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Community / educational funding opportunities

CABWI Lifelong Learning and Development Fund

The fund supports small charities with projects that promote lifelong learning and development, address barriers to entering the labour market and allow people to gain additional skills to advance their careers.

Applications are accepted from registered charities that work directly with young people and adults (aged 16+) who are not in employment, training, or education.

In this round, there is a particular interest in supporting innovative approaches that highlight new ideas/ways of tackling barriers to training and employment. For more information, please click here.

Applicants must first submit an Expression of Interest. Expressions of Interest will be accepted between 5 January 2026 and 26 January 2026.  

Two Ridings Community Foundation - Small Grants Fund

Two Ridings Community Foundation’s Small Grants Fund is aimed at supporting small voluntary and community groups, small charities, and other types of not-for-profit organisations (e.g. CIC’s and CBS’s) with a turnover under £150,000, based in East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, Hull and York.

Priority will be given to organisations that support those that are most disadvantaged either because they are based in an area of disadvantage or because they work with a community disadvantaged for some other reason. Priority will also be given to work which addresses needs identified by local people.

You can apply for grants between £200 and £2,500 for ongoing project costs, pilot projects, small capital expenditure or development needs of your organisation that will allow it to better meet the needs of beneficiaries and / or support overheads to enable this.

Grants can be used for projects / overheads for up to 24 months. Please note that you can only hold one active Small Grants Fund award at a time. For more information, please click here.

National Lottery Awards for All - England

Grants are available for charities, voluntary groups, schools and local authorities in England to carry out projects that will improve their local community.

The funding is intended for projects that support communities to thrive by: Bringing people together to build strong relationships in and across communities; Improving the places and spaces that matter to communities; Helping more people to reach their potential, by supporting them at the earliest possible stage; Supporting people, communities and organisations that are facing increased demands and challenges as a direct result of the cost-of-living crisis.

For more information, please click here. Grants of between £300 and £20,000 are available for up to two years and can be used to pay for some or all of the project costs.

Didymus Fund

Grants are available for small to medium UK-based registered charities to widen access to and participation in the arts across Yorkshire and Greater London. 

The funding is for projects that promote social inclusion through the arts. Funding can be used for capital and revenue costs, including core costs.

For more information, please click here. Didymus has moved to an invite-only application process. Groups that feel they are a good fit with the priorities and eligibility criteria of the Charity can submit an expression of interest through the Didymus website. 

Two Ridings Community Foundation - Organisational Development Fund

This fund is to strengthen groups and organisations through making a necessary developmental ‘step change’ needed to become more stable and resilient. 

Organisational Development focuses on supporting groups towards sustainability through improving capability and / or capacity.  You can use this funding to create or make changes to your strategy, structure or processes for an entire system, your overall organisation, an area of work or a specific role or job. 

Value : up to £10,000 

Grants are targeted at small organisations (below £500,000 annual turnover) with charitable aims where a small amount of money can make a significant difference. You can apply if you are based in, or serving the people of: 

• York
• Rural North and East Yorkshire – you are unlikely to be successful if you are based in urban north and East Yorkshire. (We define rural as work serving places with populations under 15,000 people.) 

Expression of Interest deadline: 12 noon, Wednesday 14th January 2026. Please find more information and links to the guidelines and application form here  

Environment and energy efficiency funding opportunities

Learning through Landscapes – Local School Nature Grants

The aim of this fund is to promote outdoor learning among young children by providing schools and early years providers with outdoor resources and training. Successful applicants will include children in their decision making, whilst incorporating local communities.

Grants provide an assortment of nature equipment up to the value of £500 and a two hour training session. Note: the scheme does not provide cash grants. For more information, please click here.

This fund will reopen for applications on 12 January 2026 with a deadline of 13 March 2026.  

Sea-Changers Coastal Fountain Fund

Sea Changers is offering grants of up to £2500 for community groups and other not-for-profit organisations to help prevent negative impacts on UK coastal and marine environments and species by reducing marine litter through the provision of well-located coastal water fountains that will significantly reduce the use of non-reusable plastic drinks bottles.

The Coastal Fountain Fund will support groups to cover the cost of purchasing a water fountain unit for installation in a busy or environmentally important coastal location. Priority will be given to new applicants who have not previously received funding.

Funding is only for the cost of purchasing a water fountain. Installation or maintenance costs will not be considered. For more information, please click here. The deadline for applications is 28 February 2026

Grow Wild Community Programme

A small number of grants are available for community, youth and voluntary groups in the UK to transform an urban space with UK native plants or fungi, encourage wildlife and involve their local community. 

Projects should be led by groups who care about the environment and will use sustainable materials and practices and have the potential to reach at least 300 people.

In addition, projects need to work with one or more of Grow Wild’s target audience: Young people aged 12-25; People experiencing some disadvantage or reduced access to services; People who are less engaged with others in their local community; People who face barriers to connecting with nature. Disabled people.

Grants of £2,000 are available. Please click here for more information. Application deadline: 04 February 2026

National Grid Local Community Funds : local benefits unlocked as new community funds open for major energy upgrade projects in Yorkshire and County Durham

The purpose of these funds are to provide grants for community projects near major energy upgrade projects in the East Riding, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire and County Durham. The different fund pots include: 

• Yorkshire GREEN www.localgiving.org/yorkshire-green-local-community-fund 
• Eastern Green Link 1 (EGL1) www.localgiving.org/egl1-local-community-fund 
• Eastern Green Link 2 (EGL2) www.localgiving.org/egl2-local-community-fund

Grants of up to £20,000 are available per project. Eligible organisations include registered charities, non-profit companies and community benefit organisations (including parish/town councils). Projects should focus on the following areas: 

• Education and Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths (STEM) opportunities
• Environmental protection and green spaces access
• Community spaces and saving energy
• Cost of living help and employability support
• Supporting health and wellbeing

Please check eligibility of both organisation and project postcodes before commencing applications. (Link to postcode checker included in information in links above.)