Grow Wild Youth Grants Now Open for Applications

Grow Wild is once again offering grants of £500 to young people (aged 16 to 25 years) across the UK to deliver a creative project that celebrates why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special.

The project should be original and exciting and focus on UK native plants and/or fungi. Projects need to engage at least 100 other people (either in person or online). The grant be used to pay for anything to support the project, such as equipment, materials, training, resources, or expert help. Projects can start in May but must be completed by the end of October 2025.

Applications will be accepted from young people aged 16 to 25 years old who live in the UK and who can find a supporting organisation, such as a school, university, youth club or a local community group, to help them deliver the project.

The deadline for applications is19 March 2025 (15:00).

For more information, please visit Youth Grants | Grow Wild | Kew

Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation to Reopen for Application on 3 March

After pausing applications last September, the Foundation has announced it is reopening its grants programme in March 2025 with two new focus areas through which it aims to drive social impact.

The focus going forward will be to help people experiencing hardship and/or underserved groups within the UK to:

• Access a place to call home.

• Improve financial wellbeing.

For both focus areas, priority will be given to charities supporting people in the top 50% of the UK Index of Multiple Deprivation.

The Foundation is also making other changes:

• Only UK registered charities established for at least three years, with three or more trustees and whose work has direct benefit to people within the UK can apply.

• The maximum grant will rise from £6,000 to £10,000 this year.

• The Foundation will consider funding core costs, project costs, and small capital contributions that support its focus areas.

• Applications will be considered twice a year (in June and December) rather than quarterly.

• There will be two specific application windows (3 March to 1 May; 1 September to 31 October), outside of which applications will not be accepted.

• Unsuccessful applicants will no longer have to wait two years to reapply. They can reapply in one year. Successful applicants must wait three years.

The online application form will be available once applications open.

The first funding round will open for applications on 3 March and close on 1 May 2025.

For more information, please visit Skipton Charitable Foundation

Henry Moore Foundation Accepting Applications for Winter 2025 Funding Round

Grants are available for not-for-profit organisations for projects and activities that promote the growth and development of sculpture across historical, modern, and contemporary registers, and research that expands the appreciation of sculpture.

The Henry Moore Foundation offers funding in the following categories:

• New projects and commissions: Grants of up to £20,000 to encourage new thinking about sculpture or sculpture history or contribute to public awareness and appreciation of sculpture.

• Acquisitions and collections: Grants of up to £20,000 for museums and galleries to acquire or conserve sculpture for their collections, cataloguing, and display costs.

• Research and development:

• Long-term grants of up to £20,000 for projects that require funding for more than one year, such as a permanent collection catalogue.

• Small research grants of up to £2,500 for academics, curators, and independent scholars for research costs on the history and interpretation of sculpture.

• Conferences, lectures, and publications: Grants of up to £5000 to publish a new book or journal, or to stage a conference or other event related to sculpture.

There are typically four deadlines per year. This funding round is for projects starting, or opening to the public, no sooner than 1 July 2025.

The next deadline for applications is 1 March 2025 (23:00).

For more information, please visit Grants & fellowships | Henry Moore Foundation

City & Guilds Foundation - Local Community Skills Fund

Applications can be made at any time throughout the year and will be reviewed on a monthly basis.

Grants are available for registered charities, social enterprises, colleges and FE providers for projects or activities in the UK that support the development of skills for people 16+ who are facing barriers to move towards or into employment.

The funding aims to support a wide range of initiatives that will make a positive impact on communities across the UK.

One key focus is to fund innovative local and community-led projects that may not be eligible for traditional funding sources. This could include anything from setting up a community garden to running a digital skills workshop. The fund also seeks to help disadvantaged people develop the skills they need to find employment by providing training and support.

Additionally, the fund will address specific skills gaps in local areas and reach out to communities where access to training and development opportunities is limited. By working with external organisations, the fund aims to create a sustainable model for delivering social impact through funding and match-funding.

The maximum grant is £10,000. Most grants will be around £6,000. The Foundation will consider match funding as long as the project and applicant meet the criteria and the amount being asked for is under £10,000.

Who Can Apply

Applications will be considered from:

• Registered charities with a voluntary income of less than £1 million. If their  organisation had income of over £1 million the previous year they will be asked for a matching contribution that will be tailored to their size

• Registered Social Enterprises, with clearly defined asset locks, with an income of less than £1 million.

• Colleges, FE providers and other City & Guilds customers, where the proposals are clearly additive to existing funding.

• Individuals and community groups, but only instances where they have a supporting organisation that is willing to act as the recipient of funds and meets one of the criteria above (for example a local college, Scout Group, charity etc.)

• Charitable foundations of relevant for-profit companies where a project meets the stated objectives of the fund and meets the criteria.

Eligible Expenditure

Funding for projects that are:

• Seeking funding for projects or activities that will be delivered in the UK.

• Supporting people 16+ who are facing barriers.

• Supporting the development of skills required to move towards or into employment.

Projects will also be viewed positively if they address any of the following:

• People with convictions, young people at risk of offending, refugees and displaced people, neurodiverse learners and lower socio-economic groups.

• Can evidence that they are addressing local skills gaps and/or directly link to job outcomes.

• Are in a community or region of defined social need (Indices of Multiple Deprivation, DofE cold spots).

How To Apply

There is a two stage application process:

• The first step is to submit an Expression of Interest. Applicants will need to register an account to access the online EoI form. Once the form is submitted, they should hear back within 10 working days.

• Those who are successful will invited to submit a full application.

• Most applicants will know if they are successful in being awarded a grant within two months of starting an EoI.

For ore information, please visit Local Community Skills Fund | City & Guilds Foundation

Cash For Kids' Children's Mental Health Grants Open for Applications

Cash for Kids are the official charity of Bauer Media. Bauer Media is an international media company who run market leading radio stations and magazines. The grant-giving charity exists to help disadvantaged children and young people up to and including the age of 18 who are affected by poverty, illness, neglect or have additional support needs.

The charity is currently offering grant of between £1,000 and £3,000 to support children living in local communities in parts of the UK which are supported by the Cash for Kids team. Groups should check the locations page to ensure they are eligible.

The grants need to be spent within six months and can cover a range of project costs, such as therapy including counselling, music/art therapy, speech/language therapy, physiotherapy, bereavement support, and sensory equipment. A maximum of six months of therapy sessions are supported.

Applications are accepted from registered charities with an annual income of less than £1 million, schools, community groups, voluntary groups, youth group, and sports groups with a formal governance document and individuals with a supporting letter from a professional such as a social worker, occupational therapist, teacher, GP, etc.

Community Interest Companies (CICs) may not apply for this funding.

Applications are accepted at any time until all funds are allocated.

For more information, please visit Grants | Cash for Kids | Helping the children that need it most

Funding to Support Holiday Activities for Autistic Children and Young People in the UK

This trust provides grants of up to £15,000 to activity schemes for autistic children and young people, and their siblings, which run in the school holidays. Grants are usually for part of the costs.

The funding is for either:

• Autistic-specific activity programmes that run in the school holidays in the UK (including sessions for siblings), or:

• The costs to include autistic children and young people who require one-to-one or greater support to take part in other (non autistic specific) play and activity schemes.

Applications will be accepted from not-for-profit organisations that:

• Have a safeguarding policy.

• Use trained staff (not parents/guardians). For autistic children and young people who take part in other play and activity schemes (non-autistic specific schemes), staff must have specialist training to provide one-to-one support or greater.

• Have a bank account with two people to authorise or check on payments.

Priority for funding will be given to autistic-specific schemes.

Applications open on 3 February 2025 and close on 28 February 2025.

For more information, please visit Holiday activity schemes for autistic children and young people | Three Guineas Trust

Rowing Foundation Accepting Grant Applications for 2025 Projects

The Rowing Foundation, a registered charity, offers grants to clubs, schools and organisations within the UK who are involved in rowing and need help in buying equipment or refurbishing a boat.

Although most of the Foundation’s grants go to UK Rowing Clubs, any club or organisation involved in ‘on water rowing-type’ activities can apply. Please note grants do not support kayaking, sailing or swimming.

The funding should either be for the benefit of young people or those in full time education, or for the disabled.

UK clubs and organisations can apply for grants to purchase equipment to assist their Adaptive Rowing programmes, and to encourage Adaptive Rowers of all ages.

There is particular interest in awarding a grant to any organisation who is helping to get more people with any type of disability out on to the water.

There are two funding streams:

• Equipment grants of up to £4,000 in any three-year period; this can be comprised of a single grant or smaller grants aggregated over the period. Grants are for up to 50% of the overall project costs.

• Boat refurbishment grants of up to £4,000 for up to 50% of the costs of refurbishments of boats used by juniors.

Applications for refurbishment grants can be made at any time. Equipment grant applications are considered three times a year

The first 2025 deadline for equipment grant applications is 17 March 2025 (noon).

For more information, please visit The Rowing Foundation

Small Grants to Help People Get Outdoor and Experience the Natural World

The Alpkit Foundation, a not-for-profit independent charity, was set up by the British outdoor retailer Alpkit in 2015. It makes small awards that support grass roots, direct action projects where a positive difference can be made to remove the barriers in getting outdoors and experience the benefits of time spent outdoors.

Community groups, schools and organisations based and working within the UK can apply for grants of between £50 and £500 to support:

• Diversity and inclusion projects that engage individual and groups from a diverse range of backgrounds.

• Environmental projects that seek to support, conserve, or generate understanding of our environment and wild places.

• Health projects enabling people to gain physical and mental wellbeing from the Great Outdoors.

• Education projects such as First Aid, D of E, Forest Schools and Mountain Leader.

• Participation projects that get more people experiencing the Great Outdoors.

There is particular interest in projects that encourage responsible outdoor activity, have long lasting benefits, introduce new people to the outdoors, and demonstrate value for money.

It is recommended that groups apply at least three months before the start of their project so that the trustees have time to consider the application at their next meeting.

Applications can be submitted at any time and will be considered every two months.

For more information, please visit Alpkit Foundation | Alpkit

Grants for Youth Mental Health Organisations to Deliver Monitoring and Evaluation Projects

Charities and community interest companies (CICs) working to deliver mental health support to young people aged between 10 and 30 to deliver mental health can apply for funding to help build monitoring and evaluation (M&E) capacity.

Through the What's Working? Strength in Data Grants Programme, the Prudence Trust is offering around five to six grants of at least £10,000 to bolster organisational capacity to do quality data collection and to make use of that data to periodically review services.

To apply, groups must:

• Have an income of at least £250,000 and two years published annual accounts

• Work exclusively with young people.

• Deliver direct mental health support.

• Already collect mental health or well-being data.

Eligible costs include:

• Upskilling of staff responsible for monitoring and evaluation.

• Salaries for dedicated data or M&E roles.

• Software or hardware needed to improve data infrastructure, such as databases.

• Costs to work with an external evaluator or academic on specific programmes.   

There is no maximum award amount specified. However, it is unlikely that the Trust will award grants over £300,000.  

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an Expression of Interest form before being invited to complete a full second-stage application.

The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 3 March 2025 (16:00). 

For more information, please visit New Funding Opportunity from The Prudence Trust

Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust Accepting Applications for First 2025 Funding Round

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust is offering grants for UK-registered charities working with communities across the UK to help those most in need.

The Trust operates a three-year rotation system, with different fields of interest being funded each year. There are normally four application rounds per year with applications accepted for one month only, usually in February, April, July, and September. Charities can apply for one round per calendar year.

In 2025, Rounds 1 and 2 will accept applications for projects that focus on improving access to the Arts, specifically projects that will improve audience access and participation. Applications will not be considered from non-performing arts projects or projects focussing on performers.

In this round, grants of £1,000 are available for UK-registered charities or organisations that are exempted from registration with an operating income of between £100,000 and £1 million. Applications will not be accepted from CICs or other not-for-profit organisations.

The deadline for Round 1 is 28 February 2025. 

For more information, please visit Home - The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28

Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28, which will offer a minimum grant award of £50,000, is now open and will close 7 March 2025.

This is a grant competition for primarily CAPITAL funding for projects to deliver the key theme of Nature Recovery including Nature Recovery Networks, Species Recovery Networks and 30x30 Projects. Projects which support the conservation of Lough Neagh are particularly welcome to apply.

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 Eligibility Criteria & Environmental Impact Priorities

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 Application Form

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 Guidance Notes (Parts 1 & 2)

• Nature Recovery Challenge Fund 2025/26 - 2027/28 Standard Terms and Conditions of Offer

• Environment Fund 2023-28 Environmental Statement Guidance Note

• Summary by Budget Heading and Detailed Budget Breakdown workbook 

If you have a query in connection with the Challenge Fund Competition 2025/26 – 2027/28 please contact the Environment Fund Grant Team:

DAERA Environment Fund
Clare House,
303 Airport Road West,
Belfast, BT3 9ED

E-mail: efgrants@daera-ni.gov.uk
Tel: 028 9056 9610

Community Impact Fund

Imperial Polythene is proud to announce the launch of the Imperial Community Impact Fund; a new initiative designed to support local community groups and charities committed to making a positive difference.

With an annual fund of £10,000, this grant scheme offers up to £1,000 per project to encourage and empower local organisations working in the fields of environment, sustainability, creativity, and addressing local problems. By fostering innovation and collaboration, we aim to enhance the well-being of our community and promote sustainable development.

We invite community groups and charitable organisations to apply for funding to bring their impactful projects to life. Our goal is to support initiatives that drive meaningful change, whether it's through environmental conservation, creative community engagement, or solving pressing local issues.

For more information, please download the information booklet and start your application - Learn More About The Imperial Community Impact Fund

If you have any queries, please get in touch with us at grants@imperialpolythene.co.uk

All Ages April Grants Scheme 2025

This funding aims to create connections across generations and links between groups, settings and organisations that wouldn’t normally work together. LGNI’s vision is that these connections and relationships will continue into the future.

Activities can be a one-off event or a project delivered over a number of sessions promoting the value of incorporating Intergenerational and Age-friendly values into everyday practice.

30 small grants of £125 are available and open to a range of groups across Northern Ireland including: older people's groups, care homes, schools, community groups, youth groups etc.

Opening 1st February 2025 for applications with closing date for submission 28th February 12 noon.

Download the application form further down on this page or HERE complete and return to joyce.savage@bjf.org.uk

An information video can also be viewed at the bottom of this page as well as last year's All Ages April 2024 report!

This years All Ages April grants scheme will form part of LGNI's Global Intergenerational Week 2025 celebrations and we hope all our grantees will share their inspiring activities on social media to highlight the benefits of intergenerational work!

For more info on Global Intergenerational Week visit - Global Intergenerational Week – Linking Generations NI and our partners site -

Intergenerational Week (generationsworkingtogether.org)

For further information contact joyce.savage@bjf.org.uk

Big thanks to the Public Health Agency NI for their continued support of this initiative!

Third phase of Women’s Community Programme open for applications

Communities Minister Gordon Lyons has announced that his department’s Developing Women in the Community Programme Phase Three is now open for applications.

This is the third phase of the programme following on from the pilot scheme that completed in March 2022 and Phase Two which will complete in March 2025. These previous phases, Advisory Panel  recommendations and Queens University Belfast evaluations, have helped to shape and set the direction for phase three.

The project is part of the Executive Programme on Paramilitarism & Organised Crime.

Welcoming the opening of the application process for Phase Three, Communities Minister Gordon Lyons said:  

"I am pleased to be able to launch the third phase of this important programme, which will provide training and support to women of all ages. The programme will give women the tools to develop themselves as leaders, allowing them to take on key roles and drive change and improvement within their communities.

“I am committed to delivering this programme to equip women with the knowledge, skills and confidence to become involved in community development, particularly in areas most in need.”

Key elements of the Developing Women in the Community Programme Phase Three include:

• Providing participants with the opportunity to partake in volunteering roles and to develop and deliver a small programme;

• Providing Family Support; and

• Delivering modular training relating to personal, community and families  resulting in personal progression, reducing individual risk factors and strengthening the women’s confidence to engage with their communities.

• Delivery organisations to adopt a trauma informed approach and promote The Ending Violence Against Women & Girls Strategy (EVAWG)

Applications are invited from areas which have been identified as those most in need.

Full details on funding, eligibility and the application process can be found on the Department's website.

Making an application

Applications can be completed online(external link opens in a new window / tab).

The total cost required from DfC should not exceed £75,000*.

*Subject to budget availability, funding limits may change.

The closing date for applications is 4.00pm on Monday 3 March 2025

Further details can be found in the information and guidance notes.

This funding is for the period 1 April 2025 to 31 March 2027.

Applicants should read both the following project specification and information and guidance notes.

Local Community Skills Fund

The Local Community Skills Fund aims to support a wide range of initiatives that will make a positive impact on communities across the UK.

One key focus is to fund innovative local and community-led projects that may not be eligible for traditional funding sources. This could include anything from setting up a community garden to running a digital skills workshop. The fund also seeks to help disadvantaged people develop the skills they need to find employment by providing training and support.

Additionally, the fund will address specific skills gaps in local areas and reach out to communities where access to training and development opportunities is limited. By working with external organisations, the fund aims to create a sustainable model for delivering social impact through funding and match-funding.

Who can apply?

• Registered charities with a voluntary income of less that £1m. If your organisation had income of over £1m last year, we will ask for a matching contribution that will be tailored to your size

• Registered Social Enterprises, with clearly defined asset locks, with an income of less than £1m

• Colleges, FE providers and other City & Guilds customers, where the proposals are clearly additive to existing funding.

or

• Individuals and community groups, but only instances where they have a supporting organisation that is willing to act as the recipient of funds and meets one of the criteria above (for example a local college, Scout Group, charity etc.)

What types of projects will we fund?

The Local Community Skills Fund supports projects that are:

• Seeking funding for projects or activities that will be delivered in the UK

• Supporting people 16+ who are facing barriers

• Supporting the development of skills required to move towards or into employment

The Local Community Skills Fund will not be able to support:

• Individual appeals for bursary support or proposals that benefit an individual rather than wider members of the community (this is available through our bursary programme, find out more here).

• Long-standing capital appeals, where any donation would represent less than 10% of the total value

• Programmes or activity that have already taken place

• Religious activity (although we can fund religious organisations if their project benefits the wider community and doesn’t include religious content)

• Loan repayments.

Projects will also be viewed positively if they address any of the following:

• People with convictions, young people at risk of offending, refugees and displaced people, neurodiverse learners and lower socio-economic groups

• Can evidence that they are addressing local skills gaps and/or directly link to job outcomes

• Are in a community or region of defined social need (Indices of Multiple Deprivation, DofE cold spots)

What level of funding is available?

You can apply for a grant of up to £10,000 and most grants will be around £6,000.

Grant recipients will be required to sign an agreement which commits them to reporting the outputs and outcomes of any funding.

Our community grants programme is open year-round and we will review submissions on a monthly basis.

For more information and to apply, please visit Local Community Skills Fund | City & Guilds Foundation

Third Round of Northern Ireland's Sustainable Community Buildings Programme Invites Applications

Voluntary and community organisations in specified areas of Northern Ireland can apply for grants to make their buildings more energy-efficient, as part of an initiative aimed at reducing carbon footprints and saving on energy bills.

The Sustainable Community Buildings programme, administered by the National Lottery Community Fund, is designed to help organisations improve the environmental performance of their buildings. Grants of up to £50,000 are available to support energy-saving measures such as solar panels, energy-efficient lighting, insulation and other sustainability upgrades.

In addition to financial support, organisations that apply to the programme will receive free carbon literacy training, delivered by Business in the Community. This training will help organisations identify ways to reduce their carbon footprint. Action Renewables will also assist groups in developing and implementing environmental plans to guide sustainability improvements and cut long-term costs.

The programme is open to voluntary and community organisations with an annual income of less than £500,000, including registered charities, community interest companies, and not-for-profit organisations. Buildings eligible for funding must have been constructed before 2005 and be owned or under a long-term lease of at least six years. 

The grants can be used for capital funding, and priority will be given to buildings that are well-used by the community. Organisations will be guided by sustainability experts to identify the most appropriate energy-efficient improvements for their buildings.

By focusing on reducing carbon emissions and enhancing sustainability, the Sustainable Community Buildings programme offers a vital opportunity for community organisations to both improve their environmental impact and save on operating costs.

In this round, applications will be accepted from organisations in the Belfast City Council, Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council, and Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council areas.

The deadline for applications is 19 February 2025 (noon).

For more information, please visit Sustainable Community Buildings | The National Lottery Community Fund

Funding for Music and Heritage Projects Across the UK

Radcliffe Trust is offering grants averaging between £2,500 and £7,500 for charities, not-for-profit groups, and exempt organisations across the UK to support projects in the areas of music or heritage and crafts.

For music projects, the Trust will consider projects in the following categories:

• Composition and contemporary music - in the case of commission applications the lead composer must be named.

• Bursaries for courses and summer schools; limited to UK-based students.

• Music therapy and special needs.

• Academic research.

• Youth orchestras.

• Performance projects.

• Educational projects - excluding applications from individual mainstream primary and secondary schools.

• Miscellaneous.

For heritage and crafts projects, the Trust will support the development of the skills, knowledge and experience that underpin the UK’s traditional cultural heritage and crafts sectors. This includes support for:

• Emerging craftspeople.

• Craft and conservation projects and training.

• Projects demonstrating creative outcomes by designer-makers.

• Projects with potential for capacity building within the sector.

• Special needs projects focusing on the therapeutic benefits of skills development.

Other areas of cultural creativity related to heritage and crafts may also be considered, including theatre, performance, and literature, especially where projects can be shown to promote and develop high-level skills among early career practitioners and disadvantaged groups.

There are typically rounds per year, with trustee meetings held in June and December. Groups can apply for Music and Heritage & Crafts grants in the same funding round.

The next deadline for applications is 31 January 2025.

For more information, please visit The Radcliffe Trust

MSE Charity Accepting UK Applications for Summer Projects

Funded by Money Saving Expert, the MSE Charity offers a limited number of grants of up to £10,000 to UK not-for-profit organisations with an income of less than £750,000.

The funding is help them deliver activities within the UK that improve people’s ability to become more financially capable in their present and future circumstances.

Examples include:

• Money management workshops.

• Training volunteers to deliver workshops or to provide peer-support to others.

• Upskilling existing staff to access financial capability training to support their end-users directly.

• Provide access to financial inclusion activities for people who are disadvantaged in anyway such as by age, disability, ethnicity or gender.

The funding is to be used for specific activity costs related to financial capability projects only.

Up to £500 per application can be used for essential IT equipment for project delivery.

Full cost recovery is supported. Consideration will be given to requests for direct project costs and for a proportionate share of the organisation's overheads (core costs) up to a maximum of 15% of their project budget.

Applications will be accepted from UK registered charities, community interest companies (CICs), credit union, not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee, and social enterprise companies who have been established and active for at least 18 months, have an annual income of less than £750,000 and less than six months free reserves. They must be based and working within the UK.

There are two funding rounds per year (Winter and Summer) each with a two stage application process.

The deadline for Stage 1 proposals is 31 January 2025 (5pm).

For more information, please visit Home

Grow Wild Youth Grants to Open ‘Soon’

Once again, Grow Wild will be offering grants of £500 to young people (aged 16 to 25 years) across the UK to deliver a creative project that celebrates why UK native plants and/or fungi are so special.

The project should be original and exciting and focus on UK native plants and/or fungi. Projects need to engage at least 100 other people (either in person or online). The grant be used to pay for anything to support the project, such as equipment, materials, training, resources, or expert help. Projects can start in May but must be completed by the end of October 2025.

Applications will be accepted from young people aged 16 to 25 years old who live in the UK and who can find a supporting organisation, such as a school, university, youth club or a local community group, to help them deliver the project.

Supporting organisations must be:

• An established and relevant organisation that is charitable in purpose or not-for-profit. In particular:

• Voluntary, youth or community group.

• Education body.

• Arts or environmental charity

• Local Authority or other council body

• Health Authority

• Able to provide a member of staff or volunteer to:

• Liaise with Grow Wild

• Support the young person as required (eg, providing access to facilities and equipment, publicity of activities, advice and guidance.)

• Financially responsible for the project with a bank account in the organisation's name or in the name of the local authority or other public sector body where relevant.

Groups can read through the 2025 guidance notes which are now available in anticipation of the spring round opening 'soon'.

The application deadline for funding in 2025 has been announced as 19 March 2025 (15:00).

For more information, please visit Youth Grants | Grow Wild | Kew

KFC Youth Foundation Accepting Applications for 2025 Funding Round

The KFC Youth Foundation is offering grants of up to £3,000 per year for up to two years for not-for-profit groups with a turnover of less than £400,000 to deliver projects that empower economically disadvantaged young people across the UK to fulfill their potential and build a positive future.

Applications will be considered from registered charities, registered community interest companies, unincorporated clubs or associations, or unregistered charities that:

• Benefit young people aged 11-25 years old.

• Support those in a position of economic disadvantage (including one of the following: care leavers, those experiencing homelessness, young carers, young parents, refugees, and young people at risk of or with experience of the criminal justice system).

• Empower young people to fulfill their potential and build a positive future by providing spaces that allow them to feel safe and secure, helping them unlock talent, build life skills, provide mentoring, and improve their chances to gain meaningful employment.

• Demonstrate positive results from their project within 12 months of KFC funding being received.

There is a two-stage application process. Groups must first submit an online Expression of Interest, including a two-minute video about their organisation, before being invited to submit a full application. 

The next deadline for applications is 14 February 2025 (23:59).

For more information, please visit The KFC Foundation Community Grants