National Funders

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Visit the Association of Charitable Foundations website for an additional set of links for UK trusts and foundations

Alcohol Education and Research Council: Research, Development, Small & Studentship Grants
Allen Lane Foundation
Arts Council (Grants for the Arts)
Baily Thomas Charitable Fund
Baring Foundation and John Ellerman Foundation (Joint International Development Grants Programme 2010)
Barclays Bank Trust Company
Barclays Stockbrokers Charitable Trust
BBC Children in Need
Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation
Big Lottery Fund
Big Lottery Fund: Awards for All
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Centre for Social Justice
Church Urban Fund
Comic Relief
Concertina Charitable Trust
Cooperative Community Fund, The
Coutts and Co Charitable Trust 
Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust
Drinkaware
Dunhill Medical Trust
Equality and Human Rights Commission
Erach and Roshan Shadri Foundation
Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, The
Ford Britain Trust
Foyle Foundation
Friends Provident Foundation
Gerald Bentall Charitable Trust, The
Glaxo Smith Kline IMPACT Awards administered by The King's Fund
Health Work and Wellbeing Challenge Fund
Help the Homeless Small Grants
Heritage Lottery Fund
Hilden Charitable Fund, The
John Ellerman Foundation, The 
John Paul Getty Jnr Charitable Trust, The
Joseph Rank Trust, The
Joseph Rowntree Foundation (research and development into overcoming social difficulties)
Lloyds TSB Foundation for England and Wales 
MacRobert Trust, The
Man Group plc Charitable Trust
Marsh Christian Trust
Nuffield Foundation, The
Percy Bilton Charity
Prince's Trust
PRS for Music Foundation
Rank Foundation, The Rayne Foundation, The
Social Enterprise Funding for BAMER communities

Social Investment Business, The:

  • Futurebuilders
  • Communitybuilders
  • Modernisation Fund
  • Social Enterprise Investment Fund

Sport England Small Grants ProgrammeSport Relief - Community Cash
St James' Place Foundation
Tesco Charity Trust Community Award, The
Waste Recycling Environmental Limited (WREN) - for community buildings/extensions
Wolfson Foundation, The Yapp Charitable Trust, The Youth Music


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