October Round up of Current Funding opportunities
Below is a selection of current funding opportunities available to charitable organisations across B&NES.
The 16 opportunities below are listed in order of closing date, and separated into three sections; Local, Regional and National.
Local Opportunities:
🪙Maximum Award £4,000
This Community Fund supports charitable and community-based activities or projects that meet a local need and seek to improve the lives of local people who are most in need of support. Priority is given to work that fulfils one of more of the following:
takes place in areas of multiple deprivation or rural isolation where people lack access to local services
helps build stronger communities – enabling people to work together and create solutions to local challenges
helps people take steps to manage or avoid debt and build their financial capability. This can include activities that raises awareness and take up of utility affordability support such as the Wessex Water schemes
Applicants must be based and working in the West of England, which includes Bath & North-East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire. You can apply for a grant if you are a:
voluntary and community group with charitable aims
registered charity
Community Interest Company
parish council
Closing Date: 19th October 2026, 11:00 am
All Together Now Fund - West of England Impact Alliance
🪙£1,000 - 12,000
The All together Fund aims to support inspiring creative projects and activities that spark belonging, celebrate local voices and create meaningful shared experiences within six pilot communities
Applications are invited from:
Individuals or groups of artists, Community organisations, Cultural organisations, Grassroots groups
That connect with at least one of their four creative themes:
Places to belong - creative projects that transform local spaces into welcoming hubs for connection & creativity.
Connecting generations - ideas that build genuine relationships between people of different ages through shared creative experiences.
Events, festivals and trips - festivals, events, trips and cultural experiences that bring communities together in joyful and meaningful ways.
Community-made Media - creative storytelling projects such as zines, newsletters, audio projects & community-led media.
Closing date: 26/10/2026 5:00 PM
The Studio Innovation Fund 2027 - Bath Spa University
🪙3 Grants up to £10,000
The Studio, Bath Spa University's Innovation and Enterprise Hub is partnering with the Immersive Audio Network to build on a legacy of creativity, collaboration, and community impact.
Are you a freelancer, micro-business, social enterprise or immersive audio specialist? Partner with a Studio Resident and apply for one of three ÂŁ10K grants plus tailored partnership support to co-create solutions to real-world challenges using Immersive Audio.
Focus: Immersive audio + social impact
Who can Apply:
Current Studio Residents partnering with freelancers, micro-businesses, commercial businesses, social enterprises, or third sector organisations
Come to one of our Connect Events to find out more and find collaborators for partnership:
Wednesday 21 October 2026: 5.30-7.30pm: SIF Launch & Connect 1 Event
Tuesday 27 October 2026, 12.30-2.30pm: SIF Connect 2 Event
Application Deadline: Sunday 15 November
St John's Foundation's Crisis Programme - B&NES
🪙Less than £10,000
St John's Foundation's Crisis Programme provides one-off grants to people and families across Bath and North East Somerset to help cover essential items and support.
This might include:
Rent arrears
Utility bill arrears
Council tax arrears
White goods (for example fridges or washing machines)
Furniture and essential household items
Removal costs
Household repairs and decoration
Bankruptcy or debt relief order fees
Courses or qualifications that support employment
Counselling or mentoring
Funeral expenses
Eligibility: Monthly disposable income (the income remaining after essential living costs) must normally not exceed:
ÂŁ250 for a household with no dependent children
ÂŁ275 for a household with up to two dependent children
ÂŁ300 for a household with three or more dependent children
Referrals need to be made by housing associations, B&NES Council Social Care, a family support service, Citizens Advice or a homelessness service.
Bath Boules Trust
🪙less than £10,000
The Bath Boules Trust seeks to distribute funds raised to as many worthy causes as possible and over the years has granted donations to over 70 local charities.
Charities are encouraged to request a grant from the Trust at any time for their consideration.  The Trustees then grant funds for specific projects or equipment that is really going to make a difference and can be anything from a few pounds to thousands, depending on what’s required.
If you’re a local charity and would like to apply for funding for 2027 please complete the application here.
Express Grant Programme - Quartet Community Foundation
🪙Maximum £5,000
The aim of this Express Grant Programme is to support local grassroot groups and small to medium sized organisations working with communities experiencing inequalities and disadvantage. This programme will funds activities, projects and services that:
Help people affected by economic disadvantage, such as poverty, unemployment, low income; and/or
Improve access to appropriate and affordable services and support for people currently excluded or underserved.
A grant can be towards any reasonable costs for your group/organisation or project, including:
Core or running costs
Project and activity costs
Capital costs (e.g. equipment, refurbishment/building costs).
Applicants MUST BE BASED & WORKING IN Bristol, Bath and North-East Somerset, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire. Open to constituted voluntary or community organisation; registered charity;
not-for-profit company, including Community Interest Companies where they are not limited by shares and most directors receive no payment from the company
Regional Opportunities:
The Van Neste Foundation
🪙£5,000 & £10,000
This Foundation makes the vast majority of its grants to UK registered Charities and UK registered Community Interest Companies (CICs).
It focuses its grants within Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas, although it has also funded projects in Somerset and Plymouth in the past.
Grants available for innovative initiatives that address:
Social Change - support for community organisations trying include those who have become marginalised, either as a group or as individuals.  The Foundation wants to give to those who want to promote a sense of place and environmental improvement whether that be urban or rural, as well as organisations whose work encourages the systemic change necessary to alleviate poverty, leading to  a more just and less unequal society
Children and Young People - the Foundation wants to encourage those who will shape the future and help ensure that they reflect the whole of our society. Â It also wants to support those whose work ensures that young people feel that society does offer them something and recognises the need for all types of activities for young people including Sport, Drama, Music, Food and Travel.
Request applications are reviewed every 4 months
Sports Foundation for the Disabled
🪙£1,000
This Foundation provides grants for organisations in the South West of England and Wales that support people with disabilities.
Grants can be used to purchase equipment, attend training courses, any costs related to a sports activity for a person with a disability or visual impairment, and any costs relating to sporting challenges including travel, equipment, sustenance and accommodation.
Individual young people or adults residing in South West England or Wales who are physically disabled or have a visual impairment may also apply for grant support.
John James Bristol Foundation
🪙 £1,000 - £20,000
The John James Foundation funds community projects that support Children and young people, welfare, community, health and older people in BRISTOL
They accept applications from charities or charitably incorporated institutions, community interest companies, community benefit societies and schools. Priority is given to Bristol based organisations and those that use volunteers.
The foundation are particularly interested in supporting projects or organisations that aim to have a sustainable or transformative impact on people's lives. Organisations will need to demonstrate they have a viable plan for long term sustainability.
No Deadline
Find out More
National Opportunities:
DPS Social Commitment Programme - Grant Attached
🪙 Grant funding of up to £7,000 or £10,000
A specialist accelerator learning programme and grant funding for organisations in England and Wales tackling the causes and consequences of homelessness.
England
April 1, 2027 – December 1, 2027
Duration: 12 sessions plus 1:1 support and market making event over 9 months
The DPS Social Commitment Programme is open to any organisation in England and Wales broadly working on issues that affect a person’s ability to find and sustain a stable home.
This could be organisations providing services in:
– Careers advice, training and employability skills– Financial and debt advice– Counselling and mental health support– Supporting domestic abuse victims with wellbeing and temporary housing– Refugee housing and integration into the community– Renters rights and housing advice
Find out more about this course opportunity here
Windrush Grant Scheme
🪙£5,000 - £25,000
The Windrush Day Grants Scheme is open for projects in England that commemorate, celebrate and educate people about the Windrush Generation and their descendants' contribution.
Projects should focus on one core aim (raising awareness, fostering pride, or inspiring young people), be co-designed with the Windrush community, and leave a lasting impact.
Activities must take place between 8 Jun and 31 Jul 27, ideally with a lead event on National Windrush Day (22 Jun 27).
Aplications are open to registered charities, CICs, social enterprises, community benefit societies, and unregistered charitable groups with a governing document and at least three governing members.
Applicants outside Greater London are encouraged.
Deadline: 11:59pm, 29 Oct 26, with decisions in Mar 27.
Take the Lead: Data Champions Community Grants
🪙£3,000
Take the Lead: Data Champions offers the opportunity for up to 20 community leaders across the UK to receive £3,000 to deliver activities that engage their community organisation’s audiences with the role of data in supporting health and wellbeing, connect with other leaders, develop confidence with using data to support their community and build relationships with data scientists to inform how data is used in research.
These activities need to take place at any point between Monday 8 February to Sunday 20 June 2027.
Eligibility: Leaders based in community organisations who work with one or more of the following priority audiences
People from low socio-economic backgrounds
People from minority ethnic backgrounds
Older children and young adults aged 11–25 (especially in areas of deprivation)
People over 65 (especially in areas of deprivation)
People living in rural areas (defined as settlements of fewer than 10,000 people in England and Wales, fewer than 5,000 in Northern Ireland, and fewer than 3,000 in Scotland)
People experiencing digital exclusion
The deadline for applications is midday (12 noon) on Monday 2 November 2026.Â
Rosa's Voices from the frontline
🪙£500 to £10,000
Rosa’s Voices from the Frontline fund offers  grants of up to ÂŁ10,000 over 18 months to women’s and girls’ organisations to support campaigning and influencing work  that enables women and girls to use their voice to achieve change.Â
They will fund organisations that will raise women’s and girls’ voices and challenge inequality through certain activities. These can include campaigning for policy and law changes, influencing government or community leaders, training professionals or activists, gathering evidence and media campaigns.
To apply you need to meet the following criteria; Organisations must be run by, for and with women and girls, with a woman chair, a female-majority board and leadership, and mostly female beneficiaries. They must also be not-for-profit and have been active for at least a year. Applications need a registration form, an application form and a three-minute video.
Application Deadline 16/11/2026, 4pm
Stronger Communities Fund
🪙up to £2,000
A community fund for projects which support and deliver local services to improve the lives of Selwood Housing customers.
Projects must deliver on one of the following;
To provide relief, support or essential goods for those in need due to poverty.
To promote tolerance, understanding and respect between diverse groups within our communities.
To involve more people in local decision-making.
To involve more people in the life of their community, promoting social inclusion and breaking down barriers.
To help people to learn new skills or improve existing ones, thereby fostering self-reliance, confidence, and independence.
To improve the appearance of the local area and/or make it a better place to live in.
Application Deadline 30 November 2026
The Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation
🪙Up to £5,000
Womble Bond Dickinson LLP is an international law firm with offices across the United Kingdom and the United States. Â Its Charitable Foundation awards one-off grants of up to ÂŁ5,000 (with the occasional higher award) to registered charities across the United Kingdom, with a preference for funding charities in which Womble Bond Dickinson LLP has a presence (Bristol)
Currently the Womble Bond Dickinson Foundation is focusing on charities making a positive impact under one of more of the following themes:
Climate action and environmental protection
Disability and neurodiversity inclusion
Increasing women’s opportunities in life and work
LGBTQ+ inclusion
Mental health and wellbeing support, and
Supporting inclusion of individuals from ethnic minority backgrounds
Deadline for applications: Monday 11 January 2027
National Lottery Awards for All England
🪙£300 - £20,000
The National Lottery Awards for All England provide funding for projects that bring people together to build strong relationships and improve communities in England. You can apply for a grant of between ÂŁ300 and ÂŁ20,000 for projects lasting up to 2 years.
Projects that:
bring people together to build strong relationships in and across communities
improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
help more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage
support people, communities and organisations facing more demands and challenges because of the cost-of-living crisis
Applications are welcome from - constituted voluntary or community organisation; constituted group or club; registered charity; charitable incorporated organisation (CIO);
community interest company (CIC) limited by guarantee; statutory body (including local authorities, town, parish, and community councils); community benefit society
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