A trust offering grants to smaller charities registered in UK with annual income of between £150k and £1.5m focusing on refugees and asylum seekers, the justice system and penal reform, and human rights.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to A B Charitable Trust website

A trust that supports projects that encourage youth volunteering.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Alec Dickson Trust website

A trust offering grants to groups of individuals supporting disadvantaged young people to develop an existing interest in adventurous activities, such as climbing, cycling and horse riding.

• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: YP specific

Go to Andy Fanshawe Memorial Trust website

They give grants to registered UK based charities (within income below £1m) supporting people facing disadvantage and disabled people of all ages.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust website

A trust that supports small charities registered in the UK whose work can be categorised in one of the following areas: community or armed forces, education, health, the arts, arms or armour.

• Locations: Not sure

Go to Armourers and Brasiers Gauntlet Trust website

Arts Council invests money from Government and the National Lottery to support creativity and culture across England so that everyone can lead a happy, healthy and creative life.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Arts Council website

Aviva Community Fund supports small charities and community causes focusing on helping people take control of their wellbeing by giving them the tools to be more financially independent and ready for anything.

• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: FFP specific

Go to Aviva Community Fund website

The foundation helps small charities supporting children facing disadvantage through education, sport and play, holidays, health and wellbeing, support, care and respite.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Barbara Ward Childrens Foundation website

A trust supporting projects focused on helping people facing disadvantage or disabled people to overcome their challenges through the power of sport.

• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: M4C specific

Go to Boost Charitable Trust website

The most relevant fund for children and youth charities is the social and criminal justice fund, aimed at preventing people from entering the criminal justice system and to support those already in the system to move on and rebuild their lives. They fund early intervention programmes with young children and their families, tailored preventative work with young people at risk, and holistic support services aimed at reducing re-offending and aiding re-settlement.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Charles Hayward Foundation website

For charities based in North East London and Essex, or larger organisations which can demonstrate the work is benefitting individuals in those areas.

• Locations: England

Go to Charles S. French Charitable Trust website

The foundation funds charity focused on a variety of areas including: infrastructure, support for children and young people, mental health, refugees, asylum seekers and migrants, as well as support for deaf and disabled people.

• Locations: London

Go to City Bridge Foundation website

They are dedicated to helping those who are disabled or face disadvantage to visit and participate in learning experiences about the countryside.

• Locations: England & Wales

Go to CLA Charitable Trust website

A social enterprise providing long-term and short-term loans to organisations looking to make a social impact.

• Location: Northern Ireland
• Loan: term / bridging

Go to Community Finance Ireland website

The trust funds charities in the fields of access to the arts, medical welfare and the environment with a focus on young people.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to D'Oyly Carte Charitable Trust website

The fund mostly supports projects in Greater London, with three priority areas: education and young people, social welfare, textiles and heritage.

• Locations: London

Go to Drapers Charitable Fund website

The trust supports charities working with children and young people facing disadvantage to develop life skills that will enable them to thrive.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Dulverton Trust website

They support charities working in the arts and learning (including libraries and SEND).

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Foyle Foundation website

A funding search platform for charities, community groups or social enterprises including hundreds of grant and loan finance opportunities from local, national and international sources.

• Type of support: grants and loans
• Location: UK-wide

Go to Funding Wales website

The foundation supports UK registered charities working in the areas of welfare, youth, community, arts, faith, environment, education, health and museums & heritage.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Garfield Weston Foundation website

The foundation's objective is to promote, maintain, improve and advance the education of the public in the arts generally and in particular the fine arts and music.

• Locations: Not sure

Go to Golsoncott Foundation website

They fund small and medium-sized organisations working in youth support and raising the aspirations of young people facing disadvantage and supporting youth projects through education, the arts, sport and adventurous activities.

• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: M4C specific

Go to Hedley Foundation website

They offer grants for a wide variety of organisations and favour small, grassroots charities working to help the most vulnerable people in their communities.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Help the Homeless website

The charity funds work with young people under 25 (or 30 for young people with special needs and disabilities) in London, focusing on any of these areas: arts and science, education, sport, emotional wellbeing, youth issues, training and apprenticeships, youth clubs and activities, children and families, and special needs and disability.

• Locations: London

Go to John Lyons Charity website

They fund charities working in fields including early intervention, mediation, prison services and services for families affected by sexual abuse, physical abuse and domestic violence, among others.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Kelly Family Charitable Trust website

They offer grants to small and local charities providing specialist support to young people aged +17 facing complex social issues.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales website

An independent grant giving charity providing funding for charities and not-for-profit organisations working to alleviate the effects of poverty, and to improve the health and well-being of Londoners.

• Locations: London

Go to London Catalyst website

They offer various funding programmes for charities helping children and young people facing disadvantage overcome challenges.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Masonic Charitable Foundation website

The Morrisons Foundation awards grants to UK registered charities to support projects which make a positive difference in local communities. 

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Morrisons Foundation website

Their funds focus on arts, education and learning, migration and young people.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Paul Hamlyn Foundation website

A national charity funding and supporiting work led by communities experiencing marginalisation and disadvantage, which addresses the underlying causes of health inequalities.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to People s Health Trust website

The Trust focuses on supporting innovative research and development projects, such as medical, social and religious projects, with education being a theme that runs across all three grant-making areas.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Sir Halley Stewart Trust website

Funding for strategic legal work where asylum seekers, refugees and migrants experience disadvantage or discrimination as a result of migration status. This includes cases in the areas of education, housing, immigration, welfare and human rights. It does not include criminal or family law.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Strategic Legal Fund website

They provide grants that enable young people in inner London to fulfil their potential, especially young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. Applicants must be supporting young people under 25 who live in London.

• Locations: London

Go to Portal Trust website

They offer small grants to community projects supporting the empowerment of old age pensioners, refugees or young offenders.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Wakeham Trust website

The fund offers grants to Muslim individuals and families in need of support in four areas: hardship relief, housing, work and education.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to National Zakat Foundation website

Schwab identifes, supports and scales proven social innovations that address the worlds most pressing challenges

• Type of support: grants
• Locations: Global

Go to Schwab Foundation website

The Trust funds the development of communication skills for better employment prospects and life chances for marginalised individuals facing barriers to employment, including women, people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Thomas Wall Trust website

The Trust supports several existing initiatives for children with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions, with a focus on charities working with children and families from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities.

• Locations: UK and Africa

Go to True Colours Trust website

The trust funds organisations fighting for economic and social justice in London whose work directly benefits Londoners.

• Locations: London

Go to Trust for London website

The Foundation funds small and medium-sized organisations in the UK who address local issues in either rural, deprived areas or urban areas of extreme deprivation. Projects must be focussed on frontline work supporting the community or on family support and could include early intervention or coping with addiction.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Trusthouse Charitable Foundation website

The Funds principal aim is to support people in trouble, particularly young offenders and ex-offenders, as well as other young people experiencing disadvantage. 

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Weavers Company Benevolent Fund website

The trust funds organisations supporting children and young people aged 5 - 25, physical and mental disabilities, social welfare, and education and learning.

• Locations: England and Wales

Go to Yapp Charitable Trust website

They run several funds supporting young people facing barriers to engage in music.

• Locations: England, Scotland and Wales

Go to Youth Music website

An independent membership organisation set up to represent development trusts in Wales. It provides benefits for members, including support and training.

• Locations: Wales

Go to Development Trusts Association Wales (DTA Wales), website

An organisation that promotes and supports the creation of social enterprises in Wales. It provides benefits for members, including advice and support.

• Locations: Wales

Go to Social Firms Wales website

A source of support, funding advice and training for social enterprises and voluntary and community groups across Wales.

• Locations: Wales

Go to Wales Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) website

A membership organisation representing social enterprises in Northern Ireland. It provides practical advice, support and training to new and established social enterprises, as well as a collection of online resources.

• Locations: Norther Ireland

Go to Northern Ireland Council for Voluntary Action (NICVA) website

An organisation that provides specialist support programmes, advice and training to new social enterprises in Scotland. It also provides repayable grants and investments to help new and established social enterprises strengthen their impact

• Locations: Scotland

Go to Firstport website

An organisation that provides administration support and grant-making services to make charitable giving easier and more efficient. It also manages a number of local and national programmes that provide funding to social enterprises in Scotland

• Locations: Scotland

Go to Foundation Scotland website

The development agency for social enterprises in the Highlands and Islands which provides advice, support and events to new and established social enterprises.

• Locations: Scotland

Go to Highlands and Islands Social Enterprise Zone (HISEZ CIC) website

Just Enterprise provides support, workshops and resources for those wishing to start or grow a social enterprise in Scotland.

• Locations: Scotland

Go to Just Enterprise website

A membership organisation representing charities, voluntary organisations and social enterprises in Scotland. Membership benefits include advice, access to online resources and discounts on training and events

• Locations: Scotland

Go to Scottish Council for Voluntary Organisations (SCVO) website

An organisation based in Scotland and runs programmes that support the running and development of social enterprises.

• Locations: Scotland

Go to Social Enterprise Academy website

A search engine to explore and download grants data published by UK funders

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to 360 GrantNav website

Type of support: grant funding

Aims to fund work which: will make a lasting difference to peoples lives rather than simply alleviating the symptoms or current problems; is aimed at reducing isolation, stigma and discrimination; encourages or enables unpopular groups to share in the life of the whole community.

• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: If you work across a local area such as a village, estate or town, to be eligible you will need to have an income of less than around £100,000. At the other end of the spectrum, if you work across the whole of the UK you will need to have an income of less than around £250,000.

Go to Allen Lane Foundation website

Europes leading Venture Capital (VC) firm, investing in ambitious early-stage tech for good founders.

• Type of support: investments
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Bethnal Green Ventures website

The UK s first social merchant bank on a mission to finance the growth of sustainable social enterprises.

• Type of support: investments
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Big Issue Invest website

One of the UKs largest independent funders focused on improving our natural world, securing a fairer future, and strengthening communities.

• Type of support: grants and investment
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Esmée Fairbairn Foundation website

A funder for the East London boroughs of Hackney, Newham, Tower Hamlets, and Waltham Forest, supporting local people and communities to benefit from the arts, education, culture, innovation and placemaking.

• Type of support: grants
• Locations: England

Go to Foundation for Future London website

A charity that provides flexible grants and investments towards a fair and sustainable economic system, focusing particularly on social enterprises tackling the root problems behind complex challenges like inequality, poverty, and climate breakdown.

• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Friends Provident Foundation website

Over 22 different funding pots listed.

• Type of support: Funding
• Locations: Norther Ireland

Go to [Funders Forum NI website](Funders Forum For Northern Ireland - Funders Forum for Northern Ireland (fundersforumni.org))

An organisation helping charities and social enterprise navigate the world of investment and connect with the right investors.

• Type of support: social investment network
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Good Finance website

They fund people, organisations and networks taking action to change systems of injustice and oppression that result in the mental distress, violence and destitution of people subject to marginalisation in the UK.

• Type of support: grants
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Lankelly Chase Foundation website

A branch of Nesta providing financial, knowledge and network capital to innovative tech ventures tackling school readiness, obesity, household carbon emissions and productivity.

• Type of support: investments
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Nesta Impact Investment website

An organisation that accelerates entrepreneurial approaches and innovative solutions to the worlds most pressing problems.

• Type of support: grants
• Locations: Global

Go to Skoll Foundation website

An organisation that offers grants, loans and flexible support to social enterprises making a positive difference to the communities they work within.

• Type of support: grants and loans
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Social Investment Business website

A social enterprise and charity offering loan funding and business support for social enterprises, charities, and community groups.

• Type of support: loans
• Locations: Scotland

Go to Social Investment Scotland website

A programme aimed at supporting social entrepreneurs under 25 to start their ventures.

• Type of support: learning, funding and mentoring
• Locations: Wales
• Notes: YP specific - need to confirm if this is a temporary programme or permanent

Go to Big Ideas Programme by Business Wales website

A series of start-up support programmes for young entrepreneurs wanting to start up, develop, and launch their products and services to market.

• Type of support: learning, funding and mentoring
• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: YP specific

Go to Launch It website

Supporting voluntary or community organisations promoting social connections and focusing on creating healthier and happier lives.

• Locations: Wales

Go to National Lottery Awards for All Wales website

A programme to help young people aged 18-30 develop the skills and knowledge to launch and grow their business.

• Type of support: learning, fudning and mentoring
• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: YP specific

Go to King's Trust website

A living spreadsheet of funding opportunities for environmental fundraisers

• Type of support: network and signposting
• Locations: UK-wide
• Notes: Environment specific

Go to Environmental Funders Network website

A free one-stop-shop for charity funding, policies, help and resources

• Type of support: resources and signposting
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Charity Excellence website

An overview of the grants that could work for your business, and resources to help you win them.

• Type of support: resources and signposting
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Startups.co.uk website

A training organisation unleashing a new generation of social innovators and leaders ready to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world.

• Type of support: learning
• Locations: Global

Go to Acumen Academy website

A global organisation that identifies and invests in social entrepreneurs. Their global support network and changemakers school are equipping hundreds of people with the skills and support they need to make change.

• Type of support: support network and investment
• Locations: Global

Go to Ashoka website

The UKs largest and most influential responsible business network dedicated to building a fairer and greener world together.

• Type of support: networking
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Business in the Community website

A Welsh social enterprise support organisation providing one-to-one specialist business advice focusing on setting up new social enterprises.

• Type of support: network and specialist advice
• Locations: Wales

Go to Cwmpas website

Their training covers a wide range of issues such as fundraising, governance, finance, personal development, communication, management, and leadership

• Type of support: learning and resources
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Directory for Social Change website

An organisation providing business mentors for social entrepreneurs and impactful speakers for any kind of event.

• Type of support: mentoring
• Locations: Global

Go to Expert Impact website

An online learning platform offering bite-sized, flexible learning on a range of topics including social innovation and entrepreneurship.

• Type of support: learning
• Locations: Global

Go to Future Learn website

A programme supporting voluntary, community and social enterprise leaders at all stages in their journey. It offers online and in-person training opportunities for participants across Wales including peer learning and networking.

• Type of support: start, grow, scale a business
• Locations: Norther Ireland

Go to [Go Succeed website](Go Succeed - NI Business Support (go-succeed.com))

An organisation supporting networks innovators and entrepreneurs across the globe through accelerators, incubators, and other support programs.

• Type of support: peer-learning and advice
• Locations: Global

Go to Impact Hub website

The national membership network supporting local community organisations to be strong and successful, providing specialist advice, peer-learning, resources, and campaigns to help every community thrive.

• Type of support: accelerator and incubator
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Locality website

Providing community businesses with the support network, learning and flexible funding to tackle some of societys biggest challenges.

• Type of support: learning and flexible funding
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Power to Change website

An organisation that supports local and national networks for social entrepreneurs in Scotland.

• Type of support: network
• Locations: Scotland

Go to Senscot website

Made up of a team of specialist business advisors focusing on setting up and supporting social enterprises. Their website offers a variety of resources to help you start or operate your social business.

• Type of support: start, grow, scale a business
• Locations: Wales

Go to Social Business Wales website

The representative body for social enterprises and social entrepreneurs across Northern Ireland. Connecting, supporting, developing and sustaining vibrant businesses to create social change.

• Type of support: network
• Locations: Norther Ireland

Go to Social Enterprise NI website

A leading global authority on social enterprise and large network of social enterprises in the UK.

• Type of support: network and resources
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to Social Enterprise UK website

The new go-to source for expert business advice led by Northern Ireland's eleven local councils, providing tailored support and guidance to help you achieve your business goals.

• Type of support: learning
• Locations: Wales

Go to Social Leaders Cymru website

An organisation that runs courses for people to start, scale and strengthen organisations that make a positive difference. They also provide funding and mentoring.

• Type of support: learning, fudning and mentoring
• Locations: UK-wide

Go to The School for Social Entrepreneurs website