August Roundup of Current Funding Opportunities
- Emma Huggill
- Aug 29
- 4 min read
Below is a selection of current funding opportunities available to charitable organisations across B&NES.
The 12 opportunities below are listed in order of closing date, and separated into two sections; Local and National.
Local Opportunities
🪙 Up to £20,000
Retrofit West via the West of England Combined Authority, is offering grants of up to £20,000 to community groups, not-for-profit organisations and individuals who want to champion home energy efficiency and upgrades.
Deadline: Friday 5th September 2025 - Find Out More
🪙 Between £500 and £2,500, and £500 to £25,000
Grants are available to charitable organisations in the West of England working in the areas of:
Enabling participation in physical activity
Enabling participation in the arts
Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency
Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
Providing support to improve mental health
Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality
Deadline: Monday 8th September 2025 - Find Out More
🪙 Up to £4,000
This funding is open to most non-profits in the West of England, including B&NES, that meet a local need and seek to improve the lives of local people who are most in need of support. Priority will be given to those with income under £500,000 and for areas of multiple deprivation or rural isolation where people lack access to local services, that help build stronger communities.
Deadline: Will reopen on 22nd September. No closing date specified. Find Out More
National Opportunities
🪙 Up to £5,000
The three areas of activity that the charity wishes to support are:
Interventions that support families and help them in ways that prevent the fracture of the family unit, eg practical family support, relationship counselling, mediation
Families where sexual abuse, physical abuse, domestic violence, alcohol abuse and drug abuse threaten the integrity of the family unit
Prisoners and in particular their families, during and after the period of imprisonment
The trust prefers to support charities whose income is below £500,000. However, larger charities with pioneering pilot projects will be considered. Core funding requests as well as project-based grants are welcomed.
Deadline: Monday 1st September - Find Out More
🪙 £500 - £3,000
This new fund is for UK LGBTQI+ global majority community groups and organisations.
Deadline: 12 midday, Wednesday 3rd September 2025 - Find Out More
🪙 £75,000 over 3 years
This programme is for small and local charities and CICs with an income between £25,000 to £500,000 that are led by and working with Deaf and Disabled people who are experiencing poverty.
Deadline: 5pm, Sunday 7th September 2025 - Find Out More
Ofgem: Energy Redress Scheme 🪙 £20,000 - £50,000
This funding is for charities supporting people in vulnerable situations struggling with their energy bills, and for projects targeting private rented sector properties. It can fund projects lasting up to two years.
Deadline: 5pm, Tuesday 9th September 2025 - Find Out More
🪙 Unknown
Financial support available for community projects that support physical mobility or accessibility needs, mental health and loneliness/isolation, choral groups, working with early years aged children, or descant recorder pack and music pack. Organisations must be registered with the Charity Commission or Companies House. You can expect to hear back 3 months after your application.
Deadline: 12 noon on Wednesday 24th September 2025 - Find Out More
Zurich Municipal: Diversity and Inclusion Awards 🪙 £3,000 - £10,000
This funding is for charities with annual incomes of up to £100,000 running diversity and inclusion programmes.
Deadline: 12 midnight, Tuesday 30th September 2025 - Find Out More
Another Way Women's Foundation 🪙 £1,000 - £5,000
This funding round will focus preferentially on supporting projects/initiatives/services for women and girls in business and STEM. Two grants for UK non-profits are available, which fall into the areas of Project Support, and Services support.
Deadline: Funding round opens on Monday 1st September and closes Tuesday 30th September.
🪙£30,000 - £100,000
This £19 million fund provides youth organisations with funding to deliver positive activities for young people in areas with higher rates of anti-social behaviour. Eligible wards in B&NES include Bathwick and Kingsmead. Work must either be based in, or benefit young people living in, an eligible ward.
Deadline: 12 noon on Wednesday 22nd October 2025 - Find Out More
🪙 Up to £10,000
This is a £50,000 fund for incorporated, not-for-profit organisations, with a track record of delivering services specifically for children, young people and families affected by drugs and alcohol.
Deadline: 2pm on Friday 31st October 2025 - Find Out More
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