The Elephant Trust was created in 1975 by Roland Penrose and Lee Miller with a view to develop and improve the knowledge, understanding and appreciation of the fine arts in the United Kingdom. Closing date: Sunday 20 April 2025 The Elephant Trust also administers three other trusts: The George Melhuish Bequest The Shelagh Wakely Bequest […]

The Happiness Fund is available to enable and support projects which improve mental health, wellbeing, inclusion, learning and skills development in local communities. Ultimately it creates happier people and neighbourhoods. It’s like if Holly Willoughby was in charge of SpongeBob SquarePant’s Applications close: 28th March (ROUND 1)   Objectives and outcomes To build happy, strong, […]

The Peter Harrison Foundation will close to new funding applications until further notice from Wednesday, 2 April 2025. This decision follows an unprecedented surge in demand for funding, resulting in less than 5% of grant applications being successful. We recognise the time and resources organisations invest in preparing grant applications and want to avoid charities […]

The Schroder Charity Trust’s Board of Trustees have made the decision to temporarily close our grants programme. This closure will allow us to undertake a review of our grant making programme and strategy for 2025 and beyond

The Barrow Cadbury Trust is an independent charity using all its resources for social justice. They seek long-term solutions by looking at root causes of inequality, frequently working in partnership with others to identify solutions.  They focus on a small number of distinct policy areas and seek to influence them by building an evidence base, advocating for change and ensuring the voices of people […]

The Archer Trust was set up in 1994 in memory of Ronnie Archer, who rose through the ranks of Unilever to become Vice-Chairman. Throughout his life he and his wife Catherine applied his surplus earnings for the support of good causes. He provided the money; Catherine researched the beneficiaries.   If  you meet the following criteria, […]

***The 2025 physical activity grants programme will reopen on Monday 10 March 2025.*** The Parkinson’s UK Physical Activity Grants Programme supports activity providers, communities, networks, organisations and others to develop opportunities for people with Parkinson’s to become and stay active. Being active can have a significant impact on living well with Parkinson’s, regardless of symptoms or […]

If your charity is interested in policy and influencing work at a local level, you will be interested to know our new Local Collaborations programme has opened today. This programme will support collaborations (of at least 3 organisations) led by small charities seeking to influence and achieve local or regional change around improving the social […]

The Greggs Foundation Community Grants Programme offers grants of £20,000, for up to two years, to local organisations helping to tackle the challenges facing local communities.  Grants are awarded to organisations who are based in our geographical focus areas, who can demonstrate a clear understanding of the issues facing their local area and delivering programmes […]

I’ve long been interested in the psychology of giving; what motivates people to give and how can this information be used to make stronger grant applications. The following slides are based on information, tips and examples from a selection of books and reports to produce a checklist of actions/ideas to include in grant applications to […]