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 If you notice something is out of date or wrong, please let us know.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 applications

• Asda Green Token Giving

  Grants available for: not for profit organisations
  Size of grants given: Up to £500
  No deadlines

• Brighton & 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: Expected April/May 2022

• Brighton & 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: Expected April/May 2022

• Brighton 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 2022

• Chalk 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 deadlines

• Clarity Environmental

  Grants available for: charities and community groups around the UK
  Size of grants: usually £500 – £1,500
  No deadlines

• Covid-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:

• Covid-19 Safe and Inclusive Services Fund

  Grants available for: Groups and organisations in Brighton & Hove
  Size of grants given: £250 to £2,000
  Deadlines: November 1st 2021

• East Brighton Trust Fund

  Grants available for: Community groups in East Brighton.
  Size of grants given: Up to £500
  Next deadline: to be announced

• Edge 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: tba

• Enjoolata 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: to be announced

• Hall 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 announced

• Hedgcock 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.

• Lions Clubs

  Grants available for: local charitable causes
  Size of grants given: No set limits, grants generally £50-£1000
  No deadlines

• Lush 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 deadlines

• National Lottery Reaching Communities England

  Grants available for: Community organisations, charities and not-for-profit companies that serve communities in England
  Size of grant available: Over £10,000
  Next deadline: no deadlines

• 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 announced

• One 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 deadlines

• Patcham 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 deadlines

• Pebble Trust

  Grants available for: Organisations in Brighton and Hove
  Size of grants given: Most grants are for £500-£5,000
  Next deadline: 24th October 2021

• Postcode 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: to be announced

• Sanctuary Housing Covid-19 Fund

  Grants available for: projects that will make a positive difference to the lives of Sanctuary Housing residents in communities impacted by Covid-19.
  Size of grants given: Unspecified
  No deadlines.

• Southern 360 Community Bounce Back grants

  Grants available for: organisations and groups helping Southern Housing Group residents recover from the Covid-19 pandemic
  Size of grants available: Up to £5000
  No deadlines.

• Sussex Community Foundation

  Grants available for: Not for profit groups based in Sussex
  Size of grants available: £500-£5000
  Next deadline: 7th January 2022

• The Homity Trust

  Grants available for: small groups in Sussex
  Size of grants given: most grants under £1000
  Next deadline: 28th February 2022

• The 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 deadlines

• Trust 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