Other funding organisations

Financial support, guidance and advice are available from a wide range of sources

Use this list to find the organisations that may be suitable for your project.

• Awards for All
  A simple small grants scheme making awards of between £300 and £10,000.
  
• Big Lottery Fund
  Big invests in community groups and to projects that improve health, education and the environment.
  
• Cash 4 Clubs
  Cash 4 Clubs offers all sports clubs in the UK the chance to win grants ranging from £250 to £1000. It is a simple scheme aimed at giving community clubs a helping hand and provide the opportunity to raise the money they need to invest in their club.

• DSC Sports Funding Guide
  The Sports Funding Guide is a practical guide aimed at helping organisations and individuals looking to raise money and win support for their sport. Available from Amazon and Directory of Social Change

• Educational Grants and Charitable Trusts
  EGAS offers students, especially disadvantaged students, expert guidance and advice to enable them to secure funding for education and training

• The Football Foundation
  The Football Foundation directs £40m every year into grassroots sport

• FunderFinder website
  Some searches are free, others are by subscription

• The Fundraising Directory
  Ideas, information and contacts for all UK fundraisers

• Grantsnet
  Grantsnet is a search engine for grants available to UK organisations

• j4b Grants
  A free database community groups can use to search for grants and funding

• Kelloggs Active Living Fund The fund will give small grants to fund projects and activities that directly lead to people taking part in sustained physical activity. The aim of the fund is to help remove the “barriers” which stop people being active. The maximum grant that can be awarded is £1000.

• Lottery Funding
  A free joint website run by all Lottery funders in the UK. This site allows you to search information on current funding programmes across the UK

• NCVO Funding Central
  Free grants search database (helpful for organisations)

• UK Sport (this link will open in a new window)
  UK Sport is a government agency responsible for developing high performance sport in the UK