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Do you need funding for a youth volunteering project or activity?
Applications can be submitted at any time and will be continually considered and assessed throughout the year. All funding must be spent by 12th February 2027.
Fund for Wales Now open
The Fund for Wales is a national community endowment fund, managed and promoted by Community Foundation Wales.
Amount: £500-£2,500/year up to 3 years.
Deadline: Monday 9th November 12pm - midday (subject to change)
The Toy Trust
Aiming to provide timely financial assistance to organisations supporting children and young people, helping them deliver services and activities that improve their welfare, opportunities and quality of life.
Amount: £5000
Deadline: Mid November, rolling quarterly Feb/Jun/Aug
Connecting Communities
Our Connecting Communities offers grants to charities who provide placed-based services to our entire community or specific groups.
Amount: £20,000
Deadline: Rolling
Small and Large Awards
Impactful funding and support to inspiring initiatives which help improve the lives of the disadvantaged and disabled through the power of sport.
Amount: £10,000
Deadline: Rolling
Perthyn Grant Funding Scheme is now open!
Perthyn provides local early-stage support to communities with high levels of second home ownership who are interested in developing social enterprise ideas to support and protect the Welsh language.
Amount: Up to £10,000
Deadline: 30th November 2026 or when the fund is fully allocated whichever comes first.
Have your say on the future of Lottery funding
A call for evidence has been launched on how National Lottery good cause funding should be distributed in future — and voluntary and community organisations are being urged to take part.
Responses close midday 23 September 2026
Reveal and Respond programme
This programme awards grants enabling access to appropriate mental health and wellbeing support for specific underrepresented groups within the armed forces community that respond to identified barriers, needs and experiences.
Amount: £20,000 - £300,000
Deadline: 12pm, 28th October 2026
The Cooks Charity Grants Programme
Grants to support education, skills development and welfare activities connected to food, cookery, hospitality and the catering trade.
Deadline: This is a rolling programme with periodic open and closure dates
Principality Building Society Retrofit for the Future Fund
This fund will support organisations across Wales to improve their energy efficiency by retrofitting buildings or purchasing equipment that will make a community access building more environmentally friendly and/or environmentally efficient.
Amount: £25,000 for 1 year
Deadline: Please view webpage
The Sasha Foundation
Welcome to The Sasha Foundation website. The Sasha Foundation (TSF) was set up to support charities that work with mental health issues in memory of Sasha Love.
Amount: £10,000
Deadline: Rolling
Matrix Causes Fund
The Matrix Causes Fund (a charitable fund administered by Prism) provides support to organisations which promote access to justice, equality of opportunity, or a sustainable environment.
Amount: £8,000 one off or £5,000 multiyear
Deadline: Cycle 2 - 30th September
Free From Fear programme
The Free From Fear programme awards grants to focus on addressing domestic abuse and strengthening responses for serving personnel, veterans, reservists and their families.
Amount: £100,000 to £250,000
Deadline: 23rd September 2026
Ingenious public engagement grants
Ingenious is a public engagement grants scheme for projects that engage the public with engineers and engineering while providing engineers with training and opportunities in public engagement.
Amount: £3,000 to £30,000
Deadline: 4pm on the 23rd September
BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund
Increasing opportunities for UK creatives to attend feature film and immersive project development programmes
Amount: £12,000 to £150,000
Deadline: Round 2 - 9th September
Thomas Wall Trust
The trust offers grants to projects which improve communication skills for disadvantaged adults and supports NEET people into employment.
Amount: £5000
Deadline: 12 noon on the 11th September
Career Ready
Giving young people with learning disabilities meaningful work experiences.
Amount: £200,000 (£50,000/year)
Deadline: EOI at 5pm on the 2nd September
The Macaulay Moat Foundation
An independent grant-maker supporting charities and social entrepreneurs (including Community Interest Companies) who focus on Autism and Church Outreach.
Amount: £5000
Deadline: Open year round
Strengthening Justice fund
This fund aims to connect organisations using and shaping the law more closely with communities facing injustice
Amount: £100,000
Deadline: 17th September