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 If you notice something is out of date or wrong, please let us know.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

• Brighthelm Small Community Grant Scheme

  Grants available for: Room hire and associated equipment hire for small community groups in Brighton and Hove, with turnover under £25,000 per year.
  Size of grant available: Up to £500.
  No deadlines

• Brighton & Hove Buses Community Support Fund

  Grants available for: community groups and charities in Brighton & Hove
  Size of grants given: Small amounts – not specified
  Next deadline: 31/12/19

• Brighton & Hove City Council Communities Fund: Resilience Fund

  Grants available for: community and voluntary groups in Brighton & Hove with annual income under £100,000
  Size of grants given: Up to £10,000
  Next deadline: May 2020, exact date to be confirmed

• 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 £2000
  Next deadline: May 2020, exact date to be confirmed

• 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 2020

• 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

• East Brighton Trust Fund

  Grants available for: community groups in East Brighton.
  Size of grants given: Up to £500
  Next deadline: 10th January 2020

• 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: To be confirmed – around February 2020

• Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest

  Grants available for: Community groups in the South of England
  Size of grants given:£300-£3,000
  Next deadline: tba (will be in 2020)

• 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.

• 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 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

• Neil Smith Good Food Grants

  Grants available for: small food projects, that benefit the community
  Size of grants given: between £200 and £850
  Next deadline: tbc (likely to be in March 2020)

• Patcham Community Fund

  Grants available for: Groups working to improve quality of life for residents in the Patcham area, including Hollingdean 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: February 2020 (exact date tbc)

• Sanctuary 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.

• Sussex Community Foundation

  Grants available for: Not for profit groups based in Sussex
  Size of grants available: £500-£5000
  Next deadline: 10th January 2020

• The Homity Trust

  Grants available for: small groups in Sussex
  Size of grants given: most grants under £1000
  Next deadline: 31st March 2020

• 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: £50 to £1,000
  Next deadline: n/a

• Trust House Charitable Foundation

  Grants available for: Small charities and not-for-profit organisations with incomes under £500,000, working in rural areas or areas of urban deprivation. Particular interest in funding community centres and village halls.
  Size of grants given: Small grants of £2,000-£7,500 for one year, large grants of £7,500-£20,000 per year for up to three years.
  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