Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Grants are available for registered charities and not-for-profit organisations across the UK to deliver projects and activities that promote non-violence and support adults and young people who are victims of violent crime and terrorism. 

This Foundation aims to support projects and activities that promote non-violence against young people and support the victims of violent crime/terrorism.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available. 

The following can apply:

• Charities registered with the Charity Commission.

• Not-for-profit organisations.

• Companies that are limited by guarantee and registered with the Companies House.  

Priority will be given to:

• Organisations with strong community links that can provide firm evidence that any funding provided will improve young people’s lives.

• Organisations working with victims of violence or extremism based on political affiliation, race, gender, and/or faith. 

Funding can be used for:

• Helping adults and young people who are victims of violence due to their gender, ethnicity, or faith, and those at risk of being affected by social violence.

• Promoting non-violence in schools and further education.

• Working with victims of terrorism and their families.

• Helping people build skills and resilience to make informed life choices.

Salary costs associated with the project can be considered. 

Applications can be submitted at any time.

Guidance notes and an application form are available from the TPJB Foundation website.

Applicants will typically be notified of any decisions made within three months of the application date.

 For more information, please visit Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation

NI Community Relations Core Funding Programme Accepting Applications

An annual programme providing support to not-for-profit organisations with an interest in promoting community relations and cultural diversity in Northern Ireland is accepting applications.

The programme has an annual budget of around £1.2 million. For 2026/27, it is estimated that around £600,000 is available for new applications. While there is no minimum or maximum grant value, grants typically range between £20,000 and £80,000.

The Core Funding Programme provided by the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council seeks to support not-for-profit organisations deemed strategically important in promoting community relations.

To be eligible for support, projects must meet the following criteria:

• The work must be intentional - programmes must have a clear good relations purpose from the outset with deliberate and planned activities which directly address sectarianism.

• All applications must be able to clearly demonstrate the good relations need they want to address and how they have identified this need.

Proposed projects must contribute towards one or more of the Together: Building a United Community strategic priorities, with funding intended to contribute towards salary and organisational running costs.

The deadline for applications is 12 November 2025. For more information, please visit Funding | Community Relations Council

NI Organisations Digital Evolution Awards Programme Invites Applications

Funding is available to provide arts organisations in Northern Ireland with skills in the use of digital technology to create digital art.

The Organisations Digital Evolution Awards programme aims to support those arts organisations who are making digital art for the first time or are working with digital or immersive technology which they have not used previously.

Applications will be accepted from arts organisations, registered charities and other non-profit organisations. Collaborative applications from organisations working together in cross-discipline projects and activities are encouraged.

Examples of the types of projects that the programme will support include:

• Creation of a virtual environment or augmented reality environment, such as augmented reality visual arts or sound overlay on venues or geographical spaces. 

• Using technology to translate data into artistic content; for example, algorithms/Artificial Intelligence that create music or visual content from data input.

• Series of events or exhibitions which showcase emerging and immersive artwork to NI audiences.

• App development for the delivery of artistic content; this could include gamification or making an artistic experience for consumption on digital devices.

• Piloting new forms of support to individual artists or organisations that results in the creation of digital art. 

Supported projects must take place between 1 March 2026 and 28 February 2027.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available.

The deadline for applications is 27 November 2025. For more information, please visit National Lottery Organisations Digital Evolution… | Arts Council NI

Funding for Grassroots Groups to Address Racial and Social Injustices Across UK and Ireland

Edge Fund is offering grants of £1,000 to support grassroots communities and campaign groups working to create long-term change in society by addressing the causes of injustice and inequality.

In the current Roots Funding round, a total of £50,000 is available for grassroots groups with an annual income of less than £5,000 working to address Islamophobia, Afriphobia, racial injustice, and the legacies of British colonialism in the UK and Ireland. 

Priority will be given to:

• Work with the primary objective of creating long-term change in society by addressing the causes of injustice and inequality.

• Addressing issues facing a particular community and groups that are led by that community.

• Small groups with a small annual income that struggle to get funding elsewhere, particularly if other funders might consider them to be too radical. 

In this round, the fund will only receive 100 applications and will close early if this amount is reached before the deadline.

Applications will be accepted between 15 October 2025 and 2 November 2025. For more information, please visit Edge Fund

Government’s Connect Fund Reopens for Applications

The Government’s £1 million Connect Fund aims to bring together community groups across the UK to better improve the lives of all communities in Northern Ireland.

After being paused for a month, the Fund has reopened with a reduced maximum grant (from £50,000 to £9,999) for the remainder of Round 1, in line with the availability of remaining funds. 

There is a total funding pot of £1 million with £500,000 for each round:

• Round 1 will run from 12 June 2025 to 30 April 2026.

• Round 2 will run from 1 May 2026 to 31 March 2027.

The funding is for voluntary and community sector organisations, civic society and national representative bodies including for underrepresented voices.

Applications must have a clear East-West lens and deliver on one or more of the following objectives:

• Strengthen East-West connections by developing long lasting civic relationships.

• Propose an original approach to developing East-West connections.

• Support the development of cultural, sports and people-to-people links.

• Build leadership capability opportunities for community leaders on an East-West basis.

• Facilitate positive and constructive dialogue on shared opportunities/challenges facing communities in the UK.

Proposed activities must directly benefit Northern Ireland; however, activities are not restricted by location and can occur in Northern Ireland or Great Britain provided stakeholders from Northern Ireland are involved.

The funding can be used for standalone activities as well as longer term proposals that facilitate ongoing engagement between civic organisations on a national and sectoral level.

Funding can enhance pre-existing projects or establish new opportunities for engagement.

Although this is a rolling programme, with applications submitted throughout the two years it is running, rounds may close early if all funding has been drawn down. 

For more information, please visit Connect Fund - GOV-UK Find a grant

NI Rural Micro Capital Grant Programme Opens for 2025/26

Grants are available to rural community-led, voluntary organisations in Northern Ireland to support projects that address issues of local poverty and social isolation and to implement energy efficiency measures or environmental improvements.

The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has announced that the Rural Micro Capital Grant Scheme (RMCGS) is open for the 2025/26 round. Applicants to the scheme can apply for a minimum grant of £500 up to a maximum grant of £2,000, with a minimum of 15% match funding required. The scheme is being delivered by Rural Support Networks on behalf of DAERA.

Projects must focus on one of the following themes:

• Modernisation (of premises/assets).

• Information communication technology.

• Health and wellbeing.

• Energy efficiency/environmental improvements.

Grants can be used to purchase capital equipment, improve an asset, or extend the usable life of a capital asset. Funding can also be used to implement energy efficiency measures and/or environmental improvements to their premises.

All projects must be completed and claims for grants submitted by 26 February 2026.

The deadline for applications is 20 October 2025 (noon). For more information, please visit Rural Micro Capital Grants Scheme (RMCGS) 2025/2026 | Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs

The Naturesave Trust

As a small charity the Trust focuses on small projects for charities, social enterprises and grassroots community organisations whose activities are based within the UK.

Projects are chosen in accordance to the needs set out in the latest funding window and how well they fit with the Trust’s funding guidelines, criteria and objectives.

The Trust operates funding windows each year to help us manage demand and make a fair assessment of the applications we receive. The Trust conducts three funding windows per year (January to February, May to June, and September to October). The subsequent months after each window is closed are to review the applications, inform applicants of the outcome, and make pledge payments.

1.Funding is available for projects submitted by any organisation whether they be charities, voluntary organisations or businesses. The Trust is unable to fund individuals.

2. Projects must be entirely based within the UK.

3. Grants are made to projects which specifically address the needs set out in the latest funding window and fall under the broad objective of promoting and implementing sustainable development.

4. Applications for funding must be forwarded with a completed funding application form, together with any further information that the applicant thinks inform the Trustees further and support their application.

5. Applications that cannot convey (to the best of their ability) what they are trying to achieve on the application form, have a lower chance of success.

6. The best applications are those that are succinct, concise and relevant.

7. Grants given may be subject to various criteria and funds are only released once these criteria have been met.

8. The organisation and/or project must have a website or social media presence.

9. The Naturesave Trust no longer provide grants for schools.

10. Any offer of funding is open from six months of the date of the offer letter and is subject to the conditions set out in the initial pledge email.

11. We offer grants up to £5,000.

For more information please visit Funding Guidelines & FAQs - Naturesave

Core Funding Scheme

About the Core Funding Scheme

The Northern Ireland Community Relations Council's Core Funding Scheme provides support for organisations which are considered of strategic importance in promoting community relations work across the region.

The scheme contributes towards salary and organisational running costs.

If you require further assistance, please speak to a member of the Funding and Development team.

Key Principles of the Core Funding Scheme

1. The work must be intentional:

Regardless of the grant scheme, a programme must have a clear good relations purpose from the outset with deliberate and planned activities which directly address sectarianism.

2. It must address an identified good relations need:

All applications must be able to clearly demonstrate the good relations need they want to address and how they have identified this need.

Guidance Notes

For further information, and before you begin the application process, please refer to the Guidance Notes for the Core Funding Scheme.

Together: Building a United Community (T:BUC)

Applicants are required to outline the outcome in Together: Building a United Community to which the proposed project will contribute.

The Together: Building a United Community Strategy, published on 23 May 2013, reflects the Executive’s commitment to improving community relations and continuing the journey towards a more united and shared society.

Core Funded Groups

Each year, CRC provides a list of the groups and organisations it has funded through its Core funding scheme. You can find out more here:

View the Core Funded Groups for 2024-25.

The Core Funding Scheme closes for applications Wednesday 12 November 2025 at 4 PM. 

For more information and to apply, please visit Core Funding Scheme | Community Relations Council

Community Foundation for Northern Ireland - Funds open for application

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland have the following funds opened for applications this week:

• Long Mountain Community Benefit Fund

• Thornog Community Benefit Fund

• Brockaghboy Community Benefit Fund

• Rathsherry Community Benefit Fund

• Micro Community Investment Fund

You can find details of these, along with all other Community Foundation funds currently open for application, at the link below:

https://communityfoundationni.org/achieving-impact/available-grants/ 

Giving Machine - Community Grants

Closing date 31/10/2025

 Small unrestricted grants are available to charitable organisations across the UK.

The fund is intended to give small unrestricted grants to UK not-for-profit organisations to enable them to continue their work.

Eight unrestricted grants of £250 are available in each quarter.

Funding is unrestricted and can be used flexibly.

The following can apply:

• Registered charities.

• Schools.

• Community Interest Companies (CICs).

• Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs).

• Social Enterprises.

• Other not-for-profit organisations.

Organisations must have an annual income of under £1 million.

Applications for this quarter will open on 1 October 2025 and close on 31 October 2025.

Successful causes will be chosen at random from all eligible entries. The Community Grants will be distributed over a diverse range of sectors.

Applicants will be notified of outcomes within 14 days of the application window closing.

Guidance and an application form are available from the Giving Machine website.

Contact the Giving Machine for further information.

Unrestricted Community Grants for all good causes

Ards and North Down - Arts Project Grant

Grants are available to constituted voluntary and community groups to support and develop arts-based events, projects or activities that take place in the Ards and North Down Borough

The funding is intended to support delivery of the following strategic objectives:

• To improve access to the arts.

• To promote and encourage artistic development and skills in the community.

• To encourage participation in the arts.

• To support wellbeing through creative activity.

• To ensure quality arts experiences and best practice.

Arts Project Grants of up £1,000 are available per group, per financial year.

Match funding of at least 20% either cash or in-kind is required.

Applications are accepted from non-profit making organisations and constituted groups that are based in Ards and North Down Borough.

Groups based outside of the Council Borough may apply if the proposed activity is taking place within the Borough boundaries.

Grants are designed to support new and/or developmental one-off projects and activities.

Projects must:

• Address a minimum of four strategic objectives, which are:

• To improve access to the arts.

• To promote and encourage artistic development and skills in the community.

• To encourage participation in the arts.

• To support wellbeing through creative activity.

• To ensure quality arts experiences and best practice.

• Be effectively planned, budgeted and have clear objectives and outcomes.

• Be accessible to the general public where appropriate.

• Be adequately marketed and publicised throughout the Borough.

• Represent value for money.

• Be non-party political, non-religious and non-sectarian.

Examples of types of projects that could be funded include:

• An arts group could invite a professional practitioner to lead a series of creative workshops to develop new skills in the groups.

• A residents' association could work with an artist to design an artwork for a community venue.

• An older persons' group could work with an artist to bring to life stories from the past.

• A youth group could work on a project with a drama/art tutor, resulting in an end performance or exhibition.

• A community group organising a special event/performance that encourages engagement in creative activities.

Applications for 2026/27 will open on 6 January 2026 and must be submitted by the deadline of 17 February 2026.

All projects must have a minimum lead-in time of eight weeks from the deadline for applications before the project is due to start.

Guidance notes and the application form can be accessed from the Ards and North Down Borough Council website.

 For more information, please visit Arts Project Grant | AND Culture

Small Grants for Winter Activities to Help Reduce Social Isolation for Older People (UK)

Founded by Home Instead, the UK’s leading provider of home care, Home Instead Charities’ mission is to end loneliness for ageing adults. The organisation exists to bring happiness and joy into the lives of Britain’s ageing population so that ageing adults are thriving, not just surviving.

To this end, they offer funding to support local community events that enhance and enrich the lives of people over the age of 55 to combat loneliness and sometimes isolation ensuring they stay fit, active, healthy and connected and contributing to their local communities.

There are two levels of funding:

• Grants of up to £500 for small grass roots organisations.

• Grants of up to £1,500 for small local registered charities. Larger grants can be considered for exceptional projects.

The funder will only fully fund a grant request where the applicant holds no more than three months operating costs in reserve. For organisations that have more than this, up to 50% of the project costs will be funded.

The grants can be used for:

• Regular weekly or monthly events and activities such as weekly cinema club, weekly knit and natter or Thursday lunch club.

• One off activities such as a day trip or a Christmas lunch.

• Activities such as yoga or a guest speaker for the group such as a local historian.

There are four application windows per year (January, April, July and October). Applications received outside of these window will not be processed.

Applications will be accepted from 1 October until 31 October and will be processed and awarded in November 2025. For more information, please visit Apply For A Grant | Home Instead Charities

Hardship Funding to Support Vulnerable Families and Individuals Across the UK

COSARAF is offering grants of up to £2,000 to organisations that support families and individuals from across the UK who are in financial need and struggling with everyday costs such as basic expenses, utilities, or rent arrears.

The Hardship Grants Programme supports recognised third-party social organisations, such as charities, housing associations, schools, and social services, which are acting on behalf of a family or individual in need, with priority being given to:

• The most financially excluded people.

• Families over individuals.

• Those with caring responsibilities.

• Items that will make the most difference to the individual/family’s long-term future.

Funding can be used to support vulnerable individuals with costs such as:

• Household items, such as white goods, and occasionally furniture, including sofas or wardrobes.

• Basic living expenses, such as utilities and food.

• Work or education-related expenses.

• Rent or Council tax arrears where there is a clear risk of homelessness.

• Immigration-related costs, where a person’s current immigration status is causing financial hardship.

Applications are assessed every six weeks, and groups can expect to receive a response within eight weeks of their application.

Applications can be submitted at any time. For more information, please visit Hardship Grants - Cosaraf

Cultural Bridge Fund Opens for UK Applications 1 October

This is a unique investment programme between the UK arts councils and leading German cultural institutions that supports the development of cross-border partnerships. Now in its fifth year, the funding has enabled arts organisations that place communities at the heart of their work, to build and develop new partnerships that allow exploration and exchange of practice across the UK and Germany.

The Fund is open to all arts and cultural organisations with proven expertise in socially engaged/participatory practice. Partnerships must be bi-lateral, including at least one German partner and one UK partner, from any one of the four nations: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

The total budget for the 2026-2027 programme is £370,000. It is anticipated that 20 awards will be made.

Two tiers of funding are available for activity that starts from 1 April 2026 and is completed by 31 March 2027:

• Tier 1 - Practice exchange and development of new partnerships - supports the development of brand new partnerships between arts and cultural organisations in the UK and Germany. Grants of between £5,000 and £10,000 per partnership.

• Tier 2 - Co-development and project delivery for established partnerships - supports further development of partnerships, where organisations already have experience of working together. Grants of up to £30,000 per partnership.

Cultural Bridge is open to all artforms. This round will prioritise support for:

• Smaller arts and cultural organisations who do not already receive significant or sustained funding.

• Organisations based or working with communities outside of major cities, eg, in rural areas or less populated urban centres.

• Organisations who empower local communities through their creative work.

• Organisations whose work aligns with the programme's aims and place themes.

• Organisations who foster equity, diversity and inclusion through their leadership and practice.

The programme is committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive network. The activity supported, and the workforce of arts and culture organisations funded, should reflect the diversity of the UK and Germany, and as such applications are encouraged from diversity-led organisations and from those from under-represented backgrounds.

Applications will be accepted from 1 October to 12 November 2025. For more information, please visit Funding | Cultural Bridge

Sport NI Launches £1 Million Olympic Legacy Fund

Community organisations across Northern Ireland have the opportunity to secure match funding for projects to upgrade sports facilities.

The Olympic Legacy Fund is a new £1 million programme provided by Sport Northern Ireland through funding from the Department for Communities. Supported projects will leave a lasting community legacy from the success of Northern Ireland athletes at the Paris 2024 Olympic/Paralympic Games.

The fund aims to improve the quality of equipment and/or modernise facilities at community sports organisations, encouraging people to engage in sport and physical activity.

Unlike traditional grants, this programme requires applicants to first raise funds through Crowdfunder's platform. Projects must have a total cost of between £1,000 and £50,000. Once a project secures at least 18% of its funding target, Sport NI will pledge 65% of the total project costs and the project will need to raise the remaining 17%. Projects in areas of high social need may be eligible for a contribution of 75%.

Eligible applicants include constituted sports clubs affiliated with recognised governing bodies, community or voluntary organisations focused on sport or physical recreation and charitable trusts.

To apply, organisations must set up an eligible project on the Crowdfunder UK website and meet the initial fundraising criteria.

All applications/campaigns must be submitted for review by 20 February 2026. For more information, please visit Olympic Legacy Fund | Sport NI

Triangle Trust Opens Autumn Round to Support Young Women and Girls in the UK

In 2025, the Trust’s focus is specifically on young women and girls who have been in the UK’s criminal justice system or who are at a high risk of being drawn into it.

There are two funding rounds per year (spring and autumn). The autumn round offers grants of between £30,000 and £80,000 over two years (up £40,000 can be requested per year) for proposals focused on targeted work with high-risk young women and girls ages 11 and 30 who are on the edge of the criminal justice system. Projects will need to either be working towards reducing reoffending behaviours or reducing first convictions. 

Registered charities, not-for-profit social enterprises and community interest companies that are working within the UK and have a UK office can apply as long as they can clearly show that women and girls make up at least 80% of their total beneficiaries across their whole organisation.

They need to have a proven track record of running projects with vulnerable and challenging young women and girls between the ages of 11 and 30 years, and their work is both gender and trauma informed. Their average annual income over the past three years needs to be less than £1.5 million.

There is particular interest in funding projects working with young women and girls who are care experienced, come from Black or minoritized/racialised communities and work that is led by people with lived experience.

The Trust particularly welcomes applications from organisations working in Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales.

In addition to the Main Grants, the Trust is offering Small Grants of £10,000 to grass roots organisations that are led by women and whose beneficiaries are 100% women and girls. The details are provided in a separate report.

The deadline for applications is 20 October 2025. For more information please visit The Triangle Trust

Help the Homeless Accepting Applications for Winter Grants

This small grant maker provides grants of up to £5,000 for capital projects that help homeless people return to the community and rebuild their lives.

Funding is targeted at projects to find practical ways to help disadvantaged individuals return to the community through training or residential facility provision, rather than merely providing short term shelter.

The reasons for being homeless vary enormously, but may include ill-health, those who are discharged offenders, addictions, family breakdown or other adverse circumstances.  Homelessness is not just about the people that the public sees and thinks about – principally “rough sleepers” living on the streets – but a whole range of people who lack a stable home.

The scheme will only fund capital costs. It will not fund core and running costs, computers or IT equipment.

UK registered charities with an annual turnover of under £500,000 can apply.

Applications are considered four times a year.

The next deadline for applications is 15 December 2025. For more information, please visit Applying for Funding — Help the Homeless

Community Gardens Awards Open for England, Wales and Northern Ireland

Delivered by the National Garden Scheme, the Community Gardens Award provides grants of £1,500 and £5,000 for gardening projects carried out within local communities in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

The scheme is committed to:

• Sustainability in gardening so proposals need to demonstrate that they will be using sustainable gardening methods – for instance being as far as possible peat-free.

• Celebrating biodiversity so projects that encourage biodiversity and wildlife, while not essential, will be a positive.

The funding can be used for a number of things, including but not limited to:

• Plants and containers

• Materials for flower or vegetable beds and other hard landscaping

• Greenhouses, polytunnels and sheds

• Seating

• Hand tools and certain garden power tools (eg strimmers)

• Materials for providing refreshment.

Applicants must be a fully set up community group, registered charity or Community Interest Company (CIC) with a functioning non-personal bank account based and working in England, Wales or Northern Ireland.

Please note this year, the application process is in two parts. The first part is an initial eligibility check. The link to the second part will be sent by email.

Also new this year, the scheme has introduced a cap on applications. Only the first 300 eligible submissions will be considered for a grant.

The deadline for applications is 20 October 2025 (12 noon). For more information, please visit Community Garden Grants - National Garden Scheme

Capital Grants for Projects Supporting Those in Need of a Safe and Secure Home

The Leeds Building Society Foundation offers grants to UK registered charities for projects which address one or more of the following themes:

• Financial stress - projects that help with bills or debt stress.

• Security and refuge - projects that support emergency accommodation.

• Quality and suitability of housing.

• Health and wellbeing support for those experiencing homelessness if it is part of wraparound support and the application also meets at least one of the other themes.

Applications are welcome from those who take a Housing First and/or relationship-based approach. Applications should show evidence of:

• Strength-based practice

• Trauma-informed care

• Psychologically informed environments.

UK registered charities with a turnover of less than £1 million based anywhere in the UK can apply for small grants of between £250 and £1,000.

The funding is to be used for projects that support those in need of a safe and secure home. Grants are only for capital expenditure (that is, to purchase items used to directly help those in need).

This is the final small grants application window for 2025. Applications will be considered at the early December meeting.

Applications open on 12 August and close 3 November 2025. For more information, please visit About Charitable Foundation | Leeds Building Society

Community Foundation for NI - Windfarm Funding Open!

These local community benefit funds were set up by Gaelectric in 2016 and is now managed by CGN Europe - a wind energy and energy storage company that believes in a sustainable future. GCN is committed to ensuring that their wind farms, whilst having obvious environmental benefits, also provide significant economic benefits to the local community.

Monnaboy Community Benefit Funding – Greysteel area – grants of up to £2500 – closing date 23rd October 25 - Monnaboy Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland  

Dunbeg Community Benefit Funding – Limavady/Coleraine area – grants of up to £2500 – closing date 23rd October 25 - Dunbeg Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

 Dunmore Community Benefit Funding – Dungiven area – grants of up to £2500 – closing date 23rd October 25 - Dunmore Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund - Within 6km radius of the windfarm, which includes the areas of Monkstown, Grange, Woodburn, Greenisland, Ballynure and Carnmoney. Grants up to £3000 - Carn Hill Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Corby Knowe Community Benefit Fund - located off the Parkgate Road, Kells, County Antrim. Grants up to £2500 - Corby Knowe Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

Cloonty Community Benefit Fund - ocated in an area bounded by the B17 Straid Road to the north, the B62 Ballybogey Road to the west and B147 Kirk Road / Ballintea Road to the south and east. Grants up to £5000 - Cloonty Community Benefit Fund - Community Foundation Northern Ireland

For more information and to apply, please check the Foundation’s website – www.communityfoundationni.org