Supporting your Voluntary, Community or Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisation to find, access and get ready to apply for funding
Whether you have a new project or idea you need funding, or you are currently delivering a project that you would like to continue, this page is designed to support you to find the right funding for your organisation.
Free one-to-one support
Our Funding and Development Officer, Jane Granville provides free one-to-one support and guidance to York’s VCSE sector to help organisations identify potential funding sources and develop funding bids. Please get in contact with us via: [email protected] if your organisation needs support.
Live grants and funds
VCSE Funding: Garfield Weston Foundation
The Garfield Weston Foundation provides grants to UK-registered charities working across a wide range of charitable activities. Funding can support core, project and capital costs, although applications cannot request funding for the salary of a specific post. The...
VCSE Funding: IOP Public Engagement Grant Scheme
The Institute of Physics (IOP) Public Engagement Grant Scheme (PEGS) supports projects that engage whole family groups, including parents and carers, to improve their relationship with physics. The scheme supports the IOP's Limit Less initiative by funding activities...
VCSE Funding: Kelly Family Charitable Trust
The Kelly Family Charitable Trust provides grants to charities working with families to tackle problems affecting one or more family members and to help families work together as a cohesive unit. The Trust's funding priorities include: Interventions that support...
VCSE Funding: Wise Music Foundation
The Wise Music Foundation provides financial support to people experiencing hardship, distress and illness, with a particular focus on children, people experiencing homelessness and people living in poverty. The Foundation supports a broad range of charitable causes,...
VCSE Funding: Baily Thomas Charitable Fund – Small Grants
The Baily Thomas Charitable Fund provides grants to voluntary organisations working to support people with learning disabilities (intellectual disabilities), with or without autism. The Small Grants Programme supports appeals of up to £5,000. Funding can support...
VCSE Funding: James Tudor Foundation – Mental Health Grants
The James Tudor Foundation’s Mental Health Grants support charities helping children and young people recover from Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), as well as specialist charities supporting parents affected by ACEs, mental illness or addiction. The fund supports...
VCSE Funding: Barchester Charitable Foundation – Outdoor Mobility Equipment
The Barchester Charitable Foundation provides grants to help older people and adults with disabilities or mental health conditions connect or reconnect with their local communities. Funding can support the purchase of outdoor mobility equipment that helps people get...
VCSE Funding: ArtRoots – Funding for the National Cycle Network
ArtRoots supports community projects that improve the experience of people using the National Cycle Network in England. The programme can fund creative projects that help create a greater sense of safety, belonging and local identity along National Cycle Network...
Who can apply for a grant?
Each grant provider will outline a unique set of criteria to be met in order to apply. Our Funding and Development Officer can support your organisation to get ready to apply for funding. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
Where can I find out about available grants?
Here! You are in the right place, this page lists current grants that are open to York’s VCSE sector. Take a look at the quick links section for more resources to find funding.
I'd like to let you know about a grant for VCSE organisations in York
Fantastic, please email [email protected]. We would love to hear about any grants that can be awarded to York’s VCSE sector.
Expired grants and funding
Grants and funds that have now expired.
VCSE FUNDING – Community Fund open for applications in York and North Yorkshire
Closing date: 12pm, 6 August 2026 Community groups, voluntary organisations and individuals across the region can now apply for grants through the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority’s Community Fund, which has reopened for applications of up to £30,000. ...
VCSE FUNDING ALERT – Trailblazer Community Grants
Deadline: Monday 13 July, 9.30am York & North Yorkshire Combined Authority via North Yorkshire Council, is investing in a Community Grants fund to support economically inactive adults to build confidence and interpersonal skills to increase their employability....
Now Open: Small Grants for Neurodivergent Community Projects in York
Now Open: Small Grants for Neurodivergent Community Projects in York We’re pleased to announce that the VCSE Small Grants Fund for neurodivergent community projects is now open for applications. Delivered on behalf of the Connecting Our City project, this fund will...
VCSE Funding – Cellnex Community Fund – grants of up to £5k for not‑for‑profit organisations
Cellnex, Europe's leading operator of telecommunications infrastructure, has launched the Cellnex UK Community Fund, a new grant programme that will invest directly in the communities where its digital infrastructure operates across the UK. Grants are available across...
Quick links
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Get in contact with Jane Granville ([email protected]) if your organisation needs support to find funding.
Latest news and information
Keep up to date with the latest news and information about grants and funding for the VCSE sector.
Reuse in charity digital: free tech support for charities
CAST and The Tech for Good Alliance have been talking to charities about their tech problems - and have discovered that many are facing the same ones, including writing case notes efficiently,...
£250,000 awarded to charitable organisations in York for community-led mental health and wellbeing support
7 charitable organisations in York have been awarded a share of £250k over two years to further extend and build on the achievements of earlier transformation work which has reshaped how local...
Are you ready to apply for funding?
This video was created for the Community Mental Health Transformation Grant but provides a great checklist to review whether or not your organisation is ready to apply for funding.
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