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 If you notice something is out of date or wrong, please let us know.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

• Awards for All (National Lottery)

  Grants available for: not-for-profit groups
  Size of grants given: £300 to £20,000
  No deadlines.

• B&H Buses Community Support Fund

  Grants available for: Local charities and community groups within the B&H bus network
  Size of grants: £50 – £500 in funding or bus tickets
  Next deadline: 30th June 2025

• BBC Children In Need Core Grants

  Grants available for: core costs of organisations supporting disadvantaged children and young people
  Size of grants: Up to £40,000 per year over 1-3 years (overall maximum £120,000)
  Next deadline: Their application process is being redesigned. They will accept new applications from September 2025

• BBC Children in Need Project Grants

  Grants available for: projects supporting disadvantaged children and young people
  Size of grants: Up to £40,000 per year over 1-3 years (overall maximum £120,000)
  Next deadline: The application process is currently being redesigned and will be open to new applications in September 2025

• Brighton & Hove Community Catalyst Fund

  Grants available for: community groups, voluntary organisations and not for profit social enterprises in Brighton & Hove
  Size of grants given: Up to £10,000 per year for 2 years
  Deadlines: Fund now closed. Expected to reopen in 2026

• 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

• Civic Power Community Grants

  Grants available for: grassroots groups and campaigns working for long-term change
  Size of grants given: £2,500 – £20,000
  Next deadline: to be confirmed (expected early 2025)

• East Brighton Trust Fund

  Grants available for: Community groups in East Brighton.
  Size of grants given: Up to £750
  Next deadline: tba, likely to be autumn 2025

• 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 £1,000
  Next deadline: tba first quarter of 2025 (now overdue)

• Enjoolata Community Grants

  Grants available for: registered charities, Community Interest Companies, and individuals funding non-profit projects in the BN postcode area
  Size of grants given:  up to £5,000
  Next deadline: January 2026

• Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest

  Grants available for: Community groups in the South of England
  Size of grants given: £300-£3,000
  Next deadline: 13th July 2025

• Lions Clubs

  Grants available for: local charitable causes
  Size of grants given: No set limits, grants generally £50 – £1,000
  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 £20,000
  Next deadline: No deadlines, but the fund will be relaunched in spring 2025, and they advise new applicants to wait until then to apply

• Paley Trust

  Grants available for: Enhancing the well-being of people over 60 in Brighton & Hove
  Size of grants given: Under £1000
  Deadline: None

• 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: 13th June 2025

• Sanctuary Housing Community Investment Fund

  Grants available for: projects that will make a positive difference to the lives of Sanctuary Housing residents
  Size of grants given: Unspecified
  No deadlines.

• Sussex Community Foundation

  Grants available for: Not for profit groups based in Sussex
  Size of grants available: up to £10,000
  Next deadline: TBC – likely to be Sept/Oct 2025

• The Homity Trust

  Grants available for: small groups in Sussex
  Size of grants given: most grants under £1000
  Next deadline: 24th July 2025

• The Southern Cooperative: Goods donations

  Available for: Charitable or not-for-profit groups who benefit local communities
  Products donated from Coop food stores
  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 deprived rural areas or areas of urban deprivation.
  Size of grants given: £2,000-£10,000 for one year for revenue costs, and core costs such as salaries and running costs.
  Deadlines: 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