The Robert McAlpine Foundation

The Foundation was established by the family of Sir Robert McAlpine and gives grants to support small charities situated throughout the UK that fall within specific categories: Children, Social. Elderly, Youth and Medical Research.

Next deadline: 15 Aug 2025

The Shackleton Foundation

The Shackleton Foundation provides seed-funding to inspirational leaders and early-stage social enterprises with the potential to make a real difference to the lives of disadvantaged young people.

Next deadline: 28 Apr 2025

The True Colours Trust - UK Small Grants

The Trust supports local organisations and projects that work with disabled children and their families on a daily basis.

The Truemark Trust

Small grants are available to mostly small local charities across the UK for the relief of all kinds of social distress and disadvantage.

The W.G. Edwards Charitable Foundation

Trustees are interested in supporting a diverse range of charities which support older people over the age of 65, from large institutions to small community-run organisations. Grants are loosely divided into health and community categories.

Due to open: 19 May 2025

The Wakeham Trust

The Trust's core goal is to help small groups of people who are getting together to make a difference in their communities. They are especially interested in helping groups that are starting up and need a little seed money to help them get going.

The Weir Charitable Trust

This fund supports services/projects, run by Scottish-based community groups and small charities, in the following qualifying categories: sport, recreational activities, animal welfare, health and culture.

Next deadline: 16 May 2025

The Will Charitable Trust

The Trust provides financial assistance to UK registered or exempt charities whose activities fall within the following three categories, care of and services for blind people, people with learning disabilities, and people suffering from cancer.

The Wolfson Foundation - Funding for Places

The Foundation's main grants programme provides support for places. They fund capital initiatives across a broad range of organisations working across the fields of education, science and medicine, health and disability and arts and humanities.

Due to open: 14 May 2025

Thomas Wall Trust

Funds small charities running projects to improve the life chances and employment prospects for people from disadvantaged groups.

Next deadline: 5 May 2025