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National Lottery Heritage Funding Programme Multiple grants available
The National Lottery Heritage Grants funding programme is open – if you have an idea for a project in Wales, they would love to hear from you. Multiple grants are available from £10,000 up to £10m.
National Lottery Heritage Fund multiple grants available
The National Lottery Heritage Grants funding programme is open There are multiple grants are available from £10,000 up to £10m.
National Lottery Heritage Fund multiple grants available
The National Lottery Heritage Grants funding programme is open There are multiple grants are available from £10,000 up to £10m.
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Family Focus Programme
This programme offers grants of between £50,000 and £100,000 to fund projects that explore and pilot solutions for family members-collectively and as individuals of wounded, injured and sick serving personnel or Veterans.
The 1910 Trust offers grants of up to £30,000
The Cardiff based 1910 Trust, supports wide-ranging voluntary organisations and groups, whose aims and objectives match its criteria. There are 2 grants available of up to £30,000.
Welsh Government Culture Grant Scheme
You can apply for various grants from £1,000.00 up to £15,000 for your group / organisation to undertake a cultural/artistic project between October 2025 and March 2026. This grant can be used to fund capital expenditure such as equipment as well as revenue expenditure such as venue hire, volunteer expenses, or freelance staff time.
Gwendoline and Margaret Davies Trust
The Charity supports organisations and projects in Wales that benefit the arts, education, health and society. Beneficiaries including organisations that promote music and the arts, projects in remote and disadvantaged communities, and organisations that provide services to vulnerable individuals can apply for grants of up to £10,000.
Woodroffe Benton Foundation Small Grants Programme is now open for applications
The Woodroffe Benton Foundation Small Grant funding round is open until to 31st August 2025. The focus of their August 2025 Small Grant funding round is on projects that improve the quality of life and social engagement for people with severe physical and/or learning disabilities in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Forte Charitable Foundation Grants towards running costs
Forte Charitable Foundation [previously called the Trust-house Charitable Foundation] provides both small and major grant programmes for organisations providing support for families with areas of social deprivation.
National Churches Trust Grant
A range of grants between £500 to £50,000 are available to any Christian place of worship in the UK to help it to remain open for regular worship.
Principality Building Society’s Retrofit for the Future Fund
A grant of up to £25,000 is available to support third sector organisations and constituted groups across Wales to improve their energy efficiency by retrofitting buildings or purchasing equipment that will make a community access building more environmentally friendly and/or environmentally efficient.
Grants and funds closing soon August to November 2025
Here are some grants and funds with deadlines closing shortly.
The Volunteering Wales Grant Scheme
The Volunteering Wales grant scheme supports projects that create meaningful volunteering experiences, remove barriers to participation and make a lasting difference in communities.
Grants and funds you may have missed
Here are some grants and funds that will be closing shortly.
The Henry Smith Shout! Fund is open for applications
Shout! is focused on services that provide independent, person-led, non-statutory advocacy that help young people speak up, make informed choices, and secure their rights. Especially in systems where they are often excluded, misunderstood, or marginalised.
They’re focusing on organisations working with care-experienced young people, LGBT+ young people, and young people with learning disabilities and/or neurodivergences.
National Grid Community Sustainability Grant
Grants of up to £5k are now available for charities and community groups that are working on projects and initiatives to lower carbon footprint, save energy costs and improve energy-efficiency ratings.
National Lottery Meet the Funder session 15th August 2025
Join us at CF61 for an opportunity to speak with the National Lottery Funding Advisors at our Meet the Funder Surgery on Friday 15th August 2025.
Unpaid Carers Short Breaks Grant 2025/26
In partnership with the Cardiff and Vale Regional Partnership Board and GVS, Cardiff Third Sector Council are delighted to announce the 2025-26 small grant for community organisations to provide opportunities for unpaid carers to take short breaks from their caring responsibilities. Closing date is 1st August 2025
Amazon launches new Regional Creatives Fund
Amazon has launched the Regional Creatives Fund, offering grants of up to £30,000 to UK charities. The fund aims to increase access to careers in creative industries for people from underserved communities
GVS launches three new Grant Schemes
The grant schemes include: the Food, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Grant, the Third Sector Capital Fund 2025/26 and the Warm Spaces grant and Improving Access to Food grant.