Fundraising Opportunities

The Oak Trust was founded by the Reverend Christopher Courtauld in 1963.

We are a small charity, which makes grants of £250 – £4000 to UK registered charities.

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We support people who are disadvantaged (in the widest sense), we also support medical and environmental charities.

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Small charities are the heartbeat of communities, tackling social challenges and transforming lives with limited resources. Our inaugural, Small Charity Week match funding campaign will help to build the resilience, skills and profile of the small charity sector whilst helping them raise vital, unrestricted funding to further their impact.

• UK-registered charities with a Charity Commission, OSCR or NI Charity Commission number. Charities with tax-exempt status will not be eligible. Find out more about tax-exempt status – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/exempt-charities-cc23/exempt-charities)
• Must have a minimum annual income of £5,000 and a maximum income of £1m (as per at least one years filed accounts or one year’s recorded income on the Charity Commission).
• Charities seeking to raise either £500, £1,000, £2500, £5,000, or £10,000 in public donations (to be doubled by the match funds). Charities are limited to apply for Champion funds which are a maximum of 10% of their annual income.
• Small charities that are looking for funds to support people and communities in the UK.
• Funds may be applied for in relationship to specific projects or core costs. In the latter case, the impact and legacy of the charity’s work as a whole should be included.
• Charities in receipt of funding from Global’s Make Some Noise, after June 2025, are not eligible to apply for the campaign.

*Note: part-funded by the People's Postcode Lottery.

Each year the Trustees of the Woodward Charitable Trust set aside funds for summer play schemes for children from disadvantaged backgrounds between the ages of 5-16 years.

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Trustees only fund programmes that run for a minimum of 2 weeks, 10 full days or 20 half days across the summer holidays.

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Grants can only be paid to registered charities, CICs, CIOs or exempt charities. If your organisation does not fall into one of these categories, please give the full name and address of a registered charity who has agreed to accept a grant on your behalf. Please note you will need to upload a copy of their most recent audited accounts at the end of the application form, if this is not available on the Charity Commission or Companies House.

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Please note that Trustees will only fund up to 50% of the total cost of a scheme. Most grants awarded are in the range of £500 to £1,000. Around 35 grants are made each year.

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50 for Free offers free stays at Landmark Trust properties for charities and non-profit organisations, an initiative first developed ahead of Landmark’s 50th anniversary. Since 2015, the scheme has benefitted 3,386 people in need of a holiday, a moment of respite, valuable time with loved ones, or a break from everyday life.

Each year, applicants choose from a selection of Landmarks across England, Wales, Scotland or even a trip by helicopter to stay on the island of Lundy. Some select their local Landmark whilst others opt for an exciting adventure further afield, enabling service users to take a short break that suits their needs.

County Durham only

The rising cost of food, energy and other essential items puts pressure on household budgets. People are having to make difficult decisions about what items they can afford, including going without essential items. Funding from our Poverty Hurts fund is available to groups meeting immediate needs and might include:

• Food-related projects, including ‘holiday hunger’ projects
• Activities that reduce isolation
• Advice on energy consumption and payments
• Benefit eligibility checks or debt advice

Here are some examples of the type of funding you can apply for, but this list is not exhaustive: Room hire/ premises costs, Items for distribution to relieve needs, Staff time allocated to the project, Capital items and equipment (except vehicles or minibuses) or Transport costsThe fund does not cover the following: unspecified contributions to general fund-raising appeals or large projects, public bodies to carry out their statutory obligations, contingency funding or feasibility studies or initial community consultation.

For more information visit: https://pointnorth.org.uk/grants/poverty-hurts/, email: info@pointnorth.org.uk or call: 0191 378 6340

Buttle UK offer a Chances for Children Grant of up to £2,400 for children and young people impacted by recent crisis to provide items and activities. They are designed to support a safe and nurturing place to develop and grow up in. But also help children and young people access activities that promote wellbeing and build support networks.

Their goal is to increase the capacity of children and young people to engage in education, as well as improve social and emotional wellbeing. To see if you are eligible to make an application, please click here, or visit their boarding page at https://buttleuk.org/

If you have any further questions or you are unsure whether you are eligible for a grant, you can call 020 7828 7311 to speak to a Grants Development Officer.

What we fund:

• Capital projects which include new buildings, extensions, refurbishments and recreational spaces.
• New minibuses and other vehicles that provide a vital service to those most in need in their local community.
• Churches and other places of worship with a strong, secular community focus.
• Charities or CIOs (Charitable Incorporated Organisations) registered in England and Wales.
• Certain organisations with exempt status such as specialist schools, scout and guide groups, housing associations, cooperatives and community benefit societies.

For more information and eligibility visit the link below.

National Lottery Awards for All England support community-led projects to help create healthier happier lives and a flourishing society. They offer funding from £300 to £20,000 and can support projects for up to two years.

Applicants can apply for funding to deliver a new or existing activity, or to support your organisation to change and adapt to new and future challenges.

The programme can fund projects that will do at least one of the following:

• Bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
• improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
• help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
• support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis.

You can only have one Awards for All England grant at a time.

You can find more information on the scheme below.

Key Criteria:

• Is yours a Christian place of worship (but not a cathedral) within the UK, and open for at least six services of public worship each year?
• Do you own the building or have the right to carry out the work? If the church is not part of a major denomination then is the denomination registered with Churches Together in Britain and Ireland, or has it got charitable status?
• Was your place of worship built as a place of worship originally and is it more than 30 years old? And are the works to the main building?
• Is the building open to the public for a minimum of 100 days a year beyond worship use?
• Is the project yet to start (we don't accept applications for projects that have already started)?
• Are required permissions in place?
• Are two quotes in place for each element of the work in this application?

This funding is for communities in Scotland. By communities we mean people who share an identity, interest or experience. Or people living in the same place.

We're looking for projects that will help people connect more with each other. We'll support projects that are open, inclusive and led by their community.

We’ll fund new or existing projects.

Area: Scotland

Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations that are led by a community.

Application deadline: Ongoing

Our Emergency Essentials programme supports individual children and young people living with severe poverty, a lack of the basic facilities which most of us take for granted and additional pressures such as domestic violence, disability or poor health in the family.

The programme provides items for the most basic needs of vulnerable children and young people aged 18 and under who are:

• Affected by issues such as domestic abuse, substance misuse, estrangement, disability or serious illness, mental health or behavioural difficulties, abuse or neglect, and/or
• Living in severe poverty and suffering deprivation as a result.

Funding is available for essential household items, such as (please note that this may not be an exclusive list and other items may be permissible):

• Children's beds and bedding, including cots.
• Clothing.
• Electric cookers.
• Equipment for babies.
• Fridges and freezers.
• Furniture, kitchen equipment and small appliances, and
• Tumble dryers and washing machines.

This funding is for projects that support children, young people and families. Or that help people to be healthier and have better access to support.

Projects should support people experiencing poverty, disadvantage or discrimination.

Your project should be designed with the people you support. You should:

• Involve them in how it’s developed, delivered and led
• Make use of their existing skills and interests
• Complement and make connections with other services that support them.

Projects must meet one of these outcomes:

• Children, young people and families thrive.
• People have better relationships, connections, and physical or mental health.

We’ll fund new or existing projects.

Area: Scotland

Suitable for: Voluntary or community organisations, public sector organisations.

Application deadline: Ongoing

We help people and groups based in England, Scotland, Wales and Jersey.

Our funding focus is about connecting or re-connecting people with others in their local community. We support applications that combat loneliness and enable people to be active and engaged.

We help individuals, but please note that all applications for named individuals must be completed by a third party who knows the individual in a professional or community-based capacity.

We help individuals with:

• Manual and powered wheelchairs
• Mobility scooters
• Specialised trikes / bikes
• Car adaptations

Our grants for individuals range from £100 up to £1,000.

County Durham and Darlington only

This fund will prioritise projects which meet one of the following aims:

• Improve health and wellbeing
• Reduce poverty and inequality
• Support those impacted by family breakdown or domestic abuse
• Remove barriers to digital access
• Provide advice and support to people struggling to manage money
• Improve opportunities for education, training and employment
• Work within the community that you can show is addressing local need

Here are some examples of the type of funding you can apply for, but this list is not exhaustive:

• Contribution to core or running costs where the expenditure of the organisation is typically less than £500,000 per year
• Essential maintenance of equipment or pitches associated with improvements to grow participation
• Salaries or part salaries for roles clearly linked to addressing the issues listed above sessional costs
• Capital items and equipment including IT equipment (vehicles or minibuses not included)
• Coaching or training activity
• Transport costs
• Capacity building activities
• Repair costs
• Activity costs e.g. equipment and materials
• Food and refreshments when used to address poverty and inequality (limited to £1,500)

For more information visit: https://pointnorth.org.uk/grants/community-grants-programme/ or email at: info@pointnorth.org.uk or call: 0191 378 6340

The Charity is principally directed to encourage young people to improve their own lives by taking advantage of educational opportunites and organised recreational activities. The Charity is also empowered to help improve the standard of living of the elderly and disabled people and relieve the suffering caused by illness.

The geographical areas to which support is given is restricted to:-

Bebington and the Wirral, Birmingham, Leeds, Liverpool, Wakefield and York

The Sylvia Waddilove Foundation UK (“Foundation”) was set up to continue the philanthropy of Sylvia Waddilove after her death in 2001. The Foundation provides grants to charities and some not-for-profit organisations. As a general rule, the Foundation provides grants to fund or part-fund the capital costs (defined below) of a new project. Applications involving innovative projects are particularly welcome.

The Foundation welcomes applications from the following:

• Registered charities or unregistered charities that are excepted, exempt or below the threshold for registration (if the charity is unregistered you must explain why).
• Community interest companies limited by guarantee.
• Registered societies.

The Foundation typically gives grants of £1,000-£5,000.

For more information visit the link below:

As well as building good quality homes and creating well-paid, high-skilled jobs, our Community Champions scheme makes a real difference to people's lives. We do this by supporting local charities, sports clubs and good causes across the country.

We have 30 offices across the UK that will each make a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to those local organisations who are the lifeblood of our communities. Smaller donations are also available.

For more information and to apply follow the link below.

The Kelly Family Charitable Trust is a grant-giving body founded in 2004 by members of the Kelly family.

We’re interested in funding charities whose activities involve all or most family members, where possible, in initiatives that seek to tackle problems facing one or more of its members. We’ve funded 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.

We generally offer grants worth up to £5,000 – though trustees will consider requests for higher amounts. We’re happy to fund charities’ core costs and we encourage applications from relatively new charities to help them become established.

More information below:

• Funding to support local communities experiencing poverty and trauma in Scotland.
• Registered charities with an annual income of between £30,000 and £500,000 are eligible to apply.
• Can provide revenue funding of between £5,000 and £20,000 per year, for up to 3 years, to support the costs of community centres, hubs or anchor organisations who are delivering and/or hosting a range of services and activities to meet the needs of their community. Applicants should show how the various services they deliver and/or host relate to preventing or reducing poverty and trauma for local people. 
• Apply at any time. There is no set closing date for applications.
• We’ll aim to give you a decision within 8 to 10 weeks of receiving your application.
• You cannot be in receipt of, or apply for, a Community Spaces Grant at the same time as a Large or Small Grant.
• We cannot support capital costs such as building works or refurbishments through this fund.

The Northern Powergrid Foundation is passionate about supporting the communities where we live and work. The Foundation is committed to funding projects that support energy resilience initiatives and helps those located in our local communities who are most affected by changes in the economy, environment and society because of the shifting energy landscape.

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Location: North East of England, Yorkshire, Northern Lincolnshire.

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