Welcome to Hull 4 Funding

Welcome to Hull 4 Funding Community Portal, the free funding search tool for Not for Profit Organisations.

🎄Hull City Council would like to wish all our not-for-profit partner organisations a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year🎄

As you will know Hull City Council provide you with the free use of the Hull 4 Funding Community Portal to allow organisations to search for external funding opportunities. 

From time to time we send out Surveys.  We would be grateful if you could spend 5 minutes to complete these Surveys – the information gathered from the feedback will allow Hull City Council to determine the future resubscription of this portal, in order that we can continue to bring this portal to you for free in future years.

*NEWS*......We are pleased to announce that we (Hull City Council) have re-subscribed to the Hull 4 Funding Community Portal for a further 3 years.  The portal is now available to you, for free, until April 2028.

To date, organisations that use this Hull 4 Funding portal have reported securing a minimum of £9.32 million.  That's £9.32 million that has supported a vast array of fantastic projects, making a significant difference to the residents of Hull.  Please ensure you continue to report your funding successes back to us.  Thank you.

We currently have approx 650 registered users to the Hull 4 Funding portal, so if you are a grant giving or support organisation and would like any grants or training advertised on the site please contact Julie Edge (julie.edge@hullcc.gov.uk)  

Businesses:

If you are a business within the Humber, looking for funding support, please submit an enquiry to: https://investhull.co.uk/business-support

Local Funding Available:

To find out if this grant can support your organisation click on the links below:

City Health Care Partnership Foundation - Small Grants

 

Randal Foundation Fund

The Randal Foundation Fund has been set up as a collaboration between the Randal Charitable Foundation and Two Ridings Community Foundation to support grassroots charitable organisations with a turnover under £50,000 working in Hull.

Organisations must be working to significantly improve the quality of life for individuals, enabling a long term or permanent betterment of life chances, personal circumstances or physical or mental health.

Organisations can apply up to £3,000 and the deadline for applications is noon on 12th January, 2026.  Click here for more information

Get Grants - Free Virtual Events

Get Grants is offering Free Virtual Events, relating to:

* Free Meet the Funder Events;

* Free Introduction Workshops; and

* Free Monthly Virtual Fundraisers Networking Events

For more information on Get Grants Free Virtual Events, please click here

Guidance for using Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Fundraising

The Fundraising Regulator has issued Guidance on Using AI in Fundraising. 

The purpose of this guidance is to help charitable fundraising institutions comply with the Code of Fundraising Practice (the code) when using artificial intelligence (AI) for fundraising purposes. Follow this guidance whenever you are exploring, preparing for and using AI to carry out charitable fundraising. It is for each charitable fundraising institution to decide if using AI is right for them.  

To learn more click here

 

National Lottery Heritage Grant

Ever wondered if a National Lottery Heritage Grant would fit your project needs and want to know more?  The National Lottery Heritage Grant has released a short video explaining everything you need to know.  

For more information click here for the National Lottery Heritage Grant

Save the Planet - Borrow, Don't Buy

Looking for equipment for a one-off activity or job?  You could borrow this locally, instead of the expense of buying. 

The Library of Stuff, based in Hull has 100's of supplies of equipment for borrowing.  All you need is £1 to join the Library of Stuff.  For more information on the Library of Stuff, please click here

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**NEW** Gambling Harms Prevention Levy Funding for the Voluntary Sector - Expression of Interest

The Government have announced the Gambling Harms Prevention Levy Funding.  Expressions of Interest will be accepted from voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector organisations based and working in England.

The funding will support either existing work or new projects/innovation and can cover:

Delivery (gambling prevention);

Workforce Digital support / data systems;

Setting up;

Innovation work;

Partnership work/networks and 

Other

Grants between £5,000 and £2m are available.  The deadline to submit an Expression of Interest is 9 January 2026 (12 noon).

Applicants will need to register on Find a Grant in order to apply for the grant.

For more information and to register: to register click here

 

Two Ridings Community Foundation offers grants to organisation in the Hull area, some are on a rolling programme and you can apply any time, but others may have a deadline.  Please ensure you check the deadlines before you apply.

For more information and to apply for a grant click here for further information and to apply

Easy Fundraising - Earn money for your organisation from shopping!   With Christmas just around the corner and more people shopping online, that's potentially more money which you could earn for your charitable organisation.  

Get your charitable organisation registered for easyfundraising and tell your supporters to choose you when shopping!

For more information on how this works: how easy fundraising works

How to get involved:  

Make sure your organisation is registered with easyfundraising here: click here to sign up or form more information


New Fundraising Code

From 1 November 2025, fundraising regulation in the UK is evolving to reflect modern fundraising practices. Fundraising organisations should review the new code and support guides and begin preparing to ensure compliance.  For more information click here

Click the link below to view the new Code of Fundraising Practice (English): click here

Civil Society Covenant

The Government is soon to launch the Civil Society Covenant.

What is the Civil Society Covenant?

The Covenant is a new agreement to improve and reset the relationship between civil society and government. The Covenant is designed to:

  • support collaboration between civil society organisations and government
  • ensure respect for the different roles we play, and protect our independence
  • support all public bodies and civil society organisations
  • build on and support existing agreements in place at a local level
  • complement other arrangements in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.

For more information: click here

To read the Findings Report for the NVCO Consultation: click here

It is stated that the Final Covenant will be published in 2025.