Favourite Funders for existing activities and running costs
Our Favourite Funders are funders that are particularly useful for small community groups based in Brighton & Hove. Some of them also fund organisations in other areas.
Here is a list of funders that give grants for day-to-day running costs and ongoing existing activities.
We try to keep Favourite Funders information as up to date as possible. If you notice something is out of date or wrong, please let us know. If you have successfully applied for funding from an organisation that is not listed, and think it may be a useful funder for other Brighton & Hove groups, please let us know.
Access to the Funds Online database of UK trusts is available for local groups via Community Base – just contact them to request the password to access the database on-line.
Click on the Links tab above for more useful sources of information about funders.
Allen Lane Foundation
Grants available for: Local voluntary groups or registered charities with an annual income below £100,000.
Size of grants given: £500 to £15,000 per year
Deadlines: No deadlines; trustees meet 3 times a year to consider applicationsAsda Green Token Giving
Grants available for: not for profit organisations
Size of grants given: Up to £500
No deadlinesBrighton & Hove City Council Communities Fund: Resilience Fund
Grants available for: Community and voluntary groups in Brighton & Hove
Size of grants given: Up to £10,000
Next deadline: 2nd July 2021Brighton & Hove City Council Communities Fund: Engagement Fund
Grants available for: Community and voluntary groups in Brighton & Hove with annual income under £20,000
Size of grants given: Up to £2,000
Next deadline: 2nd July 2021Brighton District Nursing Association Trust
Grants available for: relief of sickness for persons in need in Brighton & Hove.
Size of grants given: £1,000 to £10,000.
Next deadline: June 2021Chalk Cliff Trust
Grants available for: Charities, action groups and benevolent organisations in East Sussex
Size of grants given: Mostly £3,000 – £5,000
Next deadline: no deadlinesClarity Environmental
Grants available for: charities and community groups around the UK
Size of grants: usually £500 – £1,500
No deadlinesClubs in Crisis Sports Fund
Grants available for: Not for profit sports clubs and groups
Size of grants given: Up to £2,021
Next deadline: Opens by 16th April 2021, no deadlinesCovid-19 grants
Many funders have now resumed their normal grants and deadlines, instead of offering Covid-19 emergency grants. See our “favourite funders” pages for details of these grants. This page lists remaining grants that are available specifically for support around the Covid-19 outbreak:
East Brighton Trust Fund
Grants available for: Community groups in East Brighton.
Size of grants given: Up to £500
Next deadline: 10th September 2021Edge Fund
Grants available for: unfunded grassroots communities, campaign groups and activists struggling for social, economic and environmental justice.
Size of grants given: Up to £3,000
Next deadline: tbaEnjoolata Community Grants
Grants available for: registered charities, Community Interest Companies, and individuals funding non-profit projects in Brighton and Lewes
Size of grants given: up to £10,000
Next deadline: 31st May 2021Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest
Grants available for: Community groups in the South of England
Size of grants given:£400-£4,000
Next deadline: to be announcedHedgcock Bequest
The Hedgcock Bequest is a sum of money willed to Brighton & Hove City Council in 1903, to be used for any charitable purposes, objects or institutions selected by the Council.
The Hedgcock Bequest is no longer a separate grant programme: the funding available from the Bequest has been incorporated into the City Council’s Engagement Fund. To apply for a small grant from the Engagement Fund, apply to the Brighton & Hove City Council Engagement Fund.Henry Smith Charity: County Grants
Grants available for: Revenue or capital costs for small, non-profit organisations working with disadvantaged people and communities in eight English counties, including East and West Sussex.
Size of grants given: £500 to £10,000 in one year, or up to £20,000 over two or three years.
Trustees meet four times a year, in March, June, September and December.Lions Clubs
Grants available for: local charitable causes
Size of grants given: No set limits, grants generally £50-£1000
No deadlinesLush Charity Pot
Grants available for: small, grassroots charities and campaign groups working in animal protection, the environment, and human rights.
Size of grants given: Up to £10,000, most grants around £4,000
No deadlinesNational Lottery Reaching Communities England
Grants available for: Community organisations, charities and not-for-profit companies that serve communities in England
Neil Smith ‘Gold’ Food Grants
Grants available for: Community food projects for children, families or young people (up to age 25)
Size of grants given: up to £850
Next deadline: to be announcedOne Stop Community Partnerships
Support available for: local projects addressing food poverty or supporting the elderly
Type of support given: can include funding, volunteering support, fundraising and raising awareness
Deadlines: no deadlinesPatcham Community Fund
Grants available for: Groups working to improve quality of life for residents in the Patcham area, including Hollingbury and Withdean.
Size of grants available: Up to £1000
No deadlinesPebble Trust
Grants available for: Organisations in Brighton and Hove
Size of grants given: Most grants are for £500-£5,000
Next deadline: 25th June 2021Postcode Society Trust
Grants available for: Small groups and charities in the south of England
Size of grants given: £500 – £2,000 (up to £20,000 for registered charities)
Deadline: 17th May 2021Sanctuary Housing Grand Ideas Fund
Grants available for: projects that will make a positive difference to the lives of Sanctuary Housing residents and their communities.
Size of grants given: Up to £1,000
No deadlines.Southern 360 Making Communities Better Fund
Grants available for: Not-for-profit organisations doing work that will benefit Southern Housing Group residents
Size of grants available: Up to £5,000
Deadline: 10th September 2021Sussex Community Foundation
Grants available for: Not for profit groups based in Sussex
Size of grants available: £500-£5000
Next deadline: 10th September 2021Sussex Crisis Fund: Food security in East Sussex
Grants available for: projects in East Sussex working with people who are facing food insecurity
Size of grants given: up to £5,000
Next deadline: No deadlineThe Homity Trust
Grants available for: small groups in Sussex
Size of grants given: most grants under £1000
Next deadline: 30 September 2021The Southern Co-operative: Love your neighbourhood fund
Grants available for: Charitable or not-for-profit groups who benefit local communities
Size of grants given: Up to £500
Next deadline: No deadlinesTrust House Charitable Foundation Small Grants
Grants available for: Small charities and not-for-profit organisations with incomes under £250,000, working in rural areas or areas of urban deprivation.
Size of grants given: £2,000-£10,000 for one year.
Deadlines: No deadlines.Waitrose Community Matters
Grants available for: Welfare organisations, community groups, schools, local divisions of national charities, local charities.
Size of grant available: £1000 shared between 3 organisations. Proportion decided by customers.
No deadlines.Yapp Charitable Trust
Grants available for: Registered charities that have been constituted for at least 3 years, with annual expenditure of £40,000 or less.
Size of grant available: Up to £3,000 per year for up to 3 years
No deadlines
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