Funding Guide

General Sources: 

Awards for All


Big Lottery Fund (BLF)


Landfill Communities Fund (formerly Landfill Tax Credit Scheme)

- SITA Trust
- WREN
- Biffaward
- Banks Foundation
- Evolve EB
- Veolia Environmental Trust

- Other distributive bodies (listed within ENTRUST Funders Directory)


Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF)

- Awards For All
- Your Heritage
- Heritage Grants
- Repair Grants for Places of Worship
- Townscape Heritage Initiative
- Parks for People
- Landscape Partnerships
- Young Roots

Aggregates Levy Sustainability Fund (ALSF)


Government Departments

Regional Development Agencies

Local Authorities

Rural Community Councils

 

Other Sources of Funding:
 

Arts & Sports: 

Sport England Funding (and other national bodies)

- National Investment
- Community Investment Fund
- Awards for All

- Sport Scotland
- Sport Northern Ireland
- Sports Council for Wales

- Barclays Spaces for Sports
- Football Foundation
- Foundation for Sports and Arts
- Grants for the Arts
- Inclusive Fitness Initiative
- Sportsmatch
- SportsAid

- UK Sport
- National Sports Foundation
- Sports Leaders UK

 

Community: 

- Church and Community Fund
- O2 Community Fund
- The Prince’s Trust
- UKVillages Community Kitty

 

Employment:
 

- European Regional Development Fund
- European Social Fund
- Rural Development Programme for England (RDPE)

 

Environment:
 

- English Woodland Grant Scheme
- Environmental Action Fund (EAF)
- Environmental Stewardship
- Tree Council
- Woodland Trust Community Tree Planting Fund

 

Historic Buildings:
 

- Architectural Heritage Fund
- National Churches Trust (NCT)

 

Sustainability:
 

- Low Carbon Buildings Programme Grant
- Sustainable Development Fund
- UK Government Sustainable Development
   (includes Funding Sources Directory)

 

Charitable Trusts:
 

- Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF)
- Carnegie UK Trust
- Esmée Fairbairn Foundation
- Garfield Weston Foundation
- Lloyds TSB Foundation
- Pilkington Energy Efficiency Trust
- Plunkett Foundation
- Trusthouse Charitable Foundation

Many more charitable trusts are listed in the ACF Member Trusts and Foundations

 

Other Sources:
 

- Charity Commission

- Charities Information Bureau -  fit4funding

Loans:
 

- AMC Rural Business Loans
- Prince’s Trust Business Programme
- Public Works Loan Board (PWLB)

 

Grants Databases:
 

- GRANTnet
- FunderFinder
- Government Department Funding
- Welcomeurope: European Funding Programmes
- GRANTfinder
- Grants Online
- j4bGrants
- Access Funds
- Lottery Funding
- Business Link - Grants and Support Directory


 

Toolkits / Good Practice:
 

England:

- East Midlands Funding Index
- Leicestershire Funding Toolkit

 

Scotland:

 
- Rural Community Gateway Funding Guide