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
Peter Sowerby Foundation: Health Breakthrough Fund: Closing date – Ongoing
In 2019 the Peter Sowerby Foundation launched the Health Breakthrough Fund. This fund is designed to provide larger scale grants to those projects that are providing innovation and transformation in health and social care. The Fund prioritises projects in the...
The Charles & Elsie Sykes Trust: Closing date – Ongoing
Charles Sykes started his career as a twelve year old office boy, and became a successful businessman in the West Riding knitting wool trade with his own four-storey mill at Princeville, Bradford. He never forgot his roots and pledged that if he ever became wealthy he...
The Brelms Trust: Closing date – Ongoing
The Brelms Trust is a Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), originally set up as a Charitable Trust in 2007, offering grants to a wide variety of charities operating in the community. Funding is given exclusively to charities based in Yorkshire and directly...
Broadacres Sustainability Fund: Closing date – Ongoing
Broadacres has a sustainability fund which provides funding of up to £500 (£1,000 in exceptional cases) for local projects which will benefit the environment or enhance sustainable development in your local community, for example: Protect or create areas for wildlife...
Climate Action Fund: Closing date – Spring 2025
The National Lottery has announced the Climate Action Fund – Our Shared Future, which seeks to fund partnership projects inspiring more people to take climate action. Suitable for Formal partnerships, working across sectors. Led by community and voluntary...
Thrive Renewables | Funding for community energy groups: Closing date – Ongoing
Support funding for community energy groups. By working together with communities, they help build projects that put people at the heart of the UK’s energy transition. Looking to acquire, build or own a clean energy project locally, and require funding to move forward...
The Fat Beehive Foundation Digital Funding: Closing date – Ongoing
Offers small grants to charities with a turnover of less than £400,000. It provides grants to pay for websites and digital products. Who can apply Check here to see if you are eligible: https://www.fatbeehivefoundation.org.uk/how-to-apply/ Funds available Up to...
The Stobart Sustainability Fund: Closing date – Ongoing
The is aimed at supporting community-led sustainability projects and initiatives lead by non-profit organisations, community groups and educational facilities, such as schools and colleges, to help them transform their local community through projects that tackle...
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.
University of York: New Horizons Fund – Closing date 10 April
New Horizons: Driving Social Change for People and Places to Prosper fund The New Horizons fund will tackle key challenges facing communities in York and North Yorkshire. It supports work that builds knowledge, strengthens local partnerships and promotes a more just...
McCarthy Stone Foundation Dementia Grants Programme: Closing date 13 March 2026
The McCarthy Stone Foundation has launched a new Dementia Grants Programme for 2025. Grants of up to £7,500 are available for over 20 dementia clubs and memory cafes across England, Scotland and Wales. The funding aims to support small organisations that are helping...
The Shears Foundation: Closing date – 31 May 2026
The Shears Foundation is inviting applications for grants of £3,000 to £6,000 from charitable organisations with an annual income of under £1.5 million. This funding may be particularly relevant for small and medium sized VCSE organisations working on projects that...
New Support Programme with £5,000 Development Grant
What is Nest?Nest is a new project built specifically for social impact organisations that want to achieve more social good through enterprise. It is a peer-based project, aimed at helping social impact organisations hone their business skills so they can unlock even...
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.
Trading for Good: Community Business funded programme for people who want to improve their community
Trading for Good: Community Business Programme & Match Trading Grant Develop your community business through a specialist programme of support provided by School for Social Entrepreneurs, in...
VCSE organisations encouraged to apply to new VCSE Health Inequalities Small Grants Fund
VCSE Health Inequalities Small Grants Fund The VCSE Health Inequalities Small Grants Fund is now accepting applications to support projects across York that aim to reduce health inequalities....
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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