in the UK, including registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations, Community Interest Companies (CICs) that are not-for-profit with an asset lock and other not-for-profit charitable bodies aligned with the Foundation's objectives. Applicants must have a year's worth of audited or independently examined accounts and an annual income between £250,000 and £3 million, based on their most recent published accounts.

Organisations must deliver generalist homelessness support such as housing advice, hostels, supported accommodation, outreach or prevention services. They should show a track record of working with young people, primarily aged 16 to 25, and demonstrate a commitment to inclusive practice and involvement of lived experience and youth voice in decision-making.

There is a two-stage application process.

The deadline for Expressions of Interest is 3 June 2026. For more information, please visit Proud Homes - Henry Smith

Branching Out Fund Accepting Applications for 2026/27 Planting Season

The Tree Council is offering grants of between £250 and £2,500 for schools, constituted community groups and charities, community interest companies, Tree Warden networks, and other organisations across the UK to deliver tree-planting projects during the 2026/27 Winter planting season.

The Branching Out Fund will support groups to purchase:

• Bare root, UK-sourced and grown, native trees of an appropriate size (priority will be given to younger trees that will establish better).

• UK-sourced and grown, bare-root whips (saplings) and cell-grown (root trainer) stock for hedging projects (between 40-120cm height).

• Hedgerow trees.

• Orchards, such as fruit trees on semi-vigorous, vigorous, and very vigorous rootstocks.

• Cardboard/bioplastic tree/hedge guards.

• Non-plastic ties.

• Stakes (coppiced material such as chestnut or hazel is preferred, although machined softwood will also be considered).

• Mulch.

• Non-peat-based soil improvers if needed.

The following may also be considered:

• Non-native tree varieties if appropriate to the setting.

• Non-native varieties and species that are chosen with climate change adaptation and resilience in mind.

• Fruit trees on dwarfing rootstock if the setting is appropriate.

• Trees in containers/raised beds, if the reason is adequately explained and supported by a robust and comprehensive irrigation and aftercare plan.

• More robust and costly guards if the setting justifies it.

Funded projects must have been planted and groups must have submitted a claim form before 14 March 2027.

The deadline for applications is 19 July 2026. For more information, please visit Grant funding to support tree, hedgerow and orchard establishment

New £3m Fund to Help UK's Communities Shape the Future of AI

The National Lottery Community Fund (NLCF), in partnership with UK Community Foundations (UKCF) and Centre for the Acceleration of Social Technology (CAST), has this week announced a new £3 million funding programme to help communities across the UK shape how artificial intelligence (AI) develops and impacts on their lives.

The funding investment was announced at an 'AI For Funders' conference in London led by NLCF on 14 May.

The funding is intended to support the development of a new UK-wide 'AI Pulse network' pilot of 50 community organisations, alongside community-led development of alternative AI tools and models rooted in local needs and lived experience.   

Projects under the pilot could include, for example, a local charity that supports people with benefit claims, funded to spot when decisions made by an algorithm are going wrong, and to share those warning signs with the wider network of 50 community organisations so that early action can be taken. 

The first grants are expected to be awarded in autumn 2026. 

Further details about the funding programme will be provided on the UK Community Foundations' website once the opening and closing dates and locations where the pilot projects will operate are confirmed.

Commenting at the conference, NLCF CEO David Knotts said:

"AI is advancing at extraordinary speed, but society's ability to understand, interpret and shape that change is not keeping pace. That is the wisdom gap we now have to confront. Today's funding announcement is about helping communities see change earlier, make sense of it together, and shape a parallel path in which AI is guided not only by technical possibility, but by social wisdom. If communities are to help society learn and adapt in this moment, they cannot sit at the edge of these systems - they have to help shape them."

The press releases have been published on the NLCF website, and the UKCF website.

IOP Public Engagement Grant Scheme Accepting Applications for Round 2

The funding is for individuals and organisations across the UK and Ireland to deliver physics-based projects that meaningfully engage whole family groups and aim to improve people's relationship with physics.

Grants of between £500 and £4,000 are available for projects that:

• Demonstrate how they will improve people's relationship with physics

• Demonstrate how they will meaningfully engage with whole family groups

• Demonstrate how they will reach at least one of the IOP target audiences (see below)

• Are free for participants to access

• Have physics at their heart (ie, relating to physics/physicists/the application of physics for the benefit of society).

• Outline project costs, including additional funding being used to support the project.

• Include an evaluation plan

• Provide details of how the project will succeed.

Priority be given to projects which link with physicists and physics institutions; show the impacts of physics on society; have the potential for lasting impact; combat stereotypes about, and/or include positive and inclusive messaging about physics, physicists and physics careers; and show that the activity is dependent on IOP funding, or that IOP funding adds a significant and distinct element.

IOP is specifically trying to reach families with young people under the age of 16 years that identify with one or more of the following groups:

• Girls and young women.

• Disabled young people.

• LGBT+ young people.

• Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.

• Black Caribbean young people.

There are two funding rounds per year. Applications for round two are currently open for projects which start in 2026 and are completed by 30 June 2027.

The application deadline for round two is 7 September 2026. For more information, please visit Public Engagement Grant Scheme | Institute of Physics

Cellnex Accepting Applications for Community Fund

Cellnex UK is offering grants of up to £5,000 for charities, charitable incorporated organisations (CIOs), and other not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver community projects that empower people, enhance local environments, and promote digital and technological inclusion.

The Cellnex Community Fund will support projects that fall within one or more of the following themes:

• Digital Inclusion and Skills – Helping people to get online, build digital skills, or use technology with confidence.

• Circular Economy – Reducing waste, encouraging repair and reuse, or supporting sustainable use of materials.

• Biodiversity and Conservation – Improving local nature, protecting wildlife habitats, or supporting community environmental action.

• AI and Education – Building awareness of artificial intelligence, responsible use of technology, and STEM learning. 

Organisations must have a governing body of at least three unrelated individuals and a UK bank account with two unrelated signatories to apply. Groups must provide a copy of their safeguarding policy for projects involving children or vulnerable adults.

Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information, please visit Cellnex Community Fund - Cellnex