What grants can a charity or community group get?
A charity is not in the same queue as a shop. National Lottery Awards for All, in England, is £300 to £20,000 for a community project, not profit for a private firm. Many trust funds never appear on GOV.UK Find a Grant. Find Grants is mostly the business, household and government competitions it can read. It is not a directory of every charitable trust.
Also asked as: charity grants UK · funding for a community group · lottery grants for charities
Can a social enterprise apply to Awards for All?
Some can, if the project builds relationships in a community rather than profit. The National Lottery Community Fund publishes the current rules. Read those, not this summary.
Should a charity use a business grant finder?
Use it for government and lottery rounds that name charities. For trusts, use a specialist database and the funder's own site. A match on either is not an award.
Schemes named here
- National Lottery Awards for AllThe National Lottery Community Fund · £300–£20,000 · A club or charity · Any size listed · Not tied to one trade · No fixed date
- National Lottery Project GrantArts Council England · £1,000–£30,000 · A business · Up to 50 · Digital and creative, Tourism · No fixed date
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128 answers on this site. Find Grants checks which UK grants a business can get from a postcode or a place. Looking is free. If you want the application written, the fee is £99 for that one application, shown before you pay. Find Grants does not take a percentage of the grant, does not file the form, and is not part of GOV.UK. Confirm every scheme on the funder's own site.