Health and wellbeing
Health and wellbeing
Access Sport
Access Sport manages the Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF), providing grants to community groups and sports clubs in disadvantaged areas. Their goal is to create accessible sports opportunities for young people from marginalised communities in Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and the West Midlands.
Deadline: applications are considered four times a year, in January, April, July, and October.
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
The Trust provides grants to registered UK-based charities supporting people of all ages who are socially disadvantaged and/or have disabilities.
Deadline: applications are considered twice a year in spring and autumn.
Barclays Community Sport Fund
In partnership with Sported, the Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants and support to community groups working to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible in communities across the UK, particularly for women and girls in areas of high deprivation.
Deadline: open for applications from 22 April 2025 to 22 June 2025.
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is one of the UK’s leading diabetes charities. They offer a wide range of funding opportunities, including grants, fellowships, studentships, and strategic awards to support cutting-edge diabetes research. They focus on projects that drive innovation in diabetes care and treatment, and offer funding for early-career researchers, clinical professionals, and PhD students.
Deadline: check website for specific funding schemes.
Dorset Community Foundation
Dorset Community Foundation awards grants to local charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and individuals across Dorset. They support grassroots initiatives that address local needs and improve residents' lives, with typical grants ranging from £1,000 to £5,000. The Foundation values diversity and welcomes applications from groups supporting underrepresented or disadvantaged communities.
Deadline: check website for specific grant details.
Douglas Arter Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charities for projects benefiting people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities within the UK. Funding is provided at the discretion of the Trustees, with previous grants ranging from £250 to £500, and occasionally up to £2,000. Applications must be made in writing and include the organisation’s most recent accounts.
Deadline: applications can be submitted at any time and are review in March, June, September, and December. Applications must be made in writing to the trustees, whose details can be found on the Charity Commission website.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-maker supporting a wide range of charities across the UK, with a focus on those making a positive impact in areas like welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage, and faith. They offer grants for necessary building works, essential operational or core costs, and specific projects.
Deadline: check website for details.
Groundwork
Groundwork’s One Stop Community Partnership programme offers initial grants to community groups operating near One Stop stores. The programme supports projects:
- Tackling food poverty
- Supporting the vulnerable
- Supporting the elderly
- Supporting low-income families
- Running youth sports teams
- Reducing / recycling waste
- Improving the environment
Deadline: quarterly, check website for details.
Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being. They fund research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare and Justice. They look for innovative research proposals that use rigorous methodology to influence future policy and improve lives.
Deadline: check website for current funding opportunities.
Sport England
Sport England is dedicated to ensuring that everyone in England has the opportunity to benefit from sport and physical activity. It invests in projects and organisations of all sizes to make sport a normal part of life for all, regardless of background or ability.
Deadline: check website for specific fund details.
The Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation provides grants of £3,000 to £6,000 to charitable organisations working in one of their priority areas:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education.
They prioritise organisations in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Harrogate, York, Bradford, and Greater Manchester.
Deadline: applications considered on a quarterly basis.
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to ensuring everyone benefits from science’s potential to improve health and save lives. They support researchers at all career stages across a broad range of disciplines, including physical and social sciences, clinical research, and humanities, to address urgent health challenges.
Deadline: check website for details of specific funds.
Welsh Water
Welsh Water’s Community Fund supports local community initiatives by offering grants up to £5,000 for projects focused on health, wellbeing, environmental improvements, and education. The fund prioritises projects where Welsh Water is actively involved or has been working, aiming to make a positive impact on communities affected by their operations.
Deadline: next application windows are 1 May-30 June 2025 and 1 September-31 October 2025.
Access Sport
Access Sport manages the Angus Irvine Playing Fields Fund (AIPFF), providing grants to community groups and sports clubs in disadvantaged areas. Their goal is to create accessible sports opportunities for young people from marginalised communities in Greater Manchester, Oxfordshire, and the West Midlands.
Deadline: applications are considered four times a year, in January, April, July, and October.
Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust
The Trust provides grants to registered UK-based charities supporting people of all ages who are socially disadvantaged and/or have disabilities.
Deadline: applications are considered twice a year in spring and autumn.
Barclays Community Sport Fund
In partnership with Sported, the Barclays Community Sport Fund offers grants and support to community groups working to make football, tennis, and cricket more accessible in communities across the UK, particularly for women and girls in areas of high deprivation.
Deadline: open for applications from 22 April 2025 to 22 June 2025.
Diabetes UK
Diabetes UK is one of the UK’s leading diabetes charities. They offer a wide range of funding opportunities, including grants, fellowships, studentships, and strategic awards to support cutting-edge diabetes research. They focus on projects that drive innovation in diabetes care and treatment, and offer funding for early-career researchers, clinical professionals, and PhD students.
Deadline: check website for specific funding schemes.
Dorset Community Foundation
Dorset Community Foundation awards grants to local charities, voluntary organisations, social enterprises, and individuals across Dorset. They support grassroots initiatives that address local needs and improve residents' lives, with typical grants ranging from £1,000 to £5,000. The Foundation values diversity and welcomes applications from groups supporting underrepresented or disadvantaged communities.
Deadline: check website for specific grant details.
Douglas Arter Foundation
Grants are available to UK registered charities for projects benefiting people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities within the UK. Funding is provided at the discretion of the Trustees, with previous grants ranging from £250 to £500, and occasionally up to £2,000. Applications must be made in writing and include the organisation’s most recent accounts.
Deadline: applications can be submitted at any time and are review in March, June, September, and December. Applications must be made in writing to the trustees, whose details can be found on the Charity Commission website.
Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation is a family-founded grant-maker supporting a wide range of charities across the UK, with a focus on those making a positive impact in areas like welfare, youth, community, environment, education, health, arts, heritage, and faith. They offer grants for necessary building works, essential operational or core costs, and specific projects.
Deadline: check website for details.
Groundwork
Groundwork’s One Stop Community Partnership programme offers initial grants to community groups operating near One Stop stores. The programme supports projects:
- Tackling food poverty
- Supporting the vulnerable
- Supporting the elderly
- Supporting low-income families
- Running youth sports teams
- Reducing / recycling waste
- Improving the environment
Deadline: quarterly, check website for details.
Nuffield Foundation
The Nuffield Foundation is an independent charitable trust with a mission to advance educational opportunity and social well-being. They fund research that informs social policy, primarily in Education, Welfare and Justice. They look for innovative research proposals that use rigorous methodology to influence future policy and improve lives.
Deadline: check website for current funding opportunities.
Sport England
Sport England is dedicated to ensuring that everyone in England has the opportunity to benefit from sport and physical activity. It invests in projects and organisations of all sizes to make sport a normal part of life for all, regardless of background or ability.
Deadline: check website for specific fund details.
The Shears Foundation
The Shears Foundation provides grants of £3,000 to £6,000 to charitable organisations working in one of their priority areas:
- The development of culture and the arts.
- The development and provision of educational opportunities for adults and / or children.
- Protection, preservation or enhancement of the natural environment.
- Creating stronger / better / more sustainable communities.
- Promoting health and medicine, with an emphasis on research or education.
They prioritise organisations in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, Harrogate, York, Bradford, and Greater Manchester.
Deadline: applications considered on a quarterly basis.
Wellcome Trust
The Wellcome Trust is a global charitable foundation dedicated to ensuring everyone benefits from science’s potential to improve health and save lives. They support researchers at all career stages across a broad range of disciplines, including physical and social sciences, clinical research, and humanities, to address urgent health challenges.
Deadline: check website for details of specific funds.
Welsh Water
Welsh Water’s Community Fund supports local community initiatives by offering grants up to £5,000 for projects focused on health, wellbeing, environmental improvements, and education. The fund prioritises projects where Welsh Water is actively involved or has been working, aiming to make a positive impact on communities affected by their operations.
Deadline: next application windows are 1 May-30 June 2025 and 1 September-31 October 2025.