This is BAND’s list of organisations that award grants and funds in the UK. It contains information on potential donors large & small. This is a resource for anyone to use & all the information on here was correct at the time we published it.You can also download our free e-book “Funding Your Way”, 67 pages of tips, strategies & advice for successful fundraising for groups & projects.

BAND Member groups interested in funding advice and support can request more information on admin@bandltd.org.uk or through their Development & Support worker.

We also have separate lists for Sports,  IT funders and online fundraising resources & publications.

Funders Index

  • UnLtd Awards
    Provide awards and funding support for social entrepreneurs. If you have an idea or are already making a difference and ...
  • Van Neste Foundation
    They support projects in Bristol, Bath and the surrounding areas. They offer support to social and environmental charities on the following ...
  • Variety
    They provide practical support that makes an immediate difference to disabled and disadvantaged youngsters, allowing them to live their best ...
  • Virgin Money – Make a £5 Grow
    Encouraging children to embrace their entrepreneurial skills, and making them happier about money, will help them succeed later in life. Make ...
  • Wakeham Trust
    They usually make VERY SMALL grants to VERY SMALL projects. They don’t have formal grant criteria, but are normally looking ...
  • Warburtons Community Giving
    Warburtons Community Grants provides small grants up to £400 to support charitable organisations towards broader activities which improve Health, Place ...
  • Wessex Watermark
    The Wessex Water Foundation provides funding for projects which bring people together to build stronger communities. They have three funds ...
  • WHSMITH TRUST COMMUNITY GRANTS
    The WHSmith Trust is an independent registered charity (registered charity no.1013782) working to support the local communities in which WHSmith ...
  • Wickes Community Programme
    The Wickes Community Programme supports local initiatives and organisations near to its stores, distribution and support centres, through taking on ...
  • Will Charitable Trust
    They fund UK charities whose work is within these fields: blind care; long term care of people with learning disabilities; ...
  • Wise Music Foundation
    Supports a wide range of charitable causes, primarily benefiting children, the elderly, and the disabled. It funds projects in education, ...
  • Wooden Spoon Children’s Charity
    Projects must in the UK and enhance and support the lives of children and young people that are disadvantaged physically, ...
  • Woodward Charitable Trust
    They provide grants to organisations supporting disadvantaged families with young children up to age 11, and organisations that work directly ...
  • YAPP Charitable Trust
    Makes small grants (up to three years at a maximum of 3,000 per year), for running costs and salaries, to ...
  • Youth Music Open Programme
    The Youth Music NextGen Fund: is for early-stage musicians and wider music adjacent creatives to invest up to £3,000 in their ...