Small grants are available for UK registered non-profit organisations supporting grassroots projects in diverse and deprived communities in the United Kingdom.

The scheme provides small grants to support independent UK registered non-for-profit organisations for grassroots, community-based projects that fall within its core funding themes:

Heritage and conservation.
Education.
Health and wellbeing.
Social inclusion.
Environment.
Countryside.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available per year for three years. The maximum amount that can be applied for is £15,000 in total and the average award is £2,500.

The total cost of the project should not exceed £200,000.

Approximately 100 community-based organisations are awarded grants each year.

Applications are accepted from UK registered not-for-profit organisations, including charities, community interest companies and parish councils, that have:

An annual income of less than £1 million.
Completed at least two years of activity.
Less than six months of unrestricted free reserves.

Applicants must have waited at least one year from the date of any previous unsuccessful application or one year from the date of the end of the award period for previously successful applicants.

The next application round opens on 10 February and closes on 24 February 2025.

The February 2025 round is open to organisations working across the Social Inclusion and Health and Wellbeing funding themes in the priority areas: Wales, Northern Ireland, East Midlands, West Midlands, North East and the South East.

An online application form and guidance notes are available on the KCCF website.

For more information, please visit Small grants - King Charles III Charitable Fund