Grants

The Westminster grants directory lists grants that are open to applications from Westminster voluntary and community groups.  Use the links on the right to browse for funders by the kind of work they support, or to browse for grants by closing date.  Click on the name of a grant to read more, and to find out how to apply.

Upcoming deadlines

The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation

The Royal Victoria Hall Foundation awards between twenty and thirty grants each year to smaller scale professional theatre projects based in London. There are two rounds of funding, with deadlines in February and August.

Deadlines: 
February 24, 2012
August 31, 2012
February 24, 2013
August 30, 2013

The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust

Supports medical charities and research, old people, and those “who have fallen on evil days through no fault of their own”.

Deadlines: 
February 24, 2012

Zurich Community Trust – Local Grants

Grants of up to £2,000 for work with “disadvantaged people” in central London. 

Deadlines: 
February 29, 2012
May 31, 2012
August 31, 2012
October 31, 2012

Kelly Family Charitable Trust

The Trust aims to strengthen family ties. It supports charities whose activities involve all or most family members in initiatives that support and encourage the family to work as a cohesive unit in tackling problems that face one or more of its members.

Deadlines: 
March 1, 2012
September 1, 2012

Westminster Amalgamated Charity

Grants of £500 to £10,000 for registered charities working with needy Westminster residents.

Deadlines: 
March 13, 2012
June 6, 2012
August 21, 2012
October 16, 2012

Woodward Charitable Trust

Small grants for local projects with children, homeless people, minority groups, disability, arts and offenders. For charities with an income of less than £300,000 a year. Apply by 26 March 2012.

Deadlines: 
March 26, 2012

Help the Homeless

Grants of up to £3,000 for charities with an income of less than £1million, for work to help homeless people return to mainstream society.

Deadlines: 
March 31, 2012
June 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
December 31, 2012

Rose Foundation

Grants of £5,000 to £10,000 for charities in London to undertake small-scale building work.  Apply by March 2012.

Deadlines: 
March 31, 2012

The St John Southworth Fund

Grants for work with people living in poverty, the elderly and infirm, homeless people and children with disabilities or at risk of deprivation. 

Deadlines: 
April 11, 2012
June 25, 2012
September 25, 2012

Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund

Capital grants of up to £3,000 for work to improve the quality of life for local people, including elderly and disadvantaged people.  Apply in April, May, July or August 2012.

Deadlines: 
April 15, 2012
May 31, 2012
July 15, 2012
August 31, 2012

BBC Children in Need

Grants for work with children and young people who experience disadvantage. Application deadlines throughout the year.

Deadlines: 
April 15, 2012
July 15, 2012
October 15, 2012

Abel Charitable Trust Grant

Grants of £3,000 to £5,000 for work with offenders, young people, those with addiction problems and sex industry workers, including victims of trafficking.  Apply in April or October each year.

Deadlines: 
April 30, 2012
October 31, 2012

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund, The

Grants for the care and relief of people affected by learning disability.  Apply for project costs and general running costs. 

Deadlines: 
May 1, 2012
October 1, 2012

Fishmongers’ Company’s Charitable Trust

Small grants for organisations with an income of £500,000 or less, working in education, the relief of hardship and disability, heritage or the environment. Application deadlines in February, May and September each year.

Deadlines: 
May 1, 2012
September 1, 2012

Trust for London

Grants of up to £100,000 for work to challenge poverty and exclusion, and strengthen the voluntary and community sector.

Deadlines: 
May 30, 2012
October 5, 2012

Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund

Capital grants of up to £3,000 for work to improve the quality of life for local people, including elderly and disadvantaged people.  Apply in April, May, July or August 2012.

Deadlines: 
April 15, 2012
May 31, 2012
July 15, 2012
August 31, 2012

Mrs Smith and Mount Trust

Small grants for organisations with an income of less than £1million, working in mental health, learning disability, homelessness, and health in the community. 

Deadlines: 
May 31, 2012
September 30, 2012

Zurich Community Trust – Local Grants

Grants of up to £2,000 for work with “disadvantaged people” in central London. 

Deadlines: 
February 29, 2012
May 31, 2012
August 31, 2012
October 31, 2012

MacRobert Trust, The

The Trustees look for clear, realistic and attainable aims of projects in their major categories of interest. Grants vary, but most lie between £5,000 and £10,000. Occasionally the Trustees make a recurring grant of up to three years.

Deadlines: 
May 31, 2012
October 31, 2012

The Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust

Funding for children, youth, older people and medical projects. Grants are usually between £1,000 and £10,000, with the majority being £5,000 or less.

Deadlines: 
June 1, 2012
November 1, 2012

Westminster Amalgamated Charity

Grants of £500 to £10,000 for registered charities working with needy Westminster residents.

Deadlines: 
March 13, 2012
June 6, 2012
August 21, 2012
October 16, 2012

The St John Southworth Fund

Grants for work with people living in poverty, the elderly and infirm, homeless people and children with disabilities or at risk of deprivation. 

Deadlines: 
April 11, 2012
June 25, 2012
September 25, 2012

Help the Homeless

Grants of up to £3,000 for charities with an income of less than £1million, for work to help homeless people return to mainstream society.

Deadlines: 
March 31, 2012
June 30, 2012
September 30, 2012
December 31, 2012

Edward Harvist Trust Capital Grants Fund

Capital grants of up to £3,000 for work to improve the quality of life for local people, including elderly and disadvantaged people.  Apply in April, May, July or August 2012.

Deadlines: 
April 15, 2012
May 31, 2012
July 15, 2012
August 31, 2012

BBC Children in Need

Grants for work with children and young people who experience disadvantage. Application deadlines throughout the year.

Deadlines: 
April 15, 2012
July 15, 2012
October 15, 2012

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