This week's Funding Bulletin (April 28th - May 2nd 2025)
- lewishallwcvs
- May 2
- 3 min read
A short summary of funding opportunities that have came to our attention this week.
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation is currently accepting applications for its Small and Major Grants programmes, aimed at supporting UK-based charitable organisations addressing deprivation in urban and rural communities. These grants are designed to fund core costs, salaries, running expenses, and project costs for organisations with a demonstrable track record of success in tackling local issues.
The Small Grants programme offers single-year grants ranging from £2,000 to £10,000, targeting organisations with an annual income of up to £250,000. Projects must focus on community support and be located in areas within the bottom 15% (urban) or 50% (rural) of the Index of Multiple Deprivation (IMD). Applicants are required to secure 50% of the total project costs from other sources.
The Major Grants programme provides single-year grants between £10,000 and £50,000, and multi-year grants up to £100,000 over three years, for organisations with an annual income up to £500,000. These grants focus on family support initiatives, including early intervention, assistance for families coping with addiction, and support for prisoners' families. Applicants must demonstrate that their work is conducted in areas of extreme urban deprivation or deprived rural districts, as defined by the IMD.
Applications for both programmes are accepted on a rolling basis with no fixed deadlines.
To read more: Our Grants | Trusthouse Charitable Foundation
Variety's Wheelchairs for Children grants
Parents, teachers physiotherapists, and occupational therapists of a child or young person under the age of 19 living with a disability or long-term health condition, can now apply for funding to purchase a new wheelchair.
The funding is made available by children’s charity Variety, which will fund bespoke wheelchairs for any purpose, including manual, powered and sports wheelchairs that are not available through local authority wheelchair services in England, Wales & Scotland.
Applicants, which can include the child themselves (aged 13 and over), will need to provide a letter of support for the item required from a relevant healthcare professional.
Applications can be made at any time, and will be considered by the Wheelchair Committee.
The Weavers' Company
Registered charities, charitable incorporated organisations, and in exceptional circumstances Community Interest Companies can apply for grants for projects that support offenders and ex-offenders as well as into work and helping specific less popular groups within the criminal justice sector.
The funding is being made available through the Weavers' Company. In allocating funding, priority is given to projects that support offenders into work and projects that work with less popular groups in society. A secondary priority is given to supporting projects that work with young people from disadvantaged and socio-economically challenged groups, such as immigrants, to ensure they are given every possible chance to realise their full potential and to participate fully in society.
Current deadline: 3rd July 2025
To read more: Charitable Grants – The Weavers' Company
The Three Guineas Trust
Not-for-profit organisations providing legal advice and representation for disabled or neurodivergent people across the UK can apply for grants of up to £50,000 to increase the capacity of their services.
The Three Guineas Trust will award a total of £1.5 million in funding to support organisations to increase their capacity to deliver advice and advocacy for disabled or neurodivergent people on:
Income, welfare benefits or debt
Housing and homelessness
Community care
Personal liberty
Equal access to goods and services
Grants can run for 1-3 years, and there are no restrictions on what resources the funding can be used to pay for.
Joint applications and partnership projects are welcome.
Organisations should contact the Trust for an application form and guidance notes on grantmaking@threeguineastrust.org.uk
Current deadline: 12th June 2025
The National Churches Trust's Medium Grants Programme
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to listed and unlisted Christian places of worship of any denomination across the UK for project development and investigative work up to RIBA planning stage 1. This support is for churches preparing for a major project and developing their project to the point at which they can approach a major grant funder. Grants will never exceed 50% of the net project costs for this phase.
The National Churches Trust's Medium Grants Programme can now offer grants of up to £10,000 for urgent and essential maintenance and repair projects costing between £20,000 and £80,000. Grants cannot exceed 50% of the net project costs.
Current deadline: 12th August 2025
To read more: Equilibrium Foundation Grant Awards - Equilibrium
Our past Funding Bulletins will also have grant opportunities that are still open!
Need support applying to any of the above? Get in touch with us at info@wcvs.org.uk to access bespoke advice and one-to-one support with grant funding.
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